Nathan had his 3rd birthday on September 29th. He was so cute and loved his presents. Since his birthday both Connor and Jake had there parties. When he would see their presents he would say it's my birthday again and begin to unwrap their presents.

Finally!!!

It has only taken my six months to update our Blog. I will seriously try to do better in the near future. This summer has been such a fun and crazy summer. It started out with our families trip to San Diego to visit Neal's brother and for Kaylee and I to go to Wicked. We had such a great time. The kids loved La Jolla Cove. They could have spent all day just picking up shells and crashing in the very cold waves. I loved Wicked and Kaylee cried when the witch died. We almost didn't make it due to crazy LA traffic. After San Diego Connor came home and went to BYU football camp. He had the time of his life. It was then time for our first big swim meet of the summer at Cottonwood Heights. The boys had an okay meet but had a great time with all of there swim friends. My biggest adventure this summer was my trip to Forks Washington with my book group. It was so amazing. Forks is one of the most beautiful places and I don't think that I have ever laughed so hard in my entire life. We then went onto state swimming. Where both of the boys had a fantastic meet. They both earned Farr Western qualifying times. Which means they get to swim in San Jose next spring. Yeah!!! It was also the time for Breaking Dawn to be released. I had so much fun at King's English getting my books. I even made the channel 2 news. The boys both had football camp this past week and are enjoying a break from swimming for a couple of weeks while they get ready for football season to begin.

Holiday's with the Anderson's

It's been a little while since I've updated our blog. Here our some of our Christmas picture's. We did about 2 weeks straight of parties. It was fun but a little crazy. We started on Christmas Eve with a party at Cousin Melanie's. We then headed to Neal's Aunt Connie's house for a big white elephant party. On Christmas day we spent the morning at our house and then went to Neal's parent's home. Santa really spoiled the kids this year and grandpa and grandma Anderson did a good follow-up. Connor and Jake got an x-box 360 with games and paddles from Santa, Kaylee got American girls doll cloths, a scooter and Pet Shops, and Nathan got bit equipment from Santa. Connor and Jake got digital camera's from grandpa and grandma Anderson, Kaylee got Molly the American girl doll, and Nathan got a rocking horse. Grandma Jill got the kids a new wardrobe so all in all they did quite well.

We had a big surprise on the 23rd. We were all hanging out celbrating Neal's brothers Eric's birthday when the door bell rang and Bella and her friend Rob had surprised us by coming for Christmas all the way from Phoniex.

It was really great to see so much family and the only bummer ended up that Neal's brother's house flooded while they were visiting us and they returned home to a mess.

Nathan and Jake at grandma and grandpa's.

Alec, Connor, and Jake being silly.

Kaylee hugging grandpa and thanking him of her favorite gifts. Barbie in a wedding dress.

The highlight of Kaylee's Christmas was mothering her cute cousin Renee (who was visiting from San Diego). The first couple of days Renee thought she was great but by the end of the week she would get nervous when she would see Kaylee.



Connor got a BYU football from his cousin which he thought was great. Especially after there close call at the Las Vegas Bowl. Yes, Connor was in tears and didn't see the last play that won it for the Cougars.
Nathan, Aidan, and Chase playing with their toys.


Nathan and his Cousin Aidan.





Nathan discovered toys this Christmas. He is our first boy to love tractor's and big equipment. Which is good because it means that we have new toys that we can get him.
Bart and Dox on Christmas day.

Murray Swim Meet

Last weekend the boys had a big swim meet in Murray. They both had an incredible meet. Connor posted 9 new best times and is finally back on board after aging up and struggling a little bit. He picked up two new state cuts in the 200 backstroke and the 50 backstroke. He now has 7 state cuts and only needs to pick up one more for a full count at state. He is very close in his 100 IM and 50 Butterfly. He has a meet next weekend so hopeful he will pick it up then. Now if we could just get him to do his reading homework at night without a fight things we be great.

Jake got his first state cut in the 100 backstroke only to find out one of his turns were not legal and his was DQed! He was very upset but we told him he will get it at the next meet. Jake missed his last two events on Saturday to go to one of his best friends birthday parties. He had a blast at the party so that helped out his sadness.

Hope all is well with all of you! Talk again soon.

BYU vs. Utah game

Connor, Jake and Derrek getting ready for the big game.

Connor, Jake, Mark (he is Neal's 45 year old Uncle with Down's and he loves BYU as much as Connor does), and Neal went to the BYU vs. Utah game. Connor and Mark sat together in Marks seats and Neal and Jake sat in our seats. Jake was very sad that the Utes lost.

Connor was ecstatic that BYU won. He and Mark charged the field at the end of the game and got pictures with Brian Kehl and Max Hall. They also got to touch the Mountain West trophy. They were very happy boys when they came home.

Thanksgiving weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was so much fun this year. The kids didn't have school on Wednesday and the boys decided that they would help me get our Christmas decoration out. I love Christmas and I am a bit of an addict when it come to decorating. We put a three trees and pretty much redo the whole house. The boys and Kaylee were a ton of help and we surprised Neal by getting two of the trees up and most of the house decorated while he was at work.

It was our job to bring the pies so Wednesday night and Thursday morning Neal and I made pies. On Thursday afternoon we headed to Sandy to the Loomis's (Neal's Aunt and Uncle's house). We had such a fun relaxing Thanksgiving and the kids were really good. We then came back and the kids all took a swim in grandpa and grandma's pool late that night. Neal's parents pool is outdoor but they heat it through most of the winter and the kids love to swim.

Friday morning I got up at 5:30 and went to my favorite store, Rod Works. It was my first early morning black Friday shopping experience and it was fun. I didn't hit any crazy crowds but did get some great deals. I am about 3/4 of the way done with my shopping. YEAH!!!!
Grandma Jill came down on Friday and spent the day. We did a bit more shopping and then went to dinner for my sister-in-law's birthdy at Magleby's in Provo. It was such a crazy dinner (but a lot of fun). They brought all the food out after a very long wait to everyone but my sister-in-law Brenda whose birthday we were celebrating. She had to wait another 15 minutes after we all got our food for hers. My fish ended up being way undercooked so they had to take it back and I waited with her. They did give us a free desert for our wait and my Chocolate cake was to die for. So, I guess it was okay and we did all have a great laugh.

Saturday was game day and I think in our family it deserves it's very own blog space.