Wii are having fun!!!!

Wii have been getting together with friends playing, dancing and battling on the Wii! This year for New Years Even we went to Amber and Dangs house and had our first taste of how deliciously fun it is to play the Wii!Amber made up some scrumptious drinks that we had at the non alcoholic mini bar! My favorite was Citrus Splash! It had a lime slice, orange slice and lemon slice along with ginger ale, bitters and a cherry hmmm YUMMY! We also had virgin Pina Coladas! We came back over a few days later because we just couldn't get enough of the Wii! This time we took a few videos! LAUGH ALONG WITH US! Amber and Dang are SO SO GOOD at it! They stay right with each other!

BJ and I were not as ... lets call it.... polished in our dancing skills! But we had fun!

I AM WORKING ON THIS VIDEO... IT WILL BE ADDED SOON!

The kids had a great time boxing each other! I think they had fun beating each other up! By that point in the night I was pretty worn out! All that dancing and boxing is a fun workout!



BJ JUST used his Christmas Gift Card and bought a Wii for us! I am sure there will be many more videos and funny stories as we practice and play on our very own Wii!

Childrens Parade.. and a little something extra!!!

Every year in Cedar they have a Children's Parade! It was SO awesome! Here are the highlights... they had so many characters that this just a glimpse!

BJ had to work but I got to meet up with Am-Dawg and Dangsta!
Spencer and Cooper LOVED getting right up close to the characters! AJ was a little nervous at first but Spencer and Cooper were very good friends and encouraged AJ to come and see! And after a bit he warmed up and they all enjoyed it together! They had lots of creative floats and almost every childrens character you can think of
Cooper loved the Little Engine that Could and Elmo! My favorite was the Where the Wild Things Are!The BEST part of the parade was when the Star Wars group of came walking down the street! The kids hit the roof! We yelled and yelled for Darth to come over but he didn't hear us through his big helmet!

We also got a up close and personal visit from Spiderman!
The whole parade was a blast! I hope we can come and see it next year!

And then on Sunday Spencer gave another talk in Primary! This time the topic was "When My family thinks about Jesus we are a happy" hope you enjoy it.... he did a fantastic job!

TWI-HARD

SO I have a confession... I am a TWI-HARD Twilight MOM! And I love every minute of it!

I LOVE making Twilight accessories declaring that I am TEAM EDWARD all the way!
I LOVE standing in line for hours on opening night with 200 other 15 year old girls! It makes me remember what it was like when I was young (AND HOW GLAD I AM TO HAVE GROWN UP...A LITTLE BIT ANYWAY)I LOVE spending time with my BESTEST FRIEND, laughing giggling and having some good old fashion girl time! I LOVE the excitement and tension between a girl, a vampire and a werewolf!
So I am anxiously awaiting Eclipse I love the relationship between 3 of them! And the next one is going to be the best! Let me know if you are a Twilight Mom too!!!

Renaissance Fair

Last week Cedar had their Renaissance Fair! It was SO much fun! BJ was working a lot and the so the kids and I went every night! We were lucky enough to go with Dang and Amber each night! WE HAD A BLAST! I really enjoyed getting out of the house! Here are a few pictures of all the fun we had!

By far are favorite thing to do was hang out with the knights and practice our spear skills!

We had a few competitions to see who could hit the shield the hardest and make in go around the most times! After 3 days we were pretty good!

Every night they had a show with belly dancers and singers! The belly dancers were AWESOME! Aubrey and Spencer loved to watch them! Amber and I just wished we could learn to do it! It takes a lot of practice!

The food was SO good! I still cant believe I didn't get a picture! But I did get a pic of Spencer enjoying the cotton candy WAY TOO much!

One of the fun parts of hanging out was seeing all the people dressed up! There is a whole sub culture of people who are WAY into it!

It was such a good way to spend the evenings, I am glad BJ was able to come one night and I am SO grateful to have such a good friend like Amber! It is so rare and special to have someone who you are comfortable around and who likes you in spite of all your little quirks! I love laughing and giggling about nothing and being able to feel comfortable talking about important things and nothing at all! THANK YOU Amber for being such a great Best FRIEND!

We were out late every night and the kids loved it! But they sure did tire out! I cant wait for the next festival!

a little firework FUN!

For family night we went over to Amber and Dang's for a BBQ and to light a few fireworks! The food was SO good, Amber does a MEAN grilled pork chop!

But the highlight of the evening was the fireworks! The kids had fun with the sparklers!

Then Dang got out the fireworks! Of course my boys were all over it! They are so fearless (which is a good thing and a bit scary for mom!) They ran back and forth jumping and laughing! Cooper did his happy chicken little dance, Spencer was so excited to be so close to the fireworks that he was just crazy! And Dang (the big kid) was very proud of the biggest firework he had "THE BIG ONE!"

I don't know if you can see it but Spencer is jumping in the air with excitement!

I love this picture because it just shows how excited the boys were! Everyone else was sitting and watching the fireworks and Spenc and Coop are JUMPING and running all over! It is a great example of EVERY outing we go to! Most of the kids sitting quietly and enjoying themselves and the Holm boys ALL OVER THE PLACE! I am sitting here right now smiling and shacking my head in exhaustion! :) And if you KNOW the boys I am sure you are nodding your head in agreement!

Celebrating...

We celebrated the 4th of July doing my favorite holiday traditions with GREAT FRIENDS and Family!

(this is my ATTEMPT at a posed picture I took about 20 and this was the best one:)

We went to the Washington park

With BJ's Parents, Jenise and Ellie, and BJ's Cousin Lehi and his little girl Sapphire

The boys rode the tractor train with their Daddy!

The main event at the park was the races!Cooper ran first

He was so fast!

Spencer was up next

This was the first year he ran on his own, he really proud of himself!

We all cooled off with the first snow cone of the day and some much needed shade!

After nap time we headed to the Rec center to stay cool! We all had a blast!

Spencer was trying to swim all over the place!

Cooper was scared of everything for some reason so he pooped out really early on!

We went yo my favorite spot to watch the fireworks! I love to stake out a spot and lay down and watch them right above you! Plus they have the BEST snow cones and fun activities for the kids!

We brought some food and we all hung out and relaxed, Cooper stole the french fries so he could have them all to himself!

Graham had a good time too! He sucked on ice (for his poor little teeth) and made a new friend!

We had a great time all night with the Steele family, Brent and Kristie, Jenise and the Hanks!

It was a great 4th of July!

What are weekends for?

Well this weekend we decided to not spend all our time shopping (even though I did hit up a few yard sales and SCORED!!!)we spent the afternoon and evening hiking around the
Red Hill!

We did our BIG Easter egg hunt up there and the kids had a blast so we thought it would be fun to go spend some more time exploring! I took about a million pictures so I am going to do my best to slim it down! .....We had 5 kids and 3 adults! Lets just say it was a bit of a handful! For the most party we could just let them explore but there were a few times when the "crazy mom" in me showed up and made the kids hold hands!

I got a few super cute pics of each on the kids! Too cute to put in a collage!
We all had a great time outside! I am really looking forward to getting out and going camping and hiking this summer! We are all hoping to get out about every other week! If you want to go give us a buzz!