Christmas, New Year's and everything in between

We went to mom and dad Jorgensen's house for Christmas this year. (It was a really far to travel:)) On Christmas Eve, the O's and Rob Harris came to the house and we ate lots of great food, sang Christmas carols and played Mad Gab. There are only three kids under twenty four and that was Brookleyn, Kira, and Sam. In my family we did pjs on Christmas Eve and Arik's family liked that tradition so we started it. By the time the girls got thier pjs on, Kira was in no mood to take pics.
Arik decided to try out Kira's present from Santa. Here is kira trying out her present, I didn't get a good pic of Brookelyn with her gift from Santa but she got a vanity, much to mom and dad's dismay. (We wanted her to get a toolbench but she wanted the vanity.)Arik was really tired and I covered in this beautiful blanket that Arik's mom made Brookelyn. My mom gave me a Broncos' jersery. Yep, my first one ever and I am almost 26 years old. The girls and I tried to support the Broncos to victory but alas it was not meant to be.

For New Year's we had our friends from Rexburg, the Hemmings, and our friends from Logan, the Severinsens, at our house. Braden and Kira were so cute together.

We busted out our Sing Star. Of course we had to play boys against girls. Go Alicia.

Go Mo! We had lots of fun and even got Rob to sing some Country.

Kira just being Kira. She is so cute.

Tanner and Brookelyn playing in the bus.

Kira trying to play Ticket to Ride and saying cheese.

CHEESE!!!

Kira and Dad just chilling at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

My husband got me this book for Christmas. Those that read Harry Potter will know what it is.




This last pic was of Libby Severinsen. She is borrowing our bumbo right now and loved to sit up in it. This was just the cutest pic ever.

We had a great holiday and enjoyed the season. Now back to work and real life again. We hope all is well with everyone and I will post some pics from our family pics as soon as I can find more time.

Family Time

We have not had a ton of family time the past few months, with basketball and fires and school, family time has not really been there. So today given that it was one of the first Saturdays when we are all home I wanted to make a gingerbread house. Here are the pics from that.

Arik being Arik.

Kira ate more candy then she put on the house. She even said cheese for the pic.

Brookelyn knew exactly where she wanted everything. She really liked using the big candy balls.
Here is the final product. I think it is really cute.
An overhead view of our pretty house.

I wanted to let you all know that my basketball team went undefeated this year. We beat the last two teams by 6 and 8 points. It was so much fun and they already say the pressure is on for next year. It was so much fun. Brandee, my sister, took pics and posted some pics on her bolg if you want to check it out. It is the PHAT Bagshaws.

Merry Christmas just in case I don't get back on by then.

Cutest Girls

This pic is from the summer but it is just so cute. Right now we have snow everywhere and it is freezing. Take in the fact that Arik and I both get home from work after dark, my poor girls have not had the joy of playing in the snow. It is on the list for Friday or Saturday.
We took away Kira's binkie about a month ago now. She gets it at nap and bedtime but that is it. We have seen her vocab explode. She now says, wow, pretty, tree, grandma, grandpa, sis, and I. Added to mom, dad, hi, bye. One day I had the window open and she saw the snow falling and said wow. Now whenever she sees Christmas lights it is wow. Given that every single house on our block is decorated we hear wow a lot. She is just so darn cute. Brookelyn is getting bigger and bigger. Monday night the girls and I made sugar cookies. It was my first time by myself making sugar cookies. (For all that know me this is not a surprise.) I didn't get any pics. Poor Arik was trying to get stuff done for a trip to Ogden he had to make on Tuesday. Anyways, last night we were frosting cookies. (Arik was on his way home from Logan. I was very jealous that we got to see Rob and Lil but that is a different story.) Anyways, I broke a cookie and Brookelyn said, "Don't worry mom. Dad can fix it when he gets home from work. He can fix everything." It made me smile. She then said in one of those weird voices we all seem to use when talking to our kids, "Thank you so much for helping me mom. It is so nice of you." I guess I say that to her a lot. Other phrases that Brookelyn has started using are "Oh, my gosh." "Goodness" "Oh my heck." i better get better at what I say around her. At least cuss words are not allowed in the house because she would probably walking saying them.

Basketball is over tomorrow. We have a game today and a game tomorrow and then we are done. At this moment we are still undefeated. We have already beat both these teams but tomorrow is against Grace (our rival). We hope all are having a wonderful Christmastime. I had my students write an essay on six gifts they would want if they could have everything. In about 95% of the conclusions they said that getting presents is nice but that is not what Christmas is all about. It is about family and other stuff (church stuff but they try not to talk about religion in thier papers). They say that giving is more important than receiving and the greatest gift they want is being with thier whole family on Christmas.

It made me smile that 13 year olds aren't complete absorbed in themselves. We love you all and wish you a Merry Christmas. May the real reason for the season be central in your homes.

THanksgiving, Christmas and Randomness

Well, this year we finally have enough room to get a real tree. Arik went with his dad and cut one down and hauled it out. We brought it inside the house after the girls went to bed. When Kira woke up the next morning she kept pointing at the tree and going ahahah! She had to make sre that dad knew a tree was in the house. We then decorated and when you have had little apartments and little trees you don't have many decorations. Our tree looks bare but that is okay. We let Brookelyn and Kira hang some of the ordaments. Here is where Brookelyn put them.

All grouped together. We are slowly getting more fo the tree but this year the tree will be pretty bare.

I pulled out the nativity set my grandma gave us. It is one that can't be broke (very nice for our house right now). Here is what Brookelyn did when playing with them. I think it is amazing that she put the baby Jesus in the middle and all the others surronding it. Looking at the baby and protecting it. Truly amazing.

