April

For Easter this year we took a little family trip to Lake Powell. We never know what either one of our families are going to do, so we just decided to plan a trip ourselves. We stayed in a hotel in Page and just took it easy for a few days. Dan took us out on his little fishing boat and dropped us off on a sandy beach while he fished for a while. The kids loved it and enjoyed the sunshine... infact I enjoyed it a little too much and my shoulders payed for it

This month was also my birthday. I am 27 now, which feels a little older than the other ones for some reason. We also finished up with the year of dance. On my birthday I taught dance in Cedar from 3-5 and then had the Parowan dance recital from 6-8. So it was a busy day, still good though. On friday I had a solo competition that I went to that all of my solo girls competed in and then on Saturday I had team competition. Then this Tuesday I just had my first Cedar dance recital. So I have been one busy lady, but it all turned out really great. Here is a picture of all the cute girls that I taught solos and duets to. Six of them took queen! It was like a Sunshine Dance sweep :)


This is a picture of us at awards with some of our dancers. They did so great! I was proud of them. We did 13 dances and got 13 Superiors :)

March & Family pictures

March came and went so fast it is crazy! We are excited for the warm weather to get here and to be able to play in our backyard that Dan did for us last year. On the nice days Revin spends all day in his sandbox or riding his tractor, and Kaysha usually is eating the sand or wandering out in the road. (Good thing no one but us lives on our street) :) Kaysha skipped the walking part and is running all over the place. Her favorite thing to do is run outside. She loves the outdoors. She is always telling me "side" which means that she wants to go outside. Revin is an awesome big brother and they play so good out there together. I am so thankful to have a couple of back doors to our backyard, because our old house didn't have that. We are so much happier here! Revin is still loving preschool and he is getting so so smart. He knows all of his letters and what sounds they make. He has really learned a lot this year. Kaysha just started nursery and so far she has loved it. She was good as gold (we will see how long that lasts). She can be quite the dramatic one, if something doesn't go her way watch out! She loves putting on necklaces or things that are "pretty". She is always carrying around a baby doll wrapped up in a baby blanket and kissing it and loving on it. She is such a girl!

Revin's Birthday

Revin turned 4 on February 24th. It is really crazy to me to think that I already have a four year old. He is getting so big and so smart! He got to celebrate his day by having a birthday party with his friends and cousins at the new aquatic center. I think it was the best day of his life! He had so much fun swimming with all of his friends there. Every present he got he was like "Wow" or "that's awesome!" He is a pretty sweet kid. He got a leapster from Dan and I and he could play that thing all day, he loves it! He also got a bunch of puzzles which is great because puzzles are his favorite thing to do. It is funny because I swear I didn't have any puzzles when I was a kid. I think my Mom was an anti-puzzle person, which I can understand because they are kind of a pain to keep track of all the pieces. Anyways, he had a great 4th birthday, and when he went to bed that night he said "Mom, can it be my birthday tomorrow too?"

January

January has been pretty busy and cold for us! Right now I am teaching dance three times a week with solos and duets, and we have been doing quite a few performances. I have also been going almost every weekend to drill team competitions to watch my niece Haley, and just get new ideas. My kids are keeping me busy too! We are still working with Kaysha on walking. She just refuses to do it. She would rather just crawl about. I wasn't ever too worried about it until now because she is almost 17 months. Hopefully she will soon! Anyways, with all of the cold there was one nice day in January and it was President's day so Dan had it off work. We packed up the kids and went to Quail. Kaysha and Revin just played in the sand and had a great time. Dan caught a few fish and let Revin reel them in. I just enjoyed all the vitamin D I could get :) Cedar City also got a new aquatic center that opened this month. I am so excited for my kids to be able to go there. It isn't too far from our house. I was sad I didn't get any pictures because Revin had a ball! The last weekend in January was my parents 29th Anniversary so we went to St. George to celebrate. My Mom was working at the temple that day, so Dan and I, Jamie, Joey and my Dad met her there and went through a session. We don't get down there as often as we should, so it was really nice to have an excuse to go. Afterwards some more family met us and we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. That pretty much sums up our January.

December

We had a great Christmas this year. It gets a little more fun each year as our kids get older. For Christmas Eve we went to my Mom's and went caroling and then had dinner and opened our PJ's. You will notice in the pictures that Kaysha has one eye that is slightly smaller and more swollen than the other, that is because she feel off of our counter and landed on her head giving her a big bump on her forehead and a black eye. Poor girl. I was super nervous because she cried for like one minute then fell directly asleep, but she is ok. Revin got his "Big Green Tractor" that he has been singing about and Kaysha was in love with her baby that she can put to bed. Dan got me an awesome picture of the St. George temple from Tai Pan. I love it!

Adam's Homecoming

My little brother Adam came home on October 12th. He flew right in to the Cedar City Airport so it was tons of fun to be able to see his plane come there and have all the kids there cheering and holding signs. This picture is of him with all 21 nieces and nephews. I think he was pretty overwhelmed at first because of how many of us were there and how loud and excited we were:) He served his mission in Tijuana Mexico so he came home with a super tan face until you get to his neck where his colared shirt starts, it is a pretty funny farmers tan! Anyways he looked great, and it was so fun to see him after two years. He had never met Kaysha before, but she will go right to him and lay on his shoulder, it is pretty cute. Then I swear Revin remembers him from before because he didn't skip a beat, just acted like Adam was his best friend. While we were all together on Sunday for Adam's homecoming we got this huge family picture. I turned out a lot better than expected because I was trying to make Kaysha keep her headband on and Revin was pouting, but you would never know it :)

FALL IS HERE

I am so excited fall is here! It puts me in a mood that I want to clean my house and make cookies :) Anyways, I love this time of year. We are getting really excited for Adam coming home in less than two weeks! It will be so good to have him back. We are keeping busy with Dan's job and hunting and with me teaching dance two days a week instead of one. We are loving it though! Revin just started pre-school. He goes to Skill Builders Pre-K. A lady just teaches it out of her basement in Fiddler's Canyon, but she has anything and everything you can think of. It looks like a mini- kindergarten room. He absolutely loves it! He is still the funniest guy ever and is always cracking us up. We have to be careful about what we say around him, because he tells everyone EVERYTHING. He will tell you words his dad uses and all... but we are trying to work on that with him (and with Dan). Kaysha just turned one. The year went by too quick it was crazy! She just crawls around like a mad lady or does the stink-bug crawl when she is outside. She still thinks Revin is the greatest, most entertaining person ever, so as long as he is around to play with she is good! She can be quite the drama queen, but most the time she is pretty sweet. We love having a girl in the house, it is so fun!

Our back yard is now finished which is so nice to be able to let the kids go out and play. Dan worked super hard on it and it looks really nice. Anyways, that is pretty much what we have been up to lately :) Here are some pictures Heather took of Kaysha and a few of her 1st Birthday Party: