Pictures From My Phone

My chubby little one.

She just loves her Grandma Susan:)

For retirement, some work friends of Gary's wanted to take his whole family out for dinner. It was yummy. Of course we had Aurora with us (the kids were with their babysitter Natalie), so I didn't get to relax as much as I would have liked. But it was fun to go out with Grandma and Grandpa.

Sequoia is so much fun! She's always doing something with her own style.

Her nose seriously looks like Unlce Daniel's!

Since Ty and Rachel have moved to San Diego, they've been able to come visit more often. Hopefully we will be able to make it out there soon!!

She loves to play the piano and try to figure out the notes. Hopefully one day I can get her into piano lessons (and a dance class, she really wants to dance).

Lincoln and Sequoia love to play with their Super Heroes!

Grandma Phister's

Even though we now live in Utah once again, we are still five hours away from Grandma and Grandpa Phister:( It's a bummer, but we will still try to make the drive as often as possible. The kids are awesome travelers. My van and I may not like the sticky and crumby result, but while I'm driving and the kids are silent, anything goes! We even still use our handy "froggy potty" on trips. Yep, Mom too. It's a life saver! 

 

I had been in Ogden the week before the Goodman reunion. I went down for the reunion, then came back up straight from Steve's house.  Mike and Brandon had been training at Wood Creations so the kids and I came up their second and third week they trained. It's always fun to be with Grandma Phister and get to shop, eat yummy food, and just hang out and chat. And now that Tenille is not currently working (other than mowing lawns with Mason), she got to come hang out with us! She actually watched the kids so I could go into Wood Creations myself and learn some front end stuff. It was fun to get to work again and I learned a lot about the store. I'm getting super excited for it to open so I can help out a bit. I'm grateful Tenille was able to take care of the munchkins. And that was the longest I've been without Aurora so far! I had just quit nursing her at 5 1/2 months (and about that... just have to say I LOVE CABBAGE LEAVES).

One of the days, Anna called to do lunch. So all the girls and Dad showed up at Cafe Rio. Good times:)

The Twin Cousins

Aw.. Quoi loves pictures;)

Mommy and sweet baby.

Max is such a cutie. He was so excited to hold the baby.

The obsession with Skylanders Giants.

Sitting up on the couch being a big girl!

My awesome neon shoes. Seriously, these are the second pair of tennis shoes I've bought since I married Mike (7 years ago). I either I'm super cheap or I obviously don't work out as much as I should:/

Goodman Family Reunion

Our family reunion was over Memorial Day weekend this year and was crazy! Every single one of the families had life changing events going on. Grandma's brother Dow died:(, Grandpa found my room flooding due to a hose left on from rotten grandchildren and on top of that, he retired from Skywest after 30+ years. Scott got a new job that week, Ty and Rachel moved to San Diego for Rachel's new job following the reunion, Mike and I had just quit and moved our lives to St George, Steve had a couple days left of his accounting job before quitting to partner with the new store, and Morgan was starting a new job in St George in a few weeks and they were moving down......   So with all that, it's just seemed to work out perfect that we could all meet together at Kim and Steve's in Cedar City.  

Mike and I were in charge this year. We got the food on the way there and we all pretty much just hung out at the house all weekend. It was a very low-key reunion, and much needed. We played a lot of games with the kids and just the adults (always my favorite), we went to church, played on the slip-and-slide, and half the adults went on a hike to Kannaraville Falls. Mike, Grandma, Ty and I all stayed behind with the kids. (An adventure all in itself:) And we ate lots and lots of food. I really enjoyed the time together. 

But I was a bit sad I wasn't able to go camping with the Phister side that weekend. Maybe next year!:)  

Handbanz, way fun playing with the kids:)

Harlee, Me and Aunt Annie

The Goodman Girls! (And Kim's pants...) 

We had a fun little girl's night on Saturday night (the boys went to Iron Man 3 Friday night)  We went to The Great Gatsby. I loved it! A bit depressing, but they did a good job. I'm so happy we were all able to get together and chat. Just love these girls:)

An innocent game of Fibber

Our sweet Auri

Cute little babe amidst the chaos.

Cutest little cousins

They had a fun game of charades too. Lincoln was a spider and Sequoia was Curious George. I was so surprised because she was amazing at acting. She's usually shy. I love seeing her different moods.

Cold little girls on a windy day!

Lincoln was a pro in the slip-and-slide. No fear little man! :)

I love my families. The one I was born into, and also the one I married into. I love the time we get to spend with them. I love to see the kids playing with their cousins and so happy. Families are wonderful. Thanks be to God for the Plan of Salvation and the plan he's set up for us that we can be together forever. So happy and blessed:-)