We have a teenager in the house!!!

Sunday, March 1st Emily Bell turned 13! I can't believe she is a teenager. I just brought her home from the hospital.

Emily has been sick, she has a sinus infection and ear infection in both ears. So, she wasn't feeling too well for her birthday, she didn't even want her birthday cake. Sophia finished her frosting for her!

John took her to breakfast on Saturday and then to Michael's to buy a new font for her cricuit. She got a mirror from Michael so she can put her contacts in, a Mama Mia CD from Sophia, 6 packages of her favorite gum, a photo album from G&G Bell, watch from Mom and Dad, G&G Patty gave her a shopping trip and $13.00!!! Singiing phone calls from Aunt Ammie and Aunt Ginger. She had a great day. She is feeling better today. She is getting to be so grown up.

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY EMILY!!!! We love you.

Sophia Bell is 6 years old!!!

Sophia's favorite color is pink!

Sophia turned 6 years old on Thanksgiving Day! It was fun to have a birthday girl in our house on Thanksgiving because we were home all day with her.
When Sophia was born we all referred to her as the baby. I don't know why we just did. I just can't believe that the baby is now 6!!!! It seems like she was just born.

Sophia is very special to our family. We really wanted her. Her brother has loved her and been very protective of her since the day she came home from the hospital. He is always the first one to put his arm around her if she has been sad or the first to give her a hug of excitement over something good. Sophia and Emily have both been sick and Emily has let her sleep in her room to share the humidifier. After they didn't need it any more Emily asked if she could still sleep with her. It was very sweet.
So, we had a great Thanksgiving Day. We don't like turkey so we had ham and Sophia asked for pasta with alfredo sauce. We had an apple pie and birthday cake.

Sophia got a Crayola glow station(which she has been dying to have) from Grandma and Grandpa Patty and a CD of Camp Rock from the kids(which Emily said 2 hours after they gave it to her they were regretting, she plays it all the time) a GC from G&G Bell, press on nails and a pink knitted scarf from Aunt Ammie, Curious George book from Mom and Dad. She had a great day. Emily made and decorated her a cute pink cake.
It was so nice to hang out and play with her and her new toys and have a nice family dinner.
After dinner things got real busy with putting up the Christmas trees and decorations. As soon as that was over we started packing and getting ready for our trip to California. We left for Disneyland on Monday Dec 1st. We met Mom and Dad and the girls for 5 days. It was beyond fun. I will get a slide show ready later on today. I have lots to report on DL.
Here are 2 cute videos. Love, Amber

Pumpkin Carving and Halloween

For Family night we carved our pumpkins. We grew pumpkins in our garden this year. It was so much fun to watch them grow and change color and then carve them. We cleaned the seeds out and then baked them. Michael loves to eat pumpkin seeds. Here is a video of the kids and their pumpkins.

Kenneth, Katie and their kids came trick or treating with us this year. We had a nice dinner and then we set out trick or treating. The kids had a great time with each other and they got a good haul this year!! Here is a video before we left. Enjoy.

Note: I think I have figured out my blog problem. I am so excited, I have alot to add.

Love, Amber

SPACE DERBY!!!!!

October 23, 2008

Michael has been working hard on his space ship for the cub scout space derby. He did so well. John let the boys race with each other for fun, he did not keep track of who was 1st 2nd and so on. It was fun to just race and have fun. John is the cub committee chair in our ward and he works so hard for these cute cub scouts. John borrowed the track from his friend Aaron and set it up with new fishing line and it was perfect. The boys had a great time. Enjoy.

Michael Bell is 10!!!!

Michael turned 10 on September 13th. He had a great day. We went to Park City and had a picnic and then John, Emily, Michael and Soph rode the Alpine slide. It was so beautiful in Park City, the leaves were turning colors, so pretty. We came home and had icecream cake. He told us it was his best birthday ever. He got a RC airplane, ripstick from Grandma Patty and Grandpa Robert and the girls gave him skull candy earbuds and money from G&G Bell. I would love to post pictures but this blog wont let me, I will have John help me this weekend.
Love, Amber

A new school year!!

I am still having trouble with the blog but I will try to make a post this morning. School started on Monday. Emily rode the bus to the Junior High. She did not want me to ride the bus with her and help her open her locker and walk her to 1st period! What is wrong with her? I really wanted to go. I was excited all day for her to come home and tell me about her first day of at Kaysville Junior High. She had a great time and only got lost once. She missed the bus home, by the time she took what she needed from her locker and went out the wrong door and then found the right door the bus was pulling away! John picked her up. She enjoyed her day and loves her teachers and has had fun meeting new friends. Michael is in a portable and is excited about being very close to the playground as he won't miss any time playing kickball due to walking through the school to get outside. He has 2 teachers and they are great, they job share, one works on Mon and Tue the other on Wed and Thur and they alternate Fridays. He is very excited and has lots of his buddies in his class again this year. Sophia, John and I went to Kindergarten on the first day of school. It was so exciting. It was only an hour. We signed up for assessment and signed up for helping in the classroom and went home. Sophia and I went for her assessment on Tuesday, she talked like a robot and then I realized she was nervous all she cared about what that she passed the test! It was funny. She wants to ride with bus with Michael and is sad when he leaves her every morning. Tuesday is coming!
I have so many pictures and videos saved from the summer I will post them during the coming week. We replaced our oven and it is so nice, here is a video of Sophia this morning.
Have a fun Labor Day weekend, we are hopefully going to get peaches and do yard work. Love, Amber

I'm back baby, I'm back!!!

Hello! Long time no blog! John has fixed the blog for me. This is my trial run to see if it works. I have lots of pictures to post of some things we have done this summer. So, I have missed you all and I will post later this week. Love, Amber