Friday, August 24, 2012

First Day of School

Here are the pictures of the first day of school...

Bronson and Brock ready to head out
 Bronson - starting 8th grade
 Talbie starting her junior year

 Emmie starting 5th grade in her signature "Under Armor" look
Here's to a great school year!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Getting Ready to Start School

I can't tell you how nice it is to have our own personal stylist
in the family!

Maddie got everyone decked out before school started and
saved me a fortune at the salon :)

Bronson does not like to get his hair cut -
or pose for pictures!
 Talbie loved her new hair and tinted eye brows :)
 Emmie got a "home" hair cut/trim.  She wants to keep growing
her out but refuses to wear it any way but in a pony tail.
 Bronson getting a tutorial on how to comb his new hair cut

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Random Happenings...

We've had a busy summer and I'm finding that
I am only taking pictures on my iPhone these days because it's so convenient.

I've also been loving Instagram so I find that I don't blog as much as I used to.
I still need to keep a record of things going on with our family and
the blog is a good place to do that.  So - here are some our latest happenings...

Talbie went to Girl's Camp on July 24-July 28.  She had a great time!
She was a ward and stake YCL this year with her friend Kayla Crandall.
Camp was a huge success this year.  Our ward theme was
"We Can Do Hard Things" and they used "Rosie the Riveter" as their mascot.
 Talbie in the cabin
 A picture of the outside of one of the cute cabins at Camp Shalom
 This is the "Rosie the Riveter" doll/mascot Talbie made to go to camp with the girls
 Before she left for camp I took my cute girls to Target for some last minute supplies :)
Talbie turned 16 the day after she returned home from camp.
We had a fun family party on Sunday and then on Monday- we went to the 
DMV and got her license!
She's a little nervous driving still but she has already taken herself to
the library and the mall!


Bronson had Scout Camp the week after Talbie got home.
Bronson is the oldest Deacon and will be 14 in October so this was his last
camp as a Deacon.  He had a ton of fun and finished up some merit badges he needed.
 Dave and I were able to go up on his last night for a fireside.
It was fun to see him :)  
Let me just say that boys at camp and SO much different than girls...
 Bronson was there for 5 days and only changed his clothes ONCE!
When he got home and we started to unpack his stuff, everything was clean and folded - just
like he had packed it.  The most disturbing thing was this "pristine" hygiene kit I sent with him.
It wasn't TOUCHED the entire 5 days.  Eeeewwww!

Our latest party was my cousin Holly's baby shower on Saturday.
 She is having her first baby - a girl - any minute!
We're so excited for you, Holly!!
Another priceless picture of Emmie's
"I don't like to smile" stage :)

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Happy 16th Birthday, Talbie!

Today Talbie is officially 16!

(dance recital 2003)
Talbie is official today!  She is finally 16!!
She is the last of her friends to finally have her birthday.
She spent the week at Girl's Camp and got home yesterday morning.
She came home and went looking for her cell phone.  When she couldn't
find it, I called it and mysteriously a new iPhone was hidden in her
drawer and had replaced her old phone :)

She was pretty excited!
Happy Birthday Talbie
We love you!!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Vegas/Talbie's Birthday

It sounds bad to say we took Talbie to Vegas for her 16th birthday, but we did ;)
Talbie's official birthday is in 2 weeks but she has Girl's Camp next week so
we celebrated over the weekend.

We drove to Vegas and stayed at my parent's house there.  They met us there
and it made it so fun.  It was nice because we brought Emmie and Bronson with us
but didn't get to come along on some of the celebration so they stayed behind
and partied with grandma and grandpa.

Talbie actually went with grandma and grandpa on Wednesday and then we met
them on Friday.  We started shopping right when we got into town ;)


 Then we went to the best pizza place in Vegas.  "Nathan's Pizza."
Its so yummy!!

 Sorry for the poor quality of photos, but I forgot my good camera 
and had to use my phone the whole time :(

Saturday we took Talbie out for her official birthday meal :)




 Then we saw ""Phantom of the Opera"
-the reason we went to Vegas!
 

 Talbie bought a phantom mask :)
The show is at the Venetian, which is so fun.
The show is fantastic.  Better than when I saw it on Broadway or L.A.
It was a great trip!!







Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Walk to the Temple

This morning our Young Women group walked to the Provo Temple
in preparations to their week at Girl's Camp at the end of the month.
It was a 6 mile walk and I was able to meet them at the end and take some picture.








Sunday, July 8, 2012

Oakley Rodeo 2012

Our family tradition is to go to the Oakley Rodeo during the 4th of July.
We always have such a great time!
Here's the kids before we left -2012

 Look how we've changed over the years...
(Mainly the kids)
Rodeo 2007
 My cowgirl in 2007.  One of my all time favorite pictures :)
 2008 - taken before we left for the rodeo
2009  
 

 2010 with grandma and grandpa
 


We missed the rodeo last year :(

Here's our group this year.  My mom couldn't make it
because she just had knee surgery and the bleachers would have
been hard on her.
 My brother, Cody making bug eyes at the camera!


 3 out of 4 Heal boys :)
 The event Emmie waits all year to see - Barrel Racing!

 Talbie brought her friend, Hannah this year :)

If you want to see more pictures from our rodeo's in the past, 
Click the links below...