Josh, Mandi, M'Tali, Dallin, Dakoda, Logan, & Easton

Easton's first bath

2011-09-10T13:07:00.000-07:00

Easton has had a sponge bath every day since he was born, but we had to wait till his umbilical cord fall off before we could really bath him. We had a baby tub but when we went to get it out we couldn't find it so we decided that since this is our last baby we will just bath him in the sink till he is old enough or big enough to bath in the tub instead of buying one!!! He loved his bath and just laid there, he even fall asleep for a few minutes.

Our Little Caboose 9211

2011-09-10T11:37:00.000-07:00

Easton Bell Young was born September 2nd 2011 at 12:45 pm. He weighed 8lbs 1oz and was 20 inches long, He has a little bit of light brown almost blond hair, and looks a lot like Logan when he was a baby, but on some days I can see M'Tali in him as well. We chose his first name because we were having a hard time coming up with a boys name that we both really liked, ALL the names that Josh had come up with I really didn't like, so when he came up with Easton it wasn't my favorite, but it was better then all the other names that he liked, so I agreed that he could name him Easton since I had chosen M'Tali, Dallin and Logan's names. His middle name was chosen for two reasons first I really wanted something that would have a connection to my mom since this is the first baby that I have had that she wasn't here to witness the birth, even though I know she was there in spirit, so we agreed that we would use her maiden name, and the second reason is because it was also my grandpa Bell's last name and I had already used his first name for Dallin and his middle name for Logan which is Ray, His full name is Dallin Ray Bell, so this gave me the opportunity to use his whole name( My grandpa grew up in the Logan area which is where we got Logan's name from)

This is his birth story!!!

On the morning of Friday September 2nd I had a scheduled doctors appointment at 10:00am in Payson. The Dr. came in and checked me and said that I was dilated to a 3 close to a 4, so he said that he wanted to go ahead and do a induction the next morning. Josh had already taken the day off of work so that he could go to the Dr. with me and every year on Labor day weekend, Josh's work has a Union party and Josh had already purchased the tickets for Saturday and was hoping to take the kids for the day and have fun with them, so he asked my doctor if there was anyway that he could induce me then instead of waiting till morning, and he said that if he could get me in at the hospital then he would but if not I would have to wait till morning. He left the room and made a phone call and came back and said that the hospital had a room and we needed to head over to the hospital.
We left the doctors office which is only a block or 2 from the hospital and made our way over to the hospital, at this point I was getting kinda nervous, but I was also really excited that the day was finally here and we were going to have our baby. We checked in downstairs which took about 20 minutes to sign all the papers.
We then headed upstairs to the labor and delivery unit, by now it was about 11:20am. Once we got upstairs the nurses took me into the room to get changed, they then tried to get my I.V. started, but had a hard time because they said I was dehydrated, she blew my first vein and created a big blood pocket under the skin that hurt like crazy. Finally after trying 3 times she was able to get my I.V. in.
At 12:15 my Dr. came in and broke my water and said that the baby was still really high and that he expected me to be in labor for 8-10 hours, but Josh told him I have really fast labors, and that my longest labor was only 3 1/2 hours, but he insisted that this one wasn't going to go as fast.
Within 5 minutes of having him brake my water, I started having really bad contractions, so I asked the nurse if I could get my epidural and she told me that I had to wait till I had finished 3/4 of the bag of saline fluid they were giving me, but that she would turn it up so that I could get the fluid faster, but it would take about 1/2 hour to get the fluid in, so I could get my epidural around 1:00pm.
My contractions were getting really strong and the hand that they had put my I.V. in had started to go numb, and within a few minutes I could hardly move my hand at all, it was like it was paralyzed, so I asked my sister if she would go get my nurse, she went out to find my nurse, but came back and said that she couldn't find her. My hand was hurting so bad but I wasn't able to move it at all, so I pressed the nurses button and asked them to send my nurse in. She came in a few minutes later and all of a sudden I felt like I had to push. I told my nurse and she said she'd check, but she just picked up the paper that keeps track of the babies heart rate and my contractions.
Within seconds I felt like his head was coming, so I told the nurse, and her comment to me was "OK lets check, we've had stranger things happen around here". I really don't think she believed me, she slowly put her gloves on, but I could tell that his head was already out, so I put my hand down towards his head and sure enough I could feel his head, she then took the sheet off of me and sure enough there was his head and his shoulders already out, she told me to not push, the
nurse was trying to call for help but couldn't get anyone so she had my sister pull a cord out of the wall that sends an alarm out to the nurses station, a few minutes later 2 nurses walked in and asked her if she needed help but Easton was not going to wait, he was delivered at 12:45, just 30 minutes of labor, and only about 6 contractions later.
About 5 minutes after he was born, my Dr. walked in and said 8-10 hours what the heck. He was really purple and bruised from coming down the birth canal so fast but other then that he was perfectly healthy.

Easton needed a little bit of oxygen when he was born.

Daddy in the nursery with Easton

Our "Complete family". It's hard to believe that I am a mom to 5 kids.

Mommy and Easton. I was really hoping for a girl to complete our family, but I love this little boy more then words can express. He is such an amazing blessing to our family. I am so thankful for the opportunity we had back in June to take our family to the temple and for the chance I was given to have one of my children born under the covenant. We love this little boy so much!!!!

Baseball/Softball Season

2011-07-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

So I'm not very good at taking my camera to events that we have, but I just happened to grab it this one day.
We signed M'Tali up for softball again this year, but when we showed up to practice, we realized that they had accidentally signed her up for boys baseball and not girls softball, but she decided that she wanted to play baseball even though she would be the only girl, not only on the team, but would be the only girl in the whole league. She actually ended up playing both in the end, but played more baseball games then she did softball games. Her softball team took 1st place in the city tournament, and they went to state tournament, which meant that we had to sit in the heat for 2 days, but it was fun to see her play!!!!!
After playing both baseball and softball, we decided that even though baseball was a good experience for her, we are going to stick with softball, because she can go farther in softball then she can baseball. Girls can't play baseball once they get into high school, they have to play softball!!
We are hoping to get her on an accelerated team this year!!!!

This is the only picture that I have of her playing!!!!

Eternal Family!!!

2011-06-29T11:07:00.000-07:00

Saturday June 4Th 2011 was one of the most amazing days that our family will remember forever. We were all able to go to the Manti Temple and be sealed as family. The day was so beautiful, but it was also a very emotional day. I have waited for this day for my whole life, but I always pictured it a lot different, don't get me wrong besides my wedding day and the birth of my children it was the most memorable day I have ever had, the only thing that wasn't perfect was the fact that one very important person wasn't there. Mom, I know you were there in spirit, but it was always my dream to have you there by my side. The sealing was amazing and of course I cried the whole time. We had a lot of friends and family that came down and supported us and without them it just wouldn't have been the same.

The most beautiful part of the sealing was after me and Josh were sealed they brought the 4 kids in, and that was when I got really emotional. They looked like little angels in all white!!!

Our Forever Family.......it's hard to believe in a few months we'll be a family of 7

After we were all changed we came out to do a few more pictures, being over 6 months pregnant, and taking pictures in the heat was exhausting so we didn't take to many pictures!!!!
After the sealing we came back to our house and had a luncheon, but of course I didn't take pictures. Thank you to everyone who drove to Manti and supported our family, we couldn't have asked for a better day, and for better family and friends to celebrate with!!!

Our VERY sick little monkey!!!

2011-03-12T10:10:00.000-08:00

February 17th Logan became very sick. I had taken him to the Dr. the day before and she told me he had a slight case of croup and started him on a steroid. Later that night he got really sick and could hardly breath. We thought about taking him to the emergency room but decided to wait it out till morning. Logan would not wake up at all on Thursday morning and had not eaten or had anything to drink for 24 hours, by 12:00pm Thursday afternoon I decided that I was going to take him back to the Dr. I got ready and by 1:00 was at the Dr. office and they had him hooked up to a monitor that was registering his heart rate and oxygen and his heart rate was so high that they were worried he was going to go into cardiac arrest(normal is around 90 and his was 200), so they started him on oxygen and gave him some Tylenol because his fever was 103 and immediately called an ambulance and with lights and sirens took him to Utah Valley. Once there they gave him an epi treatment which is just an oxygen treatment with steroids to help open up his lungs. Within 30 minutes of having his epi treatment he was needing another one to help with his breathing, so they gave him another treatment and decided that it would be best to have him transferred to Timp hospital for insurance purposes(my insurance doesn't cover Utah Valley) and have him admitted in the pediatric unit. So another ambulance ride and we were in the pediatric unit receiving oxygen and another epi treatment. Logan was SO dehydrated that they could hardly draw blood or start an IV. After 9 pokes he finally was receiving fluid. Within a few hours his blood work came back and his white blood cells were so critically low that his body was producing premature white blood cells. They took his temp again and he was still at 103 even after receiving 2 doses of Advil. The Dr. thought that maybe he might have Meningitis because his fevers were so high but she didn't want to do a spinal tap just yet because he didn't have all the sign of it. An hour later they took his Temp again and it was up to 106. She then decided that he needed to be life flighted up to Primary Children's hospital. I called Josh and my dad and they came up to the hospital and my dad gave Logan a blessing and within 15 minutes Logan was on life flight on his way to the pediatric ICU at Primary's. We spent 10 days there trying to recover from severe croup, Influenza B, and Laryngitis. It was so hard to watch him be so sick and know that there was nothing that I could do to help him except to hold him and comfort him the best I could. Thank you everyone who prayed for Logan during this very scary time and for all the meals that were brought into my family.

Life flight getting ready to take off with my very sick little boy. I had a video of life flight but it wouldn't load on my blog!!!

Logan receiving some oxygen before life flight came to pick him up.

Logan broke out with this rash all over his body and they couldn't figure out why. They tested him for every virus out there and all of them except the croup and influenza came back negative.
Logan hated the breathing treatments so we tried to do them while he was asleep.

Logan slept a lot the first 4 days
His oxygen kept dropping so they had to give him oxygen and he hated it, he would only keep it in while he was asleep.
Logan was so sick he didn't know what was going on most of the time. If you look close at his arms you can see all the bruises from all the IV's and blood tests they had to do. He was poked over 25 times and they finally said if he needed another IV he would have to be sedated and a PIC line would have to be put in.
He was so sick of being there and was so miserable.
DAD!!!! I want to come home, come and get me!!!! This was the morning we got to go home Logan looked so much better but still had really bad laryngitis and still had a little bit of croup.
I don't have a picture of it, but on his 6th night I believe, Logan's heart rate dropped really low and they couldn't get it to come back up so they had cardiology come and do an EKG to make sure he wasn't going into heart failure from all this. He had 12 different leads on his tiny little chest. Thankfully the EKG came back normal and everything was fine with his heart.

NEVER leave a 19 month old unsupervised!!!

2011-01-19T16:57:00.000-08:00

Why do you ask?? Because they will do stuff like this.

Logan was playing in my room today and it got really quite, when I went to check on him (He had only been up there for about 2 minutes) this is how I found him. Logan loves lotion and gets it put on him everyday so of course it is always just sitting around and he found it and decided to put it on himself. When I grabbed my camera he sat there and said "cheese". Luckily I found him before he had emptied the whole bottle(30oz).

Morning Zombie

2011-01-10T14:57:00.000-08:00

Logan's hair is getting so long that he is often mistaken for a girl. Almost daily we hear comments like "your girl is so cute" or " your little girls eyes are so adorable", or "oh she is such a doll" I guess he's just a really adorable little boy. Even if he wakes up looking like a zombie, he has the craziest hair when he gets up. But even though people think he's a girl and he has crazy morning hair we still love him, and couldn't imagine life without him.

Cold, Snow,Sleds, Hot Chocolate = Family Memories!!!

