Cherry Hill and Dads Birthday!

For those of you who know us you know that we have been going to CHERRY HILL for as long as any of us can remember. It is a tradition we have with the Parker side of the family. We are die hards and wouldn't miss it. Bret even missed the opening of the archery hunt for CHERRY HILL! It really is the greatest family fun spot! These two are so fun to watch play together. Peyton is always trying to love Parker and he is starting to love her back. They couldn't be any cuter!
Parker~showing us his dance moves while we are anxiously waiting to head to Cherry Hill

Bret, Me, Megan and Tyler

waiting to get our "Splash Passes"

Jeremy and Hadlee

Coming off the Dragon Slide

Jer, Hadlee, Bret, Peyton and I heading to the RIVER RUN

(I can't get Bret to smile normal in a picture, gotta love him)

The RIVER RUN~this is definately our favorite!

Shaylee and Peyton on the Pirate Ship

Taylor spent most of her day roaming around in the stroller.

She'll have alot more fun next year!

Everyone gets pretty worn out by the end of the day.

Bret and Peyton taking a nap.

We had a lot of fun spending time with family and hope the tradition will continue to carry on for our kids! (someday) We all laugh about going to Cherry Hill every year but its a nice little get a way for all of us! Thanks everyone for the fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Dad, Me and Hadlee

This year for my Dads birthday we had a BBQ with the family. Its always nice to get together and celebrate birthdays! I couldn't ask for a better dad. He has taught us so much. I think the biggest things that stick out is that he has always taught me to remember who I am and to work hard. He has set a perfect example of both of those. He is such a hard worker and will do anything for anyone. And of course he's so much fun! Its a good thing I grew up with a dad that hunts and teases and all that good stuff because Bret is a lot more like my dad then I thought. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Thanks Dad for all you do for Bret and me, we sure do LOVE ya!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I had to share her with you, I LOVE her outfit!

I just can't get enough of her cute little face!

Love ya Taylor!

BIG NEWS.............

My sister is ENGAGED! They are getting married in the Mount Timpanogos Temple on November 3rd! We couldn't be more excited for them! Ryley is a perfect match for her, he fits into the family perfectly! CONGRATS Shay and Ryley!

Love you guys!

Summer Update. . .

It has been so long since I have updated. . . we have had a lot going on this summer. Here are a few of the things we've been up to!This sweet little girl turned 2
We have so much fun with Peyton-she has quite the personality for a 2 year old!

Her and her dad share the same birthday~it was fun celebrating with them

We love you Jer and Peyton!

4-WHEELING

We had fun 4-wheeling with these two adorable girls!

RIDING HORSES
Our nieces have been dying to ride my dads horses since they found out he has them.

We took them over there and Bret and my Dad gave them all a little ride.

Sweet little Avery even had a turn long enough for us to get a picture!

Abbie was learning how to get on and ride by herself

Kaylie and Maddie~such cute girls!


CONCERT IN EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Bret and I waiting for the concert to start

Heidi~Becky~Me

We tried taking so many pictures, this is as good as it got!

We had so much fun hanging out with friends and enjoying the concert!



GIRLS CAMP

I got called to be in Young Womens about 3 months ago and had to opportunity to go to Girls Camp this year. I feel like I just got out of Young Womens but it was a lot of fun and definitely a different experience going as a leader.

Our theme this year was SUPER GIRLS

These two girls came up with this fun outfit to fit the theme!
We stayed at the Heber Valley Camp. We were so spoiled to be able to stay in cabins, have flushing toilets, and even a hot shower!

BABY NICK!

I had to save him for last~ I think this is our favorite this that has happend to us this summer! We have another nephew on the Pierce side. Nick was born on June 10, he is now over a month old. He couldn't be any cuter. Check out all that hair!

Only a few hours old and already sucking his thumb~so cute!

The proud Aunt and Uncle~We love you baby Nick!

Blessing and a Birthday

My sweet niece Taylor was blessed this past Sunday. It was a beautiful blessing. It was good to see all of the men in our family be able to participate. We are so blessed to have so many worthy Priesthood holders in our family!The happy family of 5

(my poor brother-in-law needs a boy)
Cute sisters!
Its so hard to get a good picture of 3 little ones~ they are still adorable

Sweet baby Taylor~she is so cute!

I love her dress. My sisters mother-in-law made it and it turned out great!

She is so talented.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

My beautiful little sister turned 21 yesterday! We all got together for a yummy BBQ. It's always fun being with the family and celebrating birthdays!

Peyton and Parker play so cute together.

