Monday, December 26, 2011

Londyn's Christmas Choir















Adam being Adam...


Frame for Makey and Poppa, for those who didn't get to see it finished.





Christmas Lights @ Temple Square

Ryan and I took some of the youth to see the Lights. It was a beautiful, crisp night walking around. No snow, but were able to see the life size Nativity and Narration, and hear one of the concerts going on in the Assembly Hall where it was nice and warm. Too many people for me, but I guess it's tradition for many.





Ally, Shealyn, Emily, Jalon, and Londyn




































Sunday, December 18, 2011

Isaac entertaining himself





















Londyn turns 14!!!

My baby girl is growing up and now a Mia Maid in Young Womens. (Adam calls them Mermaids)


















This is the place for birthdays lately. They love just being kids and flying around the trampolines fancy free. It's fun to watch moms let loose and have fun for once in a while there. I was just the spectator taking pictures, and I brought a book for my own "quiet time".









These are Londyn's best friends -- Ally, Jordyn, Jalon, and Shaelyn



Silly kids at In -N -Out Burger


















Vote for your favorite look...

Cutting Adam's hair is always a challenge every couple months. Mom tries to bribe, encourage, threaten, and eventually he complies. He could care less, but I think he looks so handsome with a new haircut. But that's just how us moms are.







Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Fall 2011

























































First Snow of the Season

Halloween was perfect and warm, but the next morning we woke up to this. It was so weird how it just blew in over night, but the kids were glad it held out so they could trick-or-treat till the lights went out at all the houses.



Halloween 2011

Just before our Ward Fall Festival

Isaac (Cookie Monster), Lucy (Angel), Adam (Cowboy), Londyn (Fairy)



Runaway Cookie Monster....



Isaac just wanted all the suckers from Halloween. He always had to have 2 -- one for each hand.







Saturday, December 3, 2011

Young Living Farm

We took a walk around Young Living when my Mom and Dad came to town in Oct. I love it here -- so peaceful and quiet, and usually have the place to ourselves.



Adam found a peaceful place to meditate with "Jenny" the dog...








Taking a rest in the cool grass and warm sun. Ahhhh.. this is the life...





We bought this stroller when Londyn was a baby, and used it heavily with all 4 kids. Still squeakin' along after 14 years. Londyn also got this "Jenny" dog from Cheeky when she was little. Now, since she sleeps with Maggie every night, Lucy and Adam fight over who gets to sleep with Jenny. Funny how we have about 50 stuffed animals they both want the same one.



Let us all be like a child a take time to inspect the beauty of God and smell the flowers...





















A few random pics

Isaac loves to climb up on the 4-wheeler and pretend to drive it. Ryan put this helmet on him and he loved it. So cute!!!




Grampa and Isaac spending a moment together. Do they look alike?


Lucy wearing Gramma's glasses, with Jenny the dog, playing her newly learned song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"








Santaquin Canyon

I love this picture hanging in my kitchen of Londyn and Adam when they were 5 and 2 years old when we lived in Washington. I had good intentions of re-creating the same pictures of Lucy and Isaac since they are similar ages and we still have the same clothes. Unfortunately with my camera luck it didn't quite work out. We tried on 3 different occasions, but the kids or the weather did not cooperate. So, this is as good as I get.




Luckily this 3rd time I had my parents with me, so my dad helped with a lot of funny impressions to make Isaac laugh.