HaPpY BirThDay Baby

Happy Birf day to you My love! Yes, another year has gonen by....

5 things about Bryce

1. l0ves to snuggle with the kids and lets them stay up late if he had his will...always wants the children to be home when he gets home from work to see them.

2. ALWAYS reading. Bryce loves to read...

3. EXTREMLY talented. HE can do anything! (he is going to hate me for this!)

4.Is a GREAT father. He is such an example to me. I'm grateful he is our children's dad! :)

5. Is a WONDERFUL husband. He is true friend with lots of patience and love.

Our babies are 3!! Happy Birthday Azure & Ashton!

Happy day! We can't believe how much these 3 years have gone by! It has been a blast to watch their progression. They protect each other over everything and will fight each other over a toy. Their laughter echoes through our home. You know when they are up because you can hear those little feet running down the hall. Azure has learned to slam the door and throw a fit when she is sent to her room. She loves babies and all girlie stuff. Ashton can brake almost anything. He is a ultimate explorer. He is 100% boy & Bryce! He runs down the hall pretending he is the "cycle ride"(motorcycle). We are EXTREMELY blessed to have these 2 in our lives. They bring much joy. Happy 3rd Birthday Azure & Ashton.

They shared a bassinet together for 3 months.

Their 3rd Birthday

We found these cute fun hats at grandma Westcott's house. The twins loved them. These two are hilarious together! We love to watch them interact with each other.

Good bye Grandma & "Chops"

Good bye Grandma & "Chops"! (this is what Ashton calls my dad) My parents moved back to California in January. They moved to help my mom's parents. My grandma has Alzheimer's. It was sad to see them go but, we know that they are in the right place at the right time.

Grandma and Ashton

Ashton...doesn't his smile and eyes get ya?!

Meryn looking at little surprised

Okay, so Alayda wanted me to get a picture in the air of her.

Alayda and grandma having a tea party. My mom called to see if she could have a tea party with the kids before she moved. The kids loved it. We made it really fun for their last hoorah with grandma.

Alayda made this in her primary class and uses this for a necklace. She loves her new teachers!

Meryn, lady and grandma.

Skiing at Sundance

Cole getting ready to go snowboarding. Bryce and I decided that we needed to go back to our roots...skiing, mountain biking...you know more physical activity. Well, this is really Bryce that I am talking about not me. I have been skiing before but, not a lot and I do NOT go mountain biking. Bryce was way into all of this before we got married....So, with this goal. We got Cole and I in lesson's for snowboarding and got up on that mountain. My instructor was a young kid...and hard core. He could careless that I was scared to death and that I was a mother of 5!!He said the only way for me to learn is to get up there! So, there you have it. It has been a ton of fun and way challenging for me. I like it a lot. Bryce is a way good skier. I tend to hold up my boys so I just tell them to go ahead. I hate when people have to wait around for me OR they are telling me what to do. I don't know. I guess I don't deal with authority to much...

Me

Bryce and Cole...we are headed up the mountain!

The famous 1970's suit. As you can tell this is taken with a phone....

The crew getting ready

My dad and brother

Um, yes this is my brother. He came out in a 1970's ONE PIECE ski suit. All polyester! Bryce and I laughed SO hard. Oh, my heck it was funny! I kind of felt bad for our reaction to his suit but my brother LOVES his suit. Dude it's a classic and a must see! :)

Merry Christmas 2009

Bryce and lady having a Tea party....Alayda was dying to have a tea set. Her grandma Westcott bought her one for Christmas. She loves it! She invited her father to come and have one. Bryce is ALWAYS such a great daddy about paying attention to the kids or playing with them...maybe because he is still one.

I love this picture of Bryce and Azure.

The kids looking at the fun doll...Renny got.

Cole got a huge radio with all the bells and whistles! He loves it! Cole is way into music. I don't know if we regret getting this for him....he BLASTS this radio anytime he gets. The up stair floor vibrates! Are you serious? He is only 10 years old! But, at night he seems to redeem his self by playing Mormon Tabernacle quietly to go to sleep.His favorite song....Consider the lillie's of the field. He's such a great kid.

Our Colei Pokei..

So, the hair is quite messy but, the excitement is still there! Alayda LOVES her present Santa brought her.

I love this picture of Alayda.

Meryn was kind of scared of her doll Santa brought her. It talks,walks and sits down. We finally got her to like it! Sad we had to convince our child to like her doll.

Our little man. I love his smile!

Azure with her "twin babies" boy & girl.

Azure...all smiles on Christmas day.

The most beautiful part of Christmas is celebrating our Savior's birth. What a beautiful season and what a beautiful person. We are so grateful for our Savior and his example to us. No other man has brought more good. We know we have been extremely blessed! For our freedoms, for our health and for each other.