Trunk or Treat!

We had our annual Anthem Ward Trunk-or-Treat and it was a blast! Hailey and Peyton love their friend Matthew Hunt who was dressed as Batman and the girls wore their witch costumes. I only was able to get a couple of pictures because they were having way to much fun to stop and pose for the camera!

Seattle

Brock and I got to have a great weekend in Seattle kid free! We both had never been before and had a great time exploring.

This was a small island off the Puget Sound called Port Orchard. We had to drive our car onto a ferry and ride it across the Sound it was such a beautiful day!

One of our friends had recommended a restaurant in downtown Seattle called Daniel's Broiler it was right on Union Lake and it was delicious! We had a great trip and can't wait to go back! And thanks to my mom for watching the girls and our great friends Zane and Sloan for watching Jax!

Surprise, Arizona Race

We got to Surprise, AZ on Thursday night and just got settled into our hotel. Friday was practice and qualifying. It was a scorcher of a weekend with temps hitting 100 degrees! Hailey and Peyton definitely kept busy here they were helping Sparky groove tires.

Bryce is sponsored by a company called Super Clean and they had these cardboard cutouts made up of him. Friday night some friends from other teams decided to borrow them and take some pretty funny pictures of Bryce in the porta potty, at the ATM, in peoples beds, just basically anywhere funny around the track!

Bryce and his girlfriend Ky

Bryce and I before a practice on Friday

Brock and the girls before his qualifier on Friday

Brock looking very handsome in his gear!

Bryce after an amazing win on Saturday. It was a very intense race! This is his first year in a Pro 2 and he is racing against veterans who have been racing and winning for years so for him to win twice this weekend was incredible especially since he is only 22!

Bryce on the podium.

The girls with the Geico Gecko, who they were infatuated with the whole weekend. They were so excited to watch Bryce win and so they waited for him to get out of his truck and say to him "Bryce you're a winner"! and then proceeded to say since you won can I meet the Gecko? Needless to say they got to meet the Gecko and even play ring-around-the-rosey!

Pumpkin Patch

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Springs Preserve

So for a new tradition called Grandma's Day we took the kids to The Springs Preserve.

Peyton and Sally are playing with the water button on a dirt table.

Hailey and Joe are busy digging in the mud.

The kids are sitting in a train that modeled the trains that took all settlers and their belongings from Los Angeles and Salt Lake City to Las Vegas.

I think the kids favorite part of the day was the playground. Hailey and Peyton are climbing a giant Mammoth Fossil. We had a great day and can't wait to go back soon!

The Venetian Dinosaur Exhibit

After school on Wednesday I took the girls and their friend Gracie to the Dinosaur/Fossil Exhibit at the Venetian Hotel. They had a great experience and loved seeing the full sized T-Rex and Mammoth fossils. Even more unbelievable is that they are all being auctioned off! Can you imagine taking home a fossilized creature?

(The pictures are taken from my phone so not very good images)

6 Years!

Brock and I celebrated our 6th Wedding Anniversary on September 20th! First we started off the night by doing a little shopping at Nordstrom and then we had a delicious brazilian dinner at the Mirage in one of our favorite restaurants Samba Grill! I can't believe it's been 6 years already time really does fly! I have the greatest husband he always has me in hysterics and is the most laid back go with flow person (except when it comes to food), and the most adoring dad!

Grandma Jean's 70th Birthday

To celebrate my grandma's 70th birthday we had a delicious dinner at Charlie Palmer's Steakhouse in The Four Seasons. It was just the adults and we had a fun time hearing and telling memorable stories about the past 70 years! happy Birthday Grandma we love you!

Stolen Computer

I haven't been able to post all our fun summer adventures because my laptop was stolen on our way home from St. Thomas and of course it contained all my pictures that I have been taking over the past year on it. My cute husband felt bad and got me a new laptop for our anniversary so now I can finally start posting again!

Jax's 1st Birthday!

