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!

Here's just a little update as to what we have been up to since our last post. We went to Idaho for a family reunion with my dad's side of the family (Graham Reunion). We had so much fun thanks to Uncle Steve, Uncle Gary and Fam, and Uncle Dave and Aunt Brenda, (thanks to everyone else as well). We were always doing something from Geo cashing, playing at the park, observing water falls, playing games, going to a bouncing gym (like Jumpin' Jacks), going river rafting, staying up 'til all hours talking, and of course lots of eating! Ten days after that reunion, headed to Beaver for our annual Stapley Family Reunion. But a few days before that, Skylar came down with some sort of horrible rash that we think was an allergic reaction to something she either ate or something she put in her mouth. Needless to say after four days of a continual rash always changing, fevers and lots of itching, it finally just went away, just in time for the reunion up at the mountain. Which bytheway, mom and dad, was a hit. We were always doing something here as well. Friday evening upon arrival Jake's uncle let the family view ICE AGE Dawn of the Dinosaurs at the cutest theatre ever in the town of Beaver. So cute and funny btw! Thanks Jake and Chantel for making that happen! The next morning (THE 4TH OF JULY)started the day of events with a little treasure hunt with gps', bottle rocket making then launching (thanks to Aaron and Lisa and Lisa's Dad for the connection with the launcher!), crafts with the kids during the annual shotgun shoot (congratulations to Brandon Roper for winning and representing the Rasmussen Family), lots of eating, visiting, and playing lawn golf! We have definitely been busy with family and more family! Pictures to come!

Happy Anniversary!

I just wanted to let my honey know how much I love and appreciate all that he does for me and our family. It's hard to believe that we have been married for 9 years! I used to think people were crazy when they said that time goes by so fast, but I am proved wrong with everyday! 9 years has come and gone and yet it seems only a memory! I couldn't imagine my life any different! I am thankful for our four beautiful girls that we have had together. Everyday I look at you and am more and more in love with you than the first day I knew you were the one for me.

Some things I love about my Husband:
-I love watching him chew on his tongue when he is focusing on something.
-I love watching him play with our girls.
-I love that he loves to take our family to the mountain to go snow mobiling and four wheelin'!
-I love that he doesn't complain when I go and do stuff (even though sometimes I give him a hard time! I'm sorry!)
-I love that he doesn't put pressure on me to be the perfect housewife!
-I love that when I look at him and he gets a half shy smile and says, "what?!"
-I love that he is usually pretty good about doing things around the house that I ask him to do.
-I love that even though I tell him not to get me flowers he always seems to surprise me with them!
Brad, I love you and can't wait for what's to come!
Happy 9th!

Happy Birthday Skylar!

Happy Birthday to our little Sweet Pea Skylar. We can't hardly believe she is one already. She has been such the little addition to our growing family. We have enjoyed this first year we have had with her and will continue to for many more to come. It's just so sad how fast time flies. Skylar, I must say, had quite the time with her first birthday cake. She has been the only one out of our girls to go to town with it! And she literally went to town with it!

Skylar, we love you and we love watching the new things you learn to do. You have quite the silly personality. Things we want to remember about Skylar:

-When she smiles she squints her eyes and does kind of a nosey air laugh and bounces.(I'm not quite sure how else to describe it.)
-She is taking more and more steps on her own. She'll be fully walking any time now.
-All she has to do is squeel and point and she gets what she wants! -She loves her binky unless there is food and then the bink comes out.
-She sleeps really well as long as she has her fuzzy blanket, her binkie, and a sippy cup.
-She loves macaroni and cheese and peanut butter/jelly sandwiches.
-She is a lovey/snuggly baby! You can pick her up and she'll instantly lay her head on your shoulder.
-She loves to pull at my dangly earrings.
-She loves to play with her sisters as long as they don't poke at her too much. She'll just let them know when to stop by screamin'/yellin' at them.
-She loves her big sister Brinly to carry her around. (well as long as she takes her to mom)
-She loves to swing (our other girls took a little longer to like park swings) She is such a good baby and we love and enjoy her so much.

My lil' Sis!

I know it's been almost two weeks since she graduated but this is my little sis. Erika who isn't so little any more. She is the fifth of us girls! It just doesn't seem like it should be that time already!
This is half of us with the exception of my sister Brianna and her family and sister Elicia and her Family and of course my husband Brad who had to work! We did have a few extras in the pic. My very tall and beautiful cousin Andrea and her husband and our sweet Grandma Lila. I hope it turned out to be awesome for you Erika! Congrats and goodluck with more new adventures! First one being moving in with us! That'll be an adventure in and of itself I'm sure!

Girls' Dance recital

So the girls had their year end dance recital last weekend. They have all improved so much even since Christmas. It definitely made it a long day but it was fun and my parents came down to watch them for the first time. The girls loved it! Thanks for making the effort Mom and Dad! Also thanks to everyone else who supported the girls!

Brinly graduated!

So Brinly Graduated from Kindergarten last Monday! She still has school through this coming Friday but they actually did the whole cap and gown thing and a diploma. Kind of silly if you ask me but the teachers wanted us as parents to make the day a big deal! I guess it will hopefully give them that much more motivation to do well in school so they can look forward to graduating high school and so on! It was fun! Congrats Brinly for doing so well this year! Keep up the great reading!

Here is Brinly and her Grandma


This is Brinly's 6th grade buddy, Suzie, that comes and reads with her and does little projects with her.

This is the Principal Mrs. Trombetti and Brinly's teacher Miss Catlett!