summer time:)

 this summer we went to newport for a week with a bunch of friends & family. we had such a great time just hanging out, relaxing & enjoying the nice weather on the beach.

 steven & zack

 rex & paige

 sydney & alexa

 amanda & her boys

 landon, tatum, paige & sydney

 kali, quincy,emily,rhett,reese&chase

chase

                                         rhett

                                          our new found love....sounds good right now!

                                            jack & kali (she has a crush)

                                                     tatum relaxing in the stroller

 sydney

chase

                                      the kids were loving the hotel pool. jack & steven were throwing all the kids, they were loving it!

landon

                                                sand & donuts...what a combo.

                                                      landon was loving being buried...so cute.

                                                             jack

                                                         tatum & friend abby (they loved the boogie boards)

                                                         tatum

                                                             sydney

tonto creek

 i love this picture of the kids at tonto creek. it reminds me of when i was a kid & we would go to the cabin with all our cousins too.

this picture of course is the kids older...this was the summer of 2010 we drove up to the cabin & tonto creek for a day trip with cousins & friends. we went to the fish hatchery, hiked a little to play in the water, had a picnic & later relaxed at the cabin & enjoyed the cool weather.

cabin

                                          i found this old picture of the kids at the cabin...so cute! Kennedi, Kelsey, Madison, Carter, Landon, Carys, Sydney, Tatum & Cody

dance competition...

                                          tatum & sydney had to have our favorite after their competition
                                                           FROZEN YOGURT:)

                                          wow sydney is smiling at the dance convention this cutie
                                         pie is so over dance....we're having her finish up the year.

                                                  tatum at convention she's ready to have a break
                                         also but is excited to finish off the year with a bang, she's
                                         in a trio which she has always wanted, she is very excited.

                                            grammie, tatum & syd after a long day & night of dance

hanging out:)

sunday nights are my favorite we are always just hanging out & being lazy...

me,tatum,syd being silly love my girls!

Christmas fun with the fam

this summer my parents and younger brother steven moved in with us into our mother in law suite. all of us have loved every minute of it! hopefully they have too....it helps because we're a very open family & say what's on our minds. the laundry day assignments also helped & that my dad is a clean freak and my mom has made it easy to have dinner on the table, steven is a good sport for sharing a room with a kid who likes to kick you in the back in the middle of the night. and all of them will stop anything to help rex & i. we love you!

this Christmas jack & jacki spent the night, earlier that night we had our annual Christmas eve party with grandpa & grandma leffue and the extended family at brooke's it was perfect & so nice to see everyone..tis the season!

this Christmas jack & jacki spent the night it was so fun having them there, jacki was so excited for the kids to wakeup & see all their gifts that jacki woke them up probably way before they would've been up, there the only kids i know that sleep in on Christmas morning. this year rex's parents stopped by so we didn't leave the house all Christmas day it was just perfect. i'm so thankful for such a wonderful family, we have so much fun together.

braces

early thursday morning tatum got her wish...BRACES:)

but ask her now & she's already counting down the days she can take them off! mom & everyone else told you so, sorry!! you look so old & cute also be happy your getting it done now. so right after we headed to the jingle jog where we ran, ran & RAN! so fun everyone was doing great, but syd didn't stop my little runner.