Back to School

First day of School for 2011. We were all sad to see summer go, but the kids were excited for school. We had a fun summer that we will never forget but life keeps moving forward. They all came home from school and Loved their first day back!

County Fair

Utah County Fair - The kids always enjoy coming to the fair. They love getting all the free hand outs, having their faces painted, petting the animals and just enjoying the day! This was a fun packed day starting with swimming at Seven Peaks, playing with friends before they moved, going to the fair and ending it with going to Dad's ball game. Love these summer days!!!!

Boa Snake

Brandon's friend caught this Boa snake up Hobblecreek and let our kids see and play with it before he took it back to release it. We thought it was pretty cool, we didn't even know we had this kind of snake living by us. Thanks Eric for sharing!!!

Flaming Gorge 2011

This year we tried to get Bj's family together for a Family Reunion at Flaming Gorge. We had a great time. We fished, caught crawdads, rafted down the river, skiied, cliff jumped and had fun just being together. Great Memories!!!!

Hunter's Baptism

August 6th our nephew Hunter was Baptised and we were able to be apart of his special day. This is our family just outside of the church after his Baptism, then we headed to their house for lunch then up to Flaming Gorge for the family reunion.

Diansaur Museum

We took the kids to the Dinasaur Museum. They ejoyed exploring the creatures of old, making things with sand and just having fun together. Fun Summer Days!

Date Night

My Parents took our kids with them down to Shells for the weekend so Bj and I took a drive up by Sundance and up the canyon. It was so nice. The weather was perfect. We saw moose, deer and beautiful scenery. We Love living in Utah!!!!

Spanish Fork Days

My Aunt Murff invited us to go with her to the Spanish Fork Days, to let the kids try and catch these trout with their bare hands. The kids had so much fun. Wyatt was so excited, it was all he talked about for days.

Taylor's Baseball 2011

Taylor finished another great year of baseball. For the 2nd year in a row their team made it to State. They made it to the top 8. It was so fun to watch them play. They had a lot of up's and down's with the umpires and still came in 1st place in their regular season. It's always fun to see how much the boys grow and have fun playing. Great Job Taylor!!!

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!!! I love this holiday. In the middle of summer celebrating our Freedom and Liberty and just being together with family. This year with the 4th being on Monday we celebrated all weekend long. Friday we went to the Owls game and fireworks, Saturday we went to the neighborhood breakfast them out boating with the family then headed to the park to play catch, football and watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks, then Sunday we went up to my parents to listen to Dad's lesson on Liberty and George Washington and light off Laura Ashley's two fireworks :), then to get up and have breakfast, go the Kaysville parade then come home watch a movie and head over to the neighborgood carnival and fireworks. Despite the crazy weather with the rain and Kiley and Wyatt throwing up it was great 4th of July!!!

Owls Game

We have been to two Owls Games so far this year. The first was nice because it was overcast so it wasn't very crowded then the second game we had a lot of fun because they had the fireworks after the game. The kids love to see Hootz and Holly the Owl. We really enjoyed the firework show, as we were sitting there watching them I had one of those perfect moments in life watching the fireworks with the whole family on a perfect night. I can't explain it, but it was perfect.

Trafalga

One of our many Trafalga Trips. The kids always have so much fun here. This time we played laser tag, climbed the rock wall, rode the race cars, boats, farris wheel and just had fun being together.

Tadpoles

Brandon caught a bunch of tadpoles for the kids to watch grow. They had so much fun watching them grow their legs and lose their tails. Wyatt played and played and played with them until it was time to let them go back home.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to the Greatest, Best, Dad I know. We are so blessed to have you as our Dad. Taylor, Brooklyn, and Kiley sang a solo in church with the primary kids. It was a really fun Father's Day Present. They were so cute. We Love you Dad! Grandpa was able to come down and celebrate Father's Day with us. We are so blessed to have 2 Great Fathers in our lives. Happy Father's Day!!!!

