Update on the Staheli Clan

We took the Rhino out for the first time this spring with Meg and Trav. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun. We went down and rode on Utah Hill. It was so nice to get out and get some sunshine. We went out last weekend. The previous weekend we stayed in the whole weekend with all four of us having the flu. YUCK!!! We hauled the little four wheeler out there for Parker to ride 50 yards, and then he said he was done. Funny kid.

These are some pictures of Mace enjoyin her favorite food ketchup with a little mustard this time. She loves it and eats it plain. She is a major dipper and licker, never eating the food she is dipping until the end. She dips 5 or 10 times for each bite.

These are some pictures I never posted from New Years Eve. We had a rockin party with Kenz and Randan. We played some games and then played the wii. This is Reece and Randan playin Just Dance 2. They rocked. Randan played balancing on one foot and still kicked butt. One pic they're doing a duet and the other the competing on the same dance. We laughed and laughed.

Everyone is doing good around here. We were really sick a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't last too long thankfully. Time is flying by. I'm amazed its been two months since my last post. We've been busy. I'm still training for the half marathon. I'm losing motivation, so I'm hoping I can keep it up for another 6 weeks. I've got a new principal at work and its a nice change. The kids all love him. Our dog, Ginger, a lab, is pregnant and about to have puppies so if anyone wants one let me know. She's getting close I think. My sister is getting close to having her baby. Only 7 weeks left. I can't wait. Its been a year since we've had a baby in the family. Reece got a new church calling and is in the young men. Kids are doing great. Mace still pushing everyone around and Parker's just growing up on me. He's learning his letters and sounds, eating like a boy, and riding his bike all over the place.

Life

Can you tell who is who??

Life these days is pretty good. I don't like the month of January. It seems so long and cold and boring after the holidays are over. Time to get back to running and eating right and everything else we try to do better because its a new year. It usually doesn't seem to last much longer than January, but my goal is to keep my goals longer than January. Shouldn't be to hard since January is almost over right?? My biggest goal is to run the Hurricane Half Marathon April 30th. I never ran the Pine Valley 15 miler last summer that I wanted to. I'm staying positive and think I'll stick with it. It helps that its in the spring; gives me motivation to be in shape to start the summer. I'll be updating with how the training is going to keep me accountable to someone even if it's just the blog. I would love anyone that wants to, to run it with me!! I've just started training, and I just want to finish with out feeling like I've been run over.

This is Macee of late. She is super bossy and pushes me around until she gets what she wants. She beats Parker up all the time. The other day she plowed him over and was on top of him beating him up. Its really kinda hard not to laugh. Parker is too sweet and just cries. I keep telling him to toughen up and beat her up. Hopefully I don't regret that. The kids are both doing great. We've been pretty healthy. No strep!!! That has been so wonderful. Parker used to get it about once a month during the winter and every couple months in the summer. We had his tonsils removed in September, and he hasn't been sick yet. I love my kiddos!! They are growing up so fast and it makes me sad. I'm not cut out to be a stay at home mom though. That takes a special kind of woman, and I look up to those that do it.

Christmas 2010

Again loaded pictures backwards. We had our annual Staheli Christmas party, and Santa and Mrs. Claus came and visited. This was the first year Parker wasn't afraid. Macee wasn't sure what to think. We played some minute to win it games and had lots of fun. The next evening we had our annual Wright (Georgia's family) Christmas Party. We had yummy fish and the kids got to open presents. My kids were spoiled rotten. Parker got a whole new cowboy outfit including the hat and buckle. I think Santa was stumped after this cuz all Parker has asked for was a cowboy hat. He was in heaven in his new cowboy clothes. The next picture up is our little family on Christmas Eve. This was our first year to get the kids jammies. In past years grandma becky has done it, but this year she said she wasn't doing it anymore so we got to start our own little tradition. Christmas Eve we went up to grandma Georgia's and had Navajo tacos. We had tons of food and grandma becky and grandpa bill were alone, so we invited them up to dinner too. Then we played catch phrase. Georgia didn't have a voice so there were lots of gestures as well. We had lots of fun and were sorry that Ben and Shannon and kids couldn't come over. Christmas morning we were up early so we could be over to grandma becky's at 6 am. Someone must have been good, cuz we were all spoiled. Grandpa bill cooked us breakfast, and then we went over to grandma georgia's where we were again spoiled. We had Christmas Dinner with my family and then had some good old fashioned fun on the wii. Wait, guess not old fashioned but still fun none the less. Sunday after dinner we went over to Shannon's and played Just Dance on the wii. Too bad for you we didn't get any pictures, but it was definitely one of the funniest things ever. Ben was the best dancer of us all, and I'm the loser. I never have been coordinated enough to dance, but thought I was at least better than Reece, but guess not. The kids were so much fun this year. On Christmas Eve Parker kept shouting out from his bedroom, "mom, go to bed so Santa can come." He probably shouted that 6 or 7 times. He was so excited. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts. We love you all!!

