Mia's Homecoming video

Sunday, October 18, 2009

SNEAK PEAK!

Ok so I am WAY WAY behind on blogging.....this month has been crazy busy so until I can catch up on posts....check out the sneak peak of the family photos we had done last weekend. Haylee did a FABULOUS job and I can not wait to see the rest of them!

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

10 YEARS!!

Kris and I celebrated our 10 YEAR anniversary a few weeks ago! I can't believe it has been 10 years! It has been a WONDERFUL 10 years with ups and downs that all made me love him even more! It started September 29, 1999
2000
1st apartment in Provo
2001
lived in Idaho attending Albertson College where Kris was on basketball scholarship

2002
Graduated together -I was 8 1/2 months pregnant



2002
Had our first baby, Kyra



2003



2004
Second baby girl, Adrie joined our family

2005

2006


2007
third baby girl, Bree was born to make a family of 5

2008
cruise to Mexico
2009



Kris brought me some gorgeous roses and we went out to dinner downtown

He also gave me this GORGEOUS addition to my wedding ring.....


2 wedding bands!! I LOVE IT!!!

We get to take a little getaway in a few weeks to celebrate the big anniversary too...Kris has a work training over my birthday so we are celebrating the birthday and anniversary in Vegas then.
Thanks for an AMAZING 10 years honey! I love you so much!!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Salsa R Us

It's that time of year again when the family salsa factory opens for business. We have mastered the production line now and can crank out DELICIOUS salsa in record time. We LOVE salsa day! We all gathered at our house again to set up shop.

Bree decided to take a big bite out of one....she doesn't look to thrilled about it
Kyra LOVES salsa day so we let her stay home from school to help too.




Kyra and Bree sorting the lids and bottles


We had lots of helpers this year. Kris always takes the day off to do salsa and this year BRandon was able to join for some of it too

Curt and Amy were also here this year

Kris is our master project manager...He runs a tight, efficient ship and keeps everything running smooth!

Me and my HOT hubby-He looks good in his apron!
Lida and Brandon

Mom, me, Amy and Lida

The kids enjoying some ice cream

L & B, K&K, A&C

My dad and brothers came by to see the finished product. They had done all the picking the day before in Idaho.

This is how we felt after 12+ hours of being on our feet canning!

B man really wanted to pose with the salsa-such a cute pose B!

The final count....137 quarts of salsa!

Such a pretty sight! There is something so satisfying about seeing finished canning projects! And the house smells so good with all the salsa cooking! Thanks to our sweet grandma and grandpa for all their hard work in suppllying us with all the delicious tomatoes and peppers for this!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sunny Arizona

We were able to take a little roadtrip to Mesa Arizona last weekend with all the adults in Kris's family. His youngest sister Shaley is getting married next week and her fiance Roman is from Mesa so we all went there to their open house. The cute couple of the night!

Kris was REALLY excited to be there!


The open house was at his parents house and his sisters....



and his mom and her friends put on a cute little program .


Sydney (Roman's mom)






Caitlyn and Tadd


Corbin was very into this toy car all night



We got to see our old and dear friends Mark and Brooke. This is Kris and Tadd listening intently to Marks stories about Brain surgery (yeah that's right Kris's best friend from college is a brain surgeon)


We all forgot how TALL Mark is....especially next to Lacey


It was SO fun to see Mark and Brooke and stay at their house there in Mesa! We had lots of laughs remembering the good old days of dating at Ricks college together. Mark and Kris played basketball together and roomed together there and Brooke and I were both dating them at the same time. We did everything together and we really haven't seen them for more than a quick hello in like 8 years.


Wow am I short next to this crew !



It was fun to have the whole family (adults anyway) together..we have never been on a family vacation with everyone until now.


Shaley decided to go through the Mesa Temple and it was really neat to have the whole family there together. That is the benefit of being the youngest...you get the whole family with you in the temple!




The Mesa Temple was BEAUTIFUL! It reminded me of a Mayan ruin.


On the grounds they had this awesome cactus garden!


Corbin workin it for the camera! Corbin and Lindey were our traveling car mates for the LONG ride and we had a blast with them.













After the temple we went out to eat and then over to ROman's parents to watch them open presents
That night we went to the Diamondbacks game!






THe stadium was HUGE! It was also indoor/outdoor. Part way through the game they opened the roof up and since we were at the VERY top of the stands we could see airplanes flying overhead that looked like they were just above your head. IT was a really fun stadium





After the game we rounded up a crew of the bike taxis and took a fun ride back to the cars.




Brooke was home with sick kids so Mark brought his son Talmage with us


On the way home we got to drive over the Hoover Dam. It was pretty cool to see!




When we got home the girls had decorated the kitchen with Bendaroos

and made this cute Bendaroo garden to welcome us home. Thanks to Curt and Amy for watching the kids for us!
When we were in Arizona I found these cute spider chair backs that you can put little halloween surprises in so I brought them home as a souvenir for the girls with a book for BRee


and Fancy Nancy sticker books for Ky and Adrie.
It was fun to get away with the adults! We had a LOT of fun with everyone in the 118 degree weather!