Another Year Gone!!!

Its been 14 years!

I had Lizzie take our picture before we left for dinner...It came out fuzzy; however you get the general idea!

For some reason whenever we do a "silly" picture Jason feels the need to lick me. I was trying to keep him from licking me by biting his forehead!

The girls didn't know it was our anniversary until we were leaving for dinner. When we got home they had made us some cards. This is the front of Annika's.

This was the inside. I asked her why didn't she color the hearts inside and she said it was because she was so tired from coloring the outside.

This is Lexi's card.. This was us before we left for dinner.

This was us when we got married. Notice I am saying "I DO!" as I throw my bouquet.. I have to say we look pretty snazzy in our wedding duds!

Rainbows and funny Faces

This picture of Aleah creeps me out! She looks like the pigman!

Addi wanted to make the same face, but settled for this one.

We had a neat thunder storm the other day and after it was over there was a double rainbow. I absolutely love rainbows after rain!

Got a neat color shot with my camera, its so pretty!

GoodBye MarshMellow!

I only have a couple of pictures of marshmallow on this computer and they all have Addi in them, which I think is appropriate since he was always on his bed or being held by him.

Mellow was MIA for a couple of days. It wasn't until Friday that I noticed he was not around. This is not unusual for him since he likes to explore the neighborhood. He finally came home Friday but was limping and really tired. The girls were taking care of him really well but when I went downstairs to see him I knew that something wasn't right. He couldn't use his leg at all and basically dragged himself around. He had been hit by a car and it took him that long ot get home to us.

Long story short, we took him to the vet and was told his Hip/leg was broken and it would be at least $800 to get him fixed. He would need surgery. That was just not feasible for us and so we made the decision to put him down. It was really sad and the girls and Addi cried for him. We had a funeral for him and all the kids said some things that they remembered about him best. We loved that silly fluffy cat and will miss him. Goodbye Marshmallow!

Ok so we have started re-doing our bedroom. These pictures are in backwards order, sorry! Go down and scroll back up.

We redid the floors. Jason took out the boards and I ran them through the plainer to get all the yucky glue and stuff off from the tiles that were on them. We also ripped out the carpet and tossed it. I think it looks loads better already!

Another shot of the pretty wood floors!

We used to have some shelves and a closet in this area and we took all that out to. It made the room so much bigger. I love how much space there was. You can see the carpet is still in we had to scrape this popcorn stuff off the ceiling and let it fall on the carpet the rolled it up and took it out.

Just another shot of the room. This will eventually be the entrance to the master bath, but for now we are going to paint it and make it a closet.

This is what it looked like before we started. Its such an improvement now without having the walls even done. We have a guy coming on Tues to plaster and texture them. Its gonna look so great!

We are spoiled, everyday we get our own marching band parade! They came last year to. They practice in the mornings and come right in front of our house. Addi calls it "My Fa-raid, it's here!"

Sorry This is sideways, couldn't get it to turn. Uncle Shawn came for a visit! The girls loved it and can't wait for him to come see us again. This is Jason's oldest brother and he lives in WA.

Marshmellow was sound asleep in Addi's bed and so he picked him up and said "mom this is my baby, shhh he's sleeping".

This was his outfit for part of the day. I thought it was really funny!

We were making A LOT of noise during the demolition of the bedroom and Addi for some reason hates loud noises. Jason gave him the earmuffs to wear. He wore them off and on that day even when their wasn't any loud noises.

Thirteen and seven!!

We had some birthdays this week. Lizzie turned 13 and Aleah turned 7. They each chose what they wanted to do. Liz had a slumber party with some friends and Had them bring their favorite scary movie. They had a lot of fun scaring themselves! Her cake was a butterfinger, it was yummy.

For Aleahs birthday we went and saw "UP". It was so good! The colors in the movie were brilliant. So good and kinda sad. We came home and had cupcakes and ice cream. It was a lot after eating popcorn and candy at the movies.

Here are some shots of those fun days. More pics to come.. we started to remodel our bedroom and we are making a mess!

Aleah got some Petshops which we all just love!

Addi loves pictures too!

Just the kids

Of course we had lizzie run the gauntlet!

Lunden, Lizzie, Emily and Dev

Butterfinger yum!

Told them to act scared...I didn't know that Addi was hanging out and being one of the girls.. They watched the original "house on haunted Hill" in black and white no less and "signs" one of my favorite movies and director M. night Shamalan. They were scared and wouldn't let us close the door or turn off the hallway light.

Close Shave!

Addason found Lizzie's razor downstairs in her Bathroom box and decided to shave with it. He was not a happy camper when he was done. I remember doing something like this but I cut my finger not my face. I am sure he learned his lesson this time!

Good Times!

Lizzie had an end of the year dance at the Jr. High. It was called "blast from the past". They could dress up in any era. We all know what one Lizzie is. She just got home and said that it was fun. She also danced with a boy and was red in the face when she told me. ha ha

Annika had her track meet this week here are a few action shots.

Anni chilling before she ran

It was a nice day but Addi wanted to wear his "cool" hat. Because he said he was so cool!

We went to a wedding in Manti and it was raining, this was Jasons way of keeping his head dry. It did nothing for his suit but his head was ok. He wore it all the way to the temple doors. Weirdo!

Whit looked so pretty and the sun came out just for them. It was a great day!