Little Dancers, Temple Square & Buddies

Kaitlee and Ivy on the night of their recital. They looked so beautiful and did such a great job!!!

This is what Reesie did every time we pointed the camera at her. It's pretty much impossible to get a good picture of her right now. I sure hope this phase doesn't last long!

They were so proud of the trophy and Christmas present they got from their teacher

Lots of friends and family came to watch: Grandma Bita & Grandpa Dude, Grandma Lynn & Grandpa Beav, Aunt Kim & Zeke & Macy, Aunt Rissa & Sydney, and our good friends Tanielle, Matayia, Bergen & Elle. So much love and support... Thank you all!!!!

Annual Buckingham Temple Square outing

My sweet little nephew Britton with my friend's baby Tyson. They were both born with Spina Bifida and have had so many trials they have had to go through. Sadly, there will be so many more to come so I'm so glad they will have each other for love and support through it all.

Pictures of my Boy

So, I realize that I'm a little behind on blogging and I actually have so many things I want to post about but no time to do it. These 4 little cute kids of mine sure do keep me busy. Since I have so many people asking me to post pictures of Lincoln I figured that's where I should start and hopefully I can catch up on what's been going on in our lives sometime soon.

Almost 6 months

This is his favorite thing to chew on

This picture is so funny to me. His hair makes him look like such a dork... kinda like his dad! But still so adorable!!! Jerry sure was proud of his "wings" over the ears before I shaved them off.

Aren't exersaucers the best inventions ever!?!! He sure loves his!

Preschool, Dance, Soccer, Potty, Flying, Sprinklers

Finally! Our computer is fixed. All thanks to my incredibly smart and talented brother Timmy! Without him, we would have been computerless for months 'cause we don't have the money right now to get it fixed. The only payment my brother asked for was a nice dinner and a delicious cake for dessert. I think I can manage that. (Hopefully!)

Ivy started preschool a couple of weeks ago and loves it so much! She only goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Every other day that she doesn't have it she begs and begs to go. She thinks it's so unfair that Kaitlee gets to go to school every day and she doesn't. She also started dance that same day and is the cutest little dancer I've ever seen.
Ivy is so proud of her Tinkerbell backpack.




Kaitlee had her first soccer game a couple of weeks ago. She did pretty well considering she plays on a team of 1st and 2nd graders. She looks so tiny out there with all those big girls. I'm excited to see how she progresses this year. She does, after all, have the greatest coach ever! ;)


Giving Coach Daddy Hi-5's!


My little Reesie-Roo is potty-trained! Not too bad for a girl that just turned two. She is so determined to keep up with her big sisters. One day she watched Kaitlee and Ives put on their underwear and she decided that's what she needed to do too. So she put some on and that was that. She is the strongest willed little thing I've ever seen. Once she makes up her mind to do something, that's the way it's going to be. I'm pretty sure she gets that from Daddy!


Jared has a buddy (John) that owns a plane and he's been wanting to take our girls flying for a couple of years now. Jerry finally arranged with him to go on the morning of Labor Day. John's plane was in Morgan so he took them flying over Logan and a few other little towns up there. Jared said they were a little scared at first because it was so noisy and bumpy but once they got used to it they had a lot of fun.


Logan temple
USU's football stadium


Jerry finally got our sprinklers put in. Now we just need to get the ground evened out and we'll be ready for sod. Yay!!!
My cheesy, yet awesome brother Timmy. We are so thankful for him and everyone else who came to help. We never would have gotten it done without them! (Ivy took this picture. Pretty good, huh?!!)



You know I can't do a post without saying something about my handsome little guy, right? Last weekend I was at a family reunion and Jared's Aunt Janet said to me, "I can tell you love your girls and all, but your kinda partial to that boy of yours aren't ya?" I hate to admit it, but it's true. This family just wouldn't have been complete without him. I definitely feel like I have a different kind of bond with him. I seriously have to squeeze him every time I look at that cute little smiley, squishy, dimpley face. I just love him to peices!!!

