Got Chocolate?

We had to take one of this mess! Who ever said not to give kids chocolate...must have had an experience like this one! She had a lot of fun...but not as much as mom when I had to clean it all up!

Makutu's Island

A few other stay at home mom's and I decided we should take the kids to play at Makutu's Island. We had a lot of fun! I strapped Madison to the front pack and went everywhere the kids did! It's amazing what a work out I got! I was so sore...yeah okay maybe I am a little out of shape! The kids had a blast, we'll have to send the dad's out with them next! It's right next to IKEA!

Fun in the sink!

I decided to give Madison a bath in the sink and she loved it! I decided to take some modeling pics before she became too shy! Isn't she cute?!

Meet Chloe!

Although she was not welcomed by everyone, (Phil) we were given a puppy from our neighbors! She's just a mutt, but will stay small! Our kids love her! She will be an outside only dog, but she sure is clean and cute!

Arizona Freezes!

We were shocked this winter with it actually freezing the top of our pool! It would melt during the day but would freeze overnight for about a solid week! Our kids had fun throwing stuff at the ice and seeing how much weight the ice would hold...not much!

Brooklyn turns 7!

Brooklyn turned 7 on Jan. 7th! We celebrated 1 birthday at home with some friends here in Arizona a little early and then we went to California to visit Nana and Papa and had another birthday party with friends from their! Nana took the girls to Build A Bear Workshop where they all got to pick out new pets and dress them in style! Brooklyn picked a bunny and named her "Ariel" she came complete with a red wig! She had a blast!

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!