American Fork Steel days

What can I say about Steel Days....you have the junk food galore and Cheesy carnival rides...the little kids LOVE it!!!

The big kids barely tolerate it :) They did one ride and were SICK!!

July 3rd-4th celebration

I have said it before but I will say it again...we have the best neighbors ever! the Jensen's hosted the pot luck for the 4th of July... we had a great turn out, it is so fun to get together with all the neighbors/ward members and just talk and catch up on life. Thanks Jensen's!!The "boy" pack, just waiting for trouble...The "girl" pack...watching the trouble!Annie and Emma getting ready for the movie!Daniel loving the Buckner's :)This is about 1/2 of the little girls that live on 2 blocks, they all get along so well and play non-stop during the summer :)Abbie and Daniel loving the kittensHanging out, it was freezing outside!Yes,some day I will probably be a crazy cat ladyKevin put on a show with few of his leftovers from his TNT days...sadly he mostly illegal ones left You have to laugh at this picture...thereis Annie with hardly any clothes on and then there is Mandi that borrows my down jacket! (She takes after me)e likes the fireworks

Manti Pageant & Palisades lake

We decided to do a quick little trip down to Manti to see the Pageant and spent the day at Palisades lake. The kids had fun hanging out at the beach and scooting around on the paddle boat.

Jacob caught a little minnow on the first tryDaniel thought it was pretty cool. They let it go thinking they would get lucky again...no such luckJacob, king of the stump!!Eric, Jacob and Sam having a Stump war!WAITING!!! We came plenty early to get good seats...so the waiting was "fun"!!Characters from the PageantThe Manti temple is one of my favoritesAfter the show ride home...kind of sleepy, actually Annie and Daniel fell asleep on the ground during the pageant, it didn't start till about 9:30 :)

It was a great little day and a half trip, we love going to these small little towns and telling the kids we are thinking of moving there :)

Birthday bash & Father's Day

We had a BBQ to celebrate Jessica's 23rd Birthday, Karli's 7Th Birthday and Fathers day. It was a perfect weather kind of day!! We love you Jessi and hope you had a great birthday!Happy birthday Karli :) Isn't she a cutie?My wonderful husband and father of my wonderful kids!! Gaylon is the best "Dad' ever and I am so glad he is a part of our lives...Happy Father's day! For Father's Day Amanda announced she was expecting baby #2!! She thought she was due on my birthday Jan. 28Th but disapointedly found out she is due Feb 14Th.Jacob and Sam Nerf wars.

Annie turns 6!!

Yes the little princess is 6!! She is such a sweetheart, she was so excited to get her kittens because it was totally unexpected. But she also had a family birthday party and a friend one (we only do friend parties every-other year.I swear she wore her "twirly" skirt every day for a week :)The girls made darling necklaces...Played games...And of course had presents!We have a wonderful group of girls in our neighborhood that play non-stop! What a fun day!

New kittens!

So it has been since October since Zeus went to "heaven" at Holly and Chris's house and since we had to put Allie down :(

So for Annie and Daniels upcoming birthdays we got them new kittens! They are so cute, we actually have another black one instead of the tiger one which was out of control. The kids have loved them, they still race to get them in the morning and fight over them. Annie got the girl, "Bella" (no she is not a Twilight fan) and Daniel named his boy"Sparkey". I would defiantly recommend two cats together, they keep each other totally entertained:)