Jacobson Family

Kyler's 1st Birthday!

2011-07-27T12:28:00.003-06:00

Our sweet baby boy is 1 year old! I can't believe it.. where has the time gone!

Kyler got lot of fun "Boy" toys! Finally he has trucks and balls to play with. Grams made him this cute blanket (which we picked the out the material when I was pregnant) but hey... better late than never!

Kyler didn't dig into his cake like I thought he would... He usually puts EVERYTHING into his mouth but not his cake. I guess he thought it was way too nice to ruin! He'd rather feed mom!

Kyler was so so cute for his party! He loved all of his presents (except for the clothes mom and dad gave him... he quickly picked them up and threw them on the ground).

Thanks to Becker's Bakery Kyler's cake was quite the hit of the party!

We had a delicious bbque with all the grandparents then we had all the aunts, uncles and cousins come over for cake and ice cream.

U2 360 Cincert

2011-05-25T12:17:00.002-06:00

This is the stage... it takes 48 semi's to transport it around the country, 4 days to set up, and 1500+ stage crew. It is known as the claw. But uhhh.. I was a bit disappointed with it.

This picture is for Gentry. He took me to the Pop Mart Tour in the 90's and started my love for the band. Gent, do you know what song they are playing?!?

The one and only Bono.. Yeah baby! The screen was quite incredible! It had over 5000 pixels and separated into individual pieces. Nothing like seeing a Bono on a Mega-tron!

After the concert at the very top. It was beautiful weather!

I got Darren U2 tickets for our anniversary this year. We had a great time :-)

Lagoon!!

2011-04-26T12:41:00.002-06:00

We got Lagoon Season Passes this year, and we have already been twice. Breanne LOVES to ride all the rides!

This is Darren's favorite ride.

Justin got a season pass with us! We are so glad he did because he is a big help with the kids and he loves to ride the scary rides with Darren.

We brought our lunch and had a picnic on the grass the first time we went. The second time we bought lunch in the park and wow was it expensive! We are going to have to to the picnic thing every time for now on!

Yup.. this is me and Breanne on the Bat. She is a crazy Lagoon rider! She will try any ride. We even took her on the Wild Mouse even though she was about 1/2 inch too short.

Look close... Breanne is on this crazy ride too! This is the new Bombora it is a family friendly rollercoster. It's Bre's favorite. She refuses to go on Puff though, which we found it is because the first time we were there we told her it is a baby coster and she doesn't want to go on baby rides! ok.. whatever floats your boat!

Even Kyler gets to go on the Merry-go-round and the Farris Wheel! What a big boy!

Happy 31st Buddy!

2011-03-29T10:50:00.005-06:00

Happy Birthday Daddy! We celebrated his b-day on Saturday, and if any of you know Darren you know that Birthdays are a BIG DEAL!! So I had lots of fun things planned, but they all seem to get foiled! The weather was bad and with trying to plan babysitters everything seems to be off schedule. But we still had fun.

Breanne had 2 special presents for her daddy that she even wrapped herself!

Darren has been wanting a new 'nice (aka: expensive)' pillow for a long time... So here he is testing it out to make sure it passed the test. The first night he slept with it he informed me that it wasn't good enough. He is a pillow Natzi!

Breanne was SO good about keeping all of his presents a surprise. He asked her everyday to tell him what she was getting, but her lips were sealed! She called this one a snow blower for the garden... silly girl!

Happy 31st Birthday! Thanks for being such a good daddy and husband!

Breanne and Kyler

2011-03-15T15:01:00.005-06:00

I can't believe it! Where is the time going? Breanne is 4 years and Kyler is 6 months old. Are they not the cutest brother and sister ever! This picture says a lot, Breanne is such an amazing sister and Kyler just thinks she is the coolest! In his eyes she can do no wrong. The love they have for each other at this young age is simply incredible to see.

Sweet Siblings!

We have been doing a tie pose ever since this little guy was a new born.. and now look at him, he is sitting up all by himself. Before we know it the tie will actually be fitting him! STOP GROWING! :-)

Our little Handsome!

Mackay (Breanne's great grandma) made this beautiful dress for her birthday.

This was actually the best photo shoot we have had of her since she was a baby... Of course we had to bribe her with a barbie and going to Olive Garden after (which is her very favorite place to eat) But hey, whatever works.

