New Puppies!!!

Our dog Kitty had 11 boxer puppies on Wednesday and the kids are pretty excited. Tayah did not know what to do with them. Pretty dang cute.

Memorial Day Weekend 09

We took the family on vacation to Red Canyon Lodge for Memorial Day this year. We didn't do anything last year because we had just had Tayah so we are lovin' doing some vacationing. The Reese Family, Chilson Family and my mom all went up and boy was it fun. It is located in the Ashley National Forest and about 15 mins from Flaming Gorge Dam. We spent 3 days up there and had a ton of fun. The kids never sat down - between fishing, 4wheelin', paddle boats and hiking it was a full weekend.

Tons of time to go fishing!!!
Tayah catching her first fish with dad.

Lyndsi is playing disney "sing it" on the playstation 2. Tayah wanted to get into the game playin', her and Nevaeh were playing connect four.

We rented paddle boats, Lyndsi and Jeep in one and me and Josh in the other. It was so much fun.

This is the cabin that we stayed in. And the picture of the lake is the view in front of it. I am telling you, I thought I had died and gone to heaven!!!

The view from the Flaming Gorge Dam. It is so beautiful up here.

Ok, this is Raegan telling us about how her 2 burnt marshmellows were Obama and his wife. We almost died laughing. Raegan thinks she is so funny, you can tell she is about to pee her pants. Good Family Fun....Doesn't Get any better than this!!!!

Kenna's Early Birthday

So we decided that this year we would have Kenna's Birthday Party early, since it is in the summer sometimes it is hard to get a good turn out for her party's. My grandma has a timeshare up at East Canyon Resort so we decided to have the mess up there instead of our house. The night before the party me and Josh drove up to the condo and decorated. We made these cardboard decorations that were everywhere, as you can tell her theme was "PEACE".
We had all of the girls bring their sleeping bags and pillows over the night before because we were leaving for the party right after school. We had so many girls RSVP for this party that we had to find a way to get them all up to the condo, so we rented a limo to drive them up. Oh my heck, I have never heard so much screaming. The limo picked them up in front of the school and you would have thought that some kind of celebrity had showed up. The plan was to have my mom leave before us so she could set out all of the clues for the treasure hunt but the freakin limo driver was on and mission and made it to the condo in 30 mins. All of us in the limo were ready to flippin puke. I got a picture of them in the limo but not outside of it, dang it!!! So there are some picture of the treasure hunt we sent them on. It was so fun, they had to sing a beatles song to the country store clerk for a clue. They had to do "the swim" and "the pony" for another. On one of the clues they had to scream "FLOWER POWER" off the top of the lodge. They had so much fun. But let me just say I was so glad when it was OVER!!!!!

Gifted

Ok, I know I am constantly putting pictures of Tayah on our blog but you have to admit this is dang funny!!!!

Raegan rides a bike (finally)

Here she is riding her princess bike. Raegan was not all that excited about learning to ride a two-wheeler (as raegan calls it) but she finally decided to give a try. So after some words of encouragement from daddy and some help from her brother - 20 mins later she was riding. Now the child wont get off the dang thing.

Easter

Caleb, Mckenna & Raegan dying Easter eggs.

All of the cousins getting ready for the "GO".

Ty, Raegan, Tayah, Mckenna, Nevaeh & Caleb at Clinton park for our Easter picnic.

The Chilson Family and The Reese Family. Enjoying the beautiful spring day. Nothing like family.

Raegan, Mckenna, Caleb and Tayah Easter morning.

My Big Girl

I just had to post this picture. This is my big girl Tayah trying to be her big sister Raegan. She just walks around the house with her purse acting like she has somewhere very important to go. I can't believe how big she is getting. Too Cute!

Raegan Turns 7

We decided that for Raegan's Birthday we were going to take her and some of her friends to East High School in Salt Lake. This is where they filmed all of the High School Musicals. Here they are in front of Troy's locker. He is so so CUTE!!!

The Grandma's just relaxin'

Playing musical chairs.

Raegan posing for a picture. I don't
think that there is a picture she is
not posing in!!! She is so dang cute.

Making a Birthday wish....And with help from her cousin Nevaeh they get the job done

Josh and the kids in front of the Nations Capital.

Josh and me in New York in front of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Reese Family Vacation

Here we are in Washington D.C. in front of the White House. I can't believe how much we did in such a short amount of time. We were on vacation for 9 days and traveled into 5 different states. When I look at this picture it makes me feel so blessed for my family and for being able to raise them in this country. It also reminds me of how much walking we did. If their cousins had not been there we would've never made it. We had so much fun being with Josh's sister and her family. They really played a big role in this trip being a success. Thanks again guys!!!

Tayah's 1st Birthday!!! Her party was so much fun. Although she doesn't look very happy in this picture, she did have fun. She is sitting next to her Birthday cake that her Grandma Mary made for her.