Boating

I can't say enough how much fun we have boating every year. We haven't been able to go much this year because of the crazy weather, but to see the kids goofing around and laughing makes all your trouble go away even if for just a moment, which makes everything worth while.

Lagoon 2011

We picked a perfect day to go to Lagoon this year. The weather was perfect, the kids were loving everything. Kiley is now old enough to ride the big rides and had no fear and that's including Wicked! It was crazy! Laura Ashley was able to get all who wanted to ride the Sky Coaster for free. So as you can see in the picture Kiley and Taylor went with the big people. I couldn't beleive it. We had a really good day and a lot of fun with family!!!

Orem Fest

Cam and Tiff invited us to the Orem Summer Fest again this year. We watched the parade, went threw some of the shops and investigated the police station they had there. We ended up watching the fireworks from our car in high school parking lot. The kids always love stuff like this.

Summer Time

I was so excited for Summer to come this year. I don't know if it was all the bad weather we had for spring or I just love summer, but we have been out of school for 2 1/2 weeks and have already had so much fun. We went up to the Gilberts 4 wheeling, Swimming in Park City with Cousins, and Boating. We went to Airtime Sports where they have trampolines foam pits and more. Trafalga for miniture golf and 4D movies. Sleep Overs at Shell's and Grandmas. Lots and Lots of Ballgames - Taylor is doing so good, they came in 1st place for the season and are now heading into tournament with a place already to play in State. It is so fun to watch him! Brandon's Ballgames are always fun. Going to the Orem Fest with Friends for the parade and fireworks. And a Perfect day at Lagoon all in just over 2 weeks. It sounds crazy but it has been a lot of fun. I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer will bring!!!!!

Happy Birthday Tay!

Taylor turned 10! He started his day out up at Park City with his cousins playing and swimming, then came home to get ready for a baseball game (which they won and he received the MVP award) to come home to a house full of boys to eat pizza, cupcakes and a whole lot of fun!! Taylor is loved by everyone with his kind heart and friendly personality. He is very talented, thoughtful, sweet, funny, loving and we are very proud you are a part of our family! We Love you Tay!!!!!!!!

Brooklyn's Mask

Brooklyn's top jaw isn't growing as fast as her bottom jaw so the Orthodontist put a wire expander at the top of her mouth that we widen and now she has this mask she has to wear as much as possible for about a year depending on her mouth. It's no fun, but she has been a good sport.

Memorial Day Weekend

Some of the things we did this weekend were: Take the kids to Trafalga to play miniture golf and watch 2 4D movies. Then we headed up to the Gilberts to spend the night and go horse back riding and 4 wheeling to the dessert on Ross's property. We saw some amazing things. It's hard to see in the pictures but the hydroglifics from Indians and Spanyards were amazing. We hiked up to some caves where they used to live and the bowl was still in the middle where they cooked. Ross took us to Dead Horse Cliff where pictures do not even do justice to the beautiful scenery around us. Ross told us some amazing history facts and was an awesome tour guide. We all had a blast!

Brooklyn's Reading Theater

This was Brooklyn's Last Reading Theater in 2nd grade. It was called Cinderella Bigfoot. Brooklyn played the the part of one of the step sisters. She was Wenny, with Winney and Moe. It was a really fun to hear.

Talent Show

Taylor and Brooklyn played a duet on the piano for the School Talent Show. And then there is Wyatt's face after eating cotton candy at the school carnival.

Happy Birthday Bj!

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful, thoughtful, amazing father, husband and friend. We love you!!!!

Wyatt Rollerblading

Wyatt on his rollerblades. He actually did very well for just turning 3. He is even doing his little dance with them on:)

Taylor at Camp Floyd

Taylor had a School Field Trip to Camp Floyd. Taylor was lucky enough to have his Dad go with him. Bj was in charge of teaching the boys about the about guns which of course it right up his alley. They had a good time together.