family pictures

Quincy's mom took our family pictures last month. Here are our favorites. :) 

bbq, dinosaurs, and more

My sister, Tami's baby, Trey. He is such a piece of heaven and we just love him.

quality time

pool and dino park

birthdays

Kacey

There are no words to adequately describe how much I miss my my big brother. Here are some pictures taken at the graveside.

Kacey's friend, Kody put on this fundraiser in Grace. It was a big success and I was truly touched by all of the generosity.  I'm sure Kacey was really happy. It was fun to watch the ropers and have an auction with a real auctioneer. The donations were incredible. I am so thankful that there are so many good people that are willing to help Cari and my nephews. :) 

new house!

We are very grateful to be in our new house. I will post some pics of the inside later.

Radley's 3rd Birthday

I am still catching up on Radley's scrapbook. Here is his b-day party. Warning: LOTS of pics!

So, this year as we were trying to think of a theme for Radley's 3rd birthday, I kept thinking "Root Beer." It is afterall his FAVORITE drink ever and he's been asking waitresses for it since he was one. With Root Beer at the back of our minds, we kept finding Root Beer things, like taffies, jelly bellies, barrels, and more, so before we knew it, we had enough Root Beer paraphernalia to have a party. :)

It was a BEAUTIFUL, hot, July 9th, summer day in Utah. My biggest concern was if we should move the tables a little more into the shade so it wasn't too hot. Thats when I heard the thunder. No sooner had we heard the thunder, there was a big dark cloud hanging over us. It was exactly 6pm, time to start the party. Thankfully, I listened to my husband, and we moved everything under a pavillion that had just become vacant. And then, it hit.... the BIGGEST rain storm I've ever been in. It was raining SO hard and blowing so hard. Even under the pavillion, we got wet. Quincy quoted Forest Gump and said, "It was raining sideways, and the rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath."

Lots of friends and family were able to celebrate with us. Even Yuki, our Japanese exchange student from a looong tme ago.

 

 

 

The party was perfect, even if we were wet, the party banner blew away, and the Root Beer bottle favors got all wet. It was a very memorable party, we were with our family and friends, and my baby turned THREE! The only thing that could have made it better, was if it had rained ROOT BEER.

July 4th

 

more summer 2011

 Still catching up on Radley's scrapbook:

The Crane Reunion was so fun. Radley had a great time with all his cousins up the canyon. I knew he would play in the creek a lot, so I brought his rain boots. He loved getting the cold pop out for everyone. :)

 I was able to stay longer than Quincy, when it was time to leave on Sunday afternoon, I realized I had locked my keys in the car. I wasn't worried at all because I knew that my brother Kacey was still there. Within about 5 min, he and my cousin Joe had those keys out. :)