Courtney...glad we got to share your special day!

Courtney is so much fun to be around.

She loves little kids (babies) and one day will make a wonderful teacher!

She loves to be crafty and busy (like ME!). Carly loves it when she comes to visit because she does crafts with her. She doesn't care for movies or TV. She eats like a bird and is very easy to please. She finally has her own room, can't wait to come see it. She has lots of friends and is a great friend. I love talking to her and listening to her tell a story. Happy Birthday Courtney!!

Uncle Johnny, "You've had a Birthday!"

Uncle Johnny is a policeman and loves his job.

He has 3 beautiful girls and wife.

He loves to play games and is very competitive!

He calls his girls by their middle names and confuses everyone around because of it.

He hugs you when he sees you and when he leaves showing his love and concern for you.

He is a great guy - Happy Birthday!

Lauren is 15 where did the time go?

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Look at those straight beautiful teeth.

Lauren loves to go to the Stake dances and the movies

( I think she has seen Twilight 7x and it is still at the theatres!)

She is an amazing dancer with a sweet countenance.

We love you and hope you have a great day!

run 26 miles?

Sunday, January 19 Uncle Logan ran in the PF Chang Marathon. Of course lots of preparation has gone into preparing for such an event. Running 26 miles is huge. He has been running, working out and eating very healthy for months. WOW! He also had to have the proper clothes/shoes to help him run safely.

Preparation had to be taken on our behalf also:

1-make signs 2- get chairs 3-water 4- snacks to eat while waiting 5- lots of rest 6- cameras of all sorts 7- loud voices to cheer him and all the runners on! We wouldn't miss it for the world!

Dad and Mom making sure everything is ready. Carly and Lindsey waiting at mile marker 14. Me and Carly excited to see Uncle Logan.
Wow, look at him he looks great. I would be dying at 14 miles. He came up next to us and gave us high 5's that was cool.

Off to the next stop where we met up with Lance and Heather and their boys.

Case and Sienna enjoying licorice sitting on the curb.

Johnny, Papa and Conner checking out the map of where we will see him next.

We are at the 21 mile marker now.

Lindsey and Oma, camera's ready!

Happy beautiful girls...Sienna, Carly and Ramie!

They loved holding up the signs and cheering for all the runners.

Well you can see the licorice was a good idea...Conner, Case and Crew.

Ramie, Kylee and Carly running around burning some energy.

Lance and Heather

Larissa and Lindsey

Crew, Me and Kylee eating more snacks.
Mile 21 GO Uncle Logan, he is still smiling and more high 5's!

GO Uncle Logan 5 more miles!

He did it...oh my gosh! WOW, what an accomplishment. He isn't even breathing hard or looking like he might pass-out! He did an amazing job! He finished in 3 hours and 46 minutes! One of my hero's! He put his mind to it and accomplished something many of us will never do in this lifetime. We are so proud of you!
Mom asking, "what was the hardest part?"

Logan, "the 20 -26 mile stretch!"

Look at the salt marks on his shirt. You are Mr. Incredible!
We are all proud of you!

Congrats Uncle Logan!

Logan and his running partner Mike, good job guys!

Ready for the next race?

I told Logan I am running Pat Tilman with him, so watch out now it is time for me to train (4.2 miles, he laughed!)

What a fun day

Aunt Lizzy is 2 months older than me!

Liz is 2 months older than I am! It has been so fun being so close in age. She has a beautiful family that we love to hang out with. Her oldest is two years older than Lindsey, so she preps me for what is ahead with hormonal girls! Liz gives whatever calling she has 110% I love to learn from her and her love for serving the Lord.

Aunt Liz is known for her fun and gorgeous jewelry.

You are a great sister-in-law!

Love it when we meet up and enjoy date nights together.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Aunt Liesl

Auntie Liesl is Erik's twin.

She has such a fun personality.

She loves Brian Regan (the comedian).

She is great with teenagers.

We love her so much and hope she had a great birthday (she is 7 minutes older than Erik)!

Saturday Sports

Yesterday was such a gorgeous January Saturday that we wanted to hang around outside. Lucky for us Ramie had her second soccer game, so we went. She did so awesome! Go Scorpions! From there we went to Conner's basketball game. He did so good! He scored 8 points and passed the ball around so well. They won...go Sharks!

Geography Bee

Monday, January 12 Conner was in a Geography Bee. It was for kids in 4th, 5th and 6th grade. He is in 4th grade. The kids were all given a packet with 100 questions they had to find the answers to and memorize. With Christmas break and cousins here visiting we didn't get much studying done. Erik and Conner worked on it a little bit answering about 60/100 questions. Worried about how competitive Conner is we reminded him of his lack of studying due to a busy holiday season and told him to just do his best. I was so worried and just hoped he'd make it through the first round.
Here Conner and his buddy Austin Carpentar waiting for their turn. WOW, Conner continues to amaze me. He is so talented! He made it to round 7! He has his Dad's awesome quality to be able to remember things sometimes only heard or read once! He answered a question Erik had no clue without even blinking. Go Conner Go Conner! He ended up coming in Fourth Place. We are so proud of you Conner!

Offically potty training, yikes!

Wish me luck...I have committed to hanging around the house and potty training Coleman (yikes)! Hopefully he will catch on quick. I am hoping since the minute he wets his diaper he wants changed. I think he is ready! I have found boys to be much harder than girls. Let's hope I am wrong! I will return and report with hopefully great news!

Carmel apples and sticky taffy time...

Monday, January 5th was a big day for Lindsey!

She woke up with braces...
and went to bed with no braces!

What a happy day! After 3 years of braces Lindsey is finally free.

She got a permanent retainer on bottom and goes in for her top retainer today.
We will have to do a little bit of gum graph on top where she had her tooth surgery, but other than that she is good to go. Of course, now we want our teeth whitened. We will try the whitening strips first:)

All her friends and leaders were so cute last night at YW's. They made a huge deal of how pretty her teeth look, you all rock!

Our baby is a SUNBEAM!

Oh my gosh is it possible? Cole is in SUNBEAMS! Scary...he is my baby!

What an emotional day this ended up being.

This will be an interesting year in primary. I've already volunteered to help in anyway:)

He looked so handsome, I love how Erik does his hair!

This was also his first time to wear a tie!