New Cousin!

Monday Afternoon my little sister had her second baby, A little girl they named Kennilee. I tried to make it for the birth but she came to quick! I did not even make it Nephi before she arrived.  She is beautiful and so little. We are glad she is finally here.

                                                                             Kennilee

                                                                    Kennilee as a gift
                                                               Emmy gift wrapped 
                                                          Emmy and her cousin Brekken

a little jig

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Dickens, Cabelas, wheeler farm

Last week I went to St. George to help my sister in her booth at the Dickens Festival, it was pretty fun but lots of work. I also got to hang out with some of my friends who live down there. Then this week Dave and I have been finding stuff to do that does not cost any money but gets us out of the house. So far we have come up with going to Cabelas to look at the fish and other animals, and wheeler farm so that the dogs could also get out and run around for a bit. We had a great time and it was also fun to see all the lights.

Emmy meeting the fish at cabelas

Emmy trying on some antlers

Me and my two best friends Emily and Sarah at the Dickens Festival. (I don't usually dress like that, you had to be in costume when you worked at your booth. )

Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving at my parents house in St. George. It was great to be with family, almost everyone in my family was there except for my brother Andre and his family. I would have to say the best entertainment there was the kids! It was great to watch them interact with each other, and to see their expressions when they tried out new food. Emmy did not like the mashed potato's she would gag every time I tried to give her some, She did however love the jello salad :) Emmy eating Jello salad

Emmy and I waiting for dinner to start

Dave giving Emmy a carrot to suck on
Sawyer helped himself to the marshmallows he found in the pantry, he was going to town on them!
Papa entering the grand kids, Brekken thought this was pretty fun!
Uncle Rem showing Emmy and brekken how to make LOTS of noise on the keyboard
Finally everyone sitting down to eat at a very yummy thanksgiving dinner! Thanks mom and Kenneth!

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

CrAzY pIcS

This is what can happen to you if you get too bored!!! So you better be careful :)

Not too bad just looking a little discolored
Now its starting to get a little crazy!
THAT IS JUST PLAIN SCARY!!!!!!
Ahhh back to normal again :)

Better late then never

So I know its a little late to post Halloween pictures but I finally got them from my mom and I figured better late then never! We had lots of fun doing a trunk or treat. Dave had to work so he was not able to make it :( . Everyone in the fam decided to dress up last min.

                                                            HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Emmy the little lady bug, and I was a quick thrown together witch.


The fam from left to right. Jordan the fairy, tonya lady cop, Dre wanna be gangster, Dad A werewolf, emmy ladybug, me a witch, annika a witch sydnee a cat, sharrod spider man, kenneth a pirate, brekken a pirate, and randi a witch.
The three witches!!! Randi, me, my mom.
papa and grandma with brekken and emmy.

What do you get for $160,140?

The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into $8,896.66 a year, $741.38 a month, or $171.08 a week. That's a mere $24.24 a day. Just over a dollar an hour. Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "Rich".

Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for $160,140?
Naming rights. First, Middle and Last
Glimpses of God every day.
Giggles under the covers every night.
More love than your heart can hold
Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds and warm cookies
A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sandcastles and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain.
Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140 you never have to grown up.
You get to finger-paint, carvepumpkins, play hide-and-seek, catch lightning bugs, and never stopbelieving in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,watching Saturday morning cartoons, going to Disney movies, and wishingon stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts and flowers under refigerator magnet
sand collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set inclay for Mothers Day and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140 there is no greater bang for your buck,
You get to be a hero just for retrieving the frisbee off the garage roof, taking the trainingwheels off a bike, removing a splinter, filling a wading pool, coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat of history to witness the first steps, first word, first bra, first date and first time behind the wheel.
You get the be immortal.
You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, along list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice,communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, your right up there under God.You have the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the mosters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits, so... one day they will, like you,
love without counting the cost.
Enjoy your kids and grandkids!

-Author Unknown-

Thanksgiving with friends

Every year we get together to have thanksgiving dinner. This year there were little ones there which made it pretty fun too. It was great to see everyone and get caught up. And I missed those who could not make it, hopefully next year!!!! Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures until the end and some people had already left

Emmy getting acquainted with Austin and Carson

picture time with the kids, it was pretty entertaining :)

Slacker!

I know I have been a slacker lately but here are a few post sorry they are out of order! I am also still waiting for my Halloween pictures. I left my camera at home so they were all taken with my moms. As soon as she e-mails them to me I will have them up :)

Third times the charm!

Finally! The elusive (for Dave and I anyway) Fifth water hot springs! After three attempts we make it. After testing out the water, I take Emmy out of the backpack to change her into her swimming suite. As I am pulling her out I realize that she has very runny poop smeared all the way up her back!!! I mean all the way! It was disgusting! It took Dave and I a while to get her all cleaned up, but her onesie was a lost cause! There was no way that thing was ever going to be clean! Then there was the issue about how to pack it out of there, neither of us wanted to carry that nasty thing all the way back with us, so we berried it.
Now that we had that all taken care of we are finally able to relax and enjoy ourselves. The pools have varying degrees of temperatures. One is way too hot to even think about going into, a couple are hot tub hot, and then there is one that's like bath water hot. That is the one we sat in because we had Emmy with us, who loved it!
After about a half hour of relaxation another guy comes along with his dog to get in the pool just above ours. He says hi to us as he takes off his pack and shoes, then his shorts, and then everything else!!!! Yeah I guess a lot of nudist like to hike up there as well. luckily we had had our feel of the hot springs and were ready to take off!.
Aside from the nudist it was a beautiful and well worth the hike.

second attempt!

So this was our second attempt to find the fifth water hot springs up Spanish Fork canyon. We don't have any pictures of our first attempt but it was about a year earlier, we tried to take a short cut and ended up hiking for 2 1/2 hours and never finding anything!
This time we decided to just go the long way and thought for sure we would make it! No we didn't. Again we hiked and hiked forever and still found nothing! Finally we saw some bikers on the trail and they told us we took the wrong fork way back at the beginning!
Although we did not reach our destination it was still a beautiful hike.

utah state fair, daves family

Dave's mom brought out a beautiful old blessing dress, that came over from England and has been in their family for many many generations

Emmy and her sweet cousin penny in the old blessing dresses.

Dave and Emmy at Utah state fair

Emmy with her grandpa whitmer

Whitmer Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family name history - Pedigree

just a day at the river