First Day of School

After a fun summer full of travel and adventures, Gracie and Ryan arrived just in time to start 6th and 4th grade.  

Date Night! April 2014

Ryan took Gracie and I on a date!  He chose the restaurant, opened all our doors, and pulled out our chairs.  What a gentleman!  <3

Me and mom

Beautiful photos of mom and me.:) Or are they! Yeah we just wanted to have a little fun in church. Just saying I think the internet is wrong about girls being prettier with makeup! Now I know why not to search the web!!! Hahahahahahahahahahaha. The end of pretty faces

best times in 2013

1.  Canoeing in Canada with all my favorite ants, uncles and cousins.
2.  My Caribbean Cruise with my sister and my dad.
3.  Going to lake Powell with my mom, ants, uncles, cousins, and grandma and grandpa Palmer.
4.  Playing tea party with hot chocolate, with my little cousins Sophie, Ava, Erica, and Annalise in Boulder City.
5.  Going to Arizona to see my cousins with my dad and my sister.
6.  Going to Washington to see my cousins ant, uncle, and grandma and grandpa walker.
7.  Second grade with my favorite friends and teacher Miss.Rovacchi.
8.  Ant Natalie's wedding.
Last but not least, going boating every week with my mom, my ant, my future uncle, and my grandma and grandpa Palmer.

Halloween Party

When I moved in, Brian was clear that he still wanted to throw his parties, so I knew what I was getting in to... or did I???  Our Halloween shindig ended up with 500 of our closest friends and the cops showing up twice!  At one point, before the height of the party we counted 120 people just in my great room!  There were points where you could barely move.  These are my friends that dressed up as Tetris- my favorite costume of the night.  They brought the music from the game and would fit their pieces together.  Clever!   The dance floor was hopping all night.  Surprisingly, the reason the cops showed up wasn't because of the noise but because people were "parking over the white line."  My favorite part of the night was when I was talking to the cops for the second time on the front porch and my friend Jacob Neilson, who was dressed like a SWAT team member, came out and said to them, "Don't worry, I've got everything under control."  Classic!

Gassing Up the Car

This is Ryan's first time gassing up the car. It's starting to get cold here so I'm taking advantage of the fact he still thinks this is a novelty while I sit in the warm car...

Jazz Game

Ryan is playing Jr. Jazz, so we were able to get free tickets to a Jazz game. They may not be winning many games this season, but it is fun to live in a place that has a few Pro teams. Real Salt Lake Soccer is our fan favorite. We had a couple extra tickets so I sold them to scalpers (which totally embarrassed Gracie) and bought us dinner with it. The game was entertaining and we were up until close to the end. Talk about nose-bleed, our tickets were on the very last possible row. I made the kids move up, embarrassing them yet again. Oh children... ;)