LUCKY

Dale's 60th

2012-02-13T15:26:00.000-08:00

Luke's dad turned 60 on Jan. 10th, so we had a Surprise Party for him on the 8th of Jan. Luke's family came over to our house for dinner and Dale's favorite cake Red Velvet. Happy Birthday Dale!!!

B-Ball Player

2012-02-11T16:37:00.000-08:00

Alex played basketball for the first time this year. He played on a Jr. Jazz team Dec. 3rd- Feb. 4th. The games were only on Saturdays. Alex is tall for his age so he made a perfect center for the team. He was always one of the first ones to rebound the ball. He did really good for his first time playing and he loved every minute of it! I think this is gonna be another sport that he's gonna add to his list to play every year!!

New Years 2012

2012-01-20T09:22:00.000-08:00

Luke & Alex spent the whole day & into the New Year in Farmington for a New Years Roping. So Brinley, Chesnie & I went over to Elise's house for a party. We had all kinds of junk. There was popcorn, cotton candy, cookies, candy, you name it we had it. The kids had a blast! We only stayed til 10:30 pm though cause Chesnie couldn't last any longer. She's normally in bed by 8:00, so 10:30 was pushing it for her. I always love New Years. I'm looking forward to see what 2012 has in store for us!!
I made Cotton Candy the whole night! Chesnie hates taking pictures!!!
Brinley & I
Mom & Dad

Bate Family
After we left Elise's we went home & I put Chesnie to bed. My neighbor Sonia next door had a big party at her house and invited all the neighbors. She was having a balloon drop a midnight. Julie was watching Cambrie & Shaelie, so we walked the girls over (minus Chesnie) at 12 to watch the balloons fall. We were there for about 10 minutes & went home. It was a fun way the ring in the new year!!!

X-MAS 2011

2012-01-06T09:44:00.000-08:00

Santa came!!! (12-25-11)
Every Steelers Fan needs a "Terrible Towel"
Santa never forgets Peaches!!

Twas the Night Before

2012-01-03T13:20:00.000-08:00

Just like every year Christmas Eve was spent at my parents house. We had dinner (Mexican Food of course) and a white elephant gift exchange. I love Christmas Eve! Everyone is crazy & excited waiting for Santa!!! (12-24-11)
22 weeks Chesnie, Brinley & Gracee
Kit, Luke & Dustin

ELF HUNT

2011-12-30T13:30:00.000-08:00

Dec. 19, 2011 Chesnie & I went with my sisters & their kids on a Elf Hunt at Gardner Village.

Hansen X-Mas Party

2011-12-27T10:04:00.000-08:00

Dec. 16, 2011 Luke's Mom & Dad had a Christmas Party. They don't throw a lot of parties, so it was nice to celebrate with his family. We had dinner, the kids played Christmas songs on the keyboard & Santa came. We also had some of the kids dress up & I read "The Christmas Baby". Everyone had a lot of fun. Hopefully we do it every year!!!

Alex put on a BIG YoYo Show

Shaelie & Chesnie

X-Mas Dance Recital

2011-12-24T10:26:00.000-08:00

Illuzion Christmas Dance Recital (12-14-11)

Emree's Baptism

2011-12-23T09:12:00.000-08:00

Dec. 10, 2011 my niece Emree was baptized. I'm so proud of Emree & her choices that she has made. She's such a sweet girl. Love Ya Em!!!

Brinley's B-Day Dinner

2011-12-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

The night of Brinley's Birthday we took her out to Wingers for dinner. We let her bring her good friend Graycee. Brinley had a great birthday this year, it was spread out through the whole week. Happy 7th Birthday Brinley!!!

(11-25-11)

Brinley's 7

2011-12-03T15:14:00.000-08:00

Beautiful Brinley on her 7th Birthday!!!

(11-25-11)

Gobble Gobble

2011-12-02T13:55:00.000-08:00

For Thanksgiving this year we had dinner at my parents house. It was a special one cause my Uncle Bob got to come from Arizona to spend Thanksgiving with us. He's never been to Utah since we all move up here & I haven't seen him since my Grandma died 4 years ago. It was really good to see him. We ate all the delicious food then sang Happy Birthday to Brinley & Heaton. It was a really great Thanksgiving!!! Lindsay & Dustin Uncle Bob, Mom & Dad
Sydnee, Elise & Ainzlee
Singing Happy Birthday
Gina, Elise, Mom, Natalie, Me & Lindsay
(11-24-11)

Brinley's P.J. Party

2011-11-30T14:16:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Brinley's 7th Birthday on Nov. 18, 2011. We did a Pajama Party with Pizza, Popcorn, Cotton Candy & Cupcakes. All the girls got all sugared up & had a Blast!!!

The Pajama Gang

Happy B-Day Dust & Em

2011-11-27T16:08:00.000-08:00

Dustin & Emree's birthdays are a day apart so we celebrate them together. Dustin's b-day is the 12th & Emree's is the 13th. On Nov. 13, 2011 we went to Elise's house for dinner to celebrate. Dustin turned 24 & Emree turned 9. Happy Birthday 2 you 2!!!
Cousins

Soccer Girl

2011-11-25T15:04:00.000-08:00

This year Brinley played Indoor Soccer. She wanted to played so bad for some reason, so we let her try it out & she actually did pretty good. It was in the Rec Center & they only had 5 games. The games were played on Saturdays, Oct.22nd- Nov. 19th. It was good practice for her & fun to try something new.

HALLOWEEN 2011

2011-11-23T13:20:00.000-08:00

Alex as Pancho Villa

Brinley called herself an Indian Princess. Of course it couldn't be just an Indian!

