Happy birthday Jeff!!!! BIG 30!!!

For Jeffs birthday he wanted to go to a Jazz game. So off we went last night. It was SO So fun. From the moment we got to the arena till the moment we left we were awstruck. Here are a few photos...

the Bear was very nice to take a minute to have a photo with us.....but not more than a second after the pic was taken, Jeff got a quick shove to the shoulder and I ended up somewhere in the arms of the Bear!

This one is for the ladies..... HA HA just playin...supposidly he is the cutest guy in the NBA?? Hmmm

Jeff and I loved every minute of the game. SO FUN (oh yeah they won :)

Speechless

WOW WOW WOW!!! I cant explain how much I enjoyed this show Sat night! I am a DIE HARD TORI fan, and it would take a great show to top hers......But Coldplay came very very close. Tori is still numero uno, but Coldplay rocks! We found awsome tickets, 20th row, and that makes any concert that much better. I might be out of town in the next week or two chasing them around the country...now that I am a Coldplay groupie :)

Puerto Villarta

I wanted to post some of the awsome photos we got in Puerto Villarta this past May. We did a way fun excursion and so here are some of the coolest pics.

This is what we ziplined into at least 7 times. It was so cool. The rain that day brought some awsome fog. It made things extra cool.

Then off to repelling. That was SO fun. We repelled down 3 waterfalls. (i think) and hiked a huge mountian!

Just us crossing some tretchourous waters! Mexico was the bomb can't wait to go back :)

Just be

Old town Nauvoo

Little Briannie all grown up. Her wedding has finally come and gone. She probably thought it would never get here. Jared and Brianne and the cutest couple and watching him look at her confirms that he loves her so much. And vice versa (its just that I was facing Jared in the sealing room, not brianne. :) Brianne chose to forgo the hoopla of a huge reception and just take the family and a few close friends to Nauvoo. Where she has always hoped of being married. So off we went. It was a very special spiritual experiance. thanks Brianne, And of course Byron and Shauna

Dont ya just wanna eat those clouds. I bet they smell sooooo good! ummmm!

Carthage Jail where Joseph was martyerd through the top window on the side of the house. Such a special spirit here. I love visiting Carthage for that reason.

The whole group standing in front of the window I referenced earlier. Joseph was shot through this window.

The guys are waiting for the girls to get ready for the sealing. They are entertaining themselves with nothing other than football. We stayed at Hyrum Smiths farm house and it was so fun. We all fit very nicely. Brooke the photographer might disagree.....she got the honors of sleeping on that couch each night. ouch.......She was a good sport.

Here we are with our famous kiss pose. I used to be able to pull off a "kiss face" but for some reason I just look like an idiot. So oh well. It was so special to have all us girls there in the temple for the first time. Colton will be here shortly! (although it was fun to have colton come do baptisms with us :)

Jeff and me with the Mighty mississippi in the background. Its cool to think this is exactly what the saints saw as they looked out from the temple. I love to think we walked exactly where the early saints walked not long ago.

This temple is so beautiful. That is such an understatement. I am in awe of it each time I see it. I couldn't imagine having to watch something so beautiful be burned down as you are forced to leave. My camera didn't get a very good shot in the dark, but nevertheless it still takes my breath away.

So on our way out of Nauvoo we stopped in St. Louis. to see the amazing Arch. It was enormous! so enjoy some snapshots of St. louis.

You can go to the top of the arch. So we did. IN this little tiny egg thing, it creeps you to the top for some awsome views.

Up on top you get a great view of the Cardinals baseball stadium. The St. Louis Rams stadium is just off to the right, but it was just a dome so kinda boring.

From very far away you can get the entire shot.

Just one more shot for the girls............HA!

Halloween night

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!



Another Halloween has come and gone and we are left with SO much candy! I hate it, but I let the kids have a candy binge on Halloween night but then the next day I offer to buy the candy from the them. They both took me up on the offer, so now I have lots of candy.

Kaylee was Hannah Montana. So cute, she has that pose down so well. Jaxon was Iron Man and kept saying "this is the best day ever!" He was so excited to finally wear the costume to school. Jordan was buzz. The cutest Buzz ever. In fact Amy wants to dress him up at least once a week because he was so cute.

