Dear Fall,

I have been waiting patiently. I'm so glad you finally arrived. I LOVE you.

Sincerely,

Me

An Unfortunate Event.

For the last 6 months I have been taking pictures of different plants blooming in my yard. A few weeks ago our hard drive crashed! :( I lost everything. Luckily, I had not deleted this one from my camera. I LOVE this one. It always makes me feel happy when I see it. MORAL of this story....BACKUP your FILES!!!!

Kelsey's HS Graduation!

Aidan and I picked up Grandma Lucy in St. George and away we went to see my beautiful cousin Kelsey graduate from Layton High School. GO LANCERS! It was a great visit. :) I love to spend time with my Uncle Mike and his family. We took some lovely walks on the NEW path. We saw a snake one day, and a deer the next. Not to mention, the few yards that had horses. Aidan was in horse heaven.:) Uncle Mike and Aunt Nancy made us some really delicious meals and introduced us to an incredible swirl cone from Dick's! lol So good!
Kelsey had both of her Grandma's there. Grandma Shirley ( Nancy's mom) and Grandma Lucy (Mike's mom). It was pretty funny watching them scream and shout her name. They were SO proud. Kelsey is a SMARTY! She received 3 scholarships, and has decided to grace Utah State with her presence.:) lol
Jason is still getting taller and skinnier! He is self teaching himself to play the GEEtar! He is really good. He was banging out some Jason Marz while I was there. Trying to learn some LOVE songs for the ladies! lol
While we were there Mike took us to check out Antelope Island. I must say, I was totally not impressed, due to the STINK! That first stretch of road before you get to the Island has the NASTIEST smell ever!! Apparently, it is caused by Brine Shrimp. GROSS! Aidan held his little nose until the smell finally disappeared. When that finally happened I was quite taken with the Island. It is pretty cool. We saw a few Buffalo. Aidan may dispute this, he called them horses! lol All in all we had a wonderful visit. It is a LONG journey with a 2 year old and a Grandma with a bum leg, but we made it, and most importantly we have wonderful memories.:) I love my family!

A visit to Brent and Grandma Lucy

Brent had to have a surgery on his foot. He had this weird looking lump near his ankle. Almost like he had 2 ankles! Gross. It ended up being a cyst. Still gross! lol Unfortunately, due to this procedure he missed most of the Indoor track meets. We headed to SUU to cheer him up and make sure he was taking it easy. On the way home we stopped in to spend some time with Grandma Lucy. Marc always tries to do what he can for her around the house. This time it was the removal of a palm tree! He is so glad to do things for her. You forget how much work goes into a home, especially, when you are alone and not able to do too many things yourself. She is an AMAZING woman, and I LOVE her SO much.:)

More fun with Bill...

before he headed off to school. We let him settle for a day and then requested he cook us his famous hamburgers. They are SO good. While he was busy cooking, my Dad was busy entertaining the grandkids. So far, he has only 1 granddaughter, Princess Shelby. We pretty much will do anything to entertain her.:) We are SO used to boys that it has been fun to switch gears. Needless to say, this is why Grandpa is wearing Grandma's pj's. They were pretending to be Grandma and knit. lol The other pictures are from a family dinner hosted by Bill and Liz. It was fun!

Home from Chile.

What an exciting day this was! Bill left 2 years ago in January to serve his mission for the LDS church in Santiago, Chile. At the time of his departure I was 7 months pregnant and a emotional mess. :( Of course, I knew this was what he needed to do, but at the time, I was more concerned about being away from him for SO long. I know, selfish. I LOVE my brother's, what can I say.:) He is home now ladies! LOL My parents will NOT appreciate that line.! LOL He was home for barely a week and then headed off to join Brent (my other brother) at school. Thank goodness he is not too far and has been able to come home for a few visits. PS He LOVED his mission and the Chilean people will always hold a special place in his heart.:)

Christmas in May?!

I've been so behind in blogging! This is officially the last of '08 events:)

We had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Our tradition starts Christmas Eve when we head over to my Mom's for a nice dinner and presents for the kids. We were happy when Grandma Lucy decided she could make the trip and join us. Then on Christmas Day after we open our gifts, we head over to my Dad's for a yummy breakfast! We look forward to that breakfast ALL year long:) Why is breakfast SO good?! lol This year we headed over to Bill and Liz's ( my step Grandparents) house for Christmas dinner. We ate delicious tamales from Dona Maria's:) Needless to say, we ate very well in a 24 hour span! We had a couple of days to relax at home, and then we headed to Utah to celebrate New Years with the Dudley's:) Nearly, all of my pictures document the Utah trip! Good ol' Santa gave me a new camera (the one of my dreams) and I was too overwhelmed with trying to figure it out ( I wanted to be professional from the first shot) . So, I unfortunately missed most of Christmas. Not smart, I realize this now.

Grandpa Dudley's Funeral in England.

Waiting for Marc to document this one:)

Another trip to Sandy in '08

We headed to Utah to see Dan (Marc's cousin) preform in the production of Suessical the Musical for his High School! He was AMAZING! He has a GREAT bass voice:) Although, he was the reason for this journey, I failed to take any pictures of him:( How did I miss that!! Still love you Danny boy!

Katy and Justin Sealed in the St. George Temple 2008

Springs Preserve

Ethan had a dental appointment at the right time, so we were able to go visit the Springs Preserve and have lunch with Grandma! Once again, I would like to mention how tasty The Springs Cafe by Wolfgang Puck is:) My mom refers to it as a glorified cafeteria. You get gourmet food in a cafeteria setting. They also, have outdoor seating. Great view of the city. It was a really nice day!

Max turned 2 at the Butterfly Park:)

Little, or not so little Max turned 2 and invited us to celebrate with him at the park! It was a very fun morning!

* I have had the worst time trying to download ALL these photos into one post!! Not sure what the problem is:(

Sliding down the hill:)

Max trying to evade me!

Walking Reeeeeko! LOL

woof woof!

Just swinging.

Max!

The boys!

Lucy!

Bailey!

The legs of an ATHLETE...

look like this!
Brent is a decathlete for SUU. Apparently, he becomes stricken on a weekly basis with injuries! I watched him Pole Vault last weekend and I must say I was a bit nervous:) His form is SO precise, as it MUST be, or he could BE paralyzed! I was unable to get a good picture of him in action, I forgot my long lense:(