Happy Anniversary

We actually had company this year for our anniversary, so we didn't go out on our anniversary, but Jeff did get me the best present ever--tickets to see Les Miserables for this last weekend. I read the book when I was younger and have always LOVED the music, so I was so excited!

First, we went to dinner downtown, then walked around for about an hour, then went to the show. It was such a nice night! And the show was great--it did not disappoint, thanks Jeffrey Scott! I love you!

Buddies

We got a nasty bug this spring--I think at the first of May, this is Kate cuddling Scott when he had it.

Austin and Kate

These kids love each other so much, there is some screaming here and there, but they play together so much. I hope they are always best friends (or at least end up that way someday!)

Brotherly Love...

Scott to Austin--on a regular basis.

Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day weekend this year, we went up to Idaho to visit family. We first stayed the night in Idaho Falls and visited with family there. We did a BBQ and had a nice time visiting. Saturday morning, a few of us ran around the green belt. It was so fun! The water was so high, but I loved the company (and I loved running on flat--everywhere here is hills!) Then we headed up to my dad's house.

One of the first things they did was ride on the tractor. Austin and Scott have been loving tractors lately, so Scott got a big kick out of it (Austin was still a little nervous around everyone!). Kate loved it too. Grandpa always is so fun with the kids!

Scott on the tractor with Grandpa, he was in heaven.

Austin and Scott loved driving the golf cart too (or pretending too).

and the Barbie car...

Aunt Rachel is always a hit with the kids. She is so good to play with and entertain them!

Kate, Teagan, Scott, Austin

The first night, we did a campfire outside. I love this fire pit, I want one just like it. Good times always seem to be had around a fire pit. Scott buddied up to Grandpa a lot of the weekend.

Austin with his marshmallow, all the kids cooked their own.

We always love to visit--even though it's almost ALWAYS freezing there! It was a really fun weekend.

Kate's big dance recital

Kate worked so hard in dance this year and in May, had her big dance recital. We LOVED her dance teacher so much, she is so sweet and does so well with these little girls!

Kate and some of her little buddies.

My pictures didn't come out great, this was about the best I got!

Here are a couple of videos just taken from our camera. These are actually the dress rehearsal, and they came out MUCH better than the actual performance (so glad I took these too!)

Kate is on the far right, it's hard to tell.

We're so proud of our little Katie bud, she worked so hard all year! We love you Kate the Great!

Northanger Abbey...finally

Thank you Grandma Packer for telling me not to forget Northanger Abbey because, to be honest, I just was not interested in it. I never heard many good things about it, but I was very pleasantly surprised. I really loved the main characters, I REALLY enjoyed the humour (seems appropriate for this post) in the book, there were some really fun characters. I didn't realize the "ghost story" part of it would be really such a small part. I especially loved reading it just to have a new Jane Austen to read. I LOVE her writing so much and I loved having new material. I will definitely be putting this one on my shelf soon.

As far as the movie goes, I didn't go hog wild like I have in the past. For some reason, in the summer, I am not in the mood to watch as many movies. This one had great reviews, so I went for it and LOVED it. They stuck so closely to the book, and it wasn't very long (in relation to some of the other BBC Jane Austen movies). I really loved it and I think I will have to add this to my collection as well!

Thanks again Grandma!

Happy Birthday Honey Bunch

We celebrated Jeff's birthday about a month ago. The last few years, it has been kind of yucky on his birthday, so this year, we went to a park and played--pretty much Jeff's dream birthday! All our family from around here were able to come, we had such a great time!

Jeff's birthday cake of choice: Chocolate Eclair Cake

He even got to take a ride on Rick's motorcycle, I gotta say, he looks pretty darn good!

We all love you so much, the kids adore you, you make our lives so great! Happy Birthday!

It's a wonderful life

It's all bliss here.

Happy Easter

Here begins an attempt to catch up. We celebrated Easter a week late and had a lot of family come into town. The cousins all loved playing together and we appreciate everyone coming, there was a lot of driving!

Kate and Sasha are always such buddies. For a long time, they were the lone girls. Austin on the side.

We did a big Easter hunt together, this is everyone with their baskets and ready to go.

Scott, Sasha, Austin, Kate

Jeff was throwing elbows, but in the end, he got his loot

Thanks everyone for coming! We loved having you!