The Draper Advetures

Ice Fishing

2012-02-16T22:16:00.000-08:00

Pappa Kurt took the boys ice fishing. This is something they had never done before. Although the fishing was slow they still had a blast.

Uncle Paul trained his dog to tow the boys around on the ice. They got a kick out of that..

The Baptism Ceremony

2012-02-16T21:10:00.000-08:00

Mason's baptism ceremony was so fun. He was so excited. A couple of months ago he was a little nervous. I think some of that had to do with him being the first of his friends to get baptized. But he prepared on his own and was truly ready to do it. He was well aware that this was his choice. We're so proud!

Mase was pretty excited to find out that 3 of his friends from school were getting baptized the same day. In fact, there were several baptisms that day. And we happened to be last so or poor friends and family had to wait about an hour and a half. Thanks for your patience.

After the ceremony we headed over to our ward house and had a nice meal. Thanks for coming everybody.

Mason was pretty excited to see his face on his baptism cake. He saved this piece and took him home to admire.

Mason's Baptism Pictures

2012-02-08T17:58:00.001-08:00

Matt was able to snap some photos of Mason. Mason got to choose where he had them taken and he chose the SL temple. Such a cute boy and I can't believe he's now 8! It was a very neat experience for Matt and Mason to take these pics together as they seemed to have the whole place to themselves.

Flips Birthday Extravaganza

2012-01-17T14:47:00.000-08:00

The boys got to invite all their friends to a friend birthday party at Flips.
We ran circuits and played all sorts of games.

The 2 birthday brothers dressed in nothing but their Ute attire.

And yes, spoiled again. Thanks FRIENDS and FAMILY! As Mason and Max put it 'BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!'

Topped off with a pinata.

Birthdays

2012-01-17T14:35:00.000-08:00

Maxwell turned 6 on December 31st and Mason turned 8 on January 13th.

One of our new favorite traditions is to go to breakfast on our birthdays. The boys have fallen in love with the unlimited french toast at Kneeders. YUMMY!

Mason had one request to go to Boondocks on his birthday. We took advantage of the free birthday pass and played our guts out.

Mackay was so excited about his rollerball he couldn't contain himself.

My very own go-cart??? Yes please...

Merry Christmas!

2012-01-01T14:15:00.000-08:00

Seriously, nothing is better than the Christmas season. The boys were so excited for the Santa visit. They put out the cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer. Christmas came and the boys were spoiled.

We headed back to Grandpa Kurts and Grandma Lynn's for the Draper family.

Christmas Eve Family Sledding Video

2012-01-01T14:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve Festivities

2012-01-01T14:01:00.000-08:00

The absolute lack of snow did not stop us from trying to find some. We headed up to Daniels Summit and found some white stuff for our traditional family snowmobile ride. Weather was great and kids had a BLAST!

Both Mason and Maxwell feel very comfortable on the XLT, they couldn't get enough of it.

Mackay didn't want to leave daddy's new sled.

Lil' Paxton took his daddy for the ride of his life.

We headed over to Grandpa Kurt and Grandma Lynn's for a fun evening of the white elephant game, then it was off to bed.
Uncle Vaughn showed up in his creepy, perverted one piece jammies. ;)

Christmas Card

2011-12-20T21:15:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all. Here's our Christmas pictures. We wanted to get some pics of the fam all decked out in our fancy clothes at Amanda's wedding, but that didn't work out so we had to find another day. With the help of Uncle Pauly we were successful!

Ward Christmas Party

2011-12-18T11:31:00.001-08:00

Zoo Lights

2011-12-18T11:28:00.000-08:00

We went to the Hogle Zoo for the light show with the animals. We were very impressed with the show. Not only do they have all the animals to watch, but Santa and a ton on lights. These were my camera phone pics - not good :/

Mason & Max Gymnastic Show

2011-12-18T10:04:00.000-08:00

The end of the year gymnastic show for Mason and Maxwell is an excellent time for them to show off their stuff. They have gymnastic practice once a week and we've seen great progress with both of them. We are amazed with their flexibility, technique and endurance. Both boys are determined to master their back hand springs and aerials.

Way to go boys, we're so proud.

Pictures With Santa

2011-12-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

Every year our Real Estate team sponsors a photo shoot with Santa. It's always a huge success and tons of fun.

Festival Of Trees

2011-12-18T08:48:00.000-08:00

Our annual Legacy Dance Festival of Trees performance is always looked forward to. Macaky was a big fan of the bubble machine this year. As always, my dancers did AWESOME!

Thanksgiving

2011-12-18T08:40:00.001-08:00

We kind of failed with pics for Thanksgiving but we had a good holiday. We were able to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Judy's house and then we were able to hang out with the Draper clan and eat another dinner.

Jackson 1

2011-12-07T20:44:00.000-08:00

Our little nephew Jackson turned one! What a stud - we love him so!

Nate & Amanda's Wedding Day

2011-11-20T20:54:00.000-08:00

My sister Amanda got married on 11-11-11 in the Salt Lake Temple. The sealing was scheduled for 11:00am. However my sis forgot to get a wedding certificate. It postponed the the wedding 3 hours because it was veterans day and the court houses were closed. However, she did get married!! Yay!! We love Nate and are excited for him to be in our family.

Te reception was at Ensign Peak ward house. It was a little crazy for me because I was 3 hours behind from the delay at the temple, but everything turned out amazing!!!

These are the cutest server/flower girls ever!! These are some of my older dancers. I LOVE them!! They were so great!

My sister decided to to do a ring ceremony for those who were not able to be in the temple. It was very sweet!

My favorite Ring bearers!!

Max and Jada walked down the aisle together. So cute!

Mason and Kaelyn walked down the aisle. So sweet!

This is my Nanny. She is so cute. I was very glad she was able to make it to the reception.

The boys loved the "Candy Table".

Everyone LOVED the photo booth.

Mason caught the garter.

Dancing!!

The bride and groom leaving to go on a cruise.....

Wedding Dinner

2011-11-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

Amanda and Nate's family dinner was on Wednesday November 9, 2011 at Joy Luck. It was a fun evening with family and friends.

mMy mom, sister and brother.

Mason, Max and Mackay were the only kids invited. They thought they were very cool.

MMackay crashed right before the family dinner!! He was so cute!

We played our traditional shoe game. Always a fun way to get to know the bride and groom better.

Halloween Half

2011-11-19T21:23:00.000-08:00

I did the Halloween half marathon with some friends. It was fun to run and see all the crazy costumes. Michelle and I borrowed 2 of my dancers costumes. We had a blast!

Halloween Celebration

2011-11-12T16:04:00.000-08:00

This year was opposite of last year in that we had perfect weather. We had the cousins and aunt and uncles come over for pizza and a party. Matt took the boys around the neighborhood. Mackay caught on really quick, saying 'treat' at every door.