Chesnie the cute little Ladybug
I was an Eskimo

Gina's boys - The Smurfs

Happy Birthday MoM

2011-11-22T09:12:00.000-08:00

For my Mom's birthday we took her out to lunch at Olive Garden. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Pumpkin Patch

2011-11-21T09:57:00.000-08:00

Oct. 24, 2011 we took a little trip to the pumpkin patch. We went with Natalie & her boys & Elise & Gracee. The kids always love going. It's a tradition in the month of October!!
Pumpkins
My Cute little Pumpkin Chesnie
The Kids

Mom's B-Day Dinner

2011-11-17T09:11:00.000-08:00

Oct. 23, 2011 I invited my Mom & Dad over for dinner to celebrate my Mom's birthday. We had just them over & Luke's parents came too. It was really nice to have a quiet dinner with just them.
I made chocolate pie instant of cake. This year my Mom turned 26!!!

Alex's B-Day Dinner

2011-11-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

We took Alex to Red Robin for dinner on his birthday. He got a really good free dessert for his birthday!! You can see on his face how good it was!!!

(Brinley, Alex & Chesnie) I love this picture!!!

Alex's 11th Birthday

2011-11-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

Alex turned 11 on Oct. 18th, but we celebrated on the 15th. We had our family over for dinner & cake. Michele & her family were in town so they got to come over too.
Alex's balloon with money in it from Gina & her family
Luke got him exploding targets to shoot
Alex worked for months earning money for this gift. He also asked for money from everyone for his birthday. He ended up with $210, so he paid for just about all of it.

Amanda & Michele Amanda played Happy Birthday for Alex on her Saxophone

Alex is almost as tall as me! I always have said he'd be taller then me by the time he's 12 & I think it's really gonna happen!!! Happy 11th Birthday Alex!! We love you!!

Derby Time

2011-11-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

Oct. 4th was our scouts Pine Wood Derby. Of course Luke waited til the last minute to help Alex with his car, so about an hour before it stated they were trying to finish the car. Luke accidentally drilled right through it, so Alex ended up having to use his car from last year. Luckily it was still in good shape. I added a few more paint touches to give it a little more character. Alex did okay, he took 5th place & won "Best Detail". He had fun though and maybe next year they'll get started a little earlier on his car!

Peaches Birthday

2011-11-08T09:50:00.000-08:00

Every year of course we celebrate Peaches Birthday. She turned 4 on Oct. 4th. She got 4 hot dogs this year, lucky dog! We sang to her & blew out the candles. She even got gifts this year! We gave her a chew toy & a bone. Birthdays don't get forgotten at our house, even Peaches!!
(The picture went blurry) Alex had to hold Peaches back from attacking her hot dogs while we sang to her. Happy 4th Birthday Peach!!!!

Luke's 34th Party

2011-11-04T14:30:00.000-07:00

Luke turned 34 on Sept. 23rd, but we celebrated on the 25th. We had our family over for dinner & cake. Luke really doesn't like when I have big parties for him, but I think he's worth celebrating so I always throw him a party! Happy Birthday Luke!! I love you!!!
Happy Birthday 2 U!!!

Quick Visit

2011-11-03T10:15:00.000-07:00

Aug. 25th Cedar, Heath & Callie came for a quick visit. They came for Cedar's half-sisters wedding. Her ceremony was at the Salt Lake Temple at 9:00 a.m. They needed somebody to keep Callie while they were in the ceremony, so Chesnie & I went down to the temple to watch her. Callie is such a sweet baby, so it made it really easy to watch her. I had never been around her, so I was surprised that she didn't have a problem being with me. Then after the temple we went out to lunch at Olive Garden with a couple of Cedar's sisters & their husbands. Later Luke & I went with Cedar & Heath to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was really fun spending the day with Cedar. I just wish it could've been a little longer!

SCHOOL 2011

2011-11-02T16:24:00.000-07:00

Alex started 5th grade on Aug.15th. He has 2 teachers this year- Mrs. Richards/Keller
Brinley started 1st grade on Aug.16th. Her teacher is Mrs. Smith

Mrs. Smith

Chesnie Quits

2011-11-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

August 10, 2011 Chesnie started dance. She loves to dance at home, so we though she'd love dance class. Let's just say she proved us wrong. I thought too because her Aunt Stephanie is the owner of the studio & her teacher that she'd be just fine, but no. I had to stand there with her and do all the dances and everything. Chesnie is so attached to me, so she has a really hard time when I leave her side. We called it quits after 2 classes. Better Luck next year I guess, maybe!!
It was a JOKE trying to get a cute picture of her in her little ballet outfit. I laugh every time I look at these pictures. She's still so dang cute though!!
She was running from me!

I was able to get a cute picture of Alex & Brinley!

Summer Rodeo #3

2011-10-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

Bluffdale Rodeo was the 3rd & last rodeo Luke roped in this summer. My parents & Nicole's family came to watch too. Same as Herriman Rodeo, J.D caught, but Luke missed. Luke was not very happy with him self!! It's always fun to go watch, especially when family is there to support & keep me company!
Brinley, Mckenna & Emree

Dad, Mom, Nicole & Hugo

7/26/11

33

2011-10-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

For my birthday this year we went to Texas Roadhouse. My parents & Nicole's family joined us. I got to sit on the good old Texas Roadhouse Birthday saddle!!

