Bret Bushman Family

Gingerbread house

2012-01-03T11:27:00.001-08:00

I know this is late, but I wanted to post my gingerbread house that I did this year. It is one of my favorites that I have done, I love making these we always get together at my mom's the friday after Thanksgiving (black friday) to make them. My mom makes all the icing and keeps us all going throughout the day. I got a couple of new ideas this year thanks to pinterest, the smarties shingles and the chocolate door. A couple of days before we make these, me and Mindy and Becky all got together and made the wreaths (we used the bottom of a red solo cup), trees (made from a sugar cone) and the bushes (made from snickers and gumdrops). It takes me all day, but I love it, so much fun for me. I started at about 10 am, and finished around 4 pm.

This is Abbey's cute house

More of mine

This is Hayley's house

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2011-08-26T20:49:00.001-07:00

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Baseball and Soccer

2011-06-03T07:56:00.001-07:00

It has been fun going to the kids games...they sure have been keeping us busy, but it is so much fun. Abbey caught the ball between her legs

Hayley just bounced the ball off of her head

Wyatt has been doing so good this year at pitching, it's fun seeing them improve every year

Prom

2011-03-27T15:52:00.000-07:00

Emily and Mitchell...Emily looked so BEAUTIFUL.

Wrestling Champion

2011-03-25T14:55:00.000-07:00

Wyatt came home from school on Tuesday and said his arm was sore, apperantly there was an arm wrestling contest in Wyatt's class, Wyatt won his whole class, no wonder his arm was sore.
The only bad thing about it was he had baseball tryouts that night.

TEENAGERS

2010-12-12T00:05:00.000-08:00

Hayley was having one of her pitty party teenage moments today, and this is the result. She would go down in her room and come up with a picture, and just kept doing it...
This picture was for me and it says "I hate my kids" and she claims she didn't mean to make me look like I was flipping the finger-hmmm
This one was for Bret it says "I hate my kids" "I love my wife"

This one was for Emily "Wish I were an only child" "I love mommy"

This one was for Wyatt "pass the cheese its" she has him sitting on the couch playing the xbox.

This one was for Abbey "Perfect Angel"

She even drew one for the dog "The GREATEST dog"

She drew this one for her, she thinks she is fat, she wrote "fat lard" My Hayley is so beautiful and this makes me sad that she thinks this.

This was the last one she drew, it is her and Emily standing by each other, Hayley has been bragging that she is taller than Emily, Emily disagree's. Hayley wrote on this one "I'm skinny at heart"

She was not as upset after drawing these and making us all laugh...I LOVE MY HAYLEY, she is always making us laugh.

Bow Hunt 2010

2010-08-30T09:16:00.001-07:00

Scott my brother brought his zip line again...Bret helping Lexi get the poly off of the rope. Going for a ride around the famous loop...Scott's truck, Lexi and Hayley, Marissa and Tyler

George and Wyatt in the dune buggy...

We have to cross a creek here and then there is a steep hill right after crossing...

This is the hill...doesn't look steep, but it is...

A big tree that had fallen, we had to go under it...I am standing in the back of Greg's rhino...

Stopped to look at deer...

Now we are heading to Blue Lake a sunday annual event...Mandy, Cassey, Maddi

All bundled up...it was cloudy and cold, Greg, Wyatt, Bret and Abbey...

Watching the horse shoe game...Steve, Dallin, Lane, Todd

Still watching...Shauna, Greg, Daesha, Daren, Lane...

Now that is form...Bret

This is the annual cany hunt on sunday...Allison and Izzy, Cassey and Derek...

Abbey looking for the candy...

If you are sitting in a chair, you can count on being decorated with candy for the kids to find...

Paul and Scott playing horse shoes...

with Bret and Todd...

George and Kim let Bret take the kids for a ride...

they were brave to let Tyler also drive one...

This is our little camping city...a stranger even came over to count how many trailers we had...

Walking the fence...Abbey and Brooke...

2010-08-15T22:09:00.000-07:00

Saturday the 14th Me, Bret and Emily along with Becky and Cory all hiked Timp to the top peak...Holy Crap it was hard, I had never done it and always have wanted to. I'm so glad I did it, but it was one of the hardest things I have done.

Here we are at the saddle...

Resting at the saddle...

The goats were amazing and beautiful...they would walk right towards us.