Halloween School Parade

2011-10-30T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here's our goose waiting for the school parade to start.

We also had our ward Halloween party for the kids.

Tonight we carved pumpkins for family night.

Cornbelly's

2011-10-30T21:27:00.000-07:00

My dancers performed at Cornbelly's - What an awesome place! Tons of activities for the kids. They didn't want to come home.

The boys were able to perform their dance.

Thanks for the video Fox's...

Las Vegas Get Away

2011-10-30T21:07:00.000-07:00

We extended the summer season by just a few days and took advantage UEA and Grandpa Scott's place at the MGM Signature.

So convenient that our friends happened to be in Vegas the same time we were so we met up and hung out quite a bit.

Mackay's BDay Party

2011-10-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Sunday we celebrated my grandma Nanny's birthday. We had a nice dinner at our home.

We had a birthday bash for our Mackay. He was pretty happy about the thing. It's always fun to see the kids grasp the birthday concept. We rented a bounce house and had the party at flips and invited all his little friends. He had a blast!

Mackay's 2 Year Old Pictures

2011-10-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

Goose is now 2! Can't believe it. We love him so much!

Yellowstone Video

2011-10-17T07:10:00.001-07:00

Yellowstone 2011

2011-10-11T15:56:00.000-07:00

A great time never fails us at Yellowstone. This time we got a taste of winter, but that didn't change our plans at all. We arrived to the Island Park cabin with snow packed roads and about 7" of snow. This was one of the most relaxing vacations we have been on in a LONG time. Friday was spent watching movies, reading books, playing games, napping, eating awesome food, soaking in the hot tub and just old fashioned hanging out. The weather cleared perfectly for Saturday as Matt had put together our route for Yellowstone. We were able to visit some new places in the park and it didn't dissappoint. The elk were very active as they are in the rut, so we were able to see a lot of them. The cooler weather seemed to have pushed the animals around as well.

We were able to visit Mammoth Springs. A beautiful area with a resident heard of elk that live in the little town. The whole town stops for these animals. They run the show and you don't move until they get out of your way - and it's all on their choice :)

The kids had a blast using the binoculars and spotting differnt animals. Matt and Mase were on a mission to see wolves and bear. After a day of searching we found our wolves, they were pretty far away but we were able to spot them with a scope. Mason was getting worried that we wouldn't see a bear before the sunset, but Matt assured him to be patient.

We finally found our griz... In fact we got within 90 yards of him.

Here's Mase watching him through his binoc's.

We ended the evening with a spectacular sunset.

We couldn't resist the Bear World fun on the way home. This is always an absolute hit for the kids.

U of U Homecoming

2011-10-02T22:02:00.000-07:00

Every year the University of Utah invite the Crimson Line Alumni back to perform at half time. It's been a couple of years since I've been back and I really wanted to do it, so we made sure it happened. It's tons of fun to see all the gang from the college days and to learn to dance. The boys had been very anxious to get to a live game, so they were very excited about it too. Matt was able to round up some tickets right by some good friends so that made it even more fun. Besides the Utes playing crappy and the outcome of the game, it was a perfect night. We loaded up in the car and Max said, "Thanks for taking us to the game Mom and Dad - That was AWESOME!" That right there made us want to take them again. Mason was so upset that his Utes lost that he actually teared up and called that Washington Husky team a bunch of cheaters... I think he was just exhausted though.

This guy thought he was pretty funny...

Frightmares

2011-09-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

We took the boys to Lagoon's Frightmares last night. It's about that time of year for cooler temperatures, pumpkins and monsters. We were pretty impressed with the Halloween action that Lagoon does and they didn't disappoint. The boys were pretty scared ;)

Mason was pretty stoked to see his grave stone...

The boys even found one for Grandma Hummer.

Fall Sports

2011-09-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

Sports has taken over our lives once again, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Both Mason and Maxwell have done very well this season. Their aggressiveness and skills have come a long way making it very exciting to watch them.

Here's our greatest fan, Mackay

Our buddy Cutler going after it!

No matter which team wins, Mackay always seems to 'pick' the winner ;)

Payton, taking after his dad...

A Utah Man I am...

2011-09-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

This was the funnest U of U party EVER! We went to our friends house for the big U game against the Cougars. Tons of friends, food, screaming, cheering, dancing and not to mention Skee's 205" outdoor theater. Thanks Fox's - it's a night not soon to be forgot! The boys were beside themselves with excitement.

Here's Skee with his brilliant creation...

Sport Photos

2011-09-16T15:59:00.000-07:00

We have been slacking about adding our boys sports pic's. So here's them and their teams for spring of 2011...

Mason's base ball team, The Owlz!

Max's soccer, the Green Gators

Mason soccer, The Black and White Eagles.

Maxwell's Preschool Class of 2011

Mason's 1st Grade class of 2011

Family Fun

2011-09-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

Over Labor Day we went up to American Fork canyon. We spent half of the day rangering around the trails up there and the other half hiking up to the cave.

Here's some rangering fun with friends on a random Friday.

The Swing of Things

2011-08-28T19:13:00.000-07:00

With school starting it will be nice to get back on a schedule, except I will miss summer badly. I love my kids and it's difficult to see them grow up darn fast.

Mason will be in the 2nd grade this year. He lucked out and got in a class with 3 other neighbor friends.

Our Maxwell will be starting Kindergarten. He is beyond excited to start!

Our Goose (Mackay) will continue to terrorise things around the house. But man, how could you not adore this little blonde.

The neighbor friends - minus Ethan. (Matt forgot to wait to take the pictures and took them before he got there... Sorry E.)

Here's the whole group...

Cowboy Up...

2011-08-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Maxwell got to compete in the Davis County Fair for Mutton Bustin'. He had his best ride yet! It was in front of a full house at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington. Matt put his GoPro on top of Max's helmet so he could get an insider view of what it's like. The rodeo clown thought that was pretty cool so he announced it to the croud - everybody was looking at Maxwell. You'll notice in the video that Max was gagging, well that's because he got some dirt in his mouth. That's just part of the game. He can't wait for the State rodeo in a couple of weeks. Mason sat this one out as he is still recovering from an injury from last year. Actually he just fell really hard and got the wind knocked out of him, needless to say, it kind of killed the interest for a bit...

(pics courtesy of RickyBobby)

Plenty of critters at the ol' fair...

This is an event called the "Cash Cow". They tape dollar bills on a calf and let it run around as the kids chase it trying to grab as much dough as they can. The boys LOVED it.

