As many of you know, when we moved to this house we haven't been able to see much for animals around...so this weekend Bailey and Josh came to visit and with them they brought the highlight of the weekend..................... A bunny!!! The kids were so excited to play with and I'm truly amazed that it survived!!! As you can see it never got put down.

The kids saw this lizard outside and decide that they needed to catch it, so with the help of Vern and a little patience, they finally caught it. The girls got a bucket and put some grass in it and hauled it around for half the day. I don't know about the lizard, but the kids sure did have fun!

You are probably wondering why I have a picture of a stick horse drinking water from a bucket.. so here's why. Leah rode around on this horse all day and so did some of the other neighborhood kids, so I guess she decide that the horse was thirsty so she watered her. Hey at least she knows the basic needs!

These are Isabelles first piggy tales.They are a little uneven, but I still thinks she looks so cute!!

And this is after she woke up...:)

My poor little Daniel woke up the other morning with a very swollen cheek. I thought that he had something in his mouth, but I found out that he had a bad tooth. So luckily we were able to get into the dentist and get his tooth fixed! He was a really good boy, but the swelling didn't go down for about 5 days.

fun in the sun

Isabelle thinks shes soo big when shes at the park. this is such a fun pool for the kids. We went down and visited our cousins that were staying in Mesquite, and let the kids swim. It was so fun to see all of them!

misc. 2007

I've just gotten started with this blogging thing, so I thought that I would put some random pictures from the past year. These are the cup cakes I made for Leah's birthday... didn't they turn out cute!! oh how peaceful the temple grounds can be!!

OK, so I really do have orphan children!!
I don' think Isabelle got any apple sauce in her mouth.. what do you think?

The first snow of the year 2008

Oh what fun snow can be!! The kids had so much fun! And as you can see so did Abby and Shay.

Chritmas 2007

The kids got to see santa at our Christmas party at the church. Gracie and Leah were in the little play. After that santa came. All the kids loved him except Isabelle.

Halloween2007

Here are my adorable kids on Halloween. I enjoy dressing them up. this year was fun, because Verns sister Hannah came down and all the kids went trick or treating together.

Mellody and I in Connecticut

Mellody and I went to Connecticut this last year on sort of a business trip. It was the first time since both of us had been married, to be away from our families. We ended up having a great time, and I will never forget this experience! It was really beautiful there. Alot different from the desert scene we're used to. Here are a few pictures from our trip to share with all of you.

Because we missed Thanksgiving with our families, we went and had the fanciest dinner I had ever had! It was really YUMMY!!


We were invited by the chef that owned a resteraunt, that was even on the food network show "Roker on the road." They had a live jazz band and the chef loaded our table with sooo much food that neither one of us could finish it, and we still needed to be rolled out of there!! It was alot of fun!