Christmas 2006

Our second trip to the Mesa Temple with our friends Mellissa and Brockton and their two kids Brockton and Reagan! Our kids love looking at the lights, since we were there and the kids were actually all looking at the camera, we decided to make one of the shots our Christmas shot this year!

Trip to the Mesa Temple

Phil's parents came to visit with our neices Makenzie and Kaleya from Utah. We decided to go see the lights at the Mesa Temple and on the way stop at Organ Stop Pizza to listen to some christmas tunes on the organ! It was a lot of fun.

A visit from Sarah

Thanksgiving was at our home this year! We had Sarah, Cooper, and Steele from South Carolina. Tyler and Adrienne, Shavonne and Greg, from Utah. Mom, Dad, Sky, and Blake from California! It was a rare treat! We only got a few pictures! We got a couple of Sarah's two boys and some of my kids and Cooper making christmas cookies a little early!

Thanksgiving Feast

We were invited to Brooklyn's school to share a Thanksgiving feast with her 1st grade class! It was cute to see the costume Brooklyn had made out of paper and her friend Cassandra from class. Unfortunately, the feast reminded Phil and I way too much of the reasons we hated school's "hot" lunch!

Phil Coaches T-Ball

This year Phil coached Brooklyn and Boston along with 3 other kids from our ward in T-Ball! Their name of course was the Cubs! They had a lot of fun and we had a lot of fun watching...even Paris most of the time!

How to Host a Murder!!!!

We had so much fun hosting our own Murder Mystery! We invited 7 couples, one of our couples missed the photo op! We had never hosted one of these before, but will definitely do it again! It was so much fun! The characters were hilarious!

Madison's Blessing

We were so lucky to have a bunch of family and some of our good friends come for Madison's Big Day! My mom, dad, Sky, & Blake came from California. Sarah, Justin, & Cooper came from South Carolina. Shavonne & Greg came from Utah. Phil's Mom, Dad, & Gramma Gae from Utah. Sara & Chad from Utah. Alisa, Blair, & their 4 kids from California! And of course our supportive clan right here in Arizona, Phil's aunt Becky & Uncle John from Mesa, his cousins Jamie & Geoff from Queen Creek, and Josh & Jackie from Higley! We had so much fun that weekend! We were so glad that everyone could fit us into their busy lives!

Brooklyn Graduates Kindergarten!

She made it through the first and toughest year of school! Whew! She even has the diploma to prove it! She looked so cute with her hair curled and was so excited to wear her cute little paper hat! I can't believe how fast she's growing up!