Rivalry

There is a rivalry between angel #1 and angel #2 always.:) But especially with BYU and USU. Those that know angel #2 well know his passion for the Utah State Aggies. A couple of weeks ago they played one another in football. The game was good!! USU led for all of the game, that is till the last 15 seconds!!

They had made a bet with one another. If USU won angel #1 wears a USU shirt for the day. And if BYU won angel #2 wears a BYU shirt for the day. Anyone who knows angel #2 knows this is something he did not want to do.:) This is the shirt we chose for him to wear for the day.:) Of course for school he wore a jacket all day long and no one at school knew he even had the shirt on. Beat the system on that one I guess, but we are making up for it by posting it.:)

Next year he hopes to see Angel #1 wearing the USU shirt in this picture!:)

Angel #4's Baptism

Over memorial weekend our Angel #4 got baptized. We are so proud of her and glad she made this decision. This is a picture of her with her friend from kindergarten, they don't go to the same school now but they still love to see each other.She was so glad she came.

I love how well these two get along so I just loved this picture.

The pictures we took before this angel #2 wouldn't smile, he just wanted to get home to see Utah State's first football game of the season against Auburn. This is just after his dad told him they were winning.:)

Here she is with both sets of grandparents, we were so grateful they were able to be there.

Here were some of the people there to support her. We are so grateful for good friends and family who support these wonderful things that happen in our lives.

Summer Fun

This is how Angel #5 started out the summer, wearing a life jacket.

Hanging out together! I just really liked this picture!

This was on Angel #1's birthday, yummy dinner at Olive Garden and yummy cheesecake for dessert. And a little dairy queen never hurts.:)

One of the many hot days they enjoyed in the pool this summer.

Hanging out with friends in the pool is always fun too!!

And this is how Angel #5 ended the summer!! He is now our little fish!!

Summer lovin had me a blast!!!:)

This is my favorite thing to do, not!!

This picture tells you what we did this weekend. Can you tell what it was?

We decided to paint the living room, kitchen and hallway. Can I just tell you how much I dislike painting. This is a before picture.

This is an after picture.

This is in the kitchen before

This is in the kitchen after.

I don't know if the lighting is very good in the pictures. We went a darker color and satin instead of flat like we had before. We really like it, but can I tell you just how much I dislike painting.:)

Congratulations Angel #3

Congratulations to our Angel #3. You are looking at the new commissioner of finance(treasurer) for his school. This picture was taken after his speech to the school.

His dad told him that the tie he is wearing in this picture is a lucky tie and I guess we all agree now. :) We are so proud of him and know that he will do a good job.

Elections! Elections! Elections!

My goal was to post once a week and I realized we are kind of boring people.:) I also realized that I need to take a lot more pictures.:) Being that it is election season, I found this post to be fitting. This is our angel #3, he is running for office at his school.

He made it through the primary election and has now moved on to the general election. He is running for commissioner of finance (treasurer). We are so proud of him for trying to do this. It has helped him to come out of his shell a little bit. This was a photo that we pasted on the posters since he is running as commissioner of finance. :) We wish him luck this week as he has to prepare his election speech before the general election. We love angel #3 and hope he does well!!!

Angel #1

I was informed that I forgot to also post about Angel #1's birthday. How could we forget him?:) He was our first and is definitely not forgettable.:)

Resting at the top of the hike we were on.

This is a picture of him while hiking Red Rock with family.

This is him at Scout Camp making ice cream. Doesn't he look like he is having fun?

He has grown up so much. We love having him as part of our family even if he is the biggest tease there is!:) So happy belated birthday Angel #1!!

General Conference Highlights

Chocolate on her cranium was doing a general conference meme which she found over at Diapers and divinity. I loved this idea! We were so edified this weekend by the Prophet and apostles. The messages they gave us were wonderful. So here are my answers to the questions of this meme.

General Conference Highlights 2010:
1. Who were your three favorite speakers? There were so many wonderful speakers that this is a hard question.

President Thomas S. Monson "Attitude of Gratitude" Sunday Morning Session
Elder Larry R. Lawrence "Courageous Parenting" Sunday Afternoon Session
David M. McConkie "Being a good Teacher" Saturday Morning Session, this one really helped me with my new calling.:)

2. Favorite Talk?
Larry R. Lawrence was just one of my favorite talks. His talk was wonderful, as a parent of two teenagers I loved how he said we needed to "Be Strong, Be of Good Courage, and Be not Afraid." The youth of our day have many more temptations and trials than we ever did. They need the safety of our homes. A place they know that they can go and have the boundaries that they secretly seek.:) It takes courage to be a parent and we need not be afraid with the Lord on our side.
I could go on about all the other talks, there were just so many wonderful messages this conference.

3. Favorite Hymn sung during Conference?
I loved the song Home from the children's songbook, sang by the family choir on the Saturday Afternoon Session.

4. Who wore the best tie?
I liked the ties in the pictures on Chocolate on her Cranium, go there to see the pictures. Loved Elder Richard G. Scott's tie.

5. Do you think conference had a theme?
There were many talks that taught us of the concept of our agency, and choosing the right. That there are so many temptations in the world but we have the Holy Ghost to help us through our trials and guide us to do what is right. We have a true and living prophet!! Many speakers testified so plainly of this. We must follow the prophet, he is here to guide us.

6. Share a few of your favorite quotes:
"When I was appointed President of the Church. I will take one assignment to myself I will be the advisor to the tabernacle choir. I am very proud of my choir." (President Thomas S. Monson)

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" (Leonardo DaVinci; quoted by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

"Love is spelled T-I-M-E" (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf)

7. Something that made you smile during conference.
President Thomas S. Monson began his talk with the quote above, this made me smile, but then he continued to say his mother wished he had continued with the piano. He said he then went to the piano and played a small piece about a birthday party.:) It brought such a smile to my face.