7/25/11

My 33rd Party

2011-10-24T15:28:00.000-07:00

This year Luke planned a surprise party for me. The surprise was spoiled before everyone came over, but it was still a surprise to me that Luke put the whole party together by him self. My whole family came and I got lucky cause Nicole & her family were in town so they got to come too! Everyone brought something to eat and my Mom made my cake. It was great party & a nice surprise!!
Me & My Girls
Mckenna, Emree, Sydnee & Ainzlee
Chesnie
Broox

Mom, Gina, Nicole, Elise, Me & Natalie

(7-24-11)

Summer Rodeo #2

2011-10-07T10:11:00.000-07:00

Herriman Rodeo was the 2nd Rodeo Luke roped in this summer. We got a very big surprise the day before from Luke's Uncle Jim. He lives in Montana and it has been a few years since we've seen him. He was able to join us to watch Luke rope. Luke roped with J.D Evans again and he was not very happy with the way things turned out. J.D roped the steer, but Luke missed. Oh well better luck next rodeo!!!
Chesnie is just like her Mom, she LOVES Cotton Candy. She ate it up pretty fast & got it everywhere!!!
(7-15-11)

Happy Birthday Ainzlee

2011-10-06T09:41:00.000-07:00

Elise's daughter Ainzlee turned 10 on July 13th. Elise had a little party for her at her house on her birthday.
Happy Birthday 2 Ainzlee

Mandi's Visit

2011-09-28T12:22:00.000-07:00

One of my very best friends Mandi came from Arizona for a much needed visit July 10th-15th. It had been 3 1/2 years since we had seen each other. We had so much fun just hanging out doing whatever. We went to Temple Square on the 13th & Seven Peaks Water park on the 14th. Other then that we just laid around alot, laughed alot & just enjoyed each others company.
Salt Lake Temple
Oquirrh Mountain Temple
Before I took Mandi to the airport we went & ate at Salsa Leedos.

KENNY

2011-09-13T15:07:00.000-07:00

I never miss a Kenny Chesney concert and this year I was not gonna miss it. Kenny took a break for a year, so 2010 he didn't tour. I was so excited to see him again . I love his concerts and of course him. The tour was called "Goin' Coastal" and he brought along with him, Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker. Gina came along with me and we had a BLAST!! Kenny's concerts are always a GREAT time!!!

Uncle Kracker

Billy Currington

I love this picture. Kenny on the big screen!!
See Ya next tour Kenny!!!
(6-9-11)

Ropin the Draper Rodeo

2011-09-10T13:47:00.000-07:00

Luke roped in a few different rodeos this summer. Draper Rodeo was the first one. In all the rodeos Luke was in this summer he roped with his friends son J.D. Evans. They both did good & took 3rd place.
Waiting their turn
(6-8-11)

JULY 4th

2011-09-09T10:50:00.000-07:00

This 4th of July we celebrated at Natalie & Kit's house. We had a B-B-Q & Kit bought some fireworks & put on his own show in their front yard. I love the 4th of July.
Chesnie
Brinley & Chesnie
Watching Fireworks

Happy 4th of July

CHAMPS

2011-09-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

June 30th was Alex's team pizza party. They were the Champions of their division so they got to celebrate & get their trophies! Good Job Boys!!!

School Dance Program

2011-09-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

Every year at the end of the year Herriman Elementary has a dance program called "Dancing through the Decades" Each grade has a decade and does a dance from that decade. Alex's class was the 40's & they danced to "Cotton Eye Joe." Brinley's class was the 30's & they did the "Hokey Pokey." Before the program started a 4 year old little boy was with his family walking across the street to the school and he got ran over by a car. Life flight came a landed right in the field where the program was going to be. The little boy ended up being okay. It was just a really scary start to the whole thing.
Brinley
Ms. Holliday's Kindergarten Class
Alex

Ms. Dawson's 4th grade Class
Alex doing the "Cotton Eye Joe"
My niece Emeree doing the "Achy Breaky Heart"
I thought this was really cute. Alex got Best Animal Knowledge in his class. I don't think I've ever heard of that one.

Alex & his teacher Ms. Dawson

Brin's Kindergarten Program

2011-09-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

June 28th was Herriman Elementary's Kindergarten Program. There was 3 different classes in the program. They sang a few songs and then did the awards program. Now it's time to move on to 1st grade!!
Brinley getting her High Flying Hawk medal
Ms. Holliday's class

Tournament 2011

2011-09-02T09:19:00.000-07:00

This year Alex's team played in a tournament on June 22th-24th. They played 4 times during the tournament and won 2 out of 4. Alex pitched through most of it & did awesome. The whole team played some hard. A couple of the games were pretty intense. The Saturday game was the most intense one. It was against a Bingham team and they were a really good team. They had beat us before so our team was really wanting to win. At one point Luke went out to warm up Alex before the inning and one of the coaches from the other team came up to Luke asking him what the score was. Luke had been keeping score for our team so he told him what score he had and the coach said Luke had it wrong. They went back and forth about the score for a few minutes, then the other coach chest bumped Luke and then Luke pushed him off of him. I could tell Luke was gonna hit him, but held back. They got it resolved and Luke & the other coach had to sit outside of the fench. I felt really bad for Alex cause he was on the mound just watching the whole thing and the other little boys watched from the dugout. Luke talked to the boys afterwards and apologized to everyone. He felt really bad. They ended up losing the game, but they played so good. They still ended up being the Champions for there division! Good Job Herriman!!!
Chesnie & Alex
#1 Pitcher
Listening to his Coach

Alex & his buddy Keegan

Baseball + Lip = Ouch

2011-09-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

Alex & Luke love to go to the baseball fields and hit balls. On June 22th they went to play for a little while and ended up coming home sooner then I expected. Luke walked in saying "Alex got hit in the face with a ball and they're is blood all over him". I hear Alex crying in the bathroom. I walked in and he's sitting on the floor with blood all over his face. We thought it was his nose, but it was his lip. I guess what happened was Luke hit a pop fly and Alex went to catch it and the sun was blinding him, so he missed and it hit him right in the face. It was pretty swelled up for a while, but luckily nothing was broke. Luke felt really bad, but as much as Alex plays it was bound to happen sometime.

