HURRAY for Dallas, Jamie, & Caleb!

My brother Dallas and his cute little family came into town FOR ONLY ABOUT FOUR HOURS on their way from San Francisco to Arizona! There wasn't much time, but we sure made the most of their visit! We ate at Crown Burger, and then found a great grassy park around the corner to hang out at! We had some great family bonding time, and got a tad bit picture happy :), so we won't feel bad if you don't have that much time to watch the slide show! :)

(Julie and Adam's family coudn't make it, we missed you guys)

Stewart Falls in the fall

We feel so fortunate to have access to such a fun place a couple times a year! Tyler's grandparents own a cabin up in Sundance really close to Stewart Falls...and it is the BEST get-a-way! It is so beautiful, and we have made so many amazing memories up there! We love it.

This year we threw Tyler's Mom a surprise 50th birthday up at the cabin!

Mom, we love you!

Alexa and Karli hanging out with their Great Grandma Shelley!

A picture we took with everyone wearing BLACK for Mom's OVER THE HILL party!
Everyone trying to act like they are dead...(did it fool ya?!)

Hiking to the Falls!
It is amazing how good the weather still is for this time of year! We come up here at this time every year, and this has definitely been the warmest!

we now have a safe backyard

We needed to get a railing put up by our door and a window well cover before our backyard could be SAFE (it was pretty scary to think how easily Alexa or other kids could just fall down either way...and it is a long way down!) Well, "handyman Ty" fixed our problems...What a cutie! And here is Alexa enjoying our safe backyard...!

major mosquito bite

This picture doesn't show it as well as in person, but Alexa had a MAJOR mosquito bite experience! She was playing in our neighbor's backyard, and came back with two red bit marks on her eye and nose...well, the next day the one on her eye just grew and grew! The following morning, she woke up with her eye completely shut! It has now gone away (thank goodness!) but poor little girl who couldn't understand why she couldn't get her eye to open!

WE HAVE GRASS!

We had a really fun LAYING SOD PARTY! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP EVERYONE!! WOW! We have had so much support, we really appreciate it. WE LOVE HAVING A BACKYARD to play in!

These are some funny pictures we took of four of the five cousins born this year! All five are going to be the best of friends growing up...it will be fun to watch! In order of age...Caleb (in San Francisco), Noah, Solomon, Karli, & Jade!...so CUTE!

FUN TAG

I saw this fun lil' tag on someone's blog, I loved looking at hers, so I copied her idea... I know y'all wanna do it...so do it!
Go to google images and type in your own answers for the topics below. Pick your favorite image on one of the first 3 pages of results. Then post it! Have fun!

FIRST NAME

MIDDLE NAME

(Mathilde)

LAST NAME

MY AGE

PLACE I'D LIKE TO VISIT

(Costa Rica)

FAVORITE PLACE

(Newport Beach, CA)

MY COLLEGE DEGREE

(Family, Consumer, & Human Development)

MY GRANDMA'S NAMES

(Mathilde)

(Rosamonde)

WHERE I GREW UP

PET I'VE OWNED

NICKNAME OF MY BEST FRIEND

FIRST JOB

(Watergardens Cinema 6)

FAVORITE FOOD

(cereal)

MY FAVORITE COLOR

WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW

BAD HABIT

(biting my fingernails)

playing at the park

Alexa has wanted to go to this certain park ever since her Aunt Amy took her there a month or so ago...So we finally went as a family, and had a great time! Karli slept the whole time, so Tyler and I really got to play with Alexa! She is so funny and so full of energy...

"Stick your tongue out like this Dad!"

Okay, this isn't from the park...just took it today! Alexa LOVES to get pictures taken with Karli!

Saturday Afternoon

Tyler out working with his Dad on our backyard (yes, only about a week until it will be done!), Alexa in the bath after a fun time outside in the dirt, and Karli snoozing on the couch...all on a Saturday afternoon! Don't you just LOVE the weekends?!

Rain-Grandparents-Music-Ice Cream!

Ashley took Alexa out to the backyard to play a little in the RAIN!... cRaZy, wet girls!


Grandpa Shelley and Karli listening to some tunes on the keyboard together...sweet little bonding moment.



Tyler, Grandma Shelley, and Karli in the kitchen dishing out ice cream...yum yum!




Our girls with their Great Grandma and Grandpa Jeppson!