Friday, December 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!!!!

My husand with his wonderful parents who did an amazing job raising him and allowing me to have him for eternity.
My husband working in Wyoming in the Natural Gas Fields for Halliburton.
Bryan and I with Cambria after the Homecoming Football Game. He was a coach and she was the Homecoming Queen as well as one of the cheerleaders.
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I have a special thank you to a woman who gave it all to me, through one person. I want to thank my mother-in-law, Cheryl for my wonderful husband and best friend. She instilled many wonderful traits in him. She taught him how to be sensitive to others who were different, etc. She taught him how to respect women and children. She taught him how to cook and clean. And of course there are many more. Who would've known that 27 years ago, that I would meet the man that I was going to marry. Now that I have girls that age, I always tell them, be careful-you could end up marrying him. Bryan was always that guy that I had my eye on, the popular jock who could have any girl in school. I never could understand WHY he liked me, but I am sure glad that he persued me. I always knew that he would be a great husband, he has a great example, through his dad. Watching his mom and dad together, I knew that Bryan would treat his wife the same way, and he does. He is such a patient man, I know sometimes he just wants to pull his hair out and scream at me, but he doesn't. He NEVER has spoken a mean or belittling word to me in our whole time together. I can't say that I have never, but he is the greatest example to me, in everything. I am so grateful that he is ALL MINE and that he took me to the temple and are together for eternity. Something Bryan told me, that has ALWAYS stuck out to me before he left on his mission was, "Ton- I want you to date while I am gone, I don't want to marry a wallflower. IF, by chance you are gone by the time I get back from my mission, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE make sure that whoever you marry will take you to the temple, because you ONLY deserve the BEST!!!! I love you." I am so grateful for him and the wonderful friend, husband, father, brother, and son he is.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Avenna's Blessing

Becca keeps us all laughing!!!! We love her.
Josh and his baby sister on her blessing day.
The proud parents of Avenna.
Both grandmas with Avenna.
Both grandparents with Avenna and the proud parents looking on.
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Sunday, my brother Adam blessed his baby girl, Avenna. He was sooo excited. Their family is just adorable.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Hannemann's Baptism

Hannemann and Sale right before he gets baptized.
Irene and her little man right before he gets baptized.
Hannemann with his parents
Irene and her 3 kids - we know that Tierra was there in spirit with her family.
Hannemann with his grandma and grandpa Ah Quin
After the baptism, instead of cooking, my sister came up with a brilliant idea of going to Golden Corral. We all ate as much as we wanted, had someone waiting on us and not having to clean up the mess. GREAT IDEA!!!
My beautiful parents - they live for these outings - IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY!!!!
Cambria, Jeff and Hannemann
Hannemann went to one of the Trevor's football games and Jeff was there with Cambria and the two of them hit it off from the beginning. Hannemann loves talking to Jeff and the feeling is mutual with Jeff. Hannemann started off standing talking to Jeff at the table and then ended up on his lap, talking about his bully problem at school. Hannemann is such a good boy.
Trevor with Grandma
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Today was Hannemann's (Irene's third child) baptism. His dad was able to come back for 2 days from the military to come and baptize him. It was so good to see Sale and his wonderful family. Hannemann had a wonderful amount of people who came to support him and show him love on his special day. He is such a good boy, who watches over his mom and sister and brother. He is literally the LITTLE MAN of the house and he takes that calling seriously.

