Updates

We made it to Preston, after a long drive thought the snow, until we got to Idaho then the roads were nice and dry. After we left Portland there was a Huge storm that came through that cased us home. Glad we left when we did! Because in Portland when it snows it is really scary, because there are hills, curves and a lot of experienced snow drivers. So when it snows there you stay home for your own safety. I hope everyone is doing okay in the snow there.

Eriks sister is in the Hospital and is doing much better, here is the update her Mother sent out.

Update on Lisa Arter Hulet—12/23/08, Today.  Lisa says that she wants our calls,
but is so weak that she can't talk much. She has asked us to call her a couple of
times per day and read to her from the scriptures or a conference talk. That way
she can feel good without wearing out. We are so happy to be able to do something
since we can't be there at this time. She received a unit of blood today to help
her feel better and give her strength.  First, we were praying that she would pull
through this. She has requested prayers that she will not feel so yucky. We are also
praying she will be home for Christmas, but she has to get stronger. They are getting
 her up to walk a little and sit up.  Michael brought the five children up to see her
 yesterday, but they could only visit with her one at a time so Nicole (the ten-year-old) told me.
 Hannah is 8, Rebekah is 6, Joseph is 3, and Jonathan is 8 months old. I am including
the address of the hospital and my email in case you want to send a card or message.
I will make sure she gets the email messages.
Hearing from friends and family will lift her spirits. Thank you again for all your
prayers and putting her name in temples near you. She will need a lot of support.
In love and gratitude, Susan & Rick Arter

Mercy Hospital of Folsom
1650 Creekside Dr.
Folsom, CA 95630

Or Lisa's email which Michael will check when he can and pass on the messages.
It is huletfamily@comcast.net

Some cute kids

Last week I took some pictures of the kids, If Sadie was a little more awake and smilie they would have turned out pretty cute. But there cute either way, right..

Crative Christmas

This is Heather and I on our way to Enrichment, I had to take a picture because we have been told by SO many people that we could be sisters! She is really pretty so its a nice complement for me. Heather is the mom of Maverick who Ethan says that he is Mav is 5 and so Ethan is 5 and his name is Maverick now!

(Thanks Alisha for the picture and the amazing night!)

This was our Quarterly Enrichment last week and it was so fun and pretty! Everyone brought a gift that they created at home, I made a bag, and received a pottery cup with Hot Chocolate! It was so fun to see all the fun things people created!
This is how it went:

7:00 Munching and Mingling
7:30 Program:
President Uchtdorf's Talk: Happiness, Your Heritage
Musical Number: The Little Drummer Boy
8:00 Creative Christmas Gift Exchange
8:20 Dessert Served

The Menu:
Spanikopita
Mini Quiche
Vegetable Tray w/Ranch Dip
Grilled Pineapple w/Sugared Ginger
Pears w/Sugared Cranberries
Baguette Bread w/Oil and Vinegar
Meatballs
Wassail

Dessert:
White Christmas Cake
Vanilla Ice Cream w/Raspberry Topping

Ebay Rocks!!

(This is my add I had on Ebay thanks to my sisters mad skills!)

I found this cute little guy at Goodwill for 3 dollars and thought he was so cute, I wonder how much they were selling for at Build a Bear and they were not there so I looked on Ebay and well I put him up the next few days and he sold today for $76.72, so I am smiling tonight with my $73.72 dollars I made! So yeah for people who pay way to much for a stuffed animal!!

New LOOK!

My sister is good, she surprised me with this cute new look to my blog, that she made!

ThAnKs SiS, I LoVe iT!

I just need a better family picture!

Calling all Preston Chicks who want to get together....

My sister has a great idea!!

I want to plan a sweet get together with all the gals during the Christmas Vacation! In order to pick a good day to plan it, I wanted to pick a few days and have you all vote on which day we should do it so that I can see what will work best for the majority! So, those of you who want to come, please comment on this post which day you vote for! If you don't like to post, you can email me at beckysuehatch@gmail.com with the date you would like. Also- if you want an invitation, please send me your address and contact info to my email address. Those of Tina's friends who want to come can post as well! Tina is coming home for Christmas! Yay!!!

My email is tinachristinaarter@hotmail.com

I am so excited to see you all! It will be a ton of fun! I hope to hear from you soon, and I Love ya!

Which works better?
Friday, December 26th
Saturday, December 27th

The big 3

Ethan turned 3 today, but he is telling everyone he turned 5. And that his name is Maverick- Because yesterday we had a birthday party for him and his friend Maverick who has the same birthday. And then added another friend who also had a birthday last week. We had a jungle safari party for them, we played monkey, monkey, Lion, they had to pull the tail of the lion before they sat down. Then bing bag toss into the lions mouth. And pin the tail on the lion. It was fun, Ethan was shy at first but warmed up towards the end.

Some of Eth's favorite friends playing the games.

The other birthday boys.

Some of Ethan's likes at 3 are:

- Asking LOTS of questions... Whats that mean?? Whats that do??
- Sing songs and play his guitar. (I am a Child of God, Family's, and I love to see the Temple, and Skeeters and the Bed Bugs songs)
- Favorite color is Green.
- Going to Poop track with Dad (behind our house where the cows live, he named it that)
- Answer my phone. (sorry everyone who calls)
- He LOVES to play school and loves to learn- He is a smart cookie.
- And he still loves to get sung to at night, and loves his moms kisses!

