Lindhorst Inc.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Blizzard Before Christmas!

We had several inches of snow on Friday... so another day of no school... then we woke up Saturday to even more snow and strong east winds... it is 15*F with a windchill of 0*F! We braved the conditions and drove to Washington to pick up Cole from his cousins. We saw many people spun out on the freeways, very icy. By afternoon it had really piled up. We have about 10 inches at our house and that is even with the heavy winds blowing it around. The snow drifts are a few feet high.. driving around town it was so cool to watch the drifts shifting on the roadways. It is similar to the sand dunes when the wind blows. It also looks a bit like dry ice. They have already canceled church meetings for tomorrow. We did drive over to our building and get a picture. I will have to post it. It is pretty cool. It definately feels like Christmas at our house.

Here's a picture of Maddy hangin' her head out of the excursion for a brief moment to catch a snow flake in her mouth.. she got a face full!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

3 1/2 Snow Days!

This week school has been canceled three days in a row.. they went this morning and the weather turned again so they all got out early. Only 1 more day left before winter break... the way the weather looks.. they may just have it off too!( My kids are hoping)

Check out our awesome snowman... it was fun putting him together, or shall I say her?

( Cole added some features) This is the girls friend Lexa in the blue, Syd, Maddy, Cole, his buddy Randy, and Presley

okay I am a dork.. I forgot to rotate the picture before I posted it.. this is another large snowball that Maddy is standing on. They later made a ramp out of it and were sledding off of it.

Cole and Randy bringing in the first layer of the snow lady

Sydnee getting ready to throw her snowball! The snow was perfect for making snowballs... they all got blasted, and one too many times.. especially the girls.. Cole brought them to tears with his close range power. That's what brothers are for right?

Madelynn.. the smile before the cry! My kids all played out in the snow for hours until it was too dark to see, even then I had to make them come in!.. (except Sierra)and Sierra managed to avoid the camera too!

Okay this one you have to click on to enlarge... the first snow flakes that came down were tiny perfect shaped snow flakes! I loved them.. I wish I could preserve one forever.. I know I'm weird.. but really look and see for yourself!

I love the snow... I don't particulary like to be cold but for some odd reason the snows seems warmer than when it is raining and 40 degrees outside! Again.. weird!

The Wishful Weekend in Arizona!

This is Aunt Rachelle's imitation of Presley not getting her way! I do see the resemblence!

Angelene my sister is very pregnant as you can see... I hopped on the next flight to AZ in hopes to get to be there when she had her baby.. Kashlynn decided to wait 2 days after I left!
I tried!

My sister Rachelle was so thrilled to see me... she was at a loss for words!

This is my Mom holding Krew...
I at least got to see all of my brothers (except Glenn who is on a mission)and my sisters and their families.. even most of my extended family on The Lawlor side. Coincidence that it was the annual Christmas Party that weekend. I would guess there were over 150 of us there? Maybe more?

My Daddy, Krew and Me... it was great to spend some time with all of my family.

Thank you to all who took the time to visit with me. I really enjoy seeing all of you... I just wish my husband and children could have been apart of it too.

These are my cousin's on my Mom's side of the Family... Bethaney(holding her baby) Julie and myself... We grew up doing alot of things together. It was great to see them!

My sister-in-law Kim (Dayson's wife) and her 3 girls, Harly, Daycee, MacKenzie, her youngest Adam on her lap and Halee(Amaron's oldest)

My Grandma and Grandpa Lawlor!

I Love You!

My brother Amaron, his wife Satya, my nieces: Halee,Sage, & Capri(Brodee was off running around)

The Lawlor Family Christmas Party... All of the little ones performing the Nativity

This is my nephew Dusty (Sean's youngest)

This is my niece Caroline (Loren's youngest)

This is my nephew Krew (Angelene's)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Toothfairy Again!

Okay, Presley lost her second tooth last night, so I grabbed my camera and took a picture of her. Then I go to look at it and this is the picture taken just before. Apparently she already knows how to take pictures of her self! So here is a before....

and an after!!!!

She actually went to bed early and fell asleep early.... collecting $$$ from the tooth fairy is serious business!

A Day of Thanks and Giving!

Thanksgiving at our house was small but wonderful. It was just us and Steven's sister Julie and her Family, husband Mike & kids: Deagan and Kira. The food was delicious and of course in plenty!

After we ate everyone rested for a bit then we went to the Theaters and watched Madagascar II
which is good.. I recommmend it, it is better than the first!

Thanks to all of our family and friends for giving us so much to be thankful for! We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well.

BOWLING!!!

No school means "fun day" so bowling it was! Presley, Cole, Brody,Randy,Savanah,Maddy,Sierra & Sydnee all hit the alleys and had some fun! I enjoyed watching them... and of course being their ride!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Happy 7th Birthday Presley!

Okay, my baby is now 7! That is just crazy! But doesn't she just look so cute in her new dress from Grandma & Grandpa Merrill! Thank you Grandma & Grandpa! Today was our primary sacrament program, so Presley, Sydnee and Maddy all spoke in church!

Presley couldn't wait to get home to open her gifts and eat her chocolate cake!

I love birthday's because it gives me the perfect excuse to make a cake. I really enjoy the decorating part! I kept it simple this year but I like it!

2nd place in GYFA 8th Grade Championship!

This is the first year Gresham Youth Football Association had a 7th & 8th grade team, so for both of these Gresham teams to make it to the championship was a far off hope when we started the season. The 7th grade team won! Our boys played a great game and just came up short on the score board. But hey, 2nd place is incredible. They had an amazing season, started off 0-2 then won 7 games in a row to make it to the championship. This group of boys will all go to high school together and I am looking forward to watching them play. I believe they have what it takes to be champions!

They had an awards ceremony right after the game and honored each of the boys with a medalion! Then they each received a trophy at their team party too!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Gresham cinches The Semi-Finals! Championship game here we come!

Steven & I got to watch Cole's game

without any interuptions from the girls.

The forcast called for rain, so Sierra elected

she would stay home with the girls!

They were wrong! It turned out beautiful!

Gresham came back from being down 22-0 at the half to win with only 21 seconds left in the game! Final score: Gresham 30 Rex Putnam 28
Cole played linebacker, wide reciever and on all special teams! He made some great tackles!
The best game this year.. the boys never gave up! As for all of us parents we were out of our seats and skin; and without a voice by the end of the game! Very Proud of all of them !

My men!

Halloween 2008!

Presley's pumpkin ; she scooped out the guts!(mom carved it)

Front porch decor
Syd's, Cole's, Presley's & Maddy's
Sierra never carved hers

The group before they hit the streets!
When they returned an 1 1/2 hours later they
traded eachother for their favorite candies!
This went on until 11pm!
Fun times!