Tristin's Promotion!

My darling niece, Tristin, had her 9th grade promotion last month. She is going to be a big 10th grader next year!! I can't believe that she is old enough to be going to high school. Time flies by soooo fast! Pretty soon Tanner is going to be going to high school. AGHHHH! Now that freaks me out a little....OK a lot!

We made Tristin a candy necklace to wear for the night. We used all of her favorite candies (all fruity stuff skittles, jolly ranchers, starbursts....) Yummy! We didn't have to worry about anything melting this time. Grandma Terra brought her a beautiful bouquet of wild flowers, while Rob brought a dozen roses. Both were so PRETTY! She is one lucky girl!

What a darling family!

Still missing Kimmi though:(

Sure she was with them that night!

Thanks Tris for inviting us to your big night!

You looked absolutely Beautiful!

Have so much fun in high school!

10th grade watch out! Here comes our Trissy!

(6/02/2011)

Looks who's becoming domestic!

Carter is always asking me when I am going to teach him how to iron his own clothes.

What better time than now! Right?

He did his shirt and shorts without a single burn!

Good Job Marty!

Just look how excited he is to put on the clothes afterwards.

Goblin Valley

We were invited to go camping at Goblin Valley with some of our favorite friends over memorial weekend. I'm not lying when I say I was more than a little nervous to head down there with my family. I had way to many people warn me that it is really hot this time of year, that there's no shade and no water......etc. I was expecting the worst. But I really wanted to go with everyone. We decided that we were going to go and make the best of it:)

I am so glad that we went. We all had such a great time. The weather couldn't have been any better (well except for the last day: the wind would not stop blowing). And thanks to this trip, I think I have Clint convinced that we NEED a trailer! I owe Brandi big time for this one:)

My boys loved:

going on all of the adventure hikes around the campground

finding cool rocks to bring home

cutting firewood (thanks Steve for letting them help)

getting dirty

being with their friends

playing hard from sunup to sundown

not being at home

The first day we headed out to a trail head just outside of Goblin Valley State Park. I think the trail was close to five miles round trip, which pretty much takes all day with kids! Most of the hike was wide open areas with some skinnier areas that you had to walk single file through. The very last part of the hike was pretty tight and you had to walk through water. Clint and Scoob thought it would be fun to scale the walls above everyone. Some of the areas got a little too wide and they had to put both of their feet on one side of the wall and both hands on the other. Crazy guys!!!

Blakley with "Uncle Boob"!

My sweet mother in law and Bruce came all the way down there to spend the day with us. They were planning on taking Blakley home with them, so we could enjoy a day without worrying about her. But when the time came, Blakley would not get in their car. Little Stinker! She was having way to much fun in the dirt. I was half tempted to go home with them though. I wasn't feeling too great. I ended up going to insta care when we got home. Turns out I had bronchitis induced asthma and a sinus infection. Really do grow-ups get sick like that???? lol

The next day, we packed up camp and went inside the state park for a day of running around, jumping off rocks, playing hide and seek, taking lots of pictures and having fun! What cool place this was. I loved all of the different rock formations.

I think Carter was a little disappointed that there wasn't any real goblins. He was really hoping to see some!

We wanted to take a picture of all of the kids up on these rocks. When they started climbing up on them we realized they weren't very safe so we made the dads go pose with them:) Luckily we didn't have any accidents!

I'm so thankful that Steve and Brandi planned such a fun trip for us.

Thanks everyone for the exciting weekend!

Do I hear Goblin Valley calling our names next year?

(5/27-5/29)

Tristin's Birthday!

It's our sweet Tristin's 15th Birthday!

It's time to party!

The BIG 15!

I can't believe she is already 15. I remember the day she was born. I started dating Clint just a couple weeks before she was born. I remember how excited he was to go see her at the hospital. He would tell me how cute she was and couldn't wait till I could meet her. When I finally got to see her, he hadn't lied she was a darling baby! It has been so fun watching her grow up. She is such a funny girl and has some of the most blond moments:) She is always making us laugh!

I made this cake for her!

Not to shabby for my first cake... lol

Don't look too close to the decorating:)

What goes better with cake than ice cream cones?

Tristin, We love you!

Happy Birthday!

(5/22/2011)

Ogden Marathon

"Where's Daddy?"

Way to go Babe!!!

Clint ran the Ogden Marathon. He didn't fail to surprise me how amazing he is. He ran it like a Champ!! Being at the finish line and waiting for him to cross, I always get a little teary eyed. It's such a HUGE accomplishment and I am so proud of him. He has trained so hard and it shows!

Blakley was so excited to see him at the finish line. She jumped into his arms and gave him the biggest hug ever! She was glued to his side the rest of the day! What a little daddy's girl!

Love these two!

(5/21/2011)

Sports, Sports and more Sports

We have been so busy lately going all different directions, trying to make it to all of the boys games.

Three games each Saturday = Fun, but Crazy day!

Tanner and Troy chose to play flag football, while Carter wanted to stick with soccer. Tanner did awesome this season. He loves to play every sport, but it is like this year football clicked for him. He seemed to know just where to be on the field at just the right time. He loves football and keeps begging me to let him play tackle football, but I am terrified to let him play. I think he is just way to small still. I guess if he wants to stick with football than eventually he will play tackle:( Till then Flag has been fun!

Way to go Nanny!

This was Troy's first year playing football. He did great! At the beginning of the season, Clint told him he would pay him $1 for every flag he pulled and every touchdown he got. He ended up with $14. Way to go Troyster!

Carter loves to play soccer. This season, Clint got to be his coach and he couldn't have been more excited to have his dad helping out. Being on his friend, Coren's team and having his dad as the coach, Carter was one happy little boy:) Way to go Buddy Boy!

Blakley is TWO!!!

My sweet, spunky little Blakley Doo is Two!

You've survived your first two years successfully. I think it is time to celebrate. What better way than to invite the family over for a big celebration! With you being the center of attention, of course:)

Blakley with her Uncle Cody

Uncle Shane with the kiddos

Great Grandpa Ted came out to join in on the fun. What a sweet man! We love him dearly!

My girls

I love this picture!

Codes and Kenli

Em and Wends with baby Ally

Seriously! Do they come cuter than this?

What a precious little girl.

Blakley LOVES babies! She gets so excited when baby Kenli or Baby Ally come over. She wants to hold them all the time and gives them the best hugs and kisses! She brought out her baby stroller and really wanted to take Kenli on a walk. Wends strapped her in and off they went around the kitchen. Blakley "Cheesed" like this the whole time:) She was in heaven!

My sweet mom, brother and sister-in-law

Blakley loves the movie Tangled. We watched it nearly everyday before nap time. We thought it would be fun to do a Rapunzel cake. This picture does not do this cake justice. It was a masterpiece! Thanks to my friends, Brandi and Emily!

We didn't make it, but we paid for it. We should get some credit right?!?!? LOL!

She loved the cake! She was so excited to get to blow the candles out. Too bad I didn't get any pictures:(

Finally, she got to open up her presents.

She loved this part. I think she really likes being in the spotlight.

Thanks to everyone there, my baby was spoiled!

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl! We are so happy that you are part of our family. We thoroughly love having a little girl after three boys. You're so loved by your mommy and daddy and your brothers all ADORE you. You are such a loving girl. We all love your hugs and kisses that you are so willing to give us. You are going to do so many wonderful things in your life. We have BIG DREAMS for you. We love you with all of our hearts!

XOXOXO

Mom and Dad

(4/28/2011)