Here are pictures of us!
"Reality"... everyone has their own. I'm trying to shine some light on the real, not the ideal. Real is not neat and pretty. Real is messy, and crazy, but can be funny and wonderful too. This is our reality what is yours?
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Family Pictures!
We had a friend of ours from our ward take our pictures recently. Here is her website http://www.ashleystilsonphotography.blogspot.com/ ! She is great!
Here are pictures of us!
Here are pictures of us!
Will's school field trip!
Will had a school field trip at the end of September! We got to go with him and my niece Liddy and nephew David got to come with us too! Here are some pictures!
Will's Friends at Preschool!
Big slide they have at the farm! This is Liddy going down.
Will going down the big slide!
They had this great corn kernell box (like a sandbox) the kids LOVED it!
They had cute tire horses too! Everyone loved them. Even Vivi!
The Cousins with the pumpkins they got to choose!
David going down another slide!
Will's Friends at Preschool!
Big slide they have at the farm! This is Liddy going down.
Will going down the big slide!
They had this great corn kernell box (like a sandbox) the kids LOVED it!
They had cute tire horses too! Everyone loved them. Even Vivi!
The Cousins with the pumpkins they got to choose!
David going down another slide!
Fireball!
Claire's school had a big party the other day and we got to go! One of the big things that night was that the school was unveiling Fireball their Dragon Mascot! Claire was so excited to meet him. Here is a picture of her and Fireball at school!
Will's first day of Preschool!
Here is a picture of Will on his first day of preschool. This year he is going to a neighborhood preschool! We love that it is so close, and the friends in our neighborhood go to it! His teacher is Miss Nichole!
Claire's First Day of 2nd Grade
Can it be that we are well into the school year? Here is a picture of Claire on her first day of 2nd Grade. Her teacher is Mrs. Dailey.
Summer 2010 re-cap
Since I didn't do much blogging this summer I figured I'd do a quick summer recap before Halloween comes this weekend. Where does the time go???
We had a great summer! I really can't believe it's over. Here are some pictures!
We spent a lot of time going to different lakes around Utah this last summer.
We took the waverunner out a few times this last summer! It's always fun! Except for the one time my brother tipped Claire and my sister into the water.... not a good feeling for a mom to see an empty waverunner floating without her oldest daughter on top of it :) Claire thought it was fun though. I think it scared my brother and sister more than anything. Anyway, normally we love the waverunner, and we are glad to have it!
We went hiking. It's always fun to go up in the mountains when no matter how hot it is down in the valley the mountains are nice and cool!
Shawn taught Claire and Will to fish! They grew impatient though and kept asking "when are we going to catch a fish?"
We got to go to Cowabunga Bay one day with my niece Cassie!
Cowabung Bay!
We made homemade icecream on our porch! The kids thought that was awesome! It was so yummy too! We also went swimming at the neighborhood pool nearly every day, and we went biking all of the time too! Our whole family has bikes now, so we've gone around the lake a lot! So much fun. I will miss you summer! I can't wait to see you next year.
We had a great summer! I really can't believe it's over. Here are some pictures!
We spent a lot of time going to different lakes around Utah this last summer.
We took the waverunner out a few times this last summer! It's always fun! Except for the one time my brother tipped Claire and my sister into the water.... not a good feeling for a mom to see an empty waverunner floating without her oldest daughter on top of it :) Claire thought it was fun though. I think it scared my brother and sister more than anything. Anyway, normally we love the waverunner, and we are glad to have it!
We went hiking. It's always fun to go up in the mountains when no matter how hot it is down in the valley the mountains are nice and cool!
Shawn taught Claire and Will to fish! They grew impatient though and kept asking "when are we going to catch a fish?"
We got to go to Cowabunga Bay one day with my niece Cassie!
Cowabung Bay!
We made homemade icecream on our porch! The kids thought that was awesome! It was so yummy too! We also went swimming at the neighborhood pool nearly every day, and we went biking all of the time too! Our whole family has bikes now, so we've gone around the lake a lot! So much fun. I will miss you summer! I can't wait to see you next year.
Vivi's First Birthday!
My baby is one! As soon as she turned the big 1 she decided she wanted to be independent. She started walking and has never looked back..... literally she never looks back to see where I am or if I'm following. She is off on her own, and I am running after her trying to keep up and minimize the damage of her wake. Here are some pictures of her birthday! Thanks to all of our family for coming over, and thank you to my wonderful mother-in-law for making the cake! It was fabulous!!!
Happy Birthday my sweet Vivi! Your smile brightens my day- I love you!
Happy Birthday my sweet Vivi! Your smile brightens my day- I love you!
Friday, October 15, 2010
10 Year Anniversary
Shawn and I had our ten year anniversary in May of this year! We decided to celebrate by going back to our Honeymoon site Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in July! My mom watched our kids and we were off for 5 days! We had a blast! Here are some pictures of our wonderful trip!
