Wrestling and Birthdays!

We had a fun week this week. It all started on Monday when Tayton was in his first wrestling tournament! He wrestled 4 times and he ended up winning one of his matches. He wrestled really great. He was the smallest kid there and he had to wrestle older and heavier kids. He loved it and had a great time. I got to be the lucky person in charge of concessions all day, we ended up with a ton of leftovers and poor Levi has been eating sloppy joes all week.



Tayton getting ready for his first match.


I didn't get the best pictures, but here he is on top, fighting to get him on his back.


Here is Tayton getting his medal. He was very proud of himself for all of his hard work.


Tayton on the stand with his wrestling buddies!


Then on Tuesday it was my 28th birthday. I had a fun day, Levi stayed home from work and we went out to lunch and just hung out until I went to go teach dance. The girls that I taught dance too all sang happy birthday too me, it was cute.


Here is my beautiful birthday cake. Tayton decorated it with pirates and heart sprinkles. It was so much fun!


So that was our week. Thanks everyone for all the birthday wishes. I hope everyone is doing great and here are just a few random pictures to leave you with.


I sent Tayton in his room to go clean up his big mess and this is what I found. He never just falls asleep like this.


I can get dressed all by myself!


Mom don't laugh at me and take a picture, help me.

Our new puppy!

This is what Levi decided he wanted for Christmas. This is Buck. He is a German Wirehair. I wasn't too pleased at first about getting another dog but I guess he is growing on me. Tayton really wanted to name him wiskers but I think we convinced him that was a name for a cat. The people we got him from had allready named him Buck so we decided to keep that. Our other dog Molly didn't like Buck at first, but she loves him now and they are best buds. Tayton really loves him and they have a lot of fun together. Every night Tayton trys to sneak Buck in his room or Buck trys to be the sneaky one. Here are a few pictures of Buck! He loves to play in the snow. Not the best picture of Buck, he looks like a puppy on drugs. I will try to take a better picture. Here is our other dog Molly. Tanna had a great time her first time sledding. I think my kids are just the cutest things ever! These are my new obsessions. I love these little hats. I think she is just a doll. So I know it is almost February but I have to put the last of our Christmas pictures up. Here is our branch Christmas party. Tayton was a sheppard and it was pretty funny. He was wearing this hot costume under the stage lights so he kept sweating and he got bored because it took a very long time so he started using his sheppards hook as a gun and started shooting things. It was pretty funny. I felt bad but I am sorry, you can't expect a 4 year old to sit up on stage for an hour. Tayton is at his school Christmas concert. He did such a great job. He was the loudest one out of all the Pre-schoolers and Kindergarteners. He loved it. Tayton with his pre school teacher Mrs. Dyer. \ Waiting in line for Santa, he was so excited. He kept jumping up and down, it was so cute. I love Santa! As you can tell, she really enjoyed sitting on Santas lap. Maybe next year. Tanna thought it would be fun to get some markers out and color all over her face. She got in trouble and this is how she pouts. I think it is pretty funny!

Christmas Fun!

We had such a great Christmas! I love little kids on Christmas! We got to spend it with out families in Utah. We had lots of family parties and it was so fun to see everyone. Here are some pictures of the past two weeks. I hope everyone had a great Christmas!


Playing at the Peak during the Sorensen family party!


Mom and Tanna going down the slide.


Tanna loved the playground.


Taytons favorite was by far the zip line. He must have gone on this 100 times. I was suprised he could last that long.


Pinatta's are so much fun.


Tanna was not quite sure what to do at first but she got it by the end.


Here we are at Hardware Ranch going to see the elk.


Tayton had so much fun looking at the elk. His favorite was when the elk were fighting. (It was not an actual fight, more like some food aggression issues.)


Tanna loved the horses that pulled us and she liked the elk too.


This poor guy had his antler hanging in his face. I hope he gets better.


Here is my beautiful riser on Christmas morning. As you can tell she is so excited.


Tayton loved everything about Christmas! He got spoiled rotten. He must have been good this year.


I love Christmas, after I wake up!


It's my wizard castle, thank you Santa!


Oh what can it be?


It's a princess couch!


More pirates, thanks mom and dad!


