Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Elder Flake is Home!

Jostin came home from his mission and the girls were so excited to see him!  When Jost left, Brox was a baby and he hadn’t ever seen Breezy, so it was really fun for the kids to see him again!  So proud of Jostin for serving a full honorable mission!  S

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Horse Riding Lessons

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A month ago Tae wouldn’t even go near a horse.  Somehow Dacia and my dad got her to do riding lessons and she LOVES it!  I get asked daily when she gets to go again.  She has become quite the pro and can now ride around and steer the horse all by herself after only 2 lessons!

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Girls Day

Pretty sure I am the luckiest to have these ladies in my life!  What in the world would I do without my mom and sisters?  We had a day shopping and eating and acting like teenagers again… and it was a BLAST!

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Our little Christmas

We love spending Christmas morning with our little family.  The kids rushed down to open their stockings and were so excited that Santa came and that he let Fizzy (our elf) stay to watch us open presents.  They are all at such a fun age and would get excited over EVERYTHING!

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The favorite presents this year were their “phones”.  Spoiled kids!

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Another favorite was the rock wall that we built in the play room for them!  They are already so good at it!

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Bennett Christmas

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Christmas with my fam always goes way to fast!  We had so much fun eating, playing, doing the nativity, and of course presents.  So grateful for these people!

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Flake Christmas

I didn’t get a ton of pictures cause it’s always a bit chaotic with the Flake clan… but that’s how we love it!  We had such a fun day celebrating with everyone!

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Gymnasts

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These girls LOVE gymnastics and are pretty dang good too!  They are so strong and are getting better every day.  Poor Tae got her dads back and it is not flexible at all, but that doesn’t stop her.  She won’t give up!  And Savy is opposite and can bend her back like no ones business.  They are both amazing and I love watching them!

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Family Snow Pictures

I wanted to take some pictures in the snow so we could have one for a Christmas card.  The kids were freezing (It was like 10 degrees out) but we got some cute ones!

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And the whole purpose for the pics…

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Bennett pictures

Taking pictures with 11 kids this young was a bit of a task, but they turned out cute!  We love Grandma and Grandpa and all our cousins!!

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Temple Square

We went and walked around Temple square with the Flakes.  It was freezing, but Grandma was prepared with Hot Chocolate, so we all still had a blast!

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As we were leaving, santa and his elf were outside… made the kids night!

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Finding the Perfect Tree

We love the adventure of taking the family to pick a Christmas tree to cut.  The kids think it’s so fun to hike around and get to choose which tree we want.

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