Family Fun!

So we just got back from Fairview, another get together is over they just go by way too fast! We had an "auction" that was way fun, the picture with Todd is when he "auctioned" off Hayes, he was a very popular item! The only sad part was missing those who could't be there! Jed, Leslie, and family, you were very missed and we were all thinking of you! The pinatas were a blast, the impromtu water balloon fight was a riot! Grandma won I think? And of course the food was awesome as always! I think we should totally start a Gordon Family cookbook! Anyways, I hope this is a tradition that goes on for many years, and next year my hope is that everyone is there healthy and safe! To see all my pictures of this weekend just checkout the slide show to the right!

Taylor Swift Concert!

Taylie, Sue, Tawnie, Kayla, Jenny, Sydnee, and Kenna

OMG Taylor Swift touched us!! And they both cried!!

We had great seats! I had to zoom in little but we were pretty close!

Last night my friend Sue and I took our girls, McKenna, McKayla, Sydnee, Tawnie, and Taylie, to the Taylor Swift concert in Salt Lake. McKenna and Taylie are best friends and were cooking up this idea since last year when they heard she was coming to town. They had everything planned from eating first at Tepanyaki, to the concert, to Jamba Juice after! Unfortunately Jamba Juice closes early but the rest worked according to their plan! I've been to many concerts in my life and I have to say I have never seen anything like this! It was at the Energy Solutions Arena(still the Delta Center to me!) and it was sold out, so you can imagine the sound level was crazy! But she puts on one heck of a concert with a dozen outfit changes and an amazing stage that changes with each song. It was a blast, but the best parts were watching my girls, watch their idol! McKenna is never washing her arm again because Taylor actually came right down the aisle we were sitting on and Taylor touched McKenna's arm and her friend Taylie's hand! OMG! Thanks to Brandt(and his ticket "agent") for getting us great seats! It was truly something I know these girls will remember forever!

Dance Review!

Tonight was Dance Factory's dance review. McKayla had 5 dances, and Sydnee performed 3. It was so fun, McKayla has such an amazing talent and it's fun to have people come up and tell us how fun she is to watch. I may try posting a video but I've never done that before so we'll see. Sydnee's age is just to fun to watch! It never fails there's at least one kid that just stands there and bawls! I'm just glad it's never been mine. Macfarland's did these darling pictures, thanks guys! This is McKayla's ballet costume, she also has a hip hop dance and costume and a tap dance and costume, the cute boy is her clogging partner, wish I could think of his name! They are a dang good pair! Anyways, I'm glad to have a break for a month or two but it was a fun night and thanks Grandma Thurza, and Nana and Earl for coming to watch!

We are the Champions!!

This is what we did this weekend! It was the Icebreaker softball season opener tournament in Logan. Both Mckayla and McKenna's teams were in the tournament, and 2 days and 12 games later McKenna's team the Stealerz came out as champions!! It was a long couple of days but so much fun and such awesome weather!! We couldn't ask for a better coaching staff they are so awesome! And I want to thank Toni and Trevor for coming and supporting our girls it was so nice to have some support there and someone to cheer with!! Love you guys! Way to go Stealerz! Can't wait till next weekend!!

Fun with Friends..

Last weekend we went down to Lindon to have a barbeque with my friends from high school, the cook out was at Clark and Amanda (Fish) Pew's and we had a blast! Colleen(Mitchell)and Micheal Carrassco were there with their kids, and it is so fun that we can get together and have our kids get to know each other! We can't wait to do it again!

So my awesome sister in law Kim was able to get us tickets to Wicked!! We had such a good time! We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and it was amazing, then came Wicked! My mom and I saw it on Broadway last year when we went to New York, and I was so excited for my girls to go. It was awesome! I am so jealous of those amazing actors and their incredible voices! It was such a fun time, Aunt Stephannie, Grandma Thurza, Kim, Kim's sister in law Lori, and me and my girls are in these pictures. I hope we can do this again soon it was the best!

