Tea Party with our Teddy's

Little angel just turned eight,
O what a magical day.
Giggles and smiles, Teddy Bears, Cake.
Come Faith it's time to play,

Little angel may your dreams come true,
Beautiful Faith, I Love You.

I am SO Thankful

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than a little bit of heaven on earth.

I am so thankful for my family. I have an amazing husband who loves me. I have 3 kids who bring joy everyday through their smiles and laughter. I have wonderful parents and brothers and sisters that fill my life with happiness. I am thankful for my friends. I am thankful for my health. I am thankful for the gospel. I am thankful for my Savior. I am thankful for the temple.

Thank you for all that I have been blessed with! Happy Thanksgiving! My your heart be full this day!!

A Seriously Messed Up Witch!!

Doesn't she make the perfect MesSed Up wiTch! If you know Elise you know how CRAZY she is and how she loves to have FUN! This was the perfect Halloween costume for her! She decided all on her own what she wanted and then came up with her own costume! I was SO impressed and I had fun taking these pics--

Happy Birthday Coleton-- BIG 12

Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But Coleton you have great friends and a family who loves you very much! We will be there for the new days to come! Happy 12th!!

Bear Lake with the Jaffa's!!!

Life gives us brief moments with our family... but sometimes in those brief moments we make memories that will last a life time! Bear Lake is a time where we come together as an entire family for a few short days and play and make those memories that will forever stay with us. Thank you Bob and Linda for giving us this time to make memories that will always be apart of our happiness!!

A Day in the Dirt

Life is not a journey with the goal of arriving quietly and safely in one piece... but a chance to twist the throttle till it sticks wide open... to jump over, slide under, or hammer thru obstacles... to look fear in the eye and backhand it in the head... to skid, slip, or stumble across the finish line... out of gas, leaking oil and blood, covered in DIRT and free from regrets!

My Young Women Girlies

Aren't they all just so Beautiful!

Happy Birthday Coleton~

The morning of Coleton's birthday I asked him what he wanted to do-- I should have expected it. Racing Go Karts at Larry H Miller Motorsports. Papa came to watch --he should have known better than that, we wouldn't let him sit this one out :P I think the boys had a lot of fun! I think we will be heading back real soon!

Updating Coleton's Blog

We are changing Coleton's blog to a new address and updating it with more recent pics & video footage so it will be totally wicked when it's finished... so stay tuned and we will let you know of his new blog address soon :)

OUCH

So I thought it would be cool to post a few pics of Rob from when he crashed. The red one is about 6 hours after he crashed & the purple one is about a week and a half after (can you see the swelling?) Doctors say he is a miracle -- when he crashed he hit so hard that he liquified his muscles and his body filled up with blood (that's the swelling)... pretty crazy, but nothing broke. We are so thankful all is well. No more racing!

To Love is to Receive a Glimpse of Heaven

Christy and Lindsay are SO creative! They came up with this fun idea to celebrate Bob and Linda's anniversary. We had a yummy dinner (Which by the way Linz I still need the recipe for your pork) and played a fun game of getting to know Bob and Linda better. It was fun to find out how they met and their first impressions of each other-- all the grandkids were laughing! Then to top things off we had them 'cut the cake' and 'throw the bouquet'! Good Times!

Happy Anniversary Bob and Linda - We love you!!

Fun in the Sun at the Dinosaur Park!

Bear Lake with the Feve's!

We love Bear Lake! We also have so much fun with my family! This year we bought a huge kite and so when the wind blew we had a fun time trying to get it up in the sky. It really felt like I was going to go up with it! Also the kids were so brave and jumped into the water when it was only 64 degrees! Thank goodness for aunt stefi who also was brave to jump in and be with my kids! We love aunt stefi! THANKS MOM & DAD FOR THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES!
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SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!

We had a great end of the year 5th grade party! My sister Bekah helped me with ideas and Coleton choose his favorite ones... there was a snowball fight, water-balloon fight, stump the teacher, and a pie eating contest. Coleton's teacher is soooo wonderful and was such a good sport! We loved her-- she has helped Coleton so much! We will miss her! I just posted 2 pics to give you an idea of the fun.

Elise's Dance Recital

I was so sad that I wasn't able to go because of work, but they recorded it for me and the next day Elise & I sat down together and watched her dance. I was so impressed how much she has grown and how talented she is. She is a beautiful person and I'm so thankful she is mine!!

Playing in the MUD!!

What a fun Memorial Weekend! We headed down to Caineville, Utah for some fun four wheeling and boy did we get it! On Saturday it rained... Rob decided to take the kids out for a little dune buggy ride and I stayed back to study for my JetBlue test... After an hour I decided to take a break and clean up the trailer... after awhile I realized it was pouring outside and rivers were all around me! I immediately realized that the reason my family wasn't back was they were stuck somewhere. I said a prayer and knew I could not hop in the truck because that would not make it out in the mud (it was so much like quick sand -- it was scary) I decided I needed to head out and find them... as I opened the trailer door, in a distance, I saw my family coming back... sure enough the buggy's were stuck and they had to abandon them & save themselves :P They were soaked head to toe with Mud & Water. Needless to say my clean trailer didn't stay clean very long. Here are a few fun pics of our trip!

HAPPINESS IS BEING MARRIED TO YOUR BEST FRIEND

13 years & Counting! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I can't believe how quickly time goes by when you're having fun! I thank my Heavenly Father for you in my life. You are my Prince Charming, the Man of my Dreams and everyday I feel so lucky to have you by my side. I love you forever!

My New Baby

I had an amazing Mother's Day! My husband had breakfast in bed for me with red & yellow roses on my night stand and the kids all around with beautiful cards they had made. I felt like the luckiest person ever and then the biggest surprise ever... a new baby! He is so handsome and playful and fun! I just love him! We call him Deagan El Diablo. Deagan was the name, but he earned El Diablo -- he is the cutest little stink but if you are not watching carefully he will hide in the grass to attack you.

Party Like a Rock Star!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELISE!!!
Because you are turning 9 I thought I would jot down 9 reasons why I love you!

1. Your Giggle is so addicting!
2. You can dance
3. Always thinking of others
4. You are beautiful inside and out
5. smart, smart, smart!
6. Your SMILE
7. the BEST sister ever
8. Loves to have fun
9. A good example to me