Brock's sports

One thing we have realized to our relief is Brock loves sports. We both are past athletes and really hoped our kids would feel the same way. He has played just about every sport and here are a couple of them. He did flag football for the last year, yes he really wants to play tackle and since they do it in 1st grade, he can. It is a little scary for Mom but he will try that in the fall. So here are the flag football pictures.


He also played basketball with the city and had so much fun! He is a good little athlete! So fun to see him develop these talents.

Briggs in nursery

So after a lot of coaxing and sitting in there with him, Briggs now loves nursery. He loves the friends in there, songs, snacks and leaders. So he now looks forward to going. But 3 weeks ago we feared that it changed. He had a run in with the wall. He is a very rambunctious little boy and when given the chance to run around the table he will take it. So apparently they all decided to run around the snack table. Briggs tripped and hit the wall divider, which is sharp and metal, not a good combo. I just walked into Relief Society when a good friend came to pull me out and say calmly Briggs fell and is bleeding. I wasn't too concerned until all I saw red, he was covered in blood. I know heads bleed but I have never seen so much blood. I had a friend call Barrett cause he was home with Brock who was sick. Then we brought him home and finally calmed him down and cleaned him up. It stopped bleeding and Barrett thought a butterfly band aid would keep it together and wouldn't need stitches. I thought it would for sure need stitches, but it is looking good now! In this picture he is being tough, cause we kept telling him that to help calm him down. Being pregnant didnt help my emotions but I kept it together for the most part. The primary president and bishop showed up later that week to make sure he was ok, which was very nice!

New Year, new life, new dreams!!

So a happy new year to everyone! We are glad once again to say goodbye to another crazy year. New dreams of a better, more successful year. No more layoffs please!!! But some wonderful news, now that it is official( we heard the heartbeat), we are expecting #4 and final :) Our new bundle is due August 5, so hopes of a July baby!! We are excited, ready (I think), and grateful!



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The Holidays

Thanksgiving was freezing cold and I signed up to run a 5k that morning. I couldn't back out even though I know some people did. It was 9 degrees, burrrrrr. It was still fun to get up and get a good workout in on turkey day. Barrett missed flag football so I could too, how sweet!! Then we went up to his aunt and uncle for dinner which was delicious! Very grateful for the invite and the kids had fun in a new place.

Christmas seemed to come so fast, but never soon enough for the kids. What a fun year, they are all at very good fun ages! We enjoyed seeing them wake up and find what Santa brought! It is so much so fast but we loved it. Briggs was so cute when he woke up and got out of bed, he was still sleepy, so he kept repeating, "I'm walking, I'm walking." We spent Christmas eve and my parents getting spoiled and enjoying the true reason for the season! Then went over to Barrett's mom's that day for some more fun, food, and presents. We were very blessed and spoiled! Pictures will come soon!

Halloween

These are cute kids on Halloween! Brock was a vampire, Briggs a dragaon and Sammi was a spooky witch. They loved putting the makeup on and getting dressed up!

Circus

We got to see the animals outside before the circus. Then we went inside and got close up with a few different acts! The kids loved it. Sammi was a little nervous with being so close to the really tall guys and clowns. The elephants were amazing and even did a painting all on his own! All in all so glad we had the chance to go as a family. It was really fun!

Sammi's Birthday

About a month into school Sammi turned 5. She is so close to the deadline, but misses it. She is so tall, she is going to tower over those kindergartners next year. So this year for Sammi it was just our family party and we decided to take everyone to the circus. We had so much fun seeing all the animals and many neat tricks! They all loved the motorcycles in the round cage, that was my favorite as a kid too! On the night of her actual birthday we had her favorite dinner of eggs and bacon made by Dad and some cake and ice cream. She got to go out with Grandma and Grandpa Wootton and eat dinner and go shopping. Then a few weeks later she had a fun sleepover at Grandma Loves! She was spoiled with toys, clothes and lots of love!
We love you Sammi!
some of my favorite things about her are
-she loves her Dad so much!
-she loves to help me cook
-she wants to wear lipstick every day
-even though we but heads at times, we are a lot a like and it is fun to have a little me!
-she loves to dance and play house
-loves babies and prays a lot that we can have a girl baby sometime :)
- she learned to ride her bike without training wheels
- not afraid of the water and is a great swimmer.
- learning to read and is doing great!
- loves pink!
lots and lots of wonderful things about her!

