First day of school!

one more lovely sword picture of Noah!

Noah goes to preschool and loves it!

The girls are sure growing up and it is hitting me how much i miss their little stage but how much i love them now too! good girls! Adlee in 4th and Brielle in 1st.

WE LOVE BEING BACK INTO SCHOOL!

JUST DANCE!!

Our Joshua turned ONE!!!

on August 4th Joshua Strong turned one years old. oh, this boy makes us all soooo happy. he is so fun and getting so much personality. He has developed a mad scream which I am trying with all my might to stop before it gets to be a habit....like the other kids have. anyone have any suggestions???

one year ago, coming home from hospital.

here is some of the fun we had this week for his birthday. WE LOVE THIS KID!!!

Joshua and his eye enjoying chocolate chip cookies

Joshua loves the "green smoothie"

We had some great cupcakes but Joshua was pretty hesitant eating it. I think the texture, so it ended up mostly on the floor instead of his face.

Many wii "Just Dance" parties! the girls have beat out their mother's dance genes and have become pretty good! :)

Joshua's favorite spot in the entire house. THE BATHROOM! it is awful, he pulls all the toilet paper off and then eats it.

Adlee made Joshua some J pancakes for his birthday breakfast. pretty cute!

Joshua's favorite things:

the fireplace

the bathroom

FOOD

bottle

binkie

blankie

screaming

wrestling with Noah

twitching

DADDY (he will not let me hold him if Adam is in the room)

What happened between SPRING BREAK and SUMMER???

Joshua and Noah becoming buddies!


I was able to go to two fabulous class performances at the end of the school year. Adlee is such an entertainer. SHE GOT SO INTO IT! so cute

I was then off to NEW YORK CITY with some of my girls from dental school! so many fun memories and lots lots lots of laughs. Thank you girls for the invite! Time Square the night of the time square bomber. oooohhhhh!

bike ridin in central park

DELICIOUSNESS!! at serendipity we had some yummy hot chocolate.

my kids and all their craziness!

Brielle cracks me up. she got home from gymnastics and started jumping on the trampoline, then i came out and saw what she had worn to gymnastics. OH MY HECK!

Adam decided to try gardening this summer. here he is getting it all prepped!

Brielle in her adorable class performance.

Adlee and her friend Kayesli took home all the awards possible. They rock!

LAKE POWELL #1 with my family. lots of cousins and lots of fun!

My brother in law Jason headed up the minute to win it games on top of the houseboat at night. We were laughing uncontrollably. great times!
Even my parents got in on the action. hilarious

the kiddos chillin in the relaxation station.

my dad the fisherman takin out the kids.

lots of great times with cousins Ava and Sophie. so glad the moved to AZ!!! it was lots of fun doing so many things with them.

Emery and Noah doing bubble time.

Our buddies, the CHAFFEE's! miss you guys

adlee turned 9! she wanted a chuck e cheese party. i call it, UPCHUCK e cheese!

cousins at grandmas and grandpas

lots of swimming this summer. adlee and brielle both did great on swim team and learned a lot

girls girls girls

even NOah learned how to swim this summer. thank you aunt Jennifer for saving his life!

my baby sister got married!!!! so much fun, here are the cousins so cute! can't believe i dont have a pic of the bride yet! she was beautiful and we love her husband Scott McShane. they are so great together.

The girls did a musical theatre class, Mary Poppins! they did a great job memorizing their songs and parts. so much fun

went up to Pine with friends and family for Fourth of July. great fireworks in Payson and great laughs. always!!! i got my pjs made fun of too.

don't know why my eyes are closed but oh well! LAKE POWELL with family! my belly still hurts from laughing so much! great memories!
Brielle planted a sunflower and it has taken off. so cute! our garden is amazing, good job ADAM!

Spring Break San Antonio and more!

SPRING BREAK IN SAN ANTONIO!!!! Grandma and Grandpa thank you for coming with us!
We love you and you are the BEST helpers in the whole world. :)

after a long great day at sea world, the kids got a gift.

Noah decided he needed to kill the sharks with the sword

love this picture. my blue eyed beauties!

so many great shows. the kids did so good waiting for them to start.

oh SHAMU!

one of the only rides Brielle could go on. waited a blasted 1 1/2 hrs. to get wet!

The pirate 3D show =Noah's favorite

Adlee's dreams coming true. got to feed the dolphins. she really wanted to swim with them....

Noah was a little timid with all those teeth.

AWWWW! so cute

a little downtime while dad went to get the car, the girls went exploring at the san antonio zoo

waiting for the train ride around the park

Noah was so cute trying to read the map and tell us where to go at the zoo.

haha! trying to take a pic by the snake, but Brielle couldn't focus with it so close to her.

best daddy ever!

Went to the alamo and the riverwalk in downtown san antonio and it was sooooo cold and windy. Joshua was such a trooper!

My parents got us two nights at the JW Marriott and oh my gosh, it was insanely nice. The waterpark was the plan for Saturday while the boys golfed but...... it was freezing and cloudy and beyond windy.. hurricane weather seriously! My mom insisted we try because the water was heated. so she was brave and ventured out with the 3 kids. i took pics and laughed a lot! thx grandma!

The boys obviously had a great time golfing and freezing! my dad said he hit the ball and it came back to him. oh my!

warm in the water.

Remember the Alamo!

The Riverwalk was pretty neat!

OUr little Joshua is moving everywhere! such an great baby! i just eat him up all day long.

The kids made a homemade fireplace and roasted marshmellows in their bedroom. so funny

We were having a lesson for fhe and learning about the people of Babylon and their language being confounded. haha! Adam taped all our mouths for the night and we couldn't talk. the girls went to bed very quietly that night.