Kaymie's 1st birthday

We had quite the day celebrating Miss Kaymie turning one! The cousins enjoyed playing while us sisters hung out supervising. Tetrazini for dinner, which is one of the few things my kids say they love for dinner. Thanks to Megan for helping me decorate the caterpillar cupcakes, that I think tasted great despite the fact that I made them with honey instead of sugar:) Kaymie loved opening presents and should be well clothed this winter (very fashionably I might add). She adores her baby doll, is still figuring out her puzzle, and can't seem to put the cell phone down. Thanks to my sisters and the cousins for making it a party. We missed those of you who couldn't come. Kaymie loved her cupcake but didn't make a huge mess. (Kamala says its because the frosting was already dried) I still can't beleive my baby is one! It is still so fun having a princess in the house:)

Randomness

Randomness over the last little while. The kids are growing up fast and we're trying to savor every moment with them!

Park for a backyard

We have LOVED living here and having fabulous neighbors with lots of kids to play with. We love having the park practically in our backyard with the running/biking trail right here for family rides. The kids have had so much fun!

Picinic in the canyon

We had a beautiful adventure up the canyon with my highschool friend Amy a while back! It was so good to see her and her little cutie. Our picinic was so fun full of yummy food, climbing trees, playing in the freezing cold stream, catching bugs and snakes, playing ball, and visiting. The scenery was just absolutely beautiful, I wish I would of gotten more pictures of that!

The big 6 for Porter Bear

Porter turned 6 in September! We had a great day full of celebrations:) It started by having a yummy breakfast, then I went to his school and ate lunch with him, and then per his choice we had waffles for his birthday dinner. We had some friends over for presents and brownies and icecream. He had a great day!

Finally a post

My mom even emailed me wondered when I was going to update my blog. Well you see, I found the camera cord to charge the battery so now I can take pictures again... but there is none today. It still is your lucky day since I am posting anyway:)
We are moved in and functioning! We even have decorations and pictures on the walls! 3 weeks we've been here now-- WOW time flies when you're having fun! A recap of what's gone on since the move.
-Unpacking of course, but don't worry I saved all the boxes since we are just renting
-Thanks to Mom and Don for helping with the move, I don't think I could of done the drive without the help and thanks to Heidi and Bruce for helping unpack, watch kids, make us yummy dinner
-We absolutely LOVE the nieghborhood!!! The kids have plenty of friends to play with, nice flat sidewalks to ride their bikes, a nice playground in our backyard, and lots of green grass to have fun with. I was really excited to find out how much my next door neighbor and I have in common (triathalons, couponing, making bread, the list just goes on). We have already been working out together in the mornings and let me just tell you it is beautiful here--- nothing like running and biking with gorgeous mountains, the sunrise, the beautiful river along the trail, the big trees, and all of the grass. I feel really blessed to already have such a good friend. We feel like we are where we are suppose to be.
-The boys are adjusting to a bigger school, new friends, new teachers, riding the bus, and all the fun that this school year have to offer. They both have really GREAT teachers in school and primary.
-WE visited temple square and enjoyed showing the kids about the pioneer things they have heard about and now get to see.
-Probably one of the best things so far is our family bike rides! The kids love it and it is such a fun activity together. We are loving the sidewalks, trails, flat beautiful ground.
-We like the house in a lot of ways, but wish we could of brought our house with us
:( It is nice to have the playroom in the basemnent!
-It's been fun to get together with friends and family we haven't seen for a while- old missionary buds, Jeff's cousins, some highschool friends, growing up friends, and of course having Heidi so close!
-The weather has been so nice and I am soaking it in knowing for what comes come Winter. We've had several picinic's outside letting the kids play in the sprinklers and such.
-I went to my first Bunco night here and enjoyed a girls night out!
-Tomorrow we are planning on meeting one of my highschool friends and having lunch up the canyon.
Well there you have it in a nutshell. We miss our family and friends that we moved from, so keep in touch all!

Here we go

WE are off in just a few short days to our new adventure farther north! Lots of boxes, packing tape, and ready for the UHaul. WE are going to miss this beautiful area, being close to our families, and our wonderful friends! Keep in touch everyone and I promise I will be a better blogger once life settles down and the kids are in school.

Family Pictures

Thanks to my wonderfully talented very dear friend whom I miss so much but am glad that we'll live much closer to... we have a new family picture complete with princess Kaymie!

The Latest

Sorry no pictures, even though I have a ton I could post and catch up on with our fun happenings this summer!
The latest for us... we will be moving in the middle of August! WE are really excited and sad at the same time. WE'll be a state away from the majority of our family, but feel this is the direction we need to go right now and it is amazing how things are just falling into place!
I apologize for the quick post but I am off to getting things done while the house is still asleep:)

Trip to Grandma's

The kids and I enjoyed our little gettaway to visit Grandma Susan. We enjoyed the daily swims in Grandma's pool. Porter even ventered enough as to go down the slide with arm floaties. Jarom got a taste of going underwater. Seth loved swimming when second cousin Jacob came over. We took a hike up to noon creek and enjoyed a picnic lunch. The boys loved catching bugs, looking at frogs, dipping their feet, and exploring all around. Kaymie enjoyed a little cat nap on mommy. The kids always look forward to going out to the cousins- playing on the trampoline, swingset, and hanging out with lots to explore. It was neat seeing my cousins house that they just finished building... very beautiful. I on the other hand had some good time visiting and catching up with my cousins and I also got to go out to lunch with some high school friends. We were glad Grandpa got home so we could see him for a little while before we left to visit all of my siblings and Dad and Lorie at Stacie's for a barbeque. IT was fun to see all the family!