My Little School Girl

I still can't believe it! My little baby girl is already starting Kindergarten. Where has the time gone!?!! She and her sweet friend Matayia have Mrs. Hyre who they both seem to adore. Yesterday they had a little orientation to introduce them to their teachers and show them around the school. It was so fun to watch her and Matayia just cling to each other. They held hands pretty much the entire time. So cute! I think it's made it a lot easier being able to start with such a close friend. Today she made it through her very first day. She absolutely loved it... and she looked so cute! She has been dying to wear her new clothes and the time has finally come. She had such a hard time picking out which outfit to wear. I love this girl and it's been so much fun watching her grow up. Everybody said I would totally cry sending her off to her first day of school but oddly enough, I didn't. I was so excited for her! She is such a smart little girl and she has been so excited for this day to come.

(Orientation the day before she started school)

Spur of the Moment

Our good friends from Vegas were in town last weekend. Joel called Jer Thursday afternoon to see if we wanted to go to Lagoon with them on Friday. We had been meaning to take the kids all summer long but with the baby and all, we just never got around to it. So long story short, it worked out perfectly that Jer took the day off work and surprised us with a fun day at Lagoon with our friends. We spent the afternoon letting the kids ride whatever they wanted then my awesome parents so lovingly drove all the way up there to pick them up for the evening so Jerry and I could ride some of the roller coasters together.

Sweet Ivy riding the Whales


Kate and Kaitlee on the Ladybug- These two were completely inseparable all day long


Not so funny story- On our way out to drop our kids off with my parents we stopped at the gate to get my hand re-stamped. Then we walked all the way to the back of the parking lot where the drop off loop is at. As we walked up to the car my mom calmly asked where Sonrisa was at (just thinking we left her with a baby-sitter). Both mine and Jer's eyes popped wide open. Jared immediately took off running back to the park. I looked in the front of the stroller and sure enough... no Sonrisa. I then took off running back as well and was balling and shaking by the time I got back to the entrance. The lady at the gate looked at me with a smile said, "Lost your daughter?" That obvious, huh? She told me where she was at and by the time I got there Jared was just walking out the door with her. They had found her right by the entrance gates. I guess while I was figuring out where to get my hand re-stamped, she had crawled out of the stroller and was probably standing right next to us as we walked away. But did we notice? Nope! We pushed a half-empty stroller all the way across a gigantic parking lot and didn't even notice. Are we great parents or what!?! For those few minutes running back to the park I had all sorts of horrible things going through my mind. I am sooo incredibly thankful that she is okay!

Ivy and Reesie on the helicopters

After we finally got the kids sent off with my parents and our nerves settled down, we ate some dinner and then met up with our friends again. They dropped their kids off at Brooke's parent's house right there in Fruit Heights and her mom came back with them just to ride a couple of the big roller coasters while her dad watched the kids. Thanks so much for inviting us Brooke and Joel! Other than momentarily losing Sonrisa, we had a blast spending the day at Lagoon with you and your kids... and your adorable, roller coaster loving mom!

Kate and Kaitlee on the spaceships

This picture is so hilarious to me! Look closely at Ivy and Sonrisa's face. Think they enjoyed riding Puff?

I wish we took more pictures of everybody that we were with but sadly this is all we have. Didn't even get one of Lincoln while we were there.

Since I didn't have a picture of Lincoln to post from Lagoon I just had to post something about him. This is my sweet little boy in an outfit that Jared wore when he was a baby. Kinda cool, huh!?!!

Thanks Nettifer!!!

My super close friend, Lynette, came out to my house a couple weeks ago and took all these amazing pictures of my little Lincoln and my girls. She is seriously like the coolest person I know and she is so hilarious to be around. Thanks so much Netters! I LOVE the pictures and I had so much fun spending the afternoon together! This was the best present ever!!!

(These are just a few of my favorites)





Reesie was being such a little Rascal! I thought all her pictures were going to be a complete disaster so I was so surprised to see how adorable some of them actually turned out.



Sweet Ivy was being such a cheeeezball!! But I think her pictures still turned out to be so beautiful!



Lynette only had to take a few pictures of Kaitlee because she was so cooperative and she is SOOO incredibly photogenic!!!


Lincoln and his sisters

This is Lincoln in his blessing outfit. He looked like such a little stud on his special day!