Looking back...

Just over 7 years ago, Randy and I were just about to have a new baby any day...

And then Emma was born at home on January 4, 2004.
2 days shy of a year later, Natalie was born on January 2, 2005. (Look how much they look alike!)


Emma, age 1
age 2
age 3
age 4
age 5
age 6
Natalie when she was born
6 months old
age 2
age 3
age 4 (she dresses herself a lot!!) :)
age 5

Natalie and Emma just turned 6 and 7 this year. I can't believe it! They are growing so fast! We love you girls!

Hare Christmas party...(only posting a month later....)

On December 27, we had our Hare Christmas party, and it was a blast! We opened lots of presents and the adults played the gift exchange game.... It was a lot of fun!

Emma and Naomi from behind....

These are out of order, but this year, Margie's boyfriend, Matt brought a rooster for his white elephant gift. It was SO funny!! Caren opened it and got quite the shock. Everyone had a good laugh...lol

Don and all the girls, including the in-laws

Briallen took down all of Zolene's stockings to check for candy... it was so cute!
being goofy, having fun:

CHRISTMAS!!!

This year for Christmas, we went to my parents house again. We decided we would head down Christmas Eve and have the party down there with them, but Randy had to work, and didn't get home until really late. We got there, ate, let the kids open their jammies and put them to bed. It worked out great!

Being Santa's "helpers" was fun too. Stetsy, Mom, and I had a great time together. At 12:30 (officially Christmas day), Mom finally convinced Stetsy and I to give her the gift from all the kids, and it was well worth it! We all went in on a western rug for her living room. She was SO excited, and SO happy! (pictures to come).

Before we went to bed:

Christmas morning:




Briallen got the "Tismas sooter" she has been wanting for months! She was pretty excited!

Randy was able to sell some car parts a few month ago and get these little motorcycles for Emma and Natalie. He fixed them and the Jeep up, and the kids rode them all day. It was definitely the highlight of Christmas! I think he might have been more excited than they were at first!! :)



Every year we are so blessed, and so spoiled! We had a wonderful Christmas with the family, and made lots of fun memories!

My Daddy

Last Tuesday I got a call from my sister, Stetsy saying that my dad had had an accident with a horse and that he was being life flighted to Las Vegas. I wasn't sure what was going on, but I wasn't ready for something like this to happen. The first thing I did was pray that everything was going to be okay. Then we prayed again as a family. He had 6 broken ribs and some bleeding on his brain. They kept him in ICU for a few days to keep an eye on him, and he recovered enough to be moved into another room for another day. He was able to come home really quickly, and has been healing wonderfully. He is such a tough cowboy!! He is still VERY sore, and will be for quite a while, but is so glad to be home. It was such a scare! It's crazy how life can change in an instant. We are so blessed to have such a great daddy, and I am so grateful for the power of prayer.

Here are just a few pictures of him...I love him so much!!!

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving it was the Bundy's year. A lot of the family was able to go to Phoenix and stay with Ammon and Lisa. It was such a blast! There were a lot of people and a lot of food, but not a lot of drama, which was great!! Ammon and Lisa were wonderful hosts, and we all had a really good time.

For a date night for all of the married couples, Ammon took us all to a professional hockey game. I had never been to anything like that before, so it was a lot of fun!! We were so grateful for Ammon and Lisa treating us to something so fun!

Mom and Dad sat behind us all and they were next to this lady wearing a santa hat. She was so into the game, and she got my dad to stand up and cheer, and get really into it. It was so funny!

Stetsy willingly watched all of the kids for us while we went, and I just wanted to tell her how thankful we are for her!! She is such a great aunt, and so fun! The kids all LOVE you, Aunt Stetsy!!

One night, Stetsy, Savhana, and I were all goofing off taking a bunch of fun pictures of us jumping on the trampoline.... it was dorky and fun!





Ammon and the guys took all of the kids out to the shop and helped them all make their own treasure boxes. My kids LOVE theirs, and they are constantly finding new treasures to put in them.


Rebekah's favorite place to be was in the fire wood holder. She would get in and out, in and out all day, and if anyone got in her "spot" then she wasn't very happy. This one time she did let Brinklee sit in it with her. (I think this is one of Brink's favorite spots too, and she was so nice to share).


We were so happy to have little Braxton there, he is such an adorable little baby!!





Thank you so much, Ammon and Lisa for inviting us into your home!! We had such a wonderful time!