Emma's Birthday (better late than never)

Emma turned 9 on November 16th and I am now just blogging it.

She had her friends over for creative pizza making and lots of fun games with prizes.

Those who attended: Ciara, Kaylee, Nicole, Macyn, Jessica, Naomi, Lily, Hannah, Bri, and Taylor

Thanksgiving

I'm not in a blogging mood, so here is how we spent Thanksgiving through my dear sister's point of view.

Jeni's blog

Thanks Jeni!

Family Pictures

Thanksgiving in St. George

Married a loooong time! 

4 kids 9-18

We had a blast having Alex's girlfriend, Jessica with us (she's a doll)

It's crazy to think how grown up my kiddos are.

I have the best mom, sis and brothers

Cousins are the greatest!

Here we all are:

1 Mom (Grandma), 5 siblings, 4 spouses, 12 grandchildren w/ 1 more on the way.

Love my family!

Girls day out with Grandma

My mom, along with her friend Analene took a couple of their Granddaughters to Gardner's Village. They had so much fun shopping and hanging out with the witches!

Crazy Days!

I feel like I've abandoned the blogging world! Here is a recap of us Llewelyns the past couple of months.

Alex moved home.....figured out that it takes a lot of money to pay rent, buy food, and still hang out.

Sean is a Junior at Orem High (the new building will be done in May). He quit his band, probably because he wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend!

Haili loves her social life now that she is a sixth grader. If she is not dancing, she is off with friends.

Emma decided that she wanted to try something new, so she has been playing soccer this month. She absolutely loves it and is not intimidated to get in and fight for the ball. They've only won 2 games and tied 1, but she had a ball learning the sport.

Scot is moving his business to Orem (YAY!). He needed a change of scenery since his friend and employee died a couple of months ago and our AF office was too large. The best part is that his new office is right above DanceKicks. We'll be neighbors and I can more easily help him out.

I am learning so many new things being the PTA president this year. I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone (a lot more work than I anticipated), but learning is good, right?

That's about it for us! No pictures to post, but you get the idea.

Strawberry

All summer long, we've been promising our girls that we would take them camping. We threw some camping gear into our car and headed to the mountains. Actually we ended up at Strawberry Reservoir. It was so beautiful!

Poptarts and peaches for breakfast...mmm

Scot's brother and sister came with cousins Taylor and Hayden.

Everything tastes sooo good mixed with dirt:)

Scot's other sister came up for the day with her family. The water was cold, so all the kids dared each other to jump in. Surprisingly, they all did it!

didn't catch any fish

The water was a little rough so we made the kids wear a BC or life jacket

The cold didn't stop Sean from diving in to hunt Crayfish

He caught one!

We headed home Sunday afternoon and had a crayfish boil at our house, then made S'mores in the fire pit.

Yummy!!!

Back to School & other randoms

This little (ha ha) guy is taking off for his first day as a Junior at Orem High. I still remember getting choked up when I dropped him off at age 3 for Pre school. Time sure has a way of passing way too fast.

Drive carefully!!!

Haili is not quite as thrilled about school as Emma is, but I think Haili just has to act the part of a "cool" 6th grader. She loves her teacher and enjoys the social aspect of school. Emma is just thrilled to be going back to school this year. She has a wonderful teacher (the best) and a classroom full of friends.

Ride carefully!!!

There they go....sniff sniff. All my babies gone for 6 hours a day.

This is interesting!

Can you say sushi?

Haili caught this fish in Provo river and was so excited about eating it, she nearly ate it raw.

St George with my exercising girls!

Footloose

Pedicures

Shopping

Eating

Card games

Laughing

Thanks girls, it was a blast!!!

Next year, Paris!!!