Santa Came

Well Santa made it to our house. The kids are still asleep, but mom is waiting in bed hoping they wake up soon. I love when the kids do t know everything they are getting and this year is full of surprises.


Coleman: down jacket, iTouch dock/speakers and a cool beanie.


Evelyn: finally got a BIG bike. This thing is huge hope she can get the hang of it quick and the snows stays at bay so she can ride it. She also got a few games bc she is so good at playing with her sisters.


Leland wanted the iTouch. She is going to love all the cool big girl stuff that she got with it.


Claire and Ruby both wanted a jewelry box with rings and makeup. Santa hooked them up with Caboodles-oh yeah!!! I am sure the makeup will make a huge mess and I will have to hide it before the day is out, but bring it on. I am ready for some smiles :):):)


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Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve from the Krallis Kids!!!

Can you tell from this picture who likes to be the center of attention at our house. And notice that even Coleman is smiling. Now I'm not sure what Claire is doing, but she does look cute with her new haircut. Of course you have dumby in the shot, Tank oh how i loath thee!!!

Everyone is in the bed and waiting for the arrival of Santa!! We definitely believe at this house, although the true miracle was the birth of our Savior and his life and LOVE for each one of us. I pray my kids know this to be as true as I do!!!

So there

Claire had a play date with a friend today and the mom texted me this message:

I just said "be nice girls. nobody likes mean girls." and claire said, "well I like liddy and she likes me. so..." and shrugged her shoulders like so there!

Seriously. This girl cracks me up.!

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That's what I wanted anyway

So Claire cut her own hair the other night when Coleman was babysitting. It was to the point that we had to go chop it all off. When I asked her "Claire why did you do that sweetie, now we have to cut off all your beautiful hair?" and she said to me "duh that's what I wanted anyway MOM". Well there ya go. Here is my new little lady.








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Out of the mouth of babes

So Claire has been testing my patience lately, she has been super winey and very sassy. These are a few of her best verbal cuts, as of late.....

C "Mom just so you know Paige's mom is SOOOOO much better then YOU"

C "you need to stop treating me like Mama"
Me "what do you mean?"
C "you are rude just like Mama"
(I am not the only person whose patience is tested when parenting Claire) lol

C "If you don't give me candy I am going to my room till I am 15 and never eat again and die"
Me "I love you Claire I don't want you to die"
C "well I am because I am never coming down EVER AGAIN"
(I would like to report she stayed in her room for about 5 mins, DARN)

I really do love my sweet Claire Bear but sometimes it feels like the old saying "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" was referring to her :):)



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birthday Boy and Girl

Happy Birthday RUBY and BRIAN

I love this sweet sweet, spunky, adorable, and beautiful little girl.

Her favorite things this year are DORA, babies, playing house, TALKING and SCREAMING, Mama and Big Daddy, Daisy, juice, mac and cheese, and apples. She started preschool, got potty trained, and is in a big girl bed. She is a BABY no more!!!!

And of course happy birthday to the LOVE of my LIFE!!!! I love this man more then words can express and pray for a long life of joy and happiness!!! Isn't he so handsome!!!

Hit like a GIRL!!!

Evelyn is really into Karate and is doing very well. She went for her belt test the other week and did so well she went up 2 belts. She is now a yellow belt and working really hard to test again!! Brian and I went to watch and were so proud of her. This girl definitely beats to her own tomboy drum, but I love that she knows who she is and is proud to be herself!!!

Kick it Ev!!!!

Lacrosse Fall 2011

We Heart Lacrosse

Coleman has really hit his stride and is starting to find his grove in lacrosse. He has a sweet spot and rarely misses from that magic spot. One of the last games of the season i was able to go without kids and just enjoy watching him and not have to wrangle little girls at the same time. I found myself getting heated and yelling more then i expected. I really enjoyed watching him and love that Brian has help coach almost every game this season. He is the best sub coach and Coleman calls it and i know it means so much to Coleman that his Dad takes such an interest. Now we are heading in to competition team all winter and spring. This should be fun!!

Here is Coleman #9, he has just shot and made it, my camera just missed getting the shot. Love this BOY!!!

Catching the ball and headed in for the kill!!!!

I am grateful for the great yellow and black helmet that he got for his birthday-it really helps me find him in the sea of color!!!

Happy Sunday

Over the last few months I have been really trying to count my blessings and saver the moments of Motherhood that I now will not last forever. Tonight I put the little girls to bed (bc thanks to Daddy they stayed up very late last night and were VERY cranky-thanks Brian :) love ya) and I made cookies with the 2 big girls and laughed and talked and tried to just be with them. I got my booty beat in UNO and it was a great night. Love these oh so very sweet girls!!!


