Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Family pics
So we decided to finally get some long awaited family pictures taken. What a challenge that is to get a family of girls ready. I asked my sister-in-law if she wouldn't mind and she said that she'd be happy to. We ended up getting some pretty cute pics after all the drama and miss-haps! Thanks again so much Lisa for taking the time and being so accomadating. I know it's not easy to get that many little ones to cooperate but it worked out. Some of the pics she took that I love are posted right here. I had a little fun myself doing some photoshoppin'.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Halloween (and the rest in between)
I know I am a total slacker but I guess if I say I'm only making monthly posts than I'm not doing too bad! I know that's a lame excuse but I'll try to do better. So here goes for the Halloween week of events. It all started with Brinly's school carnival the week before Halloween. Brinly had a fun little first grade music performance and I had to sit at and monitor a booth for four hours! yeah!!! 
Brad and I were invited to a fun Halloween party by some friends of ours.
We dressed up as Padame and Anikan Skywalker from the recent Star Wars Trilogy. This is the first year that Brad has dressed up in the ten years we've known each other. I think he had fun, too! Then the Monday before "H" Brad's parents invited the family over for a spooky surprise dinner party. 
We had a ward trunk-or-treat on Tuesday, dance parties on Tues & Thurs, & of course school parties on Friday. We did manage to get our pumpkins carved on Thursday Night just in time for Halloween Night.
Brinly's teacher Mrs. Shober was a toothfairy. She has a little boy friend named Chase who dressed up as Luke Skywalker and I just had to take a picture of Luke and Princess Laia. Brinly also had a picture with one of her friends in her class named Olivia the "cowgirl". 
Here are Brooklin and Madison at their school with their teacher Mrs. Keri. The girls had a little performance and parade but Madi got a little shy. 
Finally Halloween Night came and the girls got to go trick or treating. Wow by then they were almost Halloweened out! My sister and her family came into town and we hung with them all night. We had fun but I am glad it's over until next year, right!
And here is my silly sister that wanted to pose for the camera more than the kids would. Hahaha! This is my sister Erika, who lives with us. She was dressing up to co to work. Isn't she cute. She wanted to be a fairy just like all of her nieces! (:
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Brad and I were invited to a fun Halloween party by some friends of ours.
We dressed up as Padame and Anikan Skywalker from the recent Star Wars Trilogy. This is the first year that Brad has dressed up in the ten years we've known each other. I think he had fun, too! Then the Monday before "H" Brad's parents invited the family over for a spooky surprise dinner party. 
We had a ward trunk-or-treat on Tuesday, dance parties on Tues & Thurs, & of course school parties on Friday. We did manage to get our pumpkins carved on Thursday Night just in time for Halloween Night.
Brinly's teacher Mrs. Shober was a toothfairy. She has a little boy friend named Chase who dressed up as Luke Skywalker and I just had to take a picture of Luke and Princess Laia. Brinly also had a picture with one of her friends in her class named Olivia the "cowgirl". 
Here are Brooklin and Madison at their school with their teacher Mrs. Keri. The girls had a little performance and parade but Madi got a little shy. 
Finally Halloween Night came and the girls got to go trick or treating. Wow by then they were almost Halloweened out! My sister and her family came into town and we hung with them all night. We had fun but I am glad it's over until next year, right!
And here is my silly sister that wanted to pose for the camera more than the kids would. Hahaha! This is my sister Erika, who lives with us. She was dressing up to co to work. Isn't she cute. She wanted to be a fairy just like all of her nieces! (:
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
What's been happenin'
So to start out this month we celebrated our twins' birthday! (And we can't forget Aunt Chantel's birthday either!) 
Yes that's right, Brooklin and Madison are four! I know! It's a little hard to believe myself. We had a fun party for them. It was their first official friend party and I don't know what I was thinking. We rented a bouncehouse for the back and just let a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds run around in our backyard. It wasn't too bad until I realized we had almost 25 of them in our back yard. Great fun! That's all I have to say. Then of course we had to do a little family party as well so we decided to take the girls to Pirate Island Pizza. We had never been there and what an experience it turned out to be. If you haven't been there it's definitely worth going there atleast once even if it's just for the atmosphere.
For Labor Day, my sister Brianna and her husband Owen invited us to come spend the weekend at Lake Powell. They live there so it makes it convenient to stay at their place and not have to camp with all of our junk. So we took Brad's parents boat out and had a blast (thanks btw, Mom and Dad!) We were a little hesitant at first because of the weather but it all worked out.
The first day we all drove out to the Grand Canyon South Rim to get the "view". If you haven't been there it is breathtaking, but I feel like I need to hike down to the bottom after we had driven all the way down there for just the view then to turn around and drive all the way home again. The expereince though, right? It ended up being pretty chilly and stormy so we were glad we didn't go onto the lake. The next two days we practically lived on the lake and had a ball. 