Bear Lake / Bloomington

2011-08-18T21:36:00.000-07:00

One last hoo-raw before the school year starts. We headed up to Bear Lake with a bunch of friends for a camping trip. We actually went to Bloomington, Idaho, which is just a couple miles north of the lake. Some friends have a nice country home with a bunch of land so we just parked the trailers on the lawn and made a party out of it. The boys got to ride on a horse around the yard. Mackay cried pretty hard when his turn was over. He LOVED the horse. We took a ranger ride up beautiful Bloomington canyon and went to Bloomington Lake. The water was super cold as the glacier melts into the lake. That didn't stop Matt and I from going on the rope swing. Way fun, but way cold. We spent some time at the Lake where the water was a bit warmer.

Btfl. Peak

2011-08-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

We've got some good friends that have gotten the geocaching bug lately so we took the buggies up to the top of Bountiful and headed towards Farmington along Skyline drive. We found a few caches along the way. The boys were stoked! The air was cool and it was beautiful. Curious about geocaching??? Click here...

Ragnar Video

2011-08-17T07:50:00.000-07:00

Here's an awesome video by none other than RickyBobby, of our Ragnar race. Great memories with great friends.

Summer Backyard Fun!

2011-07-31T09:22:00.000-07:00

This summer has been one to remember. Here's a typical summer day for us...

Timp Half Mar.

2011-07-31T09:16:00.000-07:00

I raced the Timp 1/2 marathon with some awesome friends. What a beautiful race! I was even able to beat my best time :)

24th Strawberry

2011-07-30T22:31:00.000-07:00

We took the kids and rigs with family and friends up above Strawberry Reservoir. It was very pleasant to escape the valley hustle and heat and head for the cool mountains. Matt left early Thursday to secure us a prime spot on hill as it was the 24th of July weekend. He found an awesome place! We were all by ourselves. We covered a lot of beautiful area on the rangers.

Because of all the moisture this year the mountain flowers are going crazy!

Brownie putting on a show for the kids.

Tree painting.

Painting cousin Bennett.

We took an evening to spend some time at Strawberry. Not the most swimming friendly lake (chilly water, craw-dads galore, dogs doing diggers in lake etc...) but that didn't hold us back.

We were able to drive the rangers across the hills and over to Daniels Summit. We took advantage of their beautiful patio to eat lunch and relax in the beautiful weather.

We came across these poor children that didn't have parents or clothes but by the look of the cottage cheese in their behinds, we could tell they were getting plenty to eat. ;)

ifly / flow rider

2011-07-30T10:24:00.001-07:00

Went to ifly for family night with some good friends. It was the kids first time for the ifly and not one of them hesitated. Max was the funniest as he didn't really understand the whole floating concept. It took him a while to stop 'swimming' in air.

Here's flying class with Dusty.

Mase...

I can't tell if Kaelyn is flexible or not... Got to love that dancer body.

Jada.

Maxwell (Peter Pan)

4th Video

2011-07-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

Farmington Parade

2011-07-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

The Legacy Dance team rocked it at the Farmington Parade this year. We look forward to this every year and it never fails us. Thanks for good friends and good help! The entire set of pictures can be seen by clicking here...

Slippery When Wet...

2011-07-10T13:05:00.000-07:00

DIY 200' homemade water slide! OH YA, It's summer time!!!

Our Very Own Stadium of Fire

2011-07-10T12:41:00.000-07:00

After the cabin trip we headed home for a fun day at Lagoon (forgot camera). The boys were beside themselves with excitement because daddy got to go with them. The overcast skies and the fact that Lagoon didn't do fireworks scared the mobs of people away. This was wonderful as we were able to walk on to every ride with ease. We even spent some time at Lagoon a beach. The evening was set aside for a PARTY. We invited family and friends over for hot dogs, cold drinks, cotton candy, games and of course fire works. NSL was like a war zone with the new Utah laws of allowing aerials. It made for some surround sound fireworks! Great times with great people.

Skee being Skee...

July 4th Holiday

2011-07-10T10:13:00.000-07:00

Matt's Grandpa Allred built a cabin for his family with his bare hands about 50 years ago. This cabin is nestled high in the Uinta Mountain range above Oakley, Utah. Growing up, Matt got to spend his summers here, playing in the stream, hiking the hills and helping Grandma with projects around the cabin. There are many memories that were made here. We're so lucky to still be able to enjoy this place and create the same memories with our own children. Matt's Grandma and Aunt are the care takers of the cabin and have done a wonderful job preserving this beautiful place. We were able to spend a couple of days with Grandma Allred and we were spoiled. Grandma Allred loves to entertain, so meals were prepared and activities were planned.

The kids spent hours on these swings asking for 'underdogs' over and over again.

We were able to do some exploring as well. We loaded Grandma and the kids up on the ol' Ranger and headed out. We saw tons of animals and enjoyed the crisp, fresh mountain air. Grandma greatly approved of the Ranger mentioning she hoped Santa would bring her on for Christmas next year :)
(Max actually stayed back at the cabin with Emily and family as they played games, that's why he's not in these pictures.)

Here's a picture of the boys and uncle Mike getting ready for the traditional flag ceremony. Grandpa was very patriotic and passed this tradition down to us...

Matt got friendly with the humming birds as he does his own version of National Geographic.

The Oakley Rodeo has been a tradition for years and years. Here's cowboy #1 waiting for the show to start...

We met up with Scooter and fam. Here's Scooter doing what he does best... ;)

Maxwell's favorite part was the steer wrestling. He hopes to be able to compete one day.

Our Real Anniversary

2011-07-10T09:56:00.000-07:00

June 28th 2001 - 10 years ago we made the best decisions of our lives. We celebrated with some GREAT friends that happen to share the same date as us, well a day or two off, but just the same ;)

We headed to my dads place at the beautiful St. Regis, Deer Valley, for an overnighter. We started the party with a breath taking bike ride around Park City. It is a very biker friendly city with fun paved trails through the city and woods.

The best part of the vacation was the restaurant selection. All of us had never ate at the Ruth Chris Steakhouse so we decided to give it a whirl. Perhaps the best steak dinner we'd ever eaten. The service was impeccable as well... Of course, you have to pay for it, but well worth it ;) For breakfast we headed to the Kneaders at Kimball Junction for their all you can eat french toast. Words cannot describe the deliciousness...

We'd like to take this moment to thank the nice bus boy who took this photo of us. Never mind it's out of focus and Matt's partially cropped out of the photo. I think Matt's camera intimidated him, we were laughing pretty hard.

To my eternal companion, here's to another 10. LOVE YOU!!

The Bavelas Farm

2011-07-07T22:05:00.000-07:00

We took our annual trip to the Bavelas Farm to take some pics and let the kids play with the animals. Thanks Helina!

