It's Summertime!

My parents swimming pool is finally open! Can't wait to spend the afternoons there this summer!

Elizabeth & Tooth #2

Elizabeth lost her first front tooth! (Upper A- on June 24, 2012) She was excited to have a note from the tooth fairy when she woke up telling her how brave she was for pulling out her own tooth!

Just Us Girls

I just love these girls,they totally brighten my day!!

Arise & Shine Forth

"I won't flirt with the darkness that I am here to fight, I'm a daughter of God, and I'm holding on to my virtue, I am confident in my divinity. You'll find me on my Father's side, no matter what the world may do." I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to be so involved with girls camp. Being a camp director was so much fun planning and participating! I am grateful that Ryan was willing to take care of our girls, so that I could go up to camp and send a couple days with the young women. Even though it was only a couple days, I really had the chance to get to know each of the girls. I think what I will treasure the very most is being able to go with my two youngest sisters. It's not everyday that you get to go back to girl's camp 11 years later and your two little sisters come with you. The first day I was there, we all had a good time hiking up to a pond, jumped into a pond. It was so fun watching the girls jump in completely spontaneous.

"If you want to give light to others, you have to glow yourself" -President Thomas S. Monson The girls really did shine so bright!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all the dad's out there! I hope you had a wonderful day surrounded by loved ones! I feel beyond lucky to have such an amazing Father that loves me and believes in me and was an incredible example to me! I think my girls are just as blessed as I was, because they will never have a father that loves and protects them more dearly than their daddy! Thank you Ryan for loving us and being such a wonderful father, we are so lucky to have you!

We were able to visit Ryan's brother Randy and his father Rodney too!

Park City

What better way to start off our yearly Park City vacation then some delicious smores!!

6.13.12 We spent the morning making sock puppets with all the kids, they had so much fun.

Enjoyed swimming most of the afternoon.

All the adults went out to celebrate my parents wedding anniversary. When we got back, the kids put on a puppet show for us all, and we ended the evening out by the fire.

6.14.12 Spent most of the day at the Park with the kids. They love going to the park and then riding the bus back to the hotel.

6.15.12 The kids kept busy with crafts in the morning.

Got some more sun.

The kids spent more time with some activities.

Happy 65th Birthday Dad!!

My dad turned the big 65, and we threw him a big birthday bash! It was so fun to see everyone that came and supported my dad. I knew we would have a good turn out, because what can I say, I have an AWESOME dad...but it was overwhelming to watch the guests continuing to flow in. It was really neat! Happy Birthday D, your my Hero!

Elizabeth's Preschool Graduation

My baby graduated from preschool today! I cant believe that she is ready for Kindergarten! Thank you Miss Gail for all your hard work, Elizabeth will miss you! I'm so proud of you Elizabeth!

Tony's Baptism

I feel so grateful to have the Charlie family apart of our lives! They are the kindest, funniest, honest, most compassionate family you will ever get the pleasure of being a part of. I'm so happy we were able to be a part of Tony's baptism! We are so proud of you Tony! Thank you John and Hoku for your love and friendship, we love you guys!

Motherhood - The Highest and Noblest of Work in this Life

“Most of you are mothers, and very many of you are grandmothers and even great-grandmothers. You have walked the sometimes painful, sometimes joyous path of parenthood. You have walked hand in hand with God in the great process of bringing children into the world that they might experience this estate along the road of immortality and eternal life. It has not been easy rearing a family. Most of you have had to sacrifice and skimp and labor night and day. As I think of you and your circumstances, I think of the words of Anne Campbell, who wrote as she looked upon her children: You are the trip I did not take; You are the pearls I cannot buy; You are my blue Italian lake; You are my piece of foreign sky. You [mothers] are the real builders of the nation wherever you live, for you have created homes of strength and peace and security. These become the very sinew of any nation. -Gordon B. Hinckley I was overwhelmed with emotions today feeling so grateful to be a mother to my beautiful girls! I feel so lucky that Heavenly Father has blessed me with so much! They are my Pride and Joy and I am grateful for all they have and continue to teach me. I hope all you beautiful mothers had a fantastic Mother's Day!

Great Grandparents

Listen to the Wisdom of The Toothless One

Elizabeth lost her first tooth! She has been saving this cute little bad to put her tooth in for the tooth fairy since she was like two years old. She was super excited to finally be able to use it! She is so funny, so kept saying 'look how tiny my tooth is mom'. I think the Tooth Fairy was feeling a little generous (or that's all Mr.Fairy had in his wallet) either way, Elizabeth was way excited to go to the Dollar store.