Rock Climbing

since the kids had done so well in school, as a reward we took them rock climbing at the gym. They had a great time!

The Pumpkin Patch

I went with Taylor's class on a fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch, we had a great time...

Our 31st Anniversary

We went to Steamboat for our Anniversary, we were able to stay in the Presidential at our Timeshare. The benefit for the presidential is the hottub on the deck!! love it!

Spirit Week/ Inside out day

Inside out day was fun, the kids wore their clothes inside out.

Spirit Week/ Twin Day

In September the school the kids go to had spirit week, one of the days was Twin day. Aubrey and her best friend Lindsey had the same dress so they wore them for Twin day!

Our Growth Chart

This is a picture was taken in September 2010
This picture was taken in September 2011

Aubrey's offical party with her friends!

Aubrey turned 10!! The third time is the charm, She had three birthday parties and the one with her friends was her favorite, we did a spa party. The girls had a great time, they made their own pizza and then they danced on some with Wii. The girls had a fun time!!

Aubrey's best friend Lindsey

Miranda

The spa party

Happy Birthday Aubrey you sweet girl, I love how much joy you bring!

Wii

Homemade pizza (build your own)

Hannah, Lindsey, Aubrey, Miranda and Kaitlyn

the girls with Taylor too

Aubrey's Family Birthday

Aubrey's favorite meal is chicken enchilada's, so for her family birthday we had her favorite dinner.

Aubrey loves taking pictures, so for her birthday she got a camera, she was very excited! The picture below will give you a clue how excited she was!!

First day of School, August 1, 2011

Aubrey's first day of 5th grade, Connor's first day of 4th grade and Taylor's first day of Kindergarten.

Aubrey's Birthday

Aubrey, has never had a birthday in Utah, so the night before we went home Laura and Wayne, gave Aubrey the birthday presents they had for her, Aubrey was so happy!!

mostly caught up!

Although, I have only managed to catch my blog up to the end of July, I am mostly caught up..I need to get busy and finish the rest. I looked back over the years that I have been blogging and I realized a few things, nothing could have prepared me for what has happened in my life in the last few years...nothing! And I realize how blessed I am that I am able to spend my life with such a beautiful family. Life isn't easy, but sometimes we just have to work hard to push through the bad and the hard...then we can see the beauty that God has given and learn to love what we have and not what we expected!

Paityn Capri

I drove the 12 hours around the Grand Canyon and arrived at the Hospital about 30 minutes before Paityn was born. I felt so blessed to be there for Jon and Renee. Paityn Capri was born on July 21, 2011 in the wee hours of the morning. Renee's water broke 2 weeks early. She weighed 8 lbs and was 20 3/4 inches long.