No animals were harmed in this photoshoot, Mackay did however fall deeply in love with this poor little kitten...

Family Photo

2011-06-26T13:54:00.001-07:00

A while back Matt and Ricky took pics for Legacy Dance and we decided to do some pics of my family. This is my mother, her husband Mike, brother Scooter and his wife Brittney, Amanda and her fiance Nate.

Drive In Movie

2011-06-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

Hit the big screen with the truck with some AWESOME friends. Saw Cars II. Got there early for a tale gate party, dinner and dancing in the parking lot!

Chance and Mackay pushed around this chair. They looked like 2 old men pushing their walker around. Kept them entertained for a bit though...

RAGNAR 2011

2011-06-26T08:24:00.000-07:00

Sweet! I did it. Yes! Something I've always wanted to do, and I had about 24 hours to prepare for it! My good friend Michelle called me in desperation, to ask me if I could fill in for someone on their team that broke their ankle. I wasn't sure if I could handle it but figured since I've continued running since the marathon that I could do it. It was a BLAST. I already knew the girls I would be running with and that made it that much funner. We partied all night long - literally. I ran my leg with no problems except the blisters on my feet, which bled through my shoes. ya, didn't take pictures of that. Thanks ladies for the invite!

One proud husband ;)

Ward Campout

2011-06-23T21:38:00.000-07:00

I was asked to help with the ward campout this year, and to tell you the truth it was a lot of fun. We went to Camp Zarahemla in Morgan. It is a beautiful church owned site with tons to do. We started off with service helping move firewood. There was a big grass field for the kids to play games. We played kickball, red rover etc. The highlight was the plane flying over and dropping candy. The kids were beside themselves with excitement.

We had a ton of fun hanging out and we love our ward! Here's a picture video we put together.

Great Season Owlz

2011-06-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

The season is over for Mason's machine pitch baseball team. They had an awesome year and were very successful. Justin, Skee and Matt were the coaches and they took things very seriously. We entered the playoffs in second place and flew through the playoffs to the championship game. The championship game was very intense and Mase did great. They ended up with a heart breaker, loosing to those pesky Mud Cats. It was a good time while it lasted and second place is AWESOME! We're so grateful for Mason's coaches and he looks up to them so much. The boys all got a trophy followed by a fun pizza party. (Thanks Ang for the pics)

As the coach presented the trophy's to the players they all told a special something about them.

Dirty Dash 2011

2011-06-22T21:25:00.000-07:00

We participated with some friends in the Dirty Dash 5k team race at Midway. We got a room at the famous Homestead and made a weekend getaway out of it. Here are the pics.

Our team was the Pink Nasties. We wore Legacy Dance bright pink t-shirts and tutu's. Yes even the dudes wore them. E and Mase thought that was pretty hilarious, but the guys looked hot!

Here's the kids team. They even had a race for the kids. The Piglet Plunge

The boys got a round of golf in at the Homestead.

Hours were spent at the Homestead playing kick ball in the park, staying up late watching movies, swimming for hours on end...

Here's a video Matt put together for the team. It gives you a glimpse of what the race is really like.

Lake Powell Video

2011-06-20T06:04:00.000-07:00

Here's the video version of the trip...

LKPWL2K11

2011-06-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

Another trip to the blessed Lake Powell. We love this place and the kids love it more! Now that school is out we do our annual Lake Powell hair cut as the boys call it, aka buzz cut. It's perfect for the summer, nice and cool and we don't have to comb it. The trip was awesome! We love our week because the weather is not so dang hot you can't stand it and the water is just beginning to warm up.

Max was the fishing KING and had the lucky pole. Between him and Grandpa Kurt they caught every specie of fish on Lake Powell.

Uncle Mike and Jelly

We were able to hook up with the Beckstrands for a couple of days while we were down there. There was no argument with Mase and K being able to hang out.

Memorial Weekend

2011-06-05T21:37:00.000-07:00

We took time this weekend to remember those who have passed. In particular our grandparents and close relatives. We're so grateful for the path that chose that and choices they made to help be where we are today. We're so blessed! We hope that we can continue the traditions that they taught us.

Over spring break we went to Moab but only got to see a small part of the huge open desert down there. We loved it so much we decided to go again and see a different part. While it once again rained for most of the time back home, we were loving the 80's we had the whole time. We covered miles and miles of roads and saw so many things.

One of our friends brought a lil' motorbike for the kids to cruise around on. Max and Mason couldn't put it down! They caught on quick.

Mackay wouldn't take off these cowboy boots and camo shorts the whole week. This is his kind of country.

Because of all the extra rain we've been receiving there were plenty of water holes around for the kids to cool down in.

Mackay found the water holes very relaxing. He went from this....

to this....

And yes, he convinced his buds to join in on the fun. Rub a dub dub, 3 dudes in a tub.

The men are insane. Thrill junkies...

Mackay wasn't too happy, but we had to get a picture in front of this bruiser we came across. Whatever you point this thing at it will conquer.

This place was called Tusher Tunnel. It actually goes from one side of a mountain to another. Pretty incredible and nice and cool.

I guess I'm loved, the cute little girls made me this shirt... I love you too!

We added one more national park to our list. Arches National park is amazing and I totally recommend it to anyone, as there is something for everybody to do. We set out on some fun hikes and saw some amazing geological features that just blow your mind away.

We spent some time in the actual city of Moab and ate some good food and hung out at the local city park with plenty of shade and grass. Matt was being silly with Mackay and put his shirt like this. We didn't know Mackay would want his shirt like this for the next couple of hours. ;)

Ogden Marathon

2011-06-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

A combined 900 miles and some 5 months later, it's come and gone. Matt and I had a crazy ambition to run a marathon. It's always been on our 'bucket-list' and we finally committed and did it. What a rush! We carb loaded the night before and left our house at 4am to catch the bus up Ogden Canyon. Pit fires kept us warm as we arrived and waited for the race to start. The sun rose over the mountain to warm us up as the race started. It was beautiful! We both felt pretty good and well prepared. We both got to know 'The Wall' and what it really feels like to hit at mile 20. It was pretty brutal for the last 6 miles but we ran through it. Thanks Kurt, Ali and the Frazier's for the support at the finish line.

Baseball in Full Force

2011-05-09T16:59:00.000-07:00

The season has started and it has officially taken over our lives... But, the boys LOVE it, so it is worth it. Maxie is in T-ball and we just can't tell if he likes it. Maybe the pictures paint a picture...

Max has been very patient lately. He gets to see Mase and the other big boys play on the pitcher machine and all he wants to do is play with them. At least he gets to hit from coach pitch.

Mason took the step to the pitcher machine league this year. While the first time at bat was intimidating he has caught on so fast and his numbers are very impressive for his first year.

