Brexten's Baptism May 2012

Hi! The Thomas Family is alive and doing well. I just got around to figuring out what the heck went wrong with my blog page.  We are fortunate enough to be happily settling in to our new home in Colorado. Brexten was baptized in May 2012, and this is one of our most recent family photos.  I now have an 8 year old and it makes me feel like I have ventured into the "seasoned" mom stage of my life.  Kembrie is 5 and going into Kindergarten this fall...she can hardly wait until she gets to go to school.  Taylee will be 2 in a few weeks...Yes some of you may be shocked that I have neglected to ever post or introduce our little tornado, but hopefully I can keep my updates more consistant once I figure this new blog layout.  More to come soon...Jen

We wish you a Merry Christmas!

As Kembrie so sweetly would say, "I would like a Swan Palace this year".

She must have been a good girl because that is exactly what she got.

She loves to play with things that have little pieces, and trust me this

palace has plenty of little people, little food, little chairs, little horses, etc.

Santa delivered lots of toys to our house this year.

Among the favorite was the Nerf turbo blaster for Brexten.

I actually was a little nervous for too much rough housing,

but Brexten is pretty good to shoot the target he also got.

It's Bryan who likes to get carried away with other people.

All ready to crawl into bed on Christmas Eve Night.

Kembrie, Brexten and cousin Abbie.

All dressed up for Christmas Sunday. I absolutely loved red this year

as you can tell, but Brexten and Kembrie didn't mind.

Our annual pose in front of the Christmas tree.

This year for Christmas Grandma Vivi came over and made

the cutest Gingerbread House with the kids while Mom & Dad

went out to our own Christmas Party with friends.

I think they did a great job! Although we did complain of bellyaches

from too much eating of the decorations.

Winter Wonderland

This year has been extremely cold, but there has been enough snow

to build a fabulous snowman that was even taller

than Brexten and Kembrie.

Bryan did a great job helping the kids roll the snow into huge balls

while I was creative enough to find whoppers, M&M's, a hat and scarf, and a real carrot nose.

Happy Halloween

What a warm Halloween we had this year. It was so great that the kids didn't have to cover their costumes with coats like always. You could actually see how scary our Bumblebee transformer was, and how lovely our sweet Cinderella looked. Bryan had a great time taking them around our neighboorhood and I loved carving pumpkins with them this year.

I love cousins, they love me, We are a Happy Family

Kembrie, Kenadee, Morgan, Ethan, & Brexten Thomas

Wow what cute kids the Thomas clan has. My kids always love playing

with their cousins. Brexten wants Ethan to come over to

our house about once a month and I am constantly explaining

why he can't because he lives in Arizona.

So when he comes to town, we make sure they get together

and have some buddy time, since they are completely

outnumbered with girls. Kenadee and Brexten Love to

play together, just the other day they were at Grandma Debbie's

and of course got her to take them up to the Clearfield

High track to race. However, since Brexten is just a wee bit

competitive and Kenadee won the race, he said that next time

she has to wear flip-flops. Although it would be ideal for KJ

to play with Morgie who is only 1 year younger,

she seems to try and keep up with the bigger kids.

They really do love their cousins.

We Play-Coach Soccer.

Our first official season in the AYSO of Syracuse and

Brexten is thrilled to be a star player on the

Green Giants team. Coached by none other than

his super sports enthusiast DAD!!

See how excited those star soccer players look, listening

intently to Coach Thomas' directions. Well at least some of them

are listening. Now the question of each game is

"Which goal is ours?"

The Green Giants were often known to score an extra

goal or two for the other team and actually cheer for them too.

What great team spirit! They really were adorable to watch.

I even chimed in and coached my very own game one Saturday

when Bryan had to miss out and work.

My What a Lovely Gown!

It is official. My little Kembrie turned 3 years old.
For the past 3 months we have been discussing her birthday

party and she really wanted to have a Cinderella party.

We sure did dress up, and so did everyone else.
Yes, and we did have a transformer at our Princess party.
That's what you get when your party is a few weeks before
halloween.

I made her a special little Cinderella doll cake that was

only big enough to feed the birthday princess.

I tried to match her dress the best I could, and I was quite proud that

after 5 years I can still pull off a cute cake (in less than 3 hours too).

Everyone else got pink sprinkle cupcakes.

One of Kembrie's favorite things to do this summer was blow bubbles
every chance she got. I couldn't resist this picture with
her princess hat on backwards. We always have a great time with KJ.


Happy Birthday Little Princess!

First Day of Kindergarten

Today was Brexten's First Day of Kindergarten and wow was he excited. Once we got all ready for school we went outside to snag some pictures and he would say "first day of kindergarten" instead of cheese for every shot. Although I thought I might be emotional when dropping him off, I didn't shed a tear. Mostly because we have both been looking forward to it, and also because now I could have a little break. Well not really because I do have Kembrie at home with me and we have definately outgrown naps, dang! I feel so blessed to have children and experience life with them even if that means having a fridge full of bedtime and potty sticker charts. How lucky I feel to have them.

It's Fabulous to be 30!

