Fun Anniversary Trip!

For our 15th anniversary we went to see Wicked in L.A. and went to Disneyland and Universal Studios last week. It was a fun 3 day get away from the kids! (Thanks to the Heber crew for helping to watch the kids). It was sunny and a little chilly, but better than the freezing cold weather in Utah! We had a lot of fun going on all the rides at Disneyland and California Adventure. Our favorite ride was Soarin' over California! We can't wait to go again in the next year or two and bring the kids!

Summer Fun!

Our family has had some fun Saturdays the past few weeks. We have enjoyed different sites around the area. We hiked Stewart Falls, rode the Alpine Slide and Coaster, hiked Ensign Peak, went to the Children's Museum, and had a fun tour of the Conference Center. Our tour guide was my mom! The kids have done so well hiking that we have decided to do more hikes each week until the weather gets too cold!

First Day of School!

Today is the first day of school for the kids. Caden is in 6th grade, Kaitlyn is in 4th grade, Mckay is in 1st grade, and Jackson is in preschool! We are excited about the teachers they have! It's going to be a great year!

Farewell Sienna!

We went from this.......

to this......

Two weeks ago I was rear ended by a car that ended up totalling the back of my minivan! Thank goodness my 3 year old and I were fine. Just our minivan looked bad. It was hard to say goodbye to our Sienna because we had it for five years and it held some great memories for our family. We went car shopping for a week hoping to find a similar Toyota Sienna. Unfortunately they are hard to come by because they are such good cars. But we found this 2007 Honda Odyssey! So far we love it! We are still adjusting to it, but think it will be a great car for our family.

Happy Birthday Mckay!

Mckay had a fun 6th birthday on Thursday! He wanted an R2D2 cake. I warned him it would be difficult to do and might not turn out so good. He liked it anyway. Unfortunately the legs kept trying to fall apart. But you can tell what it should be. I can't believe Mckay is 6 now! Has it really been that long since I had all of those health problems! Time goes by so fast!

Just an update on Mckay's leg. He got the cast off a couple of weeks ago and they gave him a fracture boot to wear. He will wear that for 3 more weeks or so depending on how things go. At least now he can wash his leg now and walk everywhere. He's been pretty active on it. What a trooper!

Mckay's Wheelchair!

Mckay broke his leg skiing last weekend! The first few days he was in a lot of pain, but he is doing much better now. Right now his leg has a splint, but they will put a cast on it this week. The doctors won't let him use crutches because they say too many kids this age forget they have a broken leg, put weight on it, and do more damage. So Mckay has a wheelchair for a few weeks until they think he is ready to start walking on it. Mckay has had fun with his wheelchair! He is pretty good at getting around the house and is not so dependent on us as much. We're just happy that he didn't need surgery! We are becoming well known at Primary Children's Hospital with everything Mckay has gone through the past 3 months!

Chocolate Houses!

We made our traditional chocolate houses last night! Here is what we created! A big thanks to my friend, Linda, for providing everything! What a fun Christmas gift! The kids had a lot of fun decorating and eating the candy!