Matt was asked to be the first base coach for the year, and I really can't tell who is more excited for the games, Matt or Mase. This baseball stuff is serious and the coaches don't mess around. Justin and Skee are the best coaches and Mason really looks up to them. Mason has really taken a serious interest and tries so hard to improve each game and understand the rules more and more.

Notice the wrist/sweat band on Mason's arm. The wrist band means you are the team captain for the game. He got a kick out of leading the team chant and being in charge.

With Matt coaching on base, we don't have as many pictures as usual, but thanks to Rob for taking a couple for us :)

Easter In An Egg Shell

2011-04-26T19:57:00.001-07:00

Our Easter Celebrations

2011-04-26T16:59:00.000-07:00

We started out at the annual ward Easter egg hunt / breakfast. The kids have been talking about this for a week. It took a bit for Mackay to catch on to the hunt, but once he realized there was candy inside these plastic eggs he was unstoppable.

Here's the boys counting the eggs and opening them.

We then headed over to Murray Park for the annual 'Grandma Judy' Easter egg hunt, and this is where they really cash in ;) We've also made it a tradition to bring cousin Bennett along for the fun.

Mackay has learned his new 'CHEEEEEEESE' smile. It's just that... A little cheesy, but we all laugh so hard when he does it.

We also celebrated cousin Jaylee's first birthday. Aunt Meme gave a very fun party!

Our favorite part... when the 1 year old gets to dig in to her cake.

We also celebrated Pappa Kurt's birthday and got some pictures of his overly excited expressions when he opened a new wrench set.

After the Easter Bunny made a stop at the house, Sunday morning was spent at Grandma Judy's for brunch.

The boys got their matching outfits for church.

One happy family that is grateful for our Savior's sacrifice.

SLC 1/2 MAR.

2011-04-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

We ran our first 1/2 marathon and loved it. We are running in the Ogden full marathon in May. This is our first marathon so we decided to run the SL 1/2 marathon as part of our training. Everything went great and we had a real good time. 13 miles didn't seem that bad because we've been training and have been running more than that. It was fun to be in an organized event and coming down to the finish line there was quite the adrenaline rush. We can't wait till May.

Waiting for TRAX at Gateway. The race started at the UofU and we ran south to 2700S. and then north to Gateway.

Tons of people, I mean tons!

There are plenty of interesting characters that show up for these races. These dudes were as cool as them come. One in silver tight spandex and the other in a skort.

We did it! Our time was 2 hours flat.

Spring Break - Moab Vid!

2011-04-14T21:54:00.001-07:00

Matt's video compilation of our recent trip to the desert...

Spring Break - Moab

2011-04-14T21:25:00.000-07:00

We took advantage of the kids being out of school for Spring Break and headed down south to Moab. The kids were counting down days until they could head out of town. We lucked out with the weather - it was a little chilly and windy but a lot better than the snow that SLC got. We had a blast! Everyday we headed out for an adventure and covered tons of country. The scenery and vistas were breath taking. The men put the rangers and jeep to the test as they climbed some crazy stuff. The boys and friends took every advantage they could to ride their quad around the field we were camping at. Plenty of smores at the camp fire. Maxwell and Uncle Leon hit it off pretty good as Leon brought about 6 different remote control cars. Max would have drove it till the wheels fell off. Thanks Leon! Matt climbed 'Wipe Out Hill' with the ranger, I have to admit, it was pretty scary to watch... I learned how to ride Matt's motorcycle, and I actually enjoyed it. We're so grateful for a beautiful state we live in and that we get to explore these creations. We're also grateful for great friends to share the experience with! Can't wait to go out again...

St. Patties

2011-03-20T20:22:00.000-07:00

Happy St. P's Day. We did our tradition of spraying the boys hair green and colored the boys milk and oatmeal green. They were pretty happy!

Sledding

2011-03-20T20:11:00.000-07:00

Our winter is slowly coming to an end so we had to hurry and use some sledding tickets. It wasn't the best of conditions but we don't care, we had a blast hangin with Grandpa Scott, and our friends. After ward we ate at a yummy Mexican Restaurant in Heber.

Disney On ice

2011-03-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

We made our trip to the Disney on Ice show. Matt had mutual so he was pretty bumed he couldn't go ;) Kids had a blast. Grandma Judy, Amanda & Nate, Olivia and Kaelyn joined us for the fun.

The boys are all smiles after they got their $12 snowcone. Grandma Judy is a sucker for those things.

Kauai Video

2011-03-16T07:20:00.001-07:00

Here is our video from Hawaii for those that are interested. A heads up, this video is 15 min long and contains some of the same pictures on our blog posts. So, to some it might be boring. Enjoy.

Kaua'i - Our Anniversary Trip

2011-03-13T17:55:00.000-07:00

In June Matt and I will have been married 10 years. We've always wanted to do a Hawaii trip on our anniversary, so a couple months ago Matt surprised me with a booked trip to Kaua'i, Hawaii. We have some great friends, the Beckstrands that were all over the idea too, so they came with us to make it even more of a party! We arranged the sitters for the kids and we were off! Thanks so much to our family that helped with the kids - WE LOVE YOU!

We arrived in Hawaii in the evening and went to get our rental car. Matt and Brant went to get the rental car. Matt gave a warning to us that it was going to be tight because he reserved the cheapest car available - a Geo Metro or something equal. Well, the boys came to pick us up in a 4 door Jeep Wrangler - with the top down - What a way to start off the vacation - and yes it was totally worth it. The first stop was Costco, which Matt had researched before, so we could stock up on snacks and goodies. We then headed to the city of Poipu to our hotel The Sheraton.

First thing we did the next morning was wake up at like 4am. Yes we were a little confused with the time over there. It worked out great though because Matt and I headed for our daily run. Not knowing really where we were going, we asked the fellow at the front desk where we should go. He directed us to the Spouting Horn, which is a natural ocean blow hole. It was a PERFECT run. Along the beach road with waves crashing, bright stars and the fact that we were running at sea level was amazing.

The first day of our vacation we headed for the beach. Our friends had told us about a secret beach that not many people know about - only the locals. We headed over there. We felt like we were on our own oasis. We had to play mission impossible to get there (passed over some private property) but we made it there. One thing that is great about Hawaii is that there are no private beaches. No one can say a thing to you if you are on the beach. The water was a perfect temperature and very clear. We basically just chilled for the day. We rented some snorkeling gear for the week and covered a lot of ocean with it.

