A Mushroom

I am really embarrassed to post this for a couple of reasons. One, the floorboards in our house obviously need some TLC. And two, yup, that's a mushroom growing inside my house! Fortunately that mushroom helped us figure out we had a leak in the wall before it caused some real damage, but honestly I am really grossed out by it!

A First For Everything

Briant is officially the first of our children to need stitches, or in this case, dermabond! We've been lucky and I am knocking on wood right now that we stay lucky as far as injuries go! This beauty happened at football practice when Briant and another teammate hit heads. It's flag football so they don't wear helmets. Anyway, both of them had huge gashes and needed medical attention. I am kicking myself that I didn't take pictures the next couple of days. Two days later, Briant woke up with his eye swollen shut! We forgot to ice it. That day happened to be Sunday and he got called on in Primary to help out in singing time. The music lady forgot his name for a split second and instead asked  "scar-face" to come up and help! I laughed really hard and Briant's face went really red (he takes after his momma!). Can you guess what Max calls him half the time now???

Relief Society Broadcast

After the broadcast some of the ladies of the ward and I went to Claim Jumper for BIG desserts! A girls night out is soooo good for the soul : )

Happy 30th To Me!!!

It was a great birthday! Jared arranged for his parents to take the kids over night. We went out to eat, went shopping, and slept in!!!! On my actually birthday Kendal made me my favorite...Magic Bars! Oh they were soooo good! I felt loved!

Gwen's 3rd Birthday

The word on her shirt says it all! My mom got this for Gwen and although she is sweet, we are having to undo some of the Diva we put in her!
She loves to watch this dress twirl!


Kendal and Martin got her this dress. EVERY day she asks to wear the "Kendal" dress!

Marshmallow pop anyone?

Jared and I got her a Y-Bike. She has gotten really fast on it...so has Max.

Another obsession right now is Hello Kitty or in Gwen's words "Hello Titty" I still laugh everytime she says it!

We celebrated Kendal's birthday at the same time.

Lauren made Gwen a Barney cake! As I am typing this right now Gwen is watching Barney! Lauren always makes very yummy desserts! The frosting on the inside of the cake was bright green!

Gwen really is such a special and important part of our family. We can't help but smile and laugh when we are around her! She amazes us with how independent she is. She loves to cuddle and read. If she had the choice she would be outside riding bikes all day. She just graduated from ISR and can now swim like a little fish! Even though I am mentally exhausted by the end of the day I wouldn't have it any other way!
Happy Birthday Gwen!

Burr Reunion 2011

This was Jacob's first Burr reunion since coming home from his mission. He happily joined the race!

All the participants minus Sylvia who got a head start! The numbers for this race are dwindling! Too many old men and pregnant woman this year!

Briant stuck with it the entire way!  

Rush and Daisy Dog

Jacob (Team Paraguay)

Sexy, uh I mean Justin

Sylvia (Also a member of team Paraguay)

Riley also stuck with it to the end!!!

Carley got her hands on all the little girlies to give them a makeover.

I was really lazy about taking pictures on this trip so I didn't get a picture of the finished product on everyone but here is Kenzie.

Gwen couldn't be happier.

She looks a bit like a woman of the night! Love those daddy-long-leg lashes!


Oh and Carley also got her hands on a few of the adults! Luckily no one took my picture, it was scary!

Ryan did a really cool craft with the kids.

This is one that Max made.

Gwen opened a gift from Granna and Papa...her birthday was two days later. This shopping cart already has a LOT of miles on it and going strong.


Gary and Rush also put together a really cool swing that I failed to get a picture of : ( It was loved by all!
Happy Reunion!

Briant's Birthday

Briant turned 9! He really is the most amazing kid. He is responsible, loving, kind, fun, and happy! He is a great example to his siblings and friends! Jared and I feel so lucky and blessed to have him!
For his birthday dinner he chose to go to Sweet Tomatoes (I'm guessing it's because of the all you can eat ice cream not because of the all you can eat salad!)

He chose cherry cheese cake again...that makes me happy cause it's easy to make and Jared happy cause that's his favorite too!

A couple of days later we celebrated with the McAllister's. Briant just looked in the bag and got really excited.....

....who wouldn't love a bag of soda and treats!!! Kendal and Martin know these kids well!