Christmas!

Suryveying the loot

There has to be board games



Poor Noah was sick

A sniper taking a water break

Glued to the Playstation

Someone ate something healthy?!

A Barbie Christmas. We made some gift boxes out of Card Stock and Ashley actually filled each one with gifts from Barbie to Ken, etc. and wrapped them. This whole scene was later transferred to the Barbie house. Ashley and I both have so much fun setting up Barbie stuff but she deserves the credit on creativity.

A sweet girl who doesn't ask for much and is always thrilled with what she gets.



And finally Santa at the ward party

First Day of School!

I can't believe school has started already. I guess it's just Noah and I now. I took alot of pictures so I'm just going to add a slideshow to fit in all of them.

Noah's Haircut

Noah got his hair cut. I wish you could see his curls in the back on the "before" picture. He doesn't look much different in these pictures but in person he looks so much older. My baby's growing too fast. Thanks to my cousin once removed (haha) Randi! I don't know how she did it so well with all his wiggling.

Crazy Climber...

You can't turn your back on Noah. He just wants to be up higher and higher and see where he can fit his little body. This is how I found him Saturday. The picture's not great because I couldn't exactly leave him there to grab the camera so I just used my phone. The desk wasn't that messy when he got there. He sort of got a hold of things and tossed them around.

Luke's pictures...

Luke loves to take pictures of himself. Some of them turn out pretty funny. They always turn out to be a surprise I find on the camera since I'm never around when he does it. I thought I would post the latest.

Our Anniversary!

I copied this idea from another blog and would love to give them credit but I can't remember which one so if you're reading this and you've done this same thing then it was probably you. I'm listing what happened in each of the 14 years Rob and I have been together. Happy anniversary Rob! I love you more every day.

Year#:
1. We lived downtown Salt Lake. Rob was a Realtor and I worked for Ming Intl. We walked all over downtown for fun and at night we would lay in bed and listen to various homeless people arguing. It was very entertaining.

2. Ashley was born! Rob worked for a juvenile detention center.

3. Rob decided to go back to school. We moved to Cedar City where Rob attended SUU.

4. Cole was born! Rob finished undergrad .

5. We moved to Virginia so Rob could attend University of Richmond Law School. I started working for Target.

6. Luke was born! We moved to California where Rob was offered a scholarship and Western State University Law School.

7. We continued through law school and stayed in Fullerton, CA for 2 years. I especially loved serving as primary presidency. What a great ward that was!

8. We moved to Sandy, UT. Rob transferred to U. of U. Law School. We had so much fun living by family!

9. Sage was born! In order to graduate Rob spent 3 months back in California finishing a class the U didn't offer.

10. Rob graduated law school! We moved back to California for a job offer. I started working for Target again. California was just not working this time.

11. We moved to St. George. I got my real estate license and Rob did mortgages. We moved from a rented townhouse and bought a house in Bloomington.

12. We started sending the kids to a charter school. It's alot more driving but definitely worth it. The real estate market was great and we had never been happier. Rob was called to Elder's quorum presidency. I was called to primary presidency. Having responsibilities has always made us happy.

13. Noah was born! The market crashed. Rob started working on starting a new business while still doing mortgages.

14. We've still never been happier. St. George is definitely where we belong.

That's 14 years of marital bliss! Okay so life isn't always perfect but when you have such a great spouse by your side it feels pretty perfect. I couldn't ask for more!

"There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."

Martin Luther

Flashback Friday...

This Flashback Friday is a story I remembered the other day. When we were living in California a man came to the door. He handed me an envelope and said "I saw your daughter put this in the middle of the street. I thought you might want to see it." I thanked him and he left. Inside the envelope was some change (less than a dollar) and a note Ashley wrote that read "I wish I could have a real witch." She was obsessed with the movie "Hocus Pocus" and apparently thought a witch was something you could wish for/buy. Ashley is going to die of embarrassment when she sees this post! This picture is the only one I have handy from that time period.

Arizona Trip....

Visiting Great Grandma Hancock.







There's not many animals left on Grandma's Farm. Especially since they're building a new freeway behind her house. So we had to take a picture by the chickens. I love the chickens.

Noah and his cousin Brooke.



Rob's brother Hans was going to cut the boys hair. He held up the razor to show me which blade he was going to use and said is this okay? I thought he was just asking if it was okay to cut his hair and said "Yeah go ahead". Apparently he was showing me that he was just going to shave it. We were all shocked at first but Cole loves it, especially with all the attention he gets. The "Grandpa" is my nephew, Wyatt. His Dad started out by just shaving the top of his hair, but later shaved it all. It was funny!

Father's Day....

World's Greatest Dad!!!

Flashback Friday (the 13th!)....

This Flashback Friday is all about Rob. I got his mom to send me a bunch of pictures. I'll just post a few for now and save others for future flashbacks. The other little boy in most of the pictures is Rob's older brother Dave.

Picture Overload...

I love outdoor pictures so I had to throw these in. Sage is going through a stage where it's so hard to get a decent picture of her. She thinks the weirder the face the better so it was hard to find a few where she was looking somewhat normal. I should do a post of all her weird faces.

Flashback Friday (The Wedding)...

I thought these would be fun. The date is June 30th 1994. The first picture is of the wedding party. Have you ever seen so many beautiful bride's maids in one wedding? The second is Rob with all the bride's maids. Notice Stephanie in this one. I want to put a little dialog bubble that says "You want me to do what? I don't think so." Haha. The last one is Rob and I. I look like I have a black eye the way the picture scanned but Rob looks so hot in this picture I had to add it anyway.