11.02.2009

Costa Rica



If you have never been on a trip with out your children, I highly recommend it. I have always been a mom who has been terribly worried about leaving her children home while vacationing but this year for our 10 year anniversary I decided it was time to overcome my fears. I figured witht he new technologies of today I would be OK. Skype is a moms best friend when she is worried and far far away. And it's free!

Lucky for us Kevin's mom flew in from Utah to be with the kids (Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!) We also had many friends and family help us out with car pools and games. Thank you Dolly, Nevine, Stephanie and Mom and Dad for all your help too!


Anyways- Costa Rica was awesome- I just wished I would have taken more pictures. We stayed at Rancho Pacifico which was absolutely amazing. All of the people who worked there were amazing. I enjoyed getting to know all of them. Our routine for the week was amazing first we would wake up to the sound of monkeys, have breakfast, go off and do something adventurous. Then we would get back to our place, get rinsed off, get a massage, get ready, talk to our kids via SKYPE and then have dinner... Every Single Day!- it was absolutely amazing. Many times we would just look at each other and laugh because this is NOT our typical schedule.

This was our little place we stayed in. All the walls are just screens so you have a panoramic view of everything all the way to the ocean.




Lucky for us Kevin's sister Michelle and her boyfriend Mark are currently on a spanish speaking adventure. (They wanted to learn the Spanish Language and decided to put their stuff in storage and have been traveling central and South America for the last 7 months!) I think it's fantastic!

The week before we went to Costa Rica they realized they were only 3 hours away from us and took the bus to come and visit. It was awesome! We took surf lessons together, zip-lined and did a couple of waterfall hikes. We loved hanging out with them and it was so fun to see them and experience such a cool place with them. Thanks you guys- you honeslty made our trip so much fun. We miss you guys! Come and see us soon!



Pat did such a great job with our little ones while we were gone. They did all kinds of crafts, they made all kind of goodies and Avery even sewed her very first quilt! Thanks Pat!

Labor Day weekend

We had a great time with Kevin's parents in Dallas over Labor Day weekend.

First we toured the Dallas Cowboys stadiun (Where BYU would be playing the next Day)


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The next day we went to Six Flags- What a great park!


Shortly after Sea World Tim, Kevin and I headed to the BYU game while Pat (thanks again, PAt!) babysat and took the little ones to IHOP!


Lucky for us Tim pulled some strings and got us great seats. it was an amazing game and the stadium was unbelievable!

The next day we celebrated Kev's Birthday at Ed and Noni's. house and visited their Chicken farm. Happy 33rd Kev!

10.29.2009

First Day of School

Avery and Boston were excited for school to start this year.

Avery has to wear uniforms at her school, which I happen to love- It makes getting ready in the morning so much easier.


Avery was lucky enough to know some of the kids on her class. Second grade...I can't believe it's here already.




Boston was very excited for school. He immediately drug his friend Kevin over to the dress ups and put the spiderman cape on. I can't believe how big he is getting.

9.03.2009

Blog Slacker

The following posts are dedicated to Michelle,
who's patience is probably non-existent right now.

I still have so much to catch up on, but at least it's something, right?

9.02.2009

Beach Bums




We made it to the beach a couple of times. My kids love it... can't get enough of it. I was amazed at how much Van still loved to eat crackers even with sand all over them. Everytime I would try to take them away he would scream, so I let him have it. A little sand won't hurt him, right?

8.21.2009

Snip Snip




Van got a little haircut- his first one!
He actually did such a great job sitting still on the chair.

He may have not really needed one but we decided
to give him a little trim just to even things up a bit.

8.11.2009

Avery Summer 09

I took a photography class this summer and tried to learn a few things, so when I had assignments to do, my kids naturally were able to help me out.
Avery has been obsessed with reading since before Kindergarten. If we are in the car or at home she usually has a book in her hands. This summer she has been obsessed with Harry Potter and is on the third book, so I decided to take a picture of what she loves best,
she's my little book worm.





And yes, this girl will need braces at some point in her life.
(That's the old orthodontist assistant in me talking.)

Boston Summer 09



I will say Boston loves to help... a little too much but that's Boston for you. If I ask Avery to go get something (baby wipes for instance) Boston is sprinting up ahead of her trying to grab the wipes before she does just so he can help. He is a sweetheart with a temper. If he's not the one helping he gets upset. He's a crack up. I love his sweet spirit. He can truly melt my heart and tear it apart in the same minute. BUt Ihave to say I love the kid...good times and not so good times... I just love him.


this is what time-out looks like

Van Summer 09


6.12.2009

beyond exhaustion


While I was in New York with some friends, Kevin took the kids to the beach with my side of the family. While they were at the beach Van fell asleep like this on my dad's shoulders. Sadly this was one of the only pictures Kev took of the whole trip- But at least he got this one. It cracks me up!