Saturday, November 3, 2012

Halloween 2012

I am finally back!!  We have been so busy and I haven't done any posting. I hope to get caught up sometime in the next 20 years. Believe me, my blog isn't the only thing I am behind with.  I guess that is how it goes.

We had beautiful weather for Halloween this year. Everyone enjoyed dressing up and carving pumpkins. The pumpkins took over our garden this year. We ended up with about 100. We shared with all the nursery children in our ward and several other families and still have some out there.

Hope you enjoy the pictures. I hope there are more to come soon.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Video of Kodiak

Hi I'm Emma
I wanted to share a video of my new dog Kodiak. I love teaching him new tricks.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Stomping on bugs


In May on our way to Disneyland we stopped at Grandma Sharp's house.  The children had fun stomping on the cockroaches. I don't think they had ever seen bugs this big, or this many bugs at once.  It was one of our more interesting Family Home Evening activities.  It was fun to have this memory with Grandma and the children.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Lydia is 18 months old!!

Our sweet little Lydia is 18 months old!! I can't believe how fast time flies when you're having so much fun!! She is such a sweet little girl. She is so adored by all of her siblings.  She is so full of personality. She has a few words and loves to tell us exactly what she thinks. She is a determined little girl who knows her mind. She likes to pick out her own clothes and is very picky about it. 

We tried nursery on Sunday. She let us know quickly that she wasn't going for that. 

Here's a slideshow and some videos of our sweet little lady all grown up!! Hope you enjoy!!

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Conference Track Meet


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Track was really fun for our family! Matthew did really well and we enjoyed watching him run. Neil really enjoyed going to track meets again and talking about running with Matthew.  We can't wait to see what he can accomplish in the future!!  We love you Matthew!!

The conference track meet was rained out on Saturday. It was moved to Monday, which was also Bethany's birthday. It was  a very busy day, but we managed to watch Matthew and celebrate with Bethany.  

Bethany's 17th Birthday


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We had such a busy day on Bethany's birthday, but we managed to get some celebrating in.  Matthew had a conference track meet that day (another post), Bethany taught clogging and it was a Monday so Family Home Evening was also going on.  We fixed Bethany's favorite dinner of enchiladas (two kinds) and cornbread.  She wanted her cake to look like mouse ears since we are going to Disneyland this month.  We figured out how to do a fondant. It looked cute, but it didn't taste that great.  We enjoyed eating the cake after we took the fondant off. 

Bethany we are so grateful to have you as part of our family!!  You are growing up so fast! We hope you had a wonderful birthday!!

Monday, May 14, 2012

LDS Prom April 2012

Bethany had a wonderful time at the LDS Prom in April. We are so grateful that she was able to go with a young man who is a perfect gentleman. Zander is truly a gentleman all the time. He opens the car door for Bethany and Julia each morning at Seminary. He and a friend brought all the girls in their seminary class roses and chocolates for Valentine's day. He really watched out for Bethany at Prom and made her feel special.  The Stake paid for dinner for all the Laurels and Priests at The Terrace in Cody. The young women and young men leaders were chauffeurs to take the couples over to Cody. Each leader took two couples to and from Cody, and to the dance at the Mural Chapel.  The theme of the night was Princes and Princesses. The gym was decorated with castles. 

Bethany had a lot of fun looking for the perfect dress. She started looking last summer and finally found the one she ordered in December.  She bought jewelry with some of her Christmas money. We thought the dress would be Navy blue when we ordered, but it was more of a royal blue. It was the same color of my prom dress and Rebecca's prom dress. Julia says there is no way she is buying a blue dress next year when she goes to prom. I think that Bethany looked beautiful in her modest dress. We had a lot of fun looking at hairstyles for Bethany's long hair.  I think it looked beautiful all curly.  Emma and MaryAnne also had fun wearing their hair in curls. I'll have to post pictures of their hair also. 

I didn't get a lot of pictures of Zander and Bethany before they went to prom. It seemed kind of hectic here when Zander came to pick up Bethany.  All the little children wanted to say hi to him, and even a few of his siblings were over. I didn't take the time to take the inside pictures where there was good lighting, but the ones outside turned out really good.

We are glad they had a good time, and that the Stake provided the opportunity for the girls to be Princesses for a night.

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