2011-01-10T14:25:00.000-08:00

Josh loves this time of year and all the wildlife that our great state has. On our way up to the cabin, we saw over 300 elk, about 50 deer, 2 turkeys, and 1 moose, but Josh loves this picture of an Elk that we saw on our way home from the cabin, he was way up on the top of this ridge but it was so amazing to watch him try to walk in all that snow.Logan actually is in this picture but with all the snow you can't see him, he really loved sledding until M'Tali blasted him in the face with snow then he was done.
Dallin loves to sled and spent about 8 hours outside. By the time he came in his gloves were frozen solid.
Dakoda is so proud of this picture and will show it to anyone that will look at it. He is such a snowboarder, and has been since he was about 4. He wants his own snowboard and passes next year. He thought he was so cool when I showed him this picture.

See, Logan really did love sledding. The smile on his face just makes me laugh. He kept wanting to go up and down up and down as long as someone pulled him up in the sled. Luckily he has a really nice sister and cousin that was so willing to make sure he had a good time. M'Tali is such a good sister she took him up and down for about an hour. Logan is at such a fun age, everything that he does is something new and makes us laugh. He is so entertaining.
We love being able to create these memories with our kids and hope that these traditions are passed down to their kids. We love to talk about the things we've done in the past years!!!

Christmas Day

2011-01-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

We all had a wonderful Christmas this year. Last year after mom died we decided to have my dad move in with us, so this was the first year having him here for Christmas and we all love that he was able to spend Christmas morning with our family. The kids got a ton of stuff for Christmas.

M'Tali got a new camera and a laptop, of course I don't have a picture of her with her laptop, but it is way cute and she loves it. She also got some softball gear, a new hoodie, a new skateboard, and some pajamas.
Dallin got a new shot gun, I was a little apprehensive about getting this for him because I thought he was way to young to get a gun, but Josh talked me into it and he loves it he also got some WII games, some new shoes and a new skateboard. Now Josh can take him bird hunting. Both him and M'Tali are getting ready to take Hunter's safety class since M'Tali will be able to hunt deer this year and Dallin will be able to hunt next year.
Dakoda got a guitar and 2 lessons, he is so excited we can hardly get him to put the guitar away, he also got a new skateboard and a new rip stick that also has scooter handles on it, he also got some new WII games.
Logan got a new trike, blocks, toys, and coloring stuff since he loves to color.
* here is a glimpse of M'Tali's laptop

I think the kids got really spoiled this year since they got almost everything on their Christmas list. After we opened present we got ready and headed to Josh's parents house to open more gifts. They bought us a new Blend Tec blender as a family gift and I LOVE it. After spending a few hours there we headed down to AJ's house to have dinner. I love this time of year and love being able to spend it with so many close family and friends.

Mom's Christmas

2011-01-10T10:07:00.000-08:00

This is the second Christmas without mom here, and it wasn't any easier this year then it was last year. We love to be able to include her in on all the celebrations. We love that we all live so close and can bring Christmas to her. Mom's most favorite holiday was Christmas, she always made it so special for all of us, so of course we try to make it just as special for her. Christmas Eve we took the kids up and they each put a luminary on her grave. We miss her SO much and we wish that she was here to celebrate with us.

Potty training

2010-11-13T19:34:00.000-08:00

Logan thinks that anything that gets him attention is funny. Last week I was down stairs folding laundry, and I asked M'Tali if she would go find Logan for me because I hadn't heard him for awhile. She went upstairs and told me to come look at him, and this is how we found him. He thought he was so funny he started splashing and jumping around, I thought it was so disgusting but luckily I had just cleaned the toilet. Of course we put him in the tub and got him all clean.
Hopefully this will be a sign that he is easy to potty train, and that he'll sit on the toilet and not in it!!!
Logan has so much personality and is always making us laugh!!!

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!

2010-10-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures that my friend took for their achievement days activity.
M'Tali is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady, it's hard to believe that in just a few short weeks she will be going into Young Women's. She is such an amazing, beautiful daughter!!!!

LOGAN'S FIRST SURGERY :( :(

2010-09-20T19:10:00.001-07:00

Today Logan went in for his surgery to get his tubes in his ears. Overall I think the surgery went really well, a lot better then I thought it would. It was so hard for me to hand him over to the doctor, and have him walk away from me with Logan in his arms, Logan never cried when they took him out of my arms, but he had a look on his face that said "where am I going without my mom"!!! He watched us the whole time they walked down the hallway till we were out of sight,after that I'm not sure if he cried, I didn't ask because I didn't want to think about him crying, wanting me and his daddy. The surgery only took about 25 minutes but it seemed like eternity!!! I'm hoping this will help with his ear infections. I'm also hoping that it will help him eat better. Logan does NOT like anything that has texture to it. His diet consists of Baby food(YES, at almost 16 months he STILL LOVES baby food), yogurt, applesauce, peaches, jello, bananas"NANAS"(that's what he calls them), and some fruit purees that I found. Very rarely will eat anything else.

This is before surgery, he was so happy, he kept smiling and waving at everyone!!!

After surgery....He was really groggy and wasn't sure where he was at, he kept looking around trying to figure it out. He did so well, that within about an hour he was up and running around, no one would have ever guessed he had just had surgery, but later tonight he started getting really fussy and clingy and was asleep by 8:30. Thank you for all the prayers that were offered on Logan's behalf. Dad thank you for the wonderful blessing that you gave Logan.

I promise this week I will update from our whole summer. We had a wonderful summer with lots of fun activities. I got a little behind but I'll do better!!!

Logan's First Birthday Photo Shoot!!!

2010-06-18T10:37:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago my really good friend Danielle did a photo shoot for Logan's first birthday. They turned out AMAZING. She is such a talented and amazing photographer. Logan was being a little stinker this day because we had to wake him up from his nap to go do these, but she was able to capture some great shots and show his true personality!!! Thank you Danielle for once again doing such great pictures!!!!

These are some of my favorites!!! I know there's a ton but I couldn't decide which ones to put on here because they were all so good.

This one is my most favorite!!! I just love the look on his face, this is one of the last ones we did besides the cake ones and he was getting really fussy so we gave him some treats, but the look on his face truly captured his true personality!!!!

Logan's "NEW" Binky

2010-06-18T09:45:00.000-07:00

When Logan was born, I said that I would not give him a Binky, none of my other kids would ever take a Binky and I liked that I never had to take it away from them, but when he was in the hospital the first time, they told me that it could be a great comfort for him because he had to stay under the lights for his jaundice ALL the time, he could only come out every three hours for a half hour to eat, so I gave in and let him have it.......Then the nightmare began, he LOVES his Binky, he had to have it ALL the time, 24/7. He would even wake up in the middle of the night and cry because he didn't have it. I have to admit it was kind of nice at times, if he ever got fussy we would give him a Binky and he would stop crying it was like magic, we even called it his mute button, and it even got to the point where we called it his oxygen tank because he COULD NOT live without it. I told Josh that when he turned a year old the Binky was GONE, that he would not be allowed to have it anymore, so just a few days before he turned a year old I throw them all away, yes he was extremely fussy and threw MAJOR fits and it was so hard to not be able to comfort him at times, but I LOVED looking at his face and not seeing that big green Binky in his mouth. It's been about three weeks so far and it's going pretty good, I THOUGHT that he might have forgotten all about his Binky until this morning when he woke up at 6:45 and I was so tired from working late last night, so I put him in bed with me and he got REALLY REALLY fussy, but then about thirty seconds later he was quit so I look over at him wondering why he was so quit and ....................

He had found a "NEW Binky. He has been teething a lot lately and was running a slight fever the other night so we gave him some infants Tylenol and we must have left it on our bed, he found it and used the rubber end of it as his new Binky!!!! Guess I was all wrong, he hadn't forgotten all about it!!!

crazy hair, drool, and happy baby

2010-05-13T09:12:00.000-07:00

Logan's hair is getting so long that if I don't comb it when he gets out of the tub then it sticks straight up, he reminds me of Albert Einstein. He is usually a happy baby as long as he gets his way, today I took his Binky(we call it his oxygen tank, cuz he can't live with out it )away so I could take a picture of his hair, and he started throwing a fit and started yelling at me.

These pictures crack me up, he is drooling all over and his puckered up little lip is so cute, I know I'm mean but I couldn't help but laugh at him!!!!
Then I gave him the cover of my lens and he was all happy again, like I said he's the happiest boy around as long as he gets what he wants
The faces that he pulls make me laugh, he is such a cute little kid that if he had any cheeks to pinch I'd probably pinch them all day. I love spending the day with him. He makes life so worth it when the heartache is so strong. How could you not just look at this little boy and be happy!!!

Logan loves just being in his diaper. If it was up to him he wouldn't ever get dressed, so on the days that I'm not going anywhere in the morning I let him hang out in just his onsies!!!! It's hard to believe that he is almost a year old. Where does time go??? They grow up so fast!!!

Get her away from me!!!!

2010-05-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

Avery is such a cute little girl, but can be the biggest bully. Logan has learned that he doesn't like her around him because she loves to beat him up, so when my brother was at my house helping me do a few things we put them both in Logan's crib and he did not like that one bit. He was so mad that she was so close to him that he started throwing the biggest fit.

"Maybe if I pinch him no one will know it was me because he's already crying"

The look on his face makes me laugh it's like he's saying "If I could get you out of here, I would "These 2 are so cute together, they are 2 months apart and will hopefully grow up to be good friends, If she stops beating him up that is.

It's Hard Without you!!!

2010-05-10T19:06:00.000-07:00

This is the first Mother's day without you and it was a very hard and emotional day. It just wasn't the same without you here. The kids were so excited to give me the gifts that they had made for me at school first thing in the morning, and it reminded me of all the things that I had made for you while I was still in school. You taught me so much about motherhood and now I'm faced to practice those without you here. We Love you so much and even though you weren't here in person, we know you were here with us to celebrate you as OUR mom. We are so thankful that you continue to watch over us. I hope that I can continue your legacy with my children and that we will keep you memory alive. The kids talk about you all the time and there are days that I watch Logan and it breaks my heart to know that he will never know you, he will never be able to sit around and share his "remember whens" about you. I know you know how much we miss you, so I guess I can't say "you have no idea how much, because you witness the tears each day!!! I love you, Happy Mothers day Mom!!!

Logan was named after my grandpa Bell. Since I had already used the name Dallin I decided that since Grandpa grew up in Logan Utah, I would name him Logan Ray.

We love to decorate mom's grave for each holiday. Someone once asked us why we do it, and we said that this is the only way that we have to include her in on what ever holiday we are celebrating. So mom I hope you enjoy the decoration we did for you on Mother's Day!!!

HOPE OF AMERICA!!!

2010-05-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

This year M'Tali got to perform with her school at the Hope of America, it was a great program and we had a very fun, but late night as a family!!! Thanks dad for coming and supporting M'Tali.

M'Tali is the on the top row of the white stripe, third person over!!!

Students from about 32 school perform in this program, all the students wear shirts to make a flag, this was M'Tali's 2nd time performing in it but it was our first time being able to watch it. The first time her and Dallin were in it we were in New York, it was such a fun night and they did such a good job, we are so proud of you M'Tali!!!!

I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.......

2010-04-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

Well, hope is an anchor and love is a ship:
Time is the ocean an' life is a trip.
You don't know where you're goin' till you know where you're at,
And if you can't read the stars, well, you better have a map:
A compass and a conscience so you don't get lost at sea,
Or on some old lonely island where no one wants to be.

From the beginning of creation, I think our Maker had plan,
For us to leave these shores and sail beyond the sand.
An' let the Good Light guide us through the waves and the wind,
To the beaches in a world where we have never been.
And we'll climb up on the mountain, y'all: we'll let our voices ring,
When those who've never tried it, they'll be the first to sing.

Whoa, my, my:
I'll see you on the other side if I make it.
And it might be a long hard ride but I'm gonna take it.
Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer:
I let the weather take me anywhere,
But I know that I wanna go where the streets are gold,
'Cause you'll be there.
Oh, my, my.

