Merry Christmas from our house to Yours!

I guess you could say Santa found his way to our house!
















Some of you were even lucky enough to get a wake up text at 6:30 in the morning! This was a fun year to watch Oakley because he actually got "it"! He had so much fun playing with his toys and unwrapping his presents. It was really hard for him not to unwrap Dakota's. They just sat there and begged to be unwrapped! Lucky for us he only got to one of uncle slades and that was an easy fix! Needless to say we haven't quit partying since Christmas. We spent Christmas eve at Grandma and Grandpa Boomers. Oakley made a cute Joseph that thought it was important to lead the donkey by dragging her by her hair (in his teeth). Then Christmas morning we went back to the witbecks for traditional creamed eggs on toast! YUM!!!!!!! Then on the 26th Amber and her family came and we had the Witbeck Christmas party! Now TJ, Barbara, and Elle are here for New Years. I love when they come because (1) I don't get to see my Canadian family very much and (2) They are gourmet cooks! As if I need to eat any more food! Lucky for me I had about 95% of our holiday shopping done very early in the year ans so we have really enjoyed the holiday time and for Santa's elves that left us a treat on our doorstep......Thank you and it is very appriciated!!!!!!! Hope all of you have a great year to come!


















Oakley and his new "boom" (gun)





















Oakley and James before we went on a horse drawn sleigh ride!























Last but not least we picked Dakota up on the 28th. She has been able to put some good use to the present she got this Christmas!

Dakota's Dance Recital

This past weekend we were lucky enough to watch Dakota in her dance recital. She did an awesome job considering she literally worried her self sick over it. She was so nervous to perform infront of everybody, but as it turns out all of her worrying payed off becaue she did awesome! Grandma and Grandpa Boomer made the trek to Afton to watch as did Grandma and Grandpa Bethers. Even Asha and her friend came to cheer her on. She had lots of support and lots of people that love her! Here are the videos of her tap and ballet performances. She is the one in ther purple dress. I am sorry in advance if you get motion sickeness from the video.....I tend to get my video skills from my dad. Anyways afterwards we all went out to eat and celebrated!

Cookies Anyone?

This time of year is probably the only time of year in which I bake cookies! I HATE baking cookies, much to my hubby's dismay! Anyways on this particular night I had a lot of help! Enjoy!








Who knew baking cookies was such dirty work?




































Boys will be boys! I think he is really enjoying the product of all his hard work!

A new song for ya'll!

WARNING!!!!!!!!! Here is my latest song. If you can't handle sex, drugs, and rock and roll you should probably refrain from listening! It has had mixed reviews. I would however appreciate any imput you have. Thanks in advance for putting up with my sorry novice guitar and vocal skills! As always all rights to this song belong to me and only me! Thanks again for listening

Viva Las Vegas Baby!!!!

Wow!!! The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for this family! We started off with Thanksgiving in Idaho. Most of the Bethers family was there, which hardly ever happens. It was strange not to have Clint there but he will be home soon! After that we ran to North Dakota and then made our way back to Vernal. Then I packed my bags and went to Vegas! While I was there I got my eye full of drunks, hookers, smoke filled casinos, rodeo queen seminars and the NFR! I am so glad to be home with my family now and able to settle down and prepare for the Christmas season!


















What's Vegas without a pic of this guy!
















Me on Freemont Street.

















You can't see it too well, but this was the Lost Trailers concert. We also saw Emmerson Drive that night.




















I don't know how this guy did it, but at the Emmerson Drive concert he fell asleep standing up. He was like that for a good 5-10 minutes. Sonja and I were laughing because the music was so loud. I am sure I have permanent ear damage for life!






















These two take their drinking seriously! That guy actually had another one of those drinks in his hand before I took the picture. They were dancing around right by us and I had to laugh because that was a whole new take on double fisting it! Funny story now!! Right after I snapped this pic, Austin Powers came over and asked my sister Sonja if she would take a picture with Micheal Jackson. She freaked out, screamed and ran for Steve as fast as she could. I wish I could have caught that on film....I have never seen her run so fast in her life.