Wednesday we took Jace to the MTC. It was pretty strange to see him walk through that door and go his way, but I'm very proud of him for the choices that he's made! He's a good kid! I'm sure the people in San Jose will love him!

Disneyland '09

We got back last night from our trip to California. It was fun as always! We didn't want to come home! We really didn't want to be home when we saw the snow! Ah Utah in the spring! We spent 4 days in Disneyland and California Adventure, which I have to say I think our kids like the California Adventure even more than Disneyland now?! I think it's just a little more grown up or something. I am a Disneyland girl though! I love it! I love the way it makes you feel like a kid again and all the sights and smells, and tastes, mmm churros! Anyways, I can't wait to go back next year, and I have to say that the only good thing about your kids getting older is that we could go on all the rides this year. Sydnee is tall enough for everything we wanted to do so that was fun. We also spent a day in Long Beach, we went to the Pacific Rim Aquarium, it was neat but extremely crowded! We spent a day(or half a day) at the beach, it was a nice day like 73 degrees but down by the water the wind was blowing so it got kind of chilly! And I have to give an unpaid advertisement to the Hampton Inn and Suites, if you are going to Anaheim you seriously should look into staying here! They are so friendly and the beds ROCK! Which is the most important part to me! We have to have a suite cuz we have so many kids but it's nice cuz there is a kitchen and it has two seperate rooms so if someone wants to sleep they can and you can watch tv or whatever in the living room area. And it's right on Harbor Blvd so it's close to Disneyland. Anyways, we had a blast, it was so good to see the sun and wear flip flops for a while!

It has been forever since I posted and yesterday I got to take Sydnee to the doctor and the dentist yes all in one day! And I just have to brag about her! First off I have to brag that in 4 kids I have never had to take one of them to a pediatric dentist, they have just always been so good at the regular dentist! And poor Syd had 2 little cavities so I took her to the dentist and of course he was behind and had a few problems with other patients, but Syd sat there for an hour and a half, had her two cavities filled, she even had a numbing shot and never made a peep! I was so proud of her! We then had to go to the doctor cuz her sweet little playmate gave her a bad cough, no fun. And again she just climbs up on the table thing and answers all the questions and acts so big. I'm so lucky! She is just a good kid, our dentist can't believe how good she is either! Anyways, I can't forget about the other 3! Kenna is doing so well in school, she is a 4.0 student and is so good about her school work, she has a big group of darling friends that we have so much fun running around! She is so pretty, and I happen to know a few boys are chasing her but she's still running from them! YAY! McKayla on the other hand totally let's them catch her! ha She is also doing really well in school, she and Kenna are doing the competitive cheer and their squad just qualified for nationals but their coach decided not this year which is fine. They are also starting up softball again, Kayla actually practiced all winter with her team. She is clogging and dancing, and just busy! Colby just got done with Jr Jazz. His team finished with the worst record probably ever but they had fun! He is doing so well in school and is quite a good little reader I must say! He loves scouts and playing with all our neighbor boys! And Syd is still doing dancing even though she does not love going, but she loves pre school which is good since she gets to go another year! And singing- she loves loves singing! Her teacher always has some funny story of something Syd said there, she's quite the story teller, and they are usually embarrassing for me though! She is also really glad it's getting warmer cuz she got to take her new mustang outside and is having a blast giving everyone rides! I'll have to post some pictures soon!

Last night for my birthday Brandt and I met most of my family down in Midvale at Asian Star. It was so fun, we even got brave and tried sushi!! Anyways, thanks Kim and Jake, and Mom, Jace and Josh it seriously was the best!

Finally new family pictures! The last ones we had were when Sydnee was 3 months old so we were over due. This one isn't the best we had a hard time getting Colby to smile like a normal person! But thank you to Josie at Macfarlane Photography! Your awesome!

Fun with the cousins!

Toby and Tryce came up the day after Christmas and stayed it was great! They are such good boys and the kids had a blast!
Sydnee, Tryce and a few hundred jelly beans!
The boys cardboard surfing?!!

What a fun holiday season! It went by so fast, but I am grateful we had the chance to see so much of our family and the kids had an amazing Christmas!