Well, you don't bring nothin' with you here and you can't take nothin' back.
I ain't never seen a hearse with a luggage rack.
So I've torn my knees up prayin', scarred my back from fallin' down.
Spent so much time flyin' high, till I'm face first in the ground.
So if you're up there watchin' me, would you talk to God and say:
Tell him I might need a hand to see you both some day.

Oh, my, my:
So I'll see you on the other side if I make it.
And it might be a long hard ride but I wanna take it.
Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer:
I let the weather take me anywhere,
But I know that I wanna go where the streets are gold,
'Cause you'll be there. (You'll be there.)
Oh, my, my.
'Cause you'll be there. (You'll be there.)
Oh, my, my.

Beck- I hope you don't mind if I stole this from you. This is a great tribute to mom.

MOM-You know how much we miss you, as you watch over us each and every day you witness the heartache we feel and the tears we cry each day. We try hard to make you proud of us, but we wish with all our hearts that you were here to witness first hand all that we have accomplished. We look forward to the day when "We'll see you on the other side". WE LOVE YOU!!!

2010-04-01T11:25:00.000-07:00

IF I KNEW.....

If I knew it would be the last time

That I'd see you fall asleep,

I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.

There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

JAZZ GAME!!!

2010-03-22T14:47:00.000-07:00

LAST MONDAY JOSH CALLED ME AND SAID THAT HE HAD GOT 4 TICKETS TO THE JAZZ GAME THAT NIGHT, SO WE DECIDED THAT I WOULD STAY HOME WITH LOGAN AND HE WOULD TAKE M'TALI, DALLIN AND DAKODA. THE TICKETS WERE IN SUCH AN AMAZING AREA, THEY WERE SECOND ROW FROM THE FLOOR. TO M'TALI THIS WAS HEAVEN. THEY ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! IT WILL BE A NIGHT THEY NEVER FORGET.

THE JAZZ BEAR!!!

M'TALI'S FAVORITE PLAYER DERRON WILLIAMS. JOSH SAID SHE TOOK THESE PICTURES AND ABOUT 20 MORE OF HIM!!

I WASN'T HOME BEFORE THEY LEFT SO THAT IS WHY THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HOMELESS CHILDREN. IT WASN'T UNTIL I SAW THESE PICTURES THE NEXT DAY THAT I REALIZED HOW JOSH LET THEM LEAVE THE HOUSE.
UNDERNEATH THOSE HATS AND DIRTY FACES ARE 3 OF THE MOST CUTEST KIDS EVER!!!
THANKS JOSH FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING DAD, THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SPEND SOME ALONE TIME WITH LOGAN AND MY DAD.
OF COURSE I DIDN'T JUST SIT HOME AND DO NOTHING WHILE THEY WERE OUT HAVING FUN, MY DAD, LOGAN AND I WENT TO DINNER. IT WAS A NICE LITTLE BREAK FROM OUR CRAZY SCHEDULES.

GYMNASTICS :-)

2010-03-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

DAKODA IS ALWAYS TRYING TO DO CART WHEELS, HAND STANDS, AND FLIPS. SO WE FIGURED WE WOULD SIGN HIM UP FOR GYMNASTICS. HE LOVED IT AND LEARNED SO MUCH. HE SAYS THAT WHEN HE GETS OLDER HE IS GOING TO DO GYMNASTICS IN THE OLYMPICS FOR A LIVING.

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

2010-02-11T10:59:00.000-08:00

Last Friday February 5Th was mom's 51st birthday, to celebrate it, I let the kids miss school, and we went and got some balloons and flowers and took them up to her grave. Mom's favorite colors were purple and yellow, so I made some wreaths that were purple and yellow pansies, and found some really pretty yellow flowers to put in the pots in the ground. Dad got her the pretty flowers right in front. We know she was smiling down at how beautiful it looked. Later that night we got together and had dinner, Jami made some really yummy chicken Alfredo.

Mom, we miss you more then you could imagine, we feel you with us all the time and know how much you love us. We wish more then anything you are here to celebrate this with us, but as hard as it is to understand, you were needed else where, even though it doesn't stop the tears. Life has been so hard without you here, so many times I've wanted to pick up the phone and talk to you about it. Some days I even find it hard to get out of bed knowing I have to face another day without you. I know I've said it before but there are things that all the kids are doing that we would love to share with you. Logan and Avery are getting so big. Logan is starting to pull himself up to things and will be walking before we know it. M'Tali is doing so good in basketball this year, and you wouldn't believe how good Dakoda is doing on his reading. Dallin is doing so good is school it's amazing. Our hearts ache each day for you to be apart of all this. The trials that we have had to go through without you are almost unbearable, but we know you watch over us all the time. Happy Birthday Mom, I love you so much!!!

We got a birthday cake and let all the kids blow out the candles!!

PATH OF DESTRUCTION!!!!

2010-01-29T08:55:00.000-08:00

The other night as I was looking online for a job, Logan kept crawling over to the computer desk and was pulling all the papers off the bottom shelf. These papers are usually really organized but he decided that he was going to mess them up and leave a path of destruction. Who knew I had so many random thing down there!!!

And somewhere in all this mess he lost one of his socks!!!

" If I open it, It will come"

2010-01-26T08:57:00.000-08:00

Logan knows what eatings all about.....He knows if he opens his mouth he gets food. It so entertaining to watch him eat. I can't believe he picked it up so fast, HE LOVES BABY FOOD!!!

The faces he pulls when he eats is so funny, he is constantly making us laugh.

"Give it to me"

After a big meal it's time to relax on dad's lap!!!

BEST BUDS!!!

2010-01-26T08:49:00.000-08:00

These 2 will grow up to be best buds even if she is a girl!!! Logan and my niece Avery love to play with each other. He is 2 months older then her and will be a great protecter. He will love her even if she plays with dolls and makeup and he plays with guns and trucks!!!

It's That Time of Year AGAIN!!!

2010-01-26T08:36:00.000-08:00

YEP!!! It's basketball season again. M'Tali loves playing basketball and has played almost every year with the Jr. Jazz since she was 5. She is playing really well this year and has improved so much over the past year. She made 3 baskets her 2ND game and 1 in the third game. M'Tali...grandma loved to watch you play her favorite sport, she loved to be your bench couch, she would be so proud of you. Keep up the hard work and I know it will take you farther then you could imagine.

Logan wasn't to happy that Dakoda kept putting his hat on him but I managed to get this cute picture of him smiling!!!

RINGIN' IN THE NEW YEAR!!

2010-01-01T17:44:00.000-08:00

2009 DEFINITELY WASN'T THE BEST YEAR FOR US, WE HAD MANY TRIALS THAT WE HAD TO FACE. WE WERE FIRST BLESSED WITH LOGAN IN JUNE, AND WHEN HE WAS 3 DAYS OLD HE GOT JAUNDICE REALLY BAD AND HAD TO BE ADMITTED BACK IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 4 DAYS. AS A MOTHER ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I HAD TO DO WAS TO WATCH HIM LAY IN THE HOSPITAL WITH IVS IN HIM AND KNOW THERE WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD DO TO HELP HIM. AFTER WE WERE RELEASED WE FIGURED IT COULD ONLY GET BETTER, WE BROUGHT HIM HOME AND ENJOYED A FEW WEEKS TOGETHER. ON JUNE 28TH WHILE CAMPING FOR THE WEEKEND WE RECEIVED THE HORRIBLE NEWS FROM MY DAD THAT MY MOM HAD PASSED AWAY(IT STILL SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE), AFTER WE GOT ALL OF HER FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS DONE AND WE THOUGHT WE COULD SETTLE DOWN AND JUST HAVE TIME TO GRIEVE, LOGAN STARTED TO LOOSE WEIGHT AND TO MAKE A VERY LONG STORY SHORT WAS HOSPITALIZED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF 14 DAYS AND HAD MULTIPLE TESTS DONE, ONE AFTER ANOTHER THEY ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE FOR ANY CHILDHOOD DISEASES THAT WOULD AFFECT HIS GROWTH. THEY NEVER FOUND A REASON TO HIS WEIGHT LOSS (OTHER THEN TO TEST MY FAITH IN OUR HEAVENLY FATHER) AND STOPPED TESTING HIM. HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER, AND IS SLOWLY GAINING WEIGHT. I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME, I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE TRIALS WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. I WANT TO THANK JOSH FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME THROUGH IT ALL AND FOR JUST LETTING ME CRY WHEN I NEEDED TO AND BELIEVE ME I DO ALOT. M'TALI, DALLIN, AND DAKODA ATTEND FREEDOM ACADEMY AND ARE DOING REALLY WELL IN SCHOOL, THEY ARE ALL SUCH A BIG HELP AROUND THE HOUSE AND WITH LOGAN. I HAVE AN AMAZING FAMILY AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT I AM SO THANKFUL FOR. I HOPE 2010 IS A MUCH BETTER YEAR FOR OUR FAMILY!

FOR NEW YEARS EVE WE HEADED UP TO THE CABIN, JOSH'S MOM TOOK THE OLDER 3 ON TUESDAY AND WE WENT UP ON THURSDAY. ON OUR WAY UP JOSH WAS TELLING ME HOW HIS FRIEND HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT THE ELK THAT HE HAD SEEM UP IN PROVO CANYON, AND ABOUT 45 SECONDS LATER I LOOKED OVER AND SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL ELK STANDING IN THE TREES SO JOSH TURNED AROUND AND WE PULLED OVER AND TOOK THIS PICTURE.

ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT WE LOOK OVER AT DAKODA AND HE WAS DEAD ASLEEP. LUCKILY HE WOKE UP JUST IN TIME TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH US.

LOGAN EVEN MADE IT TO MIDNIGHT AND ENJOYED WATCHING THE FIREWORKS(POPPERS) ON UNCLE JAKE'S LAP.

M'TALI DOING HER POPPERS

LOGAN'S FIRST NEW YEARS KISS!!!

DALLIN'S ABOUT TO GET A DRINK DUMPED ON HIS HEAD BY UNCLE JAY!!

DALLIN, UNCLE JAY, AND AUNT BETH

JORDEN WANTED TO GIVE M'TALI A NEW YEARS KISS, BUT SHE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

DRINKING OUR "CHAMPAGNE"!!!

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF NEW YEARS IS SLEDDING, I DIDN'T GET TO SPEND ALOT OF TIME OUTSIDE BECAUSE IT WAS TO COLD FOR LOGAN, BUT AT 12:30AM WE DECIDED TO GO SLEDDING, I AGREED TO 2 RUNS DOWN THE HILL, BUT WE ENDED UP STAYING OUT THERE TILL 2:30 IN THE MORNING. IT WAS ALOT OF FUN TO WATCH THE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH FUN.

THE KIDS WOULD SLED DOWN THIS HILL AND EITHER WALK BACK UP OR HITCH A RIDE FROM THE FOUR WHEELERS.

DAKODA LOVES THIS SLED THAT HOOKS UP TO THE SNOWMOBILE, ON THE BACK IT SAYS ARCTIC CAT, BUT HE CALLS IT THE KITTY CAT.

M'TALI SLEDDING

DALLIN LOVES TO SLED!!!

"THE SCAREDY CATS" !!!! I LOVE THAT WE CAN JUST SIT UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND WATCH THE KIDS

DALLIN, CARTER, AND ANTONIO LOVED TO SIT AT THE FIRE PIT OUSIDE, BUT THEY SAID THAT THE SMOKE HURT THEIR EYES SO THEY DECIDED THE GOGGLES WOULD KEEP THE SMOKE OUT.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!! THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN, AND I LOVE WATCHING MY KIDS GET ALONG!!

MOM'S CHRISTMAS

2009-12-30T18:12:00.001-08:00

SAYING THAT MOM LOVED CHRISTMAS WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I HAVE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO LOVED IT MORE THEN HER. SO SINCE SHE COULDN'T BE HERE WITH US FOR CHRISTMAS WE KNEW WE HAD TO BRING CHRISTMAS TO HER. WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE HER HEADSTONE HERE IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SO WE DECORATED THE BASE STONE WITH ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF, BUT A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS WE GOT THE CALL SAYING IT WAS IN, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER CHRISTMAS GIFT.