My baby girl is no long a baby. She has turned into a beautiful little girl. I love being her mommy.

Breanne's Luau Birthday Party

2011-02-24T09:27:00.006-07:00

Since we had only been home from Hawaii for 4 days, we decided to do a Hawaiian Luau for Breanne's 4th Birthday Party. She loved it! And it was nice because we were able to bring some 'authentic Hawaiian' things home to help us celebrate!

Quite the greed fest! It looked worse than Christmas (that was only 2 months ago).

Breanne's traditional cupcake cake. Complete with a 'shake your hips-Hawaiian girl' and fresh Hawaiian flowers!

Happy Birthday Breanne!--- I can't believe my baby girl is 4 years old!

We played pin the coconut on the coconut tree.. Breanne was frustrated because she wanted to win, but could not see where to put the coconut! Obviously she missed the whole point of the game! Everyone else liked it though!

All of Breanne's favorite friends eating Hawaiian haystacks at her party.

Breanne and her very own hula girl!

We can't forget Kyler... He too was all decked out it his new Hawaiian shirt ready to party with his big sister!

Darren's nature shots

2011-02-20T22:51:00.007-07:00

Darren took alot of nature shots in Hawaii with our new nifty camera. Here are a few of his favorites:

This was taken on our hotel room balcony on the west side of Oahu.

The camera has the ability to take seven shots in a row for action situations. Here is a whale tail he was able to get.

This was a pond at the Dole Pineapple plantation. In it, they have a botanical garden full of awesome flowers and stuff. This is cool because the water seems to blur.

This lilly pad was far away and so the shot was taken with a bigger lens.

What a pretty place. This is the Byodo-in temple located on the east side of Oahu.

Darren's favorite flower.

More Fun in the Sun!

2011-02-04T01:26:00.005-07:00

Cute family in Beautiful Hawaii!

This is us at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Breanne thought this girl was pretty and wanted us to take a picture with her.

Watching the village parade on the water.

Breanne and Kyler swimming in the pool. Breanne wishes we could spend our whole trip in the pool. Kyler just wishes he could watch his Baby Einstein movies in his swing.

This is one of our favorite places to visit in Oahu the Chinese Byodo-in Temple. As you can see Breanne wasn't up to having her picture taken. This beautiful temple is nestled in the mountains of Northeast side of the island. Breanne's favorite part was feeding the fish and birds.
We also visited the Waikiki Aquarium.. It as way worth the trip into town. There were tons of beautiful fish tanks, shark and sea lion exhibits, and areas for touch sea life.

This picture is for Grams and Poppie who wanted to see Ky Ky's leggies in shorts!! What a cute little chunkin! The friends we are with have a 22 month old and Kyler is a 1/2 lb. heavier than her!

Day 2 in Paradise

2011-01-31T23:44:00.009-07:00

What a fun day! When we were home we ran into a website about a teddy bear museum and thought it would be fun to check out... Boy were we glad we did! What a great place. 15000 square feet of bears dressed up in different scenes that move and dance to depict different things. At the end there is a little concert put on by Elvis Bear. Breanne loved it!

Yup... life size ones as well! Teddy Bear World is the rage in Korea (i guess) and this is the first museum in the states. It has been open for 3 months here in Hawaii.

Breanne posing for a picture in the beautiful gardens at the Dole Pineapple Plantation. My little girl that used to have beautiful curly hair is back! It is fun to see her little ringlets magically appear again in this humid weather.

Flowers as big as my head! Beautiful day... 78 degrees with a slight breeze.

Are these 2 of the cutest kids or what?! We are riding the Pineapple Express Train at the Dole Plantation.Breanne wanted to know if we were gonna see any animals. I guess she got confused with the train at Hogle Zoo! Sweet girl.

Daddy bought us both a lei to wear today! Hangin' loose in Hawaii!

We also went to the North Shore today to check out turtle beach. This was like a scene from a movie! Beautiful palm trees, blue sky, white capped waves and every once in a while a cute turtle head would pop out of the shallow water near the shore. I thought Bre would love this since we have been talking about seeing turtles for months. But when she saw the the beach all she wanted to do was play in the sand. Kyler absolutely loves being outside!