First Day or School!

Here they are, better late than never! This is the 1st day of school for Brock and Sammi. Brock is in 2nd and has Miss Bennett, which he loves. Something interesting we discovered is this is his third B teacher, preschool- Mrs. Buxton K- was Mrs. Ball, 1st- was Miss Brown. Kind of funny. Sammi is at learning dynamics also with Mrs. Buxton for pre-school! They fortunately love school! Briggs has a hard time sometimes when they are both gone but we enjoy time alone too!

New Posts coming!!

School, Sammis bday, Halloween, etc! I am so behind but will update soon!

Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken at the end of the summer and here are a few of them. We are so happy with them they turned out great! I laugh so hard when I look at Briggs in them, he is so crazy and wouldn't sit still, he was jumping off that bucket and running around like crazy!! It was a cute little run down house, barn thing in PG! Loved our photographer too, she did great!

Sisters trip

My sisters and I were able to go on a trip just us, no kids or hubby's, and it was so fun. We were minus 1 sister and we missed her but the 3 of us had a blast. I now truly appreciate having all sisters and no brothers it is nice to raise our kids, help, listen,and do fun things together. We went to Orange County, CA. We spent some time at yummy restaurants, trying to get around with a GPS, talking in the hotel, working out, and most of all on the beach! I love the beach and the relaxation you feel hearing the waves crash and laying on the beach. We also did some kayaking out in the ocean! We laughed harder than we had in a long time! I love my sisters and am so glad we were able to spend this much deserved and needed time together!

Utah Valley Half Marthon

I did my 2nd half marathon June 12! My first half was 3 years ago when Sammi was 18mo. I wanted to try a different course and heard good things about the Utah Valley one, because it is mostly down hill :)! The training went pretty good, the weather never really cooperated during the race but I ran through it. I was mentally more prepared and had fun. I have lots of freinds who run, but ended up doing this one on my own. I am good with that I like my music and it is very therapuetic. I was very happy with my time, I just wanted to beat my first time and did by like 20min. I had about 2:37! My wonderful hubby and kids were there to see me run in and were very supportive during the training. Barrett even got up at 3:30 with me to take to to the start line. The weather wasn't great for June but you learn to run in anything in Utah! It was beautiful to run down provo canyon, past bridal veil falls, and into Provo.

Swim lessons

We did the first round of swim lessons this past week, the 2nd week of June, and Brock and Sammi did great. We go to a great house in PG with a pool and wonderful teachers. We have now for 3 years and they do a great job. Barrett was able to come and watch a day and the kids were so excited to show him what they can do. I am so proud of them both, they each moved to the next level! Brock moved to level 4 which has 10, 11, even 13 yrs old. He will learn breast stroke, side stroke and practice the other 3 strokes he knows, going down and back the whole length of the pool on his own. He can also tread water great, 2 min at a time no problem. He is such a good little swimmer and we are very proud! Sammi did great in level 2 and will start to swim across the pool on her own, the short distance, learning freestyle and back stroke. She is very comfortable on her own which is so nice. Here are some pictures of them both!

Soccer

I am so behind, so I am trying to catch up on everything that has been going on! This spring Brock and Sammi were able to play soccer with the city. They both did great and loved playing. Sammi didn't have quite the drive yet, being her first year, but she did score a few goals and was taller than most of the other kids. We will see if she wants to play again. I hope so!
Brock did great and loved having a little more structure as he gets older. They were able to have goalies and some defenders. He really liked playing goalie, but really did well as foward attacking the ball. He is definently one of the tougher kids, he's not afraid of anyone! We were so proud! Barrett help coach Brocks team which made it a little trick to watch both games when Brock and Sammi games overlapped each other. I love seeing them play sports and figure out what they are good at and love!