Our Little Ballerina

Last year Josslyn started taking ballet...

and she has become quite the little ballerina!

She is always walking around on her toes, flitting around like a little

butterfly!

In December we went to watch her teacher

and some of the older classes perform The Nutcracker!

Afterwards we snuck backstage and got this picture with The Sugar Plum Fairy,

who was played by Miss Robbin... Joss' teacher!

Here she is showing off some of her ballet moves before her class started!

Her class just ended, and they had a little performance for family

to come and see what they worked on this year!

They got special tutus and crowns, and it was soooo adorable!

I was really nervous that she would be too scared, not dance and cry the whole time.

She did AWESOME!!!

She even got flowers from her adoring fans!!!

Her cute little class!

Harper can hardly wait to be out there dancing too!

Joss has loved taking this class, and can't wait for class to start again!

Great month for Birthdays!

I don't know how we worked it out (heaven knows it wasn't planned!) but we have somehow managed to have 2 kids in August and 2 in February! Now we just need one more in October and we would be all evened up! (Nooo... that is not the plan!)

Evrett & Harper's birthdays are only 6 days apart... with Valentine's Day

right smack dab in the middle!

Sure makes for a fun-filled February!

Harper turned 2 on the 11th!

She is such a sweet little girl! I can't get enough of her adorable smile!

Here she is in all her birthday glory with her big sassy sister Joss! What a pair!

Love that little face!

Ready to get to opening her presents!

Couldn't decide what she wanted to do more... ride her scooter, or play her "tee-tar!"

And my sweet Evrett turned 7 (I still can't believe it) on the 17th!

Poor little fella had to miss out on being Star of the week in his class, because we took our impromtu trip to Utah!

Luckily his teacher told him he could do it another week before school ends!

Since we were out of town, his birthday celebration was a little different than the Nuttall norm. He was a trooper though! I did manage to take a few of his bday gifts with us to Utah so he would have some to open. And as I said in my last post... he got SNOW for his bday, so I think that made up for anything that was lacking!

I love that smile too!

Happy birthday to my Valentine Babies!!!

Utah in February

Although the reason we were there was not ideal, our trip to Utah

last week turned out to be quite fun for the kiddos!

We got word that my Grandma Johnson was not doing well, and thought

it would be a good idea to take my Mom up to see her before it was too late!

We left here on Monday (Valentine's Day)... and got to Fillmore on Tuesday afternoon!

The kids were excited that there were remains of some snow on the ground. So they played in it all afternoon. The forecast called for snow on Wednesday night and we were not disappointed... it snowed and there were about 9 inches of snow at least! Needless to say the kids were ecstatic when they woke up on Thursday morning to a snowy wonderland! It just so happened to be Evrett's birthday on Thursday and he said it was the best birthday present ever!!!

SO pretty!

Shoveling the snow off the sidewalks!

It was a little slippery & Little Miss Harper was not happy about it!

Fletcher's snowman!

I have been to Flowell many many times and have never seen this sign once!

We went for a drive out to see my Grandparents' old house... in Flowell!

Thomas (my nephew) brought this sled, and was nice enough to share with his cousins. Lots of fun!

As we played and carried on, my Grandma was getting worse everyday. My Mom did get to spend some time with her, and to tell her goodbye.

My Grandma passed away on Friday night.

I am sad that she is gone, but I know that she is happier now and that I will see her again! I am sure my Dad was there with a big hug for her to welcome her home!

The funeral was on Monday and we came home on Tuesday.

It was a long trip with lots of fun, tears, and a great reunion with my Aunts, Uncles, and many cousins!

I am glad to be home!

Annual Nuttall/Bennett Christmas Hayride

Family, Christmas carols, chilly weather, hay & horses...

Makes for a great time!

Oh... can't forget the fabulous homemade cinnamon rolls & hot chocolate!

Here are picts of the fun times we had!

(We missed you Chris, Heather, Madi & Cash... it wasn't the same without you!)

Dave's face is priceless!!!

Thank you Dave & Luan for letting us be

part of this FUN tradition!!!

Looking Forward

This year looks like it is going to be a year with lots of changes for our family ...

hopefully better changes than 2010 threw at us!

The first change of the year, will be not having my Big Brother Richard and his family here in AZ with us anymore. He recently took a great job in Albany, NY... and he and his family are driving to their new home as I am typing this.

On Sunday night (the night before they left) we had them over for a "farewell" dinner. We will sure miss having them close! Who am I supposed to borrow clothes from for job interviews now, and who will bbsit our kids on the fly (besides you Mom)? We will miss them, but wish them the best of luck in NY!!!

Love you guys!

Here are some pics we got Sunday night!

I love this one!

Such a cute family... the NY Anderson's!

Baseball

This Fall season, we signed all 3 boys up for Baseball!

Parker's team was called the Griffins.

Evrett & Fletcher's team was called the Monsters.

It was lots of fun & sometimes challenging with conflicting game schedules...

and even though we had to split up sometimes, we had a great time!

(I think the boys liked it too!)

The season just ended last Saturday... and the boys were so excited to get these!

Fun Stuff!

Its been a while...

A lot has happened since I posted last... So here we go with an update!

Fletch turned 5 in October!

My Sister Lori and her family were here from CA,

so he got to have an extra special "Anderson" family birthday party!

He is at such a FUN age... and was SUPER excited for all his gifts!

He LOVES Handy Manny!

He was definitely loving this Iron Man toy from the Davenport's (Lori's fam!)

Here he is sporting some of his new sleep duds!

He had a great birthday!

Love my sweet little Fletchy Poo!