The kids had tons of fun going trick or treating with their friends the Shattucks.

After trick or treating we went to the grandparents. My moms house has so many leaves! It was so fun, the kids have never played in leaves before. We all had a good jump into the pile.

Jordans favorite buddy, Kiley.

Kaylees favorite shopping partner! Exept the part when amy hurt her foot in the mall and nearly fell to the floor in pain. Kaylee was slightly embarrased....



OK Amy and Mom, your going to love this video. Just so the rest of you can appreciate it.....we were following Jordan around ALL NIGHT at my moms trying to get the cutest picture. He was so cute walking around no picture was working. he wouldn't look at us long enough to get a good picture. So then we go to Sheryls and on Davids first request to smile.......sure enough jordan gives him the best smile forever! Im convinced he knows exactly what hes doing. :)

Hello out there! No I havent died just been out of the digital age for awhile now. BUT were back and up running. Out summer was so fun and relaxing. Ill do a brief overview of whats been going on here. Jaxons first friend birthday party was so much fun and he was more than excited.

Something that kept us busy this summer, (every weekend pretty much) was boating. Jeff and I thought it would be the perfect way to get the kids out in the water and do something fun as a family. Turned out they didn't like it as much as we thought. The first time we put them on the tube, it sank and that pretty much ruined their confidence in the tube. So most of the time they stayed home with sitters. Oh well maybe next summer. We still had a blast! Even in brown Utah lake!

TIMMY MCGRAW

What do girls like to do on their birthdays?? Well on moms birthday, she likes to go and see the hottest guy around shake his thang and sing some twang! haha So who else do we go and see...Timmy Mcgraw! He is something else...what a hottie! We got seats up at the top at USANA, and it was so much fun!




Shauna broke out the thumbs and was swingin all night! What hip replacement?? You would have thought it was her 25th birthday. Amy, was of course droppin it low and showing us how its done. And while Monica was rockin that funky wave and "Hit me, Hit me." I looked like the biggest fool ever. *sigh* we wont even go there. But thank goodness it was dark and hopefully nobody noticed. It was so fun. We must make a habit of this. So James Taylor is next up and well bring along the guys for that one.

He ALWAYS puts on a good show and I can't belive Ive seen him more than Tori?? something is wrong with that!

K Jessica and Brianne, you BETTER make it up for the next one, We need some more flava on the dance floor!

OH MEXICO!!!! We had the time of our lives! I can't explain how much fun it was. We left for 8 days and while I had a really hard time walking out the door, once we got there time flew. I have never left the kids for so long so it was sad.

This was out on the balcony of our room. This was the perfect place to watch the sun come up and to read. We read a ton!

The best day of the trip (in my opinion) was the day we went on the Outdoor Adventure. We are all excited to go and swing through the jungles on zip lines. Here we are before the excursion.

Jess and I were last to board the small blow up boat that was to take us to another island...oh about 15 minutes away. Michael and Jeff got a nice scenic view from the center of the boat. as seen below. Jess and I had no idea the the front of the boat absorbs ALL the impact from every wave! So I am putting a small clip of what happened to us on the way there. Im sure everyone will think this is no big deal, but for Jessica and I, we risked our lives getting these photos. It was the scariest thing I have ever been on. I am terrified of the ocean, and to think one wave could have thrown us out and to only be saved by some 100 year old life preserver......No Bueno.

Notice how the guys are just enjoying the view. Jeff and Michael both think to this day we were overexxagerating.... uh NO BUENO!

once we get to our destination we took this truck (if thats what you call it) up to the middle of this mountian.

From there we saddled up on Mules and rode to the top. That was interesting. Hmmmmm

Then we hiked from zipline to zipline and cruised to the waterfalls. Where we repelled through the waterfalls. It was AMAZING. It was foggy and raining so it made it extra cool. It was the BEST day ever! (no picture taking allowed exept for the guy who goes on the tour with you. So once we get our cd of pics, i will post them later)

The next day we swam with Dolphins. That was an awesome experience. That is all I can say. Awesome!

Here is where we would end our nights. Looking out right on to the beach. This was so beautiful and we had the best time. Thank you MEXICO~!~