Hunington Beach 2008
I took a trip to California for a Singles Conference. I went with a great group of friends that I have met on "Link-up". We rented houses a couple miles away from Hunington Beach. I had so much fun. I was amazed that I actually went, flew on the plane all by myself (my friends were all on different planes), rented the car by myself. Ya, it was a weekend of self discovery and relaxation. We danced, tried "speed dating", hung out at the beach (I even played beach volleyball), and stayed up way too late chatting and being goofy...how old are we? You are never to old to have fun with good friends! :)




We took these pictures after we had been dancing and sweating..oh well..:)

These woman have become my dear friends. It is so nice to associate with good woman that have similar lives to mine. Friends that share our woes, secrets, and wishes with. Aren't they beautiful?

Here is us being goofy...kiss kiss!

April 2008

Madalyn turns Eleven! We had a family party this year and had our Grandma and Grandpa Randall, Aunts and Uncles and cousins come for cake and ice cream sundeas. Charissa even put together a game that we all played, we learned a lot of our amazing Maddy.

Maddy got lots of great gifts and clothes, Grandma even took her shopping. Madalyn had to get the shoes to go with her outfit..it's all about accessorizing! Maddy has style!! We love you Maddy!

Disneyworld 2008


We stayed at the Yacht Club Resort. We were with our extended family and with the great people that I work with.

Our first morning there we had breakfast with the characters.


Someday my prince will come...
oh wait wrong song :)







We were in Florida for four days so we tried to get a lot in. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios.

It rained quite a bit but we still had a lot of fun-even with our ponchos!

Okay the kids and I have been on this ride before, but you wouldn't know it by the surprised-scared- looks on our faces! Priceless!

Great Family Shot!!

This was a GREAT trip!!!

A year of memories..

Life has taught me to simplify and to put things into perspective. Of course, there are things that I am unable to do that I did before, but through the lastcouple years I have tried to make the most of the time I do have with my kids. It has definitely been an adjustment for all of us. The one thing I have yet to learn is to simplify the tradition of making birthdays a big deal. Hey, I have cut them down to every other year...does that count? Oh ya, and I rarely make a homemade cake! So we'll start with Carsons Pirate Party with our own Captain Hook (aka Maddy)! We lived like pirates for a day...from cooking over a fire, root beer in bottles, treasure hunt, and we even had our own pirate ship battle with marshmallows instead of cannons!

Halloween 2007
Mom as a "Nun"- Now why would I choose that costume? :)-Charissa as a Police Officer-Madalyn as a breathtaking Cow Girl- Anna as Hannah Montana of course :) and Carson as Jack Sparrow!

Thanksgiving 2007
We spent the week at Grandma and Grandpa's cabin in Liberty, Utah. We had a great time with our family: riding the four wheelers, playing games, watching movies, eating and more eating. I am most grateful to my Heavenly Father for these children, this is one of my favorite pictures of all of us!

Anna turns 9! And of course she celebrated in true Hannah style...singing, dancing, and giggling with her friends. She kept telling me all she wanted for her birthday was an American Girl doll that looked just like her. Well, me being the procrastinator that I am..I ordered her too late for her to get it on her birthday. This kept up the suspense all week til finally she came in the mail-Don't they look cute? Can't believe how grown up our Anna is!

Winter: Can I just tell you how glad I am that winter is over?! Though I have to admit, I love winter now that my kids are old enough to put on their own snow clothes and boots....

We got a lot of snow this year, and one thing the kids and I did was create our own sled hill. One day we took all of the snow off the ground and shoveled it up and onto our rock wall. This created a steep and short slope to the ground. We had so much fun sliding down on our stomachs and then we even got out our swimming boards and used those for our "snowboards"- what blast...these are the moments..

So these are a few of the MOMENTS that we had this year...