Only in Arizona

Only in Arizona do you find kids outside ice skating in flip flops......

Then a couple of weeks later be outside without a jacket in January sweating your butt off....

And while they were splitting wood they found a new pet that I object to.

Now if that isn't bad enough, Little Man brought the dumb thing in the house and DROPPED the cup it was in! Thankfully the scorpion stayed in the cup and then we put it in a jar, TIGHTLY SEALED! He is also in the tool room and no longer in the house! He just might have an accidental death soon while everyone is at school!

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year couldn't have came and went soon enough. For some reason I just wasn't in a christmas mood this year. The kids were absolutely horrible on their break so that didn't make it any better. We finally set up our tree the weekend before christmas and I didn't even decorate anything else like I usually do. Once christmas was over the kids finally settled down and started behaving better. I guess it was just all they hype from the holiday season that made them crazy. That and all the sugar they consumed!
Christmas eve we went over to Greg and Laurel's as we have since we've lived here. We had a super delicious dinner and had a great time hanging out with the family.
Christmas day the kids were up at 4:30 am! I think James and I finally got up around 6 and the kids were ready to rip in the presents. After all that was said and done we had breakfast and got ready and went up to Aunt Lisha's. Jake and Kelsy and baby Max came in for christmas and Nate also came in for christmas too. Unfortunately, I didn't get one single picture while we were there. The kids had a great time with baby Max and again enjoyed lots of great food!

I am still here......

I know many have been wondering what in the world I have been doing and why haven't I been updating the blog. Well....We've been busy but not really doing anything fun though. We had thanksgiving day over at our cousin's Greg and Laurel's. It was a bit chilly but we were still able to sit and eat out on the back patio. The kids of course just enjoyed getting dirty, climbing trees and playing with all the animals. The next morning Laura, Laurel and I got up and went to Laurel's friend's house to make tamales. This was Laura's first year making them and she had a great time. After that we headed up to the airport to pick up Grandma. She flew in for her winter visit and since tickets were a steal Grandad came out with her. The kids knew Grandma was coming but they didn't know about Grandad. Grandad had a plan to surprise the kids. Next time you see him ask him about his wig ;) While Grandad was here he wanted to celebrate christmas early so he could see the kids face when they got their presents. We also had a campfire over at Greg and Laurel's. Other than that Grandad's trip was pretty uneventful. He caught a cold while he was here and the kids had school. We still had a nice visit and as always the kids were excited to see their Grandad.

Born to be a Cowgirl

For the last month Greg and Laurel have been working with Laura and Poncho so that they could perform in the monthly horse show. This past saturday was the day! Laura was pretty nervous! It helped that once we got there she got to ride around the arena to get the feel of things and there was hardly no one else there. She participated in two events. In both of the events Laura had to guide Poncho through an obstacle coarse. The first time she did it she lead him through. The second time she rode him through. She and Poncho did an awesome job performing and they even won FIRST PLACE in both events!!!! Laurel barrel races and now Laura says she wants to practice that! Kenni and Little Man even got to be stars. They helped set up and take down the obstacle coarse and they also got to sit out in the arena with the judge and set back up anything that got knocked down! We are so proud of our little girl and can't wait for next month to watch her do it again!

Halloween 2010

I know I'm a little delayed on my posting (Sorry Becky) but finally...Halloween 2010 at the Ozbirn Household. Our neighbors down the street had a Halloween party for the kids this year. There aren't too many people that do trick or treating in our neighborhood, well I should say there aren't too many people that give out candy. As a matter of fact there were only 3 houses down the street that had their lights on. That is why the neighbors had the party for the kids instead. We were able to go for a little bit but unfortunately Little Man was sick this year so no festivities for him. Laura was a bag of Jelly beans, Kenni was an army guy (yes again) and Maddi was Cinderella. Laura wasn't too happy with her costume because it was hard to sit down and it was HOT outside so she was sweltering being inside a plastic bad filled with balloons. To her advantage her bag ripped shortly after we got to the neighbors so she borrowed a ballerina outfit from her friend. The kids had a good time at the party. We got to enjoy some good food and company with friends. The kids got to bob for apples and play other games. They had the most fun juts chasing each other around the yard! On the way home we trick or treated to the only 3 open houses between out house and the neighbors. For Kenni's class party I was in charge of making cupcakes. I didn't have to decorate them because that was the kids' project at the party. My friend had also asked me to make cupcakes for her niece's birthday party that was Halloween themed. So between the party and class cupcakes I baked 135 cupcakes. I was in the process of decorating the cupcakes for the party when my friend called and told me it had been canceled. I had gotten only 30 decorated so the left overs that were undecorated we sent to school with Laura's class so they could decorate them at their party. I thought it all worked out very well! For the neighbor's Halloween party I made Arachna-mole. It was guacamole that looked like a spider web. Nothing special but I thought it was very cute!Since the beginning of Halloween with kids we have always just gotten one pumpkin for the kids to all do together. Up until now it has worked out well. This year we decided that from now on every needs their own pumpkin. The kids are getting big enough now that they could probably do the pumpkin cutting on their own. This year they all fought over who was going to dig out the guts too!