Brittany Goes to the Temple!!!!

Aunt Marilyn and Brittany

I couldn't be any happier for my cousin Brittany.

She decided to get endowed in the Bountiful Temple! She lives in Denver and decided to come over here where she would have the most family support!! I so wish that I could have been there with her this day. There is nothing like the sweet spirit you feel when you are in the temple. With her endowment time being so early in the morning, there was just no way that I was able to get my kids ready and off to school, have Blakley to my nieces' house and be all the way to Bountiful in time. So Sad:( I was able to pick up some flowers for her and surprise everyone at the luncheon afterwards. Second Best huh?

She was so happy! You could just see it in her face. She was practically glowing:)

My cute grandpa with his daughter and grand-daughter.

Awww cute:)

OK just her!

I was sad that I didn't pull the camera out until Cody and Wendy and their kids had left. Sorry Guys, you're not forgotten! I promise:)

Aunt Judy, my dad, Aunt Marilyn, Uncle Gary and Grandpa Ted

Cousin Kathy and her hubby Kent, Brittany and Grandpa

Brittany, her half siblings and their mom, Naomi and her mom

Brittany and her best friend (who traveled with her from Denver)

Thanks Brittany for sharing this special day with all of us. I can't wait till you come back and visit so we can do a session together. Come soon:) Love you!

(3/15/11)

Troy turn's 7!!!

I can't believe my little boy is already 7 years old!

The Balloon Fairy left his room full of colorful balloons! He LOVED waking up and finding all of the balloons. The night before, he just kept saying that I hope she doesn't forget me tonight. Good thing she didn't:)

I just threw this picture in because she was so stinkin' cute riding her car around all morning! Love her bed head:)

I checked Troy and Tanner out of school, so we could go to lunch at one of Troy's favorite restaurants, Panda Express. He was in a hurry to go back so his class could celebrate with the doughnuts he took for everyone. YUM!

That night, Troy requested that we go to Chuck-a-Rama for dinner. For some reason it's his favorite restaurant. I think he likes being able to serve himself and eating as much as he wants:) My parents, Clint's mom and step-dad, my nieces and nephew, and Scoob were all nice enough to join us.

Troy and my nephew, Clint, share the same birthday. We were so excited that they wanted to spend the night with us!

Grandma Terra and Grandpa Bruce

Troy, Tris and Jess

Carter and Lela

I grab the birthday boy for a quick picture!

Then I wanted him and his daddy to get in one.

After dinner, we went back to our house for presents.

(And yes that it Christmas wrapping paper)

Since we already celebrated his birthday the weekend before and did a cake then, I didn't want to do another cake. Luckily, my sweet friend Ariane had brought over some yummy cookies so we put candles in them for the boys to blow out.

Silly Boys!

Happy Birthday!

I sure love you two.

7 year old stats:
Height:  48 3/4  50%
Weight: 58 lbs   60%

(3/8/11)

Troy's Pre-Birthday Party!

The weekend before Troy's big day, we threw him a FABULOUS birthday party! He invited some of his friends and lots of his family. We decorated the whole house with balloons, streamers, and "Happy Birthday" banners.

When the kids first arrived, Jessica, Tristin and Lela painted their faces with flowers, mustaches, balloons, footballs, basketballs, rainbows, American flags, butterflies, and just plain funny faces:) The kids loved it and were laughing the whole time.

After we ate lunch of pulled pork sandwiches, fresh salsa, queso, and fruit salad, the kids got to decorate sugar cookies with frosting, sprinkles and all kinds of candy. Yum!

Then came the PRESENTS!

We couldn't keep Troy from opening his gifts any longer.

Jude gave him this hoop and a SWEET Jazz jersey.

Cute Addie chose the perfect gift!

Brooks knows that Troy LOVES to swim! And now he can rock out his new swimsuit:)

Uncle "Mountain Man" Scoob knows Troy loves video games more than anything. Great Job Scoob!

Thanks for the legos, Coren and Carson!

Next came the Cars Pinata!

Funny thing: The pinata broke on the first hit. Luckily it didn't break open so no candy fell out. We were able to duct tape the rope to it and keep the party going:)

Whack it good, Bentley!!

Come on Carter!

Troy with Jojo and Sara's cute kids.

Addie, Christian and Savannah

Scoob, Jordan and my hubby

Thanks for coming guys!

(3/5/11)

ohhhh!

Does it get any CUTER than this???

Carter made this all by himself during his free time at school today. He sure does love his cousins: Lela, Jessica and Tristin. Lucky girls! I think he is pretty neat stuff.

I love you Buddy!! and your big heart, too!!!

Bravo

My cute niece, Tristin, put on an amazing performance in her school play. They put on the play "Once Upon a Mattress" which is basically the Princess and the Pea story. It was such a fun play to watch especially since we knew the STAR. She had many speaking parts and even sang a duet with the army dude above. She did such a great job!

After the show, we all wanted to get our pictures taken with her.

SHE'S FAMOUS!!!

Love you Tris!

We left this little princess at home along with her two older brothers. They had a blast with their cousin Carli. Thanks Carli! Hopefully they weren't too diffucult:)

(2/25/11)