The Late Greats!!!!!!!

Because I am a horrible mother a few things that are not in photos are 1. Abby auditioned and was asked to perform her solo "Beauty is Within Each of Us"in the BYU Danceworks Concert. 2. She also performed it at YW in excellence ans still I know horrible mom no pics! She did an amazing job and moved many to tears both times!!!!!! Now on to the rest of the greats... Dallin won the Most Original Pumpkin in the schools pumpkin contest for his "Pumpkin Pie" Mom got all the costume put together by Halloween...Miracle!

Abilime Crayola Crayon

Pinkalicious &

Calvin as Stupendous Man

Dad was Captain Ironic Dallin received his Bear!!!!!! You go bud!!!! Dad got wounded in the cave and again bad mom forgot to snap the darn camera thing!!!!! YW in Excellence gifts and actually were finished before the day!!!! Huge Accomplishment!Abby and Skotie received their YW in Excellence recognition Award...Together...Of Course!!!! These gals are amazing. I wish I had there faith and testimonies. I think my favorite project they did, again together , was getting up before school and going to the temple to do baptisms for the dead at 6 AM for the past couple of months!!!! They are Excellent!!!!!!Luv you!!!

Abby also learned and is an active indexer for the church. Of course daddy was super pleased with his baby girl!!!!!! All this with a sick hubby , no sleep, football championships...Congrats CV Undefeated!!!!! Abbys friends over every weekend until all hours and on and on. Now just catching up on laundry!

Some Fun!

Scotts Crew at the State Fair!

BYU football Season in full swing!!!!! GO COUGS!Gardeners Village...Witchapallooza!The boys were VERY tollerant of the girly shops at the Village!South Ridge Farms! The best Pumpkin Patch, Hayride, and the smell of the pumpkin spice donuts when you come back to hte barn...AWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

We are SOOOOOOOO sad fall break is over....

For the love of FREEBIES!

I had to share Todd and Erins from B98.7's new blog.. http://www.thatwentwell.net ENJOY!!!

HER!

I have the great privilege to call this beautiful creature my daughter. After her birth I felt complete and looked forward to all of the Mother/Daughter days ahead.If you know me even a little bit,you know that I love being a mom! It's what I do and I love it. I take pride in my family and their surroundings, keeping them safe and happy and always with freshly painted walls and decorated for each season. As I am watching this sweet child face life's lessons, I witness such precious moments.Thank you Lord for allowing me the privilege to be her Mom and receiving one of your greatest gifts...HER!

Still Wanna Hold YOUR Hand!!!!!!!!!

The best 15 years of my life!

Thanks babe!

I love you SO very much!

You are incredible and I can hardly wait to spend FOREVER with you!

You are the better half !

15 of the reasons I am completely in love with you:

15: Your Giggle...chuckle...laugh We haven't been able to decide what you expression of joy is, but it makes my heart flutter when you do it!

14. You'reBrilliant! 13. You DO NOT wavier in your beliefs!

12. Your love for lyrics, poetry and "real" music

11. Your Sardonic Humor

10. Your love of Sardonic entertainment

9. That you love to play with our children!

8. You support my every whim!

7. You stand beside me through EVERYTHING!

6. You stand up for me in EVERYTHING!

5. Your commitment to raising our family in righteousness!

4. Your confidence!

3. Your smirk..with the eyes ...with the nod...that lets me know you are about to reveal a "Ya know..." moment!

2.Abby, Dallin, and Emma

1. YOU...You are you!

So here we go....Hold On! Lets enjoy the next forever together! Side Note YEAH COUGARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew you would do it...Totally should have bet the house on it!!!!!!!!!

One more side note...I can always count on him to point out when I mess up!

Thanks Scooter!

Back in Session....

Well Mommy and Me School has started and Emma and I are having a ball. I decided since she is my baby, I was gonna enjoy every moment with her. So Pre school this year is just US! We are having a ball. with field trips and library trips, picnic's...and learning to read her very first book already! you go girl....Anyhow...I saw these adorable magnets here awhile ago and FINALLY got around to getting them made just in time for school...Emma, Dallin and Ab's all love to go through the kitchen and make words...

One of our first field trips was to the Dinosaur Museum at thanksgiving Point...for the letter D day...

We had a grand time....Going back in time to the Dino's...Of course Emma's favorite parts were the"Under the Sea" exhibits

Our Phillibuster is back and ALL of us are so excited for him to be in our home a few days a week. He is a dose of Jolly!!!!!! Emma could not resist putting these glasses on him! Go dude! I have to wish my sweetheart the BEST of luck on his FINAL year in grad school!