We hope you are enjoying being apart of our wonderful trip from cyber world! Stay tuned for day 3.....

Aloha!

ALOHA!!

2011-01-31T00:28:00.004-07:00

Aloha from Oahu!! The kids were great on the airplane ride! When we first got on the plane and it was taxing out to the run way, Breanne asked,"So when are the wings gonna start to flap?" The minute we stepped of the plane a grandma came up to Breanne and gave her this lei. She was going back home, and we were just coming! Ma halo!

Our firs day activities where lots of fun! Because we there is a 4 hour difference from Utah our kids were out by like 8 o'clock (nice right.. the time the are Suppose to be in bed at home but Never happens!) But that also means they were up at 6 to start their day! First stop... Pearl Harbor! Lots of fun! The man tried to get the missiles in the background.... I guess he thought those were more important than our baby! and look... he was even looking at the camera... Good Boy!

Yes folks... this is REAL!! And tons more where this one came from! Tell me this isn't the most beautiful place on earth! (not to mention the smells!)

This is Breanne's favorite place to be... the pools. Our condo has 4 pools and 7 hot tubs (all of which have different things like tunnels, waterfalls, slides or sandy beaches) Last time we came Darren and I didn't even go swimming and now we've been here 1 full day and have been twice! "this is a kid trip.... this is a kid trip... this is a kid trip" That's what we remind ourselves constantly!

And don't forget Kyler! He is loving the beautiful weather. He looks so different in short sleeve shirts and shorts! His little fat roles are much more visible! Today at Pearl Harbor he was the main attraction! As is everywhere you go, there were tons of Asians and they just couldn't get enough of him.. they were talking to him touching him.... Heck even taking pictures of him! I don't know what they were saying but I imagine it was something like this, 'look at the cute little fat white baby!'

halloween

2010-11-08T16:36:00.007-07:00

Breanne started out the Halloween season with a field trip to the pumpkin patch. Mommy had to work that day so Grams went with here.

Breanne's school class all dressed up in their costumes.

Our cute little pumpkin!

What would Halloween be without a bubbly pot of witches brew root beer.

Breanne loved this potato head witch pumpkin.

Witch Breanne and Princess ghost Brooke trick or treating

Breanne and Kyler trick in their cute costumes.

What's goin on?

2010-10-15T10:19:00.002-06:00

Here is an update of our latest goin's on:

Darren went on a hike to Lake Blanch with his dad and brother. It was about a 7 mile hike with a rise of about 2500 feet. Darren was exhausted and sore to say the least.

"Nana J" came out for Kyler's blessing. We had such a great time with her, wrapping up last minute details for the post-blessing family gathering.

Kyler was blessed on October 10th by his daddy. What a handsome boy!

Yellowstone

2010-08-20T21:30:00.002-06:00

Daddy and Breanne feeding 'Skunky' at the Bear World petting zoo.

More pictures of Kyler

2010-07-31T12:28:00.004-06:00

Welcome to the family, baby Kyler!

2010-07-28T22:50:00.002-06:00

Baby Kyler was born on July 25th, 2010 at 4:12pm. He weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces, and measured 20.5" long.

Breanne is SO excited to have "baby buddy" here...finally. She is a great big sister.

WELCOME HOME!!!

Our Sweet 3 Year Old

2010-04-15T22:08:00.001-06:00

So, it's been awhile....

2010-04-10T17:32:00.002-06:00

Ok, so I missed blogging the winter months completely. But hey, all I can say is it's because I have good reason! So let me up date ya all a bit as to what is going on in our lives. (don't get to excited... there isn't any pictures)
We are pregnant! 'Little Buddy' will be joining us the end of July. That is the main reason I haven't blogged. I have had a really rough few months. Not only the nausea throwing up bit, but my back has been a lot worse with this pregnancy. So bad that I have had to rely on family a lot to take care of me and Breanne.
Darren has started his Masters program with Western Governors University and is working hard to stay caught up. He is shooting to be done in 18 months so.
We sold our home in 8 days and have to be out by the end of the month. (that means like 3 weeks to pack.. and go... where?!?) We have put an offer on a home in Syracuse and are still waiting to hear if it's excepted or not.
Breanne is growing up so fast! She turned 3 in February and is too full of energy for a pregnant mom who can't keep up most of the time. She is excited to move in to a 'big house, with big swing set and have her own room.'
So that is pretty much a wrap as to what's going on with the Jacobson's. Maybe I'll get some pictures posted one of these days!