Leaving the saddle to attempt making it to the peak...sigh

YAY!!! made it...but going back down the mountain was a whole new set a pains...sigh

Abbey's Baptism

2010-08-07T21:18:00.000-07:00

We had Abbey's baptism today...can't believe my youngest is old enough, time flies!!! she looked adorable (she wore Emily's baptism dress) she was so excited about this day.

I love this picture...

Here is the gang...

Spring Break

2010-04-25T18:49:00.000-07:00

Credits to Grandmatemplates and Scraps and pieces=Southern Utah Beauty

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T15:20:00.001-07:00

We had Easter at my mom and dad's...we had hot dogs and pot luck, then the candy and money hunt for the younger kids, then we had the money hunt for the teenagers, then the adults money hunt...we have so much fun trying to find the plastic eggs with money in them, my mom makes it so much fun, Val and Jeff got the big bucks Bret found a $10 and I found a $5. Steve and Dallin have been working on cutting down the trees south of his house that have died.

Easter page idea from Holley Berry and papers from just so scrappy.

Timber page paper from scrapsis.
Wordart from elegant word art.

Softball and a Triathlon

2010-03-22T20:19:00.000-07:00

Emily made the High School Softball team... Bret, Hayley and Lexi all did a Triathlon...Bret got a trophy for 3rd place in his division.

Ideas from Grandma's templates

and SNP-game kit

20 years ago

2010-03-11T13:34:00.000-08:00

I started a big project of scanning in my pictures because i want to keep them safe on the computer and I want to someday do a scrapbook for myself. Boy have i changed :) maybe i will add more pictures sometime...just to give you a laugh.

My dad's latest visit to the hospital & then some

2010-03-09T11:14:00.000-08:00

My dad has just had bad luck with health...I made a scrapbook page of all the things I could think of that he has had. By the look on his face you can tell they are losing :(

Bret took Abbey skiing...trying to teach her.

A quick trip to Vegas

Ideas from Scrapsis and Grandma's templates and kits from Scrapsis and Scraps n pieces

Tiffany's Make-a-Wish

2010-02-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

My niece Tiffany got the evening of a life time...The Make-A-Wish foundation contacted Tiffany and asked her what her wish would be, and all she wanted to do was RUN. So of course they made that happen for her, it was an evening full of emotions...and excitement. We still don't even know what has caused Tiffany's illness, hopefully someday, someone will know. I LOVE my brother Scott and his family so much and I want you to know that they are so strong and amazing. Max Hall was there to help push Tiffany on the track...she loves him. And there was an amazing video clip from Randy (Tiffany's brother that is on a mission) and he and his companions sang "Families can be together forever" and then Randy told Tiffany that Heavenly Father would take good care of her...it really got me.

Searle Family Pictures

2010-02-04T17:28:00.000-08:00

Joe Adams did a great job taking our pictures...

Thanks to SJT-Comfort kit for the above pages...

Wordart from elegant word art...

Last of the pictures for 2009

2010-01-10T15:24:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning Abbey and Hayley

Abbey's School Program

The kids re-enacting David and Galiath

Our Ginger bread houses

Christmas Morning Emily and Wyatt

Christmas Eve and our matching pj's

Bret giving the kids a guitar lesson

Holiday fun

2009-12-11T17:24:00.000-08:00

Just a few things we have been up to...Abbey did this cute play in her class about Thanksgiving. Wyatt and Bret got to go to a BYU game. Thanksgiving and Getting our Christmas tree. And of course SCRAPBOOKING love it.

kits are from Just so scrappy.blogspot.com...I love her kits

NO MORE BRACES

2009-11-16T10:27:00.000-08:00

I took Hayley this morning to get her braces off...she was so excited and her teeth look so straight and beautiful. Now hopefully she will learn from Emily and wear her retainer faithfully.

Big Sexy Hair

2009-11-10T20:23:00.000-08:00

Scrapbooking Ideas Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com
I have been working on my 2006 scrapbook and I thought this picture was so cute of Emily, Britney and Hayley.

HALLOWEEN FUN

2009-11-02T09:43:00.000-08:00

I just figured out how to put my pictures side by side...the LITTLE things that make me happy:)

Emily turns 15

2009-11-01T20:16:00.000-08:00

She wanted a UNICYCLE

Mice

2009-10-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

My dad...the big tease.

I need to check my spelling on my pages before I save them...dang it.
Papers by Justsoscrappy.blogspot
Idea noreimerreason.blogspot

2009-10-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

The Third grade class put on a program today at the School...first of all Wyatt wasn't thrilled to dress up and then to have to dance with a girl...oh heaven for bid, you can see the excitement in his face. The camera left a glare on his eyes for some reason, no he is not possesed.

Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

Sweet Abbey

2009-10-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

Photo Tinks by WiddlyTinks.com

Isn't this such a cute picture...I saw Donna Belnaps blog and she had a scrapbook page on hers and the website, this was way easy and isn't it cute. thanks Donna

Weekend in Tabiona

2009-09-24T13:04:00.000-07:00

Bret's sister got this cabin for us to use for the weekend...it is located in Tabiona, out by Strawbeerry resevoir. It was just so relaxing a beautiful and fun. There is a pond we like to fish in and we bring our paddle boat. The Gibsons did tie-dye shirts for everyone and they also brougt ladder golf.

The scrapbook kit I used and give credit to was -Just so Scrappy.blogspot.com

Misc

2009-09-13T14:53:00.000-07:00

I have some misc pictures to share...I curled Abbey's hair for school and thought it turned out really cute. Emily did this on our back lawn...should I be worried? pretty good though Ya.

Wyatt has been into the Titantic lately, we only let him watch the sinking part of the movie, but this is his reenactment of it in the tub.

Fun with the kids

2009-07-10T22:15:00.001-07:00

I love the Family Fun magazine and all the fun ideas it gives me to do with my kids...today we made these water balloon catchers out of milk cartons.

We then made this (I guess kindof a bubble maker) out of a water bottle and a towel...we had a fun day today, I love doing things for my kids.

16 Happy Years

2009-06-10T20:13:00.003-07:00

It is Mine and Bret's 16 year anniversary today...I didn't think we would do anything today because Bret has to work tonight(he is still doing training for his 2nd job)...anyway he called and said that I need to dress nice and he was going to come and get me at 4:00...so Abbey saw me getting ready and wanted to help so she insisted that she paint my nails, so I let her and then she got the bracelet that she made for me to wear...When Bret got home he brought me 2 dozen roses and took me to dinner at the ROOF it was so good...I love that man, he is so good to me. Then off to work he went.

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

We started the weekend going to the field day dance...

Then we headed to St. George, Abbey found this bike in the garage at the condo and just got on and started to ride it, she has never been on a two wheel before, she didn't even need her dad's help...

We went to Sand Hollow...Wyatt jumping

Paul and Abbey

Wyatt
Paul, Brooklyn, and Demorie

Paul, Marcus, and Brooklyn

Demorie, Hayley, and Wyatt

Bret and Paul

Hayley

We also climbed the red rocks and overlooked St. George and the Temple...

Emily is sad she ripped her shorts

Ken got in this hole, we thought we would have to call the jaws of life to get him out.

The Young family

Wyatt, was so anxious to wakeboard

The Youngs boat

Hayley

I got picture of Nick Young doing a back flip

Emily

The kids got to get a picture with Darin Williams...they were so excited

Sally is airborne

When we got home from our trip we found these in our tubs and one in our toilet, Bret flushed the one on the toilet because he had to go.

Snow in April

2009-05-04T16:07:00.000-07:00

The big snow storm in April

2009-05-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

Last week we got a letter from Wyatt that he had written in school, it said how he needs a Jazz jersey because Thomas and Bronson and Miles and Connor and Chase all had one and so he needed one and he would have Emily help with his homework if we would get him one...anyway it was something like that and he had been buggy us about getting him one for awhile so we gave in and found him one, and of course it had to have a williams on the back. I wish a had saved that letter but I didn't. So since that worked for Wyatt he wrote this note next, pretty clever boy, and we are suckers because once again we gave in. He does have to keep his room cleaned our I get it back and he has done a good job at that. This is what is says: Dear Dad, I now there are some nice basketballs out there but there not mine(meaning on our basketball court), and I don't want to share a basketball with anybody.
P.S. When we went to get that bat at big 5 and that's where I found a NBA basketball...anyway that NBA basketball is what got this on my mind and everyone that plays basketball with at school got a new basketball including Aiden so can I please, please, please, please have one,
Love Wyatt

Pinewood derby

2009-04-23T11:50:00.001-07:00

Wyatt had his first pinewood derby, talk about excited. He had fun helping his dad build the car, he ended up getting 2nd place overall...why to go. By the way it had to be a BYU car.

