Swimming Fun

In November my cousin Kyle got married in Bountiful, UT.  My parents had a room at the hotel so the boys had some fun swimming.  We fogot Grants swimdiaper and swimsuit but we couldn't keep him out of the water. 

 

 

Uncle Joseph and Grant

 

What is it about throwing your kids in the air?  I sure don't know but the kids sure love it.

 

Birthday Parties

In November we always have two Birthday's to celebrate on the Pearson side, Max and Ty.  Ty's Birthday was at a bounce house and it was a lot of fun.  Here are a few pictures from the event.

 

 

A few weeks later we went down for the super hero party for Max.   Here are some pictures.

 

Ty turned 3 and Max turned 5.  I can't believe how big all of them keep getting.

 

 



Halloween 2011

So I don't have very many pictures from halloween but here are the few we have.  Tate wanted to be Lightning McQueen for Halloween.  But then one night we were reading this book and he told me he would rather be a knight in shining armor.  So I started making a knight costume after asking him for a week that he was sure he wanted to be a knight.  Just as I was about done he said he wanted to be Lightning McQueen.  So we added in a decal and he became the King lightning knight.  Poor Grant was one of our hand-me-down costume, but he was sure  cute.

 

 

Fall Harvest 2011

In October we went with Jace's Family to the Farm for the Fall Harvest Festival.  The kids loved it.  We started off at Grandma and Grandpa's house picking out Rocks for Rock Soup.  This turned into playing in the leaves and the trees.

 

Here are all the Monkey's. 

 

 

He sure doesn't look like this anymore.  Love this little boy.

 

 

Here we are at the entry into the Farm.  These boys are so cute and they sure do love each other.  The Farm is a place in Logan and I don't remember what year it is but it plants and harvests everything with old farm equipment.  It is quite interesting. 

 

 

The Train Ride was a big hit.  It was short but the kids loved it.

 

Then we fed the animals.

 

Enjoyed sometime on these old style swings.

 

The next event was the biggest hit of all.  This big slide.  The kids loved it and the big Kids (Jake, Jared, and Jace had a little too much fun with it.

 

Here are the brothers doing crazy stuff again.

 

Angie almost ran over some kids. 

 

Even with the long walk back up the kids never seemed to get tired.

 

Kimee and Jared

 

Yes that is Jared on top of Jake.

 

The kids then went on a pony ride.  

 

Finally we played in the hay and corn maze.

 

It was a really fun event and wonderful to spend time with everyone.  We ended the chilly day at Grandma's and Grandpa's with soup and warm drinks. 

 

 

The Flood

I don't have any pictures of this but thought I should probably document the event.  In September of 2011 when we were canning Salsa our basement flooded again.  It had done this a few years earlier but we thought it had been fixed when we replaced the main water line to our house.  Unfortunately there was another issue we were not aware of.  Luckily we had a wonderful neighbor who came over and helped us.   Then after Jace and him cut two holes in the walls they found what they were looking for and were able to unclog the pipe and fix it so it wouldn't do it again.   We then called our insurance and made a claim.  The water came into our study and laundry area so we decided it would be a good idea to fix it.  So far we have finished the study and it is now a happy orange as like to call it and I love it.  Now I want to do the re-do the whole basement with fresh paint and carpet :).

September 2011-The Wedding

I didn't take a lot of pictues on my own camera at Rachel's Wedding so here are the pictures from the photographer.  All I have to say is my sister chose a great guy to marry and she made a beautiful bride. 


This is my favorite picture.  It is absolutely gorgeous.  It was taken during Rachel's Bridal Session.

Here they are coming out of the Bountiful temple.  All smiles.

Here is the family for both sides.  There was a lot of people there to support them.  

Don't they both just fit together so well.  And if you are wondering yes he is really tall.

Another one of my favorites.  My Sister is truly beautiful.  When we found this dress I seriously felt like we were on Say Yes to the dress and I kept waiting for the cameras to appear.  Her dress was beautiful.

The three sisters.

A Gorgeous view of the valley.  

It was truly a wonderful day for my sister and her husband Russ.  We ended the day with a reception in Kaysville  and then sent them off on their honeymoon to Florida.  We love having Russ as a part of our family.

August 2011

In August of 2011 my Aunt Sherril and I put on a bridal shower for my sister at my Aunt Carla's house in Burley.  It was a lot of fun to put this event together for her and enjoy everyone's company. 

 

 

Some of the decorations

 

 

 

I tried my hand at some mini cupcakes. 

 

 

 

 

 

This was a kitchen towel cake our cousin Becca made.  I had to take a picture for future reference.  

 

Here are some pictures of all the guests enjoying hte party.  We played games and Rachel was embarrased by some of the gifts for sure ;)

 

 

 

 

Here is the gift I gave her.  I call it a bedroom cake. 

 

Next up the Wedding.