I am 31 years old!

Here I am at my birthday party!  Oct. 9th is my day.

 

 

It was so fun!  It was a double birthday celebration, shared with Sarah L. 

Here is the other birthday girl!!  Oct. 8th is her day.

Here is a cute photo of daddy and daughter!  Ellie is sporting Sarahs birthday gift.

 

I forgot to take a photo of my cake.  Afton made me a pair of flip flops.  Thery were so tastey and extrememly stylish!  Thanks for another awesome cake, Aft!

An October trip to the Zoo

Our Zoo has a great Bug House! 

We love it!

Here they were checking out a rabbit statue.

Ellie did a great job walking up and down this rocky stream.

Here is a cute one of me and the kids.  Ellie wasn't ready with a smile, but she is looking at the camera!!  Thanks for taking so many pictures of me, Sarah and Mom!

 

OK, this isn't the best photo, but we wanted to let everyone see our awesome Aunt Sarah, she came to visit this past weekend.  We went to the Zoo with her.  It was super fun.  Oh, I tried a few times to take pictures of Sarah with the kids, but I failed.

ROAD TRIP FOR A WEDDING!

Hank, Ellie and I headed to Southern California for a wedding.  Cousin Heidi got hitched on 8-4-12 to Joe.  Congratulations to you two!

 

On our way, we stopped at the Anderson's Pea Soup Cafe and Shop, just to take these photos.  On the way home three days later we stopped to get some lunch, do a bathroom break and gas up.  It is going to be a tradition for us from now on.  We had a great time looking at all the nic nacks and treasures in the shop.  We got a gift, and a magnet for the refrigerator.

 Ellie Girl!

 Hankie Boy!

 

We ate lots of snacks on our way down to Sunny SO CAL. 

 Guess what Ellie just ate, yep, you guessed it, chocolate covered pretzels.  YUMMY!

 The Aunts and Uncles and Cousins were such a help to me, my kids were a little fussy and tired during the trip, but we had so much fun!  Couldn't have done it without you all!  Thanks a million!

 Ellie Girl, had such a great time at the Reception!

 Some of the girl cousins!  Wahoo for Cousins.  Sarah, Gretch, Chelsea, Kira and Katy.

 Ellie with Sarah, sister of the Bride and the Bride- Heidi.

Ellie got lots of love from all the Uncles and Aunties.  Here she is with Uncle Greg dancin' the night away!!

And here, she is getting some loving from Uncle Ray, he was whispering in her ear, she just loved it.

Hank sure does love Balloons!

 

Jayne and I, and Kate.  Kate is just a little younger than Ellie.  Jayne and I both have two kids, our firsts were born 5 days apart, Hank then Brooke.

 

 

 Here are the Bride and Groom right after their Sealing in the Newport Beach Temple.
Heidi and Joe!

 

 This cute couple, Alyce and Daniel, got married just two weeks earlier!  It was really nice to meet Alyce.  I wasn't able to make it for there wedding, which was a bummer. 
This was one serious talk with Uncle Marty! 

A trip to Stinson Beach!

In August we went to the Beach!   It was so fun.  It was such a great trip.  The drive was beautiful, the sand was soft and cozy.  The friends were fun and interesting.  We had a fabulous time.

 

Here Ellie is trying to get unburried.  Hank is glad it isn't him. 

 

 

My friend Kate took this picture.  So I am the mom who's bent over, the other mom is my good friend Naomi.  She has two boys, with another on the way.  Wahoo for babies!

These pictures are fun, because I am in them, never do I have my own photographer, I have to say, I like it.  I am the kind of person who likes attention.  Not normal for a mom, I know.

 

 



 

Weather get really warm so we can go to Stinson Beach again!

Remember when....

 

REMEMBER WHEN

Ellie was so tiny?  I need another one!!  We'll see.

In this picture she is about a month old.

Ellie being so cute!

More of my Utah trip!!

Heading back to the cars.  We got the squirt guns out.  He he he!

 The falls were amazing.

Check us out, we are rowing our boats!!

Say cheese.

 Kent is really good with the ores.  He knows how to go forward, move backwards and splash people.  Here he is splashing Mom. 

He got her!

 Row your Boat Dad!

So I had jumped in, Mark and I posed!  Oh- the water was absolutely freezing, but I had a great time swimming in it!!

We had a Breakfast before we went Hiking.  It was delicious, showed off my talent for breaking a banana in two. 

Ta da, now we can share it!