my sweet lily-please stop growing

sitting on grandma flo's lap

best friends from the beginning

love this squishy baby!

always a big brother

Happy Easter!

Gabriel has been studying the westward expansion-he chose "the covered wagon" and "the buffalo" to do his project on.

Happy Birthday Lily!

lily turned 12 march 12-

she had a slumber party with 12 of her best friends-lots of cupcakes, hot tubbing, and laughing.

aunt shannon, isabelle, and caroline joined us for the week-we LOVED it!

shannon and izzie

our birthday girl!

the presentation

project week-daniel learned about medieval castles-A+

sleeping off the late night

happy new year! lily tried aunt julie's fondant recipe--success.

one of our favorite utah treats

nielsons frozen custard-oreo concretes!

izzie and lily

it snowed all day sunday so we had enough to build this huge snowman

the finished man

gabe, grandpa, and tate

Justin and Mindy

we flew up to slc on christmas day for their ceremony. the kids had fun seeing cousins and we ate more of grandma manning's delicious food.

mindy made the cake and it was amazing

tate and izzie and another little friend at the wedding

in the kitchen-yum!

cute lily christmas morning

Merry "late" Christmas!

daniel made britt a photo book of their trip to belize and it was so fun to watch him open it

christmas eve pjs and books from grandma and grandpa ashton

gingerbread house and tree

Fall Break

the kids had a week off of school and we loaded up and headed west to spend a few days on the beach.

we enjoyed a beautiful sunset the first night on mission beach

we had fun despite the cold air

the sun peeked out a little and the kids couldn't get enough of the water and sand