Just for fun

2009-11-10T15:42:00.002-07:00

I just got a new digital editing program a few weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to play with it. But finally today Breanne is taking a nice long nap, so Mommy gets to have some play time of her own. Not too bad for an armature eh!? I am just so grateful that I get to be this little angel's Mommy. There is nothing in the world more gratifying than to get a hug, a kiss or an 'I love you berry berry much' from my Breanne. She means the world to me, and I am so glad I get to be her friend forever and always!

Halloween Happiness!

2009-11-03T12:54:00.005-07:00

The whole month of October was very busy but very fun! My how time is flying by. Somedays I just want to freeze life (and my sweet daughter) so that she will never grow up and to keep holidays so magical! We started out the Halloween Season with a party at Grandma and Grandpa Jacobson's house. Breanne learned what 'Pumpkin Guts' are.

We also went to pick out our pumpkins in our traditional pumpkin patch. This is one of the reason's I love living in a farming community, it's so fun to see corn fields, tomato crops and most of all pumpkin patches! Breanne had to tap the pumpkins to see if it was a good one.

What can I say... She is just plain CUTE!

Breanne was off playing in the corn maze, so mommy and daddy snapped a quick picture.

A few days before Halloween we had a party at Grams and Pa's house. These sweet innocent looking cuties aren't so sweet and innocent after all! They went off into Gram's bathroom.. and well... TERRORIZED IT!!! They all got undressed (some had poopies on) got into Gram's make up and wiped it all over themselves and everything, put tissue in her sicks and turned them on till they were over flowing with water, got in the tub with hot water till the tub was overflowing too.. When we found them there was 3 inches of poopy water all over the floor.. what else can I say, you'd have to be there to believe it! Where were their mothers!! :-) I don't think they will be on the 'Nice' list for Christmas this year... (at least not on Grams and Pa's) Thanks Grams and Pa for putting up with our 2 year olds!

Traditional stew in pumpkin bread bowls and homemade root beer.. YUM!

There's the the Terrible Trio again.. eating doughnuts.

Back in July when we went to Jackson Hole Breanne fell in love with horses.. It was then that I decided she had to be a cow girl for Halloween. So Grandma and I went to the fabric store (which happens to be one of our favorite stores) and shopped for material. Grandma Mackay helped make Breanne's Halloween costume. It turned out just how I wanted it.. Thank you so much for making Breanne that cutest cow girl ever! We sure love our Mackay!

Halloween afternoon.. carving out more 'guts'. As most of you know Breanne is a clean freak and hates to get messy.. so when she figured out she had to put her whole had down in the pumpkin to get out the guts she had to take all of her clothes off so they wouldn't get messy. The finished products. We finished just in time. Daddy had to go to work on Halloween, but he got off in time to finish up trick or treating.

Breanne and her horsey 'Braska'.

We stated trick or treating around our neighborhood, but Breanne was to scared to do it by herself. So we had to go find Brooke to go with her. It didn't take long for her to catch on.

They trick or treated till they dropped!

We stopped at Grams and Pa's to trick or treat. Grams showed her the traditional 'put all our candy out and see what ya got' trick. Do ya see her cute cow girl boots!?!

Our Sweet Little Cow Girl!! Happy Halloween!

A Family Full Of Witches!!

2009-10-22T14:48:00.004-06:00

For many years now we have all wanted to go the Garnder Village's 'Witches Night Out'. So we dusted of the our old witches hats and headed out for a fun Girl's Night Out! Of course we were very under dressed for this event as any of you know that have even been.... These witches that attended are totally decked out! Even though we weren't the cutes witches around we still had lots and lots of fun.

Thanks to Alisa we had black lipstick to make us look more... witchy or sexy depending on how you look at it!

Grandma, Mom, Alisa, Me and Mandy all went. This should be a tradition! Except we all need to spruce up our witch wardrobe!
We ate when we got there. Make sure you stay together... You think it would be easy to find your group when they are all wearing witches hats?.... It's not!
This witch was playing baseball... But I wanted to dance with her. She didn't object.
Alisa, Me and Mandy waiting for the 2 older witches to finish up their shopping.. (sorry sucker, I thought this was the right picture.. I deleted the wrong one.)

