Did I ever tell you how great a family I have?

Nanna Snugs-Grandparents Day in Kindergarten

Grandparents hug...All grandkids together!

Surprise Cortnie Happy Birthday!

Best friend cousins Ryelle and Benji

Fishing with Poppy

Hiking with the fam

Zion National Park Angels Landing Angela, Charitie Dan & Benji What an incredible hike!

Home made apple sauce for my homemade bread, with apples hand picked with Nanna & my sisters for family night!

Lots of pool time! i think this pic is hilarious!

Out door games with Dad and Benji

Going to Relief Society Conference in the Conference Center with my Sisters Cortnie & Chelsie and good friend Kristen.

Alpine Slides with the fam Benji is hitching a ride up.

Mini golf with the fam...Aunt Brisa, Uncle Robbie, Angela, Poppy, Dan and Benji,

Come on join us for some snuggle time and movie watching!

Benji's "hockey mini golf"

Poppa Lucki and Benji at discovery land.

100 and counting Family reunion!

Rock climbing with any one who wanted to try...cousins, aunts, grandparents and all!

Family out door games

Easter Celebrations
at our Utah cousins home.

Birthday party for cousin Ryelle at our house. I enjoy making birthday cakes Ryelle had a go fish party this year. She had her own mini cake too.

Dinner time with Angela's family.Thanksgiving

Hanging with my Bro's families. Game time.

Celebrating Grammy and Poppy's home coming from their mission presidency in Peru!

One big happy family in the back yard of Dans parents house.

It came to my attention that I have fallen behind on my blogging. I have been trying to catch up with some of the fun stuff we did in 2009.I have been slipping in back posts here and there...But... we had so many good times its taking a long time! I wanted to share some of the best family times we shared here as I continue to slip in the full updates as I go. So this post is a teaser of some of the great times we have had with our family in 2009.

Welcome to Family Home Evening

Welcome to Family Home Evening Yeahhhhh!

As a family we have loved a tradition for Monday night Family Home Evening. When we are gathered and sitting down together we shout out "Welcome to Family Home Evening" and after we shout together "YEAHHHHH !!!! We wave our hands up in the air ... aka Jazz Hands.

This has been our family night tradition for nearly 8 years. Benji wanted to put his own spin on it. Last week on hearing Dad was going on a business trip he wanted to do something special. So he made noise makers (out of recycling on his own) for each of us and as we were shouting Yeahhhhhhhhh!!!! On his direction we shook our noise makers with vigor..

Muddy Mud Pit & Mr Crabby Patty

Last October....The family went for a nice walk...When the boys left the trail and wondered down to the receding river, mom was not in exploring shoes so I left the boys to trail blaze on their own. This is what I welcomed back home...They were covered head to toe in mucky river mud and Benji discovered a new friend. Mr. Crabby Patty the Crawdad he just had to bring home!
(Note Yes I know Benjis pants are down, the mud was cold and he was anxious to get in the bath.)

After the big clean up (hosing out all the clothes before they hit the washing machine) and a complete scientific examination of the crawdad (yes Benji is a science enthusiast & we learned more then we needed to know about crayfish) we all got in the car and drove back to the river to send Mr. Crabby Patty home and set him FREE...

Rocking Chair

I started reading a book to the kids during our babysitting swap...and the next thing I knew I could no longer hold the book to turn the pages. All 3 kids piled on my lap with their snugly friend of choice. It was great. This is definitely one of my most favorite things as a mom. I love to sit in a rocking chair with a little one to snuggle up too, and read songs or sing or just talk. I just never had 3 great kids+ their friends at the same time! What a blessing. Thank you Ryelle, Benji and Anna You made my day!