Thanks Owen and Brianna for letting us bombard your house!
Brooklin and Madison had their first day of preschool on September 9th and loved it. They have a ball with Mrs. Keri!
The highlight for the month though will have to be just this last weekend when we had the opportunity to go to California, go to Disneyland, and lounge in the sweetest beach house ever! Brad's parents treated the family to a fun vacation in a beach house in Oceanside. We were literally a rock skipping distance away from the ocean and the beach.
We took the kids to Dineyland with Devan and Shanell on the day that the rest of the family were heading down. Then we spent the weekend at the beach. It was so nice to to have to worry about where to be by when. Thanks Mom and Dad for the awesome weekend! 
Yes that's right, Brooklin and Madison are four! I know! It's a little hard to believe myself. We had a fun party for them. It was their first official friend party and I don't know what I was thinking. We rented a bouncehouse for the back and just let a bunch of 3 and 4 year olds run around in our backyard. It wasn't too bad until I realized we had almost 25 of them in our back yard. Great fun! That's all I have to say. Then of course we had to do a little family party as well so we decided to take the girls to Pirate Island Pizza. We had never been there and what an experience it turned out to be. If you haven't been there it's definitely worth going there atleast once even if it's just for the atmosphere.For Labor Day, my sister Brianna and her husband Owen invited us to come spend the weekend at Lake Powell. They live there so it makes it convenient to stay at their place and not have to camp with all of our junk. So we took Brad's parents boat out and had a blast (thanks btw, Mom and Dad!) We were a little hesitant at first because of the weather but it all worked out.
The first day we all drove out to the Grand Canyon South Rim to get the "view". If you haven't been there it is breathtaking, but I feel like I need to hike down to the bottom after we had driven all the way down there for just the view then to turn around and drive all the way home again. The expereince though, right? It ended up being pretty chilly and stormy so we were glad we didn't go onto the lake. The next two days we practically lived on the lake and had a ball. 
Thanks Owen and Brianna for letting us bombard your house!
Brooklin and Madison had their first day of preschool on September 9th and loved it. They have a ball with Mrs. Keri! 
The highlight for the month though will have to be just this last weekend when we had the opportunity to go to California, go to Disneyland, and lounge in the sweetest beach house ever! Brad's parents treated the family to a fun vacation in a beach house in Oceanside. We were literally a rock skipping distance away from the ocean and the beach.
We took the kids to Dineyland with Devan and Shanell on the day that the rest of the family were heading down. Then we spent the weekend at the beach. It was so nice to to have to worry about where to be by when. Thanks Mom and Dad for the awesome weekend! 
Monday, August 24, 2009
Update!!!
Wow! Where do I begin? First of all, like anyone else's summer, we have just been doing one thing after another. I really don't know where the summer went really. Since the last post my sister has officially moved in, I went to girls camp, Brad and I went to Florida for a week, swim lessons, Ethan's baby blessing, camping, going to Lake Powell (only for a day!), and Brinly started school on Aug. 10th. Phew! I know that was a little short, but in a nutshell that's been our summer! Here are some pics!
Some pics of girls camp. So much fun!
Brad and I at Universal and Epcot in Florida with Mom and Dad.
In Ogden for Ethan's Blessing we took the kids to a Children's museum. They had so much fun with cousins.
These are some pics at Lake Powell. We drove out to Page to visit my sister and her family and decided to go to the lake for the day! We had lots of fun! Thanks Brianna and Owen for letting us come and crash at your place!
This is Brinly's first day of 1st Grade! Wow she is getting to be such the little grown up. Man are we getting old!
Just this last weekend we went camping up on Beaver Mountain and went on some fun four wheelin' rides. Brianna and Owen came with their family, my sister Erika(the one that lives with us) and her friend Bridger(Owen's brother) came and we just all had a grand ole' time! We got filthy! Thanks for comin'! It was lots of fun!
Some pics of girls camp. So much fun!
Brad and I at Universal and Epcot in Florida with Mom and Dad.
In Ogden for Ethan's Blessing we took the kids to a Children's museum. They had so much fun with cousins.
These are some pics at Lake Powell. We drove out to Page to visit my sister and her family and decided to go to the lake for the day! We had lots of fun! Thanks Brianna and Owen for letting us come and crash at your place!
This is Brinly's first day of 1st Grade! Wow she is getting to be such the little grown up. Man are we getting old!
Just this last weekend we went camping up on Beaver Mountain and went on some fun four wheelin' rides. Brianna and Owen came with their family, my sister Erika(the one that lives with us) and her friend Bridger(Owen's brother) came and we just all had a grand ole' time! We got filthy! Thanks for comin'! It was lots of fun!
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