After our Witch Masquerade, the night was still young, so we went to Applebee's for dessert like any witch would do! We were the bells of the ball here... but soon more witches had the same idea and we weren't the only ones sportin' our witchiness!

September in full Swing!

2009-09-15T18:48:00.004-06:00

I don't know what happened to August.. It just flew by! But anyway, here we are in September. It's only 1/2 way through and it has been very, very busy!

Breanne started pre-school at the beginning of September. She goes once a week for 2 hours. She is such a big girl...She loves it!

For Labor Day we went to Duck Park in Layton. We ate Pizza, played at the park, and tried to feed the ducks... That was everyone else's idea too, cause the ducks were not excited about our bread.
Is this picture cute or what!?!
The geese and the seagulls were the only ones that wanted a taste of our bread.
Our 'Silly Cat Girl!'

Sportin' Mommy's sunglasses.

As most of you know... I am a bit obsessed with Diet Coke with lime from Sonic. It's so bad that when we pull up to the drive-thru Breanne wants her window rolled down, and she yells to the microphone, 'Yeah I want a Diet coke wiff lime Pease.. and just easy on ice k.' That's pretty bad when your 2 year old knows your drink of choice. As you can see the 44 ouncer is almost as big as she is!

Darren has ben having pain in is abdomen for months, we just thought it was an ulcer. But on Friday night the pain was so bad that he went to the ER. The doctor told him he had gallstones. Later that day it got so bad that he called one of is doctor's that he works with and asked him if he would operate on him NOW! So within a few hours he was in the OR getting it taken care of. The doctor said that his gallbladder was inflammed and there were multiple stones. He spent the night at the hospital but he is doing well now. A whole week of bed rest, doctors orders. He is very sore but on the mend!

This makes 8 scars on his belly.. 1-bone graft from his hip to his wrist when he broke his arm. 3- different hernia surgeries. 4- lapriscopic scars from his galbladder surgery... YIKES!!!

Tumbling Class

2009-07-30T15:17:00.003-06:00

I signed Breanne up for her first extra-curricular activity this summer...Tumbling. It was offered as a summer class through Clinton city. It was only 3 weeks long twice a week, but Breanne really enjoyed it! It was amazing to watch how much she actually learned in those short few weeks. Of course she had her 'terrible 2 tantrum' moments, but for the most part it was lots of fun for Mommy and Breanne!

Each time they would do a few different activities. There were about 10 kids in the class ranging from 18 months to 3 years old. She liked playing with the parachute.

This activity was to help them with colors and finding the hidden items in the balls.
She learned how to tuck her head to her chest and do a 'pike roll' (summer sault). She got quite good at the whole little route. 'Balance...balance!'

Jumping on the tramps were of course her favorite part. I was suppose to help her do different actions while she jumped, but she usally just jumped and played.

Jackson Hole

2009-07-25T21:11:00.006-06:00

This past week we went to Jackson Hole and the Tetons with Darren's whole family(minus JaNae and Spencer). We had lots of fun. This was our first 'Jacobson Family Trip' and we hope there will be more to come.

We stopped at Bear Lake for a famous raspberry shake.YUM! I don't ever remember going to Bear Lake, it was 'berry, berry beautiful'... At least that's what Breanne thought.
Well, this was our attempt at the gun show in Jackson Hole. Breanne thought it was
'Too y'oud Mamma!'
The traditional Jackson Hole picture.

Breanne absolutely loves horses. Any chance she got she wanted to pet one.

The first full day we were there we went to Jenny Lake in the Tetons. It was lots of fun. We got on a ferry to cross the lake then went on a hike to hidden falls.

Why this picture you ask?... Well, this is how Breanne was 1/2 the trip. She was either good as gold or a naughty little devil! So we had to make sure to document the trip in its entirety

We went to the Bar T 5 ranch one night for a dinner and a show. We rode in a covered wagon for about 2 miles up the canyon to get to our dinner. Breanne loved it. We even saw Indians on our way up. Once again, Breanne's favorite part were the horses. Our horse's names were Daisy and Duke. She learned from the cowboys that to make a horse go you have to say 'Step up!'

