Family Pictures

I have 4 brothers & 1 sister. Between us there are 23 grand kids, & 4 great grand kids, plus our spouses & the grand kids spouses. All together there are 42 of us. We have not all been together since I was pregnant with McKay & we were a lot smaller family then. We actually were able to get most of us together for Thanksgiving. We were only missing 4 people. My Niece, her Husband, there Daughter, & my Nephew. We figured that this would be a great opportunity to get a family picture done. Who knows when we will have that many of us all together. I am so glad my family was ok with this. It made my Mom & Dad so happy when they got there pictures for Christmas.
Thanks to my crazy family for doing this & for Amy taking picutres of my crazy family!

Halloween 2011

My boys were crazy this year about Halloween. The only one who made up there mind & then stuck with it was Ryan. Preston had a great idea but did not like the way the costume ended up looking last minute. Parker wanted to be hulk for forever & then after he dressed up for preschool he decided he did not like it & went with the monkey. McKay just threw something together last minute so he could come with us & get candy. Oh well in the end they looked cute & had a great day. They would have walked all night if we would have let them. We had a huge group of friends & family & had a great time. Happy Halloween!!!




The whole gang!!!


The end result!!!

School Parade

At my boys school they have a Halloween parade every year & the kids march around the school with there class showing off there cute costumes as the parents line the halls. It is always so much fun! I do have to say it was a little weird not to have McKay there. But Ryan & Preston looked great!

Ryan was a little shy about how big his costume was!

Preston changed his mind the night before & this is what we came up with!

Parker had to get in on the action too. Notice no makeup!

Parker's Preschool Concert

Parker goes to a great Preschool. It has helped him so much socially & academically. His teacher is amazing & so sweet. He really likes her a lot! The day before Halloween they had a little "concert". It was so fun to see him up thee singing songs & he even had a little speaking part that he did so great at! He had decided early on that for Halloween this year he wanted to be the Hulk. But the day of this little program he got nervous about the face paint so as you can tell by the pictures he has wiped a lot of it off. Oh well I still think he was the cutest kid there & the best looking Hulk ever!!!

On the way to school!


His little class

Pumpkins

It was fun to carve pumpkins with the boys! They always have an idea of what they want & they always turn out so cool. Good job boys they look great.





These 2 are mine. We had an extra pumpkin & I was lazy about not wanting to makea crazy face!

McKay's 1st Band Concert

McKay decided to take band this year & he decided that he would like to play the bassoon. Yes you read that right. I was like you & had to look up what a bassoon actually looked liked & sounded like. He thinks it is great as do I. If he keeps up with it I will be even more happy. I have heard there are not a lot of bassoon players & so colleges are always very generous to people who play it! There is only one other person who plays the bassoon in his whole Jr. High. I thought he was amazing at his concert. I have heard his parts many times & I could totally pick it out. Good job Son we are so very proud of you. Stick with it!

Camping

For Fall Break this year we took the boys up to Skyline Drive. My Sisters family has some friends that own land up there & they had parked there trailer & four wheelers there for the summer. They invited us up for the weekend. It was a lot of fun. I did not get a lot of pictures because we were having to much fun playing. But we did a lot of game playing & four wheeling, & even got some fishing in. They boys love to go camping & they seem to get along so well when we do. Parker at first did not like the wheelers, but by the end of the 1st day we had hard time keeping him off them. All & all it was a great weekend. Thanks for the invite Rutlands we hope you ask us again!

This is Pepper we would throw sticks & rocks out in the water & he would try to go find them!


All the fun we had & the only pictures I got were when we went down to the lake!Oh well the kids had a blast playing in the mud!

Soccer

All 4 of my boys played soccer this Fall & then they will play again in the Spring. I love Fall soccer. The weather in Utah is so nice, not to hot or cold. But on the other hand I am not looking forward to Spring soccer. I have sat threw one to many soccer games in the snow or rain. It was a lot of fun to watch all of them play. Parker's age group is so fun they are like a magnet to the ball & just run around chasing the ball in a big group. Then Ryan & Preston are on the same team & it is fun to watch them start to catch on to how the game is really played. By the end of this season they were both scoring goals like crazy. McKay's age is great! The kids know what is going on & they are way into the game & it is so much fun to watch. I love that my boys love to play lots of things & try out different sports.





Some how I did not get a picture of McKay. Good thing they play again in the Fall:)

Preschool

My little man Parker started Preschool. He was a little nervous the first day but has really started to like it. He loves his teacher & always comes home happy & excited to tell me everything he did. They have show & tell every Tuesday & he is suppose to bring something that starts with the letter they are learning that week. He tries every week to bring some kind of super hero thing that goes along with that letter.

Showing off his cool backpack!!!

I know he looks so excited!!!


At school! He looks a little happier!

They have a Monster theme this year & this is his Monster!

1st Grade

This is Ryan on his 1st day of 1st grade. He is in Mrs. James class & could not be more excited to have her as his teacher!