Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a FABULOUS Valentine's Day! Mike came home early from work and brought me 12 dozen roses! What a great husband I have! I just love him so much! I got him a balloon and some red vines (his favorite treat)! Andrea and David made fun Valentine boxes to take to school. Josh had a fun Valentine's Day party at preschool the next day too, and we all had a fun time together that night watching a movie. It was a fun day!

Africa...

On January 16, 2011 Mike left to go to Uganda in Africa. He was gone for about 3 weeks. It was a long time, but we all survived while he was gone. He came back on February 4, 2011. We were all happy to see him and so glad he made it back safely! Mike lost his luggage on his way home and the kids were pretty disappointed because Dad told them he brought them something from Africa, but it was in his luggage. So we had to wait a few days for it to get to our house. Here are some of the things he brought the kids and I:

Spencer's Favorite - FROSTY!

During the Christmas Season Spencer loved one thing more than anything and that was FROSTY! He loved singing the song, watching the movie, but most of all he loved the stuffed animal of Frosty that sang the song to him! He carried it pretty much everywhere he went! It was so fun to see him get so excited about it all month long! :) What a cute boy! We love you Spencer!

Mike's New Car!

About one month after Mike was in his car accident he was able to get a new car! It took a long time to get everything worked out, but we were very happy that we were able to find a good car for him after his got totalled in his accident. He got a Rav4and he wanted black! :) So here is Mike with his new car on December 4th the night that he drove it home!

The Phantom of the Opera!

Well, the month of December began when I went with Andrea and David to see the Phantom of the Opera play at the Spanish Fork High School! Andrea has loved the music from the Phantom and so she was very excited to go and see the play! My parent's also came down that day, on December 4th and came with us. We all had a fun time together! :)

Happy New Year!!!

After we spent time with Mike's Family in Brigham City, we went to a cabin for a few days with my family. We had a great time snowmobiling (Mike and Spencer are on the snowmobile), playing games, and enjoying each other's company.

On New Year's Eve we went to my Grandma Lancaster's house, from the cabin, to celebrate the New Year. We had a great time, but I can't believe it is all ready 2011...and that our kids stayed up until Midnight!!! :)

Christmas Eve!

I am a little behind in my blog, but I just want to say that we had a wonderful Christmas! We did a lot of wonderful things together as a family during the month of December 2010, but one thing that I will remember is preparing and taking a basket to a family in need in our neighborhood the day before Christmas Eve. That was something our family will remember forever I think. It is such a good feeling to give something to people who really need it!


Here are our kids on Christmas Eve. They are so excited for Christmas they can hardly stand it! They had a wonderful Christmas. Mike and I had so much fun watching them and enjoying the day together. Merry Christmas!

Findley Family Fun!

The day after Christmas we went up to see the Findleys in Brigham City for a few days. We were all excited to see everyone. Our kids had a great time playing with their cousins! It was fun to get our family picture taken too since everyone was there. We had a wonderful time with everyone and it was good to see Grandma and Grandpa Cutler too!

Merry Christmas!

We had a Wonderful Christmas! Here are each of our cute kids on Christmas Morning...

Spencer...


Joshua...


David...


Andrea...


I think one of the highlights of our Christmas morning was when Spencer got a hold of the peppermint sticks without any of us knowing! He had a lot of fun eating them as you can see. Needless to say, once I found him like that and took his picture, he was in the bathtub real fast!!!

Before..."Look Mom - NO HANDS!" OH MY! :)



And After..."All Clean" and as cute as can be!!! :)

It's Almost Christmas!

Wow this month has just flown by! I can't believe it will be Christmas in 2 days! Well, I will have to write about what we have done during the month later after the Holidays are over and I have a little bit more time. :) Until then Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Our Family Picture 2010!

Our Gingerbread Train!

After the Ward Christmas Party we came home and made our Gingerbread Train together! It was so much fun decorating it and doing it together. We had a good time and the kids enjoyed every minute of it!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We had a wonderful time during the Thanksgiving Holiday this year! We went up to Brigham City to spend time with Mike's parents and family. We were able to see Mike's grandparents who have been in the hospital recently. We were so grateful to be able to see them and know that they are doing as well as they can be doing. We had a wonderful thanksgiving meal with Mike's extended family at his grandparent's house. We were also able to see Scott and Emily and their family while we were there. We are counting our blessings for wonderful Grandparents and Family who are such good examples to us. :)

Here are Grandma and Grandpa Cutler at Thanksgiving!



