My Niece Megan's Wedding!

My oldest niece Megan got married in the Mesa Temple on August 15th, to Taylor Conway. I was lucky enough to go to Arizona and leave my kids home with my husband (and neighbors) to celebrate with her and her family! She was a beautiful bride...as you can see, and it was so neat to be in the temple with her and her husband for their sealing.

Here's Megan and Taylor with Megan's parents, Brett and Barbara. Brett is my oldest brother.

Here's all of my siblings and parents that were at the wedding, back row: Justin, Brett, and Kara. front row: Camilly, Mom, Dad, Me

Me and my niece, Brooke at the Temple.

My family at the luncheon.

Here I am with my two nieces, Megan and Brooke. This is where they had the luncheon and reception. The reception was soooo fun! We all got to just dance the night away!! It was a blast....probably mostly because I didn't have to chase after my kids all night! :)

Here is her cake...It was sooo pretty! I loved it!

Jackson Hole

We just took a really fun family trip to Jackson Hole, with Daniel's family. I think this is one of my favorite trips to take with kids. There are so many fun things to do for all ages. And where we stayed had an awesome kids sized pool, which Tucker and Nora Jane both loved.

Here we are at the Rodeo. This is one of Daniel's and mine favorite things to do in the summer, and sadly we just haven't done it much since having kids. It was fun to take Tucker and Nora Jane.

Tucker got to do the bungee trampoline. I've got some videos, I'll see if they will post. He looked like he was going to puke, I was really nervous, but he said he was having fun.

Here are Daniel and Tucker going up to the Alpine Slide. He still talks about this...he loved it!

Here they are at the top, ready to race Stuart, with Amy in front of them. I raced Amy...and smoked her!

Here they are at the end, they smoked Stuart...who fell off and got pretty badly injured. :(

Daniel got to do lots of biking...both road and mountain.

We got to do a little shopping downtown, without the kids...so nice!!!

Tucker's Wakesurfing debut!

Tucker has been talking about WakeBoarding or Wake Surfing ever since Daniel bought him his wakeboard last year. Well last night, we took some friends up to Willard Bay, and his dreams came true!! Even though he appears to be crying (and did actually cry at one point)...he seemed to really like it, he was just nervous about falling off the board he said, and he loves telling people that he wake surfed! We are so proud of you Tucker Man!

Nora Jane's Walking

Daniel and I took a trip to Lake Powell, and left the kids with Grandma and Grandpa Pace. We had a great time! While we were gone, Nora Jane officially started walking. She had taken a few steps here and there on her own, but now she walks everywhere! Here's some videos of her.

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend we went to St. George to stay at Daniel's Grandpa's house with his family. We went down a day before his family and took the boat out on Sand Hallow with just our little family.

Nora Jane is enjoying to boat much more than last year, thank heavens!

It was so hot, we had to have a wet towel to cool off the seats!


I don't think I've ever seen my husband smile this big in a picture before!

I sent Nora Jane in the water to cool off!

This is the next day with Daniel's family. Much cooler. Here's our new tube with Daniel's sisters and brother-in-law testing it out. They had a nice, long, slow ride cause Annalisa's pregnant.

He's totally got this figured out!

Nora Jane kept tapping Tucker on the head, and getting right in his face to yell who know's what at him. I think they were really enjoying it. She also kept waving at her aunts and uncle on the tube.

She likes to drive too! I think she'll more than likely have more driving time than me.

Nora Jane's first tube ride, with Dada and Grandpa! She just about fell asleep.

Stuart forgot Sunday clothes, so we had him try some of Grandpa's! :)

St. George Temple and Visitors Center.

We went to the Dinosaur Museum. Tucker really liked it. He got to stand next to T-Rex's foot print, for a picture.

Here he is digging for Dinosaur eggs.

Nora Jane Sneezing

Nora Jane likes to imitate people sneezing. Pretty Funny!

Tucker Turns 3!

Invitations! Tucker wanted a Soccer Party!


Decorations.

Cake. I made a chocolate cake, and then bought fondant (after trying to make it twice and failing!) Michelle and Amy helped decorate it.

All our Guests!

Our Grill Master!

Opening Presents!

Very own set of Soccer Goals! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Underoos...I guess its time to potty train....

Go Diego Go! Sunglasses from Nora Jane.

Giving Nora Jane a hug.

More Franklin Movies! Thanks Walter & Haydee.

New Bike and Helmet!

Posing with his cake, and practicing 3 fingers!

My Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Edward Cullen was in my daughters room today, while she was napping. Look at those fang marks in her lip...and yes that's blood on her shirt, hands, and it was all over her legs and crib.

This was just to top of my awesome day that I've had. I was woken up by my husband at about 4:00 this morning, because he had a migraine. By 6:30, none of the drugs had touched it, so we were off to the Emergency Room.

I eventually had to leave him at the hospital at 8:45, to run home and grab my children, for their follow up ear infection appointments at the same hospital at 9:30. Turns out, yes they do in fact both still have ear infections, even though I had taken Nora Jane in two Saturdays ago, after being up with her until 4:00am, and they assured me she was fine.

I really really wish I had not woken up this morning...mostly cause I really could use the sleep to get over my sickness....but with everyone else's illness...mine will have to wait for another day. Mother's Day is coming up soon....right???

My Little Soccer Player!

So I volunteered to be Tucker's soccer "coach", to insure that they would "accept" him, since he was only going to be 3 for the last game of the season. After the first 3 games, one which I missed cause I had to take Nora Jane to the doctor at the last minute, I was seriously wondering what I had gotten myself in to. It was heartbreaking to see my little Tucker man, get so upset when the other kids took "his" ball from him. He has talked about playing on his soccer team for over a year now. He really is pretty good at dribbling the ball and stuff. But the first few games were pretty rough. He just ended up laying on the ground behind the goal, or just being plain sick. Poor kid!

But after last Monday nights game...I'm proud to post about this on my blog. Right at the beginning of the game, he got tripped and fell, smacking his face on the ground. Then the kid behind him, stepped right on his bum, with his soccer cleats. He ran of the field crying. I thought for sure he was done. He came out later, only cause he wanted me to hold him....while running on the field with other kids "coaching". Eventually he calmed down, and came back out to actually play....and the kid made us sooooo proud. He stole the ball, dribbled it all the way down the field on the sideline, then turned and drove it right into the goal!!!

We are just so proud of our little Tucker Man!!!