First Time Bowling

On our way up to Whitlocks cabin for New Years, we stoped at this retro bowling alley in Heber and took shaylee bowling for the first time, she loved it!

Christmas 2009

Christmas Morning: Shaylee was so excited to see what "Ho Ho" brought. My family came over to see Shaylee open all her presents, and have some of Ryans awesome dutch oven breakfast. It was really fun this year, shaylee finally "got it." Christmas Afternoon: We went to Ryan's side of the family for an great dinner, lot's of gifts, and dessert, we even had a visit from "Santa Samara".

Christmas Night: Shaylee got this little "diva set" from her great grandma Darlene, she has been a little diva ever since.

Santa Claus 2009

Shaylee loved Santa this year, although a bit timid, she still had the courage to ask for "candies". My Mom and Dad come with us every year (and usually Jason), and would kill us if we went without them. We always go to dinner after to make a "big night" of it.

Robbins Family Christmas Party

One of the best days of the year! We love getting together for some good food, bingo prize stealing, a santa stop and laughs - - wish the Robbins family Christmas party happen five times a year! Shaylee especially had fun dancing with Sierra to Josh's awesome guitar playing, and having a tea party with Maddy.

High School Friends Christmas Party

I was the host this year, we had a blast and reverted back to high school as usual. I hung up a wall of some of our old high school pictures, so fun to look back! I feel lucky to still have these friendships. (We are missing Donell in this picture, but you can see Kate holding her darling new baby boy Ryker)

Dicks Ladies Night

Every year Carolyn has all the daughters and daughter-in-laws up for her ward (women's) Christmas party, its the only time of year that just the girls get together. We always have a good time! (We always REALLY miss little Val, wish she would move home!)

O' Christmas Tree!

We decided that this was the year we converted back to the "real tree" for Shaylee, some of Ryan and my best childhood memories are "picking out the Christmas tree" and we want Shaylee to have the same sweet memories. She picked out a good one, and our house smells great!

Chloe and Maddy's Visit

We were lucky enough to have Chloe and Maddy over while their parents went to California for the weekend, these are Shaylee's VERY FAVORITE people...ever. We had so much fun with them and were very sad to see them go.

2009 NAHA Awards in Vegas

We had a blast at the annual NAHA awards in Las Vegas. Jason did AWESOME this year, we are so proud of him. Wish I would have got more photos of the awards... It is crazy how much you can fit into two days down there! We went shopping, to the awards, go-carting, to endurocross, gambling, more shopping and of course some dancing. Only problem was Ryan getting "his groove on" dancing and "butt calling" my grandma a 3:30 AM...sorry Grandma!

My Aunt and Uncle took Shaylee, she had so much fun with the whole family. She is so much work right now in her "terrible two's", it was a HUGE favor to ask them to take her for the weekend.

Thankful is a State of Mind

It is very important to remember what is important to you, and what you are thankful for on Thanksgiving, that's what its all about, right?! Here are ten things I am thankful for in my life.

1. A husband that genuinely loves me for me, who would work eight jobs if he had to. I love my Norman.
2. A happy, heathly cute little bug that gets just as excited to see me as she would a gift. I have more love for her than I knew possible. She is so funny with all of her sayings right now, she makes me laugh everyday. priceless.
3. The ability to be HAPPY.
4. A mom that is my best friend, who is a good example, and would do anything for anyone.
5. A tight bond with my brother who is very happy right now, getting in his first house and being rider of the year. I am grateful for Jason, and I am thankful he is happy.
6. The usual things to be thankful for; food, jobs, and a roof over our head. :)
7. Family (all in good heath) and Friends, we are surrounded by people we love.
8. Humor. I can usually find the positive side in things, and can usually find humor in the things I can't. I hope I can hold on to this throughout my life.
9. A love for learning and taking on new things.
10. My life. My unorganized, fly by the seat of my pants life. The good, the bad, the ugly. Everything. I am blessed to know that the "grass is not always greener on the other side." I am not always searching for more and more, I know that I have enough, I am most thankful for this.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things" --Robert Brauit

Halloween 2009

"TickorrrTeet!" Shaylee was so much FUN this year! She totally got the whole Halloween thing, and was loving going door-to-door, she would even give a polite "DANKyou" to all the neighbors giving her candy. She made the best little butterfly!

Pumpkin Carving

Whats Halloween without a little pumpkin carving, even better? A pumpkin carving contest. Shaylee carved two pumpkins with "Bompa", helping with her "ewwww's!" and "Grooooss...Blahhh!" so cute. My mom, or "Gamah" did her usual job of gathering pumpkin seeds, good thing too! It was fun to finally have some room to do something like this! I think everyone can guess who's pumpkin is who's...

Pumpkin Patch 2009

We look forward to this every year! Shaylee loved picking out her pumpkin, riding on the tractor, and going through the mini-corn maze. Nothing beats her ear-to-ear smile when she is excited.

Moving On...

After a lot of thought, and throwing our house on KSL "just to see..." we are moving. We are not going far, just wanted a house with a better layout. This is a bitter sweet step for us, we are excited to move on but hate to leave our first home with all of our happy memories. We brought our new born baby home to this house, have great neighbors, have had three different pets,cars and jobs, completed A LOT of renovation work, gone through the ups and downs of our first six years of marriage, and have made it OUR very happy comfy first home. We will truly miss this house, it really is bitter sweet. We have to be out on September 30th, and can't get into our new home until October 5th, so we will be living in the travel trailer for about five days, sweet...not! Hey, no "van down by the river" jokes! Tonight our neighborhood had a "farewell" party for us, I really hope we get great neighbors again, and keep in touch with the great ones we have had.

Lyman Lake 2009

One of our favorite trips of the year! Every August we head up to Lyman Lake with all of Ryan's family for a whole week. We always have a blast 4-wheeling, cooking, lounging, kayaking, fishing etc. Shaylee and I even caught our first fish this year! Sorry about the picture overload, this is actually a very small sample considering I took over 100!

Lyman Lake

Our cute little family














All the smaller grand kids, Shaylee is one lucky girl to have so many friends :)

Shaylee trying to catch her very first fish with Dad

Isn't she a cute little bug!Our whole world right there!

Shaylee and Max - Best of Friends. Max still has his very bad hair cut, poor guy can't score any lady dogs with a do like that!

Shaylee and mom, she is saying, "Don't TICKle meeee!" one of her very favorite sayings right now.

Ryan and Corey

Movie Night

Emery and Lacy

Val, Lily, Mason and Suz

Bubble Gum Blowing Contest - Lacy won a super cool alligator hat

(Almost) the whole family