THE WHOLE FAMILY MINUS BECKY AND THE 2 BABIES. BECKY HAD TO WORK, AND IT WAS TO COLD TO GET THE BABIES OUT OF THE CAR.
DAD, A.J. JAMI, ME, AND TANNER

I'M SO THANKFUL THAT THIS TRIAL THAT WE HAVE HAD TO FACE HAS BROUGHT US SO MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER AS A FAMILY, THEY HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL SUPPORT TO ME AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT, I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE GOING THROUGH THIS WITHOUT THEM.

WE FOUND SOME SOLAR LIGHTS TO PUT ON HER GRAVE BUT WE HADN'T SEEN IT IN THE DARK, SO THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WE WENT UP THERE AT NIGHT AND TOOK SOME CANDLES IN A TIN CUP TO LIGHT, I KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED IT.

MOM, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD TO LEAVE US WHEN YOU DID, AND WE ARE ANGRY THAT YOU HAD TO GO, WE THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY, AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH, WE CHECK ON DAD ALL THE TIME AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM. M'TALI STILL SPENDS THE WEEKENDS WITH HIM, AND WE TRY TO MAKE IT SO HE DOESN'T SPEND MUCH TIME ALONE. HE MISSES YOU SO MUCH, WE ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH AND OUR HEARTS ACHE LIKE YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. YOU'VE MISSED A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT. LOGAN IS ROLLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND ALL I WANT TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOU AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT. YOU HAVE 10 BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD TO GO. WE KNEW YOU WATCH OVER US ALL THE TIME BUT THERE IS AN EMPTY HOLE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO HEAL. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE AREN'T MAD AT YOU, WE ARE JUST MAD YOU HAD TO LEAVE US WHEN YOU DID. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. LOVE YOUR FAMILY

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2009-12-30T14:55:00.000-08:00

I FORGOT TO ADD THIS PICTURE SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KINDA OUT OF LINE BUT I LOVE THE LOOK ON LOGANS FACE, HE JUST STARTED SUCKING ON HIS BOTTOM LIP A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HE ALSO JUST STARTED SITTING UP. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE'S ALMOST 7 MONTHS

THIS DEFINITELY WAS THE HARDEST CHRISTMAS THAT WE HAVE EVER CELEBRATED. MOM LOVED CHRISTMAS, IT WAS HER FAVORITE DAY OF THE WHOLE YEAR, SHE PLANNED AND PLANNED FOR MONTHS FOR THIS ONE DAY. EVERYTHING HAD TO BE PERFECT FOR HER. SHE WOULD SPEND DAYS GETTING HER CHRISTMAS TREE UP, ALL THE DECORATIONS HAD TO BE IN JUST THE RIGHT SPOT, THE LIGHTS HAD TO BE HUNG JUST THE RIGHT WAY, AND OF COURSE THE PRESENTS HAD TO BE WRAPPED WITH ALL THE EDGES CREASED, THEY HAD TO LOOK PERFECT. I ALWAYS HATED WRAPPING PRESENTS WITH HER, BUT I'D GIVE ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO WRAP JUST ONE GIFT WITH HER.

M'TALI'S STUFF FROM SANTA
DAKODA'S STUFF FROM SANTA

DALLIN AND LOGAN'S STUFF FROM SANTA

ALL THE PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE FROM MOM AND DAD

EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO GO WAKE UP THE KIDS ( WHICH I LOVE). THEY ALL SLEEP IN THE SAME BED EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE, I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY SLEEP ALL THAT WELL THOUGH WITH THREE KIDS IN ONE BED...SOON IT WILL BE FOUR. THIS YEAR WE HAD A VERY BUSY DAY SO WE WOKE THEM UP AT 7:30 AND IT WAS NON STOP GO FROM THEN TILL ABOUT 9:00 AT NIGHT

LOGAN WAS THE ONLY ONE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAKE UP, HE WAS WIDE AWAKE AND READY TO OPEN PRESENTS

"LOOK MOM THIS ONES FOR DAKODA" LOGAN GOT THIS BUMBO CHAIR FROM SANTA AND HAS ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW TO CLIMB OUT OF IT.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND LOGAN IS TRYING TO TAKE DAKODA'S PRESENT AWAY FROM HIM. MY TWO CUTE BABIES!! DAKODA IS SUCH A GOOD BIG BROTHER, HE LOVES LOGAN SO MUCH, I ALWAYS LAY HIM ON THE FLOOR TO PLAY AND IF HE EVEN MAKES A FUSS DAKODA WILL PICK HIM UP AND I TELL HIM TO LAY HIM BACK DOWN AND HE SAYS NO HE'S CRYING

M'TALI AND DAKODA TRYING TO HELP LOGAN OPEN HIS PRESENTS

LOGAN LOVED TO OPEN HIS GIFTS IT JUST TOOK HIM A LONG TIME.

TEN MINUTES LATER AND HE FINALLY GOT IT!!!

ALL OF LOGAN'S GIFTS, WE JUST SAT THEM ALL IN FRONT OF HIM AND LET HIM HAVE AT IT FOR AWHILE!!

M'TALI LOVES TO DRAW AND WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT HER DRAWING PAD

DALLIN AND DAKODA GOT NEW CD PLAYERS FOR CHRISTMAS SO THEY COULD LISTEN TO THE BOOK OF MORMON ON CD

WE LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!
AFTER OPENING ALL HIS GIFTS, WE LAID LOGAN DOWN TO LOAD SOME STUFF IN THE CAR AND THIS IS HOW WE FOUND HIM JUST MINUTES LATER, HE WAS SO EXHAUSTED FROM ALL THE EXCITEMENT

AFTER ALL THE PRESENTS WERE OPEN WE HEADED TO AJ'S FOR A WONDERFUL DINNER, WE HAD TONS OF APPETIZERS, HAM, POTATOES, ROLLS, SALADS, AND OF COURSE MOM'S ANNUAL YUMMY CHEESECAKE. THANK YOU AJ AND MISSY FOR HOSTING CHRISTMAS DINNER AT YOUR HOUSE.

CHRISTMAS EVE

2009-12-30T13:17:00.000-08:00

ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE WENT UP TO JOSH'S SISTERS HOUSE FOR DINNER, THE FOOD WAS AMAZING, WE HAD PRIME RIB, SPINACH SALAD, GARLIC MASHED POTATOES AND ROLLS. THANKS BROOKE FOR THE FUN EVENING. THIS IS ALL THE KIDS.....ALL 16 OF THEM

Better late then never!!

2009-12-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

Tuesday December 8Th was M'Tali 11Th birthday. It's so hard to believe it's been 11 years since she was born. We are so thankful to have her in our lives. She is such an amazing daughter, she is always willing to help out, she has a wonderful spirit, and is such a caring and loving person. She loves to skateboard, play Basketball, Softball and any other sport. She loves the Utah Jazz and always loved to go to grandma and grandpa Heaps' and watch the game with them. Thank you dad for keeping up with that tradition even though mom's not here to enjoy it with you two!! She loves Tony Hawk(professional skateboarder) and wants to be just like him someday!!Who would have thought that this tiny little girl in her cute Christmas dress who grow up to be such a tom boy!!! :0)

M'Tali loves the Utah Jazz and can tell you almost all the players so when I couldn't get a skateboarding cake the next best thing was the Utah Jazz colors with a basketball.

M'Tali-Dad and I are so proud of you, you are such an amazing and beautiful girl. Always remember the special relationship that you and grandma had it can NEVER be replaced. She loved you more then anything and was so proud that you were her first grandchild. You two had a special bond that was unbreakable. You were her right hand "girl". Always remember the love she had for you. We love you with all our hearts and are so honored to have you as our daughter. Thank you for spending the day with me, I enjoyed going to lunch with you, I always love our girl dates!!

We hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Happy Halloween!!

2009-11-05T09:38:00.001-08:00

WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN, OURS WAS REALLY FUN AND THE KIDS GOT WAY TO MUCH CANDY!!
Logan was a cute mummy, we had planned for him to be a bumble bee, we had a costume from when Dakoda was a baby, but the the day before halloween Josh went to go get it out so I could wash it but he couldn't find it so I had to hurry and sew this together. It was alot more work then I thought but it turned out way cute.
Our cute kids....M'Tali and Dallin were skateboarders, Dakoda was a cowboy, and Logan our little mummy.

"Howdy partner"

Every Year for Halloween we make a stop at Josh's grandpas house for doughnuts and snacks, its such a fun tradition and the kids look forward to it. After we left there we headed down to my dad's for chili and pie, my dad made the most wonderful chili. Thanks dad for dinner!!! This time of year is my favorite time, I really love the holidays and the memories that we get to create for our kids!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY DAKODA!!

2009-10-19T20:43:00.000-07:00

Today was Dakoda's 6Th birthday. Dakoda is such a fun loving boy, he is easy going, quite, easy to get along with, and such a good little boy.
When koda got up this morning I wished him a Happy Birthday and gave him his kisses, then he told me that he's 6 now, but he's still going to be a talker till the day he dies, He is the biggest talker that I have ever seen in my life, that kid will go on and on and on, he asks questions after questions, and if you don't answer he asks till you answer him. Some of the questions he asks just amazes me he has a wonderful memory and imagination. He sometimes gives me a headache with his non stop talking. He loves to organize everything, he is always organizing his room, books, toys, shoes, my kitchen, the bathrooms, my cupboards, he will even sit in the cart when we go shopping and organize the groceries, and then organize them once we put them up on the belt, everything has to be organized for Dakoda.
Both me and Josh had the day off work and the kids were out of school, so for his birthday we went up to my mom's grave to put some decorations on there for Halloween/Fall, then we went to lunch to Brick Oven. My dad had the day off work so he came with us., Thanks dad for making Dakodas day so special.
I am so proud of Dakoda for all that he does, he is such a great help, and an amazing son I don't know what I would without him. We love you so much "Koda Bear" We hope you had a wonderful birthday.

Lightening Storm!!

2009-09-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

We love the rain, lightening, and thunder.. I could just sit and watch the rain fall and listen the thunder, but today as Josh was home with the kids it came a little to close, he heard the thunder and said that he thought it hit in our back yard and when he went to look this is what he saw. This is at the condos just behind our house. Luckily it was only a tree that got burned after it was hit by lightening.

Fishing Trip!!

2009-09-13T11:42:00.001-07:00

Saturday we took the kids and went fishing with my family, we went up to strawberry reservoir. We headed out at 5:30 in the morning. Strawberry was always mom's favorite place to go fishing so on the drive up there she was on everyone's mind and when we all got there there was a few tears. The day was really enjoyable, we love to spend time with the family whenever we can even though there was one special person that wasn't there with us, and then there were even more tears on the way home just knowing she wasn't able to celebrate our few catches with us.

Dakoda loved to play with the crawdads and even brought one home with him that he said is going to be his pet!!(We'll see how long it lives) M'Tali didn't want to hold the fish so this is the best picture we got of her!!

Dakoda's fish kept hitting him in the tummy so he had to hold it far away from him

Dallin is an expert fishermen and know how to hold his fish...lol that's what he said

The first catch of the day!!! Josh casted his pole out and within just a few minutes he had this fish!! We thought that this was going to be a good sign of the fishing!!

All 8 of the fish that were caught were all caught on Josh's fishing pole, we were all getting mad that he was the only one that was catching fish, but then I thought that the reason why this was happening was because grandma always loved to watch her grandchildren fish and to catch fish. They always took M'Tali fishing with them and it was so important to her to make sure that M'Tali got a fish even though this didn't always happen and so she knew that Josh being the person he is would allow the kids to reel his fish in, and this was the only way that the kids would get a fish....so every fish that was caught was reeled in by the kids, it didn't matter to them that they were caught on Josh's pole, to them it was THEIR fish. All the kids got to reel in a fish except for my niece Kaydee and Josh tried so hard to get her one, he even left his pole out there in the dark while we cleaned up hoping to get one for her but was unable to. I know that she enjoyed every minute of that.

Time Sure Does Fly By!!

2009-09-03T09:24:00.000-07:00

It's so hard to believe that Logan is now 3 months old, It has been a very long and hard 3 months, and he has changed so much.

Logan Loves to talk and coo and I love to just sit and listen to him try and make noises.
He is such a happy baby with all that he has been through

He loves to eat his hands and is always trying to get both of them in his mouth, his fingers are so long and skinny that he is always choking himself on them.

Logan has been though alot the past 3 months and they still haven't found out anything, he has been tested for Pyloric Stenosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and all the childhood diseases that they can think of that would prevent him from growing, but so far everything has come back negative, other then the severe acid reflux which I am so thankful for but it's so hard not having answers. He is seen by his own home health nurse 2-3 times a week and sees his pediatrician every week. We were hoping that by the time he was 3 months that he would be up to his birth weight but that didn't happen so I guess our goal is that he will be there by 4 months.

We are so thankful for all the prayers that have been offered on Logan's behave and we hope that he will continue to grow, and get stronger everyday. He is such a happy baby. We love him so much and are so thankful for the few weeks he had to spend with grandma here on earth.

Logan's Stats are:

8lbs 7oz (0.09%tile)

23 inches long (13.78%tile)

14.5 inch head circumference(10.2%tile)

Weekend At The Cabin!!

2009-09-03T09:09:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we took a break from everything and headed up to the cabin, it was so fun and relaxing. M'Tali stayed home and spent some time with Grandpa which she does quit often and really enjoys

My 3 cute boys enjoying the great outdoors.

Dallin and Dakoda playing outside!!
Dallin loves to ride the four wheeler and was always begging us to go on ANOTHER ride:)

Daddy and Dakoda coming back from a ride...Dakoda jumped off the four wheeler and said "We saw 10 deer" They love to go look for deer.

1st Day of School

2009-08-19T15:09:00.001-07:00

The kids went back to school today and it was so nice that Logan was able to take a nap and not have them bug him, but it was also sad that summer is over and we have to get back to a routine again, and that I have to go back to work soon. We are planning one last camping trip this weekend to finish up the summer at Yuba, I'm kinda excited to take one last camping trip as a family but Yuba is where we were when my mom past away, it's our favorite spot to camp, but it will be hard to go back.

They are so happy to go to school, they even got up early!! They kept asking "Is it time to go yet, now is it time to go??" Can we go now??

M'Tali is in the 5th grade, I can't believe how fast she is turning into such a young lady, she is such a big help to me and loves to be a mini mom.

Her favorite part of today was of course recess...but then she said that's ALL we did!!
Dallin is in the 3rd grade and is so excited to see all of his friends, he gets along so well with everyone...

His favorite part was taking a test....I promise that's what he said!!! LOL

Dakoda is in kindergarten and will be attending all day, It's hard to believe that he will be at school all day long.... I don't know what I will do without him here, he's been home with me in the afternoons for almost 6 years.

His favorite part of today was eating lunch at school, and the magic trick that his teacher did.

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR OLDEST SON!!

2009-08-14T11:07:00.000-07:00

Dallin at one year old Dallin at 9 Years old

Dallin's birthday was Thursday August 13th, we had a really fun day, we went to see Monsters vs Aliens, Then we went to back to school night so the kids could meet their teachers, then we took them to dinner at Brick Oven. Dallin me and dad want you to know how proud we are of you, and for your hard work, we want you to know how much your Great Grandpa Dallin Ray Bell is proud of you for carrying on his name he loves you so much, We want you to know how much your grandma Heaps loved you, she was so proud to have a grandson named after her dad, she was so proud of you being the oldest grandson, Know that she is always with you, we love you so much and can't wait to see what life brings you. Always try your hardest and you will do great things. Love Mom and Dad

RECAP OF A VERY BUSY WEEK!!!

2009-08-09T12:30:00.000-07:00

SUNDAY: We had Logans blessing, it was a really good turn out and it was so nice to see some of my family and friends that I haven't seen in awhile. His full name is Logan Ray Young, we chose the name Logan because we wanted his name to have meaning, Dallin was named after my grandpa Dallin Ray Bell, Who was the best Grandpa to me, so I wanted his name to have some kind of connection to him. Grandpa grew up in Logan Utah so I figured that the name Logan would be a wonderful way of continuing his legacy and of course his middle name was Ray.
Dad, I just want to thank you for the wonderful blessing that you gave Logan, and for the spirit that you provided all of us, I know how hard it was for you, being the first baby blessing that you've had to do since mom past away, there aren't any words I can say to show how much I appreciate you being able and willing to provide him with such a spiritual blessing. I love you so much.

MONDAY: We took the kids to Deer Creek to play in the water, some of Josh's Family came up with us, it was alot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it.

M'Tali relaxing on the blow up Island

Dakoda and Boomer swimming in the water....He loves dogs and would not leave this dog alone

M'Tali, Jorden and Kade get along so well they are inseparable, they love to spend time with each other.

"See mom we really can get along" These two boys love to fight with each other, but can also get along so well when they try!!

WEDNESDAY: For Dallin's pack meeting they had these box car races...it's basically a box made into a car and they race around the room...it was really cute and fun he really enjoyed it.

And also on Wednesday we got a new baby Niece. Avery was 6 LBS 11 OZ and 18 inches long...she is the cutest little girl ever...they almost looks the same size. Logan better start growing or his little girl cousin will "beat him down" in the words of Dakoda. Congrats A.J. and Missy she is so beautiful.

THURSDAY: Logan was admitted back in the hospital, this time we were sent up to Primary Children's Medical Center, he still wasn't gaining weight at 2 months of age he was only weighing 7LBS 14 OZ, (he weighed 9 lbs at birth), and was throwing up everything he was eating, so they sent him up there to be seen by a Gastroenterologist pediatric specialist. They ran a bunch of tests, including an upper GI, some blood work, and an EKG. They found out that the opening at the bottom of his esophagus and the opening at the bottom of his stomach don't open and close when they are supposed to which was causing all his formula to come back up, plus he has severe acid reflux which we were already aware of..The EKG found that the right ventricle of his heart will slow down and drop his heart rate really low...it's called RVH, He doesn't need surgery and it should heal on his own, we just have to make sure he doesn't get to cold or do to much physically which can cause his heart rate to drop. His Liver enzymes came back elevated, they will do an ultrasound on his liver later after his weight comes backup a little. As for the throwing up we have to thicken his formula with rice cereal so that it doesn't come back up. I am so thankful that they finally found out what was wrong and for all the prayers that were offered for Baby Logan. Thank You Dad for the wonderful blessing that you gave Logan before we went up to the hospital. We really hate hospitals!!

SATURDAY: We finally get to go home!! Yay

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

2009-07-31T09:21:00.000-07:00

TO THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD: We just want to wish you a very happy 55th. We want to thank you for all you do for our family, for always honoring your priesthood so we can benefit from the blessings, Thank You for always being there for us when we needed you. You always worked so hard to provide us with

the necessities that we needed, and we thank you for that.. We might not have always showed it but we appreciated it. Thank You for all you do for my kids, you will never know the good influence you have had on them, and the example you are to my family. We love you with all of our hearts and hope you have a wonderful birthday!!

Bitter Sweet 4th of July!!

2009-07-06T15:51:00.001-07:00

Even though this was the first 4th of July without mom we tried hard to enjoy it.
Dakoda loves the fireworks!!

Dallin watching Uncle Tanner light the fireworks for us
Logan's first 4th of July, all dressed in red, white and blue

Not a very happy baby...what a sad look

The kids enjoying the parade!! They all got to break a board from one of the karate people that were in the parade!

Fun times with a sad ending!

2009-07-06T14:59:00.001-07:00

We love to go to Yuba every year, we actually go twice a year, these are a few pictures from the weekend that we had.
This is Dakoda, Kayley, and Jasmine riding the water weinie. They had a lot of fun!

Dakoda, Dallin, and Jaxson on the boat

Logan taking a bath in the kitchen sink of the trailer

The day we went out there was my 30th birthday so Josh bought this cake and we celebrated it out at Yuba.

The weekend was very enjoyable until we received the phone call from my dad sunday morning about my mom passing away!!

Mom's Funeral

2009-07-06T14:39:00.000-07:00

This is a poem that was at the end of one of the comments from mom's obituary it has brought alot of tears to me, but it has also brought alot of understanding also.

I love my mom more then words can say and miss her with all my heart, I love my sweet husband for being there for me through this VERY difficult time and thank him for all his support and for allowing me to just cry on his shoulder when I needed to, and my dad, I can't even being to image how you feel or what you are going through, just know that we all love you with all of our hearts and are here for you whenever you need us, and I'm very thankful for the closeness that I feel with my brothers and sister at this time, and I hope it continues forever I love them all so much. And for my 4 beautiful children I know M'Tali had a special relationship with her grandma and it can never be replaced, I know she will miss her dearly, and the boys loved her so much and always loved all the time they got to spend with her just weeks before passing, and I hope that through the stories we share and the memories we have that Logan will know his grandma and what a wonderful grandma she was and how much she loved him.

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say... but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay. I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above. Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love. Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight. Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night. That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through, God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you." It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone. As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on. I need you here badly; you're part of my plan. There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man. God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do. And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you. And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight. God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night. When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears. But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain. Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain. I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned. But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand. But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er. I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before. There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb; but together we can do it by taking one day at a time. It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too... that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you. If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain, then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain." And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile, knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile. So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low, just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go. When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind; I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind. And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free, remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me.

Mom's Funeral

2009-07-06T11:08:00.000-07:00

YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!!

2009-07-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

Boni Bell Heaps
1959 ~ 2009

Boni Bell Heaps passed away June 28th 2009.Our Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Friend has returned to our Heavenly Father.

She was born February 5, 1959 in Ogden Utah. She was adopted by Dallin Ray and Elaine Tew Bell, where she was raised and grew up in Alpine Utah.

She attended Alpine elementary, American Fork Jr. High and High School, graduating in 1977. In June of 1977 she married the love of her life, Joseph K Heaps in the Provo LDS Temple. They soon started a family and stayed in Alpine until 1989 when they moved to Orem, where they finished raising their children.

In 2003 they moved to Springville where they became empty nesters. Their children lived close and seemed to find a lot of time to get together. Family time was always enjoyable and fun. She truly loved her husband, her children, and grandchildren, who where the light of her life. Family and Friends were very important to her.

She is survived by her beloved husband Joseph K Heaps of 32 years. Children- Jami Heaps, Mandi (Josh) Young, AJ (Melissa) Heaps, Tanner Levi (Becca) Heaps. Grandchildren- M'Tali, Dallin, Dakoda, and Logan Young Taya, Jayden and soon to be born Avery Heaps Kaydee, Zack and Levi Heaps. Brothers and Sisters- Brett Bell, Bruce Bell, Beki (Mike) Mahedy, Rick (Kathy) Albert, Jeff Navarro, Anna Martinez, Debbie (Ernie) Martinez, Renee (Tom) Weinrch, Carlos (Amber) Navarro. Biological Father- Fernando Sanchez and many, many other loved ones.

She is preceded in death by her father Dallin Ray Bell, Mother Elaine Tew Bell, and her birth Mother Mary Alice Marquez.

Funeral services for Boni will be held Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Spring Creek 14th LDS Ward Chapel, located at 672 North 250 West, Springville., Utah. Family and friends may call on Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Warenski Funeral Home, 1776 North 900 East, American Fork, Utah. and at an additional viewing at the church on Thursday morning from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to services.

SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR MOTHER!!

