Double Digits

Brooklyn is 10!

Brooklyn I want you to know how much I love you. You have brought light and laughter into our home since the day you were born. You have so many gifts and talents to share with the world and I hope you will believe in yourself and find the confidence to FLY.

Some of the things I love about you:

your sense of humor

your creativity

your helpfulness

your mother instinct

your organizational skills

your big dreams

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

School? Really?

1st day of school

Reality hits so hard. It's hard to believe that on July 27th 'summer' is over and it is time to get back to the grind. As long as you're cute and you have good teachers you can't help but succeed-you guys are on the right track!

1 last getaway

La Jolla, California here we come! We had such a great fanily weekend. The weather was perfect, the hotel was fabulous and we were able to see Pat, Genine, Colton. Noah & Sariah. (Thank you guys for making the trip down to see us). Here are some of the highlights...

Seeing the San Diego Temple (It meant alot for Scott and I to get to share some memories of our wedding day with the kids.)

playing in the sand

roast marshmellows

catching some waves

protecting younger brother from tiger sharks

just being cute

catching sand crabs

Ohhh, we don't want to go home!

Lake Powell

It is so hard to do a single post about Lake Powell. Our family looks forward to this trip every year and we love everything about it. This year was special because my entire family was able to come with us; all 22 people. We made so many amazing memories and loved our time together. We have hundreds of pictures that it is almost impossible to narrow it down to just a few.Thank you to my family for all of the effort and traveling to share the Lake with us and THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!

My Baby is 2!

There is no better place than Lake Powell to celebrate your second birthday. And no better people than all 21 members of your mom's family. Chloe, you have brought so much fun and laughter into our home the last 2 years. We all love you to pieces!

Potty Training?!

Cloe has been done with diapers for a long time now and Scott and I have not been ready to do the potty training 'thing'. Scott even resorted to duct taping Chloe's diaper on her after finding one too many poopy diapers just lying around. Well, Chloe gave up on us and decided to potty train herself. This is how we found her on the afternoon of June 5th, having already pee-peed and poo-pood in the potty. Hooray for big girl underwear !

Big, Big Dreams

I can't believe my kindergartner has graduated! Nathan had an amazing year thanks to Miss Deffenbaugh and now he is moving on up. He is ready for 1st grade I just hope 1st grade is ready for Nathan!