St. George for spring break

2009-04-20T17:23:00.000-07:00

This was our trip to St. George for spring break...we stayed at Sally's mom's home and just had so much fun, the only day that we had good weather was Monday and then it got cloudy and windy, but we got to swim and layout on Monday, and then we came home to a big snow storm.

This is luke and JohnJohn Patty's twins, they put blankets over their heads to fall asleep, isn't that hillarious.

This is how the kids slept
Sally and Hayley
Patty and Luke enjoying the little bit of sun we got

This is called the human sling shot and my kids just love it, really fun thing for kids

2009-03-16T17:32:00.000-07:00

Bret took the kids and our niece Audrey to Brighton skiing and snowboarding for the day, you can see the fun they had

A letter about my wonderful parents

2009-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:00

THANK YOU

Dear Searle Family & Friends:

We just wanted to say Thank You to all of you for sharing your parents/ grandparents/friends with us. It was a "WONDERFUL" gift.
We fell in love with them the instant we met them, when they stood up to bear their testimonies in our chapel in Queenstown, their first Sunday here. I cannot describe the feeling that came over me when they spoke. Anne of Green Gables would describe it well. I feel like we connected like kindred spirits.
Having the Searles be a part of our lives is a testament that God loves and cares for us in this little obscure corner of the world. He sent us these amazing people; to bless our lives and touch our hearts forever.
Sister Searle did not help with our futile efforts to lose weight, because the woman can cook! Her brownies are divine (each time we try to bake them, they come out mediocre, so we decided the recipe also requires a drop of Utah blood!) So our efforts are in vain. And her carrot cookies and pumpkin cake, I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture!
Elder Searle did "enlighten" our minds with inspiring stories of "Poncho Via" and "Washy, Washy, Washy!" And many others of the same calibre. We even know what dingleberries are now, and use the word effectively! We LOVE his sense of humour and mischievous spirit, because he speaks our "language." We see Eye to Eye on most things and poor Sister Searle is left alone in her Pollyanna world. But through all the wackiness, we KNOW how much Elder Searle LOVES the Lord and has a deep and abiding testimony of this Gospel. When our father wasn't around or needed another priesthood holder for blessings, he'd always be there to give comforting blessings. His prayers and talks testify that this is a man who has a personal relationship with the Lord. He has walked with Him through the darkest moments of his life and with Him through times of bounty.
We love Sister Searle just the same. So we don't mind taking a peek in Pollyanna world once in a while. Her enthusiasm for life is tangible! We admire how she always sees the Good in anyone. Ask Elder Searle about Anathi. While the rest of us are impatient with him, Sister Searle is always gracious and kind to him. Those are attributes that the rest of us imagine acquiring in the distant future; to Sister Searle they come with ease. We LOVE her and ADMIRE her for the strong woman that she is. She is compassionate, generous, hilarious, and is a testament of JOY. We know she has the gift of Joy that radiates within her because of the love she has for the Saviour, His children and the Gospel. We can all sense and feel that this Joy is her Anchor; it also helps to ground those that are within her sphere of influence.
It was very hard to know that they would be leaving soon. None of us wanted to let go, but I eventually realized that you all have "First Dibs!" so I have to let go. But when we do come visit in Utah, you must all know that YOU HAVE TO SHARE.
Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for knowing Larry and Ann Searle. They have irrevocably stolen our hearts. It is a blessing to have the privilege of knowing them. They are true Latter-day Saints, faithful servants of God who did all they could to serve Him and His children while they were here. One of the traits we admire about them is that they came here to LOVE and SERVE everybody, regardless of their race or socio-economic status. They opened their hearts to the destitute and sometimes their purse strings too (To Elder Searle's dismay at timesJ!), and opened their hearts to those with bounty.
They are beloved by all in the Queenstown Ward whether they are called the Searles, Sells or Seals.
We love them; words cannot express our gratitude to have known them. We cannot express our gratitude to you for sharing them with us for 18 months. May our Father in Heaven bless your family for that sacrifice.

In Love & Gratitude,
Pumza Sixishe on behalf of the Sixishes

I just had to share this amazing letter about my Mom and Dad, because anyone who knows my parents now this is true about them...I am so lucky they are my parents.

Mom and Dad's homecoming

2009-02-17T09:33:00.000-08:00

Oh boy was the excitement in the air, we were so anxious to see Grandma and Grandpa,and Mom and Dad, Shauna Searle had bought all the kids a yellow balloon to hold, it was a sight to behold...their were people waiting just to see who we were waiting for because of our crowd and excitement...it was like a herd of cattle when we saw them walking down the hall, there were guards behind my dad, because some of us ran down the hall to hug him, it was so great to see my parents, even better to have them home.