COUSINS

2011-08-31T08:35:00.000-07:00

While my sister Michele & her family were here visiting for her cousins wedding, her son Zach stayed a couple of nights at our house. Alex & Zach are close in age & get along really good. They had alot fun getting to know each other better. With Zach living in Arizona we don't get to see him enough. He's such a good kid. I'm glad we got to spend time with him!!
(Chesnie & Brinley) They just had to have their picture taken too!! So CUTE!!!
(6-18-11)

Chesnie's Tangled Party

2011-08-30T12:53:00.000-07:00

Chesnie loves the movie Tangled, so it was pretty easy deciding what theme I was gonna do for her party. We celebrated it on Friday June 17th in our backyard. It was really fun doing the decorations. I made pretty much everything. I made the banner, the lanterns & I even made her cake. I thought it turned out pretty cute & of course Chesnie loved it!
The Lanterns for the Princesses Birthday
"Rapunzel let down your hair"
The cake I made

Happy Birthday to Chesnie
The Birthday Princess & yes she still has her Binky
Our Goats joined the party too & they were a pretty big hit
When Luke's around there's always gotta be a wrestling match
It was another Successful/Fun party!! Happy 3rd Birthday Chesnie!!!

Chesnie's 3

2011-08-26T15:57:00.000-07:00

June 16th was Chesnie's 3rd Birthday! She woke up in the morning to Birthday Pancakes with 3 candles on top. The kids had school that day, so we didn't have plans until they got home & Luke got home from work. Later we took her out for dinner. We let her pick where she wanted to go & she picked McDonalds! I can't believe we celebrated her 3rd Birthday! It's so sad how fast it went!!!
I was trying to get her to take a good 3 year old picture and she was not cooperating. She still so cute though!!!
Chesnie is such a sweet, energetic girl. She brings so much joy & humor to our home. I can't imagine life without her! Happy 3rd Birthday Baby!!!

RESTLESS HEART

2011-08-23T07:57:00.000-07:00

Herriman Days was on June 11th this year. They usually always have some kind of group come and perform the night of Herriman Days right before the Fireworks show. This year we got lucky and it was Restless Heart that came. Elise got 6 free tickets through her work, so a few of us girls went. I Love Restless Heart! They're an old group, but I loved it cause I knew all their songs. We had a BLAST!!

Elise & Sydnee
Melinda & Me
Gina, Melinda, Me, Elise & Sydnee

Elder Bushman

2011-08-22T14:56:00.000-07:00

My sister Michele's son Matthew was called to serve his mission to Indianapolis, Indiana. He left on June 8th to go into the MTC. My Mom & Dad picked him up at the airport and before they took him to the MTC we met at Salsa Leedos for lunch. Natalie went with her kids & Elise was at work, so she got to be there somewhat too! I'm really excited for Matthew. He looked good & was so ready to go. He's gonna make a really good missionary!!

PIGTAILS

2011-08-19T08:12:00.000-07:00

I'm so EXCITED! Chesnie's hair is finally long enough to put in pigtails! I LOVE it!!!

(5-29-11)

Horsin Around

2011-08-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

Luke's love for horses has definitely rubbed off on our kids! They all love to go out and just hang out with their Dad & the animals!
Chesnie
Brinley
Luke

Peaches
Alex & Chesnie playing in the creek in our back yard.
(5-25-11)

Illuzion Dance Recital 2011

2011-08-16T08:24:00.000-07:00

May 24th was Illuzion's Dance recital at Riverton High School. Brinley did dance & cheer this year, so she got to perform twice. Like always she did really good & loved every minute of it!!!

PROJECTS

2011-08-08T11:56:00.000-07:00

One of Alex's projects for 4th grade was to do a float on a county in Utah. His was Morgan County. At first I had no idea how we were gonna do it. I had to brainstorm a little and I came up with how I was gonna put it together. Of course I did the majority of the work, Alex helped a little. I thought it turned out pretty cute! (5-13-11)
Brinley had to make an Unusual Pet. It could be what ever she wanted and we had to use stuff around the house. We made a Sock Unicorn and I think her project turned out pretty cute too!!

(5-19-11)

Happy Mother's/Birthday

2011-08-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

On May 8th my family gathered at our house to celebrate Mother's Day & my Dad's Birthday. His birthday was the day after Mother's Day this year.
Happy 71st Dad

Us Moms

Nikki's Visit

2011-08-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

Back in Dec. 2010 Nikki's sister Stephanie moved to Eagle Mountain from AZ. On May 6th Nikki & her Mom Kayola came to visit for Stephanie's sons baptism. I was so excited to see them. It had been 3 1/2 years since I had seen Nikki and I don't even know how long it had been since I'd seen Nikki's family. It was so fun to see them and just sit and talk about everything. Their is seriously nothing better then old friends!!

