Spring Break 2015

We had Spring Break a week ago.  Dave and I both had to work so

we didn't get to do anything too exciting but we did take a day

and drive to Manti with the kids.  The plan was to have the kids do baptisms

but the temple was closed that week.  We haven't been having very good luck with that

because we just got back from moving Talbie back to Rexburg for school and Dave and I

wanted to do a session there too but the Rexburg Temple is closed for cleaning :(

Talbie wanted to take our picture.  She's so funny!  She said, "Mom,

let me take some pictures.  I'm a professional" - as she tumbled to the ground :)

 It was so cold the day we went and even snowed!  Utah weather is so bizarre because

it was in the 60-70's all of the other days of Spring Break!

 The kids in front of the beautiful Manti Temple.

It's so weird to not have my entire family in all the pictures I take these days.

Maddie and Logan work and go to school so they usually aren't with us.  It doesn't

feel the same without everyone.  Oh well, I guess that's what happens when you get old!

Taking Talbie Back to School

Well, the time came for Talbie to go back to Rexburg and BYU-I.

She has been "off track", which means she basically has her summer break

between the months of January to April.  BYU-I has 3 semesters.

Here we are ready to leave.  We tow her car with us because it's an old

car and a lot of trips back and forth would wear it out even more ;)

 We stopped and ate in Layton and Talbie was so excited because we saw a

Training Table and had to eat there.  This is her all time favorite restaurant and all of the

ones in Utah and Salt Lake Counties have gone out of business.

 Once we got her stuffed moved in, we hit the grocery store before it got too crazy

with all of the other students moving in.

 Here are some pictures of her cute apartment.  The bathroom

 Her side of the room...

 Down in the basement of the apartment complex, there is a huge commons area

with family room, piano rooms, and a great work out room.

 Here are some pictures after her friend, Sarah Lowry moved in

 The cute kitchen

 ...and their space :)

I'm so thankful that she has Sarah to be her roommate this year.  They have been

friends since elementary school :)  I'm also so thankful that the Gee's are there.

It's nice having family close to her.

I was so bad at taking pictures.  This is Pace who fell in love with Dave because

he would take him outside any time he wanted :)

This is Pace with his dad, Shawn as we were leaving.  He wanted to come

with us and we would have taken him ;)

 This is the only other picture I took.  This is the Gee's front yard.  Their pond.  

You can see Dave with Amy and some of the kids exploring.

Easter 2015

General Conference was on Easter this year so we wore our

Easter outfits the Sunday before...

 Then on Easter Sunday, The Gee's were here for the Saturday Session.

We got to watch Pace and Abram while they attended the afternoon session.

 It was so fun!!

 Then after the boys got back from the Priesthood Session, we went to dinner with

Shawn and Amy.  It was her birthday so she had the privilege of being sung to by the

opera singer who works there.  It was really great.  I will post the video below...

Brittany's 40th!

My sister, Brittany will be 40 on April 9th.

I wanted to do a little surprise party for her but wanted to do it a couple of

weeks before her birthday so she would get suspicious!

 I made these funny cupcake heads.  I thought they were hilarious :)

 Maddie has discovered that she has a talent for making and decorating sugar cookies!

 I'm so thankful these great friends could come and celebrate with us!

 I gave her wrinkle cream and dark spot remover cream - since she's getting so old ;)

 Me, Shea, and Brittany

Prom Part 2 - The Asking and the Answering

I thought I'd better document how Bronson asked his date

Rebecca to Prom and how she answered him...

He brought her this giant basket full of gum.

His name was written inside one of the wrappers ;)

 And this is how she answered him...

Of course "Hi-Chews" you :)

Bronson's Prom 2015

It felt weird writing that title!  It didn't seem weird when my girl's

turned 16 and started dating.  I know it was weird for Dave.

Last night was Prom and Bronson (and his friend's) first dates.  They all

turned 16 within the last few months.  That seems very weird to me :)

He was a good sport and let me snap a few pictures before he left.

Doesn't he look handsome next to his Mercedes :)

(minus the messy garage!)

 Brittany and I took their pictures so he couldn't fight me very much after that :)

Bronson, Doyoung, Hunter, Hayden, Brock, Ian

Some of these boys have been friends since kindergarten.

Bronson and Brock have been friends since birth :)

Here is Bronson, Brock and Hayden before they left to pick up their dates.

I always worried that Bronson was going to take after his mom and sisters and

stop growing after he hit 5'0".  I always consider him to be so tall at 5'10"

but his friends are the OHS basketball team so it makes him look short :)

 Bronson with his date Rebecca Dickson.

She is such a darling girl!

 Their group arrived first so we started taking pictures.

There were 2 of us taking pictures so it was hard because everyone was

looking at different cameras.  I still think they turned out great!

 Look at this beautiful place we took pictures.  Brittany's in-laws live

in this neighborhood so we took the pictures outside and in their beautiful house.

 This is panoramic shot of the group.  Ian is on the end because he date was late

and showed up just before they left for dinner so we only have a couple of pictures

with them together in it.  He's pretending to cry in this shot :)

This is such a fantastic group of kids and they had such a fun time!