The following day we went to Teton Village. We were hoping that we could take a horse ride and just have Breanne sit with Darren, but we were able to do something even better. They let us take her out by ourselves on her own horse in a pasture and lead her around for however long we wanted to.

This horsey's name is Braska (Nebraska). Breanne loved it, she was so brave. She kept telling Braska to 'step up!' I can't believe her love for horses... She follows after her Daddy's heart.

On our way back to Logan we stopped to look at the Snake River. We would have loved to take a trip down the rapids, but with a little one that would be impossible. Maybe next time we'll have a chance to.

Back in Logan, to celebrate Pioneer Day, we went to the American West Heritage Center to have a little pioneer experience. We got to pan for gold, pet goats, see horses and sheep and lots, lots more!

We went on a progressive dinner pulling hand carts. First stop was a watermelon seed spitting contest. Daddy did great.. Breanne on the other hand wanted to know what those things in her melon were. She's spoiled and usually has the seedless kind.

She loved to ride in the hand cart. There were 4 different stops.

What a strong girl! She would have made a great poineer! I, on the other hand, would not have been a good pioneer. I am grateful for my ancestors who walked across the plains so that I can enjoy my religious freedom. Yes mom.. that means Sarah Franks!

What a fun Trip! Thanks again Jacobson's and Brockbank's for making it all happen!

More Summer Fun!

2009-07-19T00:01:00.006-06:00

What a fun week we have had! We played in the water almost everyday. One day we went out to Grandma and Grandpa Mackay's house to visit and play in the water.

As you can see she loved 'Mackay's' pool! She loved to jump from the side (as long as her head stayed above water!)

Breanne and Grams were so pooped that they both fell asleep watching cartoons at Mackay's house... Which was great for me because I got to have a quick sewing lesson from my grandma.
Clinton Heritage Days was also this week. On Thursday we went to the annual dutch oven dinner and car show. There's not too many things that Breanne loves more than corn on the cob!
Of course whenever there is a car so we go and I am beginning to like them quite a bit! Breanne kept wanting to sit in all of the cars, and we had to tell her they were too special to sit in. At the very end of the show there was this car. Most of you know this is Darren's dream old-timer car... a 1927 T-bucket. We were sitting there admiring it when the owner came up and asked Breanne if she wanted to sit in it! He said he only lets cute girls get in. Wow... was Darren jealous!
On Saturday we went to the Clinton Carnival.. It happened to be the hottest day of the year so far (105 degrees) But still very very fun!

Daddy always knows what treats Breanne (and Mommy) loves. YUM!

What a big girl! She loves to ride any kind of ride... She's gonna be our little dare devil.

Does this picture look familiar? This is our second carnival, but a carnival wouldn't be a carnival with out a merry go round! She named her pony 'Buster'. She was so hot.. look at her little cheeks.

After a few hours at the Carnival we were already to go back to our nice air conditioned house. We ate some lunch and all took a nice long nap. Aren't they so sweet?!?(esp. when they are asleep!) These are my 2 most favorite people in the whole world!

July 4th Festivities!

2009-07-05T09:30:00.006-06:00

The 4th of July is one of my very favorite holidays! I love all the carnivals, parades, fireworks, b-bques and spending time with family. This year we did it all! Breanne is such a fun age, she just absorbed it all and had so much fun experiencing new things. She loved the fireworks and the parade. We celebrated the whole weekend. We went to the West Point Carnival on the 3rd. Breanne sure Loves popcorn..
...and cotton candy!

Breanne and cousin Brooke had fun pretending they were farmers on the tracker.

Breanne wanted to get her face painted.. I didn't think she really would when she got to the front of the line. But she held so still! What a pretty butterfly face.

This day wouldn't be complete without playing on the 'swing swing'. This is Breanne's favorite past time. (daddy is always willing to help her!)

The 4th of July started out with a fun parade in Clearfield! Breanne got lots of candy thanks to the 2 boys that were on the side of us. They thought it was their personal mission to make sure she got her fair share!

The fire engines were 'kinda y'oud'.

Later that day we went to Pa and Grams house for a b-bque. The high light, of course was the bounce house that Pa puts up on special occasions!

Daddy got some smoke bombs... I'm not sure who had more fun Daddy or Breanne!

