There are so many things I need to blog about but this one won out in the end.  Maybe I’ll get to the rest, but no one hold their breath.

Yesterday Stephen got to play Santa at our wards primary party.  He was actually pretty excited about doing this.  I wish I had been there to see the kids reaction, but I had a cookie exchange party that I was equally excited to go to at the same time.  Here are a few pictures I snapped before Santa drove away.  It was so fun taking these too because as he drove around the pasture I could hear and see Mom across the way clapping and cheering for him.  Then as he was driving to the church I could hear everyone at Snedigar park cheering for Santa on the motorcycle as well.

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Yesterday was Stephen’s and my anniversary.  It was a very full day, but we had a great time.  I wanted to share with everyone what a great guy I married.  Most of you know that Stephen doesn’t like his picture taken.  It steals your soul, you know.  However, since he married a photographer, he had to know that we would get some shots in.

These are just a few of the memories we made in our 11th year of being married.  In them, you can see what a great husband he is and that he accepts my wierdness and does whatever he can to make me happy.  You can see what a great dad he is and that he really cares about and wants to be a part of his kids lives.  You can see that he is a very hard worker and is dedicated to bettering himself and those around him.  And, even though he tries to hide it from most, his adventurous side.

I’m so happy I married the coolest guy on the planet.

So I know that it is no longer officially my birthday, but since I have not yet gone to sleep I still consider it to be so.   Read the rest of this entry »

So Megan and I went to a great show on Tuesday.  You guessed it, So You Think You Can Dance.  It was a blast and I can’t believe I got up at 7am after not getting home til 2am the night before.  Since I am at my mom’s house I am not putting up a long post, but tune into Megan’s blog for some awsome pictures from meeting the dancers after the show.

I’ll get up the pictures from the 2nd half of our vacation in the next day or two.  Sorry it’s taking so long.

I just wanted to post a few pictures of all the fun we are having in California.    This is the kids all the way up.

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A couple days ago I was in the kitchen making dinner, very grateful to my son for entertaining my daughters.  They were all playing stuffed animal baseball.  Basically, Zo’s puma turned into a ball, I’m not sure what they used for a bat, and they had made the living room a baseball diamond.  I was enjoying listening to Kas explain the rules to  the girls and all of them being so excited for Zo when she hit the “ball”.  This went on for about 15-20 minutes when I heard Kas say, “Wait, timeout”.  Addie asked why they needed to stop and Kas told her that there was a good song on and they all needed to go to the other room.  Stephen was listening to Blur and that apparently superceded baseball for the minute.  So they all went in the other room to dance.

My first thought was, would that make baseball even more fun, if all of the sudden the pitcher said, “Timeout, there’s a good song on.”  Then the whole stadium had a great big dance party.

I have been meaning to post so many things lately.  Everywhere I go I have a camera with me and I take some pictures just because I want to blog about them.  Then I get home and start looking at everyone elses blogs and find I have used up all my time and it is time to make dinner and run to soccer practise.

So, now here we go.  It is Sunday morning.  I just sent my son to shower and I have about half hour before Zo gets up to get her ready.  Adds will be staying home today with a horrible fever that took Zo out of commission on Thursday.  Read the rest of this entry »

I have no idea what you’re talking about… so here’s a bunny with a pancake on it’s head. Read the rest of this entry »

12 years ago yesterday I saw the world upside down.  The lights from Phoenix were so bright that they drown out all the stars in the sky.  As my plane flew into Sky Harbor Airport it literally looked like the world had been turned upside down.  It seemed like a nice metaphor for me coming home from my mission and everything that I had known for the last year and a half had changed. Read the rest of this entry »

We are having our book club for Breaking Dawn on Monday 8/25.  Anyone is welcome to join us.  We are meeting at Applebees on the corner of Alma School and Queen Creek at 8:30 (after FHE and bedtime so we don’t interfere with family obligations).  Leave me a comment if you would like to come, or want more info.