Well hi! I know it's been a while but I just wanted to say--before I do anything else--how much I love and miss my grandma. She was such a special lady. The thing that made my Grandma so special was the talent she had for making everyone else feel special. She is so kind and thoughtful. She suffered so much later on, but I know she's happy now and I will get to see her again.

Ok, so now we're chronicling the last five months. Here are the kids at the Easter Egg hunt. Yay! Landin, Aubrey, Mickenna, Kourtlan, Kallum, Blake, and Carter. Blake looks so short and I tried to get everybody looking at me, but you know, It's a miracle in itself that they all stood together for a specific amount of time.

Yay soccer! This is from last spring but the fall season has started up so we're into it again. Aubrey scored a couple goals last season. But this year the 4th and 5th graders play together and she complains about the monstrous 5th graders that push her around.

Last spring Carter was in the li'l cubs league and it was hilarious. this year they know what they're doing a little better. I highly recommend going to the games in the fall, it's much warmer.

Sometimes I wonder about my boys. They love to brush Aubrey's hair. Oh well, it's funny isn't it?

Aubrey walking off her mile run at the school last May. She's got her dad's complexion.

Carter and Blake were admiring Aubrey's hair bows at her last birthday party. I told you, sometimes I wonder.

Aubrey's lovely birthday cakes. Jenny's so good to make the kids the cake they want for their birthday.
Aubrey with the mini color guard in the parade in Bear River City. Good times.

We went camping with Doug and my mom, Amber, Jeremy, Austin, Jared and Sarah. It was a lot of fun. I had to get a picture of the Camp Cooker Man.

Yep. I forgot to take my camera when we went bowling. Oh well, it was a good time! Last week we celebrated Blake's birthday. He's my baby and he's three now. It makes me sad! Where has the time gone?


I know this picture is blurry but what a spoiled kid. I feel like Jason and I almost don't have to get him anything because he gets so much stuff from everyone else. He had to put those pajamas on the moment he got them.

And of course Blake had to have a Buzz Lightyear cake...he's still talking about it.


And now the most terrifying moment of my whole week--I didn't have to work on Tuesday and Jason was home too, well we don't get too many days when we are together the whole day so I talked him into painting our bedroom. There are other places that needed it worse but he was taking the bed apart to fix it anyway. So I said, "why not paint in here while we're at it?" So we went to the hardware store and got the paint and all the necessary tools. We got home, started taping everything, then Blake comes in and says "I spilled the water". So Jason went to go see what he was talking about. The whole gallon of paint had been knocked over on our living room carpet. Apparently the lid wasn't on tight and I'm pretty sure it was an accident. When I saw that puddle of paint, my heart sank. It took the shopvac, the carpet cleaner, a lot of water, and a lot of time but we managed to save the carpet. It was a miracle!

So, on Tuesdays I clean for this lady in Hyde Park but she's in Hawaii for 2 weeks, so I'm feeling like I have loads of time all of a sudden. It's amazing and weird. So here's our life lately: We have a brand new niece and she is darling. Her name is Brooklyn Ruth Hunsaker and she is a doll. I'm stupid and only know how to work with pictures from my camera. I don't have any pictures of Brooklyn on my camera. So there you go, chalk it up to laziness. But that's exciting!

This weekend Jason is going with the scouts to the Klondike Derby. Camping out in February? Not my cup of tea, thank you. Also this weekend is bowling with my family. We'll see if I can beat my sisters to posting some hilarious pics of my brother-in-law hurling the bowling ball down the lane in a haphazardly fashion. (sorry, Jeremy) But it's not likely.

Also exciting is that I am posting some pictures of my kids (who else?) Something I have been meaning to do for a long time.

Aaww! Cute right? Well, I think so. We had some obstacles to overcome. i.e. Blake had his Batman mask and Carter had his "sword". Aubrey was good. (she better be, she's 8) But Amy did a great job with what she had to work with. It was fun.