Kauai is known for rain. You're pretty much guaranteed to get some rain - depending on where you are on the island. Day 2 presented just that. We didn't let it damper our plans at all though. We cruised around the island in the jeep to get to know it a little better. We were amazed. We drove to a town called Princeville, on the other side of the island. This is where the famous Na'Pali coast starts. We toured a couple of hotels and went to our favorite one the St. Regis. It was beautiful. As we are sitting there looking around you can see whales in the distant ocean blowing water and breaching from the water. It was amazing. We rented a volley ball at the St. Regis and played volleyball for a while. We then hiked around the beaches and chased the crabs that were all over the place.

If you look closely in this picture you can see a whale in the distance that was breaching. Matt was lucky enough to get some shot of him.

Here's a picture of a local on his paddle board. They guys were loving the big waves.

This was one of our favorite grill/sandwich shops we found. We like it so much, we ate lunch here twice!

We then decided to hike up the Na'Pali coast to Hanakapia beach and then on to Hanakapia waterfall. It was a very rugged 8 mile hike. To make things worse, it had rained for most of the morning there so the trail was very muddy and slippery. We had to cross the raging Hanakapia river. This was kind of nerve racking because the water was to our chest at places. We made it just fine however - we even saved a group of people at the lower river. They thought they couldn't cross because of the river, but we helped them - they were pretty grateful.

We made it all the way to the top.

On day three, it was a little rainy again. We decided to head up to Princeville because we weren't able to see everything we wanted to. We headed to famous light house and then to a place called the Queen's Bath. Both places were gorgeous!

Our favorite restaurant!

This was the Queen's Bath. It is said that the Queen used to used this area for her bath - hence the name... The waves were so huge and powerful.

We found a cute shack along the coast that rented us some bicycles. We headed up and down the trail - so fun - so relaxing.

Matt taking pics of Brant and Nikki

Picture credit for this goes to Nikki - Nice Shot!

The best thing about Hawaii is the sunsets - We took every opportunity to watch them...

A picture credit to Brownie (just so we don't get sued ;))

Whale Watching / Kaua'i Chopper Ride

2011-03-13T11:27:00.000-07:00

Some friends recommended a certain whale watching tour and we were certainly glad we went. This was truly one of the highlights of the trip. Captain Chris has been running these waters for 10 plus years and it showed. We went out with a group of about 14 in a 36' zodiac boat. We headed out to the Na'Pali coast to explore its coast line by boat. This ended up being a white knuckle ride where all I could really think about was returning home to my 3 boys - ya I thought we were going to die. Winter in Hawaii means high tides, stronger winds and unpredictable weather. It got pretty nasty along the coast. As the boat would go between 15' swells alls you could see around you was water. Both Matt and I had never been on a smaller boat in the ocean, and while Matt was yelling 'YEE-HA!!', I was fearing for my life. Captain Chris said we had seen enough, as the trade winds weren't going to let up, so we headed for the other side of the island where seas were much calmer - and they were.

The captain led us right to the animals. We were first approached by some bottle nose dolphins but Matt wasn't quick enough to get his camera out for them. We spotted the whales and were able to drift right on top of them - literally! We were AMAZED beyond words. There's no way to describe the feeling. The whales were so friendly. It would be quiet and everybody would be looking around for a sign of them and then out of no where, a whale would surface and let out a huge amount of air - almost frightening. From that point it was a show. The whales love to perform. Matt took about 1000 photos and I was in charge of video - The video is amazing and that is coming soon...

We were fortunate enough to get a 'spy hop'. That's when the whales come nose first out of the water slowly, just to get a peak at you and see what's going on. This happened to us twice and we were able to get video of it.

This was our potty break, where I was veraciously attacked by a jelly fish...

Believe it or not, dolphins actually like to hang out with whales. It wasn't long before these aerobatic spinner dolphins showed up. They were very active and fun to watch...

Since the weather was hit and miss rain, we watched the weather and saved our chopper ride for the day that we thought would be best. It happened to be the last day we were there. We woke up and it was overcast, but we soon learned that that doesn't mean much in Hawaii. The ride would be a 'game time decision' by the pilot. Matt was really reluctant because it wasn't a cheap ride and everybody really wanted to get their money worth. The helicopter company assured us that the pilot wouldn't fly unless it would be enjoyable. Well, we loaded up and the pilot was confident we would have some fun and get some good pics. Here is a pic of our doorless helicopter.

Brant and Nikki up front with the captain - clear for take off.

Well, the chopper company was right... and we ended up with some photos with luscious green mountains and Windex blue oceans. The ride was honestly nothing like we've done before. Breath taking and inspiring. The beauty is clearly a gift from God and we were so grateful we were able to enjoy it the way we did. This pic is from the famous Na'Pali Coast.

While Matt's smile was the biggest I've ever seen, I was smiling too but my hands didn't move the entire 1 hour flight. They were clutched to Matt's leg :)

Photo not in focus, but still cool :)

An interesting fact, when on a helicopter, rainbows actually do a complete circle around the aircraft. Very beautiful...

This picture is at the bottom of the canyon we hiked up to on the second day. It's called the Hanakapia beach. You can see the foot trail along the mountain side.

This is the coast of Princeville - a beautiful but 'snobby' town. It's where the rich folk hang out.

The later part of the ride went up the various canyons of the island. Many movies have been filmed here including Jurassic Park. Waterfalls are not faulting in Kaua'i, as you can see in some of these pics.

We learned that Kaua'i has one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. On one end of the island it is considered a desert - receiving only 20" of rain a year. The the opposite side is considered a rainforest and receives about 150" of rain a year. On the highest peaks of Kaua'i it receives 400" inches of water a year. That makes it one of the wettest places in the world. So these waterfalls are constantly flowing and that explains the lush green.

One Day Of Warmth

2011-02-19T23:11:00.000-08:00

Well, we had one day of warmth last Sunday and it felt so good to be outside with our family. It was nice to just be outside...

Bennett and Gabers came over the other night while their parents attended a funeral. Here is a tub full of dudes...

We have no idea where Mason was when Matt took these pics of Max and Mackay...

Mason's Hospital Visit

2011-02-19T22:25:00.000-08:00

Mason started last week out with occasional stomach ache. They would come and go and the whole time we were thinking he just had a normal tummy ache. Well one night he was up every 1.5 hours for 20 minutes at a time curled over in pain screaming. The next morning we took him up to Primary Childrens. They were first worried about appendicitis or a hurnia. But those checked out ok. He never needed to throw up and there wasn't any diarrhea, so we really couldn't figure out what was wrong with the little guy. The hospital was crazy busy so we were there all day long. We finally got sent home after an enema (ya not fun). Of course as soon as we got home the severe pain started again. This time Matt took him up and they ran more tests. They had to run an IV which Mason was very brave with. The wonderful tech blew through both veins on both hands before she had a RN come in and get it right within 5 seconds. Poor kid was a pin cushion, but can't blame the tech as it wouldn't be a fun job at all. The the new blood work and tests came back clean. The DR. thinks that Mason was experiencing gastrointestinolitus (spelling :/ ) But that was just a guess and we didn't really find out what it was. We were finally released from the hospital around 3am. The pain in Mason's stomach gradually went away over the next couple days. Here are some pics of Mason at the hospital. We are SO glad that he is ok.

