2011 Highlights

I feel so blessed to have had an amazing year in 2011.

I'm writing this down more to put in a book of memories and to think of how many blessings we have in our lives. We have a wonderful life!

Last year at this same time Bry, Hogan, and I were in Maui. We went to Payson Lakes with the call family, jet skiing at Jordanelle, and went camping with our own little family out in Grantsville. That was awesome times!

May and Hunter learned how to ride 2 wheeler bikes! That was a fun moment this summer!

Hogan starts Crawling and Walking (13 1/2 months)

SOLD OUR HOUSE

Hunter Started Preschool and May started Kindergarten

Bry was released from being YM Pres for 3 1/2 years. He was called as Elders Quorum teacher and bear leader for Curtis. He took the Young Men to Zions and Hike Angels Landing

Brianne was Ward Choirster and helped bry with Cub scouts for a minute

Went to the BYU/Utah game (as a date) bry got whacked with pom poms from the guys sitting in front of us!, Bees games, Triple A Home Run Derby, and some Jazz Games. Disney on ice, circus, Rascal Flatts Concert, Zoo, Aquarium, Cherry Hill, Sledding at Gorgoza park, Lagoon and Demolition Derby.

Aunt Hayley Got married and it was a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!

May graduated from preschool. She had fun fieldtrips to dominos to make pizza and to the firestation.
Brianne had a piano recital
Bry got hit in the eye by hunter throwing a rock at him and had to get stitches
We got a steal of a deal of a bounce house slide and had a blast in the backyard playing and having friends over during the summer time!
Doll cousins came out from California and we went to Liberty Park and played and rode rides with Grandma Redding.
May and Bubs took gymnastics and started playing soccer
We went and saw the "UP" house
We went fishing with Uncle Parker
Had a ward campout and sang songs around the campfire while I awesome friends played their guitars! I remember the bathrooms reeked horribly!

Canoeing at Stansbury lake

Bry turned 30 and I took him to a Bed and Breakfast retreat and hiked Bridal Veil Falls

Hogan turned 1

Ice blocking for Thanksgiving

Van got smashed in the back and had to go to the shop to be replaced

Christmas was awesome and Simple this year!!

January fun stuff!

Hunter is famous for his funny faces!!!
The snowman the kids made with Bry outside our apartment! Then some hooligans came and knocked it over!


Bry sent me this article that boosted my spirits a bunch! EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT!

It's Called 10 questions that create success

The other night Hunter said to us while getting ready for bed..."Dad is going to win getting his jammies on because his jammies are under his clothes!"

May got to be Student of the Month in her kindergarten Class! So proud of her...and she got back her 1st report card! She is an A student! what a proud moment of us as parents :)


Hogi went to the Dr. Yesterday. He got 4 shots. He even figured out how to pull them off by himself last night at bathtime! He only weighs 20 lbs.! We love this little man!We got a new pediatrician! She is AMAZING! Check her out! I would recommend her to EVERYONE that needs a better one or a new one!

car show & Snuggles

A couple weekends ago we went to the car expo show and they had fun jeeps for the kids to ride. I think the kids went like 4 or 5 times. This is one of their all time favorite things to do! The funniest part was watching and listening to some boy standing next to us that were jr. high aged. They kept laughing at Hunter and saying "Look at that Cool kid! He's so awesome he keeps running into all the other kids with his jeep!" We got a kick out of that. They had super fun jumping in all the cars too! We got to go to in and out burger afterwards!

A Cold January morning snuggling on the couch!

Love this quote!

"I testify to you this day that the time will come when every man, woman, and child will look into the Savior's loving eyes. On that day, we will know with a surety the worth of our decision to straightway follow Him."

--Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Follow Me", Ensign, May 2002

I found this quote on a lady's blog that is LDS. So awesome :) It put a smile on my face!

Christmas Time!

Decorating the tree!!


Hunter's preschool class in Tooele had a fun singing program!
This is his buddy mack!
Another pic of decorating the tree!
Hunter is a very animated kid!! He is so fun :)
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!!
Cute pic of Miss Pateresa with May and Bubs. She is one of our favorite ladies EVER! She is an amazing teacher and friend :)
Cutest pic of hunter :) He sees you when you're sleeping

another random post

Some fun stuff we did back in November when Hogan was getting bigger and turning one!! and THANKSGIVING TIME!

Hogan LOVES to play on the piano! Hes such a happy little guy!!

Thanksgiving Day we went ice blocking with the Calls. We went to Murray Park hill. It was a blast. We felt bad when our cousin Megan had to go to the urgent care and broke her little leg.
May got the hang of it and had tons of fun too!
Hunter cruised down the hill like it was nothing! He was so hilarious to watch!
One of the last times Bry got to drive home from Tooele he took his camera and did some amazing pics of the sunset over the Great Salt Lake! I love that my hubby has this great talent for taking beautiful pics of nature!
Later that night of Thanksgiving the older girls had a "Beauty Pagent" Bry was the MC! It was so funny! THey all did a talent and did interviews. and dressed up in Grandmas fun dress up clothes. May was Miss. Tooele, Abbie was Miss Spanish Fork, and Anna was Miss Utah County.
Tradition in our family is that the baby sits by the Thanksgiving Pie and gets a pic on the table with it. We've done this ever since my sister was a baby.
Thanksgiving was amazing and I'm grateful I get to be around my family. I'm grateful for my health and just the simple things in life. I love my fam a ton! Every single one of them! My grandparents, brys grandparents (even the ones I've never met that have passed on) my parents, brys parents, all of my siblings, brys siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins! Thanks for being huge examples to me and living the gospel! The church and my Savior means everything to me :)

Moving Day

Moving Day.