Meeting MILEY CYRUS!

A fun story I wanted to share:

My cute cousins got together and decorated this cute sign for a contest with 97.1ZHT (radio station) and MILEY CYRUS. They made the top 50 photos. The city got to vote on the best photos. After a week or so of voting….THEY WON!!! Last night at the concert they got to go back stage and meet MILEY CYRUS.

I am not much of a MILEY fan, but thought it was a real cute idea. Their daughters were so excited and thankful for all the hard work their moms put into it.

What fun memories!!

HAPPY 16th ANNIVERSARY!!

I can’t believe it has been 16 years since we got married!! Where did the time go? Thanks babe for giving me 2 girls, security, faithfulness, laughs, encouragement, support and all your love.

We went out to our favorite restaurant for sushi. YUM! Had drinks and enjoyed being together. McCall had soccer practice and doesn’t like sushi so we took Callie with us (she loves it as much as us) and we even tried a few new rolls.

Here is to many more years to come.

Sleepover fun....

Last weekend we watched my 3 nieces and nephew so my SIL and BIL could have a night out. Having 6 kids is a lot or work, but it sure was fun. The boys played video games while the girls ran around playing dress up and gymnastics. We had pizza for dinner and also made a fire for marshmallows and smores.

We rented "17 Again" and had movie night in the basement.

The following morning Jeff made everyone waffles and we played a little more. We love playing with our cousins. Come back and play with us again!!

Callie-Raina-Adia and Jaylin

AJ teaching Jaylin how to play (my favorite picture)
yummy marshmallows
Getting their marshmallows just right!

Jeff and AJ playing Xbox

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

The first day of 3rd grade. I am so impressed with how well Callie is growing up....yet part of me is so sad that she is growing up TOO fast. This day is always bitter sweet to me. It seems like only yesterday we were planning pre-school and learning to tie our shoes. Now she is finding her independence and branching out. She has a really cute teacher and loves her school.

Here she is showing off her new back pack and some friends she was so excited to see this morning.

Olivia
Jenna
Skylee

There are no photos of McCall’s first day since having your mom take your picture or be around at jr. high is really uncool............which I hate. :(

A Jordanelle Adventure

Our great friends the Jensen’s let us borrow their condo at Jordanelle for a few days. We were less than 5 minutes from the lake so we could come and go a lot easier. One day we decided to head into Park City. We took the kids down the Alpine Slide a few times and had a yummy lunch at a BBQ place.

We invited a few family and friends up to play with us. We had so much fun teaching the kids to water-ski and using our new tube. Next year we will stay longer and try to get everyone up to relax and play!

Jeff and Callie (going down the Alpine Slide for her first time by herself.)
Carla and McCall

Carla-Cailtin-Casey on our new tube

Janine and Sophia
Ethan and McCall

Callie and Sophia

Julie-Bill-Kelsey

"Co-captain" Bindi

Go Jeff

Oh-kissy kissy

Carla and Callie

McCall

Callie

Roasting Marshmellows!

My cute sister-in-law Janine and her family came over for dinner last night. I made a really yummy chicken tortilla soup. Everyone really enjoyed it. The kids and dads played volleyball. It was really cool so we decided to make a fire, roast marshmallows and eat smores.

Janine and her smore

our neice Sophia

our nephew Ethan

Leslie-Callie-McCall

Catching up....

My uncle Stan and his wife Patsy (from Texas) flew into Wendover for a few days of gambling fun. While they were so close they drove into Salt Lake to see us. We took them up to Snowbird for lunch. We were going to take them up the tram but it was too windy and cool. We visited a lot and caught up on each others lives. We also had brownies and ice cream for papa’s birthday. They are staying a few more days in Wendover and will head back to Texas then.

It has been 15+ years since we have seen them. It was great to catch up and see them again.

Stan, Carla, Jeff and Patsy

Brothers-Dennis & Stanley

Stan, Jason and Patsy
Stan and Patsy with the girls

Dennis, Pam, Patsy, Stan at the Snowbird Lodge