Nikki & I Kayola (she's hilarious)

Painted Peach

2011-08-02T10:19:00.000-07:00

I tried painting Peaches nails one day and she would not let me. Chesnie watched me try, so one day she tried it herself. I had no idea she even had the nail polish, let alone trying to paint Peaches nails. I noticed nail polish all over one side of Peaches body, so I looked a little closer and saw one of her nails was painted. I asked Chesnie what she did and she said she was tying to paint Peaches nails. Peaches wouldn't let her do her nails so she decided to just paint her body. It was pretty funny, but I really do need to remember that everything I do I have little eyes watching me all the time!!
She almost got it on her nail
Painted Body
She was pretty Proud of herself

Brinley, Peaches & Chesnie

(5-4-11)

Easter Time 2011

2011-08-01T15:54:00.000-07:00

My Mom made this Cute Bunny Cake
My talented Mom made these Cute dresses too

My Cute Kids

New Additions

2011-08-01T14:48:00.000-07:00

Lillian (Lilly)
William (Willy)

Luke decided one to get goats. He brought home Lilly first and later decided she needed a sibling. Then Willy joined our family. They're the easiest pets ever and the kids LOVE them!! (4-15-11)

Cambrie's Birthday

2011-07-04T14:33:00.000-07:00

On April 9th we went to Discovery Gateway for Cambrie's 6th Birthday.
Hallie & Brinley playing cashiers at the SuperMarket
Chesnie & Shaelie

Chesnie, Keegan & Alex

Stinker on the Loose

2011-06-27T16:06:00.000-07:00

On April 3rd we woke up to Brinley telling us to come in and look at what Chesnie did in her room. Chesnie took a green marker to Brinley's carpet and it wasn't in just one spot it was on almost every corner of the room. Chesnie is my one child that can't be left alone. She always finds something to get into. Little Stinker!!!

KING GEORGE

2011-06-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

April 2nd George Strait & Reba were in town. Christina & I went and had a BLAST. George Strait is not the best entertainer, but I love all of his songs & him. He's been around for so long, he's a Country Legend!!
Ace in the Hole Band

Gotta Love that Wrangler Butt

Happy 35th Elise

2011-06-26T14:56:00.000-07:00

March 8th Elise turned 35. Our family all met at Chilis for her Birthday Dinner. Happy Birthday Elise!!! Elise & Ian
Chesnie Johnny, Dustin & Lindsay

Mom, Dad, Drake, Emree & Alex

Big Girl Bed FINALLY

2011-06-26T14:31:00.000-07:00

Luke finally finished Alex's room, so Chesnie was finally able to move out of our room. It was a long time coming and Chesnie was just as excited as I was. I love her to death, but it was time to get her crib out of our room. I found her this cute bed set on ksl. It was a really good deal. It was $225 for the bed & the dresser. We moved her crib into Alex's old room the end of Feb. & we got the bed set on March 6th. Chesnie was so excited she was helping Luke push her crib out of our room into hers. She thanked us over & over. She LOVES having her own room!!!

Dog Gone Cold

2011-04-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

We finally got Alex moved down to his new room in the basement the middle of February. It's kinda cold in his room especially at night and I noticed for the first few nights when I would go down to check on him before I went to bed his stuffed animal dog was laying on the floor with a pillow and a blanket covering him. I thought at first it was on accident, but after a few times of seeing him like that I took a picture cause I thought it was cute. I finally asked Alex about it and with him being the tender hearted boy he is he said, of course I did that on purpose, it's cold in my room at night and I felt bad for my dog, so I always make sure he's covered before I go to bed. I thought it was pretty Sweet, he's gonna make a good Dad some day!!!

(2/24/11)

Making Chocolate Milk

2011-03-21T15:31:00.000-07:00

One morning while I was in the shower, Chesnie decided to make herself a cup of chocolate milk. I walked out into the living room and found chocolate milk mix all over my rug & the coffee table. She even got herself a cup & spoon. I was mad, but it was kinda cute & funny so I had to get a picture of it!

(2/16/11) She even made her cute little foot print in the chocolate
She was so PROUD of herself!!!

And it happened again!! Yes, she did it again. I was down stairs putting some laundry in the washer. At least this time it was on the tile in the kitchen. Brinley decided to get involved and had a great time. They got the little trucks out and played in like it was sand. It was not funny at all!! The thing that made me even more mad was that I had just bought the mix the night before. I was replacing the other mix she dumped. She dumped the whole thing too! The 1st it was kinda funny, but the 2nd not so much!!! We now keep the chocolate milk mix up high in the pantry.

(2/22/11)

Potty Training 101

2011-03-18T10:52:00.000-07:00

Chesnie is at the fun age of good old Potty Training. I Hate Potty Training!! We bought her a little potty seat that goes on the toilet, but she just thinks it's fun to go sit on the toilet and read. It's really cute, but I wish she would take it serious and be done with diapers. I know she'll get it, but I hate the whole process! I'm also really sad that my baby is growing up!!
(2/7/11)

We're still Fans

2011-03-14T13:31:00.000-07:00

Feb. 6th was the Super Bowl & we LOVE the Super Bowl at our house. Since the Steelers made it this year I made sure and had party. I made B-B-Q pork sandwichs and cupcakes with the Steelers colors. My parents, Luke's parents & the White family came over to watch the big game with us. It was alot of fun other than the game didn't turn out the way we all wanted it to. The Steelers lost and Luke was not happy, but he got over it after going outside for a little bit and roping off some steam. I just said Better Luck next year and we're still HUGE fans!!!

Steelers Cupcakes Luke was not Happy
Brinley & Avery-BFF's

Dale, Julie, Mom & Dad
White Family
Alex says Poo on the Packers

The beginning of the game Luke wrote Fudge above the Packers on the balloon, then in the middle of the game he was so mad he took a fork to it and tore it apart!! Good thing it was just a balloon!

Happy 13th SiS

2011-03-11T14:27:00.000-08:00

Feb. 11th is Sydnee's actual B-Day, but we celebrated it on Feb. 5th. Elise had her party at Salsa Leedos. We just ate dinner than sang Happy Birthday. I can't believe she's 13. Sydnee was only 6 weeks old when Luke & I met, so every time she has a B-Day it reminds me of when we first started dating. 13 years, CRAZY!!!

