A Trip Up The Canyon!

We braved the "not so wonderfully hot" weather and went ahead on the planned trip up the canyon! It wasn't too cold, and it was very fun to go up and make a fire, roast some hot dogs and marshmellows, and see the river! The kids love it when we go up the canyon, and Mom was really craving doing something outdoors and fun! So this was a fun "March" outing! Hopefully we will get up the canyon a lot this summer, and hopefully there will be a full on camping trip too....but we will see how that goes!

COUSINS!

These two babies are only 8 days apart! So it is super cute to see them together! Don't they look so cute standing there like that? I thought so, therefore, I grabbed the camera and luckily got a few good pictures before they (Scott and Talon) wandered off!

Star of the Week!

In Joshua's Kindergarten, they get to be a "Star of the Week". And they have to bring a poster, and do a little presentation about themselves. It was a lot of fun making a poster about Joshua! He is certainly a "Star" in our house! And we love him very much! Isn't he cute!

The Dinosour Museum!

We went to the Dinosour museum with Breanne's preschool! I always love to go because that means that it will be less money, and it is a really cool museum! Apparently it is the largest Dinosour museum in the world. That's what the billboard says anyway. It is big! And they have done a very good job with it. The kids love to go! They especially love the "errosion" exibit, where they can play in the water and sand. And the "digging" exibit, where they get to dig for dino bones. It was a great trip!

So GRATEFUL!

Today, I'm just so grateful for my family! I love my Husband and kids! I'm so blessed! Life is so good. I also have such wonderful extended family and friends. Thank you everyone who has touched my life, and made it better!
We have so much to be thankful for. I'm grateful for this nation, and to be a member of this church. I'm grateful for the choice I made to be married in the temple, and to have these sweet kids. They are so wonderful, and cute! We find so much joy in them everyday! I'm so optomistic about this next year! I think the Lord pours out blessings upon us.
I'm also grateful for all the modern convienences we have in this day and age....like dishwashers and washing machines. Disposable diapers and wipes, running water, and indoor plumbing! And the list could go on and on!
I hope that we might all take some time to list just a few of the many things that we are grateful for, and remember how great the tender mercies of the Lord are in our lives!

The Jazz Game!

I had never been to a Jazz game, but finally...tonight, I went! Jared and I got to go because of a last minute offer for some tickets by a friend of ours! It was so great! It is hard to be away from the kids for that amount of time. But it wasn't to bad. We had great traffic (both up and back) and we were able to park really close! Our seats were in the lower bowl, and were really great! It was just so awesome to go up there and wittness the excitement! It was amazing to hear the noise, and see all the things that we see on t.v. And the players look so big! When you watch them on t.v. you don't realize just how tall they all are, because they are standing next to each other! But it was cool to see them all live! It was also fun to see what happens during the time outs and other breaks (ya know....during the commercials). All in all...a great date night! It was a lot of fun to go up with Jared and just have a great experience! Oh yeah...it did help that the Jazz won! 102-88 Against the Hornets.

I have a new nephew!

My sister had her fourth baby yesturday! We were so excited for the new arrival to our family! Congradulations Melissa! She went into labor on her own, which is what she wanted, and had a healthy, cute, baby boy! They named him Aleck Hyrum.

Curly hair!

I put pink curlers in Breanne's hair today. It looked so cute! But she has hair like mine that doesn't hold curl for very long. So it only looked that great for like 30 minutes. But Super cute while it lasted. Maybe I can try to put like a ton of gel or something in it next time....see if it stays longer. Super cute though!

The boys wanted to get in on the "photo shoot".

The bangs!

This picture shows my bangs better.

The New Hair Cut!

I love my new hair cut! It is shorter than I was expecting, but it is a nice change. I probably wont need to cut it again for a while, I think I'll let it grow out again, but for now, this is a fun new look. In this picture my bangs are on the left, but I can also have them go across the the right for more of a "sweeping across" look. It also looks good with them pinned up. It is also fun to put my hair up in a "half pony" kind of thing. I'm glad that I went to the salon with a couragous attitude, and didn't do my usual "conservative" thing. A couple years ago, my sister in laws were encouraging me to cut bangs, and I think this was the length they were thinking. But at that time, I wasn't willing to do it. This time, I was like, "chop it off!" It's good to do something new every once in a while, and it will grow out fast anyway, so I went for it. This isn't the best photo, but the best I could do right now...ya know how it is. But you get the idea!

Some cute pictures of some cute kids!

These are just some pictures that I took randomly. Cute kids!

Field trip to the Bean Museum

This is a butterfly that is made totally by Butterflies! It is really something to see!

Breanne's class went to the Bean Museum! It is a fun place to go. All the animals are, well...stuffed! But they do have a lot of them! Quite an assortment. It is really interesting. I learn something new everytime I go. They even have a LIGER (Combo of a tiger and a lion).

The new temple open house

We were fortunate enough to be able to attend the Draper Utah Temple open house! It is a beautiful temple, and it was a great thing to be able to see it. After all the nights when Mom and Dad go to the temple and have to explain why they can't go, the kids were excited to finally be able to go IN the temple themselves. Especially Breanne...because temples are where princesses go in their pretty dresses to get married! So it we cool! Eli kept saying, "temple!" And, "WOW!" and, "Look at that!" I wish I could captured it on recording! It was so cute to hear his sweet voice! The neatest part was the Celestial room! It is amazing! I'm so glad that we went.

The Joys of a TWO year old!

So last night I went upstairs to the kitchen and what did I see? Eli had taken about a dozen eggs, and broke them on the kitchen floor! So I get the paper towel roll, and start to clean it up. Meanwhile...(while I'm cleaning the egg mess)....he takes what was about 1/4 a gallon of milk and dumps it out in the upstairs bedroom. Breanne came down and broke the news to me. I was like, "I need to get this kid to bed before he has a chance to make one more huge mess!" Luckily that was what I was able to do! Life with a two year old, curious, little boy will never be dull!

Sledding!

The kids love to play in the snow! And they really love the sled! We have been having a lot of snow this year! It seems to just keep coming! It sure is beautiful! We need to take the kids to a Hill where they can really Sled down!

Happy New Year!

Melissa and Jake and family came over to celebrate the new year! We had a fun time! The "boys" played War Hammer, and the "gals" played kid games with the kids! It was fun! We had a toast, with special glasses, and used noise makers as soon as we counted down with the ball on the t.v. I'm glad we did something to make it fun and special. The kids were pretty tired by the end, and Eli and Scott didn't make it to midnight, but the other kids thought it was really cool to be up so late, and to be making so much noise, and playing games. HAPPY NEW YEAR! May this year be a wonderful and a successful one for all of us!