It's A Celebration!!

                                           I found some MORE birthday pictures of Callie.

                            She was excited to have a dinner and have a celebration in her honor.

                        Of course we had lots of fun spending time with Grandma and Grandpa S.

                                Also, enjoying the company of Auntie and cousins to play with.

                                               Birthday presents, cake, fun and family.

                                                                It was a GREAT day!!!


                                                               Picture Time Fun!!

                                                             Birthday Books!  YAY!!!

Having Fun with the newest cousin Liam!!

Callie and her Birthday Cupcakes!!

It's Great to be 8!

On September 2nd our little girl was baptized!! 

She was super excited and we are so proud of her choice.

She was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Such a Happy Occasion!

Birthday Fun!

                                           

              TO catch you up:
                                             
                                                In May we celebrated this boy's birthday.
                                                    He is super excited. Can you tell??
                                                        Cayden turned 10 years old.

       
                                    Who doesn't get excited for blue frosting with fish sprinkles??
                         

He loved opening all his new gifts he received. It was fun celebrating with

  Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie's too!!

                            This year we decided to do family movie's instead of parties.

                                It was a lot of fun eating popcorn and watching a new movie.

A Teenager!!

                         In June this boy turned 13 years old!  A teenager!!  Where does the time go??

                            You are never too old to play with Transformers. This boy loves them!!
                         He is enjoying building his collection of Transformer's.  He was able to see
                          this movie for his Birthday!! Lucky Guy!!
                                 
                                 We splurged and got the comfy seats at the theater.  He enjoyed
                             every minute of it.   He's in great anticipation of the newest movie
                             "Bumble Bee" that comes out in July of 2018...  Exciting!!
                                     

Celebration in July!

This is my husband!

Martin

 He had a birthday in July he is one year older and wiser.

So grateful that he is in my life.  He works hard every day and 

loves to spend time with myself and the kids.

He is a wonderful husband, and father to our kids

Cupcakes & Cities

                                                   
                                                  In August I had a birthday!!!
       
                        This year I went to a Women's Conference.   It was really great.

                          I learned some new things and how to DE - Stress!!    I also
 
                        enjoyed a wonderful luncheon afterwards.   I spent the afternoon

                                                on a date with my husband to watch
             
                                              Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets.

                                                If you like science fiction it's a good  movie.

               

The Centerpiece at the Luncheon

The movie we watched.

Birthday Girl

                    

                         

                                     Each year as she grows it amazes me how fast she grows.

                                                My little girl turned 8 years old this year!!


                  She is fun, and kind, sweet and helpful. WHEN she wants to be unless
                  her three older brother's are bugging her or she want's to be alone.

                  She loves horses and pink and anything sweet!! Especially, CHOCOLATE!!!
                   But who doesn't ???

                   Callie wanted to see Nut Job 2 for her birthday. It was a really funny movie.
   
                                                                                                                                                                   

Date Night

Martin and I enjoyed an evening out watching Jeff Fox worthy and Larry the Cable Guy Live!!

                                       Waiting for the show to start .. Why not take a selfie!!

School Days Ahead

Bring on the new School Year!  Kids were excited for another year of school.

Yay! for 2017-2018

A new school year has begun along with new challenges and goals to reach for.  The older boys are learning better use of their time and that work does not come easy. They enjoy the different classes this year.  The younger two are enjoying elementary school and all the fun that it brings.  

Chase is now in early morning Seminary (Early Bible Study) and is learning the scriptures in more depth this year. He is working this year to having positive grades and has shown it so far through his hard work and good studying habits. 

Brandon is a teacher's aide this year and is enjoying helping out behind the scenes. He is also realizing studying isn't always easy. As long as he can put forth the effort he can accomplish anything.

Cayden is focusing on staying on task and being responsible this year. He also loves to help his little sister practice for her spelling tests and enjoys reading new books.

Callie is enjoying new friends at school she loves her teacher's and the great attitude they have for learning. She also is working hard to complete her assignments and her efforts show it.

Love, getting emails of the positive work she is doing in class.  

Hoping for a great school year this year!!

An Eclipse To Remember!

On Monday, August 21, 2017,  the total eclipse happened. We didn't drive to Idaho to see the full Totality. It was still amazing to see the eclipse from where we lived. We saw a few video's online as it passed other states. 

The kids were excited to try our shoe box viewer.

   

Neighbors and friends came outside to also witness the awesome event.  

A friend of ours was gracious to let us see the eclipse with a pair of solar glasses.

It was a really cool experience!

The kids saw tiny eclipses as they watched the shadows dance on the ground.

Fun in the Sun

Summer time seems shorter every year. Or is it the older we get time goes by quicker?  

This summer was a bit more relaxed.  Summer was spent relaxing and enjoying the time together as a family.  It was really great to see the newest cousin. As well as catching up with cousins we haven't seen for a while.

The boys enjoyed summer scout backpacking trips and a short father and son outing.   We also are enjoying the newest pet to our family a baby Leopard Gecko named Hope.  The kids were excited to end the summer with a fun work party at the swim park. They had a blast!! 

Martin also won an award for work.