My Thankful heart

I am so thankful for this time of year, I am blessed with so much. Everything great has happens in November for me. I married Erik and had two amazing kids in Nov. Something about being thankful falls right in the right place and time for me. I do miss my family at this time of year the most, the fun Thanksgiving feast and the waking up early with the gals.

I take a lot for granite, I talked to my friend yesterday and her husband just left to serve for our country again, they have only been together 1 month of there year mark. And here I am complaing about Erik at school to long. I have a great husband that works hard to keep me happy and our family. He is always giving. I am So blessed to have my Sweet kids who are so full of love, who make me smile every minute. (ok almost every minute)
I am so thankful for my family who I love so dearly who put up with me calling all the time just to talk. I am thankful for our church and the blessings I receive from it. I love my Savior with all my heart. And thankful for all the blessing I have been givin.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Twilight Movie

It was good! I wont say to much and let everyone just go see it. Just plug your ears during the previews before the show- or show up late, that was the worst part! But I liked the movie.

Happy Birthday Sadie

Our little girl turned one today, Wow! She is growing up- no longer a baby. We got together on Friday to celebrate. It was fun to have her open presents and she LOVED the cake. Birthdays are so fun to put together! I had a blast with this one and it was just with the Family. Some of the things Sadie's up to:

- Play with Dolls, (everything is baby)
- Loves to look at books, and pull them all down.
- The phone- or anything that looks like a phone- mostly the remote.
- Loves to play with anything that resembles a ball.
- Not sick of Ethan picking on her yet- she just makes a grunting noise at him.
- Still LOVES to pinch, bite, and poke you in the eyes.
- She can always win a staring contest.
- She sings to herself.
- Some more new word are umpa (Grandpa) dada, mama, and ove bue (love you)!

Parenting with Love & Logic

We started a group where we are reading Parenting with Love and Logic, it is soooo good we had our first group get together. It was fun to talk about what we read. I am loving it and I have only read the first 4 chapters.
I got a little excited and made Ethan a chart and money, its just an up grade from his plain lines and stickers one. But he was excited about this one, so I laminated it and the money so it would last. So the goal is when he makes it up to the ctr ship he gets a buck and then he gets to buy something from the family treasure chest like cars, candy, any little toys.. (if anyone knows where to get a cute treasure chest, I am looking) Anyways this book is so great it just makes you want to do that much better.
I found the ship chart on SupperNanny.com and I cant remember where I found the money.

Guess who is walking...

I cant get my video player to work so here is just some pictures, Ethan is in LOVE with his future missionary tag he thinks he is so cool now that he is a missionary. Sadie is practicing every day and is getting better with each step. I lost the bet by 2 days I was betting the end of Oct. but she was hold off for dad who bet Nov.

Party Halloween Style

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Here's the fun things we ate at the party, so much fun and So cute!

Here's the Menu:
Mini-Mummy Wraps (with blood and brains for dipping)
Witch Hats with Bubbling Cheese Dip in the Black Cauldron
Owl's Eyes Crescent Rolls
Spider Olives
Graveyard Pudding
Ghoulish Green Wormy Witch's Brew
I-Scream Dessert
Skeleton Cupcakes
Mummy Cookies

Monster Fingers Cookies

We had so much fun at the party, the kids played musical chairs and read storys, sang song, and ate some aaaaaaamazing food!!

We went trunk or treating after a extremely long day. Sadie fell asleep on the way there and Ethan was so grumpy because he had no nap, so I don't have any good pictures of them but this is what I got. Friday night we just stayed home and played games with Erik's family who all came up because Eriks grandma's passed away.

Halloween Party!!

Click on it and you can see the cute wording!

The best part of Halloween for me is party's I don't know if it was because of my sister's birthday in Oct. and we always had a sweet party for her. or just because I love to fight my way to eating a whole donut in less then a minute!!! This year I got this SO CUTE invite, and cant wait to dress up the kids who you will just have to wait for the pictures to see how cute thier going to be...

wE lOvE faLL!

I tryed to take some pictures on wen. of the kids but didn't work out so great this one was the cuties I thought and their not even looking. Its just sweet how their so into the leaf.

I have been wanting to post for sooo long, but our internet is still killing me. I am making my self do one... Last night after Erik got home we racked the leaves, and of course Ethan just LOVED it. I made my self go out there and take some pictures. Even though Im not a cold person, I DONT LIKE IT, I HATE BEING COLD.. anyways Ethan and Erik really enjoyed runing into the leaves with Ethans bike.
We were just happy to see dad, he had 2 tests this week so he was gone WAY to much!

Sadie 11 months

Today Our little Sadie turned 11 months she's not little anymore, oh wait she never was little- well there for like a month! She is a sweetheart, she is saying- Ball, AhOh, Baby, Go, and Car (yep, she got that one from Ethan) She is so close to walking it is going to happen any day. Well my bet is the end of this month.. Come-on Sadie! She loves to dance and laugh at her brother. She's a doll!!