...crazy, wanna come?

2009-10-01T20:19:00.000-07:00

Just as the leaves were beginning to turn we took the chair lift to the top

Deer Valley with my parents.

2009-10-01T20:13:00.000-07:00

Brandon was lucky enough to be baptized on his Birthday, Sept. 5th!

2009-10-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

Brandon's Birthday! Septemer 5th, 2001.

8 years old!!!!

2009-09-27T19:04:00.000-07:00

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Brandon started 3rd grade and Mason started 1st grade.

Just me and Dylan all day now....

2009-09-27T18:58:00.000-07:00

This summer we went swimming every Tuesday at Grandma Smith's pool! I think the boys favorite part was the HUGE ice cream treat each time. Dylan wouldn't be there for more than 5 min and would ask Grandma for an ice cream.

2009-09-27T18:53:00.000-07:00

The boys LOVE camping... and Mom loves the boys so she goes too.

2009-09-27T18:48:00.000-07:00

They tried and tried!!!! No fish this time!

2009-09-27T18:34:00.000-07:00

We had a great time camping this summer in AF Canyon!

The animals were also happy we came!

2009-07-26T20:43:00.000-07:00

Mason is doing so great at Karate. Here he is at "Belt Promotion" in May. He will soon "promote" again in August. Way to go Mason!

2009-06-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

Dylan's favorite ride....like 20 times over!

Brandon, Mason's and Mom's favorite ride!!!!!

Livin' the life!

I actually got a picture of this...do you realize how hard that was?

Mason lost his black Mickey Mouse hat so decided to buy one a little less conservative!

"The happiest place on earth" right?

2009-06-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

No kidding California Scream!

Day 2 was quite successful!

Dylan decided that Buzz Lightyear was sissy stuff! He went on the little rollercoaster in Toon Town 3 times! Wow!

My tuff guy Brandon decided to be Cinderella's "prince charming" (for the girl in mom!)...meanwhile Mason would not come out from under the table.

2009-06-21T19:12:00.000-07:00

The non spinners!

Day 1 Dylan was not so sure about Buzz Lightyear! (That's an understatement!)

I love this place!

2009-06-21T19:07:00.000-07:00

Those darn seagulls!

2009-06-21T18:56:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of May we took the kids out of school (during testing week...way to go mom!) to Disneyland. We could not pass up the chance to see the ocean. 62 degrees out at 6:00pm would stop mom from getting in but not the boys!

2009-04-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

I have had my complaints about Utah but it has its advantages! My friends mom is the secretary to President Monson so she got us conference tickets sitting with the "Monson Family." So cool! We were in the second row behind the spouses of the General Authorities. A wonderful experience to be there!

2009-04-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

Dylan turned 3 on the 28th. After a couple hours of soccer games he had a great day! He requested that we go to Kangaroo Zoo and have a football cake so that is what we did.

Happy Birthday Dylan!....I think Alan had the most fun!

2009-04-06T08:24:00.000-07:00

Brandon did awesome at his game! Alan went to Mason's as his coach but I hear he did awesome as well!

2009-04-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

We thought we would go with a theme this year for March 28th! Since both Brandon and Mason had soccer games we thought we would get Dylan excited about it too!

2009-03-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

A great day in the sun turned out to be not so fun!

2009-03-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Yes...it's true! Dog #5! But we have had Cooper since July and I figured I could now put his picture up. I'm afraid he's probably sticking around. After all 8 months with our family is something worth talking about! I will say though this picture was taken on a day when I was ready to post it online. So don't hold your breath! :)

2009-03-09T14:21:00.000-07:00

Jazz Reading!!! At Brandon and Mason's school they have "Jazz Reading" every year. Each student reads as much as they can for 3 weeks, they turn in the minutes and if they have surpassed the other schools in minutes and their own goal they get a Jazz player to come visit. This year Carlos Boozer came. (Last year Paul Milsap came.) So exciting! Brandon and Mason did awesome! We are so proud of them!

2009-03-09T14:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Valentine's Day! Alan and I have our anniversary in March (our Holiday) so we try to make Valentine's Day about everyone we love! This year Alan took the boys (following in tradition of previous years!) to Monster Truck Jam! The boys love it! This year was Dylan's first year. "It was too loud!" was his comment.

2009-01-27T19:31:00.000-08:00

Our latest fun! Snowshoeing with Grandpa and Grandma in Midway and snowboarding/sledding on the golf course. (Where technically your not supposed to.) Brandon is getting great at snowboarding and Mason is now walking up the hill by himself...major accomplishment! He is also catching on though and loving it! Dylan is quite the trooper and loves snowshoeing! He wants to do it himself!

2009-01-05T19:38:00.000-08:00

From carols to gingerbread houses to Nativity and Santa, it was a great Christmas! We are blessed more and more every year!

2009-01-05T19:36:00.000-08:00

2009-01-05T19:34:00.001-08:00

After the Nativity the kids welcomed a very special guest! It's still a debate as to whether it was the real Santa or one of his helpers.

2009-01-05T19:31:00.000-08:00

2009-01-05T19:27:00.000-08:00

All three boys sang at the Paulson Christmas party. I even played "O Holy Night" on the flute....something I haven't done in 15 years and something I won't do for another 15!

2009-01-05T19:22:00.000-08:00

Brandon and Mason had a "Christmas Sing" at school. Mason sang "Pine Cones and Holly Berries" and Brandon sang "I'm wishing on a star" from Polar Express. It was Great!

2009-01-05T19:18:00.000-08:00

Visit to Temple Square...and Alan's office. We had leftovers in the kitchen in the office. What happened to the good old days when we could eat out! :)

2009-01-05T19:13:00.000-08:00

2008-11-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

Thanks to our favorite photographer (my dad) we have our yearly family portrait!

2008-11-03T19:34:00.001-08:00

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-03T19:33:00.001-08:00

Great job Alan!

2008-11-03T19:23:00.000-08:00

Alan and I usually carve all of the pumkins...due to not trusting the kidos with a knife. Maybe next year we will just buy one big one instead of 4. You think we would be smart by now.

But hey, we convinced Mason to touch the pumpkin this year!

2008-11-03T19:20:00.000-08:00

Mason recently had a fun field trip to Pumpkinland with his Kindergarden class.

2008-11-03T12:59:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to Thanksgiving Point. The kids loved it! Especially getting lost in the corn maze!

2008-11-03T12:56:00.000-08:00

Summer is over, the sports come inside. I guess mom looses that battle!

2008-11-03T12:51:00.000-08:00

Snow!!!.... I won't be saying that come January! The boys enjoyed our first snowfall a few weeks ago. It's so fun until the car gets stuck and kids are stranded at school!

2008-11-03T12:45:00.000-08:00

Go BYU!!! We were lucky to go to 2 games this season! One in the end zone...nose bleed, the other with my parents...50 yard line! We don't want our boys to ever be confused on what school they will go to!