Thanksgiving weekend

To start the morning of thanksgiving off..... Turkey pancake! (it drives cole crazy how much food coloring i put in peytons pancakes.. oh well, he loves it!)

BLACK FRIDAY!!! can i get a whoot whoot :)

 I go with my sisters every year... We have so SO much fun!

Thanksgiving day we ate at my parents house, it was a zoo... kids were everywhere. But it was fun, i loved seeing my sisters family up from St. George. 
In the afternoon we headed to the Fladelands and spent time BSing and letting the kids play.

Friday morning we headed out to SLC. We spent 4 days out there playing. I got lots of shopping done and peyton got lots of playing done. We met our friends Landon and Maria, so peyton was extra excited to play with Kolby the whole time!

Temple Lights

Peyton known for "my legs are tired" so i ended up carrying him alot. I dont know how much longer this is going to be able to work... he weighs like 45lbs

Hot Tub

We ate lots of good food, and had so much fun. We were ready to come home on Monday though, we really are quite the home bodies.

My Brothers Family Pictures

Last month i took my brother Jesse and his beautiful family's pictures. They turned out pretty cute, i had to share!

Halloween

This halloween was way fun! pretty laid back, which is always nice. We went to a halloween party at my sister-in-laws that was so cute and fun, dumb me forgot my camera :)

Peyton and I helped dress up my father-in-law into a girl, it was histarical

Peyton was a cute little ninja, he played the part like a champ.

This is peytons cousin Karidee, him and his best friend Kolby, which was an adorable little jack sparow!

Hunting through October

The Second week of October at Red Canyon, about a foot of snow, it was crazy!

 Peyton was a trooper one sat. we decided to get up at 5 to go elk hunting, he was bright eyed and bushy tailed till bout 10 and then he was OUT!

Cole's Birthday was while we were up at deer camp, I let Peyton and Kolby decorate the camper and sing happy birthday for him. It was so cute! they had a blast.

Here's our little two point :) we're 2 for 2 (2 two points in two years) Cole actually shot it within the first 20 min of opening morning.

we carved pumpkins up on the mountain, i like that cause the mess stays up there :)

REALLY?? this is what the boys did alot up camping, we would beg them to go outside and ride their fourwheelers. We often used the excuse the IPADS are dead, we need to charge them.

We had so much fun camping, and cole had a great birthday, all for all OCTOBER was a pretty good month!

Summer

I just had to post this picture, Can you say "JUST LIKE DADDY!"

for all of you who know cole, this is a regular thing to do after the lake, peyton is such a daddys boy and does anything to be just like him!  and i cant help but LOVE the little tan and white hair look, i wish he could keep that hair forever!

Lake Junkies

We are officially LAKE JUNKIES! We love the warm weather and being on the water.

Peyton and Kolby tubing, they LOVE it

Best Friends!

This is a typical ride home from the lake, even at 5 he still get so wore out!

Peytons 5

Peytons already 5, time really flys! he was barely two when i met him and it feels like yesterday! We had a little PIRATE party for him w/ cupcakes and fireworks. It turned out so good. (other than one firework that made us all feel like we were in desert storm:) )

Amara, Tracen, Peyton, Savannah, Tailee, Ataya, Bradon, Jhett & Kolby

I made a treasure map and all of them followed it to their treasure.. it was so cute when they found it!

Watching the fireworks, this was before we all had to run from one that tipped over, after that they all watched them from the front window.

Love Ya Peyton!

4th of July

We had  a great 4th as always, it definitely is a favortie holiday for all three of us! We went to an awesome party at Aunt JaLees house (forgot my camera), BBQd at Landon and Marias, then Fireworks.

My little guy looked like such a hottie that night

He watched the fireworks from under the truck since it kept raining on him

Goodrich Reunion

We left our camper up on the Mtn. after camping with our friends for the GOODRICH reunion, this last weekend we had our First annual reunion with my family. We decided that since we are all getting older and such, we needed to start having a reunion (weird that we are already to that point). We were up there for about 5 days and had so much fun. We are offically camped out for a while after two weeks of it... but the moments peyton had were priceless. He had so much fun playing with all of his cousins, and all of us had fun sitting around and Talking.

Peyton loves his cousin Chandler, he totally wants to be like him, it is so adorable... and to boot: chandler is a really good kid!

My dad and his clan.. haha i think he has most his grandkids on there, he is missing about 8 i think

I tried all weekend to steal this cutie... my neice Olivia totallly has a place in my heart, i swear god sent her to the wrong home, she was suppost to be mine!

of coarse i couldnt stop it... okay, i allowed it, but he took his bike through that same mud hole that he rode his 4wheeler through, he had so much fun showing off for everyone. Oh and he's not wearing gloves... that is straight mud haha

Camping with friends

A couple of weekends ago we went camping with our friends, it was so much fun! We finally let the boys ride there fourwheelers through the big mud hole close by. They had a blast!

