Hannah's Birthday

Hannah is now 7 years old!  Seeing how we had a big party last year AND I had to work, we celebrated and had our birthday festivities before I left for work. 

The birthday girl woke up VERY excited.  We gave her a crown to wear for the occasion.  First order of business, she ate her birthday breakfast of blueberry pancakes with whipped cream and choice of sprinkles....after she made everyone's beds of course!  Hannah is our little bed maker.  She also holds the titles of assistant cook, duster, vaccummer, and dish washer.  I always love the help and we always have a great time working together.

Breakfast time!

A big purple cake with cream cheese frosting and a raspberry filling.  I need to work on my cake writing though :)

We took the kids to Mc Pukes (Mc Donalds) where they played to their hearts content, climbing on everything climbable and stuffed themselves with greasy fast food!  Afterwards we went back to the house for cake and presents.

Group shot (Dallin, Kael, Koen, and Hannah). 

Hannah getting sung to.  You can tell by the look on her face that we're probably not the most talented bunch of singers.....Barry excluded.

Blowing out the candles......

.......still blowing out the candles........

....what Hannah didn't know is that we put trick candles on her cake and she was pretty confused when they kept re-lighting.  She was very concerned before the blowing started that one of her brothers would blow out her candles so after Hannah and the boys got their fair share of candle blowing we let her in on the tricky candles and put them out for good.

Boys hitching a ride to the present opening festivities.

We packed 2 gift bags full of presents and she was concerned at first because there were only 2.....  she was soon surprised to find much more.

Koen and Dad

Our Anniversary !!!

We celebrated our 4 year anniversary!  Since we take turns planning.....this year was Barry's turn.  Our original plans to spend the weekend in St. George at the condo fell through (which is OK since I wasn't sure I could go one night without seeing my boys, since I still have not spent one night without them yet).  

We ended up going to a bar in Park City to see my friend's band perform, which was fun and great to see him.  We got stuck in a terrible snow storm coming back home.  I don't think we went more than 25mph.  There were all kinds of vehicles and semis that couldn't make it up Parley's Summit, and we were fish tailing and spinning our wheels just to summit so we can continue home.  Let's just say we had a great night with a LONG ride home.  The next day we took the twins out and saw ALICE IN WONDERLAND in 3D!   We went out to lunch and spent a great day hanging out.  And to top it off, Barry took me to my FAVORITE restaurant, Bombay House!   I haven't eaten there in years and we can't wait to go back again.  Thank you Barry!

Dear Hubby,

This time every year I look back and reflect on the beautiful life we have together. I want to let you know how much I appreciate EVERYTHING you do. I couldn’t be who I am without you. You have stood by my side through unimaginable trials. Not a day goes by that you don’t tell me how much you love me. Like I’ve said before…every day spent with you makes my life rich and meaningful. You are my best friend AND my husband which makes me a pretty lucky gal!


I love how you always sing to me and write beautiful music for me.
I love how we can have an intimate conversation just by looking in each other’s eyes.
I love your sweet kisses that scream you love me and whisper serenity.
I love raising a family with you. We’re just a bunch of kids, learning and growing together.


You make me feel beautiful and young, but most of all…..loved.


Je’temme
XOxoXO

A Day At The Dinosaur Museum

We ALL love the Dinosaur Museum! We stumbled across a great opportunity to go and go we did! Hannah, Dallin and Kael are waiting patiently to go through. The kids really liked this contraption since it made little tornadoes. They would blow on it, making the tornado disappear and slowly create another one......fascinating :)

I had to get a pic of Hannah at this spot since the last time we took a similar pic. So, here is Hannah at 6 and 3/4 old.....
....and here at 3 and 3/4.

Kael running through the cave.

We went through with my sister Kim, hubby Brian and his kids. Clixie wanted her pic taken with this dinosaur. It's one of the few Dino's that's about her size.

Another re-creation of an older pic. Dallin is an added feature.

Here is the pic with Barry and Hannah last time.Dallin, Twins and I. (Koen on left)

Kael taking great interest in the dinosaurs.

Daddy explaining to Kael what things are.

Kael doing a crayon rub of a beetle.

Brian helping Hannah put together their own creation of a dinosaur.

Hanging out at the Design-a-Dino station.

Who would've thought Dinosaur Museums were romantic?

Goofin' off!

Brian and Clixie

Clixie and Jackson at the Erosion Table.

Kael was very focused on building a little Dino-land.

Clixie playing in the sand.

Koen, Hannah and Dallin merging their Dino colonies.

Hannah helping the twins build their own little Dino-kingdom.

Koey getting dirty......which is rare for him...

Kael in his element

Dallin watching fishes swim through one of the exhibits.

Koen enchanted (or going crazy...you choose) by the Dino's.

In order from oldest to youngest......really.....

Piling on

This Dino's not big enough for everyone.

Koey digging for bones.

Not sure exactly what the situation is in this particular photo. You can speculate all you want....I just think it's funny.

She found one!

Koey sharing

Love these boys' eyes!

What's left of the brushes after numerous hours of digging.