The Dunes

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We took a little family vacation camping at the Dunes over the winter break....its been a few years since I have braved the dunes and it was a lot of fun. We borrowed Papa Bob's toy hauler and a Razor and we were off on another adventure! The accommodations were a little tight for 7 of us but it worked out. We ate yummy food all weekend, took lots of rides, watched people race at the hill and the kids drove the golf carts all over the place. We did fire works, played games, and even lit these really good floating lanterns. The kids had a great time with the Stevens, Davis's, B. Bond and family, and D. Bond and family

Christmas Day

We traditionally had the Bond clan over for enchiladas and white elephant exchange Christmas Day Afternoon...."The Duke" picture made its rounds again along with an awesome hygiene package. The kids all love their presents and I am exhausted....until next year Merry Christmas!

Christmas Day morning 2011

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Kids were up super early. Santa brought all kids of amazing stuff....a family IPAD we must have been very good. The funnest reaction was Hayley...for the past 2 years she has been asking for a sit down razor motor scooter. We finally caved this year and got it. They kids each only got 2 presents from us and both of hers looked like shirt boxes. You could tell she was disappointed, but never said anything (super respectful as usual)...so I encouraged her to open one of hers first. She opened it and inside was the instruction manual to the motor scooter...her reaction was classic she was freaking out. We videoed it on the IPAD. Paige got Justin Bieber perfume, Sadie got a bike. All in all it was a pretty good morning....then off to church!

Christmas Eve 2011

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Christmas Eve we have a tradition of going to the movies with Grandma Suzanne and Papa Bob. We went and saw Alvin and the chipmunks shipwrecked.....the kids loved it! We opened presents and the big kids all got iPod touches....they were freaking out! They all had the same sized box and Hayley opened hers first and was dying. It was great! They other kids started screaming and ripping open theirs...pretty awesome! Sadie was super excited about her Hello Kitty Razor scooter too! Later that evening we had grandma Patsy and Tata Nufi and family over....Nix got a play table which is perfect for his new standing skills and Sadie got a dress up trunk full of super cute dress up clothes and accessories. All in all Christmas Eve was crazy....not sure how Santa is going to top that!

Paige's Violin Concert

For 5th Grade music Paige decided to go with the violin....tonight was her concert at Highland High School. She did amazing! There were so many people and so many kids, you really can't see her in the pictures :-( but we got one of Sadie watching Paige

Random Pics

First big boy tie

Holland and Sadie doing car pool with me....such good friends!

Christmas Tree

As I started to post this I am super bugged....this is the only picture I took...REALLY!!! How can a mom of 5 kids not take any pictures of one of the biggest traditions this family has....LAME is all I can say! On Tuesday night we hit 5...yes 5 Christmas tree lots and came home with empty handed, no tree...yep this is a first for the Bond's. We went back to 1 lot which was getting a shipment on Thursday and probably got the biggest tree we have ever had. It was 12 feet tall and massive....our tree stand could not even hold this thing up. It fell over twice in the living room and took me, Ryan, and Riley to drag it in from the truck. Ryan had to use tie down straps to keep it standing upright. Even with all the drama, 5 places, 2 nights and no pictures to show the madness.....it was still all worth it. At one point through in the process of the tree falling over in the living room and spilling a 44 ounce Dr. Pepper (wonder whose that was...hee hee) Ryan said this will make someone want to buy a fake tree. :-)

Playgroup

The final projects waiting for the moms to pick up.



A few girls playing dogs....they were barking too!

Hope and Tatum


Sadie is in a playgroup with 8 of her closest 3-year-old friends...its so cute and fun for the girls! This week was our week to host and we invited our cousin Tatum. We made red and green wreaths, ate PB&J sandwiches and apples, played house, played outback on the tramp and even decorated cookies...not too many of those made it home :-) I am super grateful for great friends who are willing to do this play group...I think its great for all of the girls!

2011 Christmas Card

Twlight...Breaking Dawn

Me, Steph, Mackenzie, Becky and Brooke all went to Breaking Dawn at Chandler Mall....so fun to have a girls night out!

Big helper...sort of!

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Nix is now on the move and Sadie can't stand it....she loves to hold him, love him (as she calls it), and pretend she is the mom. She is about to push me over the edge and I am sure him too....every time you turn around she is picking him up, dragging him by 1 foot, in his bed waking him up from a nap...AHHH this stage can't be over soon enough. The poor kid just wants to be left alone. I took these pics at 1 of Hayley's soccer games with my phone. Love you both!

School Pics 2011-2012

Riley age 12, Paige age 10, Hayley age 9

Halloween

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The loot!

Amazing eyes...I have a feeling you will be a heart breaker Nix!





Every year the kids have a party and parade at school. We took Nix and Sadie to make the party rounds. Nix lasted about 5 minutes in the lion costume...way to hot! Sadie lasted about 10 minutes in her costume and then it was over too! None of the big kids wanted pictures taken of what they were wearing...kind of funny no evidence that they were ever kids. Later that night we had a block party (forgot the camera) grilled and I made my traditional loaded baked potato soup in pumpkin bread bowls then went trick or treating...all in all it was a successful Halloween!