A Wedding in March

Congratulations Haley and Dan!

My little and only sister is married!!! They got married in the Mt. Timpanogas Temple on March 14th and it was such a beautiful day! Everything turned out wonderful and they are so happy! We are also so happy for them!


Haley and I, with Jake who was not every interested in what was going on.

Cody and Anna hanging out at the open house later that afternoon...smiling and looking cuter than ever!

Thanks to Wayne and Helen for watching our two rascals while we were at the temple that morning!

Family Hike

Cody loves to research hikes and fun things to go see in Utah and he found one for us to do with the kids. We drove down to central Utah to the San Rafael Swell area and found some really cool things.
We hiked to some petroglyphs on this huge wall; some of the drawings are really amazing.

Jake climbed on every rock he could run too faster than me.

We found these round rocks called "concretions" and they were everywhere. Some were on the mountain and some were just on the ground; circular rocks...I'd never seen that before. Here is Cody and Jake standing on one.

Anna standing on one...

Petroglyphs again...

Here are some more concretions on the mountain side; if you look close enough you can see the layer of them across the mountain.

Catching Jake...again.

More petroglyphs on a rock in a very weird spot.

Okay, is he not a boy or what? He tried picking up even bigger rocks than this! For being as little as he is, he's pretty tough!

It was so much fun and we loved exploring to find new things in literally the middle on nowhere!

Scout Campout

This last weekend Cody and leaders took the scouts to their annual Crystal Hot Springs trip up in Honeyville. This is a trip that so many scouts and their dads go to every year. They camp in the snow and then swim the next day in the natural hot springs that they have turned into somewhat of a water slide. It got pretty cold during the night...10 degrees. Just looking at the pictures makes me cold. They had fun and got home safe. Here are some pictures of my handsome hubby having fun with the boys...

7th Anniversary

This is a little late, but on Sunday Feb. 8th Cody and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been 7 years! It's gone by so fast and now 2 kids later, we love our little family. We are so blessed and can't wait to see what the next seven years will bring.

Handyman Jake

Jacob got a tool set from Santa this year...I don't think Santa knew how much Jacob would be into fixing things around the house for us. Plus it helps that his dad's tool are orange, so he pretty much is constantly following Cody around with at least two tools in his hands. (he is his father's son). Below are some shots of the handyman-in-training at work on his latest projects.

Rocking horses always need some tweeking now and then (in the head of course, where else?)

Sunday after church Cody caught the little guy under the flap of the couch "fixing" who knows what under there.

And where would the fix-it man be without his safety glasses? I'm not sure what he was working on, but it must have been a difficult job if the glasses were turned upside down.

Cody has had to nail, caulk, cover, and tape little openings around the house (mostly in the corners of the carpet) because Jacob will "fix" them with his drill (that really moves by the way). So these holes Jake finds eventually get bigger and bigger because he keeps sticking his tools in them!

I guess he thought the tile needed some maintenance; one more hole to fix later...

What's amazing is he really knows what tools are used for what things. He'll stick his screwdriver where the screws are, he'll hammer nails, and the drill that really moves never leaves his side. That just fixes everything and I mean EVERYTHING - my bathroom towels, Anna's shoes, the door, the dvd's, the fireplace, all of his trucks, and of course the new cabinets in our kitchen. Yeah, um, he's almost two. Are they supposed to know those things this young?

Anyone got any sidejobs that need fixing?