Christmas Fun

These pictures show what fun Christmas can be. Our actual Christmas Eve and day were very quiet with just Jake, Rachel and Gabi home. We got a good snow storm and went to the movies and ate a lot of good food. Oh yeah...awesome gifts!

Granddaughters Rock!

So here are two of the cutest little girls ever! Lucky for us they are in our family...thanks Nicole and Emily!

November Birthdays!

So I guess Rachel really is 19 and all grown up because she shared her birthday cake with Brady this year. Definately a sign of maturity! Brady is a wee bit older...27 to be exact. We love that two of our most favorite people share the same birthday month! (Thanks Nicole for taking the picture!)

Family Photos

NEW POST, by popular demand. Nicole orchestrated the most fabulous photo shoot with her friend Lindsey Christensen. It was fast and painless. Aren't we a good looking bunch?

Alpine Days 5 K

So I bribed the girls to run with their dad in the 5K for Alpine Days this year. What was the bribe? Matching Nike running shorts of course! Blaine did pretty good at staying with them...for a minute, and then...off like a shot. He got 3rd in his age division.

Gabi Turns 15!

Can it be that "the baby of the family" has really turned 15 years old? That must make mom and dad really old...yikes! Thank goodness for Gabs keeping us young.

Summertime With Trey

We had so much fun with Trey when he came to visit...he is so funny, cute, smart, sweet and energetic!

Ivory's Blessing Dress

So here is Ivory's blessing dress, made from Emily's wedding dress! I was so glad it turned out, this was too much pressure for me. Emily was here in Utah for about a month with Trey and Ivory and occasionally Brady when he wasn't traveling for business. We loved having them here, they are such darling kids. The blessing day was so nice. Emily and Brady are doing so well and we're proud of them.

Emily's Wedding Dress

So this was right before I cut up Emily's wedding dress to make Ivory's blessing dress....as per Emily's request! We had to see it on someone one last time so Rachel was the lucky winner. I was secretly hoping she would fall in love with it so I wouldn't have to do the scary deed, but no...my girls all have a style of their very own.

Rachel's Graduation

Rachel graduated on May 30th, at the BYU Marriott Center. She got to wear gold cords because she had a cumulative GPA of 3.95! Wow! Nicole and Macy were here from Boston...wa-hoo! We are so proud of Rachel for doing so well, but more importantly for how kind she was to everyone in high school. She was known for how friendly she was, I love that! Only one more to go...Gabi in 2011.

Saint George Triathalon

Rachel and Blaine did their first triathalon...only it turned out to be a "bi-athalon"! The wind was out of control so search and rescue cancelled the swim portion because of dangerous conditions. They had a good run and bike though and got excited for the next one. Rachel was 4th in her division and Blaine was 8th in his. They went with Mallory (Rachel's good friend) and bishop Miller.

Macy Lou comes to Alpine!

Nicole and Macy got to come for a visit in April...so fun. Macy got to meet her Butler great grandparents for the first time. She is a doll and Nic is such a good mom. We all missed Micah.

Mcy Lou comes to Alpine!

Rachels Drill Team goes to New York

The Lone Peak drill team went to New York to compete at Nationals and had a blast! Oh, and they did very well also. Gabi and I just had to go and "help out". We took second overall and won the high point award for our military routine, it was amazing! We also saw "Wicked" and went shopping on the famous Canal St. (can you say barter heaven?) I think that New Yorker's are either getting much more friendly or they couldn't resist our charms...take your pick. Another "last" for Rachel before graduation in May.

Trey turns 3!

Trey got to come out for a visit while Emily went to Boston to visit Nicole, Micah and Macy. We had a little birthday for him but he was worn out! He pulled the "run around on the stand" trick during Sacrament meeting...yes, I was mortified! But how can you ever be mad at this cutie?

SNOW!

This has been the snowiest winter in the 16 years that we have lived in Alpine! It's crazy! We really haven't seen the ground in months. We're all going a little crazy but we really need the water, so we just smile every time we get blasted with another storm.