Saturday, September 22, 2012

September Weekends.

Labor Day Weekend =
The Brigham City Temple Open House

Fun With Our Cousins

A visit back to our very first home.  Wow.  Where has the time gone?

Camping up Logan Canyon...and launching homemade rockets

and a hike to Bloomington Lake!  
Labor Day weekend = Good times and memories.


And here is a picture of Kate...because she's cute!

And guess who's home from their mission?  Mom and Dad.  Happiness!!  We planned Janie's baptism a little while after her birthday because we wanted Grandma and Grandpa to be there.  It was well worth the wait.  Here's the handsome Dad playing our piano...Did I mention we bought a piano a couple of months ago?

Despite my efforts to get Wade to wear regular white pants and a shirt, he would not pass up the opportunity to wear the jumpsuit!  Oh goodness, how I love these two.  Seeing my nice man baptize my biggest girl was a sweet experience I will never forget.

A lot of our family came to the baptism.  We love them and are so glad they came. 



It was especially fantastic to have MY grandma with us.  One of the 4 generation pictures we took.

AND last weekend we went to one of my favorite places on earth...
LAKE POWELL!
The sand,

The water,

The water sports!!  
What more can you ask for?  Check out Janie...her first time wake-boarding.  She popped right out of the water like she was born to do it!

And this girl is our little fish.  She lived in that water.

After two days we were sunburned, dry, tired, and happy.
Even happier after having a slice of ho-made pie on the drive home.
(Wade wanted to get a picture of all of the girls standing in front of this sign.  I told him, "No.  Our little girls are not standing in front of a sign with a scantily clad girl and the word ho on it."  "Okay.  Will you stand there then?"  Was  his response.  As you can see...I agreed.)




Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Back To The Grind

We did in fact have a summer...though it flew by so quickly it feels like I missed it.  Good thing I have some documentation.  
The 4th of July parade and festivities.  We missed having family with us this year.  

Wade and his brother Greg hiked Timpanogos

We went camping with friends.

Celebrated 9 years of marital bliss - on a date night to see Wicked (It was awesome!)

Wade ran in the Epic Relay.

This little girl celebrated her 1st birthday

right beside her older sister...who celebrated her 8th birthday.  
We were so happy to have our cousins visiting.

To celebrate Janie's 8th birthday we did a movie night in the backyard.
Look at all these girls!



The girls didn't actually get birthday cake until a couple of weeks later. 
But they didn't seem to mind much.




Addi lost her first top tooth (the day before the first day of school)

The girls were so excited for their first day of school.  I can't believe how my little girls are growing up.    I feel really old.  Two of my girls are gone all day.  It's weird.  




The last few weeks have been crazy busy.  We are exhausted, but happy.  


I love my little family.  They are everything to me.

Friday, July 6, 2012

June


Meet Milo.  He is our new cat.  I am NOT a cat person (sorry to all the cat lovers out there)...but I'm REALLY not a mouse or gopher person either.  So, Milo gets to stay outside...and hopefully catch the little beasts that have been reeking havoc on our lawn.
The girls are in HEAVEN!!
They love the new kitty.




Wade left us for a week and took his scouts down the Green River.  He had a great time.  We all missed him, and were happy to have him home safe and sound.

More rock climbing. This time with Wade's family.
 This little girl is too mobile these days.  We had to bring the pack and play up the canyon.

 My mountain man.

Janie's getting really good at climbing.

We start em young.

Our adorable cousins1


Happy Birthday Addi Girl!
Wow.  Can't believe you are 6! You are so fun and have the. best. laugh.  We LOVE you to pieces!

Birthday cake request:  La La Loopsies (at least it was yummy!)

Grandma and Grandpa home from the MTC just in time.

It was a great day!

Our annual trip up the mountain.  Thanks Uncle Mark for letting us use your trailer.



Grandma and Grandpa met us at Emerald Lake for lunch.

Grandpa tried to teach the girls how to skip rocks.

We couldn't keep Kate out of the water.  She was a freezing, wet, muddy mess by the time we left!

Saying goodbye.  They left Monday.  We know they are gonna be great!

 Miss you guys already!