4th

Has anyone here in Iowa gone to a good parade and/or fireworks over the 4th of July? We have never been here durning this time and was wondering which was the best or what others have done. I have checked to see which towns are doing something I just want to know if one is better than the other.

10 YEARS!

10 years ago Jason and I got married. What a wonderful 10 years! I am not going to lie we have had our ups and downs but that is what has made us who we are. I could not be happier and my love for Jason has grown more than ever in the last 10 years.

I love you Honey!

Thanks for a great 10 years.

Hear is a look at the last 10 years.

Honeymoon to San Francisco, CA, June 1999


1st Anniversary, June 2000


Cruise, December 2000


Riding Elephants in Thailand, December 2000


Thailand, January 2001


Diving in Thailand, January 2001


Disneyland, April 2001



San Fransico, CA, December 2001



Paraolympics closing ceremonies, SLC, March 2002



BYU vs UTAH Football, November 2002



Alli's Graduation from Weber State University, May 2003

Hawaii, June 2003

Nauvoo, June 2003

Bill and Monica, Halloween 2003

Jason's Graduation from Weber State University, May 2004

Savannah's birth, December 15, 2004

Savannah's Blessing, March 2005

Savannah, Alli and Jason, Lake Powell, July 2005

Halloween 2005

Alli and Jason skiing, March 2006

Jason's 30th Birthday, May 2006


Yellowstone, WY, July 2006

Alli, Savannah and Jason White Coat Ceremony, September 2006

Jason, Savannah, and Alli October 2006

Madilynn's birth November 8, 2006


Jason and Alli November 2006

Thanksgiving 2006

Madilynn's Blessing February 2007

Madilynn, Jason, Savannah, and Alli, May 2007

Lagoon, Madilynn, Jason, Savannah and Alli, July 2007

Olivia's Birth, December 2, 2007

Alli, Savannah, Olivia, Jason and Madilynn, December 2007

Olivia's Blessing, March 2008

Nauvoo, IL, March 2008

Rite of Passage, April 2008

Jason and Alli, Still in Love, May 2008

Madilynn, Jason Olivia, Alli and Savannah, September 2008

Olivia, Alli, Savannah, Madilynn, and Jason, October 2008

November 2008

Jason and Alli, June 23, 2009

As you can tell we have definitely grown in more ways than one.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! to all the Fathers in our life.

WE LOVE YOU!

Firsts

This Sunday had a few firsts for our family.

Olivia went to Nursery for the first time.

She did a good job! I stayed for a little while and then slipped out and there was no crying. Yeah! but we will se how next weeks goes.

(I know this picture has nothing to do with Nursery but it is cute, She likes to snuggle with her dad at night.)

Then after church later that night we were going to start playing games when the tornado sirens went off. Scary! especially with kids. It didn't last long and we watched the TV to see if we really should take cover, luckily we never had to but it was really bad 15 miles North of us.

(Jason heard them last year at this same time but the kids and I were in Utah so it was a first for me.)

"the Beach"

the other day we went to "the Beach" or the closest thing we have to a beach that is close. It is a park (Raccoon River Park) that has a small lake with a beach (or rocks that are partially ground up as you can see by the picture) and a roped off swimming area.

I didn't take their swimming suits because I thought they would cry but it was just the opposite...they loved it!

(the new pictures on the right were taken at "the Beach" too.)

potential

"Every child is born a potential genius." -Buckminster Fuller

Jason's Birthday...#33

Happy Birthday (a few days ago) Honey!

We Love You! and appreciate all that you do for us.

Love,

Alli, Savannah, Madilynn and Olivia

I had a really fun time with Jason's birthday. Savannah planned the whole thing. She knew what kind of balloons she wanted and what gifts she wanted to buy right down to the colors.

She picked out a Batman balloon with black and blue ballons to go with it and Madi picked out a dark purple one. Then we went a bought him a shirt, it wasn't the colors Savannah had wanted (red, and blue) but it was okay because it was the gift she wanted Madi to give him and Madi didn't want to give him a shirt she wanted to give him a ball.
Savannah wanted to give him a Spiderman movie but when we went to buy it she didn't like that it had a black spiderman on the front with the red spiderman so she changed her mind and found Batman Returns that she really liked.

Madi then found some balls that she picked out all by herself, and very proud of that, that he can play in the water with.

Savannah then had the idea to give him flowers, so I decided that each of us would pick out a flower for him.

We then made his favorite cake and Savannah made him a card.

I thought it was a GREAT party. I loved watching the girls get so excited to give him the gifts they had picked out and show him the balloons and flowers. They were so happy.