Maci

Maci is in the 6th grade and is 11 years old. She is a social butterfly. She gets embarrassed when her friends come over and our house is a mess. She's a great big sister to the younger kids. She's sarcastic. She's sweet and kind. She's an artist. She's determined and likes a challenge. She loves watching disney shows and Full House. She likes to run and loves soccer. She'll be doing track this spring. She loves to sew and create things. She likes to stay busy and be productive. She's a good girl!

And she loves her mama!

Her friend Libby was one of her very good friends that recently moved to Idaho. They are such great pen pals with one another.

Maci's 11th Birthday

Maci loves theater. She played Mary in the Stake Creche Exhibit. And yes, that is a real baby.

That same day, she played the spirit of Christmas Past in our ward Christmas play.

Even though she likes girly things and is very creative, she also likes fishing. She's not big on hunting though, because she loves the animals too much to shoot them.

Maci is the only girl in Jazz Band. She plays the trumpet. She's always up for a challenge.

Maci loves playing games. She's competitive like her Aunt Cami.

Maci has always been able to do some trippy things with her eyes.

Making their own lip gloss. Who does stuff like that? Maci and Sadee absolutely love things like that.

Isaiah

Isaiah is in the 8th grade this year. He went to Freshman Orientation last night, which is just weird! He's a good kid and growing up too fast. I'm definitely not ready for the transition of him being a teenager. He's the Deacon's Quorum President right now and is learning a lot. He's your typical teenager and thinks he knows more than mom and dad. Haha!  He hasn't hit his growth spurt yet, which is fine with me. I love how he still plays with his siblings like he's just one of them.  I love how he's still not cool enough for his family and says I love to you to me in public. He loves to snuggle. He's excited to have a new baby sister. His favorite genre is Big Band. He loves to learn. His favorite subjects in school are Math and Science. He's very analytical like his dad. He's not sure what he wants to do when he grows up, but he's thinking of a scientist or a Dr. I guess we shall see. Here are some pics of him and his likes.

Isaiah has a few very close friends. Here are two of them. Aaron and Dallin Nelson.

Oh fishing! Isaiah loves to go fishing! He and his friends will ride there bikes 2 miles to the river and just fish for hours from the bank. Now that's what being a boy is all about!

Scouts! Isaiah is very active in scouts and is working towards his Eagle. It's a lot of work, but good for him to do.

Bass Pro Shop Santa. Isaiah loves Bass Pro Shop. He loves hunting, fishing, anything outdoors.

Isaiah loves band! He plays the tenor sax in both regular band and jazz band. Two of his best friends are behind him in this pic... Austin Gaylord and Dallin Nelson.

Just being outside makes him happy. Even though half the time I have to force him to get off of an electronic to go outside. He loves riding bikes, playing basketball, playing frisbee, just anything.

Poor Isaiah always gets forced into doing things like this. Whether he likes it or not, it's good for him and I think he ends up enjoying it in the end. Here he is, playing Joseph in the Stake Creche Exhibit.