Abbey

2009-02-07T13:13:00.001-08:00

This is a picture of Abbey on the boat crying for some reason...but I love this picture of her. Abbey had fallen asleep in the tub...isn't she just a doll

Proud of Hayley

2009-02-04T12:56:00.000-08:00

This is a brag post, we are soooo proud of Hayley for making the honor roll... way to go Hay.

Chocolate Cookies

2009-01-24T18:15:00.000-08:00

These are cookies my mom used to make, and I loved them, I don't make them very often and I don't know why I don't but anyway I made them today for my nephews farewell. Here is the recipe if you would like it.

2009-01-24T17:58:00.000-08:00

The kids love it when Bret gets home 'this usually means wrestling time', it doesn't happen as much as it used to but the kids love, love, love it.

2009-01-24T17:54:00.000-08:00

This is our dog 'Sax' he is pretty dang cute huh, anyway he climbed up on the coach and sat on my head :)

An evening with the Bushman's

2009-01-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

Just in case you were wondering what the Bushman's were doing Wednesday night

Chain

2009-01-09T16:20:00.000-08:00

The kids made a chain to count down the days until Grandma and Grandpa Searle get home from there mission in Africa, they come home on Valentines day at 10 pm. We are soooo excited.

2008-12-31T12:56:00.000-08:00

The way our Christmas card pictures really went, me mad at Wyatt for not holding still, so there you have it the real thing.

2008-12-28T13:58:00.000-08:00

Scriptures

2008-12-22T10:48:00.000-08:00

For part of my sharing time on Sunday I had the kids make these scriptures, they turned out really cute, they are made out of two miniature hershey bars.

Elf Dancers

2008-12-19T15:27:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Random

2008-12-16T20:50:00.000-08:00

The kids are in an old school bus that is at the Old star flour mill, there are alot of things he has around that make a fun picture, this picture was taken the same time as our Christmas card picture. Bret saw these old wagons and wanted a picture with the kids sitting in them, it turned out really cute.

At the Festival of Trees standing by Jolyn and Rowlena's tree, we also saw Patti's but forgot to get a picture of it because we were to worried about getting the picture of Rob for her.

Wyatt and his friend Aiden made these masks and dressed up in their coats hoping to scare someone.

Gingerbread house

2008-11-30T14:46:00.000-08:00

Friday I got together with some Family and Friends and we did our annual gingerbread houses, I really enjoy this tradition, my mom started it years ago and I love it every year. I hurried and took a picture before my kids start braking off things, it didn't last long last year.

Basketball

2008-11-30T14:22:00.000-08:00

Wyatt was on a little basketball team this fall and Bret was the coach, these are a couple of Wyatt's friends that played with him, Joshua and Aidan.

Future cheerleaders

clever with pull-ups

2008-11-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

Wyatt came out with his football clothes on and pull-ups all over him, he said that they were his protective pads, so of course Emily and Abbey had to follow suit, what a bunch of nuts.

Happy birthday dad #66-Nov 8

2008-11-07T17:52:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday Dad, I just want you to know how much I love you, and hope you are having a good day. I put some pictures from your mission on my blog because I want my friends to know how much the people there love you as well and to show what an incredible man you are, in the top picture my dad is teaching the women how to crochet ( my dad is amazing at crocheting) don't be mad I told that one dad, the kids love him, the people there just love you dad, I am so proud of you and your example. Love, Shauna

2008-11-05T21:09:00.000-08:00

I could here some shoveling this morning and looked out the door and saw Wyatt and Dallin shoveling my driveway, I didn't even ask them to, it was so cute, I have really great kids, by the time I thought to take a picture Dallin was already gone.

Loving the snow

2008-11-05T21:02:00.000-08:00

I just had to take a picture of Abbey in her gear for snow weather. She looked in the hat and glove box until she found a match.

Halloween 2008

2008-11-02T20:50:00.000-08:00

Wyatt got bumped off of my last post so I had to re-ad him, anyway guess who, yup Indiana Jones.

2008-11-02T20:34:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2008-11-02T20:20:00.000-08:00

Becky Bret's sister had a Halloween party at her home on the 25th, that day also happens to be Emily's birthday so we took a cake to sing happy birthday to her, she turned 14. We had a great time at the party, we ate of course and played musical chairs and Becky had a pinata, It was a lot of fun, thanks Becky. For those of you who know my mom can tell that that is who Emily dressed up as, she came up with it all on her own, I thought it was such a good costume, she loves her Grandma so much.