Maxwell had some friends on his bed the other day and ended up breaking the rail. So Matt had to build another one. He had Max go with him to the shop and help him repair his own bed. Max loved it. His favorite part was working in the spray booth...

January

2011-02-06T21:06:00.000-08:00

January has been crazy fun. This is what's we've been up too.

Hollywood Connection

Winter Palooza

Hanging at Pappa's conda at St. Regis

Boarding at PC

2011-01-16T19:44:00.000-08:00

Saturday we headed up to Park City. We signed the kids up for ski school with Park City Resort. As we were driving up there we passed the big half pipe at the resort and Maxie said "Oh I wish I could do that..." Well, something got messed up when I made the reservation online and I accidentally signed them up for snowboarding - The boys were stoked about it. They both did GREAT! They went out with a small class for 4 hours. The instructor said they did awesome and were naturals. We have 4 more classes to go can't wait!

Mason's 7th

2011-01-16T16:57:00.000-08:00

Our baby is now 7. Can't believe it. On each of our kids birthday we sit them down and go over the days events leading up to their birth. They are always really amused and listen intently. Mason's birth was awesome! My water broke 2 weeks before the due date and Mason was the smallest baby we've had. Matt and I are both the older sibling in our family so we know what kind of job that is. Mason is a perfect oldest sibling. He is so caring and good to his little brothers. Mason has really developed a love for music and is doing well in piano - we are so thrilled.

We combined Mason and Maxwell's birthday this year again. We went to the Classic Fun Center in Layton. I can honestly say that the place turned into a CRAZY house. We purposely called ahead to find out which day would be the least crowded. They told me Tuesday - so we booked it. Anyway, I wish they would have told me that Tuesday is '2 dollar Tuesday'. And they had some school field trips there as well. I was so disappointed. But Matt reminded me that the kids had a BLAST - and that's all that matters. They really did have fun! Thanks to all his friends that came!

On Mason's actual birthday we let him go to Kangaroo Zoo - had a blast there like always.

New Years Get-Away

2011-01-09T21:58:00.000-08:00

For Matt's birthday Matt was able to to what he loves - go snowmobiling. And I was lucky to be invited to go with him. We headed out New Years day with the sleds and went to Monte Cristo. We sleded our guts out with our friends and my brother Scooter and his wife Brittney. We were nervous because it was Scooter and B's first time on a snowmobile. After a couple of tip overs, they got the hang of it. It was really cold but way fun. After we were done sledding we headed to the Alaskan Inn in Ogden canyon. What a fun place. We checked in and then headed to Ogden to eat dinner. We ate at Sonora Grill (very good food!) We then headed back to the inn to hang out. Scooter brought up some sweet movies.

We each had our own little cabin that was cozy, warm and nicely decorated.

New Years

2011-01-09T20:37:00.000-08:00

2010 is gone and 2011 is here. Wow, this year flew! New years eve is very special because Maxie was born on this day. We passed news years with friends. Jewel's face painting was a hit with the boys. Lynette went out of her way to Make Max's day a day he would forget :) With his own special cupcake with five candles. I brought a pinata for Max, thinking it would be fun for the kids. Max went first because it was his birthday. 3 hits and that baby was down and candy was everywhere. Either Max is super strong or it was a cheap pinata :\ Anyway, the kids still loved it.

We played the new dance game on the Wii (can't remember the name), but it was a lot of fun. Thanks Lynette for putting this together.

Max's 5th

2011-01-08T09:17:00.000-08:00

Our Max is finally 5 years old! We can't believe how big and grown up he is. He was pretty excited about his new Lego Star Wars ship. For Max's birthday we as a family to Boondocks and played arcade all day long. Max is very brave and daring. He is also very athletic. He loves to wrestle with his brothers and his dad. Max is a very important part of our family and we love him SO much!

Bunko Sweater Party

2011-01-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

We had a party with some good friends at the Jones's parents houses. The theme was an 'ugly sweater' party. We raided my mom's closet and found some beaut's. The bunko game was CRAZY fun. Lots of excitement, yelling and winning.

Matt cleaned house and won the 'Ugliest Sweater' contest!

Our Family Christmas Video

2011-01-02T18:49:00.001-08:00

Christmas Day Festivities

2010-12-31T10:15:00.000-08:00

Santa stopped by Christmas morning, and boy did he leave his traditional mess. A tradition of string was left for the boys to follow to their Santa Present.

This year Santa went a little over board and got the boys a mini atv. Mason calls it a 'Real 4 wheeler'. They boys were beside themselves. They really didn't know what to think.

They are really excited to chase daddy around on the motorcycle.
Mackay screams every time we take him off this thing.

Mason wasn't excited at all to get a replacement dvd player for daddy's truck, since daddy sold his old truck with the dvd player. ahhh. Peace and quiet again on family vacations. This is more a gift for the paretns. ;)

Brownie did his hair just for this pic. After we opened all the presents we let the boys and girl friends burn around the circle for a while. Luckily it wasn't that cold Christmas morning.

We continued to open the rest of the presents as a family, and then headed to Grandpa Kurt's and Grandma Lynn's. We had a TON of fun exchanging gifts, eating yummy breakfast and just playing around.

The party continued as we headed to Grandma Judy's. She always goes all out for Christmas.

T'was The Night Before Christmas...

2010-12-26T21:13:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve night was just as fun. We went to the Barker family party. I was in charge of making dinner, which we decided to go with a Mexican theme this year, so I did Cafe Rio style sweet pork burritos. YuM! We were privileged to have Matt's Grandma Allred come with us. She is the sweetest lady and was able to bare my family party for a couple of hours. After we made ginger bread houses, ate and hung out, we headed up north to Em's house. There we were met with the Drapers. We played tons of fun games that Grandma Allred brought up. Small gifts were opened and memories were made and shared. Then it was off to bed so Santa could come.... To Be Continued :)

Here's Grandma Allred holding new baby Jackson

Christmas Eve

2010-12-26T20:29:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve this year was probably one of the funnest we've had in many years. We decided to stick to our family tradition and head up to Monte Cristo and go snowmobiling. The weather has been so crummy here, and there's no snow :( As soon as we reached the parking lot, we broke through the clouds and were blessed with a bluebird day! It was gorgeous and there was more snow than we've ever had on Christmas Eve. We headed out on the snowmobiles and found a good hill. The kids had the time of their lives. As soon as they would get to the bottom, Matt would buzz down on the snowmobile and give them a ride to the top. Over and over they went, wearing themselves out along the way. Plenty of hot chocolate was drank.

