Back On Track!

SO....I have been a HORRIBLE blogger. Let's be honest, I have been horrible at A LOT of things this last year, BUT, Adam is now home and I am working on getting our family back on track with a lot of things.

The boys started school in JULY. We has a short summer because they switched tracks. I am VERY happy about the switch and the teachers that they have. I am VERY fortunate to have a friend to trade babysitting with so I can help in their classrooms every week.

The boys are in football. WOW, that takes up a BIG chunk of our time, BUT we LOVE it!

Paige turned 3 on Sept. 17. She had a little party with her close friends. She was SO in to her birthday it was A LOT of fun.

Adam and I celebrated our 13 aanniversary on the 20th. It feels like we have been together FOREVER, but time has also flown by MUCH too fast.

Trials

"Some good things fall apart

so better things can come together."

We have a lot of friends going through some very difficult trials right now

and this thought seemed really appropriate!

Cut It Out!

Paige desided to cut her hair today. Thankfully she did a pretty good job. She mostly ended up with a mullet when it was all said and done. Paige held me a wiped my tears away and told me sorry as I sobbed over it!

I loved her long curly hair. Now i't going to take another year to get it that long again. I know it's just hair and it could have been SO much worse but I am still sad!

This is a before picture of how long it was in back. Thankfully she could only get to the sides
After picture. It's still cute but short!

My Babies!

This is a picture of a picture. Unfortunately you can see where Paige took hand sanitizer and rubbed it on Brysen! Apparently he needed it!

Oh the Joy!

SO, I was on an important phone call and hiding out in the bathroom so I could hear, like any other self respecting mom. I hear Paige in the kitchen playing with Ebony's dog food. I kept thinking to myself, this doesn't sound good, but didn't want to be distracted from the call so I finished up and then walked out to this.

She was so proud of her self and commanded Ebony to "EAT".

UPDATE: As I just went upstairs to get the camera to post this picture, I found half of a bottle of Windex emptied out on my kitchen counter and Paige trying to wash the table. Oh, the joys of living with little, mischievous Paige!

Mother's Day

This is the necklace Adam got me for Mother's Day. I have wanted one since last year and he surprised me with it when he got home Friday. What a sweetheart. I heart Etsy, and my hubby!

Wild About The Zoo!

We went to the zoo the other day with Cambree and Hayden. I only got a few pics before my camera died. Love the mamma and baby elephant bums. Too cute. Paige is such a dork and I love her for it! Thanks for a fun day guys!

Rainy Day

Just kickin' back with her crew, watching her favorite show, Finding Nemo.

Another One Bites The Dust

Our graceful girl battled some concrete today....looks like the concrete won. Poor girl!

Snowy Easter

We braved an Easter egg hunt in a blizzard in Idaho. You should have heard all the crying kids with the parents telling them it was going to be fun, as we all froze our tushes off. My camera died before I got a shot of B. But here is P and J.
There were prizes in some of the eggs, Paige made off with 12 chocolate bars and B won some fun games! It was worth braving the cold!

Monkey'n Around

Jake had his annual cake auction for scouts. I think he did a great job! I bought it back for $30!

Happy Happy Birthdays!

Paige celebrating being a DIVA!!!

Jake celebrating his 10th birthday

Brysen celebrating his 7th birthday

dAnCe BaBy DaNcE!

This is Paige shaking her booty, cracks me up!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve '09 in our new jammies waiting for Santa!

Halloween '09

We spent part of Halloween at Jake's game so I dressed the kids up for the day. We got a lot comments on how cute they were and some boos because of our team. We did trunk or treat then went around the neighborhood and visited grandpa and grandma. It was a good day!

Final Game!

This was Jake's last game. We went out of town and missed his team party so this is the only picture we have of his team. He recieved the MVP award, he even got a special trophy. He was very excited to say the least. Can't wait till next season. You did awesome buddie!

Paige's World

Just a few pics to show what Miss P is up to most days!

Every girls dream!!!! SHOES!!!

Silly girl!

Her and Nattie playing with dress up shoes!

Not so happy

Being like brother

Proud Mamma and Pappa

So serious!

Being safety. He stands with such confidence
and attitude, makes me laugh!

Being QB

Huddle

Huddle

Got the tackle!

Great tackle 78!

Just some more pics of football. Yes, it's our life right now and we LOVE it! Yes, Mom and Dad I just said that!!! ;) Jake is still doing awesome and we have had a blast as a family watching him play.

Football?

I have had a few people ask about Jake's games. The next two games are away games but his last one is on Halloween at 9am @ 9800 South and Bang. Highway. They play on the north east field behind the school. Dress warm...layers!!!!! and layers!!!!!

Getting Up To Date!

As usual I am playing catch up because I am behind. Right now our lives basically consist of Adam working out of town and football.

Everyone is gracious and asks how Adam working out of town is going and my answer is......"it is what it is". We are very fortunate that Adam can stay with his sister, that in itself is a huge blessing! I am grateful for the safety he has had traveling but I am a little concerned for the coming months and traveling in bad weather. I guess we will keep our fingers crossed and say our prayers. We keep getting into accidents so I am a little leery. Some guy hit me the other day and the worst part is he has no insurance. Thankfully the Pilot isn't too bad.


Jake has excelled at football. Hopefully without being too boastful I can say he's.... amazing! I have lost count of touchdowns and tackles. He loves intercepting the ball and now he looks to strip the ball whenever possible. I am most proud of his leadership qualities and how humble he has been. Despite being the quarterback and doing well he is a great team captain and encourages and helps lead his team very well. Thank you to all the friends and family that continue to come to games and support him, it's meant a lot to all of us!




We celebrated Paige's 2nd birthday. It was fun to have her get excited this year. We got her a little 4 wheeler and she loves it. Rudy and Heather got her a B.Y.U. cheerleading outfit, so cute. And grandma Bel got her a plethora of dress up shoes that she lives in. Grandpa and grandma Shaffer got her an apron that is so adorable, I love it! Adam's parents got her this huge stuffed bear that has to go with us every where!

She is talking more and more every day, and is tons of fun and full of energy. She is in to everything, and never slows down, thank goodness for nap time!

Brysen is hanging tough. He has to wait for basketball to start and he is feeling a little neglected since we didn't get him signed up for flag football. He is going great in school and loves to learn. I think he struggles the most with Dad gone, he talks about him all the time, it's sweet.

We have a tradition the first day of school every year. I make chocolate chip pancakes and then they take pictures outside and show what grade they are going into with their fingers, Paige had to get in on it of course!

Some friends gave us some tickets to the B.Y.U. Football game the other weekend. We had a good time. For someone that hated watching sports, I think I have become a real trooper!

Our school does an art contest every year and Jake decided to take some pictures, I thought I would post a few. I think he did a great job and he had a lot of fun doing it. Brysen is going to do some drawings, I will have to post those when he does them.