A hurt soccer player

a cute little witch

wanting to get rid of this music

2008-10-21T20:34:00.001-07:00

Sorry about the music, I haven't had that happen before, just click on the speaker on the slide at the top and it should turn it off. Does anyone know how to get rid of the music, it's bugging me.

Cabin at Tabiona for UEA

2008-10-21T14:46:00.000-07:00

A fun book to read

2008-10-14T12:11:00.000-07:00

I am just finishing up with this book, it is so good, so if you need a book to read a suggest it, if you are into suspense. The back reads: We have your wife. You can get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough...

FHE acitivity

2008-10-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

This was a fun game we played for FHE last night, thanks to my Mom for the fun idea, and also the pins, my mom has so many fun ideas she is the best. The kids loved it, it was fun watching them try and clip them on their clothes as fast as they could, Abbey got to were she was grabbing a handful of them before the basket got taken away from her again. How we played was you use 2 dice and roll either doubles or a 7or 11 and you try to clip as many on you before someone else rolls it, then when the clip pins are gone the one with the most on them wins.

Spirit day

2008-10-03T11:38:00.000-07:00

Once again the girls got all dolled up for Spirit day.

Twin boys

2008-10-03T11:26:00.001-07:00

I watched Patti's twin boys the other day, they are true boys, give a boy a ball and a mud puddle and you've got trouble, thank goodness Patti had just come to pick them up and we were talking on the lawn when the found this fun, so she was there when it happened. Aren't they the cutest boys.

Grandma

2008-10-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

Abbey asked me who she looked like with the glasses hanging on her shirt, I said I don't know, and she said "like Grandma Searle"

Utah Lake page

2008-09-23T15:23:00.001-07:00

A scrapbook page I did of Utah Lake, isn't the sunset beautiful, we have alot of fun on this lake.

Just puffy

2008-09-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

Yesturday I was at walmart, and a lady I hadn't seen for years asks me how many children I have, and then asked "and when is this one do", I'm not pregnant of course is what I say.

So later in the day I am taking Emily to volleyball and I am telling her and Wyatt what this lady had said to me and my cute wyatt says "your not fat, just puffy". So cute.

I am just blessed that most of my fat wants to stay in my stomach area, so if any have been wondering, I am just puffy.

My Emily

2008-09-16T08:13:00.001-07:00

Emily is always game for trying anything, she put this piece of spaghetti through her nose and out her mouth, YUCK. That's my girl, I am so proud.

Cleaning up the shed

2008-09-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

My parents are on a mission in Cape Town South Africa, and all of the siblings were givin different chores to do around their place to help them out while they're gone, Bret and I got the shed, so these are the before pictures, it had gotten pretty bad, I seem to have a Dad and Brothers who don't like to clean up after themselves, so it was quite the ordeal to get it cleaned up, hope it looks good to you Mom and Dad.

Ok, now these are the after pictures, big improvement.

Wyatt's Baptism

2008-09-07T20:52:00.003-07:00

Wyatt was Baptized on Saturday, We had a lot of Family that were able to come, Thank you for your support. Wyatt was so handsome in his new suit. This is the invitation that I made for the baptism.

Abbey just got her hair cut, I love it, I got so tired of her complaining in the morning because it hurt to get out the tangles, so I told her we were going to cut it, and she was all for it.
All the Men their for Wyatt
Our Family

Wyatt with our Bishop
Ok, do you know of anyone that is so lucky as Wyatt to have these to cuties as his primary teachers, they came for Wyatt's baptism.

Spirit day at the Jr. High

2008-09-05T08:52:00.000-07:00

Today is Spirit day at the Jr. High and this is how my girls went to school, they obviously take after their dad, I would never do something like that, I never wanted attention on myself, I was really shy. It's fun that they have great spirit and get into so much.
Hayley is running for student council.

Digital scrapbooking

2008-09-02T06:59:00.000-07:00

I have just been doing some digital scrapbooking and this is one of the pages that I recently did, It is Easter, but I am trying to get this year caught up, it has been fun for me, and it is so much cheaper then normal scrapbooking.