2009-06-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

TODAY WE SAY GOODBYE TO A WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMA, AND SISTER!! MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER PAST AWAY SUNDAY JUNE 28TH AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 50.
AT THIS TIME OF HEART ACHE AND SADNESS OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO OUR DAD AND WE WANT HIM TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE HIM. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DAD WE LOVE YOU

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

2009-06-22T12:19:00.001-07:00

JOSH IS SUCH AN AMAZING DAD AND WE WANT HIM TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE ALL HE DOES FOR US. WE HOPE ALL THE DADS HAD A WONDERFUL DAY!!

WE ENJOYED SOME OF OUR DAY UP IN THE BEAUTIFUL CANYON WITH JOSH'S FAMILY IT WAS SO RELAXING AND THE SCENERY WAS WONDERFUL!!

3 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL KIDS EVER!!

DAKODA LOVES WATERMELON AND ATE ABOUT 8 SLICES...LOOK AT THAT FACE!!

AND THIS WAS THE MESS THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND!! HE HAD JUICE ALL DOWN THE FRONT OF HIM!!

Poor Baby Logan!!

2009-06-11T12:37:00.000-07:00

We were released from the hospital on Friday and were told that Logan's bilirubin count was a little high, but nothing to worry about, they told us to take him home and have him sit in front of a window in just his diaper, and make sure he got plenty of fluids and bring him back on Saturday and have his levels checked again. After taking him back to have him retested we dropped the kids off to my parents to go enjoy an hour by ourselves so we could celebrate our anniversary which was on Saturday, as we sat down to eat we get the phone call from the doctor saying that his bilirubin levels were extremely high and that he needed to go back to the hospital and be admitted for his jaundice, after receiving the news I was really upset and started crying in the restaurant so we took our food and left to go pick him up. My wonderful dad gave him a special blessing and we headed back down to the hospital. He was admitted into the pediatric unit where he was placed under special lights to help get rid of the jaundice. In the morning the pediatrician came in and said his levels had gone up again and that they thought that he might have an infection in his bladder that was causing his levels to keep going up. The only way to test for a bladder infection in such a little baby is to go through the stomach and into the bladder with a needle and draw out the urine and have it tested, the test came back negative, so they drew blood to see if they could find out where the infection was. Later that night while I was burping him he started throwing up and it had some dark brown stuff in it, they didn't know what it was so they took it down to the lab to be tested, it came back being blood, so the doctor though that he might have some internal bleeding that was causing him to throw up blood. We took him down to x-ray and had his stomach x-rayed to see if there was any bleeding in his stomach. While we were waiting for the test results to come back from that we got the results of the blood work back, there was a sign of an infection, but they weren't sure where it was at so the doctor decided to go ahead and hook him up to IVs with fluids and start administering antibiotics. My poor little guy being only 4 days old was already poked and prodded more times then I could handle and now they were going to poke him again and hook him up to IVs. The 2 nurses that were working that night both tried to find a vein and with no luck they called down a specialist from the nursery to find a vein to hook the Iv up to. After 30 LONG minutes of standing in the hall crying listening to him scream while they looked for a vein he was finally hooked up to his IV. Early the next morning the test results came back from the x-ray and thankfully there was no internal bleeding, they figured he must have swallowed some blood coming down the birth canal. The pediatrician came in the next morning and said his levels were going down, but that he needed to stay in the hospital for a few more days to get his levels down. Finally on Tuesday morning we were released to finally take baby Logan home and enjoy him. We are so thankful for all those that prayed for him, and that he is finally home where we can hold and love him without monitors and IVs.

2009-06-11T11:53:00.000-07:00

Logan Ray Young is finally here....He was 9 lbs and was 20 inches long. The kids love their new baby brother.

Daddy holding little Logan

Quick Update!!!

2009-05-03T18:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time, we have been so busy around here, Last week we enjoyed 4 days in beautiful Moab, I forgot my camera and had to get a disposable so I'll post pictures as soon as I get them developed.
The kids are getting so excited for summer to get here and I am to!!! M'Tali starts softball this next week so watch for that...all Dakoda can talk about is going to kindergarten,, schools not over and he's ready to start next school year....Dallin is so excited not to have a bed time and no hving to get up early.
We moved the boys into the same room, and put the babys room where Dakoda's room was, they love it cuz they stay up all night talking. I think we tell them 200 times a night to quite talking and get to bed.
I went to my doctors appointment on Monday just expecting it to be a regular check up, we got in there and my doctor told me my blood pressure was extremely high and he wanted me to go to the hospital and do some test, we took the kids and headed down to do the test and thought we'd be home in a few hours, I get in there and they hook me up to all the monitors, and preceded to do all the tests that they need to do, after sitting in the hospital room for 2 hours the nurse comes back in and tells me that my doctor wants me to stay the night for observation, I was dilated to a 1 and 60% effaced, and was having regular contractions that were 2-3 minutes apart, the next morning they discharge me to go home and do the next few weeks on bed rest, I have 7 week left but they are going to try and get me to hold off for 3 more....lets hope it works....I'd love to get to at least 37 or 38 weeks but they said I'd be lucky to make it to 36...I'll keep you posted as we find out more each week.

Pay it forward activity!!

2009-02-25T21:41:00.000-08:00

A fun pay it forward activity. Thanks Danielle!Free gift for whoever wants it!!Here's how it works-the first 5 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a handmade or homemade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well-before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Remember that only the first 5 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick! This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.)
3. You will have no clue what it is going to be.
4. What I make, may be strange. Who Knows!!

Three's a charm....or so I thought!!!

2009-02-13T18:58:00.000-08:00

So in my last post I said that we were having a boy, but if you look closely at the last picture, the "BOY THINGY" is actually not a boy thing at all, it's the baby's hand in a fist, and my doctor said he could be wrong, so I decided that I needed a second opinion before I started shoppong since I basically have to start over because we thought we were done having kids and gave everything away, so it's like having my first all over again. So I made an appointment with the Gender Ultrasound place in the provo mall in hopes that they could tell me for sure it's a boy, we get there and of course the baby decided that it was going to cross it's legs the WHOLE time, they tried for 45 minutes to get the baby to uncross it's legs but it wasn't going to, we tried everything I even went walking and drank some soda pop but nothing, so they said they would do another one free of charge, so we made the appointment for 4 days later. We go in thinking this is going to be lucky number 3 and that we are going to leave knowing for sure what we are having......well NO the baby again decided that it was going to keep it's legs crossed, the tech lady finally gets it to uncross it's legs but then she realizes the umbilical cord is between it's legs, so she works with the baby pushing on my stomach that by now I'm really sore and it' starting to hurt, but she finally gets the cord to move a little and the baby instantly puts it's hand down there and covers up anything that would hint the sex of the baby....so I guess the baby want to come into the world a mystery....we are just going to plan on it being a boy and hope it's right, if not I'm going to have alot of stuff to return.

UltraSound Results!!!

2009-02-06T18:34:00.000-08:00

So I went to my doctors appointment today and let me tell you it was the longest day of my life, my appointment was at 4:00 pm and so we had to wait ALL day long till we found out, and I was so nervous when we got there I had butterflies in my stomach the whole ride. This is a picture of the babies profile it's so cute my doctor tapes it for me on a video tape, and the baby kept putting his hands up by his face it was so cool to watch!!!......So what are we having??? Most of you already know cuz I sent out a mass text but its a...... BOY....I was really hoping for a girl, but I'll take a healthy boy any day, now me and Josh just need to find a name and agree on it, so if anyone has any good ideas let us know, we would like for it to start with a D.
Oh and the good news is my due date was moved up 2 whole days yay!!!

2009-01-19T12:33:00.000-08:00

So I put the poll on my blog to see what people thought we were going to have but for some reason it doesn't tell who voted or for what they voted for, so if you could please let me know if you voted and for what you voted for I would really appreciate it....I just want to know who voted for what...THANK YOU!!!

M'Tali's 1st Ski lesson

2009-01-10T12:07:00.000-08:00

This is M'Tali's first time skiing, she absolutely loves it and says it's the BEST!!

She did really good, I am so proud of her!!

Oh ya she is the one in the light blue snow suit.

Special Spirit!!

2009-01-09T19:23:00.000-08:00

The Special Spirit of Keegan Jay Waston, infant son of Katy and Jason Watson returned back to our Heavenly Father after spending 5 days here on earth with his parents.
Katy is one of my friends and my heart breaks for her, may the spirit that Keegan brought to both of you carry you through this trial. My thoughts and prayers are with you daily.
Katy and Jason are asking for donations so that they may provide a head stone for the newborn son if anyone can help please visit this web site for more information. http://prayersforkeegan.blogspot.com/

SNOW FUN!!!

2009-01-03T18:11:00.000-08:00

The kids love to go sledding at the cabin, we take them to a hill and they go up and down all day long...we have to beg them to go back in when we are freezing. Josh, M'Tali, and Mckenzie(Josh's Cousin)...this is how we get them to the top of the hill.

Dallin and Riley(Josh's Cousin)....Dallin loves to go down the hill with Riley, I think they went down almost evertime together...Dallin wouldn't go with anyone else.

Dakoda is our little snowboarder...he would go down on his sled standing up on it....I guess we'll have to get him a snowboard and some lessons now!!!

Our little dare devil...he fall a few times but that didn't stop him, he just got up and did it again!!

NeW YeArS EvE At ThE CaBiN!!

2009-01-03T17:55:00.000-08:00

We love to go to the cabin every New Years Eve, the kids have so much fun and I couldn't imagine spending New Years any other way!! It is such a fun tradition!!
...NO the kids are not drinking alcohol, they love to drink the sparkling Cider from the bottles as the adults drink theirs from plastic cups, the love that they get to do their cheers with the big bottles. The kids spend do much time outside sledding, that we build a fire in the pit and they can get warm without having to come in all the time to get warm, we just keep them drinking hot chocolate and they stay outside all day long. The kids had alot of fun with their cousins Carter and Kaylee.

What a cute little face...Dakoda collected all the paper stuff that came out of the poppers that they popped and put them all over him... this picture only shows about half of what he had on him

Now this is what trouble looks like...only a little cuter:) Just kidding

I think the sea monster ate M''Tali!! at least I think that is M'Tali

We had so much fun at the cabin, we look forward to it every year, we enjoy ever time we go to the cabin, but the New Years celebrations is one that we look forward to ALL year long.

Dakoda is going to be a BIG brother!!

2008-12-26T10:43:00.000-08:00

YUP!! You read it right Dakoda is going to be a big brother. Baby #4 is due this June. We are so excited, after a miscarriage almost three years ago and two years of trying to get pregnant, we gave up and thought that we were done with the 3, but I guess not. I guess someone else had different plans for us:)

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-26T10:19:00.000-08:00

We all had a wonderful christmas, the kids got a ton of stuff.
Santa brought M'Tali ski lessons for sundance.
He brought Dallin a Nintendo DS and a few games
And Koda got a new bike and helmet.
We got them clothes cuz that is what they needed, Dallin goes through pants so fast I swear I buy them everyother month

M'Tali is growing so fast that none of her pants fit her anymore, so we got her a few pairs.

Koda loves his new BIG boy bike, he learned to ride without training wheels this last summer and has been riding M'Tali and Dallins bike so he was excited when santa got him a bike....and not just any bike a Tony Hawk bike.!!!

We are so tired!!

Oh ya and did I mention that we had to go wake them up at nine in the morning, I can't believe they slept in till then...It was so nice

Making Gingerbread houses

2008-12-26T10:10:00.000-08:00

Every year we make gingerbread houses with Josh's family it is a ton of fun and the kids absolutely love it. It has turned into such a fun tradition!!
Dallin's Gingerbread house

M'Tali had a ton of fun decorating her gingerbread house

Koda wanted so much candy on his its hard to see the house!!

Happy Birthday M'Tali

2008-12-09T19:57:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was M'Tali's 10th birthday, I can't believe that she is 10, she makes me feel so old, she has grown into such a beautiful young lady and makes me so proud. M'Tali I want you to know how proud I am to be your mom, you are such a wonderful example to all of us, we love you so much.
M'Tali loves the Utah Jazz, I think she is the biggest fan ever, so of course that is what she wanted on her cake.

