Monday, January 26, 2009







I am so proud of Brynnli and Wyatt - they both passed Hunter Education. Brandon is such a great dad, he took the kids to all the classes, studied with them and helped them at the shooting range. Wyatt was the youngest kid in the class, and he passed! Now, Brandon has decided that he wants to help others out with Hunter Education so he is taking the classes to become an instructor. The following are a few pictures from the shooting range - Wyatt did so great, inspite of the cold weather.




Since Brandon & Brynnli were in Nevada for their birthday, we just celebrated together as a family. It was a little wierd not to have a big family party like we usually do, but it was still nice.

Happy New Year

We invited a few friends over for New Year's Eve. The kids had so much fun playing dress-up and whatever Brynnli could come up with. Brynnli got a camera for Christmas, I can't believe she got all the kids to look at the camera.

Christmas - finally


So - I realize that I am way behind in posting pictures, better late than never. I also realize that these pictures are blurry, I don't know why.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Luminary











On the Saturday before Christmas, we had the opportunity to go see the luminary at Wasatch Lawn Cemetary. It was so beautiful. We tried to take a few pictures, but they really don't do it justice. We plan on making this an annual family activity - if you can go, do it. You will not regret it.

Thursday, November 20, 2008







When Honda had her puppies, we were really hoping that she would have a white one (we bred her with a white schnauzer). Rancho is the runt of the litter and the lightest of all the puppies, so we decided to keep him. The vet told us he would probably be a very light silver color. Well, he got his first official schnauzer cut yesterday and he is almost white - dirty white. He blends in with the carpet really well, because he still has a few speaks of dark gray. He looks like a completely different dog. And by getting rid of all the puppy fur - he is now so soft and silky. Donna, the groomer, apologized because she thought he looked wierd. She said she has never seen a schnazer that is SO brown. Depending on the light, he is almost a champagne color.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Halloween 2008


Since it is hard to tell who all these monsters are I will list their names, left to right. Wyatt (Skeleton Zombie), Baby Gabe(Yoda), Brynnli(Monster Bride), Owen(Skeleton with Flashing Eyes), Karson (Skeleton), Joey (Skeleton Rocker), Kole (Swamp Skeleton). Does anyone else see a pattern here?



I am finally posting the pictures from Halloween, 2008. They look alot like my pictures from last year because my kids wore the same costumes two years in a row. I will never do that again. I felt bad that I made my kids wear the same thing, even though I was a witch (complete with an itchy wig, green face paint, warts and black fingernails) for most every Halloween. Brynnli and Wyatt already know what they want to be next year and part of their costumes have been purchased - thanks to the "Day After Halloween Sale" at Walmart.

The kids had fun trick-or-treating with Brandon and they brought home loads of candy. Based on how much candy Wyatt is consuming - I better make a dentist appointment soon.