Happy Birthday Brookie!

My niece Brooklynn turned 5 in September. For her party, April took them to Build A Bear!! As you can see, well kind of....they came home with Hannah Montana bears!! Now it wasn't just the bear, no no no they had the wig, the sunglasses, the purse, the shoes, the brush, and lets not forget the stroller!!! Thank you aunt April for everything, you really didn't have to do so much, but I know Ashlynn sure had a blast and she is really enjoying her Hannah Montana Bear with all the accessories!!!

Brookie and Ashlynn holding their bears!!

Of course Mitch had to play!!
(Yes, Ashlynn already had a stroller....can we say spoiled!!)

GO VIKINGS!!!

Pleasant Grove had their Homecoming game last Friday (Sept. 26) Of course we had to go. Like I always say...Once a Viking, always a Viking!!! Ashlynn and Mitch had a blast with their cousins. Mitch thought it was the greatest thing....eating candy, teasing his cousin Emmi, going back and forth from Grandma to Grandpa to Matt to Mandy to Dad well you get the picture!! As you can see we all bleed blue!! You gotta love the blue and white!!! :) Oh, for those of you who didn't make it to the game and are wondering.....Yes Vikings did WIN!!!

Ashlynn, Sami Jo, Grandma, Bridger, and Emmi.....love that Viking Pride!

Oh ya, even Mitch has a little Viking Pride!

I can't imagine, Greg on the phone!!! Matt too....what the???

Mitch found another little girl to tease! What can I say, he likes the "older women"...sorry Tyler!!!

Outside Fun.....

It doesn't get any better than just being outside playing with friends and enjoying the nice "summer" weather!! We have to take advantage of it while we still can, before we know it we'll be freezing and longing for the hot sun!! :) Here are a few pics of the kids playing.....

Little Nash wanted a ride, so he hoped on the back with Mitch and they were off...Too Cute!!! (Mitch thought it was cold because it was a little breezy, that's why he has his hoodie on!! The temps were still in the low 80's)

Mitch absolutely loves mowing with Dad. This is the first thing he does when Greg brings home the mower. He'll sit there and wait until Greg is ready!!

Ahhh finally, its time to mow!!!

Even Nash loves the mower and wanted to help too!!!

Who knew that a trailer would be such a great entertainer for the kids. They love to ride their bikes up and down the ramp...its great fun!!!

Bridger, Ashlynn, Dakota, and Nash just enjoying a nice cold otter pop and doing a little fishing as well...or something like that!!

I will definitely miss these kind of evenings when it stays light longer and the weather is just perfect to go outside and watch the kids play. But on the other hand I do love Fall, not crazy about winter but we will survive....we always do!!! :)

Eight is Great!!!

Greg and I celebrated are eight year anniversary on September 16. Wow how time flies by. I can't believe its been eight years!!!
So for are anniversary, Greg took me up to Park City. Since we didn't get to go on the Alpine Coaster last time we were up there we decided to go. It was a blast!!!! It was the perfect time to go. There was hardly anyone there. We didn't have to wait in line. The leaves are starting to change, it was so pretty. Afterward, we went shopping at the outlets. Oh ya Greg knows just what I love.....shopping!!! For dinner he took me to La Caille. The food was a little bit to fancy for me, but oh my gosh it is beautiful up there!!! We had a great time. We stayed over night at the Anniversary Inn. Its always nice to have a little getaway, even if it is for just a day and one night! Happy Anniversary My Dear......Here's to Forever!!!!

September 16, 2000

Peaches Anyone???

Thanks to Tanalyn I canned some peaches this year. Those who know me, know that I'm not one for canning...I should be but I'm not! Well Tanalyn helped me with my first dozen. Greg thought it was great so he brought home another box of peaches the next day. He even said he would help. That night Greg and I canned the box. We were so proud of ourselves. Its such a great accomplishment to see the final product all finished!!! They look great....well I think so anyway!!! Ashlynn and Mitch love them. I just might have to venture out and try some other canning...maybe!!!

Ashlynn's First Day of Kindergarten

Ashlynn had her first day of school last Monday (Aug.25) I am a little bit behind on my posting. Sorry but its definitely been a crazy week. Greg had "same day" surgery on his kidney stones Tuesday, needless to say things didn't go as planned and he had to be transported from the surgical center to the hospital where he was admitted and had to stay over night because he was in so much pain from passing about eight stones at a time....OUCH!!! He was released Wednesday night but still in pain. Hopefully he can get feeling better real soon!! Anyway back to Ashlynn, after her first day Greg and I thought it would be fun to take her out to lunch, you know for being such a big girl!!! We took her to Pizza Factory because she always tells me she loves their bread twists. So when we where done she said to me "I'll pick where we go tomorrow for lunch." So I explained to her that we wanted to do something fun for her first day of school.....don't get used to it!!!:) Ashlynn had a fun week even if her dad was sick. She got to play at her friends Bridger and Dakota's house, she even got to sleep over Tuesday night....she was in heaven!!!! Thanks so much Tanalyn for all your help with her, it truly helped me out a lot. Also, thanks to my parents for taking Mitch and letting him sleep over!!!! I know that wasn't easy!

American Fork Canyon...

A week ago Sunday (Aug. 10) Matt called and asked if we wanted to go up the canyon for dinner??? My first thought was...NO, HELLO the Olympics!!! Then I thought for a second about how my poor children have not been up the canyon this year, or haven't done anything like that in a long time and I knew they would love it. So I told Matt we would go!!! Its not that I hate the outdoors(altogether)....I'm just much more comfortable in my own home, you know where there are no bugs, mosquito's, smelling like fire, bee's (which did attack our food!) etc. Okay so we did have a fun time! Thanks Carson's for the yummy food and good times!!! Maybe we'll have to do it again sometime.....MAYBE!!!