Family Pictures

This morning we got all dressed and ready to take family pictures.  Our awesome neighbor, Uncle Max, came over and took them for us.  There are some that I like, but I am tempted to try it again.  It is so hard to get all the kids to look at the camera and smile at the same time.  I guess that's just life.  Here are some the pictures.

Too Cute

My Little Missionaries

Tyler and Josh have been liking to play "Missionaries." The other night Tyler asked if they could play before they went to bed. So with their pajamas on, they put on their ties and my name tags and played like missionaries. They are pretty awesome missionaries. Josh was a sword fighting missionary and Tyler was a climbing missionary who climbed the walls...preaching the word. It is really fun to see them get excited about missionary work and I think they will be great real missionaries some day.

10 Years Of Wedded Bliss

Ten years ago today Tony and I were married in the Bountiful Temple.  I can't believe it has already been 10 years.  To celebrate Tony and I stayed a couple of nights in Layton last weekend.  We stayed there because that is where there was a hotel that offered savers points, so it only was 10,000 points a night.
We weren't wild about the hotel, but it was still nice to get away.  We dropped the kids off with Margie, she's a saint, and then headed to Layton.  After we checked in and got settled we went out to dinner.  After dinner we walked around a couple stores and then went back to the hotel for the night.
On Saturday we spent the day shopping, watching the BYU game at our hotel, and going to a movie.  It was nice just doing whatever we wanted whenever we wanted.
Sunday morning we took our time getting ready and eating breakfast before we checked out.  We then decided to spend some time at home before we had to go get the kids.  It was a lot of fun to be kid free for a couple of days.
We did miss those little buggers and are very grateful that we have them in our lives.  They really are great kids and we are so lucky to have them.  It has been an excellent 10 years of wedded bliss with Tony.  He really is a great husband and father.  I am so glad that I married such an amazing man.  

Trip To Logan

My sister-in-law, Betsy's son was baptized on Saturday so we decided to make it a little family trip.  The kids and I headed up to Ogden to pick up Tony from work and then we headed up to Logan.
We brought Koda with us and dropped him off at Yvette's before we checked into our hotel.  We just love Yvette and going to her house.  She is super nice and her house with all the dogs is super fun.
We checked into the hotel and hung out for a while before going to dinner with Kevin, Betsy, Gavin, and Betsy's friend Lynn.  We had a great dinner chatting and eating good food.  Lynn was super nice and even bought our dinner.
Then it was back to hotel for some swimming.  Our kids love the pool and had a great time.  Kevin, Betsy, and Gavin came and joined us at the pool for some good chats.  It was nice spending the evening with them.
After we checked out on Saturday we stopped at Sam's Club because we had some time before the baptism.  Then we got to the church and enjoyed seeing Logan get baptized.  I was asked to talk about the Hold Ghost.  I pretty much asked Tony what he would say and then I said all that.  We then enjoyed a nice lunch with the family.
We then changed and headed back to Yvette's house.  She had a big scooter that Tyler loved riding.  We got all the kids on their riding around a little.  Too fun.  We played with all the dogs and then Tony helped them lay some of their pavers while the kids played and played and played.  They love her house and could stay there forever.  
We left to get some dinner with Tony's family who came up to see Derek.  It was fun seeing them too and the food was really good as well.  After we ate we headed back to Yvette's one last time to pick up Koda.  He was ready to come home.  It was a nice break from the norm and we all had a great time.