I am so amazed by all he does!

Good luck babe we will miss you...Here's to next July!!!!!!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Mom's Heart is a Achen'....Again!

I am not normal...That is nothin new..But I hate sending my children off into this scary world! Letting them grow up is the hardest thing I have ever done...The past few weeks I have felt apron strings falling like crazy!

Today I took my baby to the Library for her first very OWN big girl library card! She was Ecstatic and you should have seen how big she felt as my heart ached for her to need me to check her books out...But she could do it!!!! And needed NO help from mom!

Dallin began 4th grade! AHHHHHH! Needless to say he HATED me fussing over him and taking pictures at school in front of his new room...He just needed me to leave so he could see his buddies!My heart broke again..but...AS I stood heart broken outside of his new " home" for the year I watched him pull out his chair and sit down and leaned just enough forward to see if I was still their and smiled and waved a sweet little wave to his mommy!

Heart a little mended...But.... I sent this one to Jr high as an 8th grader! NOOOOO! She was way to excited! I will just start bawling if I even start to write down my current feeling on my roo roo being big!!!!!!Sigh.............................................................................. These 2 are having the time of there life this year, as the managed to get the councilors to rearrange their schedules so the have 5 classes together and both lunches! Forever Friends!!!! Each day is a new adventure in a child's life Although the monumental events are unforgettable, some of the simplest are the ones we remember the most, the ones that make us smile and cry! Capture those moments! For the moms who think diapers seem endless or sleepless nights seem to be taken your life away....savor...Soon they are grown and starting their own wonderful world and all you can remember is how you couldn't wait for them to walk! Abby, Dallin, Emma! I LOVE YOU!

Ever So Emma...She is FINALLY 5!

Emma We ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU!

Happy Birthday!

She has been waiting forever to turn the big 5 and is SO excited to go and be big and get her OWN library card!

She Loves Fancy Nancy so we had her celebrations around the fancy theme.

For those who know our Princess it fits her to the T!!!!!!!!

She is as fancy as it gets! She also loves the Little Miss and Mr. Men books ,

so when Abby and I saw this shirt we HAD to get it...

When EMma was little...she would put her hands by her face and wave and say "sunshine".... This kiss is for Grandma and Grandpa in Ireland... She LOVED her princess package!!!!!! This cake ...has a story...three hours....had a third layer....Emma's princess hands .... could not resist ... over it tipped.....

Happy Birthday Princess...We love you SOOOOOOOOOOO much.

We are so blessed to have you in our home!

Thank you for choosing us!

Your sweet and royal presence in our home makes us better and reminds

us to reach for the stars!

We hope this year is amazing and all of your wishes come true!!!!!!

Smoochers and Luvs ( That's Emma's words for hugs and kisses!)

Girls Having Fun!

Emma wanted to invite her friends over for a T Party and and so Abby helped her make invites and had the place all ready with treats and all... Her fabulous friends! Our Little cousin Makayla spent the night and we did all sorts of girly things...doing sparkly toes was so much fun!

My girly fun was building this for our little "pre school class room"...Saw the idearer here and found an old cork board we weren't using and went to town...Not perfect but I had a lot of fun creating it and it still serves as a cork board....

The ONLY Time RED can RULE!

Scott and I with our partner team members The W'S participated in an "Amazing Race " Saturday....

WE WON!!!! YEA US!

We were the red team and decided in honor of our win we would all wear red to church Sunday to celebrate ...only it was understood that we were and are still true blue to the core!

Way to go Red Team! Again I am gonna let the writter in the family tell the story of the race so watch for details to come on

Ornery Guy!

I am just gonna say...I am grateful to be alive...

The Confidence Course at Camp Rebekah!

Camp Rebekah was amazing. The spirit was incredible and charged my testimony!

Off to the first challenge at the confidence course.... Swing Lifters! Just as in life we are there to lift one another! Abby coming down.....Swing and Sway....Balance Challenge...Using each other to make it to the end. Funny thing the only pairs to make it all the way were the mother & daughters! Trust Fall...Sinking Ship! Blind Tag...You have to listen closely to the promptings of the Holy Ghost because the world is full of other voices waiting to lead you astray...

The girls were great and were amazing together. The leadership that exists among these girls was inspiring and literally breath taking!