Cutest kids ever...

So this year with being in the new neighborhood we decided to go around for a little bit around here and try and meet some neighbors but the kids really wanted friends to go with so we headed to my sisters for most of the night. They had a fun night and they all looked so cute but I must say that our little lady bug stole the show.
Our Ninja

Super cute 50's diva.

My friend Bryn (thanks) made the little tutu and then I made wings and found these red and black striped tights to complete the outfit. Addison just looked so dang cute!! (the ones with all three together got deleted I'm so mad!!)

Seriously!!!

Home Sweet Home

So we are finally in our beautiful new home and we are so excited to be here. For how long we have been talking about moving, looking for a house and now to actually be in it....its about time is all I can say!!! We love the area and are looking forward to making new friends. The kids have been off track this week so its been a little rough not knowing anyone really yet so we have had to be creative and think of some fun stuff to do. But it wont be long before the house is full with kids again.

We moved in last weekend, hired some movers to move all the big stuff which I have to say was sooooo worth it. Then we moved all the other stuff with the help of family and friends. Thank you all!! I was able to get everything pretty much put away over the weekend too which was nice to have it all done and now just enjoy being here. We sold a lot of are old stuff on KSL (love ksl) So we were able to get some new stuff, so thats been fun to redecrate:) Also got some stuff on KSL.
So here a few pic of the new digs.




Love it!!



Entry way (got the little table on ksl)








My favorite room!! I was able to redo the master bedroom.

Kitchen and I am loving the red. (kitchen table from ksl and its new!!)

Mckaela's room. My mom and I painted it the same as her old room, its just to cute to not use it all again. Addisons room is not done because we will be making changes soon when she get into a big bed, which wont be long:(

Brendan loves his room mostly because he gets the biggest room out of all of them. The colors were perfect too with what he had. The whole house is just perfect for us. We really feel lucky to be here.

Looking doing to the family room.
Anyway thats it...

Starting off to a good start

Ok so I have been told that I don't up date this enough. So for those three people that actually read this, here ya go:)


Well the kids were off for UEA Thursday and Friday, so I decided we needed to go have ourselves some fun. Now that October is here...(crazy) We decided to go pick out our pumpkins, and than head over to Gardner Village for a day of fun. They have all the witches out now and there were lots of fun activities, food and things to do. The kids really had fun just walking around, of course getting their faces painted and picking out treats. It turned out to be such a fun day and it was warm:) One day its 80 the next it was 55. So not ready for this!!


With cousins, Kaitlin, Kolby and Abby.

hangin with the witches..
after they got their face painted.

Sweet girls:)

Since we will be moving in the next few weeks we really wont be getting all the Halloween decorations out, so I thought we could at least put our pumpkins on the porch for now and that might make it seem like Halloween is on it's way.

Well Brendan is officially a big boy!! He has lost his first tooth, and let me tell you he was sooooooooo excited about it. One day last week we discovered that one of his teeth were just a little loose, he would play with it, wiggle it and check it every five minutes to see if it was ready to come out. Than he was so scared that if he ate anything that is would fall out or he would swallow it, and this was all in just one day....well day two...he was open a wrapper and out it came right on to the carpet, which we never could find, (good thing the tooth fairy still comes) but he could have cared less about the tooth he just loved the big hole it had made. Needless to say he was one happy boy and $2 dollars richer:)

So last weekend I had a good friend from high school get married. It was so good to see her and see how happy she is. There was also several friends that I have not seen since our high school reunion and that was so fun to catch up and hear all about their cute families and how their lives are out side of Utah. It was just a really fun day hanging out and remembering the good ol days.

B starts kindergarten

I cant believe Brendan has started kindergarten, he's still my little boy and is just not big enough to be going to elementary school with all those big kids, like Mckaeal. But he has loved every min. of it so far and is making some new friends. These two girls are friends from the neighborhood and one since birth. (Darci and Brendan are a week apart.) I'm glad that he gets excited about school and asks me ten time every morning if its time to go because I know one day he will want to miss school or play sick just to not have to go. So until than I am very happy that he is enjoying it!!

Brendan, Hollie and Darci. (First day of school)

Bear lake

So we decided we needed one more little vacation before the kids went back to school. So a friends of ours rented a boat with skies, tube and wake board and we headed down to Bear lake for the weekend. It was beautiful!! It has been years since Ry or I have been there and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend. The water was a little cold but at least the sun was out the whole time. The kids had a ball just playing in the sand, riding the tube, even Brendan tried to ski...but than got scared. I got up on a wake board and so did Ryan, but my favorite thing was skiing. I grew up on a boat, just haven't had the chance to go for a while so it was so nice to get back on the water and hit the waves!! We also camped at this really nice camp site that had "SHOWERS" which was so nice after being all dirty from the lake. It was a fun little outing!!

2nd grade and the Zoo

Mckaela has started 2nd grade, WOW that went fast!! She was up at like six in the morning because she was so excited to go and of course to wear her new outfit. She just is so grown up and so smart for her own good that I know I will have to closely watch this girl!! I am so proud of her and really hope she enjoys what time she does have in this school, it might only be a month or two before we move.

Most of the kids in her class she has been with since preschool or kindergarten. I think she has made some life long friends here!! (Courtney & keyaira)

Well since Brendan doesn't start until tomorrow I have been trying to do some fun things with him and to keep us both busy. We took a trip to the zoo, with my sister and her kids and even grandpa came with us.

Got to have our picture taken with a Bald Eagle. Riding the train.
This was Addison first time and she was loving it..she just stared at all the animals and she know's few of them, like zebra, so she got excited when she saw them. It was a fun day.

So I have to add these...
Little Addison has just LOVED getting into things these days but mostly finding markers to draw beautiful pictures all over HER SELF!! Did I mention permanent markers. So far she has learned the color blue and red very well. Little trouble maker:)

Look at those big blue eyes!! How can you get made at that?

She thinks its sooooooo funny:)
The look of Oops!! What did I do wrong?

Nine years and counting....

So a little late posting this fun weekend but better late than never...
For our 9 year anniversary, yes I just said NINE YEARS, crazy!! We went to Vegas for the weekend (with out the kids:) Ryan had been working like three jobs the last few weeks so we really have not seen him much and he was actually working on our anniversary so we had to plan it a week late but we still had the best time just being able to hang out and enjoy some time together. We stayed at the Trump Tower which was amazing and beautiful. The bathroom mirror had a TV in it, so cool. There was a little kitchen too but we didn't put it to use, we were are on vacation!!

Spent most of our time at the pool, you were either in the pool or in the hotel, it was 114 degrees out side. But we just relaxed and enjoyed every minute of it.

What a hottie!! (i do mean him:) hahaha

So the first night we went to the stratosphere and went on a couple of the rides...this one takes you off the EGDE of the building and spins around, by the end I was pretty sick, but it was SOOO fun.

And than the last night we went and saw KA (Cirque du Soleil) at the MGM which was amazing!! So worth the money.

I still cant believe that we have married nine years. We have definitely been through a lot in that time, some bad, but mostly good times. We have done a lot in these nine years...of course having our three beautiful children, getting into our first home, Ryan finishing school and getting his master followed by many career changes. But in all we have really accomplished a lot and been there for each other through it all. I do love this man for all that he has done for our family and for me. So here is too nine years babe..on to the next nine:)