Sydnee & Kamree Happy Birthday 2 U
Cute Girls

Crazy Boyz

Circus Time

2011-03-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

On Feb. 2nd we went as a family to the Circus. It was just a small circus at the South Jordan Equestrian Center. Our kids were so excited to be there. Chesnie was really excited for the Cotton Candy. It was pretty good entertainment, other then about an hour into it was a long intermission. We left during the intermission cause it was taking forever and it was getting late. We enjoyed it though. We always love a Circus!!

Tigers

Results of a Concussion

2011-03-04T13:55:00.000-08:00

On Jan. 16th my poor little Chesnie got a concussion. It was a Sunday morning, Luke & I were sitting up stairs and the kids were all playing down in the basement. All the sudden Chesnie started crying really hard and Luke right away said "that's a hurt cry". Alex came up the stairs holding Chesnie saying she hit her head. Alex said she was trying to get up onto the stool and it tipped over and she fell back and it came right down unto her. The wood seat part hit her right in between the eyes. Right away there was a HUGE Blue goose egg. She would not even open her eyes, she was responding to us by wouldn't open her eyes. Then she fell asleep in my lap after about a half hour. I tried everything to keep her up, but she just couldn't stay awake. It was about an hour that she slept, then as soon as she woke up she threw up. The rest of the day she just laid around. Around 7 p.m. she finally got up and was moving around. We felt so bad for her, but she was okay. Poor baby had some bad bruises from it!

These pictures were taken a few days after it happened (1-21-11)

CHRISTMAS 2010

2011-03-02T16:57:00.000-08:00

Santa came!!!

Santa even came to Peaches!
Brinley got an IPod, she's wanted one forever!

Santa was really Good to us this year!!

X-MAS EVE

2011-03-02T16:33:00.000-08:00

Every year we all go over to my parents for X-Mas Eve. We always have dinner & a white elephant gift exchange. The kids all got cute stuff animals from Grandma & Papa. I love Christmas Eve, I love it even more than Christmas Day. It's so fun being with everybody and feeling the excitement of Christmas!!

Our Wonderful/Crazy Gifts

Train Tradition

2011-02-23T08:06:00.000-08:00

Last year my dad made candy trains for the first time. The kids had so much fun making them with Papa so we decided from now on every year right before Christmas that we would get together at my parents house and make candy trains. On Dec. 23rd went to my parents, the kids made their trains, we ate dinner, then the kids had a gift exchange. I think this is gonna be a fun tradition.

The Candy Alex eating the frosting
Papa & Sydnee

Their Gifts

Us MoM's

X-Mas Sunday Dresses

2011-02-01T16:19:00.000-08:00

My Mom made my girls & Elise's girls Christmas dresses this year. The Sunday before x-mas(12/19) they all wore their CUTE dresses to church together. Us & Elise's family went to my parents ward cause they were having a Christmas program and my parents were singing with the choir. My Girls & I loved their dresses and we loved that they were made by Grandma!!!

Chesnie
Brinley

The Gang

Super Chesnie

2011-01-19T14:35:00.000-08:00

Chesnie is fearless & hilarious. Luke always throws her onto the pillows on our bed. So I decided one day to try to catch her flying through the air and the pictures turned out pretty funny!!

Every time she landed, she'd look at me to see if I got the picture.

This was so FUNNY!! It was Chesnie's idea to fly with her Unicorn. It looks like she's flying through the air on her Magical Unicorn!!

(12-18-10)

4th grade program

2011-01-17T14:26:00.000-08:00

Dec. 16th Alex was in a program for just the 4th grade. With it being a week before Christmas I thought it would be all about x-mas, but it wasn't. They did a swing dance and sang about Utah. The only thing they did for x-mas was they played a couple of songs on the recorders. It was a little weird to me, but what ever. Alex was the only one in the 4th grade to do the dance twice cause they were short one boy in the other class so Alex was sweet enough to offer to dance twice. I'm so proud of Alex, he's such a sweet kid. He's always thinking of others and makes sure no one is ever left out!

Just a Swingin

X-Mas Dance/Cheer Recital

2011-01-13T14:25:00.000-08:00

This year Brinley is doing Dance & Cheer. So she had 2 recitals that she had to perform at. On Dec. 13th was Dance, then the 14th was Cheer. She's always so excited for her recital in December because after they perform they get to see Santa. This year she got to tell him what she wanted for X-Mas twice!!

Dance-12/13/10
Cheer- 12/14/10

Hand stand
Back bend

Peach Pillow Pet

2011-01-06T13:38:00.000-08:00

Peaches loves sleeping with the kids. Why buy a "Pillow Pet" when you have a Pet!!
12/6/10

Deakin's Blessing

2010-12-23T14:36:00.000-08:00

Katie & her little family were in town from South Dakota for Thanksgiving, so on Nov. 28th Ian blessed Deakin. They did it a Luke's parents house. Luke's family & Ian's family were all there. It was the first time for alot of us to see Deakin in person. It was a really sweet blessing and it was really nice seeing Katie.
Deakin could be Luke's boy
So SWEET
The MEN- Wade, Ian, Luke, Dale & Jake
The Ladies- Kim, Melanie & Katie
Me, Steph, Julie, Melanie, Catie- Kim & Katie in the front

Brinley, Shaelie & Cambrie
Ryan, Alex, Brackin & Keegan
Cousins

Crazy Cousins

Thanksgiving / Birthday

2010-12-23T14:16:00.000-08:00

We usually have Thanksgiving Dinner at my parents house, but this year we had it at our house. Brinley's actual Birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year. After all the yummy food I put candles in a chocolate pie and we sang Happy B-Day to Brinley!
Officially 6
Mom & Dad

