Weekly Post

Lost of fun stuff this week.  

Although it started out with another outpatient procedure-needle in my spine :(  That wasn't so fun!

Apparently I've become a physical therapist/sports trainer also.  Google has taught me many things, including using KT tape to help with Ethan Osgood Slaughters.

We took the kids out of school and to the movies.  Shawn is waiting in the car with Ethan while I break Cole and Liv our of jail :)

Liv and I had a moment in the movie bathroom doing selfies :)

Church basketball for the boys, while Liv helps me set up for volleyball for the Young Women.

Skyzone with friends.

Friends and Food

Dinner Dates

Christmas Parties

Lots of snow shoveing

Games

Sledding

 Christmas and Gifts

Baking.  I think I cooked straight for 3 days!!  

Jerusalem Dinner

More games.  This is a card game called Poop :)  I know Ethan never looks happy in pictures.  I promise he smiles, he just hates when I take pictures!

Knitting

Puzzles

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Shawn's done 3 puzzles this week.  I think it is how he manages stress :)

Making Christmas cookies at church

Ethan goofing off with Young Men

Cole at Futsal

Oliver hates when I leave without him.  So lately he comes with me.  He loves being in the front seat.

Liv braids my hair every night!  It's my favorite time of the night.

Liv playing a game at school (from the class website)

With the release of the Mario Brothers App we pulled the Wii out.  The kids and I have spent several hours this past weekend playing again.  I still can beat most of them :)  We play upstairs in the pitch dark.  For some reason the kids like it that way.

We are having seriously cold weather right now.  -20s!!!  Can't be outside for very long, but these kids sure try.  During a huge snow storm Friday night we got almost 10 inches.  I found the kids sledding down the middle of the road before the plows could clear them.

Gymnastics State Pics

Professional photographers come to the state meet and take pictures of the girls.

Here are a few we liked.

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I know it's been a week or two.  Sorry! It has been busy. Here are a few random pics from my phone.

early morning bus picture

Cole dressing up for his Holiday Band Concert

Ethan was my date for the concert.  He wasn't very happy about it :)

We had an awesome ward Christmas Party.  This is the only picture I got.  

A selfie of Cole and his friend.

State Gymnastics Meet.  Liv did great.  She was in an extremely competitive age division, but took 3rd all around.  She also achieved her highest point score all season.  

Fun lunch after with some teammates

Level 5 team and their coach with the trophy (4th place team over all)

Here is Liv's Bar (score 9.1) and Floor (score 9.275) Routine.  

Beam and Vault were too far away and I didn't get good videos, sorry.

LivStateFloor from Jenn Reese on Vimeo.

LivStateBars from Jenn Reese on Vimeo.

We started our Christmas Advent Scripture reading

I had a little outpatient procedure done on my neck/spine one afternoon.  It wasn't my favorite and I was scared to death, but I survived.  Too bad I have to do it again next week :(

We had Young Women's in Excellence.

Liv dyed her hair.  She has wanted to do this for a while and I finally caved.  

The funny thing was she was bored out of her mind sitting and waiting for her hair to be done.

The kids had school off for a few days.  It was a revolving door of friends and sleepovers for everyone.  This is Liv and her friend making a yummy popcorn snack late one night.

We also had our first big snow storm of the season.  

That's about all for now!