I can't beleive that the last thing that I have posted on my oh so important blog is Noah graduating from Pre-school in May. So many things have happened since then. We have had vacations, parties, fun times that are so important to remember, and I have been a huge slacker at recording those memories. I couldnt sleep last night, because I was thinking about how I need to be a better record keeper of my family, so this is one of my many things to work on. Not only so my loved ones can see what we have been up to, but also so I can look back on my blog and remember the things that we have done as a family. So here is my new goal. To post once a week, and if not every week, at least once a month. I will promise to do better. So here are some of the many wonderful, fun, exciting things that we have done this year.
Here is a beautiful picture I took in the morning while camping at Soldier Creek in September. We woke up to frost and fog everywhere. Noah and Adam caught a ton of fish and crawdads with Adams family, while Shayne and I admired the scenery, went for walks, played games and all that fun stuff.

Us girls!!! We are having such a fun time with Shayne. She is our little sweetheart!

We had an opportunity to go the the Dave Mathews concert with Amanda, Tanna, and some of thier friends. We had a good time there!

Shayne is our little artist. She loves to draw. Walls and carpet are her favorite canvases. Fortunatly, for her, she is so cute and we love her so much.

Noah started Kindergarten this year. He loves school so far. His teacher is Ms. Thompson, and she is awesome. She says that Noah is a great listener, and very smart.

He has his friend, Elise, in his class with him. I am a home room mom, and am having a blast doing it! I go and volunteer in his class every other week, and sometimes, more than that. I am in the middle of planning his class Halloween party now, and am having an awesome time with the other moms!

Noah on his first day of Kindergarten.

Cute Shayne. I was so excited when she had enough hair to put it in pony tales.

Noah is on a Babe Ruth baseball team this fall. He has had so much fun, and learned so much. His team mates are all older than him, and have played together for a couple of years, so they are super good, and have been able to help him learn how to play real baseball. He has played pitch, short stop, second base, and outfield, and has done really good at it!

He is still a little nervous to hit the ball during the games, but he does really well while practicing with us at home.

He wants to play basketball next, then football.

Me and cousin Whit at the Ranch in Nevada for our family reunion. That was so much fun.

Adam and I went to VEGAS BABY for our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. We had so much fun!!!

We got to have lunch with ELVIS!!!!

Go shopping!

We ate at the NASCAR CAFE, and it was awesome! We decided we always need to eat there when we go to VEGAS!

And a whole lot of sight seeing and walking, and blisters, and sleeping, and playing. We had so much fun, and grew so much closer to one another!! Thanks baby for the amazing time!


Noah grew a shag haircut, then decided right before school to cut it off. He is such a handsome little man!!!

All summer we have been doing our landscaping in our front and back yard. We had TONS of dirt brought to our home, and our kids, and the neighbor kids, had a blast playing in it. Adam and I moved dirt every day, all day, and had blisters, and caluses, and sore muscles. We had dirt in our house all the time, no matter how often I cleaned. We had mud shoe prints all over our yard, and in our house.

We finally got it evened out and grass planted. I will post some before and after pictures so we can see the progress. There is still so much more to be done in our yard, but its so fun to create this beautiful landscaping on our own for us to enjoy!

Adam and James while we were camping at Strawberry Resevior earlier this summer. They are such nerds. We have so much fun camping, and hanging out with Adams awesome family!!!


I had my 10 Year High School Reunion this year. I went with my friends Liz and Kristen, and our hubbies. We had a fun time. It was just like High School. Us three sat in the corner watching people. Fun stuff. If I could go back to that day, I would have just gone out to dinner with my good friends, and had even more fun. Oh well, at least we tried.

Noah Graduated Pre-School!

I know that it's just pre-school, but I am so proud of my Noah for graduating. He did such a great job this year, and has really learned so much from his sweet teacher, Ms. Neena. He has grown up so much. At his graduation they put on the sweetest program full of songs and rhymes that they learned, and then Ms. Neena had each of them come up front of everyone and interviewed them a little. This is how Noah's interview played out.
Ms. Neena- "What is your name?"
"Noah"
"What is your favorite color?"
"Blue"
"What do you want to be when you grow up"
"A MISSIONARY!!"
It was so sweet and cute! I asked Adam if he told Noah to say that, because I hadn't said anything about it, and he said no. So we must have done something right in raising him so far! Noah is so excited to go to Kindergarten, and he can't wait to meet new friends. I'm so proud of you buddy! You are such a smart, sweet, and lovable boy!

