Our Happenings of 2010

Wow 2010 went by way to quickly, but we had fun while it lasted!!

In 2010 we......

*Welcomed a new addition to the family, and boy is he spoiled!!!

*Saw daddy's train up close and personal, and even got to sit in the same seat as him.

*Practiced hard and played many baseball/softball/t-ball games.

* Cris and I discovered that we will never coach a team again. It was way to much work especially getting kids to games, and practices while trying to coach.

*We camped and fished a lot!! And of course Kaden never failed at catching the first fish everyday.

*Benson discovered his daddy's love of the outdoors.

*The kids became fish for a month, and got really good tans while doing so.

*We said goodbye to a wonderful, Husband, Father, and Grandfather. The kids never fail to mention Grandpa daily. He sure is missed, but we know we will be with him again someday.

*We discovered that Sara, Biffy, and Kandra can play ball with the big boys.

*Cris learned not to speed on the Lewisville Hwy in Idaho(hopefully)

*Kennedy, Kaden, and Jocelyn went to Lake Powell with Grandma, and Grandpa Cziep

*We sent our sweet little girl to Kindergarten, and boy did she look tiny compared to her classmates.

*Cole went to preschool and Kennedy and Kaden are in the 4th and 5th grade.

*The kids all kicked butt playing soccer.

*Cris and I made some awesome looking 80's wanna be rock stars.

* I ran my second half marathon, and loved every minute of it.

*Cris became the YM Pres. in our ward and is learning a lot about scouts

We had a great year, and hope that 2011 is just as much fun!!!

Benny at 10 months

Benson is 10 months old now, and gets more, and more fun each day!!! Here's some of his accomplishments.

*he's now 20 pounds

*he eats only big people food, no more of that nasty baby crap

*he crawls everywhere, and he's very fast!!!

*he walks along the couch and pushes any thing that will move and walks behind it

*says mama very good, especially when he's hungry, fussy, or just wants to be held

*he figured out how to open the pocket doors when closed, so nothing in the computer room is safe

*he plays peek-a-boo like a pro

*and of course he's just so gosh darn cute!!!!

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. The kids couldn't have been happier with their gifts!!! I don't ever take pictures of them opening them because I feel like I miss out on everything. Just imagine Kennedy and Kaden's excitement when they opened their last gifts, and they were cell phones, and you'll get an idea of how our morning was. :)

This year Kennedy got: Cell phone, a T.V. to put in her room, clothes, jewelery, make-up, a crimper/flat iron for her hair, and a bunch of other fun stuff.

Kaden got: cell phone, T.V. for his room, clothes, books, and the big ticket item a remote control car that can go up to 50 mph. I don't know who is having more fun with it, Cris or Kaden. :)

Jocelyn got: make-up, a Cinderella doll, scrapbook/craft stuff, and craft/drawing table, clothes, new boots, and of course the felt playhouse I slaved away making. (that's a different post.)

Cole got: craft/drawing table, a bunch of J.I. Joe's, an imaginex space ship, clothes, new shoes, and a transformer kick ball.

For Benny's first Christmas he got: clothes, and some baby toys.

We hope you all had a wonderful day remembering our Savior and what he did for us.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Love,

The Moss Clan

Santa Train 2010

We took the kids to see Santa ride in on the train again this year. They had a good time. Cole was even able to talk to Santa over the radio to see where he was, and what he wanted for Christmas. He told him he wanted a "warthog" aka a four wheeler type vehicle that you drive around in the video game Halo. The elf who was by us had a good laugh thinking that Cole wanted a pig. lol

Kennedy and Kaden don't believe anymore but still put on a show for the little ones. :)

Kaden is too cool for Santa's lap.

Jocelyn asked for a Cinderella doll.

Cole still asked for the warthog.

Benson's first time seeing Santa. He didn't even cry.

Womens Half Marathon

In November I ran the Women's Half Marathon. The proceeds went to the Susan G. Comen foundation. I went with a awesome bunch of girls!!!(we missed you Susie) We made a weekend out of it. What could be funner, girls, shopping, good food, a 13.1 mile run, and then more food and shopping. It was a blast!!! I loved that it was just women running it. It was so powering, and awesome to see so many women running for a good cause!

I ran it in 1 hour 52 minutes. It averaged out to be about a 8:30 min/mile. I was really excited about my time since I beat my last half marathon time by almost 30 minutes!!! YAY!! Next time I run a half, I'd like to shave another 10 minutes or more off. My goal is to someday qualify and run the Boston Marathon. :)

Here are a few pics of our fun run, and weekend!!

Jenn, me and Crystal. Just to warn you, don't leave your camera with any of us while you are using the restroom. You may end up with a dozen or so pictures like the one above. :)(sorry Tayna)

Jenn and I after the big run.

Crystal, Tayna, me, and Jenn. Oh ya, we are buff!!!

Here we all are looking decent and smiling for the camera. I has so much fun girls!!! I can't wait till next year!! :)

Silhouette

I just told Cris the other day how much I wanted a Silhouette. I could have so much fun with it!!! Glass etching, vinyl for my walls, cards, scrap booking, and I can't forget how cool their temporary tattoo paper is!!!

Then as I'm looking all around blog land the last few days, there are several giveaways for them!! I'm really hoping that I can win one!! Go here http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2010/11/silhouette-craft-cutter-giveaway.html to enter to win one!!!

Halloween Festivities

Wow! Having Halloween on a Sunday really makes for a weekend of dressing up, and fun!!! We started off by carving pumpkins. No fancy faces this year. We made our own. The kids all drew what they wanted on their pumpkins, and then went to town carving. (A really easy way to light your pumpkins is to use Christmas lights. I carved a small hole in the back of pumpkin, and then stuffed about 10 lights each into them. It worked really well!!)

Here are the kids with their creations.....

The next part of our weekend was a fun and totally rad Halloween party Cris and I went to. We had so much fun!! Cris and I went as 80's rockers.

Doesn't Cris look rockin' in that mullet, and in the side ponytail.....

The kids got to do two nights of trick-or-treating. Saturday night was our stakes trunk-or-treat. Then Sunday we went to another trunk-or-treat in the Safeway parking lot, and then Cris took the kids around the neighborhood while I handed out candy. I love seeing all the fun costumes kids wear. What I think is even funnier is the young couple that came to my door with a 9 or 10 month old in a stroller trick-or-treating. I mean really is that baby going to eat that candy?? I think not. Maybe I should have tricked them instead of treating them......

Here are our cute little goblins.....

Kennedy as a Candy Corn Witch

Kaden as Luigi

Jocelyn as Raggity Ann

Cole as Buzz Lightyear

Benson as a Monkey

The whole gang

I have to say that my kids were the cutest trick-or-treaters around!!!!!