2nd COUSINS

Soooo, my kids finally got to meet some of their cousins last weekend, they've met all of their 1st cousins and a vast majority of their 2nd cousins, but they got to meet 3 more at Lily's (joel & rachel's little girl)2nd birthday party this last saturday. now for most families meeting 2nd cousins is maybe not a big deal, but for me this one was borderline embarrassing, only because growing up joel & brett (&rob) were like the older brothers i never had (yes, brett is younger than me, but work with me here) and our kids should've meet a long time ago, but the thing that makes it embarrassing is that we've all lived in utah for several years and haven't bothered to meet up and hang out. anyway, it was fun to see them, sadly sipa was pouring concrete with kiti and couldn't make it over in time and autumn is on bedrest and had bridgette, so there is still another one i have to meet, but this is something we're going to have to do again, preferable before another 5 years pass. so here they are mas, kady, Kailey (who is 1 day YOUNGER than kady) nicolas and lily (apologies for misspelled names, how sad am i?)

a little bit late ward camp

so it's been 3 weeks since ward camp and since i finally found our camera, in a bag we don't remember opening, but glad to have found it none the less, i thought i'd better post some pics. it was a great little overnight trip, we got up there in the afternoon and set up out tents etc over across the path from the majority of the ward, it was a 2 night trip and we went up the 2nd night so it was pretty crowded when we got there, but we made a little "stouffer" group with most of the guys in the ward who work at stouffers. it was great weather and the kids enjoyed riding their bikes and playing with friends, the ward provided dinner and breakfast, and it was soo yummy! it may have slightly changed my impressions of camping to something of oh please can i just stay home to, OK, well maybe for 1 night-lol

1st Day of School

So this is a little out of order and i have lots of other posts to add, but today was a big day so it got bumped up to top priority. Today was Mason's first day of school! He was so excited, he was the only one who was excited, but overall I think we survived enough to do it again tomorrow.
Kennedy spent the 2 hrs moping around and being my shadow, Sipa and I both got a little teary eyed, but we were in good company as nearly everyone else was teary too. Mason doesn't remember much of what they did today besides going to the "park" playground, but he sure had a great day so that's good, my baby boy is growing up and loving it, sniff sniff

Sipa's trip to Boston

Sipa had the amazing opportunity to go to Boston last week to go to the Ravens v. Patriots game. Manu, flew him out (THANK YOU AGAIN) and then was his personal tour guide as they went to the game, sadly his cousin wasn't playing, injured leg, knee, something, afterwards they cruised around all night going by harvard, mit, fenway park, paul revere's statue, etc. Poor Sipa's camera batteries died, but Manu took lots of pics and shared. He has a great time, and continues to brag that he paid $50 and upgraded to a non-stop first class seat from Boston to SLC, ummm, spoiled? yes.

You Belong in 1983

Wild, over the top, and just a little bit cheesy. You're colorful at night - and successful during the day.

What Year Do You Belong In?

so i was protesting my blog until people posted comments on my blog but apparently it didn't work but now it appears that our camera is no longer with us. we had it camping this weekend at ward camp, i used it at 4am to take a pic of sipa playing dominos with his buddies and at 8am it was no longer on the table where i'd set it down. so i'm hoping that someone took it home on accident, or put it in a bag that we didn't check before we put it in storage otherwise i have to buy a camera and i've forever lost all of those pictures. so here's crossing my fingers to finding it