General Women's Meeting!

We got to go with Grandma and all the girl cousins to the General Women's Meeting at the Conference Center on Temple Square.  We stopped at Pizza Pie Cafe to eat yummy pizza on the way.  It poured on us while we stood in line at the conference center waiting to get in, but that's OK.  It's all good when you are with cousins!  The meeting was awesome and we had a great night together. Thanks Grandma Barb for getting us the tickets and taking us out to dinner!

Ogden Temple Re-Dedication!

Do you know what is so awesome about this picture??  All 5 of our kids were able to get tickets to attend the re-dedication of the Ogden, Utah temple!  Our whole family was able to attend together.  I have to say that I love this stage in our lives!  I loved having my babies and little kids, but its so awesome to have amazing independent children.  The dedication was awesome.  We loved it! 

What??

For 14 days during the Months of August and September my 2 cute little blonde haired, blue eyed beauties turned into black haired Asian girls!!  These 2 cute girls were in the play "The King and I" at Heritage Theater.  They loved every minute of it!  We went through 6 bottles of black hair spray getting them looking this way! We got really good at putting their hair in high buns, doing their make-up and spraying their hair out in the front yard!

Hair!

This is what it takes to have beautiful wavy hair!  These 2 wanted braids to sleep in so that they could have waves for school the next day!  What we go through for beauty!!

Cupcakes!

Quincy and Brinley and the Forsberg girls were asked to decorate mini cupcakes for our Enrichment night.  They were in heaven.  Our house was in major construction, but we still had our bar...kind of!  They did a great job frosing and then frosted the counter top when they were finished with the cupcakes!  What a mess.  Crazy girls!

Swimming!

A fun day of swimming at the North Ogden Aquatic Center with cousins. Aunt Jenni got us free passes because it was the last day it was open for the Summer.  

Family Pictures

It's done!!!  It is always such a happy day when outfits have been coordinated, hair has been done, and the yearly family pictures are completed!!  It's actually been 2 years since we've done family pictures.  We found a fun spot up the canyon at Sherwood Hills.  We had to do it early on a Sunday morning.  It was the ONLY time that we could get all 7 of us in one place during daylight hours!

I thought they turned out pretty darn cute considering we are our own photographers.  This is the dread of Kade's life and he actually cooperated pretty well.  He must be growing up!!  

Oh how I love the people in these pictures.  They are my whole world and I am so so grateful for every single one of them.  I am so proud of the BEAUTIFUL people they are becoming inside and out.

 This picture below speaks 1000 words!  Kylee and I laughed so hard when we came across this baby!  This is the "real" behind the beautiful family pictures.  Look how many of us are yawning!!  Brinley's face tells exactly what she thought about our picture taking session!  I cannot look at this without laughing right out loud.  So telling of how life is!  There's always more to the story than what we see in the "picture perfect" version of people's lives!!  Even still...I love them all!!!

Growing up!

The baby of this family is growing up!!  One thing is for sure though, she is still good for lots of HUGS and she even lets me kiss her cheeks still.  I told her she was going to have to let me continue to kiss those cheeks until a grand baby comes along.  She agreed!  I needed that documented!

Love her! And I love this picture!!

First Day of School

Look at these cute kids!  They are all headed off to their first day of school!  This year we have Kylee who is home from College with her Associates Degree working and waiting to get into the Dental Hygiene Program.  Emilee who is a Junior, Kade who is a Freshman, Quincy in 6th grade, and Brinley in 3rd grade!  I cannot believe they are all this old.  They are growing up way too fast!!  I am proud of every one of them.  They are all smarty pants and do really well in school.  We are lucky parents to have such good...and cute kids!!

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Kylee's 20th Birthday!!

Oh my goodness...how do we have a 20 year old!!!  Happy Birthday my 20 year old!!  We have enjoyed this girl for every minute of those 20 years.  What a blessing to have had Kylee home with us for this year.  She finished her schooling at Dixie and has been home with us since December.  We have loved having her back!

Kylee and Mason have Birthday's a day apart, so they usually get to share their Birthday parties!  They agree on a menu and we all eat the same food, but one thing is for sure...they always each get their own dessert.  Which means we get double desserts at this party!  Kylee always chooses "4 layer pudding dessert".  This year Kylee ordered herself a bunch of books to read for her presents.  I have never met another person that loves to read more than she does!

We love you Kylee!  Happy Birthday...you're not even a teenager anymore!!!

Quincy's cheer camp!

Quincy did cheer camp this summer with her friend Gracie! It lasted a week and ended with a performance that the families could come and watch.  She had fun!

Huge Congrats to Emilee!!

I just have to say...Emilee is amazing!  Of course, all of our children are amazing but we are so proud of Emilee's latest accomplishment!  After a hard and painful cut from the Volleyball team her Sophomore year, she decided she wasn't ready to give up.  She kept practicing and found herself a club team in Logan to join.  She drove to Logan to practice with her team twice a week for 5 months and went to many tournaments all over Idaho.  When that ended, she attended "volleyball open gym" all summer long until it was time for tryouts again this year.  After two days of tryouts she got the news that SHE MADE THE TEAM!!  The coaches told her that this isn't something that happens often, but that they were so impressed with the improvements she had made on her own since last year.  They wanted to see what she could do given a team and coaches!  Yay!!!  You did it Em.  We always knew all that stubborn determination would come in handy one day!

CONGRATULATIONS EMILEE!!

WE LOVE YOU!

Cousins!

Halle came to spend a week with Quincy and Brinley!  These girls had a solid week of fun!  They played and played.  I think we could have had her stay for a couple more.  They love spending time together!

Tubing!

The Quayle's invited us to go tubing down the Weber River.  Me, Emilee, Kade, Quincy, Brinley and Halle went.  It was a blast!  I thought Halle was going to die from fear, but she made it through and was quite proud of herself by the end of the expreience.  It was a little crazy and even a tad bit scary at times, but so fun!  We had a great time.  I learned today the Quincy is more of a dare devil than I had ever imagined.  We better watch that girl!!