UTAH JAZZ!!! Dad went and ordered her cake for her and told her that he got her a princess cake so she was really surprised when it was the JAZZ!!

Hope you had a wonderful birthday M'Tali I had alot of fun going to lunch with you and then spending the day shopping... just us girls...I love you so much!!

Dallin Baptism:)

2008-11-07T08:22:00.000-08:00

Saturday November 1st was Dallins baptism, I can't believe that he is 8 and ready to be baptized, he is just a handsome young man..Dallin we are so proud of you and of your decision to be baptized and to become a member of the church, we hope you always make good choices and listen to the Holy Ghost...We love you so much and are always here for you. Dallin was baptized by his grandpa Joseph k Heaps, we are so thankful that he was willing and able to baptize you.

Dallin and Grandpa Heaps

Happy Halloween!!

2008-11-07T08:17:00.000-08:00

We hope you all had a great Halloween, we sure did..M'Tali was a scary monster, Dallin was Darth Vader from Star Wars, and Koda was a skeleton, they had a ton of fun trick or treating and got a ton of candy!!

Kodas 5th Birthday!!

2008-10-19T22:37:00.000-07:00

Today was Kodas 5th birthday. We went to the cabin over the weekend, and then came home and had a party with some of my family..Thanks Uncle Tanner, Aunt Becky, Zack, Levi, Grandma, and Papa for coming to my party it was really fun!!! He really loves hotwheels!! I can't believe he's five...what a cutie!! While we were cutting the cake Aunt Becky told you to smell the cake to see if it smelled like an orange, while you were smelling it she pushed your face in it...you thought it was so funny!!

The Deer Hunt!!

2008-10-19T22:21:00.000-07:00

So I really really hate putting pictures of me on here but I figured that I would post this one of the deer I shot this year. It is a 4 by 3 and is 17 1/2 inches wide. I shot it from 232 yards away with ONE shot!! At first I wasn't sure if I hit it, I saw it jump when I shot but I wasn't sure if I just scared it or if I really did hit it, so we waited for a few minutes and hiked over to where I shot it, and we didn't see and blood so I figured I had missed it, but Josh insisted that we follow where we thought he ran, and about 40 yards over the ridge Josh happened to see some blood on a leaf so we followed the trail, even though it was very little blood, we decided to sit and wait for awhile to see if it would just lay down somewhere and die, instead of tracking it all over the mountain, so we sat for about fourty minutes, decide to get up and see if we could find it, and sure enough it was only about 15 feet from where we sat and waited for 40 minutes, we just couldn't see it from where we were sitting!!! I was really excited that I shot it with one bullet!!

HAPPY 32ND BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART!!

2008-10-05T20:44:00.000-07:00

Today was Josh's Birthday...We had a really good day, the kids and I got up early and started making breakfast for Josh..but he got up before we were able to give it to him in bed...OH well it was still fun we made french toast with strawberries, bananas, and whipped cream, which is Josh's favorite breakfast, then we listened to conference with the kids and played a bingo game with them...during that time I finished painting M'Tali's room...I have a few things to touch up but it turned out really cute...I'll post pictures when i get it all done...then we went to his sister house for dinner...thanks Brooke for having us...we had a wonderful time. Josh doesn't know this but I also got him his favorite cheese cake...which we will have to have tomorrow cuz we are so stuffed....Josh, I just want you to know how much I love and appreciate you...I hope you had a wonderful birthday and that all you wishes come true..I love you tonz sweetheart!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Weekend At The Cabin!

2008-09-29T21:11:00.000-07:00

I love the colors of the trees in the background, we went for a four wheeler ride and stopped to look at the mountain side and got some pictures of the kids. The mountains are absolutely beautiful this time of year if you haven't been up there I highly recommend that you take a drive up there it will be well worth your time.
Isn't this amazing??

JOSH'S DEER!!

2008-09-28T18:49:00.000-07:00

Josh went on the muzzleloader this year like he does EVERY YEAR!! This is the biggest one that he has shot so far. It is a 4 by 3 and about 21 inches wide. He shot it from 270 yards..the farthest shot for a muzzleloader is 250 yards...good job Josh!! The kids love to hold the antlers and were so excited that he got a deer...Dallins face cracks me up I'm not sure what he's doing other then Josh told them all to stick their tongues like a dead deer and this is what he did...LOL!!
Josh and his deer!!

FIELDTRIP TO SUNDANCE!!

2008-09-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

M'Tali's class went to sundance for their fieldtrip, it was a ton of fun to go spend the day with her and to see the beautiful mountains they have changed so much and the colors are amazing!!

M'Tali with her friends
We rode the ski lift up to the summit and this was M'Tali first reaction as we got on..she didn't really like it at first but got used to towards the end
This is a huge log that was sitting on the groud that you could stand on and rock there was about 7 kids on it.
M'Tali standing at the top of the summit..the scenery was breathtaking!!
The colors of the tree are amazing...this is one of the reasons why fall is my favorite season!!

I LOVE THIS MAN!!

2008-09-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

SO JOSH VERY RARELY LETS ME TAKES HIS PICTURE, BUT I LOVE THIS ONE, WE WERE OUT AT THE SAND DUNES AND HE WAS WATCHING THE KIDS RIDE THE WHEELERS. JOSH IS AN AMAZING DAD, AND A WONDERFUL HUSBAND, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ALOT LATELY ABOUT LIFE, KIDS, WORK, MARRIAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF ITS BECAUSE I FEEL OVERWHELMED OR WHAT, BUT EVERY NIGHT MY PRAYERS CONSIST OF MY FAMILY. TRYING TO HELP ME FIND WAYS HELP MY KIDS GET ALONG BETTER, TO WAYS THAT I CAN MAKE MY MARRIAGE BETTER, TO JUST PRAYING THAT WE WILL ALWAYS STAY CLOSE AND THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE LOVE FOR EACH OTHER I FEAR THAT AS MY KIDS GROW UP WE WILL GROW APART AND OUR FAMILY WILL HAVE NO MEANING...SO I JUST WANT MY HUSBAND TO KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE AND APPRECIATE HIM HE IS SUCH A HARD WORKER AND ALWAYS GIVES 110%. HE IS ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS NEEDS BEFORE HIS. HE NEVER SAYS NO TO THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED OF HIS HELP. HE IS AN AMAZING DAD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HIM....I LOVE YOU TONZ HONEY!!

Kodas First day of School!!

2008-09-03T21:04:00.000-07:00

So I'm really sad that this is Kodas last year of preschool, I mean don't get me wrong, I'm looking forward to having him in school everyday, ALL day, but its so sad that this will be our last year at his preschool, his teacher is AMAZING, I really love her and all three of the kids have attended there we've been there for 7 years now and it's coming to an end. It all kinda sad to me.

He is so DARN cute!! What a STUD!!
This is Kodas AMAZING Teacher, she is so good with him.

Koda waiting in his class room for all his friend to show up I really thought that Koda would be fine this year, I thought I could just drop him off and leave, but thats not what he had in mind...he kept saying "ok Mom just walk with me to go get my friends off the bus" so I did, we waited and then i said I had to go, then he said "ok Mom just walk back to my class with me", so I did, said i had to go and he said "wait Mom wait for me to sit on the rug". so I said ok sit on your rug so I can go, and he said in his cute little sad voice..."Wait mom I'm not ready to sit yet cuz then you'll leave...awww...it melted my heart, so i waited for him to sit took his picture and had to go, and then he was ok for me to leave.

HE'S GOT A WEDGIE..LOL:)

2008-09-03T20:39:00.000-07:00

So like i've said before Koda really loves to sing, he is usually pretty mellow and layed back, anyone that knows him will say he's really quite and easy going, he's such a good kid. This day he decided that he was going to sing about anything and everything...including HIS WEDGIE...lol, so turn off my music and listen to his wedgie song...lol it is so funny...you will be laughing...at least I was. ....this is SO NOT like Koda thats what makes it so funny!!!

First day of School

2008-08-21T11:37:00.000-07:00

So the kids went back to school on Wednesday August 20th and part of me is so excited to have them there and part of me is really sad that they are back in school....I'm glad cuz now I don't have to worry about a babysitter for them, even though my mom, mother in law, and sister watched them all summer(Thank you guys for that I really appreciate it and don't know what I would have done without all of you, so thank you from the bottom of my heart), and now on my days off and I can get more done cuz the kids are in school, but I'm sad cuz now summer is over, and now we have to get back into a routine, of early bed times, homework, etc, etc. I love to be able to just let them relax and enjoy being a kid...I'm also sad cuz it means they are moving up one grade, they are growing so fast, M'Tali is in fourth grade, Dallin is in second, and Koda is in his last year of preschool, even though M'Tali will stay at Freedom Academy till she goes to High School, which seems like FOREVER, but me and Josh were talking the other night and she only has this year and FOUR more years!!! FOUR MORE I can't believe it she is growing up so fast.

Isn't he the cutest second grader ever!! She is the cutest(and probably the tallest) fourth grader.
Aren't they so cute in their uniforms....I love that wear uniforms, it makes shopping so much easier, there is no arguing about wether I like it or not, if they can wear it to school then they get to buy it, if not I don't. Plus I don't have to worry about wether or not they match all they can wear is blue and khaki pants and red, white, or blue polos, or any shirt in that color that has a collar on it....I LOVE IT!!
Dallin in his classroom....so Dallin wanted every picture taken of him, he want one of him putting his backpack on the hook, one of him sitting their, he even wanted me to take a picture of one of his friends, he is still young enough not to be to embarrassed and then there is........
M'Tali who didn't even want me to take one in her classroom, she just wanted to stand there in front of the door and take her picture, so no one would see her getting her picture taken, she is so excited to be in fourth grade, cuz now her class is upstairs, all the grades from 4th to 8th grade are upstairs, she loves that she doesn't have to be downstairs with the "LITTLE KIDS"

AMERICAN IDOL TRYOUTS!!

2008-08-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

Koda loves music and is always singing...he will talk to you and sing what ever he is trying to tell you, so while we were out camping he was singing this little song that he made up, and I filmed him while he sang...so pause the music at the bottom and push play....who knows maybe one day he will be the next American Idol

WhAt A WaY To EnD SuMmEr!!!

2008-08-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

M'Tali wanted me to take a picture of her in her new swimming suit so that everyone could see it, Its way cute, it also has a skirt that goes with it that matches the top.

M'Tali, Dallin, Koda love to go to yuba, I think it is there favorite spot to camp for one it only takes about an hour and ten minutes to get there, and they are pretty much allowed to play in the water all they want as long as they have their life jackets on...and they pretty much only come out to eat....We love it and this was such a fun way to end summer.

Dallin loves to fish and would sit there for hours and just throw his pole out... leave out there for about ten seconds and then bring it in..cast it back out leave it there for ten seconds bring it back in......you get the idea...he did this for about two hours.
Koda getting ready to go on the tube

This is a fish that Josh's cousins fiance caught...it is a Northern Pike and is 40 1/4 inches long...the biggest fish to be taken out of Yuba was 43 inches

OuR LaSt CaMpInG TrIp Of ThE SuMmEr :(

2008-08-21T07:50:00.000-07:00

Me, Koda, and my niece Kaylee just "chillin". They both just came out of the water and were so cold and I was trying to get them warm Koda thinks hes hot stuff...ok so do I!!!

Wow..who let these rock stars go camping with us I don't remember bringing them with us!!
"What mom I wasn't going to throw this!" My favorite part of Yuba is being able to jump on the wave runner with the kids and going for a ride on the lake...koda loved the wave runner and was always on it...he was the first one to go on the tube...Me and josh spent all day taking the kids on tube rides it was so much fun, I'm so sad to see summer ending.

POTTER'S POND!!!

