7 months later....

Well, it has been 7 months since I posted last and so much has happened. I don't quite know where to start. I went through our pictures and got overwhelmed. I realized that I take a lot of pictures! But I am glad that I do because looking back at all of them, makes me happy and smile...and even feel a little sad that time is just flying by. Our kids are growing up so fast. I have loved this year that we have been in Nashville and it makes me sad to think that we might be moving next year. So, I'll just enjoy the time we have here.

Anyway, this is what has been going on in our life.....

hAppY bIrtHdAy sAdIe

Sadie turned 6! I can't believe my little girl is getting so old. For her birthday this year, we rented a limo and had a fAncY nAncY party. It was so much fun! All the kids loved the limo...the adults did too! I madea CD with our favorite songs and we danced the night away, or at least danced all the way to and from the cheesecake factory. I know, kind of an interesting place to have a kids birthday party, but Sadie isn't an ordinary kid. She is 6 going on 30! She loves the cheesecake factory, so that's where we went. (it was between that and Mcdonalds!) We all really pushed for cheesecake. =) She said it was her best birthday ever...so I am happy.

the birthday girl!

me, ems and sadie

Bishops, Rasmussens, Clarks and Brit

such handsome men

Carrie Underwood was.....AWESOME!!!

Thanks to Rebecca and Carrie, we had our own suite. It was so much fun! I love being with all you girls!

UTAH with family Sept-Oct...

It is always good to come back home and see family and friends. I love being with family!

Parker loves grandpa's tractor in fountain green. He loves his little tractor too!

Parker and Sadie both loved riding on the neighbors horses.

I didn't get my camera in time to take Sadie's pic....

but I did get pictures of her favorite little things....

little puppies!!

and this cat. it waited by the door every morning until Sadie came out.

Parker LOVES being with his cousins

GATEWAY

my kids and their second mom, emily.

everyone should be lucky enough to have someone like Ems in their life....

she's an awesome aunt to my kids and an even better friend to me!

this whole day was a blast. i love my sister Deb and her family so much!

love these kids

SISTER TIME!

girls night out...Stacie wish you were in these pics.! we had such a fun time. i couldn't ask for better sisters!! they are my best friends.

this picture just makes me happy

sadie had a sleep over with MY friends. they door bell ditched us at like 11 o clock at night looking like this....

tWiLigHt!! team edward...and team jacob!

Summer Utah trip-5 weeks

Tyler's brother, Jason took us rock climbing. This was my second time, but it seemed like my first. It was as scary as ever. Even though I know that they have a hold of me, it still terrifies me. What can I say, I am a baby. I am totally scared of heights.

Just being up in the mountains was refreshing though. And I enjoyed watching Tyler and Jas more than doing it myself. Thanks Jas for taking us!

Parker and his buddy Ben.

girls boating trip at utah lake

it started to pour rain. we ducked under towels until it stopped. that was probably the funniest part of the whole trip. ahhh the simple things in life that make it great!

kids boating trip

hiking bridal veil falls

My brother married Nora in Seattle. It was such a great wedding and they are so perfect for each other! It was such a fun trip. Seattle is so green and pretty! This was one trip that was so great, I was sad to come home.

the whole fam (minus david...where were you??)

i love my family so much!!

cousins playing

having fun in seattle

that's all chewed bubble gum behind us...gross!

We sold this beauty! It was so good to us for almost 8 years...

and got this....

We found this nest outside our house in a little tree. It was fun to go look at it everyday with the kids. It took about 2 weeks for the eggs to hatch and when they did, the kids were so excited to see the little birds.

Tyler's cinco de mustachio. What a sexy look!

We bought and cooked our first live lobster. It was so yummy! Tyler made it for mothers day. The kids had so much fun with it, it was kind of hard to know we were going to cook it.

Then there was the flood last May that destroyed parts of Nashville. It was pretty sad. We felt so blessed because our home and everything made it out ok. But a lot of people lost everything.

Unfortunetly, the day of the flood, Tyler's cousin and her friend came in to town to visit and see Nashville. They couldn't have picked a worse time to visit. We felt bad! But we made the best of it and tried to do some fun things indoors.

Tyler went out after to help clean up and this is what neighborhoods looked like.

Wow this took me way too long!! But, I really needed to catch up.