My Birthday

Jake gave me the best prestent for my birthday. A 5 day trip to see my sister in Kentucky. We had so much fun!! I took Lily with me and Jake took the days off work to spend with the boys. I have to make a plug here for my wonderful husband. As if all of that wasn't enough...I came home to a perfectly spotless house, all the laundry done, yard done etc. SO amazing!!

Heather and I had such a fantastic time. We shopped and ate and talked and shopped and talked..well you get the idea :) It was so relaxing. I have missed her so much since I have moved back west and don't get to see her more than once a year now. Thanks again Heather, Reed and kids for everything.

When Autumn Leaves Fall

Fall is my favorite season. I love the cripsness in the air. The crunching of leaves. The sweaters and jeans. The beautiful mountains colored in changing leaves. The holidays--also my favorite. The start of football season. And of course conference. Always uplifting, always needed.

This year I was lucky enough to get tickets to the General Relief Society Meeting the last Saturday in September. Two of my sisters and my grandmother went with me. We missed Heather and Mom. Heather obviously lives away and Mom was out of town. Would have been perfect if you had been there.
It was an evening I will always remember. One spent with some of my favorite people. Laughing, crying, growing and connecting. Thanks Grandma, Holly and Heidi for a great night.

Oh, What do you do in the Summertime?

At the end of July my sister Heather and her family came for a visit. We had a great time. We went to a rodeo, Lagoon, swimming, shopping, we ate tons of good food. Such a great time! Thanks Deshler family for coming to see us all. You are so missed already!

Zoe and Ben. We all spent the day shopping and going to lunch. Fun fun!

The babies and little boys...and Brooklyn were getting tired of shopping by this point. :)

I love it! This is how the kids were walking through the mall. Pretending they were a train. So cute!

Chugga Chugga, Choo Choo!

Left to Right:

In the stroller- Ben (17 months), Sydney 4, Luke 5, Brooklyn 5, Alex 5, Zoe 7 (almost), Collin 9, Easton 12, Avery 13, Lily 11 months, in the stroller sleeping-Ty 2.

All 11 cousins.

The four girls. My sisters are so special to me. They are my friends and they are my sisters. I am so lucky to have them.

Lily and Aunt Heidi.

Syd and Easton.

Going to IN-N-OUT.
Lily loved Grandma's shake.
Deshler kids and Alex.
I love this picture. I have missed seeing my sister Heather so much since we moved back to Utah. Luke loves her, Uncle Reed and the kids so much. Easton (pictured here next to Luke) is Luke's favorite. Luke followed him around like a shadow for the 10 days they were here. He was so sad to goodbye when they left. Me too :(
Luke just loungin' on Zo. Grandma and Grandpa took us all to the rodeo. We had such a great time.
Zoe playing dress up with my glasses, hat, and lipgloss.

Grandpa and Ty watchin' the rodeo. Ty really enjoyed himself. Honestly, we almost left him with the babysitter as well. But, he liked it more than Luke did and I am so glad we took him.

Luke and Daddy.

Zoe kept wanting to take pictures on my camera.

Me and Zo-zo.

Earlier in July my sister Heidi and I took our kids to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. It was fantastic and the kids had a great time. A very stoic king. :)

And his beautiful queen. Luke and Brooklyn often pretend that they are going to get married. We have told them that they can't since they are cousins...but they do love each other.

The "knight" was having trouble with his cloak.

There is my "knight in shining crown" :)

The music room.

On the farm...milking the cow.

The schoolhouse.

The teepee. Playing Cowboys and Indians.

Inside the United Kingdom exhibit. Drinking tea?

China exhibit. My kid is so crazy!

Also in July my sister Holly, my grandmother and I took the kids to the Riverdale splash park. It was so much fun and FREE! Gotta love that. Apparently I didn't take any pictures of my boys...oops. But look how adorable little Lily is.

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

My kids really love their Grandma and Grandpa. Ty asks for them all the time...sometimes after he has gotten in trouble...what does that mean? Hmm. Anyway, they were so excited when last Monday Grandma and Grandpa took them to the Dinosaur Park. We had a great time. Thanks Mom and Dad.

Ty watching the robotic dinosaurs, "Oh, so cute" he says. Can you believe that he held himself up like that for several minutes.

The sacrificial child.

Lily was fascinated with Grandma's hat.

I love both of these pictures. So precious.

Grandma's are the best snugglers.

My Birthday

My birthday was wonderful as usual this year. Jake always spoils me, but mostly it is just nice being with my sweet family. Luke and Ty were so cute, they kept singing to me ALL day and night. Then they would make me blow out a pretend candle on Ty's finger. SO ADORABLE! Jake took the boys shopping and had them pick out presents for me. I am always so amazed at how astute they are. Luke got me a headband and hair clips-very useful, and they were cute too! Ty picked lime green nail polish (green is his favorite color I think). Love it! Jake did a few thoughtful things. He picked out an awesome purse all by himself. Then he had my pearl earrings fixed so I can wear them again. He also found a pair of gold earrings to replace the ones I was so bumbed when I lost. So sweet! We went out to dinner at Boston's--which is so wonderful. What a great day!

It was pretty funny. We gave Lily her first taste of ice cream. OH MY GOODNESS! She loved it and SCREAMED/SQUEALED between bites. Too funny!