Wedding Day - October 23, 2010

We are so excited for my brother to be married to a wonderful woman. This was their big day. The temple sealing was amazing and always reminds me of the commitment I have made to my own husband. I wish Jeremy and Sarah the very best in their bright future. We love them and are blessed to have been apart of their day.

Everyone awaiting their arrival


Here comes trouble :)

Baby Adam

JC and Baby Devin

The happy Couple

The boys keep running around the tree chasing eachother.

Our Sweet pea

He played in the pond with these sticks for about half an hour.

These are Sarah's twin nieces running up to give her a hug and Hannah thought she would join too.

Dallas ZOO

Our family headed to Texas in late October for my brother Jeremy's wedding. Scott and I got to Texas a day later than everyone, so we were on our own for a day while the rest of the fam was in Gilmore.

After trying to figure out what to do with the kids in Dallas we ended up at the Dallas Zoo. Admission was really inexpensive so I thought, well this is going to be a small zoo with minimal animals. NOT SO! I was amazed, the zoo was one of the best I have ever been to.


This is funny because we thought that there was just a big hallway of pictures of animals from the Savanna. WOW, we were totally wrong because they had a HUGE exhibit of real animals, including elephants, giraffe, boars, hyenas, zebras, lions and many more. It was the biggest exhibit with tons of large animals. And the habitats were amazing.

I thought this was hysterical. A gorilla was laying on his stomach throwing leaves on himself and then pounding his fist on his stomach. What a Man. Evan was not interested at all.





A Meerkat

These Meerkats were Evans best friend. Every time he called for them one would come running right up to him. He loved it and could have spent hours there watching them. I think they really wanted Evan's food in his hand.

The amazing Savanna habitat.

Evan actually got to feed the giraffe. Scott bought some lettuce from a stand and the lady said they probably would come up because they weren't that hungry, but one did! We were on an elevated platform, Evan just stuck his hand out with the lettuce and a giraffe came right up to him and ate from his hand. It was a coolest thing ever! Unfortunately my camera had just died, so I couldn't capture the moment.

If you are ever in Dallas I would highly recommend going to the Zoo and taking part in the giraffe feeding. Such a neat experience!


I found a picture on Scott's phone. Yay! Now you can see Ev trying to feed the giraffe

SNOW Day

On Monday we were all home together as a family. We decided we wanted to do something fun with the kids, so we headed up to Mount Charleston for a day of snow play. It had been raining, but I saw no signs of snow on the mountain and thought we would be disappointed when we got there. Boy was I wrong! We hit BIG snow. It was amazing and I am always in awe at the sight of snow only being 15 miles outside of the Vegas desert.

I was a little nervous with Scott driving in it and was afraid we would get stuck. We saw a few cars stuck on the roads but our 4wheel drive handled it fabulously. We went to a hill that we had been to previously to go sledding on, however there was a big sign saying closed, NO SNOW PLAY, so we found a place to pull over and let the kids just play.

There was a small hill that Scott pushed Evan off of. Hannah had no desire to be in the sled, but enjoyed playing in the snow. They both loved throwing and eating the snow and Evan was making a snow angel at one point. I don't know where he learned that, but it was pretty funny.

Daddy was really cold and was ready to get back in the car. Evan did not want to go and keep yelling I want to eat snow. Dad had to tell him we would find another spot to play, but of course we didn't, it was just a ploy to get him back in the car. Instead Scott thought it would be fun to go off roading which we did, against my wishes. Evan thought it was pretty cool. Off roading is just not for me. I told Ev that maybe daddy would get a motorcycle and they could together. I will stay home.

Anyways our little adventure turned out as an awesome family FUN day!

Holiday Spectacular

I know I am way behind and want to post my brothers wedding and thanksgiving before the year ends, but I had to post tonight's festivities first.

I have been wanting to take the kids to the Springs Preserve for their big Holiday Spectacular and since the rain finally let up today we went for it. It was the last night and boy was it crowded. We waited in long lines for Santa, riding reindeer, food and a BIG Bounce Slide. The kids were really good and we only had one melt down when Evan couldn't ride the train because it closed as we were pulling up to the line. Bummer, maybe next year. The kids also got to make a craft and run around the grassy area where there was snow blowing. We will definitely be going next year and hopefully Hannah won't start bawling when she sees Santa Clause.

The only picture I could get with Santa. It is not so great but will have to do.


Tooth Breaker for sure! Eating the Candy Cane from Santa. That's the only thing she wanted from him.


Ev said he was playing peek-a-boo


Reindeer Rides

Making a star ornament

Devin's Halloween Party

My Little Nephew Devin turned ONE on October 24th. However that was the day Jeremy and Sarah were married so my sister planned a big birthday party on Saturday, October 30th at her house in Arizona. She has been planning his Halloween Birthday Party since the day he was born. If you know my sister then you know she is a die hard Halloween Fanatic! Her House was all decked out. It looked like the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. For the party she made each family take a picture with a pirate eye patch and earring. All three of our families dressed up like pirates to go along with Julie's theme. We all ate, played and socialized. The party was super spooktacular!

Next we all went trick or treating around my sister's ward neighborhood. It was the best trick or treating I have seen since I was little. Hannah was a rock star. She loved every minute of it. It only took her 2 house to figure out what to do. She went to over 30 houses and never got tired. Evan pooped out half way through and was ready to go home. What a surprise, my crazy kid who loves candy gave up first.

I almost didn't make the drive to Arizona for such a short weekend, but I was definitely glad that I did. We had a blast. Sorry you missed it Dad.

Me and My SiS


My Lil Bro Cory and his Family



SCARY MoM

Us the Pirate Gang

Cousins Bryan & Mareen with kids

Uncle Greg & Aunt Dawn

Cousin Amber with her boys

My little Sweetie

Trick or Treating around Julies neighborhood. What a blast!

Hannah not afraid to go up to anyone for candy. She was a natural trick or treater.

Filling her basket with her favorite treat. A Sucker

She decided she better try one. Why not, right.

Cousin Carter saying Hello to baby Devin

Here's the Birthday BOY

And last, but not least, little Adam giving away his BIG Smiles.