Cleopatra

Sadie was Cleopatra this year. She looked adorable in her costume. She had many fun parties that she went to, a school party a primary party, and a friends party. She loves Halloween!!

Pumpkins!!

Here we are carving pumpkins. It was so fun this year. Sadie (with a little help from mom and dad) carved a skull and bones on her pumpkin. Matt carved some kindof robot face on his, and I went simple and made holes all over mine. We had a great time, and got many complements on our pumpkins Halloween night.

Sadies first day

Here is Sadie ready for her first day of school. You would think it was Christmas the way she woke up this morning. She has been so excited to go back...counting down the days.
She is in second grade and has a bunch of the neighborhood girls in her class.
She is so excited to learn new things, and for homework. She loves homework (hopefully that will still be the case in her high school years.)

Bear Lake

Here are some pictures from our annual Bear Lake trip.
It was a relaxing vacation....something I needed!!

Sadie, Curtie the Frog, and Audrey

Grandma taking the kids Mini Golfing

Curtis's way of playing golf:)

Sadie puttin away!

Belly on the beach

Collin..love the glasses

Dad and Joe relaxing

Ashlee chasing after Bryan. He was so cold but loved getting in the water....Parker not so much

The girls in the hot tub

1...2...3 Jump

Bryan and parker playing the iphones...Sadie looking cute

We are Alive!

So finally, I have a chance to sit and get some posting done. We have been so busy for the past three weeks. Matt and I had the opportunity to go to France with my Mom and Dad. We visited Paris for four days. We saw everything that we could cram in. We were on the go everyday we were there. Then we drove down to the South of France to meet family I have never met before. The countryside was beautiful and meeting Family was Amazing. It was a trip of a lifetime. Thanks so much Mom and Dad, We love you!! Here are some snippets of the trip.

Here are some photos of the Eiffel Tower that we took.

Here is my Dads cousin Helene, and her mom Collette.
They were so fun and took us around in Toulon and to the family farm house in Grasse, France.
It was beautiful!

The best part of the trip for me was meeting family I never have met before. Here is pictures of my dads cousin Marie Floxel her Husband Marcel, their daughter Emmanuel, and her kids. They were so fun, and so easy to get along with, I felt like I have known them forever.

All of the beautiful art and architecture was amazing to see.
The pictures really don't do it justice

All of the yummy food, and the fun street markets. We loved it.
Pastries for breakfast lunch and dinner!!

Aloha

I know it has been a while since I have blogged, but I have been crazy busy, I know it is hard to believe with only one child but I have been. Here is the view from the balcony of our room in Hawaii...more pictures to come. For some reason they are not transferring on to my computer...will have to get Matt to work on it for me:)!

So Cute

So the cutest thing....the other night I was putting Sadie to bed, we read a story, said her prayers and said goodnight, when she said, " mom you forgot something," I thought to myself what did I forget, then I remembered, she can't go to sleep without the cute bear that her dad gave to her for Valentines Day a couple of years ago. So I picked it up off her dresser and gave it to her. Her day of school, dance, playing, and the couple hundred cartwheels, and round-offs she did wore her right out, not even five minutes after I tucked her in, I went in to check on her and this is what I saw..She was totally zonked out, with the bear on her head, and her arms folded...luckily I had a camera close by and snuck a couple of pictures of it before it fell off...so cute. This is one of the joys of being a Mother!

Good Weather...Finally

Sadie has been dying to ride her motor scooter that Santa gave to her this past Christmas, so the weather finally cooperated with us..it was warm enough that we could stand being outside without turning into a Popsicle. She was a little hesitant at first,but it only took her about five minutes before she was going as fast as she could around our block. I was sitting in my lawn chair watching her..and I soon noticed that she was coming around the corner standing up on it..freaked me out. I quickly put a stop to that...she is little dare-devil. She absolutely loves it..can't get enough. She rides it for hours..until the battery runs out. It is fun to see her have such a good time.. Good Job Santa.



It is actually really fun to ride...I love it too.

Long time, no see

OK so I know that it has been a long long time since I have blogged, but I have a good reason....During the holidays it was just too crazy. So after all the hull-a-baloo, when I finally had a moment to sit down and blog, I went to turn on my computer and it didn't work, I couldn't get it past the login screen. So I tried to fix it, didn't work, Matt tried numerous times to fix it, didn't work...needless to say we went a whole month before Joe, my brother in law, was able to come over and fix it. He is a whiz at computers. Thank you Joe, I was going insane. In the process of fixing the computer somehow we lost some of our pictures from the holidays, so I won't be able to blog those fun pictures...oh well, I will just start with my newest pictures I have taken.



This past week Sadie was the STAR of her class. So Tuesday I made a poster of pictures of Sadie to tell her class about her and the fun things that she likes to do at home. It was fun and Sadie felt special. Then for Friday Sadie was able to choose a ROYAL READER, anyone she wants to read a book to her class, and she chose her dad. It was so cute, the class lined up on either side of the doors, and presented Matt with a ROYAL CROWN, and a ROYAL CAPE, then as he walked the ROYAL CARPET they sang him a welcome song. He then read them a book that Sadie picked out called "Bad dog Marley." Cute Book. The kids loved the book and Sadie loved showing off her Dad.


The kids thought that Matt was hilarious..do you blame them, look at that face!

Happy Happy Birthday

If you can believe it or not my baby turned seven....I can't believe it. She is growing up to fast. What a joy she has been to mine and Matts life. We feel very blessed that our Heavenly father sent her down to us. She is so fun to be around, so smart, so caring, so full of energy, and the list could go on and on forever. Thanks for being such a good girl! We love you so much Sadie!!!!

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

We did it!!!

Well, we finally did it!! With all the tears and bribes and coaxing and begging, we pulled Sadies dead tooth out!!! She has had a dead tooth for three years now. We were wondering if she needed it pulled by the dentist but he said just let nature take its course, and let it fall out on its own, so we waited and waited for it to become loose, and it finally did a couple months ago. She was happy that it was loose, but kind of nervous at the same time. It was finally wiggly enough to get out, and she had had it with the tooth, so we pulled it Thursday night. She was so excited to get that black tooth out, and so were we. She took her tooth to school the next day to show her class and friends , and everyone was so happy for her, no more pirate tooth. Then the next night she put it under her pillow and the Tooth Fairy brought her three dollars, and boy was she thrilled.

Friends

What can I say about these two beautiful girls? I love them so much, what supportive friends they have been over the many years that I have known them. They were a blast to hang out with in High School, we have many stories that we still laugh our heads off about, like the time that we spied on Cami to see if she would get a kiss at the door after a date using our binoculars that we got from a Wendys kid meal, or the time we secretly put Dr. Pepper in Mandy's water and she thought that the waiter had brought her dirty water, she was so disgusted. All the fun dances that we went to, all the boyfriends we went through. They have always been great examples to me, even to this very day. Cami has always been a strong person, someone who wouldn't budge on her morals, and her faith, if there is anyone in her life that needs anything Cami is right there. I love her for that!! Mandy also has been a great example to me, she is such a funny person to hang out with, she says the funniest things, and she has always been there for me. I can always count on her when I have a question about the whole infertility issue. They both are very crafty, I call them mini Martha Stewart's. They both can whip up a very extravagant Halloween costume like nothing. I am so grateful to have been able to have these two in my life, and I am grateful that we all live somewhat close to each other, so we can still hang out. Thanks for being such great examples to me, I love you both so much!