We met up with some friends who have 3 of these little Polaris 120 snowmobiles for kids. They were more than generous and let the kids run around for a while. They were in heaven as they scooted around the snow. Maxwell was in tears as we had to tear him off the machine.

Mackay Show

2010-12-22T16:17:00.000-08:00

Mackay had his Toddler class at Flips. He thinks he owns the place. Pics were taken with camera phone, kind of blurry :/

Max's Preschool Christmas Program

2010-12-22T16:05:00.001-08:00

Our cute Max had his preschool graduation. They performed all their Christmas songs they learned.

ESA Sing a Long

2010-12-22T15:55:00.001-08:00

Our first ESA sing a long was way fun. LHM has started quite the tradition that we are happy to have our family involved in. We caroled, listened to John Schmidt, saw Santa and the Jazz Bear.

Afterwords we took a trax ride downtown to check out lights.

Temple Square

2010-12-19T14:08:00.000-08:00

A family tradition that goes back a ways - a family tradition for most everyone as there were a lot of people. We even ran in to a bunch of neighbors. We took advantage of the warm weather a while back and it was so nice.

Mason has been dieing to go caroling around the neighborhood. Since nobody wants to hear Me, Matt and the boys sing, we decided to invite the neighbor friends over to make crafts and then go caroling. The kids were way cute. Luckily I was there to help them with the words at times :) Also, note to self - The 12 days of Christmas isn't the best caroling song, it's a little long...

Christmas Show Week

2010-12-15T20:27:00.001-08:00

The boys had their Christmas show this week at Flips. They are involved in gymnastics and are loving it.

Ryan tearing it up on the gym floor...

Ward Christmas

2010-12-15T17:13:00.000-08:00

Our ward Christmas party was awesome. This was the gingerbread house we put together.

Mackay is a little freaked of Santa this year.

Matt put together this 'insta-stable'. Set the manger scene just right.

The kids were the sheep.

Mother Mary (Tasha) and Joseph (J'man)Baby Jesus (Maya)

Baby Jackson Kyle

2010-12-14T20:44:00.001-08:00

Well, he's here (as of a couple weeks now - a bit behind on blogging.) And he's cuter than ever! The boys couldn't wait to get their paws on this little hunk. Aunt Ali is doing great too!

Pics With Santa!

2010-12-05T20:50:00.000-08:00

Our annual 'Photo's With Santa' party went off without a hitch. We always look forward to this time of year. Thanks to everybody that came to support us.

Thanksgiving Day

2010-11-28T12:55:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Day started out with the tradition of the boys going out to shoot guns and kill thing (clay pigeons). The boys took advantage of the snow and brought a sled to do some sledding. Good times and more memories were made!

Thanksgiving dinner was at Aunt Em's house. With Grandma Hummer in town, it made the Draper family complete. Dinner was delicious! After dinner we all played games and then sent they boys out to get newspapers so we could find the black Friday deals.

The boys were dressed in their matching gap shirts - we love these boys. (Mackay just got done stuffing his mouth with a yummy roll when we took this pic).

Here's the die hard shoppers that headed to Michael's for some Black Friday Eve deals!

Update: Our new cousin/ nephew is STILL not here. C'mon little buddy, we want to hold you. Poor Alison...

Ice Hockey Night

2010-11-27T09:03:00.001-08:00

Grandma Judy took us to a Grizzley Hockey game. The best part is that it was in a suite. We went with family and friends.

The boys were able to run around and rough house, and they did plenty of that.

It was all fun until there was a huge fight on the rink. Two guys just started punching each other and everybody backed off, including the referee's!!! The boys thought that was the coolest thing - as Matt started cheering it on! I had no idea they fought like that in hockey and was blown away that they didn't stop the fight until one person falls to the ground. Not my sport, and no, they boys won't be playing hockey when they get older ;)

Here's a random pic of the boys in the tub the other day. They get along so well and it is so fun to see them be best buds.

Aunt Allie is past her due date for her baby boy! She was at our house the other day and we decided to make her jump on the trampoline with the boys to try to bounce the baby out. No such luck! Baby Jackson is just taking his sweet time. We can't wait to hold him!

13 mo.

2010-11-14T19:23:00.000-08:00

Some random pics of our baby growing up and looking as handsome as ever. Mackay is now 13 months. Love ya Bud!

Up n' at em'

2010-11-09T19:51:00.000-08:00

While it's been a couple of weeks, we finally got around to blogging Mackay's big milestone. He is now officially mobile on 2 feet, even though he still prefers to crawl. Every day he is getting faster and faster, and he's getting in to more things just as fast. The race is on I guess. His little 'frankinstein / drunk' walk melts our hearts, his sweet smile and blue eyes are the cherry on top.

We had to include a video for Grandma Hummer :)

Mackay's Bday Party

2010-11-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

Finally, a post to remember Mackay's birthday Party. Mackay turned 1 on the 12th of October and we celebrated at Flip's. A side note to self - never get your 1 year old shots on the same day as your birthday. Mackay was so fun, but wasn't feeling so good. He still enjoyed playing and eating birthday cake.

We were able to get lots of smiles out of him. We love you Mackay and are so glad you are in our lives!

Halloween Day

2010-10-31T20:56:00.000-07:00

This Halloween day will go down as cold and wet, but the kids made the best of it. As far as picture taking goes, well, we sucked. It rained and rained and rained and it was cold. This year we went with the Star Wars theme - as per request of the boys. Matt was Darth Mal, I was Princess Leiha, Mase and Max were Storm Troopers, and Mackay was Darth Vader

Pappa Kurt and Grandma Lynn were lookin' smokin' in their Haloween Costumes.

We played all sorts of games, including Halloween Bingo.

Wheelin'

2010-10-31T20:46:00.000-07:00

Our friends the Fox's got a new ride and we look for any excuse to go on the Ranger. So we headed out for a quick ride above Bountiful.

Fox's new Ute Mobile! (stole this pic from ang ;)

The Ranger got a flat, luckily we had a spare with us. The smart boys had us on our way in no time.

Thanks for riding with us Fox's - We had a blast!!! Snow and all...

Halloween School Festivities

2010-10-31T20:45:00.000-07:00

Maxwell's preschool had a little program they put together. They all got to wear their costumes and sing songs.

Mason's school did the traditional parade. It was fun to see all the kids and neighbors with their fun and creative costumes.

I was in charge of Mason's class party. We played games, danced, made crafts and daddy even showed up with the cotton candy machine! Always a HIT.