I'm back!

sundance...do beautiful!

my dad in heaven at the "tour of utah"

proud 'pops'

scarlett will not go anywhere with out her pink purse...she loves her doll too!

ok, so i haven't been back to blog world in 7 months, but i just looked at few of my friends blogs and felt the need to do a new post...we have been doing the same thing that i'm sure the rest of you have been doing- kids, family, wes's new job (traveling like crazy), school, and just plugging along...hope everyone had a great summer!!....here are some pics from my parents visit.....

Bye 2008!

goodbye to 2008, we had such a great year and at the same time such a hard year....scarlett is now one and we had the pleasure to watch her grow into her own person.....from her smiling, laughing, crawling, walking, we enjoyed every minute of it....she is such a sweet girl and now busy, busy, busy with her own personality, completely different from trents....she won't sit still now, very independent, great sleeper, daddy's girl, and so precious...we are blessed to have her.

trent turned big five this year and has turned into such an amazing boy......i loved watching him this year be a big brother.....he is so in love with his sister, watches out for her, plays with her and shows her nothing but love.....he is also our chef, he loves to cook with me in the kitchen and i hope this interest will stay with him....this would be a great plus for a wife (wes doesn't cook), so i hope he sticks with it.......he is also our engineer, he loves to build things and watch how things work, ever since he was little...he has such a curiousity for life and i love this about him....he is also still a mama's boy and loves to snuggle with me....he always shows so much love to all of us.

wes is my rock and i am thankful everyday for having such a humble, caring, loving, positive, and handsome husband.....i wish i could be like him, and am so lucky he picked me as his wife.....he had a hard year, since he was laid off from his job and i admire him working so hard everyday to support our family.....i am blessed to have such a wonderful family.

we miss our family in california, but we know how much we are loved by them.....maybe oneday we will be closer...we love you all and wish everyone a great 2009!!!

here's some pics from x-mas.

1st Snow...Finally!

it finally snowed yesterday...so last night we went to target and got scarlett some snow boots.....trent was so excited to finally have scarlett be able to play with him in the snow....we bundled her all up and here are the pics:)

tasting snow..cold!

can i walk in these big boots!

Scarlett Turns One!!

scarlett turned one the day after thanksgiving, trent was so excited to throw her a party.....he made the cake and helped her open her gifts.....grandma gg came over and we all had a good time:)
trent made the whole cake, all by himself...he was so excited to give it to her.

i think she liked it.

trent made her a birthday crown.

present opening time.

i think she made out!!

Thanksgiving

scarlett loved the food, maybe i'll have one kid who eats:)

yummy pumpkin pie:)

this year thankgiving was pretty mellow.......usually my family comes out, but since my grandpa passed away this month, they were unable to come......i was a little depressed and really didn't feel like doing much, but my neighbor invited us over and we ended up having a great time.....trent got to play with a bunch of kids and we all has full bellies.

Random Pics

here are some pictures of the kids from this month.....we've been having fun doing lots of crafts with trent and watching scarlie walk all over the house.....trent decided to bring all his old baby toys up from the basement, as you can tell from the pic he is having more fun with them than her...she enjoys holding socks, my camera case, chapstick--not sure why we even buy baby toys, they seem to just be happy with a wooden spoon and a wrapper.
p.s....trent really wanted me to post the cool pic of him jumping:)

Grandpa Teddy

my sweet Grandpa Teddy passed away yesterday morning......we are going to miss him so much and although i am sad, i feel so blessed to have been able to have him in our lives for this long....my grandparents both we're able to see me get married and meet all three of their great grandkids...he was such an amazing grandpa, so loving, generous and kind to all of us.... i'm so glad i got to see him in september and tell him how much i loved him and say bye.....i am sad for my Grandma Regina and hope she will be ok, we are leaving today to california to be with her and my family.....Love you Grandpa Teddy and may you be in sweet heaven now and watching over all of us.