Come What May...

Snap Shots of 2011 -
(Since my last post)

May -

May 21, 2011 - All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

May 21, 2011 - Sky and Koko at their tumbling review.

 

 

 

 

May 22, 2011 - Holland making the most out of the new renovations!

May 25, 2011 - Koko's Preschool Graduation. With one of her teachers Ms. Mercedes

 

June -

Renovations Continue!

July 17, 2011 - Koko decided she wanted a hair cut. She gave it to herself.

 

June 3, 2011 - "I'm a Barbie Girl!"

June 18, 2011 - Primary Pioneer Trek

June 23, 2011 - Skylar's First Science Fair Project. She made salt crystals and sugar crystals and then compared and contrasted them. The sugar crystals did not turn out so it was a learning experience for her that some experiments don't always go the way you want.

 

 

Family Pics - June 24, 2011

 

July -

Koko with her Cousin

More Camp Out Fun

July 2, 2011 - Lukas at the Denos Family Camp Out.

July 8, 2011 - My Baby turned 1 on July 6th, but we had the party a few days later at a park near our house.  Lukas was just starting to walk by himself.

I think Holland was more excited about the cake than he was.

But he got into it after a little while

His Birthday Blanket. I make all my kids a blanket when they turn one.

July 9, 2011 - Playing with Cousins at Liberty Park

July 11, 2011 - More fun with cousins, this time at Kennecot.

July 15, 2011 - Camping with the family up Spanish Fork Canyon

July 21, 2011 - A day at Lagoon. We are all wet after going on Rattle Snake Rapids

The Renovation is Done!

Skylar at the new Piano

July 26, 2011 - Sky on her first day of 2nd Grade.

August - 

 

August 2, 2011 - Hollands first day of Preschool. He did NOT want his picture taken.

August 3, 2011 - Kortnie's first day of kindergarten.

August 6, 2011 - Kory's Family Work Party

August 18, 2011 - Cowabunga Bay with friends

 

August 19, 2011 - More water fun at the Splash Park.

August 20, 2011 - Kory's Mom's 80th Birthday Party.

September -

September 4, 2011 - Some of our Harvest from this year. The boys loved helping in the garden. Holland especially loved the fresh raspberries from our raspberry bush.

 

 

September 5, 2011 - Labor Day, we spent the day up Little Cottonwood Canyon with Kory's Brother and his family. We played Volley Ball and roasted hot dogs.

September 17, 2011 - Koko's first friend party. We had a Rock Star birthday party. She loved it.

At the party playing Just Dance Kids.

All the little rock star's with their tambourines.

 October -

October 1, 2011 - Kortnie got to play fall soccer for the first time. Her team was called the Orange Tigers. She said soccer was not as much fun as she thought it would be. We will see if she decides to play again in the spring. She decided to play soccer instead of take another tumbling class.

October 4, 2011 - Herriman Fire Station - This was Holland's first field trip.

October 19, 2011 - Kortnie had her first Science Fair in her Kindergarten class. She did an experiment to see what brand of bubble gum had the longest lasting flavor. She loves gum, so this was a perfect project for her.

October 31, 2011 - Halloween - We had a SUPER Halloween this year.

This was just Kortnie's stash. Sky had just as much and the boys got plenty too. It is January 3rd and we still have tons of candy. I think it is past time to throw it away!

November - 

November 5, 2011 - Sky's 8th Birthday Party. We had a baking party. The girls decorated their own aprons and we made pizza and then decorated cakes.

November 18, 2011 - Now that Sky is 8, she gets to go to Activity Day's at church. Her very first activity was a Mother/daughter activity and the mom's had to make the girls a dress out of wrapping paper. It was so much fun and she loved it.

One of her Baptism picks. It was freezing the day we took them, but she was such a good sport and had so much fun being the center of attention. 

 

December - 

December 3, 2011 - Skylar was baptized by her Dad. It was a very special day for our family. I told her that she couldn't be old enough to be baptized because that would make me old. She reassured me that I would not be old until she was 10. Whew! I got 2 more years before I am OLD!

December 5, 2011 - Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet came to visit again. We had a traditional Dutch meal and then watched a movie when we were interrupted by their visit.

December 6, 2011 - We had to say goodbye to our wonderful family friends the Jones Family. We miss you guys!

Aren't they cute! Hopefully they will fall madly in love in about 20 years - but not before!

December 12, 2011 - We went downtown to see the Christmas lights. We tried going last year, but as we were getting ready to go, found out that our basement was flooded. We have flooded four more times this year. We never flooded before our basement was finished and now that it is we have had terrible luck!

All bundled up on the temple steps.

December 24, 2011 - Christmas Eve Pajama's. We had a wonderful Christmas this year filled with lots of family time. It was wonderful to go to parties and enjoy the Holiday's.

Other notes of interest. -
Lukas continues to grow in leaps and bounds. He is not talking as much as he should be, but he loves to wrestle his brother, dance, sing, play with cars and animals, and look at books.
Holland also loves to wrestle his brother, loves to play outside and watch TV. He loves to pick out his own clothes and likes to go to preschool although he doesn't ever want to actually work once he is there.
Kortnie lost her first tooth. Is enjoying her time in kindergarten and is learning so quickly. She is doing really well with her reading and is excellent at math. She is on the Mini-Prep team at dance.
Skylar is loving school, dance, piano, tumbling, reading new books, playing with friends, helping out with her brothers and sister and just being busy.
I quit my job at TA after 6 1/2 years. I loved it there, but had a new, better paying job and it was just too much time away from the family. I lost my new job and made teaching dance my job instead of my hobby.  I am busy as wife, mom, primary president, and dance teacher.
Kory celebrated 16 years at his job this year. He is loving football season and any time he gets to spend with his family.