So I finally hit the big 30 and I feel fabulous! I have had a wonderful birthday month. It all started with a little challenge to run and half marathon with all my closest girlfriends. I finished my very first race ever when we all ran the Bear Lake half marathon in June. It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful to wonderful friends, and my IPod, who pushed me along the way. The first thing Bryan wanted to know when I was done, was would I run another one? and I said absolutely yes. It was that gratifying. When I got home my cute kids had drawn me a poster and got me some flowers. They were very interested in my medal! A few days later I celebrated my 30th Birthday. My cute husband made the most adorable candy gram poster with the kids and got me some fun games to play with my family. We had a great dinner at Olive Garden and my friend Cindi made a fabulous cake for me. It was a great day and I was especially glad to have spent it with my family.

Spring Break

Our Family Vacation to California!!

We had a great time in Disneyland again!! This time with Grandma Vivi, and all the Aunts and Uncles, including cousin Abbie. We watched the fireworks everynight from our Condo room.

Kembrie with her favorite princess from this trip, Ariel. She was so adorable everytime we saw a princess. She stopped at stared at them with awe. We stood in line for one hour to meet this cute red-headed princess and I was certainly wondering if it was worth it. There were no doubts once KJ's face lit up in a huge smile.

Me and Kembrie waiting in line for the biggest roller coaster she could ride in Toon Town, of course.

I insisted that my children get their very own personalized Mickey ears at our visit in

the Magical Kingdom. They really did wear them for some of the day.

Brex's favorite ride again was Splash Mountain!! We went on it several times.

Love those Ears, especially with their names.

Abbie and Kembrie at the pool. It wasn't that warm for a sunny California spring break, but we managed to get to the pool and hot tub as often as weather permitted.

Brexten, Kembrie and Abbie.

My Favorite Things

I decided that since I have not had a lot of time to take pictures lately, nor had very many special events, (except for Brexten's preschool field trip which I totally dropped the ball as a mom and forgot my camera) that I would share some of My Favorite Things.
1- being with my family
2-playing with my adorable kids Brex & KJ
3- owning my own home- well having a mortgage on it at least
4- ice cream of any kind
5- watching our DVR after the kids are in bed
6- reality tv- Bachelor & Biggest Loser
7- my master bathroom
8- taking a bubble bath after a long day
9- reading the Ensign over breakfast - don't worry it doesn't happen that often
10- baking cookies, cakes, desserts of any kind
11- smell of clean houses- preferably my own
12- having time to myself like Relief Society Socials and Girls Night Outs
13- my very own book club and all the girls in it
14- the fall season
15- Mary Kay skin care
16- a good pedicure
17- a good laugh or cry
18- having our own concert at home with the ipod
19- Target store
20- my Scentsy candle warmer

Love Ya
Jen

Happy Holidays

Since we now have our very own new home, we hosted several Christmas parties this year. They were all super fun. We enjoyed having all of our family over and especially loved not having to drive home in the snowy weather. The best present our family could get this year was definitely our home, which is barely put together and nowhere near being presentable enough to take photos. Maybe with the new year, and preschool starting again, I can get some things done and post pictures. Brexten's favorite saying is, "I can't believe we have our own house Mom." Along with our fun home, Brexten's favorite Christmas gift was the MarioKart Wii game. We can't seem to get him off it, but that's okay with me since he will have plenty to do next week with school. Kembrie's favorite gift is her baby dolls, complete with crib, bouncer, stroller, feeding bottles, and clothes to dress them up with. My favorite memories this Holiday season were KJ and Brex dressed up as Mary and Joseph, Karen my sister visiting us (and newly pregnant), Girls Night Out in SLC with my friends, and a rocking New Year's Eve Party in Herriman at Kami's new home. I am so thankful this time of year for all the love and support I get all year long from my family and friends. There is nothing better than being able to spend time with them and make fun Holdiay memories.

Winter Wonderland

What great snow we have had the last three weeks. We are now officially moved into our new house in Syracuse, UT which means we have our very own driveway to shovel. Kembrie and Brexten had to have their own child size shovels to get out in the snow and help daddy. I love getting them all bundled up in their snow gear. They loved making snow angels this year, and we have yet to build a snowman. Maybe next time.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year we did something amazingly fun for Thanksgiving. We spent the weekend at Disneyland and California Adventure. Thanks to Grama Debbie, we all enjoyed a wonderful time at the Happiest Place on Earth. We went on all the rides during the day and had our turkey fixings at Mimi's Cafe nearby. The food was excellent and what was better was that we didn't have to cook or clean up after our feast. We were able to go back to the parks and watch fireworks and a christmas parade. Brexten's favorite ride was Splash Mountain. Brexten was very animated when describing how "they went around a cave in a log and then up the hugest hill and came down it fast and splashed with water all over" he would say, giggling the entire time. Since we went on Splash Mountain several times, Kembrie's favorite ride became the "honeybee's", which was the Winnie the Pooh ride for small children right next door. She went through the ride more times than I can count, and loved every single time. Roller coasters were also a big hit. Bryan got his mother to go with him on the Tower of Terror ride in California Adventure. She didn't quite know what was coming, but I think she enjoyed it anyway. Kembrie was so excited to get to see Cinderella and when she did talk to her, she blew KJ a kiss. She talked about how Cinderella blew her a kiss for the next several days. It was a precious princess moment.
At this time of year, we are so grateful to have family near us and support us through all of life's challenges. We are grateful for healthy children, who are so fun to watch grow and learn on their own. We are grateful for our new home, yes, I said new home, in Syracuse that we are in the process of buying right now. Most of all we are grateful for the Savior in our lives and his gift to mankind. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween

Princess Kembrie, Ladybug Abbie, and Transformer Brexten

Trick or Treating Anyone?

Happy Halloween!