We Caught The Fever...BIEBER FEVER!

Yesterday a group of friends and me and Riley and Cami got to go see the Justin Bieber movie. Now I'll be the first to admit that I have had Bieber fever for a while, but after seeing this movie I am twitterpated. What an amazing talent. He's pretty amazing and I don't care how much that makes me sound like a cougar. My girls had fun with their friends and so did I. I wouldn't mind seeing the movie again or owning it. It is definitely worth seeing.

Justin Bieber Never Say Never...Ahh Yeah!!

Riley and Cami in their new Justin Bieber shirts.

Cami, Riley, Kelsey, Brooke, Hadlie and Kaycee. These girls are such good friends and all Justin Bieber fans...even Kaycee admitted she thought he was attractive.


Me, Shauna and Allison. All throughout the movie, the fans at the concerts or wherever Justin was would flash this heart sign with their hands. So naturally we had to show our adoration as well.

Paityn is MOBILE!

Oh my Paityn Lola, how fast you are growing. I love this girl so stinkin much. She is such a funny girl and has such an easy going personality. But she sure does know how to hold her own with her big brother. She really started walking about a month ago, maybe earlier then that even. But she didn't really start taking off and go nonstop until about 2 weeks ago. She just is walking all over the place. Which only means trouble, because now she can get into anything and everything. But it's so cute to see this little tiny girl walking around. She loves shoes. Everyday, she goes into her closet and she'll bring out all of her shoes, then we get to pick which ones she will actually wear that day. She's so fun and I am so excited about seeing her grow...not that I am trying to speed things up at all though.

What a cutie! Here she is putting her shoes away after choosing to wear her nikes for the day!

So cute I can't even stand it!

She is such a ham! She smiles with her whole face. She wakes up this way too, just so happy to start another day!

I couldn't resist putting in just one more of her cuteness!

New Beginnings!!

My brother Andrew and sister in law Jenny welcomed their new baby boy, Jackson Andrew Baker, into the world on Saturday the 5 of January. What a sweet time it is in a person's life to welcome a new spirit straight from Heavenly Father into their lives. What a blessing it was to be a witness to this special time. I was able to be in the room as Jackson took his first breath. Giving birth is a miracle to me and yet I never noticed it until I was able to watch my sister in laws have their babies. I will be forever grateful to my sister in laws for letting me be in attendance to watch their sweet miracle children be born. Thank you Jenny, and congratulations to you and Andrew.
I also have to say thank you to Dr. Sumsion for letting me put on some gloves and become an "assistant" of sorts in the delivery. What an experience. It was a dream come true.

Jackson Andrew Baker! 7 lbs. 10 oz's. and 20 inches long. He has changed so much already. What a cutie!

Flourishing in Talents

I have ALWAYS loved to craft, and I love finding new things to do. So when my sister in law Penny asked me if I wanted to learn how to crochet, I said yes without hesitation! It was so easy to learn and I am loving it so much. I can only make hats and flowers so far , but it is so much fun. In my patriarchal blessing it says that I have yet to develop talents that are still dormant. I never knew what these talents were, but think I am starting to figure them out.

This was my first ever attempt to crochet a hat. I made it for Paityn and it ended up fitting perfectly. I love the way it turned out. Look at how cute this girl is. Whenever you get a camera out this is the cheese face she pulls. All smiles this one is and I LOVE it. Adorable!!

I had to attempt Trevor's hat twice. The first one ended up too small so I had to give it to my neighbor Lea's little boy Tucker. She didn't mind. But this one turned out perfect for Trev too. I was worried about it being to girly. He really wanted one and I finally said ok and I think he pulls it off quite nicely. What a stud!

I made one for Cami too and hers turned out really cute as well. I didn't get a picture of it so I guess I better get one of her too. I still have yet to make one for Riley but have been running short on my free time with so many other projects I'm trying to complete. I'll get there though and I'll post a picture of Riley's and Cami's when I finish.

Setting the Standard...Steed Style

One of Riley's very best friends (and longest friendship) had her ninth birthday party on Saturday the 22. It was a surprise birthday for Kelsey and it was a bang! First this extra huge limo picked Kelsey up at her house and then picked up 12 of her closest friends. We knew a limo was coming to pick Riley up, but when this bad boy pulled up in front of our house we were stunned. It was HUGE. The pictures do not do it justice. Riley was all giggles as the limo driver came and rang the doorbell and escorted her to her ride. While inside waited 11 little girls laughing and jumping around and dancing, and Kelsey's mom Allison jammin the music loudly in true limo fashion.Needless to say I was very jealous of Riley and her friends. I jumped inside and danced and sang for a bit and then they had to leave.Bummer! After they left for a six hour girly party, Cami told Chad and I that she too wants a limo for her birthday party. I reminded her that she is turning 6 and that she has to at least wait until she is in school to have a limo party. Then I leaned over to Chad and said "Boy a limo would sure be a sweet ride for someone who's turning 30 this year on her birthday!"...Just sayin! Riley and her friends went out for pizza and then over to Kelsey's Grandparents' GORGEOUS house for fun and games. She had so much fun. The Steeds have DEFINITELY set the standard for future birthday parties.

