I Love Mother's Day!

I know we need to appreciate

our mothers each and every day,

but it's nice to have that one

special day to show our love

and appreciation to them.

 I'm especially grateful that my 

mother is still with us to celebrate

 this very important day with!

Just love my Mom - such a sweet lady who has always been there for us.

Jeremy and Chandler (wearing his prom vest from the night before)

Chelsey and Taylor

Jackson enjoying his creamsicle

Chloe and Bryn love when they get together

Yummy

 Chad

Chad, Julie, and Jeremy

Mom, Julie, Chelsey, and Karen

Ron and Chandler

Berkley and Chandler - how did we get such good looking grandchildren?

Berks, Chan Chan, Chelsey, and Jackson

We always have a backyard barbecue for
 Mother's Day

and we had the perfect weather for it this year.
 I'm in heaven when I can see my kids and grandkids. 
Thanks guys!

Love, Love, Love my family!!!

Spring Break 2012

 Yay! I thought I'd lost my camera with all these
 cute pictures of Spring Break with Julie's family 

and Jeremy and Asher.  But I finally

found it so it's time to blog again
 after a 5 month hiatus!

It's becoming a tradition to spend spring break

at Las Palmas in St. George.

Julie's kids were in their glory because

all their friends go there too.

So all they have to do is walk

out their door and have instant

friends at their fingertips.

Doesn't get better than that.

And there are so many activities to do,
also at your fingertips, it's hard to decide
between swimming, basketball, miniature
golf, playground, tennis, night games 
on the lawn etc.

Asher loved riding on the path with his scooter!

Mason is always so happy!

The weather was great for swimming.

Mason and Asher playing Angry Birds - great buds!

Bryn had so much fun too - we all had to be careful about too much sun

Ready, get set, go!

Geronimo!

Jeremy has so much fun with Asher - love watching these two together

Berkley with her friend Taylor with Grandpa in the background

Bryn with her gal pals!

Romney fell in love with Asher and was by his side all the time!

 Everyone had so much fun. The kids said this was one of their funnest vacations ever! 

We're so thankful to Joe and Julie for letting us share their 

condo with them and creating such a fun family experience.

So Easy Even a Three Year Old Can Make these Yummy Treats

Chelsey told me about this recipe

so I let Asher and Ethan make them.

They're so easy and they had so much

fun making them.  You place waffle

pretzels on a cookie sheet, place a

candy kiss (any flavor) on top of

pretzel, broil until chocolate melts

(watch carefully so it doesn't burn) and

sprinkle candy sprinkles on top while

chocolate is still wet. Let cool & Enjoy!!! 

Asher was very meticulous with his

Had to sample some of the chocolate

Into the oven

Hmmm....which one to sample

Asher's favorite shirt
Orange & Cars 2
Doesn't get better than that!

Celebrated Thanksgiving Twice

It's one thing to have one Thanksgiving Dinner
at your house, but we actually had two this year.
We had 20 people from my

side of the family on Thanksgiving.
Ron's family came a week later

and we celebrated it a second time
with 10 people and 4 dogs! 

So I'm doubly thankful this year for the
blessing of family!



Kid's Table

Chandler, Joe, Julie and Gramps

My Beautiful Mom

Jackson before he dumped his food off his plate.
Tastes better on the tray anyway!

Berks and Ally

Ally, Therese, Chad and Mom

Group picture squinting in the sun - at least it was sunny!

~Chan looks pretty good in Grampa's hat~

Mom giving Jackson his bottle

I checked to see what Bryn and Chloe were up to
and they were in the tub playing with all their
little critters.

~They even arranged them in the blinds~


Now for the 2nd Group!
We did another full on turkey dinner
with all the trimmings!
Definitely diet time!

Steve, Gramps, Eryn, Darcy, Don and Noel

~The whole gang on the couch~
Don't know how we fit
with all the eating we did!

Group Picture Time

Darcy and Eryn having fun

Darcy, Noel and Eryn



Steve and Kim

Went to Berkley and Bryn's recital
Berkley is doing a solo dance - so brave!
She did a beautiful job!

Bryn loves to dance too - following
in her big sister's footsteps

It's been a few years since we've all been together

with Ron's family.
We packed so much in in such a short time.
We went to the Festival of the Trees,

movies - Breaking Dawn and Hugo,
 the girl's Dance Recital and Christmas Boutique.
 Plus lots of eating and visiting and listening
to Christmas music

 football games and did I mention eating!!!

Nothing is better than family getting together!
Great way to start off
the holiday season!