Sledding!

Having a great time sledding!

What a handsome kid! Always looking for a fun time.
Meg's would speed down the hill and totally wipe out at the bottom.
Josh wasn't too sure about the whole thing. He is our cautious child. Never thought I would have one of those. He liked the little hills.

This is one of the many wonderful things about living in Utah, the snow.

We are just 10 minutes away form the best sledding hills. It is at a place owned by the church, it is where they hold a lot of camps and ward actives. It is free to go use and the kids love it.

It was the first time sledding for Josh and Isaac and they totally loved it. There are big hills for the big kids and there are small hills for the small ones.

Happy BirthdayX2

Love having Josh and Isaac's birthday's 4 days apart. Makes for a week long celebration. It is al so very nice to have family around to celebrate with. We had a nice party for the boy's with the family that is near us and had a lot of fun, or as my Dad puts it "quality chaos," and thats it was. We had 13 kids running around having a blast. It is so fun to have cousins near. I can't help but think of all the fun times we had up at the farm. That was a blast!

Another year down, and many, many more to come. Love making memories.

Greg was more excited about the trucks than

the boys were.

What a great looking group of people!

Having fun opening presents!

All the kids having fun with the presents and Auntie

Jenny helping put things together.

They think they are dogs. Had way too fun

with their cupcakes.

Tired, but excited to open his gifts.

Loves my boys! Growing up way too fast!

What they looked like after they smashed their

faces in their cupcakes.

Turning Two!!

Can't believe that our little Joshy is two years old. He is such a joy and completes our family. The kid has too much energy, I am not sure if I am going to be able to keep up with him. He will help me stay young. We love him tons and can't wait to see what fun this year will bring. We are hopping for getting him potty trained and in a bed. We will see.

Family time

Yes I am a sad blogger. It has been way too long since I have posted anything. Life comes at you fast and it is even hard to take a breath!

Because of our fast pace life with school, sports, family, holidays, birthdays, calling, I could go on and on and on, but I won't. We decided to vanish for a week. It was UEA break for school and we really wanted to get out of hear. We have some dear friends who have a beach house in Newport beach CA and just our luck it was empty,or so they thought. We packed the fam up and headed to good old CA. When we got there someone was staying at the beach house,but it was ok. We only had to stay in a hotel room for two nights and then spent the rest of the time at the beach house. It was the best time ever. A trip we will never forget!

Took the kids to a restaurant (which we never do),and had to leave right as we got our food because Sarah felt like she was going to throw up. Got to love kids and their timing. Oh and do you think Josh has enough to eat?

We did what we came to do and that was to live at the beach

Five kids in a car for 12 hours!!! That will add a lot of gray hair and take a few years of your life!

I love the beach. It was Josh and Isaac's first time at he beach. Isaac totally loved it, but Josh was totally scared of the water and the waves. It was pretty funny!

Lake Gordon

With life somewhat crazy and the big age gap in the kids we tried to figure out what would be a lot of fun and all could enjoy(including Mom). The vote was a pool. As of right now we have it up and ready to go. The kids have been in it maybe five times. If we could get some warm weather it would be perfect but that seems to be a tall order. Just my luck it will be the coldest summer in history and we wont be able to swim in it at all. So there you have it. I have dubbed this my "white trash summer." Anyone want to join me for a dip?

My Mom

My Mom

My mom is a wonderful example to me. I feel very lucky to be her daughter. Yes I gave her a hard time as a kid. All the naughty things I did and just being a big pain in the butt. I wish I could have figured it out so much sooner, but Mom I want you to know how much I truly appreciate all that you did and do for me. Being a mom myself I am starting to have my eyes open to all the big and little things you did for me. I am sooooo lucky to have a mom like you. You have supported me in everything I have ever did. You have always be there for me and you always seem to know when I need you even though we live so far way. I know I can always call you and you will listen and say the exact thing I need to hear. You are always there to tell me to think straight and not to over react. And we know how good I am at over reacting.

Mom, I want you to know that it is through your example and the women that you are that has helped me and shown me how a mother should be.

I hear many times women say how they wish there was a manual that came with kids. Well there is and it is the wonderful mothers that are in our lives that are there to help us down the tuff roads and to be there when we hit a bump or there to help us back on our feet when we fall down. I couldn't make it as far as I have if it wasn't for my Mom and her love and support. I love you Mom!

Happy Mothers Day!

Bottle addiction

2 and 1, way to old for the bottle!! I think it is time to get the boys off the bottle. When Isaac was one I used the excuse that I was just about to have another baby and it would be way to hard on him. Well there are no more excuses now, only that I think I'm addicted to it more then they are. I must bite the bullet and do it. May the force be with us!!!