CHEER COMPETITION 2009

Cambria and Trevor after the competition. He really does love his sister, but he HATES pictures.
All of the kids.
Our cheerleaders after the awards ceremony with their trophys.
The girls waiting for the awards - giving each other massages while waiting.
Come of the girls after their performance.
Grandma and Grandpa with Cambria, they were so proud of her.
The girls just about to go out to perform.
Me and my cheerleader
ALL OF US WITH CAMBRIA - I am so glad that my mom and dad were able to be there for her also. They are at everything for their grandkids. I love them so much.
Here they are watching from the bleachers. Perfect seating.
Cambria with Tori and Cecilee when they first got there. All of the cheerleaders thought it was so cool for them to do that!!
Maybe next year they will be cheerleaders - NOT!!!!
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Yesterday was another full day of activities. Cambria had a cheer competition that she and her squad had been working so hard preparing for. It was held at Desert Hills High School, which was nice, cause usually we travel a few hours and this was right in our town. Everyone did such a great job. They received a trophy for 1st and 2nd in another category. Cambria is so much fun to watch, she loves to entertain. That morning we were all sitting around the kitchen table eating cocoa rice and talking and Cecilee and her friend asked Cambria, "How many uniforms do you have?" Cambria answered, "3, why?" Well they thought it would be fun to show up in her uniforms to cheer her on. I didn't know if Cecilee really would, so I just left it - well we get to the school and her and Tori call me and say, "We need you to pay for us", so I came out to pay for them and everyone told us, "You don't have to pay for the cheerleaders, they are free." I told them, "They aren't real cheerleaders, they are wearing their sisters uniforms." They just started laughing!!!!! I guess I could've saved $10.00, but I would've felt terrible. We spent a couple hours there and watched all the teams perform. I can't believe this is her senior year. Life seems to be going too fast. Cecilee said that when her and Tori were at the concession stand one of the ladies heard them say, "Snow Canyon is up on deck" and she told the girls that Snow Canyon is getting ready to perform. I guess she was expecting the girls to get shocked and run into the gym, well Cecilee and Tori responded, "COOL!" They just looked at the two of them like, you need to get in there. They had NO idea they weren't real cheerleaders, they were WANNABE's. I love how daring Cecilee is and how silly she loves to be. You can never predicted Cecilee, she tends to ALWAYS do the opposite.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Pigskin Tournament 2009

Trevor on the run
Trevor and Jordan doing the bump after their first touchdown.
The team after their first game.
Dad and Trevor
Our family, minus the photographer, after the game with our MVP.
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Trevor participated in the Las Vegas Pigskin Tournament again this year, but this year he actually played on Thanksgiving Day. That's why we celebrated Thanksgiving early, so that we could be with our family. He played with his old Football Team from the last two years. His old coach moved to Kaysville and wanted to be able to let his son play with his old team one last time so he put back together the old team. They all had such a good time being together again. They played rather well and got 2nd place in their age group. Trevor absolutely loves football and enjoys any position that he is asked to play, whether it's Quarterback, Running back, Blocker or waterboy. He loves it all!!!!

Cambria's Social Dance Recital

Josh dipping Cambria.
Cambria dancing with Sherod.
Cambria, Josh and Sherod waiting for their next number.
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Cambria has been involved in a Social Dance class this year, in which she has learned different dances, such as - the swing, waltz, jitterbug, etc. She is so fun to watch, she is not shy at all, she loves being the center of attention. We had a good time watching her perform. She danced with Sherod, Josh and Davey, she had an absolute blast. You can tell from the look on her face.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Sydnee Got Braces

Sydnee and Aspen watching the "Do's and Don'ts" video before getting braces on
Sydnee and her amazing assistant, Trichele
Dr. Simister doing what he does best
Here they are with braces.
Our cute girls with their Simister Orthodontic shirts on with their braces.
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My baby is now experiencing the same as all of the other children, BRACES!!!! It's a good thing that I work for an Orthodontist, he gives me a good deal. Her best friend, Aspen also got braces on the same day, it's not everyday that you get braces on with your best friend. They are so cute, because braces are now considered an accessory, you can change your colors at every appointment. She was so excited to get braces, then that night she wasn't so excited. Beauty is PAINFUL!!!!.

SUPER SADIES

Cambria and Cecilee's Sadies Group: Teesha, Trayston, Conner, Cecilee, Kurt, Maggie, Brooke, Nic, Cambria, JP, Joanie, McKay, Mark & Krisanne
My girls and their dates.
Cambria and Cecilee in their hoodies.
Me and my girls before they left for the dance.
Their group at the school waiting for pictures.

Thanksgiving came early

Dad carving the Turkey
Kiana, Irene, Trevor and Cambria dishing their food.
The family room made into a dining room for 40 people.
My mom and dad with my brothers
Everyone Eating!!!
Thanksgiving came a little early this year. Trevor is playing in the Thanksgiving Weekend Pigskin Tournament in Las Vegas and we will be there for Thanksgiving. Three of my brothers will be out of town at their in-laws and so everyone will be gone. So I thought, I want to have a Thanksgiving dinner with MY family, WHY do I have to wait till Thursday? Why Not do it on Sunday and pretend that it's Thanksgiving? So WE DID!!! I emailed everyone and everyone loved the idea. So we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner with EVERYONE!!!! Then we had a wonderful family home evening about Gratitude and we all just loved being together!!!
I love my family more than anything in this world!!!
Happy Thanksgiving EVERYONE!!!!
FYI: I posted all of my pictures on FACEBOOK.