Peyton by the campfire.. being his goofy self, eating smores :) he was so darn tired too

The Mud HOLE

Kolby took a little spill into the mud, he was a good sport though

Peyton and Amara

Watch this video that Landon made, its great!

Lagoon

In May we went to Lagoon. Our friends little girl was in a dance compitition, we decided to all stay at the camp ground together. We had a blast.

Peyton and Bradon, all the kids loved the rides, none of them were scared of any of them

Peyton and Kolby.... they both are growing like weeds, i cant believe it!

Grateful!

The last couple weeks have been kinda rough, and really has shown me the important things in life! I'm so grateful to be where i am in life and so happy i have my husband by my side and a healthy, CUTE and such a good little step son! I've have learned that "life happens" and when you get handed something you didnt plan on... you have to just go with it:)

here are some Things I'm Grateful For!
-that i'm healthy
-SPRING... (go away snow!)
-Peyton, i never have a dull moment with him, he makes me smile when i need it the most!
-My understanding HUSBAND, he is amazing.
-FaMiLy, i totally feel bad for those out there that dont have 3 sisters, and lots of sister-in-laws, they are all my best friends and the best support system EVER!
-the time i got to spend with my Grandma before she passed away.
-technology... i would die doing laundry by hand, not having a dish washer  OH and also Medical Technologies, when they can tell you whats UP from DOWN (or just help you understand).

Things I'm into right now
-Coconut-Creme Coffee Mate (yes i take in like 2,000 calories a morning ;) )
-spring cleaning
-Peytons wrestling... he is so much fun to watch
-"girls lunch" all of my sisters (except sara thats in st. george) go to lunch on tuesdays, i hate to miss!
-Cardigans, who new i would love these, i thought they were so GAY when i was younger
-turkey burger, we use it for everything... personal fav. is turkey italian sasauge in lasagna or meatballs
-trying to get in better shape before summer.
-the PARK, poor peyton gets ants in his pants inside, and it is so nice to be outside and let him run free
-Orginization: at work and at home, my mom blessed me with this obsession
-Doing my hair... just got it high lighted and am loving it!
-Ice Cream at night with my hubby before bed

the 4 Wheeler

We decided it was time... peyton could have a "real" 4-wheeler, He is on cloud nine! I'm hoping this doesnt mean to many trips to the ER! Just in one afternoon he learned a ton on how to handle the thing. Still Cole and me were biting our lip watching him. Our little dare devil wants to race it, jump it and pop wheelies. haha its hillarious!

This is the first time he road it.. and he yelled with his arms up like that "WAHOOO!"

We went with his friend Kolby to the sand dunes... they are planning to switch 4-wheelers in this pic,
they totally had a blast!

BEST FRIENDS!  (spoiled rotten friends :) )

More Wrestling- Rangely Tournament

Wrestling really has been a huge part of our lives right now, and i cant help but brag for my little guy! We had a tournament in Rangely Colorado last weekend and Peyton swept' it! he did so good and went home with a gold metal! -his favorite might I add

This is Peyton, Logan and Hyden... his wrestling buddies, they all won first place!

His First bracket sheet to take home

you can tell by that smile he is pretty proud with his Champion Shirt

Spring Weather

We finally got a day we could spend outside! Peyton and his cousin Savannah had so much fun riding bikes, playing in the sandbox and just enjoying the warmth. I really loved having my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law around. We laid out blankets on the lawn and just enjoyed eachothers company.

My nephew Gavyn is such a cutie... he loved being outside too

Monster Truck World Final.. VEGAS

 We have been planning this trip for a long time with our friends landon, maria and kolby. We had such a great weekend, Our hotel was great, it had a bowling ally... which the boys LOVED!!! movie theater, and amazing places to eat. Peyton had the time of his life at Monster Trucks. I enjoyed the SPA and Shopping. We also got to spend some time with coles aunt and uncle that live down there... we just dont get to see them enough, they are such amazing people! It was way windy all weekend so we didnt get as much time in the pool as we were hoping for, but peyton still got in everyday. I'm thinking this might have to be an annual thing.



He picked out that sick hat himself. and those are his eltoro loco horns he's throwin up HAHA



"I pledge"... we got the hand placement a little wrong:)

The bestest friends in the whole world!

cole and I



He was having the time of his life... this is in the middle, he turned around and said "hi dad" with the biggest grin.