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!

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.

Whats going on!

When I last posted Tim was still in Atlanta, GA. He has since returned and I have started working at Walmart in the Electronics Department. I didn't think I would ever work there but it has been good. I'm getting my workouts in without having to workout, I know you are probable thinking how can you do that. When I first started I decided I would wear a pedometer and the results were great. On average I am walking 9+ miles when I work, holy cow! Now I want to start seeing some results.
We went down to California for thanksgiving and had a great time. This is the first time we have been back as a family. It was good to be there together. Although we weren't there as long as we would have liked we were able to see a lot of friends and family. Thanksgiving day we spent with Tim's family. We arrived there early to help Mom out with all the yummy traditional sides, it was a lot more fun to be in the kitchen all day cooking with eveyone helping out.
Grandpa had fun activites planned throughout the day to keep the kids busy. He had a sling shot area set up that my boys loved, he also bought umbrellas for the grandkids.




About 1 hour after the umbrella fun I went to see what everyone was doing and here is what I found.



And we hadn't even eaten yet. I guess everyone needs a good nap before a big meal. We had so much fun coming back to California for Thanksgiving. It was a little weird at first. We still really miss it and all of our friends and family but we are very thankful that we could come back and visit even for a little while. We know that this is just another stepping stone in our life adventure.
Saturday was another fun day for us, we had a second Thanksgiving at my sister Paiges' house. She decided to go the non traditional thanksgiving day meal. Instead of the Turkey and all the fixings she had baked potatos and chili with all the fixings for that. It was so yummy. Great job Paige. We also got to see her new and only grandbaby, which makes me a Great Aunt, am I old enough to be a Great Aunt and for her to be a grandma? I guess we are. Jacob and Heather's baby is beautiful. Her name is Hayden and she was just adorable. It was great to spend time with both sides of the family. We love all of you and had a blast the short time we were there. Until next time.

Crazy mommy and a couple of crazy kids

Emily's how old???

Well I have gone and done it I finally hit it, the big (and old) 30. I know it's not old but when you are a kid and you think about someone being 30 you think man that is so old. Well aside from the old part we had a really fun day. Tim took the kids and I over to get some lunch at KFC's then we hit the pool at

We have been going swimming every Tuesday for the last couple of weeks so why break tradition just for a birthday. We all had a great time and everyone took a turn on the water slide even Emma. She wasn't sure what to think of it at first but by the third time down she seemed to really like it. After we were done with swimming we went back to the house to get ready and we all past out from pure exhaustion. After about 1 hour of sleep everyone started waking up and getting ready to have some more birthday fun. Tim and I took the kids over to Aunt Jenny's so we could have a nice romantic dinner date. We went to

it was so good and neither one of us had been there before. We were sauce virgins, so the gave us the tour, wow what great sauce they had. We will defiantly go back for more.

We decided to share our meals so we could try a little of everything, Tim had a plate with brisket, chopped pork and spare ribs along with two sides and strawberry shortcake for desert which we of coarse shared and I had the hot links platter. It was amazing a we were so full so fast that we had plenty of leftovers that would last a few days.
Thanks honey for a great Birthday.

When we picked the kids Jenny had a yummy German Chocolate cake waiting for me. I was so good. Thank you Matt and Jenny for watching the kids and for making me a cake. It was a great birthday.