They had so much fun with the birthday balloons!

Parker trying to escape the party~he is such a happy, fun loving little boy!

We love having a little boy around!

Parker and Grandma

*I'm no photographer but his face is to cute*

YEA..............ROOT BEER!

She has been joking about buying beer now that she is 21. (don't worry she doesn't drink.) I had her convinced all day that I bought her a 6 pack for her birthday. Yeah right, I'm way to chicken to buy beer. Thank heavens for rootbeer! I finally pulled one over on her!

Happy Birthday Shay! I couldn't ask for a better little sister or best friend~for those of you who know her you know how much fun she is! We hope you had a great 21st birthday!

WE LOVE YOU!

Spring Break

We went to St. George for spring break again this year! Bret's family started this tradition quite a few years ago with another family and since then it has grown to 7 or 8 families. We have so much fun 4-wheeling, shopping, going out to dinner, laying by the pool, playing games and laughing until our stomachs hurt.

*sorry for the picture over load*

We had way to much fun playing with my camera! We decided to eat somewhere else while everyone else ate at Bajio and we got done eating before everyone even had there food so we had a little time on our hands. The things we do for entertainment. We couldn't take a good picture to save our lives, we were laughing way to hard! This is as good as is gets.

She was still having fun with the camera on her own- Love ya Shay!

Me and Shea waiting for everyone to get ready for our ride on the Barracks!

This is such a fun trail-we go on it every year!

Me and Bret!

I am no photographer and this picture doesn't do it justice at all but this ride is so beautiful!

We had a few stops along the way so why not bring out the camera?

We love pictures!There are several river crossings along the way-we made it through the first one but were a little concerned about the second one. We made the boys go through first-after a bunch of them were soaked some of us girls decided to make a bridge and cross it that way. Needless to say we stayed nice and dry.

Shaylee and Ryley( he must think he's a cowboy or something) riding through one of the crossings.

Some of them got a little scary but we all made it through safe and sound!

I tried to get a picture so you could see how many bikes and 4-wheelers we had but this is as good as I could get. I think there were 24 bikes and 35 people all together. We were so lucky we all stayed safe!

Me, my mom and my mother-in-law

I have the best moms-love you both!

I love my daddy! We were all a little shocked that my parents came with us this year. (they don't vacation much) We all had so much fun with them-and they loved it. I think they'll come again next year!

We drive into a little town and eat at this restaurant-I think the people that work there get a bit overwhelmed when they see all of us coming.

These two boys had the best helmets I have ever seen. I couldn't leave them out.

Gotta love the mohawks!

We had so much fun in St. George! We couldn't have asked for better weather or better company! Everyone we go with is so much fun-there is never a dull moment when you get close to 40 people together! Thanks everyone for the fun and laughs! We can't wait for next year!

EASTER. . .

I know I'm a little late with this post. (I usually am with most of them :) We had such a fun Easter weekend. It was so nice having it over Conference Weekend. We got to spend a lot of time with our families which we love! This year Easter was really fun for me at our house. Last year the Easter Bunny kind of forgot to come to house-well he really just forgot me. Its a long funny story and Bret(the Easter Bunny) hasn't stop hearing about it since. He made sure not to forget Easter this year. I love Holidays-its fun shopping and getting little surprises. This year the Easter Bunny redeemed himself and remembered both of us! Bret picked out this cute pink basket and filled it with some of my favorite treats and a PEDICURE-one of my favorite things. He's so good to me! He didn't want a basket so his just got put on the table. He got a new pair of shorts and a few of his favorite treats. The Easter Bunny took good care of us this year!
After the morning session of Conference we headed to my parents house for a yummy lunch and an Easter Egg hunt for the grandkids. It was a little cold so we had to hurry. It was so fun watching them-and how excited they get when their baskets are overflowing with eggs.

As you can see it is hard to get a good picture when they have treats sitting next to them.

Hadlee, Parker and Peyton

Sweet baby Taylor!

After the second session of Conference we headed over to the Pierce's to have another yummy dinner and Easter egg hunt. We were so spoiled with two delicious meals. I think our moms are two of the best cooks-needless to say we were really full by the end of the day!

CHARLIE-he couldn't be any cuter!

Everytime I tried to get a picure of him he would walk closer to me.

Its close but still so cute-with his mouth full of candy!Charlie, Kaylie and Ellie

We had so much fun playing Easter Bunny for the kids. We have some of the cutest nieces and nephews! We had such a fun Easter weekend and are so grateful to have both of our families so close.