Halloween

We are so excited halloween is almost here. We have been having a lot of fun this year with a scary themed dinner followed by going to pick out our pumpkins. For dinner one night we had Dragon Brains, Spider Spit and Mummy dogs. Delicious and disgusting all in one. The kids were a little hesitant at first but once they tried it they ate it all up.

All the kids designed their own pumpkins this year and mostly carved them by them self. The boys all did scary or funny ones and of coarse Emma had to have a girly pumpkin with eyelashes and all. Pictures of costumes to come.

Happy Anniversary!

On September 20, 1997 I married the Love of my life and my best friend. Happy 13th Anniversary, with many more years to come. I love you!!

Bear Lake

Every couple years we get together with the Young side of the family for a family reunion. This year we went up to bear lake. At first I wasn't sure I wanted to go, I had so much stuff going on with school and studying that I figured I'd be stressed out the whole time. Once we got up there and got set up I decided I was going to have a good time and I did. The kids were so excited to be there and to see there cousins and it was good to get together with everyone. Our first night there it rained, luckily our tent was nice and big that we couldn't even tell it rained. Surprisingly we all slept very good. Tim brought our horseshoe set and everyone that played seemed to have a great time.View from the campsiteLily and Emma just hanging out. They have so much fun togetherWe finally got to meet our newest nephew Aiden.Emma playing down by the lake. The water was too cold for her but not for some of the kids.
Since we were so close to the Idaho we decided to take a 5 minute ride so we can say we've been to Idaho. Campfires and marshmallow, silly kids and chitter chadder...Love it
Cailyn toasting her marshmallowAmmon toasting to his perfectionThere is truly beauty all around, all we need to do is take a moment and enjoy it!

Hazzah!!!

When Tim and I were first dating he took me to my first Renaissance Fair at Glen Helen. We went a couple of times and had a blast. When we first moved up to Utah we went to a St. Patrick's day parade and found out that Utah has a renaissance fair too. We thought the kids would love it, and they did. This was the second year we went. Ammon and Emma wanted the face painting. Ammon opted out for his arm and got this really cool spider and Emma had her face painted like a beautiful butterfly.
Brigham and Teancum decided they didn't want anything in hopes of maybe getting a souvenir later in the day.
Our favorite thing to watch at the fair is the full contact jousting. These guys compete all over and look just like you'd imagine them back in the day. They use real lances and hit each other very hard. It is amazing to watch.Before the "knights" start fighting they pick a beautiful maiden out of the crowd. Emma was picked to represent our knight.Here is the flower he gave her. She was so in excited..........and so the tradition continues, Hazzah! Hazzah! Hazzah!

Where have you been? Or where have we been? Well were back!!

So a lot has been going on since our last post. Both Tim and I are going to school and working. We are mostly keeping up with the kids. Tim has the calling of Webelos leader, which happens to be Teancum right now. He has been able to help all of his boys get their webelos badge already and they are now working towards there arrow of light. He does a great job with the kids, they have learned so much having him home with them. Teancum is doing really well in school and has a lot of friends his age in our neighborhood. He loves riding his dirt bike still even though the rides aren't as often as he would like. Ammon just turned eight and is excited to be baptized. He has made great progress with school, thanks to his dad. He loves life and being able to get outside and play. Brigham can't wait to start kindergarten in August, although when I took him to get the rest of his shots for school and told him he had to have them to start school, he changed his mind about school. He said "I don't want to go to school anymore!" He's back on track now that it's over. Emma is as girly as can be, she loves to have her hair done, she changes he clothes as many times as possible. She try's on dresses until she finds one she loves. She also loves her purse and to get her toes done. So far I am doing really good in school and only have 10 weeks until I'm done. I can't wait to get out into the medical field. Right now I have a few days off and it has been nice to spend it with the family. It doesn't happen all that often because I'm usually at school or work or studding for school...I guess its all worth it in the end. Here are some pictures of what has been going on for the last few months.
Tim on his 37th birthday. New years eve at Jonathan and Robin's house.
We played Chubby Bunny...and Tim won.
We went to Arizona for Christmas and on the way back would couldn't help stop at the Grand Canyon. It was only a short 45 minutes detor and well worth it, just look at the view. Everyone should take the chance and go, pure amazement.
There was a lot of cool trees at this one view point, Brigham couldn't help but to climb them.
The kids were really scared in this picture, before we ever got out we told them that they couldn't run around or hang over the edge or get too close to the edge because they could fall off. They were all so scared that when I told them to come out onto this rock (it wasn't that close to the edge) and take a picture they were scared to death, Brigham was clinging to my leg.

We went out to an area in Arizona and went shooting. Everyone had a lot of fun.
Nathan made a potato gun, it was about 7 feet long and it shot so far. It was pretty cool.
Brigham had fun just playing on the car.
Paige didn't want to shoot but Charlie got her our there a few times, she did really good.
We went to the lights at the Mesa,AZ temple, they were beautiful.
All the boys had a sleep over in the toy room, they had a blast hanging out.
Christmas in Arizona!! Had a blast.