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Let it snow

We got a little snow on Saturday and the girls COULD NOT wait to bust out the snow clothes and sleds. I am not ready for the mess that comes with snow. But cuddling in front of the fire all winter is a plus!!


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That so crazy

Ruby got her finger shut in the car door by Claire this morning. Even though it was a total accident they were both pretty upset about it. I took Ruby to the Dr to have them look at it to be on the Safe side and they decided to splint it so she wouldn't bump it so much. When I told her to tell the Dr thanks she looked at him with a big smile and said "thank you Dr, this thing so crazy" and just laughed. I love this girl so much she is always making me smile and laugh. Motherhood is hard but I love every minute of it.


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Far far way far behind

So here is the deal I am so far behind on getting this thing caught up completely that I think I will just not catch up. I will say I had a great summer. My sister and kids came for 3 weeks and I love them SO dearly. My kids started school, Coleman in Jr High-yikes!!! Brian graduated from his MBA-HIP HIP HOORAY!!!! Claire is in K, Leland is in 1st and ruby started preschool. Life is good. I will start blogging again from this point :):)


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Ed and Rebecca come!!!

July 2

We were so glad when Ed, Rebecca, Cater and Callie came to visit us in July. We had so much fun going to Water parks, Snowbird, Spa Day (Rebecca and I), and hanging out!! Tank and Daisy loved all the extra hands petting them and it was fun to have the kids get to know each other better. Cater and Coleman went to BYU Sports camp together and had fun! Callie brought her guinea pig Mo and the girls fell in love. We had fun talking and hanging out and hope we get to see each other again soon.

Brace Face

Well he is officially a Pre-teen in every way. He has been having milkshakes, and jello and soup all day. Oh how I remember those days. It's really is hard for me to believe I am old enough to have a kid with Braces. Don't you just love his smile, I promise the personality is just as delightful.


He has orange bands in top and blue on the bottom. Chosen for several reasons: DUKE Bluedevils , Florida Gators, and simply bc orange is his favorite color!!! I asked him what he was going to get next time and he said HOT PINK. Lol.

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2 babies

Today we went to Seven Peaks with my cousins. Ruby was just amazed with my cousins twins!! She kept saying with both hands up "two babies,two babies". It was adorable. Here she is with one of them (not sure which one lol) while he drank his bottle. She just sat and rubbed his little leg! So sweet. She is in Love!!! It was a very fun day!!!


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Ahhh Summer

We love going to the pool and I was finally nice enough today to buy the kids snow cones. Claire said "you da best mommy in da wourld." let's just see who's saying that tomorrow when I ask her to do chores.


It really was a great day!!!!
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14 years!!

Happy Anniversary to the man of my DREAMS!!! Honestly I knew I was suppose to marry you 14 years ago, but I never imagined I would be this happy!!! Life has had it's ups and downs, but it has been worth every second!!! I feel you were MEANT for me and I think our kids are lucky we love each other so much!!! I love the family we have created and love being the Mother of your children!!!

I LOVE YOU MORE!!!!

We were just babies back then and the Lord must have been on our side bc we acted like babies sometimes too!!! I feel each year has been better then the one before, let's keep it going!!!

I like us better HERE!!!! :)

You make me SO happy and I know that can be a full time job!!! thanks babe for all you do for ME and our sweet FAMILY!!!

Claire turns 5

My sweet Claire Margaret

6-12-06

Well my little Claire Bear has turned 5. I really can't believe it, I can remember having her and how we couldn't believe we had another little girl. Now she is about to go to Kindergarten. Claire had a very fun birthday weekend, for months she has been saying she wants to go to the place where they cook in front of you. So on Saturday night we headed to a Japanese Steak House as a family, crazy thing is we almost fill a table all on our own. Claire was so happy and so was everyone else bc we haven't gone there in a long time.

Claire had a smile the whole night!!!

She was SO excited to see the fire volcano, Ruby was NOT!!!!

We sure do love this little girl. She is definitely high maintenance, but honestly Brian wouldn't want her any other way. She is HIS BABY GIRL!!!!! (don't worry I love her too, but in Brian's eyes she can do NO wrong, I know better!! )

Sunday morning we her actual birthday so we had a big breakfast and opened presents before church. She was just giddy!!!

Pure JOY!!! She loved the gift from her Memere and Papa, 2 cute little fairies. And also the one from Mama and Big Daddy, an Olivia set.

I LOVE these 2 pictures!!!! She is looking so big and grown up!!!

Claire loves her sisters, and Coleman was happy to help install batteries in the bubble blower.

After church we packed a picnic dinner and headed up to the canyon with our dear friends the Bonnettes. We had fun cooking and making s'mores. It was the perfect ending to this very special birthday!!!

These kids sure do love each other!!!!