Brin & Gracee
Payton & Josh
Gina & Heaton

The Summerhazieo(Summerhays/Valdiviezo) Family

Fancy Party

2010-12-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

On Nov. 20th we celebrated Brinley's 6th Birthday. We celebrated "Fancy Nancy Style". I asked all the little girls to come in there most exquisite ensemble. We had sandwich, chips & pickles. I had them paint there own wands, decorate cupcakes & make ice cream sundaes. All the girls were so CUTE and they seemed to have alot of FUN!!
Birthday Girl
Dancing Queen Painting Wands
Happy Birthday 2 U
Silly Ice Cream Face
You can't be Fancy without Makeup CUTE Graycee

DIVAS

1 BIG Celebration

2010-12-16T08:52:00.000-08:00

On Nov. 14th we had a big party at my parents house. Nov. 12th is Dustin's B-Day (turned 23), the 13th is Emree's B-Day (turned 8) & the 14th is Me & Luke's anniversary (12 years). There's alot of people in our family so we always have alot of reasons to celebrate!!!

Dustin & Emree

Such a Peach

2010-12-16T08:45:00.000-08:00

I treat Peaches just like one of the kids. If she's looking cute then I take a picture of her!

11/14/10

Deer Friends

2010-12-09T08:47:00.000-08:00

We always have deer that roam our neighborhood & our yard. They're around so much that they're not scared of us and we're so use to them that they've become more like the dogs in the neighborhood. On Nov. 13th I looked out our back window and saw these guys just hanging, taking a break in our grass and I think the our guy by the swing set was waiting to play with the kids. We love having them around and my kids love watching them. They've become our pretty good friends!!

Tanner's Baptism

2010-12-08T14:05:00.000-08:00

On Nov. 6th my nephew Tanner (my sister Gina's son) was baptized. My Dad baptized him & Dustin confirmed him. I'm so proud of Tanner for making the choice to be baptized and become a member of the church!!

Papa & Tanner Tanner & Dustin
Gina & Tanner

6 of Gina's Boys (Johnny is missing)

50's Halloween

2010-12-07T16:11:00.000-08:00

For Halloween this year we were a 50's family. My Mom made all of our Poodle skirts and they turned out so CUTE! Alex was a T- Bird. I wrote T-Birds on his jacket and I have to admit it turned out pretty good. It was kinda cold so we didn't Trick-or-Treat for to long. After we trick-or-treated we went to my parents, then we went to Luke's parents to show them our costumes. It was a laid back night and alot of FUN!!

Halloween Party

2010-12-07T15:35:00.000-08:00

This year our friends George & Melinda had a Halloween Party. They had it on Oct. 29th in the Clubhouse in their neighborhood. Melinda did a really good job on everything. We all had so much FUN!!!

Melinda & Cooper
?, Avery & Brinley
Alex doing the Limbo

Happy Halloween!!!

MAKE-UP ARTIST

2010-12-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

Chesnie is in LOVE with Make-Up. I've caught her so many times climbing on our bathroom counter to get to my make-up bag. She's definitely a GIRL!!! On Oct. 27th I found her sitting in front of the mirror in our bathroom with the make-up bag putting on mascara. It's pretty cute, but I worry that one day she's gonna stab her eye with the mascara brush. Maybe it just means when she grows up she's gonna be a Make-Up Artist!!

She's so PROUD of herself!!!

Happy B-Day MoM

2010-12-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

On Oct. 24th it was my Mom's 61st Birthday. My Mom was so tired from doing Dustin's wedding so she didn't want to have a big party. Nicole & her family were planning to go back to AZ that day, so we went over to my Mom's in the afternoon to say bye to Nicole and say Happy B-Day to my mom. On our way over we picked up a cake so we could have a small celebration!!

We LOVE Grandma!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

Dustin & Lindsay's Wedding

2010-11-30T16:53:00.000-08:00

October 22, 2010 my oldest nephew got married in the Salt Lake Temple. He married a girl named Lindsay and she'd couldn't be more perfect for Dustin and our family. We love her to death and we're so proud & excited for the both of them. On Oct. 23rd they had they're reception. Everything turned out so beautiful. My Mom did pretty much everything and she did an awesome job like always. I'm so HAPPY for Dust & Lindsay and I hope they have the BEST life together. Sorry the post is so long, but I love all the pictures!

CABELAS B-DAY

2010-11-22T15:21:00.000-08:00

On Alex's actual birthday (10-18) his request was to go to Cabelas. Just our little family went and ate dinner there and just looked around. Alex has been wanting a gun for a while and of course Luke was excitied cause he loves guns too. Luke found a gun that was a pretty good deal, so Alex got a 22 rifle for his birthday! He was really excited!! Happy 10th Birthday Alex!!!!

Chesnie & Daddy
What's Up Dudes

Alex & his 22

Alex's 10th Party

2010-11-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

Oct. 17th we celebrated Alex's 10th Birthday. We had a dinner with just our families. We had B-B-Q Pork Sandwiches & Cake. I made & decorated Alex cake. I was pretty proud of myself, it turned out pretty good. At least I thought it did. I can't believe Alex is 10. Time Flies!!

Happy Birthday to Alex
Wade & Catie

Stephanie & Jake
Elise, Mom, Natalie & Krew
Keegan & Alex

CUTE COUSINS-Hallie, Cambrie & Brinley
Natalie & Kit
Mom, Lindsay & Emree
Grandma, Papa & Alex

Me & My Kids

Pine Wood Derby

2010-11-03T10:59:00.000-07:00

Oct. 7th Alex went to his first Pine Wood Derby. Luke helped him make a truck. They put it together in 2 days and it turned out pretty cool. Alex won 2nd place in his group and he got a Certificate for "Best use of Imagination". He had a Blast!! Him & Luke left planning what kind of car there gonna do next year.

