The Nutcracker

It was Mataya's Nutcracker performance this last weekend and she did great.. Hope you all enjoy the pics..

2nd Annual Cookie Night.

Last year my good friend Kim and I got together around Christmas and had a cookie night. We made about 6 different kinds of cookies, It was so much fun that we decided to make it our Tradition every Christmas. So last week we got together and baked our little buns off.. We had a blast. Even the Men helped out and had fun. Then we topped off the night by eating the cookies and playing our favorite card game Golf. Thanks guys we love ya..

Wait, What??

So, the other day I thought it would be fun to watch home video's from the past few Christmas's. We started with Mataya's first Christmas. Before we actually got to the Christmas part on the tape, there was some video of my sister Annie's High School Basketball games. So of course we watched them and I realized how much I missed going to them. So I say to Mataya, " Taya I can't wait until you play basketball so I can come and watch your games."

Mataya leans over to Kenyon and whispers, " I don't want to play basketball, I want to be a cheerleader."

Wait, What? I'm still in shock.. lol Annie we have some work to do!

Happy Birthday Mataya Faith

Today our sweet little baby turned 4... I really can not believe how fast time flies. Mataya is a daddy's girl and her mommy's world. We really don't know what we ever did with out her. She is such a good little girl and we are so lucky to have her.. Happy Birthday To our cute little Tay Bug, we love you so much, you are such a special blessing. Love Mommy and Daddy.

Fun Cook Out

On Sunday the 12th, We took off after church and went to New Harmony for the afternoon. Kenyon's Uncle Brent has apples on, so we went up and met him to pick some.. Then after that we went up on little mountain for a weenie roast. We had so much fun! Taya loved playing with Bandit (Brent's dog) and playing with the rocks and dirt. She even helped pick a few apples. We love going there and wish we could go more. thanks Brent for all the delishous apples! Oh and one more thing. Don't buy strawberry flavored marshmallows from the dollar tree. We took some to roast and they were Horrible!! We all gagged and spit them back into the fire.. yuck

Back To Ballet.. Round 2!

Such A Cutie

Strike a pose!

Yep its time again. Tay started her second season of ballet today and she was THRILLED! I am slowly learning about this sport and it is not to bad! I almost wish I would have taken ballet when I was a spring chick.. lol. Funny story, On the first day of Ballet the parents are invited to stay and watch but after that no parentals allowed. So I am sitting there watching them do there cute little warm ups. They are all in a circle and the teacher is telling them what to do. She has them sitting and they are supposed to bend over and smell there feet.. And the conversation goes like this-

Teacher: ok everyone bend over and smell you feet, mine smell like roses

girl #1: mine smell like lotion

girl#2: mine smell like candy

Mataya: "mine smell like garbage!"

Not only did she blurt that out, she yelled it! It was so funny but also a little embarrasing.. Good thing everyone knows Taya and her silly little personality.. We really are excited for this next season of ballet. It's going to be fun..

Too Much Fun!

On August 11th we took a little trip to Lake Powell with our good friends Trevor and Kim and stayed until sunday the 15th . It was just the four of us and we had the best time ever! We did alot of wakeboarding, tubing, kneeboarding and skiing (Kim).. We also laughed a ton and made memories that none of us will ever forget! We are hoping to make it A yearly traditon. Thanks guys for such a great time.

Kim skiing

Having our craft hour. Kim tought me how to make hemp bracelets, they where so much fun to make.

Just chillin

Exploring.




Having so much fun..

Rainbow Bridge. This is amazing.. so so so glad we went!

On the way to our destination.. This guy is cute!!

First Day Of Preschool..

Yes It's true! Our baby started Preschool this week. I still can't believe it. I have to pat myself on the back for not crying and having a meltdown when I dropped her off on her first day. I did better than I thought. Of course Mataya did wonderful. She was so excited to go and when we got there her little face lit up when she saw all the kids and her new teacher.. She will do so good in school. We are so proud of you Taya girl...

24th..

This year we went to the cabin for the 24th of July. We had alot of fun and worked our guts out cleaning up trees that had been knocked over. It is so much fun to go up there. As usual the weekend went by to fast and we did'nt want to come home. Mataya had so much fun playing with her cousins that see hardly gets to see. She was sad to leave them.

Mom, Gus, Annie, Dad, Kenyon, and Grandpa watching it rain.

Enjoyng a little sip.. lol


Still raining.

Mountain Beauties!

Patiently waiting for a ride.


They wanted to use the umbrella inside. Not outside..