Gibson's 9th Birthday Party!

The weather in October was just BEAUTIFUL!    So we made a last minute decision to have Gibson's birthday party a few weeks early so he could have a party outside (his parties always have to be indoors because of the cold, crappy November weather).  So he invited his closest friends and they went to Boondocks for the day.  Brady took a half day off of work to take them and they stayed for about 7 hours!  They all had a blast and Gibson said it was his best birthday party ever!  

Gibson, Carter, Jack, Bowen and Tyson

Cake time! 

Opening presents! 

Driving the race cars at Boondocks! 

Caleb and Gage Turn Two!!!

We were in St. George for Caleb and Gage's 2nd birthday, so we got to celebrate down there!

Here they are in the morning opening their birthday presents!

Gage is trying to put on his new pair of shorts!

That night, we all went to The Pizza Factory for dinner!

Gage is enjoying his pizza!

Caleb and Gage each got their own "2" pizza!

Super, super, super cute boys!!!  Look at those faces!

Relaxing outside after dinner in Ancestor Square.

After dinner, it was back to the condos for cake! (Cold Stone ice cream cake - Mmmm!)

Caleb digging in to 2 pieces of cake!

Gage also digging into 2 pieces of cake!

Sitting in their new camp chairs that they got from Corbin & Casey!

Their new superhero shirts from Courtney & Daryl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CALEB & GAGE - WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

Last Saturday, my dad turned 60. On Sunday, we had a "surprise" (I say that in quotes because he figured it out) party for him on Sunday at Courtney and Daryl's house.

Here's the entertainment we hired: Carter and Gibson on guitars and Brookie on drums!
My dad opening the pineapple pies that we brought him back from Mexico - they are a favorite of his!

Brady, Gibson and I got him this book all about the Utes '08-'09 Football Season. He loved it!

I made him a book of "memories".

My brother and sister bought him a Utes football and got Coach Whittingham to sign it!

The birthday boy with his birthday cake (it says "Go Utes" on it).

My mom and Courtney with the babies: Lukas and Paige.

Brady and I.

Casey and Corbin.

Chelsea and my dad, the birthday boy!

This is a video of my dad reading the memory book that I made for him. It was great to get his smile and laugh on film! Happy Birthday Dad!

My Birthday (and working in the yard)

I had such a wonderful birthday this year! I feel very privileged to have such thoughtful friends and family. Because of them, I got to spend my birthday doing some of my most favorite activities: shopping on Amazon, shopping at Express, buying plants at Valley Nursey and then working in my yard all day to plant them, seeing movies (Indiana Jones 4 and Narnia 2 - both 'okay') and eating out. I'm sure Courtney will appreciate this, but here's a picture of her, my mom, Gibson and I at my birthday lunch. Then I took some pictures of my yard after I had spent all day planting. I got a whole flat of annuals: I planted pansies in my front bed, vinca in my front island and petunias in the back bed. I also got 10 more perrenials for the front bed (I always think I'm done - but then I always manage to find room for more!) and another daylily for my daylily/peony flowerbed. As you can see, the peonies are about to open - and they're going to be beautiful (you can see the huge bleeding heart in that picture, too)! Also note how the snowball bush exploded this year! You can also see my new tree - my Eastern Redbud - in the front yard. I have known that's what I wanted to plant there for 4 years, but had to wait until we got the old tree stump removed. I cannot wait to see it bloom new year (beautiful pink flowers). I also planted some new shrubs around my red maple tree in the front island. So thanks to everybody who made my birthday wonderful!