First Day of 2nd Grade!

I can not believe that Madison is in 2nd grade! She was so excited to start school this year, and has been having a great time. Her teacher this year is Mrs. Chirstensen. The kids call her Mrs. C. She has made a lot of new friends, and her favorite thing to do in school is Math.

What a boy!

Here are a few pictures of C.J. the first is a picture of him in Las Vegas we were swimming obviously, he found these goggles, I am not sure who's they are, but he adopted them. He wore them most of the afternoon, He defiantly has his fathers sense of style.
This bottom picture was taken after C.J. fell off of a bar stool and smacked this face on the counter. Amazingly enough by the next day he only had a small bruise on the side of his face and a scratch on his chin... good thing he is tough. He sure didn't learn his lesson though because a few days later her was standing on the bar stool again an fell off... how many times does it take before they learn?

Las Vegas Temple

During Trevor and Alissa's wedding all of the kids stayed outside the temple during the wedding. When we came out we found these flushed kids it was a cool day in August for Las Vegas, it was only 105 degrees with a breeze that felt like the inside of a blowdryer. The wedding was beautiful and the kids didn't seem to mind the heat. It was a great day. The temple was beautiful. 8.8.08

Swimming

When we went to Las Vegas for Trevor and Alissa's wedding we did alot of swimming. We were in Vegas for a total of about 2.5 days and we found ourselves in the pool at least 6 times. The kids didn't want to do anything else. All three of them were swimming like little fish by the time we came home. It was so funny to watch C.J. he would put on his floaties and just kick his legs, he was all over the pool. Madison is learning to swim has has gotten a lot more brave, Emma is still a little timid in the water, but she is getting better thanks to the care bear floaties... you have to love the dollar store.

Can you stand on your head?

These are just some random pictures from an afternoon in Grandma's backyard. We were just playing when Emma said "watch what I can do" you can see in the 2nd picture she stood on her head for about 2 minutes, we just watched in amazement waiting for her to fall over, but she didn't. I guess we have to credit it to dragging around a body cast for six months, but then again occasionaly I do see her lifting one pound weights... You can also see that she is breed for this talent, Tom has a pretty mean handstand himself! August 2008

Congrats Trevor and Alissa

My little brother is getting married this Friday 8.8.08! I am so excited for him. He is marrying the most darling girl. Her name is Alissa and she is from Las Vegas. They are getting married in the Las Vegas temple so we are all taking a little (much needed) vacation. This past weekend some of her family came up and she went through the Manti Temple. It was such a great experience to have all of our family in the temple together. All of my brothers, my sister, sister-in-laws and brother-in-law, wow there is nothing better than being there all together.
On Saturday night they had a reception in my parents back yard here are some pictures from that Party!
A picture of the bride and groom with all of their admirers (Audrey, Josie, Madison, Lauryn, Emma)

Alissa's Little Brother Trent with a goldfish centerpiece. Trevor decided that he wanted to give away goldfish to everyone that came to the reception, they were a big hit especially with the kids!

The line...Alissa's Parents, Alissa, Trevor, Trevor's Parents.

Some of the kids enjoying there treats from the chocolate fountains, (white shirts and dresses, not a good idea, thank goodness for spray and wash!)

We had dancing after the reception, lots of fun!
Emma and Tricia dancing, so cute!

Our new project

Well I have to say that it has been way to long since I have updated our blog. It has been kind of crazy for us lately. We sold our house out of the blue. We had some people knock on our door and pretty much asked us if they could buy our house, we made a deal, and less than a month later we were moved out and they had moved it, it has been such a whirlwind, but i just keep trying to look for the light at the end of the tunnel. We have started building our new home just one block north of this one, we hope to be in around November or December. Right now we are living with my parents, they have been so great to take us and our stuff along with three kids. It is kind of crazy, but an adventure at the same time! I guess this is just part of life when you are married to a builder!
The top picture is of our new house. It is getting framed pretty quick, so we are glad about that the sooner the better like I said before!