Happy 21st Birthday Maddie and...She's Engaged!!!

Maddie turned 21 on Friday and her longtime (on and off) boyfriend, Logan

popped the question Friday night :)

I made this collage for her bday to post on Facebook and Instagram.

Maddie and Logan have known each other for almost 5 years.
I could have made a dozen of these :)

Picture summary...
1.  18th birthday family party
2.  Painting their chicken coop summer 2010
3.  High school graduation 2011
4.  Sr. Prom 2011
5.  Logan comforting her before she has to get a shot at the doctor's - summer 2010
6.  last month hanging out at home :)

Here's  collage Maddie made...

For Maddie's birthday, Logan took her to dinner in Salt Lake
and then surprised her afterwards by taking her to his sister's house to propose!

His sister, Lisa had decorated her house so cute!

 

If you want to read the whole story -

Maddie started a blog

loganandmadeline.blogspot.com

 

Dave's New Calling

Lots of updates to the blog today because I MUST catch up!!

 

Sunday was a special day for our family

Dave was called to be the 1st counselor in our new bishopric.

He is serving with GREAT men!  Brian Smith is our new Bishop and 

Kyle Farley is the new 2nd counselor.

Here is our family just after he was set a part.

We are so excited and love our daddy so much!

Preference 2013

This month is Preference - a girl's choice formal dance.

This is how Talbie asked her date...

She bought a combination lock and made a list

of different combinations.  Which ever combo opened the lock - that's

who was asking him.  I thought it was so clever!

Alex answered her back by having her pulled out of class

by her chemistry teacher - who said that someone had found her chemistry book

in the hallway - and it was vandalized and she was going to have to pay for it.

She was so mad!  When she opened it up - the pages had been cut out and 

there was his answer inside :)

They had such a fun night and had such fun group of kids!

Here are some of the pictures...

 Gretta, Sarah, and Talbie heading to pick up their dates!

Bronson's Driving Permit

Bronson has been 15 for over 2 months but he hasn't pushed me to

go with him to get his driving permit.

The pressure was on though when his cousin, Brock

turned 15 on December 31st!

We went down on January 2nd and got his permit!

He's my first child to pass the first time we went.

With Maddie and Talbie - it took a couple of trips :)

Merry Christmas 2013

We had a magical Christmas!

A week or so before Christmas, Santa always makes an appearance

at the Heal's house.  This year Dave wasn't sure if he would have his

new eye made and if not, it would be a dead give away that he was playing Santa.

We recruited my brother, Dustin this year and he did a great job!

 It snowed a lot during our Christmas break and Emmie and Bronson had

a great time making snowmen in the front yard :)

 Christmas Eve tradition is that the kids open their Christmas pj's

and then try and try to keep themselves occupied until it's time to go to grandma

and grandpa's for the party!  

This year they got new games with their pj's

(Bronson didn't have his on yet ;)

 

 Dave and his girls at my mom and dad's.

 You can see the new iMac Dave gave me for Christmas :)

Maddie got a new bike, helmet, and some clothes

 Bronson asked for a giant white board and a new rifle (I think it's a 10/22)

 Emmie wanted a bean bag and microscope.  Dave found this industrial

one at one of the school sales :)

Talbie got a new lap top for college :)

 Even though my kids are old - they STILL get us up at the crack of dawn!

 Talbie's loot...

 Emmie's...

 Bronson...

I missed Maddie's picture this year :(

She had a good Christmas and we also gave her some
kitchen things like bowls, plates, cups, and utensils from IKEA
because I think a marriage is in her future this summer!
(You can see Logan in our Christmas pictures :)

I gave Dave a new TV (that I got during the Black Friday
sales - and that he found 3 weeks before Christmas!)
He also got a new razor, garments, and tools!

The Nutcracker

This year, we also made a trip to Salt Lake to see

The Nutcracker performed by Ballet West at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake.

Before we went to the show, we stopped at Decades -  a fun

vintage clothing store

 My girls usually find treasures here.  

Maddie probably has 20 pairs of cowboy boots from this store.

I think it's because they are so little.  All their shoes are either size 4 or 5 and

that's what this store carries.

 We had so much fun!  I used to LOVE watching my girls perform in the Nutcracker every year.

This brought back a lot of great memories for us!