Matt's Graduation

It has been a VERY long road, but we are finally done!  Matt just graduated from ASU!  I am so incredibly proud of him!  He worked so hard and sacrificed so much.  It was not easy going to school in addition to having a family, working 50-60 hour weeks, etc etc.  Good job honey - so proud of you.

 Trying on the graduation cap the night before - Matt not so thrilled to take a picture. What a goofball.

 Both of our parents and my brother Nick were here the night before - so we had a pre-celebration.

 Matt's cheering section: Nick, Kaden, Matt's parents, Lexie, my parents, Bailey, Kolten, and I!

 So not a cute picture of me - I was so hot and tired. (it was a VERY early morning)

 Matt and his parents

Daddy and Koley

Ballet Recital

Bailey just finished another semester of ballet.  She continues to do well and LOVES ballet.  This recital was extra special because it was the night before Dad's graduation, so both sets of grandparents were able to come.  We sure love our cute ballerina!

 (A big thanks to Miss Rachel - who is a fabulous teacher)

Mother's Day

The kids and I were able to go to Thatcher for mother's day weekend (poor Matt was stuck working all weekend.  He gets major points for secretly sending a gift though.  He texted me Sunday morning and told me to look in the car.  He hid the gift in there before we left.  Very thoughtful).  It was a very fun, and relaxing weekend.  And the highlight was getting to see baby Delani - Logan and Shayla's newest.  She is just so yummy!

This picture makes me laugh.  I was trying to get all the girls to look at the camera.  So I said, "I'm going to count to three.  Look right here and maybe a little birdie will pop out."  So I counted to three and Neva frantically covered her ears.  I'm not sure what she thought was going to happen - but we all had a good laugh. 

All of the grand-daughters

And of course, no trip to Nana and Papa's house in complete without some card games!

Nine Months Old......

................and still as sweet as ever!  We sure love our little Koley!

(May 4th, 2011)

Half-Birthdays

We decided to start a new tradition of celebrating half birthdays.  Bailey's was April 28th and Kaden's was April 30th.  We had half-pizzas on half-plates, made half-party hats, and they each got a half-cake.  Bailey got 2 1/2 candles and Kaden got 3 1/2.  It was simple and fun!

(Notice the blurry picture? Lexie got ahold of the camera and that would be dirty little fingerprints all over the lens.  Thank you lex)