Happy Birthday!

So the other day I woke up with a sheet mark on my face.  As the day went on, I noticed the sheet mark wasn't going away.  It could've been a wrinkle but my eyesight is going so I'm not sure.  Oh well...

We just keep having birthdays and I'm glad I get to spend them all with this guy!  Happy 46th Terrence!!

Take your daughter to work day

When Kacey was home this summer she wanted to spend some time with her dad so she went to work with him!  They got up at 4:00am and headed down to Price where he was working that day.  They went to the coal terminal and toured, and she slept through some meetings.  I think they had a great day together and I just barely got the picture from her phone.  Good daddy daughter memory.

Surprise!

There's a wedding blog that I go to for ideas for Kinsey's wedding.  I haven't been to it for a long time but needed to check on something this morning and voila!!  There she and Lane were!  We had no idea they were posting or where they even got the pictures...  If you want to check it out it's September 22nd's post and here's the link:

http://www.utahbrideblog.com/

SUU

Kacey totally cracks me up!  She is cheering for her college again this year and loving it!  She has a campus job cleaning in the student center as a janitor which she also loves.  She loves the people she works with, the hours and the overall job.  First job she's had she loves.  So she's the cheerleading janitor.  Now she just received a new church calling, so she's the cheerleading, janitor, Relief Society President.  Go Kacey!  I think she goes to school too in between it all.  I love how happy she looks.  It makes me happy because I'm always happiest when my husband and kids are happy.

 What goes up...

 must come down.

 Up...

 Down.

 Up...

 Way, way, up.  Seriously, look how far down the hands are that catch her!

Back flip in between before the landing.

Finally back  to earth.

 Hanging with the fam at halftime.

 The squad

 Conner's idea of heaven.

SUU Friends.  I miss her soooo much but I wouldn't have it any other way.

LaCrosse

It has begun again!  This year Conner's on the JV high school team.  They did a car wash to earn their fees and these fancy team shorts.  He loves it and we love to watch.

Good Food, Good Friends, Good Times!

 Some of our family friends in the neighborhood did a bridal shower for Kinsey.  Doesn't this all just look so good!  And this was taken before all the food got there.  There were Shirley Gibson rolls, Tasha Murphy cookies, Michele Stringam cupcakes, Kristen Ituma and Chitomi Wilkenson  salads, Lisa Fraughton and Niki Rawle fruit, Shelly's "power punch"(no that doesn't include booze), and I'm sure others I don't even know about that were so kind to bring things.

Brookie!

 Dani wrapped this and was so pleased with the wrap job, she just held it for awhile before giving it up!

 Kinsey grew up babysitting for Michele

Tasha Murphy was one of Kinsey's favorite YW Leaders.  She affectionately called her "Smurf"

I got to come and loved seeing Kinsey be so cute and grown up.

 Jen, Becky and Stef

Some of the group- I tried to catch people but because it was an open house people came and went, but these are some I happened to get a picture of!

And these are some of the best friends a girl could have.  I love these ladies!  Lisa, Shelly, Emily and Kristen are not only beautiful but have been so kind and generous to our family over the years.  They are great examples to me and to my daughters.  Thanks for throwing my baby a shower guys!  (Lisa was also there on Kinsey's 1st birthday.  We like her so much we just keep  her around!)

Homecoming

Samantha went to the Homecoming dance at Lehi.  She was so excited!  She was so afraid she wouldn't get asked because she had been in the hospital and hadn't seen anyone at school for awhile.  We were so happy she was able to go and she had a great time.

Kinsey and Lane Update

We were having so much fun at a family bridal shower at Aunt Cari's...

for this girl on the right...

 Melody (Lane's mom), Melynda (Lane's sister), Jann (Lane's stepmom)...

 Opening presents...

Being with future in-laws...

Aunt's and cousins...

and the whole gang!  

When we got a call saying Lane was being taken to the hospital by an ambulance.  He was in a long boarding accident in Provo Canyon.  So we went from the shower to the hospital.  Everyone was smiling and yucking it up until the doctor came in with the results from his tests.  We thought it was just going to be 8 staples to the head.  Nope.  Cracked skull, air trapped between skull and brain, messed up internal ear, bruised lung, broken collar bone.  Needless to say he has been there for days and is still there as of today.  Bad news is his lung is collapsing and they had to insert a chest tube and give him blood thinners to avoid blood clots.  Poor kid!

 Their cute wedding announcements went out the morning of the accident.  No changing the date now!  Get better soon Lane.  We need to get you kids to the altar!

Not Enough Summer...

Where  on earth did the summer go?  It just isn't long enough.  September was the first time we had the chance to go swimming at Grandma Susan's pool.  These are the last summer images for 2011.

 Don't they make it look like so much fun to get shot in the face with water?

This is war!  Love the looks on their faces...

 A treaty was made...

 Sam preferred chillin'...

and this is what adults do best!