Christmas Card pictures

We were hoping to get something like this...
But with pictures we often get mostly this...

We had fun, though!

After a very warm fall, we had snow today. Makes it feel like Dec!


(He's hoping his nice smile will keep him on the nice list!)

Baptism

Such a happy day!

He's a sweet kid.

But the weekend sure tuckered him out.

Summer Summary

With school starting, I have a bit more time to document our adventures.

Our baby turned 2 in July!

Miss H was the party planner & did a great job. The theme was "Bubble Guppies". It's so cute to hear a 2-yr old say "guppy guppies".

When it was her birthday, the party planner decorated her own cake.

Her favorite gifts were a new jacket, calico critters, and a quilt for her bed featuring her favorite color. This is the 1st quilt I've ever done all on my own- binding and all.

We also took a trip at the end of summer to Ohio to see family. It was lots of fun! We visited a "rocket park" on the way.

Now we're blasting off on a new academic yr.!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!

The shot with just 2 kids reminds me of when we only had 2 kids...

8 yrs and many, many diaper changes ago.

Bryce Canyon

We visited Bryce Canyon last week.

We met a lot of family there, so the kids enjoyed cousin time.

FYI: if you have a 4th grader, you can get a free pass to all national parks.


(below) My parents. One of my bros (above)


We celebrated another milestone birthday. Our oldest is now 13. Crazy to think we have a teenager! Wish us luck with this chapter of life!

40th Fiesta!

Last week, we traveled to New Mexico. My husband's parents just moved there. We did a cousin temple trip with family names.

It was beautiful.

The kids loved being there.

The two below are the same year model.

And here are the '06 models...

So sunny & warm.

Loved watching these cute little hikers.

We also celebrated a milestone birthday!
Here's the 3-some that was there for the original event
-- 4 decades ago!

We had another fiesta here after returning home.

We bribed some other park-goers to pose as our friends for pictures. Again.
It was fun!
Thankfully, the pinata was the only casualty.

Guest of honor, cutting the cakes...

Mas tacos por favor

Hiking shots

We recently spent a sunny Saturday hiking. I got some cute pics.

This little girl is turning 4 soon! I call her my "understudy" because she talks to her siblings like she's in charge. She has her "I mean it" tone, her sweet tone, and even an "I know you don't like it but I'll explain sympathetically" tone. It's too funny.

O-oh-oh-oh sweet child o' mine

Here's the baby sitting by our piano. She's starting to sing little songs.
And today I was exercising to music & both little girls came over to join in. Their dance moves were great. It made it really fun. It might even inspire me to exercise again before NEXT New Years comes along!