Some Cute Pictures

So I lost my camera for a while, thought that it had vanished into thin air. But then my fabulous Grandma found it in her house. Noah was obviously playing with it, and taking random pictures of everyone over our Easter party there. Anyway, since I have my camera back finally, I found a few cute pictures of that Easter fun that we had. I can't beleive that I have such beautiful children! I love them so much!

Our Life Now

Spring already? Its crazy to me how fast this year is going by. Adam and I are busy getting our sprinkling system done, our yard de-weeded, and our grass put in. We are hoping to have grass to play on in the back yard by sometime in June. We keep having set backs though. Leaks in pipes, faulty gaskets, things like that. But we are going through it like the troopers that we are, and having fun working together to better our home. We are also busy with our callings in our Ward. Adam is 2nd Counselor in the Young Men's presidency, so he has activities for that and Scouts that he goes to all the time. And I'm 2nd Counselor in our Relief Society Presidency, so I'm super busy with that as well. We love it and wouldn't change it for anything.
Meanwhile, Noah has found some new friends on our street. They are all older than him. 9, 12, 13 years old. But they always come knocking on the door wanting Noah to play with them. They are outside ALL day long. Noah loves to play basketball, baseball, soccer, swing on the swing set, and have water fights with them. He keeps wanting them to sleep over, but I'm thinking 5 years old is a little young to have a bunch of older kids over. Maybe I will give in soon, who knows. But I'm so happy that he has some friends that he has so much fun with. I'm a little sad because he doesn't want to be with me anymore, but I guess that's part of kids growing up. And he is growing up way too fast.
Shayne is sweet as usual. She loves to be outside also, which is good and bad. When we are outside, for the most part, she will stay in the yard and just watch the airplanes fly by, or watch the kids play. Sometimes she tries to take off up the street to find something else to do, but she always laughs and runs when we chase after her. But when we decide its time to come in, she wont do it without a fight. She is such a goof ball. She is always trying to make us laugh at the funny things that she does. She has also started talking a little bit. She says Daddy, Noah, Yucky, Dink Dink (for Binky) no, yes, she also knows a little sign language, which is helpful. She knows how to say please, food, more, candy in sign, so that is helpful. She has also made up her own sign for lotion, because she LOVES her lotion.
We are just living the dream here in our home in Kearns, having the time of our lives! I love so much being able to stay home with my kids! I'm so thankful that we have been blessed so much!!!

BIRTHDAYS!

We got to celebrate two of the most wonderful people in my life's Birthdays within one week of each other. Noah and Shaynes. It was so much fun!


Shayne turned 1 YEAR OLD this year. She loved having her own cake to dig into. I can't believe she is so big already!!!




Noah had a SURPRISE Star Wars birthday party for his 5th Birthday. He had so much fun with his friends and cousins. He had a Star Wars cake an Pinata and he got a TON of star wars toys from his friends. We had a blast!!!!

Where did the time go???

Oh My Goodness. Its already the end of January and so much has happened since my last post. Christmas so so much fun. I, once again, couldn't sleep all night on Christmas Eve, because I was so excited for my kids and Husband to open their gifts. It was a great Christmas.
We spent New Years Eve at my cousin Erin's home, and had alot of fun, as we had to force ourselves to stay awake until Midnight. We literally left her house at 12:08 so we could get home and go to bed. Now that is how you know that you are getting older.
Noah will be turning 5 years old in four days. I can't believe that my baby is so big. He told me that he wants a surprise Star Wars birthday party with a pinata, and what my baby wants, my baby gets as Adam says. So that's what we will be doing.
Shayne started walking about 2 weeks ago, and is now to the point where she would rather walk than crawl. She will be turning 1 year old in less that two weeks. She says "WOW" Tan Tan (thank you) Nana (food) and she points all the time to whatever she wants, and she usually gets it.
Adam and I are still loving life!!!

"WE ARE SANTA'S ELVES! FILLING SANTA'S SHELFS"

We set our Christmas Tree up on the Friday after Thanksgiving, as usual. But when we got it all out and decorated, it was decided that we definetly need a new tree and new decorations next year. We have had this same stuff for a really long time, and it just looks a little tattered and torn. This year it will have to do. We did have fun decorating though, so thats all that matters!
Noah really wanted to help Dad put up the star. It was so cute to watch!

Santa's elves. They don't look too excited about how I decorated them, do they.

The finished product.

Have a Very Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you GIVE all you wanted this year, and also remember the real reason that we celebrate Christ-mas!