Grandpa Scott's 50th Birthday

For my dad's birthday, my mom surprised him by taking my whole family to Disneyland. What an awesome thing. We had such a great time! It was rainy the morning we were there which made us some of the few that went that morning. We walked right onto rides and it was really cool. Shaersti was finally big enough to go on Splash and Space Mountain and she loved them both. It was such a fun few days for everyone.

Winter Pictures

We got my parents 6 grandkids together to take pictures last week. Although it was cold, the kids all did pretty good and we ended up with a few cute pictures! Amelia put the best ones together and we gave them to Grandpa Scott for his 50th birthday. What darling kids!

A Fantastic Trip to the Mall

My awesome dad heard that I hated all of my maternity clothes. So... he sent all of his girls to the mall to get a new outfit with his credit card. We got so spoiled- I have such an awesome dad! The kids loved to go because they got to see Santa. Shaersti reminded him about a huge pretend horse that she wants. All the kids got into a display window and I'm the kind of mom that has to take a picture before I kick them out. We only got away with it because Amelia didn't see us!!!

Shaersti's 4th Birthday

My big girl just turned 4. I didn't feel good so I left with only this picture to show for it. We had a hot dog roast in December. The weather was wonderful and we had a great time. A special thanks to my mom for pulling it all off- what a fabulous princess cake!

Update

So...along with my pregnancy comes hypernemesis. I have been so sick that my whole family has moved into a room at my mom's house so that she can take care of me and my girls. While I hate being so sick and such a burden to everyone, I am so grateful for such a wonderful mom who has been taking such great care of me. We have turned her house upside down but she has dealt with all of it. I am very blessed to have her for a mom and I'm grateful to everyone who has stepped in to help her, especially my dad and Amelia. I hope to get better soon and I will get back to normal life and be able to move back home. I couldn't say thanks enough for all of the help I've received. My Shaersti turned 4 on Dec. 6th and I'm hoping I can get some pictures from people who were there and blog again soon.

Girls Night Out

Last night we had a girls night out. We had Becca, Baylie, Cami, Shaersti & Anne- a group of really excited girls. We did a lot of fun things and everyone had a blast.
We made cupckakes...

Played games and wrestled....
Ate pizza...

Did GIRL things...

Slept over in one big bed...

Painted our toes and fingers...

And had a bubble bath.

I've never done a video so I hope this works. This is a small glimpse into what the girls did all night. They must have ran around the kitchen chasing each other 200 times.

Becca's Baptism

Rebecca, my little (and only) sister just turned 8. Best of all, she got baptized. Isn't she cute? Amelia went to her house before church and did her hair and she did a great job. Becca- you are such a loving little girl and I'm proud of the awesome decision you made to be baptized. Thanks for being such a great aunt to my little girls.

The Annual Emett Pumpkin Party

Every year we have a big pumpkin party where we eat chili and carve pumpkins. We line up our pumpkins and cheer for everyone's pumpkin then we go to a huge prize bucket and get to choose prizes. It's always a lot of fun. Thanks, mom, for continuing such a fun tradition in our family.

Anneliese next to all the pumpkins. Scott helped her carve the one closest to her foot. Everyone's beautiful creations.

Shaersti is pointing at her pumpkin on the top right that she carved all by herself.

I'm using a cheat sheet- naughty mom!

Anne carving away.

Shaersti's cute pumpkin.

This is a totally inappropriate picture but I just had to post it. This is Shaersti's little bum and her dirty feet. This is how she always looks after an hour at Grandma Jill's- her favorite place in the world.

From left to right, this is Josh, Kolby, Ben and Zach all carving silly pumpkins- we still have no idea what a few of them were.

Caramel Apples

Once again, we (the creators!!!) got together to make more yummy food. These caramel apples only turned out beautiful thanks to Amelia. We all enjoyed eating them, though.

Baylie (Amelia's) and Anne eating the apples they decorated.

Making Sugar Cookies

Me, my mom, Amelia and a few of our kids got together to make sugar cookies. My mom makes the best sugar cookies in the world and it's alwyas fun (and yummy) to make them. The kids had a blast, made a huge mess and used all the sprinkles!

Shaertsi coated hers in frosting (of course). Max (Jason and Amelia's boy) dumped an entire bottle of sprinkles on one cookie!

Anneliese just liked playing with the dough in the flour.

What a fun mess!

The Big News

We began trying to get pregnant in May and just found out that it finally worked! Yes...we are expecting a new baby in June. Although I am only about 17 minutes pregnant (as my mom says), we are really excited to be getting a new baby. Shaersti is so ready to have a new baby at our house and she is really excited and wants to know everything about it. We only told her this morning but she has checked my belly 3 times today to see if it's growing yet. I think it will be a really long 9 months for her! She is determined that if we have a girl her name will be Melody. But way more than that, she Really wants a little brother (she says she already has a little sister) and she is just sure that his name will be Knuckles. Pretty silly!

Halloween Houses

As a form of entertainment, Grandma Jill bought Halloween houses to decorate. The kids had a lot of fun decorating them but I can't exactly say that they turned out pretty. Whoever thought to put black frosting into a child's decorating kit not only has never had kids, but has also never been around them. What's so wrong with light orange?

The Rockin' Emett Band

It's that time of year again...the Senior Huntsman Games. For two full weeks the Emett band has been rockin' it. I got to listen to them a few times in the park and twice at the fairgrounds (where the pictures are). They have had huge groups almost every day (between 500 and 1,500) and they are a lot of fun to listen to! The main band is my brother, Jason; my dad, Scott; and his dad, Bert. Then they have other people who join them pretty often. Thanks for providing such great entertainment for so many years!

You can see how interested Anne is!
After the show we had a great performance. Branson and (kind of) Max got up and drummed. Branson actually knows what he's doing and he's really cute to watch. Then Baylie got up and sang a song my dad wrote called "Cowboy". She was so cute and had no fear. It was way fun to listen to!

Beeca's 8th Birthday

Happy Birthday, Becca. For her birthday we went to the Bear Mill. We played games...

Danced...
Chose animals and stuffed them...
Then dressed them in darling outfits (or as spiderman and hockey players).
It was such a fun party and all of the kids had a blast. My kids still haven't set their animals down. Thanks, mom!
Shaersti and Max with their animals in their backpacks. Cute cousins (born less than a month apart).