8. Any evidence that your children paid attention?
My third oldest took notes. He even told me of some of his favorites. The two oldest were sitting there but honestly I don't know how much actually soaked in. The two youngest just colored the whole time. Children will surprise us so maybe our family home evening tonight will be on conference and we will see how much was actually soaked in.:)

9. If you had to give a talk in Conference ( don't faint this is hypothetical)what do you think you would speak about?
First of all I would faint and then I would be sick. That would scare me to death. I would probably pray hard to find out what would be the best topic for me to speak on. Maybe the Atonement, because without it we would be lost.

10 What are some of your post Conference goals?
To have an attitude of gratitude like President Monson spoke about. And to simplify our lives as President Uchtdorf spoke about. I also think that we will try more diligently to have one on one interviews with our children as Larry R. Lawrence spoke of doing. And have courage as a parent.

You are all invited to post the answers to this meme, as it is so rewarding to relisten and to ponder back on our notes what we have been taught. I am so grateful for the opportunity we had to listen to these wonderful speakers.

Angel #2

Angel #2 also had a birthday. He is now a teenager. Isn't that just so scary?

Here he is in his element. This picture was at scout camp. He absolutely loved it at scout camp and wants to go back and work there.
This is a picture of him and his youngest brother on a hike at Red Rock.

On the same hike, we had tons of fun.

This is a picture of him while he was getting a haircut. We didn't keep it this way we just thought it was a fun picture.:) Hope he doesn't get mad that I posted it.:)

Happy Birthday Angel #2!!!

Angel #4

Our angel #4 had a birthday, it is so sad that they think they need to grow up every year. We are so glad to have her in our family and hope she had a great birthday.

She played baseball this year so this is just a picture of her running to the base. She had fun but I don't think it was her favorite sport. She is in dance and I think she prefers that.

I just really liked this picture. It was taken while we were hiking in Red Rock. Happy Birthday Angel #4.

Hawaii

This year marked our 15 year anniversary. We decided to go to Hawaii to celebrate. Thanks mom and dad for the use of your timeshare, it was so much fun.:)

Isn't this just beautiful? The weather was wonderful the whole time we were there.

The sunsets were amazing. My dad tried to get a picture of the sunsets every night we were there. These two pictures were right off the grounds of our hotel. Amazing huh?

We of course had to do the visit to Pearl Harbor while we were there. This was definitely very sombering. To think that the ship still lies beneath the ocean is sad.

Then of course we went to the Polynesian cultural center. This is us trying to use the Poi balls. We weren't very good at it. The Polynesian center was a lot of fun and we still didn't see it all.

Me and the head angel decided to go on an atv tour. They take you around on these atv's and show you locations that they have shot movies or tv series' such as Godzilla and Lost. This was so much fun. I would recommend it to anyone that goes to Hawaii. This was the first time we had ever been to Hawaii but I definitely want to go back again.:)

Hanging out with family!!

Our head angel's sisters came up for a visit and we had alot of fun with them. We went hiking up Red Rock Canyon together.

Isn't this a great view at the top. Angel #1 and Angel #4 with their aunt.:)
We had to do the tourist picture in front of the famous Las Vegas sign.

We had fun swimming in the pool. They decided to start jumping in while making words with their arms. Can you tell what they are spelling here? A-M-Y

It's alot of fun to have a pool that everyone can have this much fun. What are they spelling now?:) Y-M-C-A

Happy Birthday Angel #3

This little angel had a birthday in February, he turned the big age of 10.

This is him right before he opened his presents. Can't you see the excitement in his eyes? We love angel #3 in our family. He has such a great sense of humor.

This is a video of him and his dad at a little talent show at Thanksgiving at Grandma's house. He likes to sing off or on key.:) He is part of the honor choir at his school.

He also recieved an award at school for showing teamwork in the month of February. We are so proud of him.

Happy Birthday Angel #3.

Happy Birthday Angel #5

Happy Birthday Angel #5.

He really likes Diego right now so he loved this present.
I love how all the kids get into opening presents, it is a fun event for all.

Don't you love siblings.:) Our angel #5 had a great birthday. Some of our friends from winnemucca were able to be here and have cake with him and he loved that. He also made sure to invite his friend Abby, but this mom didn't have her camera out when they were all here. We love this Angel #5 and hope he had a great 3rd birthday.

Run for a wish

We decided to run a 5k with the kid's elementary school. The 5k was for the make a wish foundation. The 5k was at an outdoor mall, road surrounding and parkinglot downtown.

We ran it with a good friend of ours Alicia. This is a picture of us right before the great event. Don't we look so excited?

It decided to rain that day.:) What a day to run. This is me with angels #4 and #3. We are almost done. My angels would like me to post when they finished, so here it is.

Angel 1-26 minutes

Angel 2 and Alicia together-31 minutes

Angel 3 and head Angel-37 minutes

Angel 4 and myself-49 minutes

This is a picture after we all got done soaked by the rain. I was so proud of our kids for finishing the race whether they ran or walked most of the way. We loved it and are looking forward to doing it again.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to our Head Angel!!!

I found a few pictures of when he was a kid and thought I would post them.

It looks like he is trying to show us how strong he really is in this picture:).

This one I just thought was cute it shows him as a little boy.

Look what he has grown up to be.:) We love him and wish him a happy birthday!

Just having fun!!

I found some pictures of our Spring Break Staycation. Thought I would share them.

Aren't these some cute kids?:)
We went to the Vegas zoo and saw the lions get fed.

The older boys got to ride the New York New York roller coaster which is there in the background.

I just thought this was a fun picture. If only I had one of these cages at my house.:)