November 2, 2008

Halloween Fun!












The webs were a nice touch. Add them with a fog machine, orange lights and two white flashing lights and you have a scary house for all the trick or treaters!



pumpkin decorating












We bought all the kids there own pumpkin to decorate.



October 26, 2008

Let's roll, and roll... and roll...

A Rocker, Ranger, Dead dude, and space guy...





And no, we weren't talking about the village people!!!
Happy Halloween!!!

Our over acheiver!!!


Congratulations Big guy!!!

Pony Ride!












Yes the last one is a donkey, they are riding ponies.

Bates Nut Farm Fun!!!














We all had a great time at Bates Nut Farm! I think we'll make this an annual family tradition.

September 19, 2008

Carl's B-Day!




Thank you Carl for letting us come and play at your party! We all had a great time.

Two little butterflies...

I just love this pic. The girls are sure loving having each other in a house full of boys!

September 6, 2008

The twin boys are born!





The black and white one the kids named noodles and the brown and white one they named crackers. Lets hope the kids don't get too attached!

August 29, 2008

First day of school in CA

The kids started school and I think they have a good bunch of teachers this year. I will be fun to watch them grow and learn new things. We love and miss Dad........we wish you could be here! Come home soon!

At least Mike has "help"!



The kids are helping Dad get the house ready to sell.........

Mason and Christina's visit




We feel so blessed to have family like Mason and Christina. They were such great help in the packing and moving process. I loved seeing the kids and the cousins playing so well together.

August 9, 2008

Have you heard a little rumor?

You may have heard the buzz about us moving back to sunny CA. Well let me assure you that the rumors are true! Utah has been great, however, time away from family and friends has been harder then we first thought it would be. I will miss the snow........but not driving in it and I will miss our little deer family that we see close to our home from time to time.......but I quess they do have deer in CA. So we will be back on Sat. the 23rd. We will be staying with Mason and Christina so our home can sell and we can save a bit for our new home there. Please stop by anytime, we would love to see you all and we can't wait for everything to feel like we never left! We also can't wait for all the cousin birthday parties. Marilyn, tell Carl we can't wait to help him party on his birthday in September! We love you all and can't wait to see you all soon. P.S. Mike says: Risk is so on......you are all going down!

July 20, 2008

June 30, 2008

Pasta shells

Ian kept calling the shells "pasta shells".

sand castles.....

The boys played in the sand for hours....

An afternoon at the lake






We had such a great time. The lake is so clean and in the shallow areas it is even warm. Perfect for swimming!