American Legion

Joseph and Izabelle performed at the American Legion Meeting with their Dixie Spirit Choir.  Joseph sang a Solo part of God Bless The USA.  He sang the second verse.  Then Izabelle also had a solo part in the song titled Let There Be Peace On Earth.  The sang several patriotic songs and the finished with [...]

Happy 34 Years Brad

Frobscottle – BFG

Our family finished reading The BFG (Big Friendly Giant). This is a book that we got for Christmas.  I remember my Mom reading it to me when I was a little girl. Thanks Mom.
To celebrate we had a frobscottle party!  In the book the Giants all drink frobscottle this amazing drink that tastes like vanilla and [...]

New Year Hike

The last day before the kids went back to school we went on a hike together!  At the start of this hike there is a little duck pond. The weather was just beautiful and the views were too.  When we go to the top we stopped and had a snack and looked at the view.
After our [...]

Visit From Uncle Carl

Uncle Carl came all the way from Florida to spend some time with our family! He came via Farmington Utah and drove down with my Mom and Dad and my sister Kara.  We went on a hike to the temple quarry trail.  It was beautiful weather and views and the company was even better.  The [...]

New Years !

New years was so fun and a great time to get the family together.  All of  Brad’s siblings came to our house that evening while all the children were at Grandmothers house.  We played a little Rook and then the Fireworks started.  It’s time to celebrate Sara Poulsen and Norman Fawson’s Birthday!  The birthday cake [...]

Christmas Day

Christmas was wonderful to be home together  the whole day and just enjoy each other.  I love the way our kids open presents because they are not in any hurry they just open something and then they want to stop and play with it and explore it and talk about it before anything else happens. [...]

Family Christmas Recital

The Family Christmas Eve Party was a huge success this year. Most everyone got a chance to perform. It was a wonderful meeting. A highlight was Dad’s poem that Rebecca put to music. There are a few videos that I’ll try to get up on youtube soon.

Seth’s Three

Seth’s Birthday was celebrated at a violin recital at the library.  His party was well attended.  At they start of the concert they all played happy birthday on their violins.  His favorite toys were a little stuffed (manny and diego from ice age).  Joseph and Seth play with them together and it his fun to [...]

Chocolate

Izabelle and Joseph were in a school Christmas chior.  One of our favorite songs they learned was Chocolate in my stocking.  We have enjoyed all the fun songs they sing and they always love an audience!  Seth has learned many of the same songs too because the others have sang them so much.