Family pictures

So I had an idea the other day of a picture I wanted to do and Rachel was up for it, so here they are. I am going to get them printed in 8x10's and frame them in black frames right next to each other. We will see how it turns out.

Since we were taking pictures I decided to do family pictures too. Here are some cute ones. Thanks Rachel!!! I love the way they turned out!!!

Family Vacation

So since Tanner came home and we were all together Alan and Debbie took us on a family vacation. We Left on Wed and drove to California. We stayed in an awesome hotel called "The Welks Resort." It was beautiful! There was so much stuff to do there. They had Golf, a theatre with it's own shows, swimming pools with rock water slides, and so much more. Then on Thursday we went to sea world and had a relaxing rest of the week. It was a blast.

Here we are from left to right: Callie, Jason, Kolsen, Natalie, Chase, Holly, Clark, Craig, Tanner, LUCKY, Alan, Mallory, Debbie, Cameron, and Kim

This is probably my favorite picture from the trip. We had been playing games and Tanner had just won the ring toss and got a huge bear (LUCKY). Kolsen wanted to win something and most of the people had left, so we asked the guy at one of the booths if he could play and he said that he would let him and Chase play and they would each win something. Kolsen was so excited to win a game and he hasn't put it down since. It even sleeps with him.

The little one's did so good at the park sitting in their strollers that we thought it would be fun to let them do some rides too.

Callie giggled with excitement the whole way.

Here are all the munchkins at the manatee exhibit

This is all Kolsen did as we watched SHAMU. He was mesmerized.

Here is Callie's reaction to Shamu. This is the only time she sat down. She got so excited to see him and would jump up on my lap and point and say OHH. I think she liked it more than Kolsen did.

Family shot. I love Kolsen's expression. It tells you how much he LOVES taking pictures.

Outside our hotel

Getting ready in the morning with the toothpaste cap in her mouth.

Here are Mallory and Kolsen playing in the water at the kids area at Sea World.

Thank you Alan and Debbie for such a wonderful trip. We all had so much fun and we love spending time together.

Kim's Shower

Congrats Kim!!! My sister is having her first baby next month so we threw her a baby shower. It was so much fun and she got some really good gifts. She is so excited about her little one and we can't wait to meet him. Love Ya Kim!






The diaper cake I made. These are so much fun!





















This one says "Handsome"














"All the girls"
(Minus Mallory) We couldn't find her

























Kim and all her friends

Welcome Home Tanner!!!

Our brother got home from his mission to Thailand on May 30Th. We are sooooo glad to have him back and have everyone together again. It has been 4 years since we have all been together. Holly and Craig and their kids came down too so we got to spend a couple weeks with them. We had so much fun and Tanner did really good at adjusting back to normal. He was pretty shell shocked at first but he is awesome now! We love you tanner and are so glad that you are home with us and are so proud of all that you have accomplished!










The gang is back together!






















Funny story:
When tanner left Kolsen was 1 year old. So we had been talking and telling kolsen that he was going to come home, showing him pictures and getting him really excited. So when he saw him he went running over to him. Tanner picked him up not really knowing who he was yet and Kolsen leaned in to give him a kiss. Tanner held him out straight in front of him and said "What is he doing?" I said "Tanner that's Kolsen and he wants to give you a kiss" So he let him kiss him on the cheek and then held him straight out again and looked at me like what do I do now. I finally said "Tanner you can put him down." So he did and we all started laughing. It was so funny!!! You could tell he was so overwhelmed with everything.

"Who are all these kids?" He had never met Callie or Clark so this was there first meeting.