P.S. Santa brought Parker a RC four wheeler, and he was very excited about his 'surprise'. (That's what he wanted when he got his hat last week, 'just a surprise')

Finally an update of the Staheli's

Well what else is new. I loaded my pictures in the wrong order. So they are from the most recent to the oldest and I'm just giving a short update. The first picture is of the grandkids with their great grandparents (Georgia's parents). We went down to Bullhead for Thanksgiving and had a good time. The next one is my little trick or treaters. We just went around the block and that was plenty for Parker he was ready to go home. The next two are at the St. George Marathon 2010 watching grandpa Bill. Parker and Reece went hunting and Randan was in Afganistan, so it was just the girls. Grandma Becky, Kenz, Mace, and I. Mace had just finished a chocolate popsicle. The marathon was super hot and runners were dropping like flies but grandpa finished in a great time and looks great for being a grandpa! The last picture is at the Hogle Zoo. Reece and I took the kids up to the zoo for the first time. They loved seeing all the animals and seeing great grandma and grandpa Wallace. There's an update of four months in just a short paragraph. We are doing well and can't complain.

Macee the Monster

This is Macee our little monster. We lover her to death, but she's pretty naughty. She has attitude and spunk for herself and Parker. She's super bossy, and she doesn't even talk yet. She really pushes Parker around. She's way tougher than he is. I can't believe what a girl she is though. First thing when she gets to her grandma Georgia's house she has to get her purse, put the wallet in, put the cell phone in and get her baby. Then she walks around the house carrying her baby and talking on her phone with her purse on her shoulder. Where did this come from??? She acts a lot like her aunt Kenzie. Even with the attitude, she's still a really good busy baby. She eats good, sleeps good, plays good, and goes to the baby sitter good. She's so grown up already its sad. No bottles, no binkies, no sippies to go to bed, she's a big girl already. Now we just need to potty train, but I'm not ready to even try that one yet. We love Mace so much, and I'm not sure what we'd do without her.

Parker

Better late than never right? Parker turned 4 in September. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It seems like we just brought him home. Parker is such a good kid. He goes to two pre-schools two times a week and loves it. His favorite thing to do is ride his bike with the neighbor kids. I don't know what we're going to do when it gets too cold and yucky to ride. He is really quite awesome on it too. He pops wheelies and jumps it like he's 6 or 7 instead of 4. He is so funny. For some reason he thinks he's a little cowboy. He loves watching John Wayne movies. He outgrew his cowboy boots last spring so he has been wearing water boots all summer so grandpa Bill bought him some new cowboy boots for his birthday. He was so super excited. Grandma Georgia bought him some cowboy pants, as he calls them, and he was so excited he had to put them on right away. Every morning I fight with him about the pants he's going to wear because he will only wear cowboy pants which are wranglers or 20 x. I thought this wasn't suppose to happen for another few years and with girls not boys. Boy was I wrong.

We sure love this kid! So I remember here are some of the things Parker loves at 4:

spaghetti

chocolate

John Wayne

cowboy boots

cowboy pants

riding bikes

wrestling with his dad

playing guns

making bike jumps

getting dirty

Macee

showers with dad or baths with sissy

drawing or coloring

school

playing with neighbor kids

reading books with mom

being at his grandparents' houses

playing with his cousin Addilee

legos

Dora and Diego

hunting with daddy and grandpa

changing clothes

Labor Day

For Labor Day we went up to Cedar Mountain again this year. This is Macee and her cousin Aspen. Macee just loves her to death. She thinks Aspen is her very own life size baby doll. She pats her on the back or bum, tries to feed her, and wants to hold her all the time. As long as she doesn't scare Aspen off, they will be the best of friends!!