Christmas 2015

As much as I say I don't like Christmas, I really do love it. I love this time spent with family and I love to see my boys excited! We had a great Christmas this year. The new Star Wars movie came out. Although the kids aren't super in to Star Wars, we got them Star Wars Christmas Jammies to remember that this was the year of the new movie. I love picking out their Christmas Pajamas every year, and I was so glad that they liked them. The boys got spoiled rotten. Santa gave them a PS4 and each a game. If they didn't believe in Santa before, they should now, because Chad and I would never buy them a PS4. Kyle and Jared got new Fox racing motorcycle helmets. Landon and Spencer got Legos. I'm afraid it will be the last year that the like Legos and they all got a nice set of headphones. Our favorite part of Christmas day was the snow. It was magical. We forgot about our presents and all went outside and spent time together. We got the four wheeler out and played for a 1/2 day in the snow. It was so incredible to see the kids not care about all of their gifts and enjoy time with one another more.

Kenny Birrell's Funeral December 2015

Kenny's funeral was beautiful at a Catholic Cathedral. It was so good for us to attend a different religious ceremony and help our testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints grow. Kyle had to stay home for wrestling and we missed him a lot on this trip. It rained and poured. It made me think about Kenny and all of the tears that were shed for him. He was a good good man. He took wonderful care of Judith and we will forever remember him for bringing her back to our family. We are so thankful that he didn't have to suffer with brain cancer very long, but also very sad that he passed away. He loved telling random facts and had a memory like I have never seen. He could remember dates and places like crazy. He loved restoring classic cars and spent the second half of his life devoted to that.

December 2015 Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband...

Over the years, Grandma Julie has taken us to see Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band Christmas concert. It has been an "off and on" tradition that we all look forward too. This year, Kyle and Chad couldn't go, so I got to invite Ila, by cutest little niece. This years concert was excellent and it put us all in the Christmas spirit

November 2015 Continued...

The first three pictures are just Random. Jared went with me to vote. We are not huge selfie takers in our house, but an occasional selfie with the kids is fun. I had Adam's kids at my house and we broke out the playdough. That is always a good time.

November 2015

Spencer and Madison Erekson partnered up to do the 5th grade science fair. They did it on calcium and bones. It was so awesome they made it to the district science fair.

Kyle got asked to Sadie Hawkins his first dance. He didn't know the girl, but she was very nice and they had a great time.

Landon loved these glasses that he borrowed for Halloween. I think he looks quite dapper as well.

Cousin time is always fun. They had a great time playing with play dough. Landon painted this awesome art work. He worked really hard on it!

Jared has loved playing the Sax this year, and he got to go to this Awesome concert with his friend. Chad and I also went to see the Transiberian Orchestra. It was a really great concert!

Kenneth Birrell

On the same day that my Grandmother passed away we found out that Chad's step father Kenny had brain cancer. From the moment his doctor's diagnosed him, they didn't give them very much hope. Chad spent several weeks in Vancouver as he was in the hospital. They week before he passed away Chad was there. He was home from the hospital, Chad was able to take him on a drive to see some friends. The next week, he went down hill, lost control of his legs and they had to put him in a hospice hospital where he passed away a few short days later. Cancer took him way too fast and it was very sad for us. Our family is very thankful for Kenny. He took very good care of Judith and loved her for who she is. We feel like he brought Judith back to our family and helped her keep in contact with us again. He was kind, and loving and thoughtful and surely loved family. He had a memory like no other, and it was sad for Chad to see him confused when the cancer took over his brain. He loved old cars, and this is a picture of just two of the classic cars that he had restored. We miss him dearly and will forever be grateful for him in our life.