Grandpa Ike's Little Cougars

Thanks Jennilyn for sending me this cute picture--it is definitely a keepsake!!!! This picture was taken at Grandpa Ike's birthday party in August and I thought I would share it with you all. Aren't they cute!!!!!!!

New DO and Pics of the Kids

So I've been needing a change with my hair for a long time but kept chickening out when I'd go and get it colored and trimmed, but after seeing and being inspired by Laura's cute hair I finally did it. (Laura hopefully you're not offended and thinking my hair's cuter than that. If so I apologize :) :) My hair lady was wanting me to go even shorter but of course I got too scared. Maybe next time! Here are some pictures. (I HATE seeing pictures of myself as I'm sure we all do.)




My cutie pies before church. Gracie always wants her hair to be like Ellie's.


Ellie got to be queen for a day in school. She couldn't stop talking about it when she got home so I had to get a picture to remember how important it was to her.


I got Ellie this hat when I was in L.A. Isn't it so cute on her?!?!?!?!?!?!


Matthew and Zach wanted me to take these pictures of them with their dragon pictures they did with their Grandma when she was here babysitting them. They are obsessed with dragons now!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Today my Dad would be 58. We have been without him for 10 years--time flies so fast!! We love and miss you dad so much! Happy Birthday!!!!

Fun with the Girls in California!!!!

We decided that the girls needed a get-a-way trip so my mom, Diana, Jenny (my best friend) and Loralee (Diana's mother-in-law) and I headed off to L.A. We got there very early so we went to the L.A. temple and shopped during the day and then that night it was off to see "Wicked" the broadway play. It was so good!!!!!! If you haven't seen it I highly reccomend it to everyone. It's coming to Utah in April and I'm going to try and get tickets to take Josh and the kids to go see it again. It's that good! I also highly suggest a girls get-away to everyone, every once in a while. It was just fun to shop, talk and laugh a lot! Here's a picture of us before the play. In case you're wondering, the people are from left to right: Natasha (my cousin David's wife), Katie my cousin, me, Jenny, my Aunt Annette, Diana, Loralee, my mom and my cousin Laura.



We hadn't planned to go to Disneyland but when we all thought about how fun it would be to not drag whining kids around with us all day, it just sounded to tempting and fun so we decided to go. We went on September 11th and it wasn't crowded at all. We got on all the rides without any lines. I did miss my kids when I was riding on some of the kid rides so it was fun to have my cousins daughter Jane with us. I got to ride on the tea cups with her. This was my favorite ride when I was a kid!




Me and mom on the carousel.


We also did the Hollywood thing. We went to see Graumans Chinese Theater and took a tour of the city. I love to do these tours in the hopes that I'll get to see someone famous. Our tour guide Thomas kept telling us to keep our eyes out for a celebrity because he saw a lot of them out last week but of course we didn't see any. I think that them telling you this is part of their script. It was still fun!!! Some of the houses that we saw were Richard Simmons, Dr. Phil, Angelina Jolie's, and my favorite Lucille Ball's.





Some of us were way to tired from the late nights and lack of sleep!! This is Diana and her mother-in-law Loralee. She has been a care taker for her father for the past few years and has been in much need of a vacation. She is so fun and I enjoyed getting to know her better on this trip!



We flew into Vegas to see Kennedy get baptized. Nena don't kill me for putting this picture on--she wanted me to wait and take it after they were all ready but I forgot to get the camera back out. They look cute!!!! Congratulations Kennedy--we're so proud of you and your decision to be baptized!!!!



After we went to church with Landon and Nena we decided to hit the strip before we got on the plane home. After realizing there isn't much to do for married mormon girls on the Sabbath day in Las Vegas (I know--Sunday and Vegas don't go together at all:) we decided to go to the the M&M and Coke stores. We checked out the 3D movie and then sat in the Coke store and drank our drinks and talked and laughed some more. It was fun to just relax and have some girl talk!!!




The day after I got home from the trip Gracie had another accident. I had turned on my flat iron and walked away while talking on the phone (I know--BAD MOM) and the next thing I knew she was screaming. I guess she had opened one of the drawers and there wasn't enough cord for the pull and it came down on her arm. I took her to the doctor and he said she has 2nd and 3rd degree burns. He gave me some tips on how to avoid heavy scaring so hopefully it will work!!! Here are some pictures of her cute cast they put on it and the scar itself. I feel so bad!!!!!!!!!

It's that time of year again....GO BYU!!!!

My most favorite thing about the fall season is going to the BYU games. Labor day weekend Matthew and I got to go on a date to the first game. BYU had a big win over Iowa so that made it even more fun! Anyone who know's my family know's that we are all die hard BYU fans and we've brain washed all our kids to be the same way. Grandpa Greg would be so proud!!!







Noah was my entertainment during the game. He made me make-believe food. He makes a killer pizza!!!