During the Thanksgiving holiday we had the Hemmings (friends from Rexburg), Lance (Alicia Hemming's brother from the Y), my cousin (Brigette from the Y), Garrett (my brother in RExburg), and the Bagshaws (my sis and her family from Pokey). it was great. It was nice to finally have a bi house for everyone to play and run around. No one got sick this year (a first), and we had so much fun. We played late night games, our own Turkey bowl, and Black Friday shopping. It was so nice thanks everyone. Arik put up Christmas lights one afternoon and all the kids had to watch.

It was so much fun and went by way to fast.

School is going good. I really enjoy it. Basketball is over next week. We are now 9 and 0 and it looks very good for us to go undefeated. Which would be awesome.

This week is going to be crazy. Tonight we had the school Christmas party which I planned, then tomorrow is the Church Christmas Party and I am helping with cooking/serving the food. Wednesday our basketball team is going to Aberdeen which is two hours away. Then Thursday is Arik's work party. craziness! On friday the bishop has invited the Elder's quorum presidency and their wives to go to the temple and do a session. So, we might be going to that as well. I still need to mail off Christmas presents. I am done shopping though and have them all wrapped. It is so nice to enjoy the Christmas season (as soon as school is out the students are not acting up and being stupid).

Life is good and I am so grateful for everything. I am grateful for the knowledge I have and all the blessings I have received by being a member of the chruch. I hope everyone enjoys the holiday season for what it really is and not what the world has made it out to be. Enjoy your families and life because it goes by way too fast.

BIG DISAPPOINTMENTS and a little fun

This weekend went by in a whirlwind. It started Thursday, I had a bball game in Malad which is about an hour and 15 minutes on a school bus. We got back at 9 pm. At 10, I joined Marti, Arik's sister, and some of her friends headed to Pokey for the big Twilight movie. We met up with my sister, Brandee, and we were off. We watched the movie and it was good. Not quite what I had in mind but very funny and really good, since I had read the books. I am excited for the next one also. It was a hard movie to create because much of the book is what Bella is thinking not tons of action. Anyways, we got home at 4 in the morning.

That night I went to Logan. I left the girls in Soda with Grandma and Grandpa and went to join my husband in Logan. Saturday I attended a baby shower for my old neighbor and then we went to a UTAH-BYU party. There were tons of people there and one guy, Paul (thanks) and myself were the only BYU fans. for everyone that saw or heard of the game it was a bad day for BYU fans. I thought, at least the Broncos will win because they are playing the Raiders.

Well, in Soda they switched over to digital and we don't have the box yet so we have no tv so no football. Tonight I got on the computer and to my utter dismay, my Broncos lost. What a horrible weekend. I had friends call and make fun and I just know what my students are going to say tomorrow at school.

Here are some pics of the great fun that was this weekend. Rob (the one in the middle of the three boys), dressed his daughter in red and painted a U on her cheek. Well, I took the liberty to paint a Y on her other cheek. She needs to know that she has options. :)

My husband is so much happier when he is with these two men. I will forever be indebted to them for thier friendship with Arik. Rob had to buy Arik a shirt and then Arik had to buy Lee a shirt too. The three amigos.

Little Libby with her wonderful Y, which her daddy removed the minute he say it.
Kira was messing around today and found these glasses. She was just two cute and I had to take a pic.

Wish me luck tomorrow when I face all those Ute fans and Raider fans. I am being fed to the wolves here.

fun times GO BRONCOS!!

My mom got the girls these jerseys last Christmas, luckily she got this big for Kira. She really looks like a football player in it. The girls got into my drawer in the bathroom and this was what they got out and then Brookelyn decided to use it. No it is not plugged in. Aren't they cute. Kira is such a good sport. I don't know why Brookelyn is wearing her hood it is not cold in the house.

Success and winning some more

This past week has been hard. My seventh graders have been killing other teams. Everyone on the bench has been getting playing time and everyone was making baskets. Last Thursday in the last seconds of our game one of my best players got hurt. At first we thought it was nothing. Then after a night of pain, Dakota, the injuried player, went to the doc. She had a couple separated ribs. Then she had more problems. On Wednesday all my girls were freaking out because Dakota wasn't at school and if your not a school you can not play. During fourth hour one of my players comes running into my room crying, yes I did have a class. Come to find out Dakota's appendix burst and she had to have surgery that morning. So I had a very distraught team Wednesday. They were worried about Dakota and thought that they could not win without her. I talked their ears off telling that that Dakota was not our team and that we could still play well even without her. Before this week we had won all of our games by at least 20 points. So Wednesday we won by 2 points, the girls gave me a heart attack and we won. Giving the girls confidence and more trust in me. tonight we won again but by twelve. They have learned that one player does not make a team. Dakota is a great player and losing her really has caused great stress but we have overcome and will continue to play.

My greatest acheivement this week was doing Brookelyn's hair. Most of you know how awful I am at all the girl stuff. I have a hard enough time doing my own hair. I have tried to get better, hello I have two girls with beautiful red hair and I needed to learn how to do hair. Luckly, thier aunt Marit watches them so they have cute hairdos because she does it. Today, I had to try. I did it. I did Brookelyn's hair. It is not french braids but it is braids. I know I am the most happy and Brookelyn really didn't care, but it made me feel good to know that I am getting better and really being a mom. To be a good mom you have to know how to do hair right? So here are pics of my great success. I know there are many of you reading this and laughing but I am proud of my success. My girls have attitude. 20 points if you know what is showing behind Brookelyn!

Not the greatest but I am sure proud.

Mom do you really have to take a pic of me now???