On the beach in front of our hotel!
Shawn boogie boarding! We loved doing this!
Eating a yummy all inclusive dinner!
The flea market in downtown PV
Downtown Puerto Vallarta
Downtown again :)
Downtown Puerto Vallarta!
Me in front of our hotel (the Riu Palace Pacifico) It was a beautiful hotel!
The pool at night!
Shawn at our hotel!
Me at our hotel
View from our room!
On the beach in front of our hotel!
Shawn boogie boarding! We loved doing this!
Eating a yummy all inclusive dinner!
The flea market in downtown PV
Downtown Puerto Vallarta
Downtown again :)
Downtown Puerto Vallarta!
Me in front of our hotel (the Riu Palace Pacifico) It was a beautiful hotel!
The pool at night!
Shawn at our hotel!
Me at our hotel
View from our room!
Claire's 7th Birthday Party!
I still can't believe Claire is 7 years old. Don't you totally remember being seven? It is the age I can look back on and actually remember things. Before that age it's a bit hazy. Claire had a Luau party. I thought with her birthday being at the end of June we could do some sort of swim/sprinkler/slip and slide Luau thing. Unfortunately it was unusually cold and rainy on the day of her party so we had to change plans. We also decided to invite all of her friends..... I may need to capitalize ALL. We invited 25 people and 20 came. I imagined only half would come so I was surprised. Claire loved it, but I was slightly overwhelmed. Luckily my sister in-law stayed to help me and Shawn!!! So, here are my make shift plans and some pictures-
I love you Claire Bear I hope you had a great birthday!
When the kids arrived we gave them each a lei, and took their picture in a cut out of a surfer and hula dancer.
While we waited for everyone to get there the kids jumped on the tramp and the bounce house.
Then we had a relay race. It was girls against boys. We set two suit cases in the middle of the floor. Each was packed with sunglasses, a hat, flip flops for both, and a Hawaiian shirt for the boys and a grass skirt for the girls. We had a giant blow up palm tree a few feet away from the suitcases, so the object of the game was to run to the suitcases and dress yourself for the trip to Hawaii, then quickly run and touch the palm tree like you actually went to Hawaii, then run back to the suitcase, take everything off and then go and tag the next person in line until everyone had a turn. If I remember correctly I think the girls won! It was so hilarious to see the kids doing this. I loved watching them!
Next we opened presents (which took a mega long time to open all of them) and had cake.
Then we went outside and gave everyone a beach ball. We wrote every ones name on their own beach ball and then played a game. I don't really have a name for it, but we got a big blanket and everyone put their ball in the middle and grabbed a part of the blanket and then they would start throwing the balls in the air until only one remained. The remaining ball/person was the winner! It was pretty fun! We played that a few times and then the kids just played until their parents came to get them.
Claire got a bike for her birthday from us. Here is a picture of her on her birthday. We ended up replacing this with another bike a month later because she blew a tire out one day and it ended up being cheaper to buy a new bike than replace a white tire (did you know they don't sell white tires in the store)- you have to special order them. In the end she did get a better bike (I'll have to take a picture of it).
My cutie pie 7 year old!
I love you Claire Bear I hope you had a great birthday!
When the kids arrived we gave them each a lei, and took their picture in a cut out of a surfer and hula dancer.
While we waited for everyone to get there the kids jumped on the tramp and the bounce house.
Then we had a relay race. It was girls against boys. We set two suit cases in the middle of the floor. Each was packed with sunglasses, a hat, flip flops for both, and a Hawaiian shirt for the boys and a grass skirt for the girls. We had a giant blow up palm tree a few feet away from the suitcases, so the object of the game was to run to the suitcases and dress yourself for the trip to Hawaii, then quickly run and touch the palm tree like you actually went to Hawaii, then run back to the suitcase, take everything off and then go and tag the next person in line until everyone had a turn. If I remember correctly I think the girls won! It was so hilarious to see the kids doing this. I loved watching them!
Next we opened presents (which took a mega long time to open all of them) and had cake.
Then we went outside and gave everyone a beach ball. We wrote every ones name on their own beach ball and then played a game. I don't really have a name for it, but we got a big blanket and everyone put their ball in the middle and grabbed a part of the blanket and then they would start throwing the balls in the air until only one remained. The remaining ball/person was the winner! It was pretty fun! We played that a few times and then the kids just played until their parents came to get them.
Claire got a bike for her birthday from us. Here is a picture of her on her birthday. We ended up replacing this with another bike a month later because she blew a tire out one day and it ended up being cheaper to buy a new bike than replace a white tire (did you know they don't sell white tires in the store)- you have to special order them. In the end she did get a better bike (I'll have to take a picture of it).
My cutie pie 7 year old!
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