summer fun

We had some fun people come visit us for Abigail's 4th birthday!

I was home for Christmas

My niece Eden was 3 months old when we met for the first time at Christmas.

Humility was captivated by my brother playing the guitar.

Samuel wanted snow for Christmas. And it snowed when we went to my Uncle Mike's house.

Having fun during our layover on our way to see my parents for Christmas!!

Humility and Eden meet for the first time.  :)

We love sweet cousin Eden.

It was fun to see cousins that I hadn't seen in years! I also got to meet my cousins  daughter Okleigh. Abigail and Okleigh are only one month apart. All the "little" cousins had fun playing together.

It was so wonderful to be with my family for the Holidays. Making memories that we will treasure  always. We look forward to the next time we will all be together. We love you all!

Grandma Ann's 83rd Birthday

 Abigail talking to the seagulls at the beach.

 Snuggle time

 I was the first one to see this huge bear outside the window of the house we stayed at in 

Tahoe. You can't tell as much in the picture, but he or she was ginormous!

 I love this boy.

For Grandma Ann's 83rd Birthday we spent the weekend at a house in Lake Tahoe. Seven out of nine of her children were able to be there. It was a lot of fun.

Easter 2012

We had a wonderful time with my parents for Easter weekend. It always feels like the time goes by too fast, but it was such a blessing to be together. Samuel and Abigail had a lot of fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa Bowler. We picked them up at the airport on Friday and went to an Easter egg hunt on Saturday that was put on by one of the local churches. They had big bounce houses and a helicopter that dropped thousands of Easter eggs. Samuel and Abigail both had a lot of fun. Saturday night my Mom and Dad offered to watch the kids for us so we could go out on a date. :) We went to dinner and saw The Hunger Games. It was a fun night for us and the kids had a great time with their grandparents. Then on Easter morning my Mom hid candy for the kids to find when they woke up. After that we went to church, out to lunch at BJ's and then relaxed until it was time to take my Mom and Dad to the airport. We miss you and love you so much, Mom and Dad! Thank you for coming out to see us in the south.