The Dunes!!

My uncle invited me out to the dunes to go riding and I had a great time!! It took a little getting used to considering I usually ride a motorcycle on trails in the desert and I hardly ever ride our quads and if I do it's just jumping them or going around in the desert. The dunes is totally different, I had to learn to ride a quad on the steep hills, and crazy curves of the dunes! I really had fun once I started getting the hang of it. I rode my uncle's friend, KT's Suzuki 400 wicked fast quad- my biggest problem was shifting to the right gears without stalling out or getting stuck. Anyway I really like riding in the dunes but it was nice to be able to come home and take a shower, and sleep in my nice cozy bed.

My cousins- Allison, Max, Laura and Jake on their Quads up on a Dune

Jake riding back down Patton- A seriously big Dune that goes practically straight up, it's seriously terrifying and I refused to try it!

Allison riding on back with KT

Max man just chilling at the bottom of Patton


My cousins chilling by the camp fire waiting for Smores.


This is a video I shot of Jake going up Patton. He is the second Quad you see (the one with two flags)



This is what we did for entertainment Saturday night!! We call these "Sobe Bombs!"


Jake and Laura tried their hand at doing some jumps on their quads. Jake got a little air, but Laura hasn't quite got the hang of it yet so she never got off the ground much.

Christmas

As always I took tons of random pictures on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Here are just a few to help tell the story of my Christmas.

On Christmas Eve we have started a tradition where we have a White Elephant gift exchange. It is always tons of fun and this year one of the gifts was a bag with 18 pairs of Sunglasses in it (my grandma cleaned out one of her drawers!!) so we all put on a pair and I took a pic of the whole family.

Yummy baked potato bar on Christmas Eve. The boys give it two thumbs way up!

Max made out like a bandit at the White Elephant, he got all of the gifts that no one wanted!! He was thrilled!

Christmas morning-STOCKINGS!!


Mom's Christmas present from Dad- a Kawasaki Lakota 300!! A freak'n sweet quad all for mom!!

Kleisler Kids Photo Shoot

For my mom's Christmas present my brothers and I went and got our pictures taken together and they turned out so great!!! I have been dying to put the pics up here but I had to wait until after Christmas otherwise it would have ruined my mom's surprise! I blew up some of them and had them framed! She loved them. So anyway here are some of the best ones.

Tagged- Six Things!!

I always hope that I can avoid these things but alas I have been tagged by Lindsey so here you go six interesting/odd/clever/fun/random things about me.

1. I am easily obsessed.... I find a new hobby or interest and instantly cling to it and spend all of my money time and energy on obbsessing over it. For instance my most recent obsession is Phoenix Suns basketball!! I love it, I bought a bunch of tickets so I can go to a game once a month before I leave on my mission. I also have 2 Nash jerseys and a Stodemire jersey. I have 2 phx suns t-shirts and two hats. I must watch all games on tv (unless seeing them in person) and if for some reason I can't be near a tv I will record them and watch the whole thing later that evening. I check Suns.com everyday and read news and articles and I also have my Suns mobile where I get texts straight to my phone with stats, scores and news. I have had many such obseesions since I have been a teenager, some include Skateboarding, BMX, Spiderman, Surfing and many more.

2. I love my girls.... There are 4 little girls in my life that mean the whole entire world to me. I love them (and spoil them) as if they were my daughters. I love to spend as much time as possible with them and I will be absolutely devestated when I can't see them for 1 1/2 years. I have known them since the oldest, Hailey, was 2. Their mom was my beehive advisor and I started babysitting them. Back then I had no life so I would call them up and come over and ask their parents to go out so I could babysit. I loved playing with them and as time grew on they just became a part of me. Now 11 years later I am almost like a second mom to them and their parents are like second ones for me. I can't tell you how many times Jack and Amy talked me out of doing something completely stupid or how they would have to babysit me when I was a rebellious teenager and my parents went out of town. I am so blessed to have had them in my life and I know we will all be friends forever!!
3. I have a serious issue with change.... I love Change, when I am the one who gets to do it! If I decide to change something up in my life I love it. I love spontaneity and random spur of the moment decisions. But I hate when things change and I have no control of it. For example my older brother getting married next weekend. This threw me for such a loop and I have had such a hard time getting used to the change.

4. I am very blunt.... I have this problem where I always say what's on my mind and I always tell people what I am thinking. This can be a serious problem because I have NO filter. I have gotten myself into serious trouble many a time because of this little habit of mine. I am a pretty easy going person and I really don't get "my feelings hurt" so I have a hard time watching what say because I just don't think about it. I am also very sarcastic- I get that from my dad. Suffice it to say my mouth can usually get me into sticky situations.

