Family pictures 2011

                                I like this ^ one

                                                   this one ^

                                                 this one ^

                                                                      this one  ^

                                                               This one ^

                                                               This one ^

                                                            this one ^

                                                                    This one ^

Here our are family pictures for 2011.  With some photoshopping i think I might be able to make them perfect. 

Open some eyes here....turn a head there.....fix a smile here... fix some hair there...

i kinda love the imperfections and I really hate them at the same time.

The ones that I put that I didnt like are the ones that I will need to fix.

Toddler Crib

I took off the front of Jace's crib to turn it into a toddler crib so he can get in and out if it freely.  It luckily only took him one day of sleeping in front of the door, to realize that his bed was much more comfortable.  Cute little stink!

Little Sahara Sand Dunes

 Last Sunday while we were in Utah for the State Fair, We decided to go to Little Sahara sand dunes.  Stacee, Digger, Macade, Megan and Lee came as well as Chris, Crystal and Paris.  We were able to have our Turbo on the Ranger tuned for this trip and it was AWESOME!  Now we just need to get a new clutch for it to put the power to the ground!

 This picture shows that it was PERFECT weather!! it was only mid 70's with no wind.

 The little boys while we were riding around.  Dayton loves to wear his "Gobbles".  Dayton was excited to be there with Macade so he insisted on riding with Macade in the Rhino rather than with mom and Dad

 Driving around on our Ranger.  We haul butt every where we go now!

 Me and Stacee!

Dayton catching air jumping off of sand dunes.  AWESOME!!  As I was down loading pictures I realized that I didn't have anything of Jason or Jace.... It could have been because I forgot my camera and Stacee was taking all the pictures.  We plan on going again soon and I will catch some pictures of them.

Utah State Fair 2011

We had another great day out at the State fair this year. The weather was nice and cool. The warmest it got was around 77 or 78 degrees. It made it nice that we could stay outside all day and not feel miserable and hot.

 nuff said....

Jace and I with the goats  (Jace hated them)

 Dayton and Jace in the little farmers village

 Here Jace is planting seeds.

 Dayton and Jace are picking the veggies they planted

 The boys riding the tractors

 gathering eggs

 Here are all of the things they they boys collected

 The big slide.  We actually rode it 4 or 5 times but Jason only caught a picture this time.  Jace also loved the slide.

It was really nice not having a sled pull truck at the fair.  It makes the day so nice and its so stress free.

5 Year Anniversary

 On Friday Jason and I had our 5th Year Anniversary.  Its funny how fast time flies by.  Towards the end of Jason's busy day he rushed to Walmart and bought me 5 dozen roses.  He gave them to me looking like how they do above.  We had our friend Jon watch the kids and Jason and I went out to a nice dinner.  We picked up the kids after we were done and put them to bed and we snuggled and watched a movie.  Jason is good to me and I love him dearly.  We were totally made for each other.

This is the same flower arrangement after I got ahold of it and pulled out the dead roses and and clipped the bottom of the stems.  It turned out really nice especially with how many roses I had to work with.

Hanging out at Grandma's

 Dayton and Jace found a Caterpillar and they love it until it died tragically from all of the love it was receiving

 Isn't in funny that even though Jace is picking his nose he still looks cute!

here is a picture of my amazing father!  He is always there when I need his help and support.

Dayton and Grandma walking the yard to try to find things to do.

I had to head to Utah so I could go to a dear friend Rob Clark's Viewing and Funeral.  It all went down in Lehi so it made it very easy to spend a lot of time at my Grandma Strong's house.  She helped out with my kids tons.  I love it that my kids know my grandparents just like I new my parents grandparents.   Thanks Grandma!!  (:

Daytons 1st Day of his 2nd Year in preschool

 Dayton was so excited to go to school again this year.  He really really loves it that he gets to eat lunch now at preschool with all of his friends.  I cant wait to see all of the progress that he will have this year.  He is such a good boy and I am so proud of him

Of course I cant take a picture of Dayton without taking a picture of Jace.  So hence here is a picture of Jace on his first day home with mom for the school year.   Check out his hair!!  He is getting so curly up on top!  Jace is also my cuddle bug.  He is always saying "Hi MOM!" and then he gives me a great big bear hug with a "GRRRRRR" to show how tight he is squeezing.

I had to post a picture of what Dayton looked like for his first day of school last year.  He has grown so big so fast.   He says all the time " Mom I can do that, I'm 4 years old"

A Night out for Dinner

We went out to dinner the other night.  Its so fun to go out with the kids.  They enjoy eating at Broadway Burger because they like their car kids meal boxes.