Fluffer's 1st Hair Cut

We finally were able to get our little puppy a haircut.  We were a bit delayed since she had hurt one of her legs two different times.  Our girls are learning they need to be careful with Fluff.  Yet they have learned the hard way.  We are pleased to say she now has a hair cut and a very cute one I might add. :)  She was all decked out ready for Valentine's day.   Here is the before and after picture of her.  She can finally see better.  We love our Flufferty McFlufferton. :)

Christmas

I am a bit embarassed that it is February, and I am going to post pictures from Christmas...but I am determined I will get caught up on here.  So much has been going on lately.  I just finished one of my classes, so I feel like I have a little free time before Monday starts up with new classes. 

We did have a wonderful Christmas.  One extra special thing we were able to do was take the girls on Christmas Eve to find out if the baby was going to be a girl or boy.  Amanda and Kaitlyn were so excited to find out. :)  It looks like we have a baby boy coming in our family.  We are excited!  Amanda has been telling me for quite some time...years...she has wanted a baby brother.  It looks like her wish is coming true. :)  Here are some pictures of Christmas.

Fluff is quite the cuddler.  This is what daddy gets when he falls asleep on the floor.

Amanda lost her fifth tooth right after Christmas.  She was pretty excited.  Although, the tooth fairy was a day late.  We had to tell her she was still on Christmas break so she was running a bit behind. :) 

Amanda wanted a fancy dinner by candlelight.  :) She helped set the table even put up a sign welcoming us to the "fancy" restaurant. We didn't really eat anything special...just played some music and had the candles. It was a fun event.  

A new addition coming to our family :)

I don't have any pictures to post, but have some exciting news.  On Labor Day night, we found out I was pregnant.  I guess that is what happens when I notice I have a cold sore on my lip and I hadn't done anything stressful lately. :)  I only get them when my body is under a lot of stress.  Anyway...we are so excited!  This pregnancy was taking a bit longer than the other ones.  I was beginning to wonder if we were not able to have kids any more, but before I knew it, I was pregnant. :) 

We will be finding out the gender on Christmas Eve!  What a great Christmas gift.  Roy and I decided to take the little girls with us this time so they can see the baby through the ultrasound.  I hope they are pleased with the results.  We have had questions whether we want a boy or girl.  It doesn't really matter, although Amanda has mentioned she wants a baby brother.  We just hope to have a strong, healthy baby. :)  I will have to keep you all posted on what we find out on Christmas Eve!

2012 Natural Olympia

 Where Roy stayed and where Nationals were held.

 

 Checking In

 Ran out of food so went over to the whole foods store.

 

 

 The Agenda

 

 Competitor Photo.  Roy's trainer is on the far right banner!

 

 Roy closer up with all the competitors

 

 Junior Masters Division

 

 

 Getting the Bronze Medal

 

 Roy with Kioshi Moody, Julianne (Kioshi's girlfriend and spray tanner),

and another competitor Kioshi trained.

 

 Kisohi & Roy

 

 Roy giving Julianne homemade jam. :)

 

 Roy with his Bronze Medal

 

 Seioni, a new friend Roy met.  He is LDS as well.

 

 Competition is over...finally he can have cheese cake! This is one of his favorite desserts. :)

 

Well, this was one of the biggest competitions Roy has done.  He competed in Nationals for the first time on November 9, 2012.  The competition was held in Reno, Nevada.  This was the best Roy has ever looked, and he had a chance to meet his trainer, Kioshi Moody, in person for the first time. Roy competed in the Junior Masters and the Open Tall divisions.  He came in third in the Junior Masters!  We are so proud of him.  He had a great experience.  There were so many good pictures I am sure I missed some really good ones.  I thought I would show a bit of a time line of his whole trip.   

Roy's Birthday

 

 Roy, Ammon & Jessica right before going to the temple. :)

 

Roy's birthday was on November 4th.  We were able to celebrate, but not really with cake and ice cream since Roy had a competition the next weekend.  He was able to save some yummy cheese cake though to eat after his competition was all done. :)  We were able to find a nice case to put all of Roy's competition trophies in.  They used to be just collecting dust in our bedroom, and no one could see them but us.  I thought it would be a good idea to put it in a nice case so people would be able to see all the hard work he has put in.   

The day before, we were able to take Jessica & Ammon to the Provo Temple and do baptisms there.  It was Ammon's first time doing this.  It was great because we were able to do family names as a fmaily and Roy's parents were working in the baptistry as well.  It was a neat experience! 

Halloween 2012

Well we had another fun year this Halloween.  Amanda wanted to be a cowgirl and Kaitlyn was Rapunzel.  They had so much fun dressing up!  We pretty much did our tradition.  We went to the pumpkin walk my work does every year.  They do such a great job.  They had a pumpkin carving contest and a bunch of fun games for the kids.  Here are some pictures of the festivities.  We also had Amanda's school Halloween Parade.  It was fun to watch all of the kids dressed up.