Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving my Mom, Dad, Brother and his daughter Alayna came to visit. Brynn was SO excited to have her cousin here. I wish I would have taken more pictures. I only have these few that turned out. The girls played dress-up nearly the entire time they were here. They had so much fun together. My brother Greg LOVED playing American Idol on the Wii. I wish I would have gotten a picture of that. He’s such a great singer. (“Hey there Delilah, what’s it like in New York City” , hee hee)

It’s hard being so far away from family, but it’s so much fun when we can all get together.

Alayna dressed up as a bride 

Halloween Costumes

Considering it is New Years Eve, I thought it was about time that I updated my blog from Halloween :) Those of you who have been asking when I’m going to get new pictures up, well today’s the day. Well, maybe not all the pictures since October but I will try my best to get them all uploaded before next week. So, here’s the kiddos dressed up this year, minus Skyler. He decided this year he was too old for trick or treating, although many of his friends apparently aren’t. Brynn was a fairy, Nick was a punk rocker and Sam was a WSU football fan.

 

Disney on Ice!

The morning of Halloween we took Sam and Brynn to see Disney on Ice at the Toyota Center. It was so much fun! Definitely worth the money. They both really enjoyed it. I was kind of worried if Sam would like it or not, but it was great. They had several characters from Disney movies performing. Like Lion King, Little Mermaid, Cars, Tinkerbell, and of course Minnie, Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It was like being at Disneyland! It was a great start to our Halloween.

 

 

Skydiving Grandpa!

I can’t believe it but my 85 year young Grandpa went skydiving this past month. He has way more guts than me! They had it videoed. Check it out! (you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom of the page and pause my music so you can hear the video)

Soccer Season

Nick is playing soccer this fall and had a game this afternoon. I don’t mean to brag, but Nick is so good at soccer. Actually, he’s just really good at all sports. No joke, he just is. It’s so much fun to watch him play. I got a few good shots of him today. It’s so funny to look at these kids facial expressions!

(this was the first goal of the game and that would be Nick on top of the kid that scored)

 

This is Nick plowing over a kid from the other team (check out their expressions!)

This is after Nick plowed the kid over (the other team was awarded a penalty kick for that one, nice Nick)

   

During Nick’s game, while I was taking pictures,  Danny turned to me and said, “I just got crapped on!” Check out his arm. (ha,ha,ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Big Reveal!

After a year and a couple months, Skyler got his braces off today! Yippee! No more brace face, metal mouth. He can finally go back to eating all those terrible chewy things he was missing. Here he is with bare teeth!

Looking through old pictures

Brynn and Sam both need pictures to bring to school this coming week, so while looking through my entire chest full of pictures, I came across this one of my boys when we were sealed in the temple. Isn’t it just darling? They were so stinking cute! Not that they aren’t anymore, they’ve just grown so much :( (The picture is not as clear as I’d like, but I had to scan it with my printer)

Labor Day Hike

Nick and Sam went hiking this past weekend and brought along some friends. They went to White Pass on the Pacific Crest trail to Deer Lake and Sand Lake. They had a lot of fun even though they got soaking wet. It decided to start pouring shortly after they began their hike. You’d think that would have ruined it, but of course that just added to all the fun. Slipping and sliding all the way down the mountain. Here are some pictures from their day.

                             Sand Lake

No, Sam isn’t holding deer poop, that’s what I thought too. They’re huckleberries!

 

          Deer Lake

 

I just love this picture with Jeremy, Nick and Ayden in their tights!

Family Day

Today we took the kids to Palouse Falls. Our kids aren’t big fans of long drives, so it being only just over an hour away it was a perfect day trip. The kids had fun climbing the rocks and putting their feet in the water. There are trails that lead right down to the bottom of the falls, but the trails are very narrow and we didn’t want to take the chance of losing one of our kids, so we played it safe. We were still able to hike all over and it was nice that it was something that we could all do together. Even Brynn kept up and did really good with all the walking. All in all it was a great day of spending quality time as a family!

      

 

First Day of School!

 

  Skyler on the first day of 8th grade!

Nick and Sam on Monday morning. Nick is a big 5th grader now and Sam is starting 2nd.

 

Brynn on the first day of Kindergarten. Soooo exciting! I cannot believe that she’s old enough to go to school. Time goes by so fast. I’m really glad that they are slowly transitioning the kindergartners in. It’s making it a lot easier for me. She went for 30 minutes on Monday and I was able to go with her. Then today she went for 2 hours:( and Friday she’ll be there the full time :( :( I’m so sad!  I remember being sad with all of them, but this time is even worse. Probably because she’s the baby and I’m realizing they’re all growing up. I know, I should be happy. This is going to take some getting used to. Either that or Danny’s going to have a Dr. appointment for a little reversal. (ha,ha, just kidding. I’m not that crazy!)

Brynn’s very first time on the school bus! When I picked her up from the bus stop, I asked her what she thought of riding the bus and she said, “it was scary, they don’t have seat belts on the bus!”  Too cute!

Klamath County Fair

We headed back to Klamath Falls for another visit this summer. All of Danny’s siblings were home. They haven’t all been together for quite some time and it was a lot of fun for everyone to be together. His Dad and his wife also came up from San Francisco and took us all to the county fair. Our family and Danny’s sisters family stayed at the Running Y. (thanks Ron and Carol :) It’s a resort in Klamath with golfing, pool, spa, horseback riding, etc. Really nice place. I wish I would have taken pictures of it. So nice, in fact, that I don’t think we’ll be staying with family again! ha,ha. The kids had a ball playing with all their cousins and swimming. What a great time!  I wish I had more pictures to share though.

Okay, this is Danny’s youngest brother and he’s probably going to kill me for putting this picture on my blog. But it is so stinking funny I had to! He just got back from attending school in Germany. Can you tell? Ladies…… he’s single! And yes, this outfit comes with the package!!!!

Sam’s Baptism

Here are some pictures from Sam’s baptism. It was such a special day. Thanks to everyone that helped make it so special. And thanks Jenne, for the awesome pictures!

 

Family Visit

I’m back! It has been sooooo long since I have posted anything on my blog. I think this summer has been the busiest one we’ve had yet. I just haven’t had any time to spend on the computer. So, unfortunately, now I have a ton to post!

Back on Aug. 1 was Sam’s baptism. Danny’s sister and her family came from Idaho to visit and see Sam be baptized. We hadn’t seen her family for over almost 2 years so it was really nice to have them here. Our kids were so happy to spend time with their cousins. Especially Brynn. She’s not used to having so many girls around to play with. We had so much fun with them. Thanks guys!

   

We took everyone to Howard Ammon Park. It was about 106 that day. Lets just say, we didn’t stay long!