Santa brought Tanna a kitchen, it is a big hit!


Happy New Year! We spent the evening at home because everyone is sick except me. It was still fun though, we had fondue and cake and played games.


Tanna loved blowing the noise makers.


Me and Tayton also lit some sparklers. It was fun but really cold.

I hope everyone has a great 2010!

Dear Santa,

This is Taytons letter to Santa this year, he wrote it at pre-school. I thought it was pretty cute so I had to share it.

Dear Santa,

I want a wizard castle with a orange dragon. I want a green race car. I want a pink pirate ship and a pink pirate for baby Tanna. I've been a good boy now, but I've been a little bit naughty. My mom's been good so can you bring her a new necklace because baby Tanna keeps breaking them. My dad would like a present, too. I don't have a chimney so you can just go through the door. You can just put the presents under my tree.

I been good at preschool. I play nice with the other kids and I listen to my teacher. Sometimes I listen to my mom. When she says it's time to go to bed, I listen and she says it just one time and then I go to bed.

I will leave you and Mrs. Santa Claus some chocolate chip cookies and some of baby Tannas milk. I like your sleigh with reindeer and your soft beard. I love Santa Claus.

Love,
Tayton


This was a couple of years ago, as you can see Taytons relationship with Santa has improved a lot over the years.

If anyone is still out there . . .

I know I have been horrible at this blogging thing lately. We had such a great time when we went to Utah and we came back and the computer wouldn't turn on. Levi ordered a new power supply hoping that would work. Well the company sent us the wrong part but it finally came and the computer is working again. I am glad my husband is so handy. It only cost us $11.00 to fix it. I was pretty happy.

Well some exciting things that have been going since our last post are, I have a new nephew named Ryker Diego Winward. I haven't seen him yet but I can't wait. He was born the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We are excited to meet him.

My little brother Tyson left for his mission. Now I know some of you are thinking, didn't he leave a long time ago. Yes he did but he got sent home to take care of some issues and now he is back out on his mission and he is in the Dominican Republic. I couldn't be prouder of him, he is such a strong person and I miss him a ton.

We have been pretty busy here, but that isn't anything new. Levi is almost done with hunting season. I think he enjoyed it for the most part. He got his deer and was pretty excited about it. He didn't take any pictures of it though. He has been working so hard and I am proud of him for everything he does for us.

I have been pretty busy with cheer leading and dance. The boys football team went all the way to the semi-finals. Dance just started last week and I am teaching 6 classes with about 50 kids in all. I love teaching dance and I am having so much fun.

Tayton has been being a boy. He loves pre-school and is doing really good. I just went to my first parent teacher conference. I feel really old. The teacher said he was doing great, but one time he did punch his friend because he wouldn't be his best friend. Now why would that boy not want to be best friends with a kid who punched him, I don't understand.

Tanna is getting so big and talking so much. She is getting all four molars in right now so she is pretty happy. Today she was screaming at church for the sacrament bread and when she got to it she yelled thank you, it was pretty funny.

Well here are a few pictures from the last couple of months. I hope everyone is doing good.


Best buds!


So pretty! Tanna calls her hair bows pretty's, she loves to put them in and take them right back out.


Tayton loves these soldiers. They are those stupid dollar store ones but the kid can't get enough of them. He loves to build forts and all sorts of things for them. He said he wants a wizard castle from Santa Clause for his soldiers. I guess we will have to wait and see what Santa brings.


Tayton also made this pirate ship out of pillows, blankets, and chairs. He loved playing in it and so did his little sister. He had to make sure the soldiers were on the pirate ship. He is so fun.


The cutest witch you ever saw. I know it is almost Christmas, but I had to put it up here.


My witch with a pirate skeleton. Tayton spent hours looking for his costume. He couldn't find the right costume. He wanted to be a pirate with bones, so this is the best mom could come up with. He liked it so I guess that is all that matters, right.



Tanna enjoying a Halloween cupcake.


My little witch had too much fun.


My little skeleton all worn out after trick-or-treating. After all that hard work of finding the perfect costume, when it came down to it, he just wanted to be a scary skeleton. Don't laugh at the face paint, he wouldn't stop moving and he kept touching it all night, (Even though it was his idea to paint his face.)