Thanksgiving!

It has been a good holiday weekend aside from the snow that we have gotten. I am thankful for my family and friends and all the gifts that you bring to my life.

Tim and Crista came to Utah for the Holiday and as busy as they were they were able to spend time with us and let us meet our newest family member. The kids grow so fast and with them so far away it is hard for the kids to be close but they all did really well playing with each and getting along with our noisy bunch. Thank you Tim and Crista for coming to visit, we wish that we could visit more often. Here are a few pictures of Weston and Adilyn. I will post some more once I go send them from Dad's computer to myself.

Weston and Mommy

Adilyn and Daddy

Weston John

Breanna and Weston

Love you all and have safe travels home.

Carving Pumpkins!

Fall Pictures!

Is it really October?

Fall pictures are in and they look great. This year the school went with Lifetouch who have more options then just the blue background. Megan's is missing because her came back on just the blue background so we will have her's in a couple of weeks.

Life has been busy. Megan is now in Girl Scout, Austin has Boy scouts and Nikolai will be starting a tumbling class today. Robert has been spending a lot of time working on re-doing a 1965 14' travel trailer. He bought it in the spring and totally gutted the inside and had to redo it so he can use it on the Hunt which he leaves for tomorrow.

Breanna's Birthday!

With Breanna's actual birthday on September 3 which is the start of a holiday weekend we decided to have her Party this Saturday. We had it at the park and prayed all week that the rain would stay away. It did but we had to brave the strong winds which made Breanna's eyes water. We had fun with family and friends.

She got lots of presents and really had no interest in open anything after the first one. But Megan and Nik sure could help fast enough. For all those that came and are reading this post I just want top THANK you all the gifts were great and sure loves them all. Once we were home she sat and played with the toys for quite awhile.
The cake was done by Brenda Chance from A Cake Affair! She creates fabulous cakes and I wanted to have a big cupcake cake for Breanna's big day. Brenda exceeded my expectations and everyone loved it. There was many oohs and aahhhhs as they were eating also. Breanna could get to her fast enough. Aunt Christie got to close and she got a handful of icing right away. We buckled her in her chair and she went for it. I love that my kids are not timid when it is time to make a mess.





I am still trying to decide when she became so spoiled. Her loot pile is a great combination of clothes and Toys.
THANKS again everyone for helping us celebrate her FIRST Birthday! I can't believe that it has almost been a year since she was born. It has been truly an amazing year and a fun adventure to experience with her and the rest of the family. Breanna has been a very good baby and has made it a fun year watching her experience her first in her own way. She may be a small baby but she is not afraid of anything. She is beginning to walk more and more and if we don't watch her she will climb up the stairs or anything that is in her way to get what she wants. She loves feeding herself and playing with Chase. (I will have to try to get a video to post of that it is the funniest thing). As long as mom is close she will sleep through the night (which she has done since she was less then 2 months).

I LOVE YOU BREANNA and I wish that you remain the happy child that you are and dream big Your life is full of wonderful potential. HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!

Where has the Summer gone...

One week left of summer vacation and then it is back to school. The kids are all excited to meet their teachers Wednesday night at the SEP meeting. Then come August 23 they are back to school.

We have had a fun summer. We spent an amazing week with Becky and the kids, Robert took the kids camping a couple of times and who knows we may get out one more time to test the trailer that he has been fixing up before the elk hunt.

Getting ready for a party!

I am working on Breanna's First Birthday party. We are going to have it on Saturday August 28th at Valley Regional Park. Her Actual birthday is September 3rd but since a Holiday weekend we decided to do it early. The theme is CUPCAKE, so I have been searching for ideas and came across this recipe called "CUPCAKE POPS" from Bakerella. I made a test batch today and they are pretty simple and yummy.. Breanna and the kids really like them. You are actually suppose to put them on sucker stickers but for the test batch I decided to leave them like little bon bons.

Vaction activities.

The week of July 12 through the 18th my friend Becky and her kids came for a visit from New Mexico. We had a fun week doing things around the city.
Monday- the Zoo and a tour of the Sweet's Factory
Tuesday- The boys and Becky went on a hike in Pleasant Grove to a waterfall and then the kids played in the water in the backyard.
Wednesday- Went to Kennicot Coppermine, Made homemade Rootbeer and kids played in the water again
Thursday- The kids chilled watching TV
Friday- Hill Air Force Aerospace Museum, Burger BAr and Antelope Island.
Saturday Kids played in teh water.

Look at her go!!!

It has been 6 years!!!

One party down another one on Friday.

Time to catch up....

So it has been a while since I posted again so it is time to play catch up.



Mother's Day... Breanna starts to crawl on Mother's Day weekend and we are in trouble now. Not just crawling now but pulling herself up to things and getting back down on her own.

Kindergarten Graduation...Megan and Nik did it...They finished Kindergarten. They are both very smart kids and even though they were challenging at times the teacher gave each of them a reward of something that she thought the did really well. Megan always includes everyone when she goes out to play and Nikolai is a natural leader. We are proud of them and excite for next year. Austin end the year with good grades A's and B's with 1 C. we are proud of as he brought up all but one of his grade from the previous semester. He is off to 6Th grade next year it is hard to believe that he will be in Jr. high in 2 years.

Memorial Day...
I ended up having to work on Monday May 31st so we didn't go anywhere for the entire weekend but we did go out by Utah Lake where we met up with Robert's brothers Brian an Paul that were camping and riding ATV and Dirt bikes. The kids had fun being able to ride with their Cousin Brock on the 4 wheeler. Breanna is going to be a little happy 4 wheeler. She loves the sounds of the 4 wheelers and she like riding them also.





First Trip to the zoo....
Thanks to our friend Gina and June we have a one year Membership to Hogle Zoo so for Father's day weekend and the twins birthday we went to the zoo Saturday Morning.