I made dessert. Yum!

We had lots of fun with sparklers.

Daddy and Breanne watching fireworks!

Let Summer Begin!

2009-06-26T23:12:00.004-06:00

Darren's work sponsored the Mud Volleyball Tournament this year at Ogden Days. He even got to participate... and wow was it muddy! It was fun to see him play, since he has no idea how to play volleyball. Our first date was playing volleyball, and lets just say that is not the reason I married him! But to my surprise he did quite well. (it must have been the mud!)

Darren setting up his teammate for a spike!
Now this is my favorite picture! You see that leg stickin' out there in the bottom right of the picture?... That is Darren's foot! And the big splash of mud...Well that is him! Way to take one for the team Darren! When Breanne saw her daddy fall into the water she got a bit worried and yelled, "Daddy.. You 'kay?"
Needless to say they didn't win the tournament.. it was double elimination and they were eliminated on they're 2nd game. But wow was it fun to watch! Darren was having so much fun in the mud that he took a quick little swim before exiting the game.
Breanne was dying to ride the horsey, so we indulged her.. Wow 3 bucks a ride! I am sure glad we just have the 1 kid or we would have had to taken out a loan for the carnival.

Yup, you got it another 3 bucks! But she was being such a good girl and having such a fun time that we couldn't resist! She wanted to go on the big rides but we had to draw the line. I think she will have lots of fun at carnivals to come! This was just a mini preview to the State Fair and Lagoon. I think she is like her Daddy... a thrill seeker. She definitely didn't get that from me.

WET But FUN Weekend...

2009-06-16T21:14:00.005-06:00

We went to the Car Show in Bountiful on Saturday. We didn't get too wet, but it was kind of brisk. This is the car Darren wants. It was even for sale.... anyone have 18 grand they wanna give us? Darren loves old hot rods, but he will have to stick to making little models for now!
Our Sweet Breanne eating a carmel apple. Breanne came down with pink eye on Saturday, but thanks to Dr. Uncle Dave he was able to diagnose it at our family party that afternoon and call in a Rx for it right away.. Thanks Dave!
Our not-so-old camera died a week ago.. and with 2 cute people like this in my family I had to go get a new one quick, so we took lots of fun pictures over the weekend. Breanne loves piggy back rides from her daddy!
Breanne is a crazy nut!! There was an 18 wheeler there and she loved to run from the front of the truck to the back and jump of into Darren's arm.... without even any hesitation. Ohh the blind faith of a sweet child that trusts daddy will catch her everytime! The day ended with a yummy treat of chocolate pudding. Breanne... smell like pudding?!?

Six Year's later...

2009-06-08T15:46:00.005-06:00

So... It's been 6 years since we've said 'I Do'. And like a roller coaster, there has been lots of ups and downs. But it's been a ride that I have enjoyed, and can't wait for the next turn! I just wanted to give a quick synopsis of the six fun filled years:

-We have been living in our home in Clinton, Utah for 5 of those 6 years.

-We both have our degrees (mine in hospital admin./radiology, and Darren's in Long-term Health Administration.) Darren is thinking about getting his Master's in the near future.

-Darren manages Skyline and Grandview Clinics for Ogden Clinic.

-I am fortunate enough to get to be at home with our sweet Breanne. I only work 2 days a month to keep my license at Mckay Dee Hospital.

-The happiest part (and most stressful) is our Beautiful "not so baby any more" Baby Girl Breanne. She is almost 2 1/2 years old and reminds us of that everyday. We both are crazy about her and love to watch her grow.

-We both look forward to buying a bigger home and adding to our family.. (No this is NOT an announcement!)

-Darren is an elders quorum teacher in our ward and I am the 2nd counselor in the primary. We both enjoy our callings and love our neighborhood.

-We are planning on camping lots this summer and creating many fun memories with our little family.

-We got a new addition to our family at Easter this year... A fluffy white and brown bunny named Bell that Breanne absolutely loves! That makes 2 animals: a beta and a bunny... Plenty for me!

-Breanne loves to go for bike rides with us and take apples to feed any horse that she can see.

-We love living close to family and enjoy doing things with them often.

-So to sum it all up, like all little families things get crazy, but we are loving this time in our lives and can't believe how fast 6 years have gone by! We look forward to 6 more, and 6 more, and 6 more...etc!

