Our weekend...

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to this weekend. I went to Target to buy Christmas presents and took the girls because I didn't want to leave them long (Target is in StGeorge) so Claire saw what I bought her, the little kitchen and was dying to play with it. I caved because Dan is out of town, but I didn't realize how long it would take to put it up. All of the girls pitched in and actually did a fantastic job. It was completed by midnight and ended out to be a fun project for us to do together. Tonight (Sunday night) we dove into more projects and turned on some Christmas music-courtesy of xmradio- and Sami, Melody and I made sugar cookies for the neighbors and Jenee and Clarie wrapped gifts for some family friends. The pict of the girls out in the snow is a picture of them helping the neighbor kid get push his fourwheeler out of the snow :) How was your weekend?

Thanksgiving was at our house this year with Dan's family, 5 of his siblings (their families) and his parents. It was so fun!!

Our house......

We have been making a lot of changes on our house lately, here are just a couple, the now mud room used to be the laundry room which was a tiny room! Now Braden's room is the laundry room, it is much bigger and oh so functional! I love it! This is our new kitchen table that I also love love love. The only reason we got a new table was because this very small dining room didn't fit the old table. This fits better and I didn't realize how much I would enjoy it.

I know I haven't updated this forever! My goal is once a week....is that normal? I still check on everyone elses ( about once a week ). Blogging is the best. Dan is in Idaho this weekend, again. So my aunt (Dan's aunt) Dorie had us over for pizza on Saturday and that night my friend Amy came over with her kids and we had a movie night, which by the way the kids watched the movie for all of about 20 minutes and then ran around chasing each other and playing. We didn't care, we just had fun talking and hanging out.

So friends, here is a look at our house so you can see what I am seeing everyday! Ya, and it's always this clean too! JK..

This weekend Dan is in Idaho working in the ER and the girls are out of school for UEA weekend. So, I've learned to not plan so much when Dan goes out of town so I don't lose my mind! So far we've been shopping everyday and ate dinner at Dairy Queen Thursday and Friday, yes,tempting to go again yesterday (Saturday)but we went to Artic Circle instead. I've spent most of Saturday trying to get some new music for aerobics class, i found a really cool website http://www.clickmix.com/ if you want to make your own mix, it has the latest and greatest. Kim you should try it :). We did get new fruit trees put in our back yard, two peach and two apple! Maybe i'll have to try my hand at canning next year...

Welcome to the Allen Family Blog! Hopefully this will serve as a way for us to connect with family and friends on the web. Dan is loving his life as a doctor here is Cedar City.
He has a great practice with some pretty awesome partners. He just got hired as Hospice Director and still goes to Idaho once a week for five days to work in the ER. We are blessed to be here. I go to school twice a week for one college class-Iknow Iknow still trying to finish a bachelors! I am still serving in the YoungWomens as the 2nd counselor and teaching step aerobics at Gold's Gym once a week. K, so enough about us and now about the little ones.....

Braden is a little handfull! He cried himself to sleep the other day still holding on to the crib rails. Sometimes he just won't give in! Lately he has started to love playing with balls. He grabs the ball and flings it in the air and then chases it. He's also a little cutie pie!

Mel Mel is full of sugar and sweets! She is our sweet little darling that can do no wrong. She will always be our "baby girl". (Well, we think always...)

Claire is our funny girl. She is always trying to make people laugh. She loves fashion and is very good at putting outfits together and accessorizing!

Sami is full of life and fun. She helps her sisters get on the bus twice a week when mom is at school. She loves school, dance and feeding her little brother cereal.

Jenee is getting to be our little teenager! She has braces now and is five foot three! She is beautiful, loves her friends, her dance class,pre-algebra, and helping around the house :)!

So, little Clarissa Ann was baptized yesterday! Her grandma and grandpa Allen came down from Salt Lake and many of her friends and family friends were there to witness and celebrate. We are so proud of you Claire, for your decision to be baptized and your new growing testimony!

Our first official blog

Yesterday was a special day for our little family because Clarissa was baptized! Her grandma and grandpa Allen came down from Salt Lake City and many of her friends and our family friends were able to join us for the special occasion. We are so proud of Claire for her decision to get baptized and for her growing testimony.