Lukes 1st Birthday

Wow how this year has flown by. He's one and fantastic. He is such a great little boy. Now that his teeth are coming in and he can move around on his own he is getting happy again.YIPEE!!! I sure don't like the teething stage. He loves his siblings and can make just as much racket as they can. He loves to play with his toys, take a bath, sleep in his bed for naps,his daddy throwing him in the air, screaming with Rebekah, having Erik swing him around, playing with Jared, cuddling with his mommy:),playing with Thunder, clapping his hands and singing songs. We love his smiles and his laugh. We can't wait to see what this next year brings.

1st Annual Dalhousie Reunion

We were able to have the 1st annual Dalhousie Reunion in July and got to visit with so many friends. We sure miss them all. I can’t believe how many little ones have been born since we left. We will sure cherish all the memories we have made with everyone.

Oquirrh Mountian Temple

We went to the Oquirrh Mountian Temple open house with the Brose Family and Aunt Holly. We had a great time and the Temple is absolutely beautiful. What a great way to teach the kids about having reverence for the Lords house and Serving Him.

Summer with Family

We have had an eventful summer. I don’t think I have ever been this crazed about what is happening next in my life. I have tried very hard to trust in the Lord and Ryan is such a rock to our family. Ryan has changed jobs and is now working in Greeley Colorado. He is working for a dentist that has cancer and is not able to see patient right now. He is very busy and loving that but he leaves at 7 am and gets home at 7 pm. Not sure how I like that but I can survive the long hours for a little while. We are debating on what to do next with Ryan’s career and our home. So many decisions and with the Lords help I know he will help us do what is best for our family. Now on to the good stuff!!!!!! Erik is now in Middle School and is doing very well. He is trying to make new friends but still misses his friends in Nova Scotia. He goes in tomorrow for an MRI on his knee and hopefully it will be back to normal. He and Jared had a great time in Utah with all of their cousins. They sure love being around all of them and can’t wait to see them again. Jared is now in 4th grade and loves his teacher! She has 2 SNAKES and some FISH. Right up his alley, don’t you think????He has 2 of his friends from church in his class and they get along great. Jared is also the family clown and loves to make up stories to hear people laugh. They both love to ride their bikes around the neighborhood. Rebekah is almost 3 and loves to dress up, color pictures, do puzzles, play with her kitchen, go to playgroup, give her daddy hugs and loves to be read to. She is also a very good big sister. She is very helpful with Luke and loves his binki. She went without it for almost 9 months and has decided that she wants it again. Any suggestions on how to remove it from her mouth without a little tantrum following????? Luke is growing like a weed. He is crawling all over the place and has decided he wants to do the stairs and get on the dishwasher whenever he can manage it. He loves to play with his brothers and sister. He loves his daddy to throw him in the air. He also loves to cuddle still which I LOVE. He loves to nap in his bed. He still only has 2 teeth but is working on more. Luke is very active and is starting to thin out. This little guy is such a fun addition to our family. He has the cutest smile and has the greatest little laugh. We are going to celebrate his first birthday on the 22nd of September. Wow did that year fly by.

I forgot to add a little update about Erik's knee. He is able to walk on it now and sees the specialist on the 6th of July to have one more x-ray. Hopefully by then he will have a clean bill of health to jump on the trampolene and run like he wants to.

Spring & Summer Fun 2009

Sping and Early Summer 2009

We have had a few visitors lately and are enjoying them so much. Ryan's parents came over memorial day and we took them to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and then we went to Boondocks and the park. Erik graduated from 5th grade and is now officially going to Jr. High next year. He has seen the doctor and is 5'1 and 102 lbs. He is going to pass me up by the end of the summer. He was able to go with my dad for a week to Atlanta and back and kept Papa company. Jordan Friddle was here with Jared while Erik was gone with Papa and they had so much fun. We have had Sami here for a few weeks now and she is loving it. She has been hanging out with Rebekah W. who is a girl in my Ward and they are like 2 peas in a pod. Little Bekah keeps telling Sami to "Get out of my HOUSE" when she doesn't get what she wants from her. Boy is she bossy. While my parents were here with Jo, Kena & Sami they put on a FHE show for us of Noah's Ark. We laughed so hard. They were so cute acting out all the animals and Jo did a great job of being Noah . Jared is at Cub camp today and hopefully having fun. Erik has an overnighter tonight with the scouts and Ryan gets to go with him. Luke is doing pretty good. He has figured out how to roll to his stomach and scoot back, but then gets caught on a piece of furniture and gets mad. He has his dads temper:))))HAHA. Ryan would tell you he has my temper but since he is not writing this I get to say what I want. He is such a great little boy. I just love it when he smiles and babbles. When he wakes up in the morning he starts saying DA DA DA so I tell Ryan he is calling for him. That has worked so far. I'm sure Ryan will catch on sooner than later but since he is usually getting up for work anyway why get out of bed!!!! We are so excited to see so many of you soon.