-Thanks for reading about us!

Weekend of Fun!

2009-05-20T17:23:00.008-06:00

Darren had a work conference up in Deer Valley the weekend of our anniversary. His work was paying for the hotel and I could come along, bonus.... free room! so we headed out early on Wed. May 6th for a fun weekend. First we went to Gardner Village so Breanne could play at the Barnyard Buddies (a petting zoo) She loved it. Then Darren took us to see the tulips at Thanksgiving point, my very favorite thing to do on our anniversary. (It's becoming a tradition) Then we took Breanne to Grandma and Pa Mackay's house so we could have a few minutes to ourselves for dinner at the Outback. After that we headed up to Deer Valley. Our hotel was at the tip top of the mountain, I didn't know that land even existed! For the next few days Daddy went to conferences while Mommy and Daughter shopped at the Park City outlets. I had in my mind that it would be such a fun bonding experience for the 2 of us.... Well any of you moms know that taking a 2 year old shopping is not a good idea! But we had a lot of fun!

Breanne loved the horse ride despite her face in this picture.

The 'Hidden Gardens'. The tulips were as pretty here as they were on our wedding day... well almost! :-)

Cute... need I say more!?!

I literally shopped till I dropped!

Happy 6 Years!

2009-05-12T22:40:00.004-06:00

Darren and I were married on May 6th, 2003.. The happiest day of our lives!

We were married in the Salt Lake Temple.

Unfortunately, these are copyrights...hence the watermark. We chose May 6th specifically for the tulips. I told Darren that if it was rainy that day, we would postpone the wedding until I could get a perfect day! He started praying four months in advance. And still, 6 years later, every May 6th has been sunny skies. What a prayer!
Our 6 year anniversary was perfect! Stay tuned for another posting of our weekend celebration in Deer Valley!

Easter

2009-04-17T15:16:00.003-06:00

Breanne was so much fun this year! As you can tell she was very excited about her Tootsie Rolls from the Easter Bunny.

Darren talked me into getting a real bunny for Breanne. He didn't have to beg too hard. When we found 'Bell' we all fell in love with her. Breanne was scared at first, but now she always wants to play with her.

Easter egg hunt at Gram's and Pa's house.

Breanne is finally getting the idea of the 'greed fest' each holiday season! She loves to open presents and eat all the fun traditional treats.

Spring Family Photos

2009-04-10T20:52:00.004-06:00

Is our Family Cute or what!?! We took these pictures on Darren's birthday at Memory Grove in Salt Lake

Darren's Birthday

2009-04-03T14:13:00.006-06:00

Months ago Darren mentioned that he'd like a rootbeer tasting party, so I found 8 different kinds/brands of rootbeer and poured them into shot glasses. All the party goers guessed which kind was which and which one they liked the best.Darren's birth mom, Jeanette, came to celebrate with us. Valene, Darren, and Jeanette toasting to another great year to come!

I wasn't about to attempt a over-sized rootbeer float cake, so I e-mailed different rootbeer slogans to the local bakery and they copied them onto edible paper. It turned out fun....Happy 29th buddy!

Where ever there are candles to be blown, Breanne comes running with her cheeks full of air. Make a wish Daddy!

The guitar Santa brought him over a year ago still sits in his closet covered with a warm, comforting layer of dust. But the desire to strum the guitar still lives, so I bought him Guitar Hero (complete with two guitars for competition mode) for his birthday. We stay up 'til mid-night strumming away like Aerosmith.

Hawaii

2009-03-06T14:26:00.002-07:00

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea....? Pineapple smoothies at Polynesian Cultural Center.

Watching the pagent parade of the different islands.
Our resort was right on the ocean...nice location, nice food
and a very nice price! This night we ate dinner on the beach.

Watching for turtles in very rough waters. Darren went wading in the surf and ended up nearly drowning Tara in the humongous waves. Needless to say, we had sand in every crack and crev"ass".
Peek-a-boo.

Summer Fun!

2008-09-18T18:52:00.001-06:00

This is some fun pictures of this past summer!
Mommy and Bre
Mountain time at mirror lake!
4th of July
Fun St. George trip!!!!

2008-08-15T13:31:00.001-06:00

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