Happy Birthday!

To my baby!!!

I can't believe she is so grown up!

She loves:

 to shop

to text(only pretend) 

stuffed animals

people

to smile

to write letters

dress up fancy!

We love this girl!!!!

Happy Birthday!

My oldest boy is getting old.....

It is something I don't like to talk about or even think about for that matter.

We only have about 2 more years with him at home and then he will be off for college and a mission.

He is growing up way too quickly, but is the best kid a parent could ask for!

Happy Birthday!!

1.  2 more years

2.  he is an amazing kid

3.  birthdays

Halloween 2011

Halloween 2011

was SO exciting!

See all of our pictures..............

Oh wait, there are no pictures.

Why?  you ask.

Because we didn't have Halloween.

Instead we got a snow storm that cancelled EVERYTHING.

We got a reverse 911 call from the police chief asking the town to postpone trick or treating until Friday.

School was cancelled on Monday

Church was cancelled on Sunday

And now I am more than ready to put away the Halloween decorations!

What to do, what to do??  

I am in favor of forgetting about trick or treating, seems weird to go 5 days after the real Halloween, 

the girls, they are not in favor of forgetting about Halloween.

Maybe by Friday I will have some Halloween pictures.

We were fine in the storm, just a few trees needed some work, never lost power, but at this point some of our friends are still without power and some have just gotten it back as of yesterday.  

1.  not losing power

2.  only 1 snow day so far

3.  having Grandpa here for a few days!

Columbus Day

We spent October 10th at the beach!

In New England!!!!

It was over 80 degrees and it was beautiful!

You couldn't have asked for a better day!

(the kids had no school, I didn't pull them out!)

1.  Indian summer

2.  the beach

3.  one last day for a suntan!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Mom,

The kids and Dad are writing this letter to show how much we appreciate you!!!!!!! Here are only a FEW of the things we love about YOU! 

1. You do the Laundry
2. You love us to pieces
3. You make us food
4. You guide us towards the right choices
5. You are always smiling!

WE LOVE YOU MOM!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

P.S~ Happy 23rd!!!!

Sad Day

to be a Red Sox fan.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2011/09/29/sox_make_unwanted_history_with_historic_collapse/?p1=News_links

Their season was a bit ridiculous.  They start the season losing their first 6 games, start winning, have the best record in MLB, have a 9 game lead going into September and then they lose it and don't even make it to the playoffs.

LAME!!!

1.  getting more sleep because i won't be watching playoff games

2.no more ups and downs......are they going to win, ah they lost.

3.  it is Thursday!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today is Grandma's birthday.....she would have been 65!

Oh how we miss her!!

 At the Rodeo!

 This describes her so well!

 Grandma and Marissa

 Grandma and Grandpa and the kids during Grandma's one and only visit to our current home.

 Braden and Grandma

Trying to keep a serious face, which was hard with these people!!

Brandon and Grandma ready to be done with pictures, but still being good sports!

I was just talking to a friend who lost her mother in law last week.  I was asking her how they all were doing and she said she keeps expecting the phone to ring and have her MIL be on the other end.  I do this all the time, or I need an answer to a question and think, I will just call Paulette and she will know the answer!

We miss her a lot!

1.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ

2.  My knowledge and belief that we are an eternal family!

3.  Paulette

My Favorite

color during football season is 

RED!!!

It makes it even more fun to wear red after a 54-10 WIN over the rival team.

It was weird to have the game in September and not November, but a win over the rival is great any time of the season!!!!

1.  internet streaming

2.  wearing red to church

3.  having my mom here to watch her beloved BYU team get blown out!! 

Bummer....our summer is over

School started bright and early this morning.....

only this year and next for this guy

this guy is starting a big new school........as the youngest in the school                                                     

 Both of them are ECSTATIC that they DON'T have to ride the bus!!

(see the smiles on their faces, they are thrilled to be up!)

 This one was too excited to sleep, she is no longer the youngest in her school!

 And this one is just generally excited about everything

(except having to climb to the 3rd floor EVERY day of the school year, its a long walk)

Can't wait for the report when they get home!

1.  fairly good attitudes 

2.  taking a shower without anyone knocking on the door

3.  GREAT memories of a GREAT summer!

BIG 4-0

Happy Birthday

to my wonderful husband!!

1.  knowing him almost as long as I haven't known him

2.  he is a great husband, father, person

3.  he is just plain awesome!

(photo:  courtesy of Marissa while on vacation)

17 Years

He has been gone as long as he was alive.

Wonder what he would have been like today!

1.  our religion

2.  families

3.  memories

School is OUT!!

School is FINALLY out!!!

I have tons of pictures, but because we still don't have a computer that wants to work, I will have to post them later!

Brandon had 8th grade promotion today.

I can't believe he is going to High School!

Braden had a great year, coming away with 97% in several classes.

Marissa made the High Honor Roll every term this year.  She loved her teachers and is sad that school is over.

Brynn, oh this child.................she is, I don't even know.

Brynn is always excited about something.  Except for leaving kindergarten and her teachers. 

She had a crying breakdown last week.  Today I went to pick her up from school.  Her bus takes forever!  When she came to the door, she was all smiles.  As soon as she saw me and her dad, she burst into tears.  HYSTERICAL tears. 

Like mother, like daughter.

Poor Brynn.

She was SO sad to be leaving school today.  I guess I should be grateful that she likes it, but really, hysterics??!!

She is doing fine now. 

She found out who her teacher is, which she was also crying about, until she found out that she has several of her good friends in her class!!

I hope this isn't a yearly occurance!

We are excited for our very busy summer, only wishing our first day of summer was warmer that 62 degrees and pouring rain~ hopefully not a sign of things to come!!

1.  great teachers

2.  SUMMER

3.  no alarm clocks

(for a couple of days anyway)

Still Here

We are still alive. We are having computer problems and have been for a while. Hopefully soon we can be back in business!

Student of the Month!

We spent this morning at the Middle School!

Marissa received the Student of the Month Award for Great Effort!

Her teachers wrote this about her in the program:

Marissa always puts forth a tremendous amount of effort in all she does.  She is eager and motivated to learn everyday.  She is a pleasure to have in class!

Way to go Sis!!!

April Fools

That is what I was thinking the forecasters were trying to do...pull an

 April Fools Day joke on us!

Joke is on me.  

1.  not enough to cancel or delay school

2.  not getting the "up to 14 inches" once forcasted

3.  warmer temps tomorrow!