The Ring Bearer and the Flower Girl

Our good friend Olivia got married over the weekend and she asked Jack to be the ring bearer and Kenzie to be the flower girl. They were absolutely adorable! They did a great job standing still during the ceremony - and even kept their clothes clean the entire day.

Pictures of the bride, groom and the wedding - can you see my sweet kids?:

Other pictures:

"Look what happens when I twirl around..."

Look what Jack found laying around...

Cute Pictures of the kids...

Jack found the bubbles - too funny!

This is Kenzie's fresh wake-up face. I've been trying to capture it and finally did. She is so cute first thing in the morning!

This is Jaron's "what did I do Mom?" face - right after he has done something he knows he shouldn't have. Pretty angelic, hard to stay mad at this face!

8 Wonderful Years

On September 15th it was 8 years since we were married in the Salt Lake Temple. The day couldn't have been any more different from the beautiful sunny day in 2001 :) We barely saw each other between work and meetings, and when Paul got home the bed was full of kids.

I couldn't imagine my life without Paul in it - I am so grateful for the last eight years!

Love you Baby!!!

First day of school and other

Jack is in First grade - I can not believe it. Here are some pictures from his first day:

Here is a picture from last year first day - same jacket, bigger kid :)

Kenzie discovered static electricity (or it discovered her?) and got stuck under the stroller.

Jaron finally made it into the pool - he worked on it all summer - HOORAY!

Cute picture of Jack and Daddy

The Birthday/Anniversary Runaway

Paul and I ran away for a night for my birthday and our anniversary combined. Grandma Sampson came up and watched the kids while we went for our adventure (thanks Grandma!).

We started out on my birthday going to breakfast with the kids. It was fun, but IHOP was super duper slow. We had lots of fun creating towers with the coffee creamers while waiting :) Then Paul and I dropped the kids off and we went golfing. I haven't been in years and it took until about th 7th hole for me to get my swing back, but eventually I did okay. Paul was awesome! And, luckily, the crazy old couple we were paired with didn't get angry at our "creative rules". Jenn, you were thought of often while there :)

After that we checked in to a great hotel and had a nice dinner. The next day we slept in, kind of. Paul slept in and I was able to lay in bed and read. It was really nice. We saw Harry Potter in the IMAX - the first half hour was 3-D. It was really cool. We looked cool doing it too :)

The end of the trip was the SeaHawks game. It was SO much fun! We would definitely do it all again.

Adventures from the last two months...

Wow - life goes by so fast. When I looked at the pictures we've taken and realized what we have done - we had a great summer.

Here are some adventures from the past couple months.


Camping at the Ocean with the Sorensen's:

This trip was definitely an adventure. The site was REALLY small and it was gray and rainy the entire time, but we still had fun.

We found some lost heads at the beach...(they ain't got no body and no body ain't got them...he he he that's for you Audrey :) )

Jaron got sick so we had to go home early. He threw up several times and I don't think anyone was spared from getting hit. Sorry Mauvia!

It was a fun trip anyway :)



Adventure number two:
SeaFair!!!

We went and toured the "mavy boats" (kenzie) and then watched the Blue Angels from my office at the Columbia Center.



The boats were kind of crazy. We were only able to tour one because we got there at lunch time, and the only one available was a Canadian mine sweeper type boat. Crazy canadians only had one gun on board, and it was from the Korean War :) The boat goes really slow and the guy said that they mostly patrol fishing boats, but the boat is slower than most fishing boats so it is difficult. The kicker is, they can't board other ships without a Mounty on board, so if they do find someone doing something illegal, they probably won't catch them and if they do they can't do anything. Pretty funny. The kids enjoyed seeing the ship anyway :)


The best part about the picture of Kenzie is she is "just attending to have noculars".
Jaron just helped Nancy work :)