Friday, November 1, 2013

Grandma's 89th birthday

Emmett, Wyatt, Peter, EZ, And Noah
These blonde babies are so so adorable.  Can't believe we all have blonde babies.  I guess I can't believe that I do.  It is so fun to see them all together. 


we get together for Phyllis's  birthday every year. We love her so much she is such a wonderful and unique grandmother. I have so many fun memories of her growing up. She has always been a very vivacious and fun active person. And grandma has always had red hair. When I was little we used to go to her house for sleepovers. It was so fun to play with all of her jewelry and try on her clothes and play with her exercise equipment. We loved her house and her stairs going up and down the stairs and playing on the bars. Her house was kind of like a magical castle to me. With that bedroom upstairs that I almost would always forget about and then find again and I had the balcony with all of the treasures up inside the closet. Things that used to belong to grandpa and her. Everything smelled so wonderful. 
It is so wonderful that we can all get together as families now. We are so spread out and hardly get to see one another. 
We met at a church building and played in the park and visited and then we went inside and ate some potluck dinner and then the kids got on stage and sing some songs for grandma. Grandma has always been a big lover of music. When I was little Allison and I would always perform for her at all of her parties. She was very concerned and wanted to make sure that we knew we were singing. Make sure that we have something prepared. Often though, Allison and I would have to improvise and put something together quickly. We would usually be giggling and laughing and having a good time. Grandma was always so grateful and excited to hear us sing.

Oscar 13

Another teenager?. How in the heck did this happen?. I can't believe how fast my boys are growing up. Oscar and Tyler just decided to grow about 6 inches in one year. They are both getting tall and strong and wonderfully handsome. We are so grateful to have them in our home. Happy birthday Oxsar

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween

Halloween is getting funner( is that a word). Although we miss our older boys. Because they had off with their friends. Notice the picture of odd children at the bottom. The picture of Emmett holding Daphne is pretty funny cause it looks like a baby doll. I made wigs for a Daphne and I so that we could be dolls together. We ended up at the trick-or-treat in the end and Oscar helped us pass out candy while I walked around with the little kids. It's always a nice evening. Spooky of course but nice

Yes Daphne had 2 wigs.  Mom made the other one

Monday, October 7, 2013

Fools Hollow Lake


We decided in September this year that we were going to rent a trailer and try camping with a trailer. We were excited to hear that her friends were going to go camping at the same time but they were brand-new friends and we didn't want to intrude on their camping trip. Kind of a long story but it ended up that the place they were going to go wasn't available in so they chose another place and let us know about it and we just happened to get a parking spot next to them. It was pretty serendipitous. So to Fools Hollow Lake we went to meet the Days and have fun with their family. Deborah and Chad have five kids. Two sets of twins. They were so much fun to hang out with and the Nickels came and met us as well and we went to their cabin to watch a football game. The weather was beautiful and we got to be outside. We really loved the camping grounds and need to go back there. Chad and Nathan took all the kids out on kayak rides.  The kids tried multiple times to fish off the dock but never caught anything. Oh well maybe next time.
BTW we did like the trailer but not hauling it.  It made Nate nervous.  
Video of the trip



Thursday, September 26, 2013

San Diego Couples trip

So our Lake Powell group decided to not go to the lake this year because the lake was pretty low and things weren't looking good. We decided to take our group vacation to San Diego. Websters, Scotts, Daniels, Gardeners and Shields. We found a great beach house and the weather was lovely. We were able to take our bikes with us and I went on many bike rides with Daphne in tow. We rode up and down the boardwalk and went shopping and ate at wonderful restaurants. We sat around and watched videos and laughed and had a great time. Lots of people played volleyball. We got to go thrift shopping with all the girls. A nice relaxing vacation.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Backyard

Just took an opportunity to take pictures of the kids in the backyard. The light was really beautiful outside and what Else could I do. I passed up so many opportunities like these every day. I'm glad everyone's in a while I take those opportunities to take some cute pictures of the kids. I like the picture of Emmett flipping upside down. He's so fun

Friday, September 6, 2013

Baby girl in blue

Just some pictures of some silly kids. I was just playing with my camera one day.