Baby Steals Contest

I go to www.babysteals.com everyday to see what they are selling!! I have a 20 month old daughter and want one of everything for her! I love Baby Steals but one of the worst things happened. I was going to buy a pair of Robeez shoes and by the time I got on and tried to get her size they were all sold out! I guess if you snooze you loose!
You should go and see all the fun stuff they have. It's pretty cool.

Easter

We had such a fun Easter. Auntie Sherry bought and then I helped her make these cute dresses for the girls for Easter.

We had a yummy Easter dinner with Ron, Sherry, Nate, Kathy, Derek, Kristy, Jimmy(an investigator), the missionaries and all of us. We had ham, scalloped potatoes and veggies. We also had the Petersons famous homemade rootbeer and Tim's favorite rasperry lemonade. For dessert we had strawberry shortcake and blackforest cake. It was all so good.

After dinner we went to Auntie Sherry's house for an Easter Egg Hunt. All of the kids got way too much candy, but had a blast.

There was a special area that only Bryn and Sandy could get eggs. They were so cute just picking up the candy and eggs. Sandy picked up about 3 and was done because she wanted to just eat the candy. Brynley on the other hand just kept picking up more and more eggs. She had so much fun lugging around her basket and finding eggs.

After the egg hunt we watched The Testiment. We had a great Easter and just wanted to share some of our day with you.

Family Home Evening

Why is it that I start out every post with a picture of Bradley??

We played an awesome game of hockey. We went over to Uncle Ron's pond, got out the puck and sticks and had a blast.

Kinsey and Brynley went onto the ice once, both fell down and then decided to go swing and slide instead. They are such cute girls.

Brad and Ethan were a great team together. Bradley wouldn't keep his coat on even though he was just getting over a cold.

Ethan was our only casualty of the game. He fell down and was still trying to take the puck away from Ty when SMACK-- he got hit in the cheek by Ty's stick.

Can you see my awesome goalie skills!! I'm pretty sure I was the best player out there.

We have been able to have a lot more family time. Living out on an acreage the kids don't have friends to play with after school that are close. We have enjoyed it a lot and hope you enjoy watching the kids grow up.

Stuff

This was the last year that Bradley was able to do the Pinewood Derby. Here they call it the Kub Kar Rally. His age gets to do a 18 wheeler truck. He had fun with his dad working on his car. On his first race they put some liquid stuff on the wheels that gummed them all up. So he lost his first race, but after they put regular graphite on he was able to win some races. He had a fun time!!

One day Bryn got all dressed up and actually let me keep a bow in her hair. She was so cute and just posed for her pictures so well.

This is at Bradley's Birthday Party. He did Fear Factor again and yes he was the only one to puke AGAIN! They did have a blast!!

Brynley has decided she loves to put on my mascara. She does a pretty good job don't you think?

This is Brynley's Crazy Hair day.

The kids had crazy hair day at school. (Brad was sick this day). Yes, Ty does have a flower on his head. Everyone at school loved it. After Kinsey came home we took out all her mini buns and her hair went crazy curly!!

We are all doing very well. It is still snowy and cold here. Hopefully spring will come someday.

Last weekend I went to our Stakes Women's Conference and it was really good. I enjoyed it so much. I really felt the spirit and want to be a better mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend. On May 1 and 2, I am going to Time Out for Women in Edmonton. I look forward to that.

Tyler had a YM/YW activity and went skiing. That was his first time and he loves it!!

The only thing is the hill that is close here is just that-- a hill. I don't know if you've realized by the name- Grande Prairie-- that it is just that-- a great big Prairie. Either way he loves it and has gone again since that activity.

It Seems Were So Boring

I need to update out blog but it seems were just so boring. I added a picture of each of the kids so you could see how they are growing. Brad still loves to read--I was able to pull him away from his book long enough to take this picture. His 11th birthday is on March 1. He is so excited to be 11.

Ty is now officially lots taller than me. He is even taller than his Auntie Sherry. I think he is 5'6" now. We were out riding sleds last Saturday and the kids loved it. He got called a few weeks ago to be the Deacons Quorum President. He is excited to start some of the fun things he did in Utah with the kids up here.

For some reason Ethan wanted to play in the dumpster while he was waiting for his turn on the sled. He is growing so big. He is such a good kid. He is reading awesomely and he had made some good friends at school.

Brynley loves to be outside. She and Sandy were waiting for their turn on the sled too. Bryn is talking a bunch and loves our dog Blaze and our cat Todo.

Kinsey loves to play with the girls. She loves to take care of them and is my most awesome helper. She is my go to girl for helping with Brynley. Actually all of the kids fight over who is going to take her to nursery or hold her in Sacrament Meeting. Bryn is well loved.

Tim just got a haircut- he had actually been growing it out for awhile. The pictures should do all the talking about that.!!

Odds and Ends

Tim was on his way to work last Thursday and just drove out of our neighborhood and saw these two moose on the side of the road. He had to stop and take a picture. Next time he hopes to stop and shoot them for our dinner!!

We have had a very warm February up here. It has been around 34* Farenheit. It just feels so nice but the problem is that it melts all the ice and snow and makes the roads very slick. Last Sunday we got a call from Tim's sister, Sherry, saying that Ron was in the ditch and needed some help out. The reason this is so funny is because Ron is always teasing Tim about how he(Ron) has such a manly truck(diesel) and Tim has such a girly truck (F-150). So Tim went to help him out of the ditch and as you can see in the pictures to follow--- Tim got stuck in the ditch trying to get him out too.

These next pictures are awesome! Brynley got into some of Kinsey's lipgloss and put it all over her face. What a silly girl!!

We have a long weekend this week and Tim and I are going to Edmonton to do some errands, get some stuff done for my permanent residency and go to the temple. I am so excited to go to the temple. It sure makes it harder when it is 4 1/2 hours away. I am now jealous of all you Utah people having a temple so close. Use it wisely!!!

Love ya all,

Carrie

Yes, we are all alive and well!!

I't has been awhile since my last blog and I was just realizing that I needed to keep everyone up to date better. (New Year's Resolution!)

Winter has definately come. It was actually unusually warm here up until about December. Then when December hit it got really cold. The coldest it has gotten so far is -38* celcius, which is about -38* farenheit. Yes we still go out on days like that--if needs be, like work and school. Actually that temp. was at night because the buses don't run if it gets to -35* during the day. We do have to warm our cars up for about 20 min. so they are bareable to sit in. There is ice constantly on the roads because we haven't been above freezing since the beginning of December. The major roads they keep fairly nice- but side and back road are icy.

We are staying warm with our woodburning stove.



The kids are all doing well in school-They are all liking riding the bus-- they all get a lot of reading done. Their teachers all had very good things to say at parent teacher conferences.

We are enjoying the ward. Tim is the ward mission leader so we get to see the missionaries a lot. We just had a lady get baptised last saturday and we all got to go. The spirit was so strong and I am glad that all the kids got to be there.

I am in the Young Womens presidency and am enjoying that. We only have about 9 active girls. So it's a lot smaller than I'm used to.

We hope you all had a great Christmas. We have been so blessed and are grateful to Heavenly Father for all of His blessings, but especially for our Savior, Jesus Christ.

We miss you and love you all.