Merry Christmas!

This year has been a good one!

January

·         Austin turned 1!

·         Montana and Melanie celebrated their 10^th Anniversary!

February

·         Cardiology appointment for Peyton and he is doing awesome!

March

·         Trip to Phoenix to visit family!

·         Tanner turned 4!

April

·         Mason got accepted to the gifted program for school!

·         Montana turned 32!

May

·         Mason turned 9!

·         Mason finished 3^rd Grade and Peyton finished 1^st Grade!

June

·         Mason got braces and an expander!

·         Family trip to San Diego and the beach!

July

·         Family reunion with the Thayne’s at Strawberry Reservoir!

·         Bought a new vehicle to haul the family!

·         Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease made its way through the three youngest kids!

August

·         Peyton turned 7!

·         Mason started 4^th Grade at a new school and in a new program and Peyton started 2^nd Grade!

September

·         Mason got to attend his first Temple dedication (with Montana and Melanie) for the Ogden Temple!

October

·         Montana, Melanie, and Mason got to be in the Conference Center for the final session of General Conference!

November

·         Melanie turned 32!

·         Spent Thanksgiving in Phoenix with family!

December

·         We cut down our own Christmas tree!

Montana continues to serve as the First Assistant in the High Priest Group Leadership and Melanie is the Primary President.  We are grateful for our Savior and his birth.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Father's Day 2014

We had a great Father's Day this year.  I decided to take the kids and do a little superhero photo shoot for Montana's present.  It was lots of fun and turned out great.  The quote in the middle says, "Daddy, you are as smart as Ironman, as strong as Hulk, as fast as Superman, as brave as Batman.  You are my favorite superhero".  I also made him a Dr. Pepper cake since that is currently his beverage of choice.  And then Father's Day wouldn't be complete without breakfast in bed!

Braces

Mason is getting ready for braces!  They needed to take a mold of his teeth so that the expander could be made right.  They have a new machine that scans your teeth and then that is sent to the lab.

Now he is all ready for braces in two weeks!

Bean Museum

The Bean Museum at BYU has been under renovations for awhile now.  It has finally reopened and we decided it would be fine to stop by since we are on summer break!  It is quite a bit larger and there is lots to see.

The elevator is so big that the kids were able to lay down inside!

The Zoo!

Every year there is a Dream Night at the Zoo.  It is an opportunity for the zoo to open their 'doors' to organizations that help medically challenged children.  We were able to go with HopeKids.  They fed us Chick-Fil-A for dinner and then we were able to wander the zoo at our own convenience.  The zoo was closed to the public and we felt like we were the only ones there.  Every once in a while we would run into another family but not very often.  It was fun to be able to see and experience things that we normally don't do because of the crowds.  They invited some characters and Tanner loved Batman.  The kids loved it and we got to also see the new Savanna Exhibit!

Provo Temple

We had a primary activity day at the temple so we had to get a picture of the boys.  How did we get so lucky to have such handsome boys!

Last Day of School!

It is the last day of school for now.  Mason has finished third grade and Peyton has finished first grade.  This also means that Mason has finished his time at Timpanogos Elementary for now.  He will be doing CAS (Center for Accelerated Studies) next year at Provo Peaks Elementary.  We are so excited to begin summer break!