Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hope you ALl had WONDERFUL Valnetine's Day because
WE LOVE YOU!

Dad's Traditional Yummy Valentine's Day Breakfast


Christian monkeying around

Lots of Love this morning!



My child who licks the syrup from her plate. Ahhh!

Brigham's Preschool Party Favors

Katelyn's 11 th Birthday Festivities

On the night of Kate's Bday she went to see the BYU Young Ambassadors at the Conference Center. She invited her best friend Lucilla to join us. Lucilla gave her a darling charm braclet that they can build for years to come. We went out to dinner at the Blue Lemon before the show.

Happy 11th Birthday Kates!!

Can you believe it?

Katelyn is 11 years old!

This year has been a year of growth for Katelyn. Her feet are almost as big as mine. I have to stand on a stool to do HER hair!
She is becoming a beautiful young lady and it is so wonderful to have her in our family! She is always helpful and loves to get all her siblings involved in some game or activity. I couldn't survive without her!!

Playing in the Snow

It has been a really mild winter here in Utah. So mild it is scary... we NEED water!
It finally came in the form of the wonderful white, fluffy stuff!
The snow plow cleans our circle up and plows huge piles of snow right to our curb. It all makes for great snow caves!

JNB: 9 Months

Jessie has made some big strides in this her- ninth month!
First tooth
Pulls up on everything
Crawls everywhere
Finally takes a bottle
Doesn't eat baby mush/food anymore
Loves reading/chewing books
Is my broom chaser
She is a happy little baby and always smiling!
Loves her Daddy





We are always having "mama" "dada" wars!
I have only had two babies to say "mama" first Christian and Jessie. The older four kids said "dada" first.
"If I had a nickle for every time you said my name I would be RICH!" Did you ever hear your mom say that to you when you were growing up? My mom said it all the time and I say it now to my kids. I think that because my older kids are always saying "mom, mom, mom, mom" all day long that the younger babies have made it their first word!

Sliding backwards across the kitchen floor. This time she was crying because she got trapped under the chairs.

Catching a glimpse of the cat is a real treat for Jessie. One afternoon she had been sleeping for a loooong time so I went to check on her to make sure she was still asleep. When I got to her room there she was asleep and Shorttail was laying next to her. Keeping watch I guess. This has since happened a couple of times.



She likes it when C takes her for a ride in his car. You can often see her "bouncin" to his car tunes.

I had run upstairs to get something and left Chris and Jess in the basement and here comes Christian saying "Mom- Jessie wants you bad". I wash my hands and go to the stairs and she is just one step from the top. She climbed the WHOLE stairs! Time to get the baby gate up!

Awkward Family Photo

New Years Day (Observed)
No work!! No school! Let's play...
with our Christmas toys!!!!


Can you do the temple and guns in the same picture?

We decided to take the hike that goes above the Bountiful Temple. There is an area up a ways where kids have set up a paint ball course. There are shelters and all sorts of obstacles that made a great place to shoot the air soft guns.
Of course, Mike and I had to shoot each other to see how bad it hurt. Then the kids wanted to be shot.



Jess and I hiked up a little more and got a good view of the valley and the inversion.


Amy collected lots of unbroken paint balls. She squeezed one a little too hard and it squished on her face. Ooops



Mike played capture the flag with the older kids.






Every good family outing ends with a trip to Chuck A Rama!!

Walking Down the Beach...

 

2004 Clearwater Beach, FL

 

2010 Ke'e Beach, HI