Labor Day at the Cabin

2008-09-01T20:23:00.001-07:00

Another fun weekend for us, Steve and Ali were going to the cabin and invited us to go with them, we had a great time, Thank you Steve and Ali for the fun weekend. No, we did not buy this fun toy, Bruce Gunther another good friend of ours bought this Ranger this summer, and he told us that we could borrow it when ever we wanted, so we took him up on that, it fits the whole family and it was alot of fun, Thanks Gunthers. I didn't take many pictures but I took a few, it looks cloudy because it was, it was raining and foggy and cold, but it didn't stop the fun.

Wyatt, Abbey and Cami watching tv at the cabin.

Ok, so we get home from the cabin and are bringing things in the house to unpack, Emily and Hayley came outside just laughing and told me I had to come and see this, so I go in the house and find these pictures, that had been my kids school pictures, replaced with pictures of our friends, we laughed and laughed it was so funny, but then I started noticing a lot more of my picture frames had pictures of them in them, so we searched the house, these are just a few, I am not kidding they went crazy with this, it was so funny. We are so blessed with great friends, thanks guys.

Cascade Springs

2008-08-25T22:38:00.000-07:00

We decided on Sunday that it would be fun to go for a ride to Cascade Springs, we hadn't been there for a few years, it is such a peaceful place to go.

Kids and Sports

2008-08-25T22:30:00.000-07:00

Wyatt is playing football this year, my little caveman, his first time playing tackle football. Wyatt played against his friend Cordell, they got to tackle each other in the game. Ryan and Jodi Halls boy.
Abbey was sad in this picture because she had just been laughed at, she had bent down and rolled the ball with her hands instead of kicking the ball and people laughed, she was done the rest of the game because she was so sad.
Bret is Abbey's coach this year for soccer.

Sax

2008-08-25T22:27:00.000-07:00

Abbey loves our Dog, Sax. She wants to hold him first thing in the morning and last thing before bed, he is a good sport with her and lets her hold him. He is just a little guy, he will be 2 in October and fully grown only weighs 2 pounds.

3rd day of school

2008-08-25T22:24:00.001-07:00

This is the 3rd day of school, I kept forgetting to get their picture, Emily and Hayley leave way before Wyatt and Abbey so I haven't taken their picture yet.

Boys and their toys

2008-08-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

Bret and I decided that with having two vehicles that want to cost us so much in gas that we needed to find something for Bret to drive to work, last time he filled it up, it was only 8.50, you can't beat that, And he also is having fun driving it around.

Annual Bow Hunt

2008-08-19T08:57:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of our trip to Manti, for the annual bow hunt, and some of the things we really enjoy doing each year. This is a picture of my nephew Tyler at Blue lake, he is not very happy because his brother Trent threw a rock at him. Wyatt looking for the perfect rock to skip
Hayley found this little frog at Blue lake, it was really little, she was just a little excited
This is my nephew Trevor, he found a raft someone had made

This is the annual (Pepsi Challenge) the guys all have to pitch in a pepsi or whatever they have and they shoot at a target, whoever hits the target gets to keep all the pepsi's, Trent my nephew won this year

My brother Jeff hurt his back, so he had the crooked walk thing

oops, two of the same picture

This is the candy hunt we do every year for the smaller kids, they all line up and get their ages called out one at a time youngest to oldest and they take off to find the candy

Here is Abber on hot pursuit for candy

My cute brothers all in camo, Jeff and Greg

Riding 4-wheelers a definite favorite, Jacob, Wyatt and Abbey
The kids all wanted to hold Sax our dog, he was a big hit

Dad I know you like to take pictures of the camp, so I took them for you this year, see that empy spot, that is for you and Mom

Wyatt, Emily and Abbey on the log fence

More pictures of our camp (City)

When I was little we loved to walk on the log fence, it was in good shape back then, but now it is falling apart, but now our kids like to try and walk on it, great memories for me

Wake boarding

2008-08-05T11:30:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of our trip to Lake Powell, We had a great time, it was soooo hot there...you just wanted to be in the water to stay cool. When we got home Wyatt said "well no one drowned" it really is a blessing that we had no accidents and it was a great trip. Wyatt is catching on to the wake boarding and he really likes it and is trying tricks even...Wyatt and Cami even tried it together, that was so cute.

