End of Year wrap up

What else went on in December???

Puppet book report -- Froggy Builds a Treehouse

Queen Creek holiday parade with the Owens

Sorry girls, Hayden checked out all the princess books!

First training run for our half marathon!!

Surprised Brooklyn with tickets to see the Nutcracker ballet

Dessert at Liberty Market - WOW!

Fun singing time ~ Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

The kids had to stack these jumbo marshmallows and
keep it standing til we finished the verse.

The winner got to pick a piece to put on Olaf!

Sunday before Christmas ~~

Annual wrapping party at mom's house

Matt and I each got a new iPhone 6!!

Sibling date night while Britt was in town

A super early morning endowment session at the Gilbert temple 

It was a very rainy New Year's Eve, but that didn't stop the party people!  The boys still got to be pyromaniacs!  We ate yummy food and played a game called Telestrations that had us laughing, crying and hiccuping!!  Brooklyn attended her first New Years Eve party at a friend in the ward's house.  And so it begins.  *sigh*

Making our own fireworks at midnight! xxxx

Can't believe another year is over!  It's been a good year for our family and we're looking forward to seeing what 2015 brings!

Gettin' wild at the ZOO!

Matt took the week off between Christmas and New Years.  On Monday, we decided to use our Pogo Passes and go to the Phoenix Zoo.  I don't think Preston has been to the zoo since he was a baby???!

Gorgeous markings!

Pretty much all of the large animals were snoozing

Hey there!

The kids were hysterically laughing at these flamingoes,
just twisting their heads back and forth.

Mama orangutan with her new baby 

Monkey Village

Making monkey noises!

Such vibrant colors on this macaw!

a HUGE boa constrictor

Elephants are such intriguing and smart animals!

Happy 6th Birthday, Preston!

Oh, Presty boy!  What about Preston??  

Preston is wild and crazy!  He is LOUD LOUD LOUD!  Just making sure he's being heard as child #4, I guess!  He has tons of energy, which he already loves expending on the new trampoline.  Preston loves school~ he runs from the car to the playground every morning.  He only wishes he had all day kindergarten so he could eat lunch at school!  Preston is reading already!!  It is amazing to me how fast these little ones learn to read!  He sleeps with a thousand blankets and stuffed animals on his bed.  Sometimes I have to pat around to find him in there!   His favorite foods are pizza, carrots, string cheese, frozen grapes and anything sweet; candy, popsicles, ice cream.

He requested sprinkle pancakes for his birthday breakfast :)

And then, his birthday plan was to see Big Hero 6 at the movie theater, because he was SIX!!!

So we did that, then came home to open birthday gifts.  He got a couple DS games for his new 3DS that he got for Christmas, Skylanders Trap Team characters, a huge Power Rangers Megazord set (I can't believe Power Rangers are still around!!)....

...and a new BIKE!!!  Now Daddy just has to teach him to ride with no training wheels!

He wanted HUGE chocolate cupcakes with more sprinkles for his dessert.  Happy Birthday, Preston!!