Happy 4th of July

She is so photogenic

This was taken of Owen & Brian at the Freedom Memorial Park in Centerville, UT in 2007.
Look how small Owen was. LOVE this pic

 This is the brick paver my mom purchased for Brian for Christmas that year in 2006. He will want it pointed out that he is now a Master Sergeant.

 Little Violet in 2007

 Owen in 2007

Happy Independence Day everyone. Have a safe day.

We love and miss you all.



Spring Dance Recital - Candy Ballerinas

 Violet did great at her spring recital

 The song was called "Candy Ballerinas"

 Her dad was so proud

 We all were

 Grammy with her kids as she calls them

 Grandma and Grandpa were there as always to show their support!

 Even her brother had a hug for her afterwards (of course they are

 fighting down the hall right now as I type this up)

 One tired little girl



Say a Prayer for us....

Brian's dad Gene is still in the hospital. We are praying for his speedy recovery

Love, Brian & Shawna

Violet's last day of preschool 2011

Violet and Miss Jolene. Owen had her for 2 years and so did Violet. She is a great teacher.

Doing the Chicken Dance

Violet recites "Hickory Dickory Dock" .................She nailed it!

Organization

I am so glad summer is here and we won't have as many piles of kids new school papers

and art work laying around. It will give me a chance to catch up.

It was starting to take over. We had piles and sacks full. Can anyone relate?

These photos make me scared

I got this idea from a cute blog (that I can't remember the name of at the moment) and adapted it to my needs

I labeled the dividers for the upcoming years. I can easily store these boxes on the top shelf of the closets and add to it as we go.

It feels so good to have this cleaned up. I am going to make a cute tag with each

child's name and laminate it and affix it to the front

I may even change out the boxes someday if I find something I like better.

For now, it just feels good to have one little area of my house organized.

Next up......the home office

Last Day of 1st Grade 2011

Schools is out for the summer. Our weather hasn't been very summer like yet.

This is the thank you gift for the teachers this year.

Seems like just yesterday that he was off to preschool. Time flies

She Shoots, She Scores!

Great News to Report!

Violet made 2 goals tonight at her game!

Her teams name is

The Soccer Barbies!

The Soccer Barbies win the game 4 to 3!!

Thanks Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Raynee for coming to the came.....