Our kids loved seeing their cousins at Thanksgiving too! :)




Here is Mike - relaxing after the delicious meal! :)

Happy 12th Anniversary!

Mike and I celebrated our 12th anniversary one month ago today on November 20, 2010! We had a great time together! After we got our family picture taken, we went to look for a car for Mike, but that was not very successful. Then we went out to dinner and afterwards we did a little Christmas shopping together. It was nice to spend the day together while my mom watched our kids for us. Once again we are counting our blessings for each other and for my mom who helped us out that day!

Daddy/Daughter Date!

Andrea had an activity for Activity Day's scheduled on November 16th a day when her Dad was going to be out of town. So Andrea called up her Grandpa Findley and he was very happy to come down and go to the Daddy/Daughter Date with her. Andrea was so excited that he was going to come all the way from Brigham City to go to this activity with her. She had so much fun with him. They danced together, ate refreshments and Andrea even got a few awards for the goals she has accomplished. We are so proud of all that Andrea has done with Activity Days. Here is Andrea with her Grandpa the night of the Activity! :) We also count our blessings for wonderful Grandparents/Parents who help and support us!

COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS!!!

November was filled with moments when we counted our many blessings. I am a little behind in writing in our blog and so I will post a little bit about what happened in November. On November 5th Mike called me at about 3:30 on his way home from work, (and also the day his parents and grandparents were coming to see us after we hadn't seen them for a while) and he told me he was in a car accident! That is news I have dreaded hearing since the day Mike and I started dating!!! He told me he was OK and that he would let me know what happened later. So he called me back and told me to come and pick him up. He didn't have a car it was not drivable. After we got home his parents and grandparents came to see us on their way home from St. George.


What had happened in the accident was not Mike's fault. He was stopped at the stop light just by the Chevron on Highway 6. He was so close to home and a lady was driving off the exit and driving onto Highway 6 and she hit the right hand tire of his car. He was pushed into the intersection and she flew around his car out in front of him. The very good news was that Mike was ok. He hurt a little from the impact, but we are all so grateful and very happy he was ok! :) Unfortunately, to make a long story short, Mike's car ended up being totaled they could not fix it. So we ended up getting a new car about one month after Mike was in his accident on December 4th. We have just been counting our blessings that Mike is still with us and we can all celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas together!

"Extended Family" Christmas Parties!

The next day on December 18, 2010 we had the Lancaster "Extended Family" Christmas Party at my Mom and Dad's house. It was a fun party and it is always fun to see our extended family! The kids acted out the nativity with my brother Scott reciting it from the scriptures. We had a fun time together!





After the Lancaster Christmas Party that same day December 18th, we went to my Grandma and Grandpa Hulet's house to have the Hulet "Extended Family" Christmas Party! We had a fun time seeing everyone there too! We sang songs, had refreshments, and the kids acted out the nativity again for everyone there! We had a good time and then headed home so we could go to church in the morning at our ward in Spanish Fork. :)

The Hulet Family Christmas Party!

On December 17, 2010 we had our Hulet Family Party at my Mom and Dad's house. It was barely finished in time for the party. They have been fixing their house up since it was flooded during the summer time. We had a lot of fun at the party, but the most exciting part for our kids was that Santa came! They loved the presents he gave them, but I think their favorite present was the pillow pets Grandma Marilyn gave all of them!


Spencer...


Joshua...


David...


Andrea...

SANTA!

On December 11, 2010 we went to our Ward Christmas Party. It was so much fun! Andrea and David sat on Santa's lap, but Josh and Spencer were a little scared of him. We had a good time other than Mike left on a trip the morning of the Ward Christmas Party so he wasn't able to be with us the whole time.



The Ward Christmas Party was also a pajama party so that is why Andrea, Josh and Spencer are in their pajamas! We had a good time!