Z= Zoey is now 4!

Princess Zobug turned 4 on September 11, 2011. It breaks my heart that she is getting so big. I wish I had magic dust to sprinkle on all my kids to make them stay little forever! I have always had a had time with my kidos getting bigger, but since I know that Zoey is my last baby it has been super hard on me! I had to put on my big girl panties, suck it up and be excited for Zoey because her birthday was very important to her! She loves birthdays and has been planning her 4th birthday party since about two weeks before her 3rd birthday party! Most kids will keep changing their minds on what they want for their party, but not Zoey! She had it all planned out, and just told me what to do! We had a royal princess party where all the little girls dressed up and the boys became knights! The party turned out great, and all the kids had so much fun!









Side note** we do not know the little girl that is not dressed up in this picture!! Her and about 5 other little girls followed Zoey around yelling "Princess Tangled Princess Tangled" and rubbing her hair and dress! It was so funny to watch! After about 20 minuets of it Zoey asked me to make all her new friends go home! :)

Zoey had a great birthday party with family and friends! Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate her special day!

W= Wyoming

Brice asked me if I would come and watch her and Ashton play t-ball so we took a little day trip to Wyoming. It was a short, but very fun trip! We stopped at a rest stop on the way up, and the kids got a kick out of all the chipmunks (or squirrels... I am not quite sure what they were) just hanging out all over the place! The girls and I went into the bathroom and while we were in the stall a dog came into the bathroom under the stall and started barking at Zoey and me! Zoey thought it was one of the funniest things ever!

When we got to Wyoming it was so cold, but watching my cute niece and nephew made it totally worth it!They were so cute! I love my all my nieces and nephews so much so I love any and all time I get to spend with any of them!!

Birthday Camping

Brady was bugging me for months to take him camping for his birthday so we decided to go to Moab with Mammie and Papa. Brady was very excited the not only were we going camping with Mamamie and Papa, but we got to take Keegan with us too! We had a lot of fun camping, swimming (Mammie's idea of camping is staying at a hotel near the camp site we were at so we had access to a pool), and going to Arches national park. It was a very fun family camping trip!

The kids loved playing in the dirt! This picture makes me laugh what a cute little bunch of rednecks!! :)

We decided to have the kids hike up to Delicate Arch. I was very proud of them thy all did such a great job! The hike was a little hard for Zoey so Mammie stayed with her at the half way point and let us finish the hike. It was hard work for the kids, but they did an awesome job! No whining or fighting just enjoying a wonderful hike!

Papa and Hope under the arch


Papa and the boys under the arch

Chris and the kids under the arch

Chris taking a break!
Papa and the boys heading back down

Chris and the girls after we made it back to Zoey



Zoey's cat Figaro made the journey with us.
and HAD to have a picture of everywhere we went

Keegan and Brady trying to catch a lizard

Having fun by the pool

It was such a fun camping trip! I am glad we decided to go!

Happy 8th Birthday Brady

I no longer have (for a while now) a baby boy in my life and this makes me sad, but I am blessed with a grown up 8 year old who is one of the nicest, funniest, kindhearted, smartest boys I have ever met in my entire life, and this makes me happy!! I am going to take a mom moment to say my Bubba is the best son anyone could ever ask for! Now don't get me wrong I am not sitting here saying he never torments his sisters, never throws fits, never does anything wrong, nope I am just saying Bubba is perfect to me and I am blessed to have him as my son!!! I am so proud of Bubba he works so hard to do his best in everything he does! He LOVES school and is doing amazing!! Brady is in the 3rd grade this year, but is in 4th grade math and spelling. He is at the high end of a 4th grade reading level and just loves to read and share his knowledge with everyone he knows! He tells me all the time that one day he is going to be as smart as Papa and Google!! :) Brady loves science and it is his dream to be a scientist when he is older, and I know if he works as hard then as he does now this dream will become a reality for him! He loves to play football, golf, and basketball. Brady has also found a love for theater! I am proud of Brady for trying everything and being such an amazing person in life! I know one day Brady will change the world for the better just like he has our home!! :)

Papa and Mammie gave Brady a basketball hoop for his birthday and he LOVES it!!

FOUR!!!

I have always loved playing golf!! I remember as a kid my dad taking me out, and I worked really hard to be on my high school team and letter. I got Chris into the game when we first started dating, I have tried for a few years to get the kids to play and now they are really showing a true interest in it! Both of the kids are taking lessons this summer so we decided to get them a head start and take them to hit some golf balls.


Hope is a natural.. Sure she has a Happy Gillmore shot, but when she hits it correctly man can that ball fly!She thinks she is hot stuff because a guy at the golf course told her she was hitting the ball really well!


Brady was hard on himself at first because Brady thinks he has to be perfect at everything the first time he tries. By the end he was dong very well and had a lot of fun. He told me he can not wait to start lessons this summer!!

Zoey thought it was fun for about 2.5 minuets. After that she just walked around like this



It was a great family day and I know we will have many more like it!

Happy Birthday Ashton and Park City fun!

For Ashton's birthday we went up to Park City to celebrate and Nan and Oompas condo. It was a fun night of pizza, brownies (Ashton's favorite) and just hanging out with family! Happy Birthday buddy! I can't believe how big you are getting!! We Love you!

The girls loved playing on the beds!

Hope Brady and Ashton had fun playing bubble gum bubble gum! This is one of the only pictures of the boys because they were running around like chickens with their heads cut off!

Brice just being Brice!! I love this little sassy girl so much!

The little girls got Hope to come see how cool the beds were :) Hope is so cute with them!
We decided that we were going to stay the night, and Brice was very sad because she wanted to sleep over at the condo with us, but her family was heading back to sandy!

Like I sad it was snowing really hard, and the kids were just amazed!!

We had a lot of fun just playing and watching movies at the condo that night! Brady thought the bed in the wall was the funniest thing ever! The next day we were going to go swimming but the pool was closed so we decided to head over to Heber and play instead!

We saw this church on our way out of Park City and I just thought that the cross with the snow all around it was just beautiful!

A trip to Heber would not be complete without
getting an orange ice cream from the train restaurant!
The kids (and I) just LOVE it!!