5. I like boy clothes.... Since prolly my jr year in High School I have always choose boy clothes over girls ones. I am way more comfortable in basketball shorts, a skateboarding brand t-shirt and a sideways or backwards baseball hat. Of course my mom has never enjoyed this particular choice but she finally decided it was a battle not worth fighting (cause I never backed down). This clothing choice has caused me to be mistaken for a boy more times than I can count, which doesn't bug me - I have some pretty thick skin. I think I have always just liked being comfy plus when I was a teenager I really enjoyed looking like a thug - I thought I was so bad a*# but in all honesty I was all talk! lol So anyway now that I am about to be a missionary and wearing skirts all day everyday it is going to be a big change, but I am good with it.

6. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.... My religion means the world to me and without it I would not be where I am today. It brings me so much happiness and I am so blessed to have parents who raised me in the church and never gave up on me. They knew that someday I would develop my own testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and I did.

Suns with my Sister

I invited my Sister in Law(almost) to come to the Suns vs Raptors game with me on Saturday night. We had a great time and the Suns tore Toronto apart!! Leondro Barbosa was seriously on fire and made 7 threes!!! It was a pretty cool game!

Let The Waiting Begin!!!

My mission papers are officially in!! They are in Salt Lake and my call will supposedly be mailed to me the weekend after Christmas! Now I just have to wait patiently (something I am really good at-NOT!)
UPDATE: AS OF SUNDAY MY PAPERS WERE STILL IN SALT LAKE SO IT LOOKS LIKE I WON'T RECEIVE MY CALL UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND OR THE WEEK AFTER THAT!! AHHH.... THE WAITING IS GOING TO KILL ME!!

Christmas Baking

Mom and I made LOTS of goodies like we do every year!! Then with our whole family we took them around to friends and family while caroling.

Mom has such an awesome name that she can find it on an apron!!! -No Fair!

Elder Kleisler is called to serve in....

Denmark, Copenhagen mission on April 30, 2008!! That's right my baby brother is going to learn Danish and freeze his little Arizona butt off!Scratching his head in disbelief... He just couldn't believe it, he says it still hasn't sunken in yet


Kev is pretty excited he's just not one to show it, his girlfriend Ingrid was excited especially that he won't be leaving for four months!!

Skateboarder for Life!!

I played "hooky" from work today and Kevin and I went to Chandler Skate Park to shred!! We had a blast as always playing off of eachother and attempting to out do one another. I hadn't been to a skate park in about a year so I was a little rusty to say the least. The good thing was that I still remembered how to do a lot of my flip tricks (which was pretty surprising considering I kept eating it on wall ride attempts- but I can still do pop shove its) and so I have come to the conclusion that I will be a skateboarder for life!

Go big or go home!!

Ya if you look at my feet you can tell that there is no way that I was going to land that one- I ate concrete!!

Cool shot of me doing a trick in the middle of an empty skate park

I finally got my wall rides back and I landed this one

I Love To see The Temple...Lights

So excited, there is SO much to look at!!


And off she goes!!!

Annie and I went to look at the Temple Lights last night and she had a blast!! She walked all over the grounds for an hour!! She loved walking around and the whole time she was clapping her hands, giggling, screaming excitedly, waving her arms or grinning. It was so cute to see her so thrilled!!

Christmas Cakes

I invited my best friends over tonight for a fun cake decorating evening. We had a blast making cake in the shape of Christmas Trees and then frosting and decorating. The best part of course was anonymously ding- dong ditching them to some of our favorite people!!

One of my cakes
Jenesse just going with the flow

Cristina totally loved the whole idea!

Fun fun fun!

The finished product- 6 beautiful Christmas Tree cakes!! Delicious!

My Cute Sunbeams

For those of you who don't know, I was called as the Sunbeam teacher when I moved back into my family ward in June. I love my calling and have a great little class! This Sunday we had a lesson on Honesty and I taught them about the stripling warriors and then we made armor and headbands and shields to help us remember to be true and honest. It was so cute that I had to take a picture and share! I think it was the best lesson I have taught yet!

These are two of my little sunbeams showing off their warrior gear- they colored it all by themselves (Can't ya tell? lol)

Christmas Street

There is a cul de sac in the neighborhood next to mine that goes all out for Christmas every year. They put on a big display of Christmas decorations and lights, every house in the circle is covered in lights and every year they add something new. Last night Keith, Sarah and I went and walked around the circle and enjoyed all of the cool decor as well as the nice brisk night.

Keith and Sarah in front of one of the houses

Spongebob!

This was new this year and we thought it was so cool!!

Santa decided to take a break from his hectic work schedule and chill on the beach

Chilling with my girls on a stormy night

I wanted to take my girls to see the Zoo Lights at the Phoeniz Zoo last night but it had rained all afternoon and continued to rain well into the middle of the night, so anything outdoors was right out! Instead we decorated Christmas Ornaments for the girls to put up on their tree. Then we had hot chocolate and Orange Rolls while snuggling up in our pj's with blankets and pillows to watch The Santa Clause. It was a fun warm and cozy night.

Decorating ornaments

Maicy with hers all finished

Kiley and her marked up fingers-hee he

Hailey

Annie with the ornament that I colored for her

All warm and cozy- I love these snuggable lovable girls!!