Our cute little boy turned 1! I cannot believe how fast a year has gone by. Jax is a huge blessing in our lives. I don't know what it is about him but he has everyone wrapped around his little finger. He has a personality that you just fall in love with. He is already walking and started taking his 1st steps at 10 months. He gets a crack out of watching his sisters involved in whatever it is they're doing at any given moment. His laughter is definitely contagious and I know I'm prejudice but I just know that he's going to be something great one day. According to his Grandma Kayleen he's going to be prophet, we have a ways to go before we see if that prediction is true, but we can't wait to see what things lead up to it!

We got a Sheridan's custard pie in place of a cake because at old age of 1 Jax already has decided that he is not a big fan of cake? It definitely was received well though!

Jax loves all of his fun gifts finally some boy toys!

Big Rock Candy Mountain

This past weekend we packed up the motorhome and headed to Big Rock Candy Mountain to help celebrate Joe Heagany II 60th birthday! 

Some of us stayed at the resort in the hotel or cabins...

and the rest of stayed at the RV Park!

If we are heading anywhere that takes us through St. George we stop at our favorite Pizza Factory and have their yummy salad bar and breadsticks with honey butter thats to die for!

(the girls had fun playing on this old fire engine in front of the restaurant).

Jax just loved being strapped into the Ranger and going for rides all weekend long.

Grandpa Jim was taking a break after spending 2 hours putting Jax's seat on my bike!

Peyton literally would not stop riding her bike all weekend long! She just kept doing circles for hours!

Everytime Jax sees a camera he puts a big smile on! 

Here's a picture of the mountain. It has so many bright colors that it really looks like something you've never seen before.

Peyton, Joe and Hailey throwing rocks in the pond that was our little front yard for the weekend!

The girls are hanging out on the little wooden bridge that went out into the middle of the pond, it was really cute! The kids had a great weekend and we all really enjoyed the cool weather! Thanks for inviting us Heagany's!

Jax Is Crawling!

So why I was away on my girls trip this past weekend Jax decided to start crawling! I was a little sad to get the news the first day I was away that I had missed out on a milestone. Maybe he was trying to tell me something? Like not to leave him again? 

He started crawling at about

8 1/2 months. Jax has been a very easy baby he sleeps through the night, is very HAPPY and always waiting for someone to make him laugh. He adores his sisters and thinks they are here for his entertainment. He sees a camera and will start to crack up hysterically, has great hair (why do the boys always get it)? and I swear he says Mamamama all the time! We just feel so blessed to have him and can't wait for the next milestone!

Primary Temple Trip!

When I was downloading some recent pictures I came across these from couple months ago and realized I had completely forgotten about them. 

The Anthem Ward Primary took a trip to the temple this past May and it was a wonderful experience for the kids! The weather ended up being perfect and the kids loved being on the beautiful grounds! My girls wandered a little more then the rest, but they just couldn't help themselves with all the rolling hills of grass and brightly colored flowers. I was a little exhausted afterwards, but was very grateful the experience to go with the girls for their first temple experience!

Newport Beach Girls Trip!

What a Fabulous girls trip! Nicole and I went to my families house in Newport Beach for a long weekend. It was the most relaxing, fun trip I wish we were still there! We left Thursday morning and arrived at about 1:30. It was supposed to be rainy all weekend so when the sun was out we jumped at the opportunity and threw on our suits to bask in as much sun as possible. And then miraculously the sun was out the the entire time! 

Every morning we would wake up and run and do pilates and then we hopped on our beach cruisers and headed to my favorite bagel shop to get an Acai smoothie...

then we would come back put on our swimsuits and just sit in the sun for most of the afternoon!

Nicole is a very healthy eater and I don't consider myself too bad either and we did really good until we found Sprinkles Cupcakes! We decided to get a dozen of different varieties and cut them into fours just so we could taste everything and they were amazing!

This was Before...

and After!

Thanks Nicole for making this the most enjoyable getaway! We need to plan another one soon!