Bret throwing the kids

2008-08-05T11:17:00.000-07:00

the kids love Bret to throw them in the water, he would throw them and the kids would try to grab the rope

Climbing on the rope

2008-08-05T11:13:00.000-07:00

Darren was helping the kids climb down the rope and would then bounce them off into the water

Water toys

2008-08-05T11:07:00.000-07:00

Cliff diving

2008-08-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

Fishing

2008-08-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hayley and Alice and Bret

Paddle boat

2008-08-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

Abbey,Annie,Cami,Dallin and Steven enjoying the Paddle boat

Lake Powell

2008-07-25T08:58:00.001-07:00

We are leaving for our annual Lake Powell trip in the morning, so excited

Happy Birthday

2008-07-25T08:53:00.000-07:00

We have had 2 Birthdays this week Abbey's was Wednesday the 23, she is 6 and Wyatt's is today the 25th but we had his party on the 23rd

Swollen eye

2008-07-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

Poor Wyatt, we were at a movie on Friday night (Get smart)funny movie...anyway Wyatt had gotten into some hay -THAT HE KNOWS HE IS ALLERGIC TO- so no one could get a hold of us, when we got out of the movie Annette had sent us a picture on Bret's phone of him and I kid you not his eye was swollen shut. I felt so bad we weren't there to help him, but thank you Teri and Annette for helping him. His eye in this picture looks good

Making Ice cream

2008-07-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

Home from girls camp

2008-07-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

Emily and Hayley were at girls camp last week, it was pretty quite around here, I took some pictures of them when I picked them up. Thank you so much leaders for taking care of my girls, they had so much fun.

Abbey cried one night because she missed her sisters

their camp directors-Heather and Natalie

Our trip to Bear Lake

2008-07-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

Air Balloons

2008-07-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

The morning of the 4th of July we went to Provo high to see the annual air balloon launch, We have never done this before, We had to be there at 6 a.m. it was a neat thing to see, Bank of American Fork had 2 balloons there.

Sun Valley Idaho

2008-07-11T22:41:00.000-07:00

Bret was invited to go to the UBA(Utah Bankers Association) this year and we were able to take our family...It was so much fun, they had a carnival for the kids because it was the 100 year anniversary of the UBA, they rock climbed and played bingo and we went bowling (there was a bowling alley in our Hotel) and we went river rafting, I didn't get any pictures of that because we didn't have a water proof camera, they even had a big blow up screen and the kids got to "watch Horton here's a who" outside.

wakeboarding together

2008-07-11T22:36:00.000-07:00

Emily and Hayley wanted to try wakeboarding together...It was a night of first's, they did really good, The sunsets at Utah lake are so beautiful, it really is a wonderful lake.

Wyatt Wake boarding

2008-07-11T22:24:00.000-07:00

This is Wyatt's first time by himself, no help wakeboarding...he just got brave, it only took him a couple of try's and he got right up...he even started going out of the wake, it was so much fun watching him do this...2 years ago he didn't want anything to do with the water.

Looking back

2008-07-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

I have been going through some of our pictures on the computer, trying to organize them and I just couldn't believe how fast my kids have grown...I wanted to share a couple of pictures of them, just so cute...TIME FLIES

2008-06-18T23:16:00.000-07:00

Isn't this picture adorable...All cousins

Fathers day

2008-06-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

We had a great Fathers day...Bret hugging his kids after they gave him their gifts, I found an idea the kids could do for their Dad from Family fun magazine...They gave him top pop awards, they made certificates and gave him along with the certificate,Pop tarts, Pop corn, soda Pop and pudding Pops they had a lot of fun making them for their Dad. (PRICELESS)

These are what they made for him and his treats

After Church we went to Adventure park for a picnic

played in the water and played frisbee, We have so much fun together

TAGGED

2008-06-18T08:38:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Kim Peterson, I was looking at my blog and noticed that I had been tagged at about 8:45 this morning so I went ahead and did it...an intersting tag, NO CLEANING/CHEATING what you see is the real thing (I forgot to take a picture of my closet, so try to remember to take a picture of your closet).

#1-The fridge...notice that I got the glass fixed.

#2-The kitchen sink

#3-The toilet

#4-My bed...at least I have an excuse for it not being made, Abbey is in it.

#5-Self portait...Ahhhhh, I just hate pictures of myself.

#6-Favorite shoes...they are so comfy and go with everything.

#7-What my kids are doing right now...Hayley is at a soccer camp, Abbey came in this morning and wanted to cuddle with her Dad.

#8-A place I would love to go on vacation: South Africa, where my parents are on their mission.

friends I want to do this blog...Kerrilyn, Sara, Noreen, Chandra, Suzanne and Laina...remember no cleaning before you take the pictures (It is what it is), NO cheating, have fun.