2nd Place Winner

Happy B-Day Peaches

2010-11-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Peaches is a really BIG part of our family, so we celebrate her birthday every year. Her birthday is on Oct. 4th, she turned 3 this year. We sang Happy Birthday to her with Hot Dogs. That's what we do every year. We gave her 3 cause she turned 3. Happy 3rd Birthday Peach!!!

Alex had to hold Peaches back. She couldn't wait for her Hot Dogs!

She was guarding her hot dogs. She looks like she's gonna bite someone!!

Happy 3rd Broox

2010-11-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

Broox turned 3 on Sept. 24th. Natalie had a cute Circus themed party for him on the 25th. My Dad was the special Clown guest at the party. He surprised the kids on the tramp and sprayed all of them with silly sting. It was really CUTE & FUN for everyone!!!

Broox's CUTE Lion cake my Mom made

Brad Paisley Concert

2010-11-02T09:34:00.000-07:00

Christina & I went to the Brad Paisley Concert on Sept. 24th at Usana Amphitheater. Justin Moore & Darius Rucker was with him. I love Darius Rucker, so I really enjoyed him. Brad Paisley was awesome!! I would love to see him again. I'm always up for a concert. We had a BLAST!!!

Christina ROCKIN OUT

It was a Full Moon that night & it was so Pretty!!
Justin Moore

Darius Rucker
"Come Back Song"

Brad Paisley- he came and sung really close to us. It was so FUN!!!
I LOVE this Picture!!
"WATER"

Happy 33rd Luke

2010-11-01T16:38:00.000-07:00

Luke turned 33 on Sept 23rd. It was a really laid back celebration this year, at Luke's request. We just had Chilis takeout and our parents came over for Strawberry Shortcake. Pretty easy!! Happy Birthday to my love!!!!

We took 2 pictures cause we forgot our other child, Peaches!!

Chocolate Monster

2010-11-01T16:34:00.000-07:00

9/20/10

Chesnie loves everything about CHOCOLATE!!!!

Mestenas Mini Drill

2010-10-28T15:57:00.000-07:00

The Herriman High School Drill Team had a Mini Drill Camp for ages 5-12. I thought it would be fun for Brinley to do it. It ran through Sept. 14th-16th, then on the 17th they got to perform at the football game during half time. Brinley wanted a friend to do it with, so I called our neighbor Laurel and asked if Madison could do it with her. It was so cute and so fun for both of them. Brinley loves everything about cheer & dance so she was in heaven. Herriman played Bingham and that's where Luke went to school, so he was excited to go. I hadn't been to a football game in years, so it was fun for all of us!!
The Kick-Off
Grandma & Papa- Always there to Support

Chesnie playing with Emree
The 3 Goof-Balls- Ainzlee, Alex & Payton
Cole & Laurel- Cole wouldn't hold still, so he's just a blur
Sydnee, Elise, Gracee & Emree
They danced to a Tarzan song. It was so CUTE!!!

The Little Dancers

DISASTER

2010-10-28T14:49:00.000-07:00

September 19th was the day a major DISASTER hit the town of Herriman! Around 3 pm the National Guard started a fire on the other side of the mountain and spread very quickly making it's way to Herriman. The wind was so bad that day so it made the fire move even quicker. By 8 pm we could see the fire creepy over the mountain coming towards so many homes. It was so scary to watch the whole thing happen right outside our back window. By 10pm we packed up our pictures and important papers and headed to my parents house in South Jordan. We weren't evcauated but we still left because we could not stand smelling the smoke anymore, it was making all of us sick. Luke stayed at the house. He was to worried about everything to leave. I was so scared and worried, not only for us but for the people that lived right in the line of fire. The homes that were in the most danger were alot of our ward members homes, so it hit really close to home.(literally) The next morning we went back to our house expecting to find more than half of the houses gone, but only 3 homes burned down. The main thing that was left was one seriously fried mountain!! Thanks to all the Firefighters and all the other people involved in helping, so many homes were saved. This was a major DISASTER and I hope to never be a part of anything that scary ever again!!!

Here it comes!! The Moon was Orange
Look at all the Ash in the air

It looked like Lava

The next Morning

Payton's 11

2010-10-11T15:20:00.000-07:00

On Sept. 15th Payton turned 11. We had a small pizza party at our house. We love Pay so much & love having him around. Payton is definitely a big reason to celebrate!!!

Payton & Elise Happy Birthday 2 U
CUTE BOYS

Brin, Grandma & Chesnie

Dustin & Lindsay

Back to Class

2010-10-08T14:01:00.000-07:00

Back to School- Alex is in 4th grade this year, he started Aug. 16th
Brinley started Kindergarten this year, she started Aug. 24th
Brinley's teacher Ms. Holliday

32

2010-10-07T15:18:00.000-07:00

For my Birthday this year my request was to go to the park & play volleyball. My family, some of Luke's family & some of our friends gathered at the park behind our house for dinner & volleyball. Ainzlee's B-Day is the 13th & Preston & Logan's B-Day is the 14th so we sang Happy Birthday to them too. I always love my birthday, but I don't love getting another year older! Happy 32nd Birthday to Me!!!

My CUTE matching Girls Gina, Elise & Mom
Fisher(Dan & Marcie's son) I loved his outfit- PJ top, swim shorts & boots

Luke, Dale(Dad) & Wade
Catie & Shaelie
Krew & Kit

Russ & Christine
Dan & Marcie
Dustin & Elise

Sydnee, Lindsay, Dustin, Elise & Me