2008-07-31T21:57:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite camping spots is potter's pond, It is up fairview canyon about a two hour drive from here. The area is amazing, we have made it into one of our yearly traditions. M'Tali posing in front of our trailer. M'Tali, Koda, and Cole loved this puppy his name is Merf and they wouldn't let him go all weekend. The kids weren't able to ride their fourwheelers all weekend cuz we fould out that they have to be eight years old to drive them and they have to be certified(they have to take a safety class) so the rangers wouldn't let them ride or we would have gotten a $100.00 ticket for each one of them, we will wait a few weeks till Dallin turns eight and go get them certified so we don't have anymore problems. So this little seven week old puppy kept them entertained all weekend.
Josh and his cousin Ryan.

M'Tali and Kade playing together, they had so much fun all weekend together. One of our friends Aaron played 500 ( a football game where you throw the ball up and yell out any number from 1-500 and whoever catches the ball gets that many points) with them all weekend, thanks Aaron for entertaining them. This is part of potters pond, I took this as we were leaving the potter's pond area. This is how pretty it is up there, we couldn't have asked for a better weekend to go it rained a little bit just enough to keep the dust down. I can't wait till we are able to go again next year, we had so much fun.

Random Posting....

2008-07-28T21:28:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know, both me and Josh come from a very patriotic family, we both have had family members service in the military, and Josh has a cousin that just got back from Iraq and he has a cousin that is still in Afghanistan..so why this random posting??? I was driving home from work today and a song came on the radio called"Just A Dream" by Carrie Underwood, The song was about a girl that had just turned 18(young I know) and instead of going to the church to get married she going there for the funeral of what I'm assuming was her boyfriend, maybe fiance that was killed in a war...the song was so good I was crying and couldn't hardly see to drive home. When I got home I found the song and added it to my play list, So as you listen to this song, I ask that you just remember our service men and women that serve for OUR freedom, include them and their families in your prayers.

"STADIUM OF FIRE"

2008-07-05T16:18:00.000-07:00

This year we got the chance to get M'Tali tickets to the stadium of fire to see Miley Cyrus. She was so excited, we kept it a secret until that night, we gave her the tickets right before it started, she was so excited she almost started crying(I think she did cry, but she said she didn't). We were on the 16th row on the field. M'Tali standing behind Shawn Bradley who played with the BYU basketball team.( He let us take a picture of her with him, but I took it with my camera and after we were done she wanted it with her camera to so she just stood there while I took it, it gives you the general idea of how tall he is anyways, after I get my pictures developed I'll post it)
The blue man group was awesome, they were so entertaining.
MILEY CYRUS....of course this was M'Tali's highlight of the evening, she was in heaven, and I was to, being able to see her and the excitement she had being able to see Miley in concert...It truly was a dream come true for both of us. We both had a ton of fun being able to spend some quality mother-daughter time together. I just want M'Tali to know how much I love her and how proud I am of her.

FOURTH OF JULY PARADE!!

2008-07-05T16:02:00.000-07:00

Koda and Cole at the fourth of July Parade....Best buddies M'Tali, Dallin, and Koda at the parade....We had a lot of fun at the parade as we do every year. This year it was just me and the kids, we met Josh's cousin and her kids, his aunt and his grandpa there. Josh had to work...it was good money but we missed him.
The military is always one of my favorite parts of the parade. They sacrifice so much so that we can live in this free country. Josh's cousin Greg is serving in Afghanistan and will be there for about a year. He left two kids and a wife to help protect America. Our thougths and prayers are with him and his wife Lisa and their family and all the military men and women as they are away from home. We pray for a safe return for all of them.

And of course M'Tali's favorite float in the parade was the jazz float....since she is the BIGGEST jazz fan ever!!!
We hope you all had a safe and fun 4th...our was amazing!!!

YUBA LAKE!!

2008-06-22T20:11:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to yuba lake with Josh's family, we had a ton of fun...Josh's cousins friends came out with us and brought their boat, we had so much fun on it, thanks Aaron and Emily for letting us hang out on your boat, the kids had so much fun. My camera wasn't working all that great so my pictures didn't turn out all that good...but here are a few.

Dallin and Koda getting ready to go for a ride on the wave runner..
Koda on the boat, he is the one in the middle in the blue life jacket. Some of the people who went with us.
Mike showing M'Tali how to play badminton..
Dallin and Kenzie playing..
I had a lot more pictures but they turned out really blurry...these are a few that showed how much FUN we had. Today the 22nd is also Maegan's 29th birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAEGAN...Love ya tonz.

M'Tali 1st Track Meet

2008-05-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

This is M'Tali first time participating in the Hershey 100 track meet. She joined the after school track club at her school and they trained two days a week and got them ready for this track meet, she had alot of fun and wants to take up track as a hobby now, she is so athletic, if she sticks with it she could be such a great athlete. I just want to tell her how proud I am of her, she didn't win first in any of the three event she participated but she never gave up and tried her best, good job M'Tali I am so proud of you!!! This is M'Tali hanging out with her friends before the meet started. Lining up for the 50 meter yard dash. She came in sixth place

Throwing the ball for the softball throw. You had to compete in three events, two had to be track and one had to be a field event, she wanted to do the softball throw instead of the standing long jump. We don't know what place she took because we left before they had it posted but if she received a ribbon they will mail it to us so we will let you know how she did when we find out. Running the 100 meter yard dash, she came in last place but did really good. I would never even think about doing this, she makes me so proud. Way to NOT give up M'Tali!! Keep it up and you can achieve your goals.(Look at those long legs)
Throwing the softball, I think she did really good but I'm a little prejudice:)
M'Tali, me and dad want you now how proud we are of you, we know that you stuggle with certain things in life but you never give up no matter what. You always stick with it and give it your ALL, you are such a wonderful example to me. You teach me that things might not always go the way I want them but it doesn't mean you give up, you keep going and thing WILL work out and be ok. I just want to thank you for being the person you are. Keep being YOU and never change the person you are on the inside. We love you so much and are so proud of all you have accomplished. Love mom and dad.

The END of a LONG weekend:}

2008-05-28T21:52:00.002-07:00

We had such a fun, but long weekend with birthday parties, riding four wheelers, having sleepovers, going to bed at midnight, getting up at 7:00 to go to breakfast at uncle Tanner and Aunt Becky's, to visiting the graves, Koda was so tired..this is how he fall asleep.

Memorial Day!!

2008-05-28T21:32:00.001-07:00

This is where Dallin got his name from. This is my Grandpa Dallin Ray Bell, he died when I was nine. Me and Grandpa were inseparable, I always had to talk to him every night before I would go to bed, we did everything together, I would always stay in after a Sunday dinner to help him with the dishes while all the kids were outside playing, after we finished he would slip me a dollar and tell me not to tell anyone. I always knew that I wanted to honor my grandpa and name my first son after him. I miss him everyday and hope that Dallin carries on his name with pride, he was such a wonderful man. This is all the kids -1. With the name Bell and....
...Heaps you can't help but have such cute looking kids

2008-05-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

After the basketball game we let the kids ride the four wheelers in the field behind our house. M'Tali giving Koda a ride. Dallin cruisin' around like he owns the place.
Who's turn is it now?? With only two four wheelers and seven kids, we all had to take turns but we all wanted to ride at the same time, so I think it's.....who knows who's turn it is???
Best Buddies!! Dallin and Zacky waiting their turns.
"It's my turn Now!!" Look at those eyes patiently waiting his turn. We had alot of fun with all the kids, all our cousins were here(M'Tali, Dallin, Koda, Kaydee, Zack, Levi, Taya, and Jayden). Happy Birthday Jami, we hope you had a good day!!

Jami's 30th Birthday Party

2008-05-28T20:17:00.000-07:00

After we all ate dinner they guys and Jami decided to start a basketball game. Who said white men can't jump??
Josh wide open takes a shot A.J. trying to steal the ball from Jami.

BEFORE....

2008-05-24T11:20:00.000-07:00

This is kodas room before we painted it. It had a noahs ark theme that was already there when we moved in last year, It was really cute but it was more of a nursery theme. I finally got around to painting it. Now it's...

.....AND AFTER!!!

2008-05-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

....A big boys room. Koda really love ships and so we decided to do a nautical theme. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to paint it red or blue..the easiest solution?? Paint it both. My sister helped me with the shelf that goes all the way around his room and with the painting, I couldn't have done it without her..THANK YOU SO MUCH JAMI for helping me, you are amazing and I really appreciate all your help. It turned out really cute, I absolutley love it and so does koda. These pictures don't do the room justice. I'm always looking for ships or anything nautical so if anyone sees anything for a good deal let me know Thank You!!!

NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS FOR KODA!!!

2008-05-20T19:48:00.000-07:00

Koda wanted to take off his training wheels even though he didn't know how to ride his bike without them(one was already broken off) but Josh couldn't do it right then like Koda wanted, so he took matters into his own hands and bent them all the way up so that they didn't touch the ground...I thought it would take him forever to learn to ride without them but I watched to see if he would be able to do it or if we would end up at the hospital...He got on all by himself and off he went... I can't believe he did it himself and on the first attempt...YA NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS, GOOD JOB KODA!!

Slide Show Of New York!!

2008-05-03T18:50:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK

2008-05-01T22:22:00.000-07:00

I took ALOT of pictures while we were in New York but these next two are the ones that really represent the horrible day of September 11th and I really wanted everyone to see these pictures. The 343 on this doesn't represent any of the department numbers that are in New York, It represents the number of men and women fire fighters that died that day. This was such an amazing way to honor all of those that gave their lives that day and a wonderful reminder of those that protect our country every day so that we can ALL live in this free country we call home.

Josh, Mandi, M'Tali, Dallin, Dakoda, Logan, & Easton

Easton's first bath

Our Little Caboose 9*2*11

Baseball/Softball Season

Eternal Family!!!

Our VERY sick little monkey!!!

NEVER leave a 19 month old unsupervised!!!

Morning Zombie

Cold, Snow,Sleds, Hot Chocolate = Family Memories!!!

Christmas Day

Mom's Christmas

Potty training

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!

LOGAN'S FIRST SURGERY :( :(

Logan's First Birthday Photo Shoot!!!

Logan's "NEW" Binky

crazy hair, drool, and happy baby

Get her away from me!!!!

It's Hard Without you!!!

HOPE OF AMERICA!!!

I'LL SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.......

JAZZ GAME!!!

GYMNASTICS :-)

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

PATH OF DESTRUCTION!!!!

" If I open it, It will come"

BEST BUDS!!!

It's That Time of Year AGAIN!!!

RINGIN' IN THE NEW YEAR!!

MOM'S CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS EVE

Better late then never!!

Happy Halloween!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY DAKODA!!

Lightening Storm!!

Fishing Trip!!

Time Sure Does Fly By!!

Weekend At The Cabin!!

1st Day of School

HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR OLDEST SON!!

RECAP OF A VERY BUSY WEEK!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Bitter Sweet 4th of July!!

Fun times with a sad ending!

Mom's Funeral

Mom's Funeral

YOU WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!!

SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR MOTHER!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

Poor Baby Logan!!

Quick Update!!!

Pay it forward activity!!

Three's a charm....or so I thought!!!

UltraSound Results!!!

M'Tali's 1st Ski lesson

Special Spirit!!

SNOW FUN!!!

NeW YeArS EvE At ThE CaBiN!!

Dakoda is going to be a BIG brother!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Making Gingerbread houses

Happy Birthday M'Tali

Dallin Baptism:)

Happy Halloween!!

Kodas 5th Birthday!!

The Deer Hunt!!

HAPPY 32ND BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART!!

Weekend At The Cabin!

JOSH'S DEER!!

FIELDTRIP TO SUNDANCE!!

I LOVE THIS MAN!!

Kodas First day of School!!

HE'S GOT A WEDGIE..LOL:)

First day of School

AMERICAN IDOL TRYOUTS!!

WhAt A WaY To EnD SuMmEr!!!

OuR LaSt CaMpInG TrIp Of ThE SuMmEr :(

POTTER'S POND!!!

Random Posting....

Our Little Caboose 9211