Hicken Christmas Party

We had our "Hicken" Christmas party on Saturday and we had so much fun! We really missed our parents and had I thought...we would have had someone bring a laptop and skyped them, so they could have seen some of our fun, but I guess that will have to be what we do next year. We had my Moms traditional dinner of ham, twice baked potatoes, Aunt Delsas jello, rolls and cranberry drink. It was nice to be together, but I think the best part was watching these little cousins exchange gifts to one another! What fun!


Check out Spencers smile! He was SO excited to give his gift to Camden. I love that the kids get so excited to give their gifts

Ryker giving his gift to Sterling.

Ryker got a Buzz Light Year gun from Garrett and he couldn't have been more happy!!!! He has played with this non stop!

Let it Sand, Let it Sand, Let it Sand!

Who says you can't have a snowman when you live in the desert of good ol' Arizona?......Love it!! FYI-engineer Camden Brimhall (check out his creativity...it even has buttons :) )

Blessed!

The other morning Chad sayes to me as he's leaving for work..."You are lucky!" I say, "Yes...I am so lucky!" I knew what he meant....he was talking about being able to be home with these lovelies! They are everything to us and I am so grateful to be a Mother and to be able to spend every second I can with these little guys. They are so full of energy and life and they are each others best friends! I am Lucky! Lucky to hear the funny lines they say to each other, Lucky to hear their laugh each day, Lucky to watch them grow and progress, Lucky to be able to play games with them, Lucky that all 4 of them enjoy the exact same things right now in their lives, Lucky that they ask to snuggle, Lucky that I often find them in my bed next to me in the morning, Lucky that they ask for my help with homework, Lucky that they ask me to read to them everyday! Lucky that Avie rests her head on my shoulder as I sing to her at night and that she asks for more (she is the only one that can stand my out of tune songs :) ) Lucky to watch my kids run and play, Lucky to watch their imagination run wild, Lucky to hear their voices and to see them grow and learn. Lucky to watch their little testimonies grow and to hear them say, Mom I love you! Oh boy am I ever Lucky!

Ward Christmas Party

We had a wonderful Ward Christmas Party, it was perfect! Santa even visited the children (pics to come on that later) We wrote letters to those in our ward that are away, such as: missions, serving in the navy and army. There was a nice little program and then dessert. We couldn't possibly ask to be a part of a better ward family!

Avie's Latest!

Avie LOVES to unload the Toilet Paper rolls...we now shut bathroom doors :)


Avie LOVES peanut butter...she always leaves the jam side!

Avie LOVES the green ring from her stack toy! When putting the toy away I always say, "Where's the green ring?" I don't ask anymore...it is alway on Avie"s wrist! Disclaimer-

Don't look at the outfit (I wish she was old enough and I could just say, "oh she dressed herself, however, yes...I did dress her and the outfit was cute until she played outside and needed socks and shoes :) )

I love Static Electricity!!!

Soccer Party!

Camden with Coach Dorsten. Camden had a great 1st season with soccer! It was really neat to watch how much he progressed from beginning to end. His team had a big party at Peter Piper Pizza (our very first experience with that) and he had a blast. The highlight of the night and the season (for Camden) was the TROPHY! What is it with little boys and trophies? Well, soon after this picture was taken Camden was off to play with the games and Chad, Avie and I were at the table talking to some other parents.....Avie grabbed that "TROPHY" and in a blink of an eye and one WHACK that TROPHY was in half! I couldn't help myself...I just laughed and laughed (I tend to do that a lot...laugh when not convenient) and Chad looked at me and said, "Caskie" you know..the up and down "CA-skuh-IE" I looked at him with a smile and shoved it into the diaper bag "real quick" and looked at Chad and said, "what?" Ha!!! That night while I tucked Camden into bed he said, "Oh..my trophy! Mom can you go get it?" I said, " How about I take care of it and put it to bed upstairs tonight?" So, thank heaven for the genius that invented super glue! PS- I'm too honest and did tell Camden Avie had broken it...but only after the super glue came to Avie's (my) rescue!