Can you imagine this thing pulling into your driveway to pick you up? I can...It was seriously AWESOME!

Riley getting ready to get inside where all her friends were waiting.

Check them out. I could barely get them to sit still long enough to get a picture. Most of these girls are from Riley's soccer team. I am so excited that she has such an awesome group of girls to grow up with in sports. Yeah Synergy!

Nerf Wars King Style

One morning I woke up to a bunch of noises coming from the family room. Noises of laughing, running, jumping and yelling. So I got up to see what was going on. I walked out smack in the middle of the Nerf gun war zone. I ducked and covered myself to safety, grabbed the camera and started shooting. Great footage on the video camera, not so great pictures with this camera. Oh well. It was great fun all around.

Chad and Trev with their shields and guns

Paityn was hiding in the fort as well. Trev was the greatest to watch. He was running out to get bullets and dodging around everyone's guns.Then he'd run back to the fort and hurtle himself over the top and duck behind saying "duck dad! Cover your head!" I loved it.

The girls with their fort and guns

Riley crafted a shield for herself out of a lid. These two were fun to watch too. Riley shot the gun while Cami ran to scramble up the fired bullets.Great teamwork!

Fam-Wii Night

It's family night it's family night!! We decided that we needed a night to relax and enjoy eachother's company and laugh and spend time together as a family. What better way to do that then by playing the Wii? We've been really busy these last few weeks. Whether it's soccer, basketball, work or scouts, something has been going on every night. SO on a night off of everything we got to spend some quality time together. We had so much fun. I get killed by my kids on almost every game but it's fun to see them succeed right? Even Trevor enjoys a little Mario Cart and Wii fit. I think that we may have started a new fam-Wii tradition!

Chad and Trev and Cam enjoying some family time

Hey Ri!! Nice teeth!

Paityn wanted a turn on the Wii fit... shirtless... better mobility without clothes holding you back...for kids anyway!

Mom and Riley...I LOVE my kiddos!

Bowling with Cami. Look at that form!Cami kept getting strikes and I was losing big time so I focused HARD on rolling it straight.

Here is Cami the "Strike Queen".

Trevor showing off his strength. He is such a boy!

We mean business at the King Fam-Wii night

And So It Begins!!

We finally got Riley to sign up for basketball this year. Yippee!! It took some coaxing, promises that she would be on her friends' team, and also signing Chad up to be her coach. Who's better for the job though right? Riley was so cute out there. At first she was shy and kept her hands by her face. Then she warmed up and got into the game a bit more. She even scored a basket. WOO-HOO!! That's my girl! She is on the blue Junior Jazz team and she's #8.Way to go Riley. Keep playin good and hard and keep making those shots.

Pausing mid game for a picture...we were killing the other team so it was fine.

Here she is stealing the ball.

Riley is a hustler. She was the first one back on defense almost everytime. We LOVE you #8!

Ta-Da!! I Finished My Entertainment Center

This is an old entertainment stand (10 years old at least) that has been passed along to family members. First it was purchased by Nate and Penny. Then it got handed over to Matt and Amy. Then my mom and dad brought it up to me. I decided to refinish it and make it look new. I feel so bummed that I didn't take a before picture of it. It was wood color, but not real wood.It's that stuff that's like a sticker that looks like wood. It also did not have the bead board on it. It was glass in the big door. Chad had to make a couple major adjustments so that our TV would fit in it. Look how it turned out. It looks totally different then before. I LOVE it!!

Happy New Year!!

Chad and Trev playing with the ipod touch.
Makelle chillin on the floor. She is the BEST baby ever. She just lays on the floor all by herself and she'll fall asleep when she's tired and then when she wakes up she just hangs out by herself without making a sound. She loved watching the kids runnin around.

Paityn being a ham. She is so silly.

I don't know why Riley is not wearing her glasses. But I found this stuff and wanted it for our New Years party. The kids had fun with them too.
Happy 2011 Cami!!
Cami, Riley, Tanner, Trevor, Hailey and Kaelynn
This was Chad and I on the real New Years Eve. In bed, playing the ipod. You can't get better then that.