Merry Christmas

Christmas 2013 was pretty great!!

The kids Christmas dresses/suit

Kelsey's

Keira's

Kaiden's

Don't they all look so good!!

Kelsey helped me make cookies while the other 2 were off playing with friends

Time for bed

Stocking hung by our fireplace

The tree

Treats for Santa and the reindeer

Looks like Santa made it!!

Getting Firewood

This spring we put in a wood burning fireplace and we are so excited about that!  Since we put it in in the spring we haven't had many chances to use it.  But we sure have been using it the last few nights and loving it even more than we thought.  Part of having a wood fireplace is cutting down trees for wood and we have had a lot of fun doing that too.

The trees right now are so beautiful

It's a lot of work but, man, we are sure grateful for all of that wood when it gets cold outside.!!

Back to School

The kids headed back to school last month and they are loving it. Here are a few pictures from the first day.

5th Grade

3rd Grade

Preschool

Surprise!!

Summer Recap

Wow it's been a crazy and great summer.  I am seriously so sad to see it go.  We made so many memories and had so much family time.  And to me that is what it is all about.  Here is our summer recap in pictures. (In no particular order)

I ran in the dirty dash and had a blast!!!

My kiddos.  I'm one proud mama!!  :)

The first of many Lake Powell pictures

The final Lake Powell picture.  We were all so sad to leave!!

I ran in my first 5K.  

Toilet papered my aunts house!!

Tami's little man (isn't he so cute!)

Visited an aquarium

Spent a week at my grandparents house.  Loved every minute of it.  But missed my hubby terribly!

Kaiden's hat he made at the fair.  Impressive!

Swimming lessons!

Visited Temple square.  My kids love when we get to do this!

Keira got baptized.

Lots of campfires!

Razer rides!!

Keira took horse riding lessons this summer. 

Fun times at Bear Lake.

Aww!!

Memorial Weekend

Lava Hot Springs pools

 Wow, what an amazing summer.  Now we are getting geared up for fall/winter.  More pics coming soon.