Kirby Family Zoo

Were back!

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Well, after a long break from working on the blog, I have decided to start again. I was planning on getting my blog caught up when my house was clean, my laundry was done, I had spent plenty of quality time with everyone I love, and had caught up on all of my beauty sleep........Well none of that is ever going to happen, so I guess I will blog anyway! So, here I am...blogging in my messy house with my kids whinning for me to get of the computer already!

Hallie...All grown up! Spring 09

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Hallie Renee age 5 1/2

Learning how to ride her bike!! Hallie was very determined and learned to ride in only a couple of lessons. She only had a few accidents, running in to the neighbors truck and right into the electric box going full speed. It takes a little time to learn to stop!

Hallie's graduation from Preschool. Hallie has waited her whole life to start school and she loves it!
Hallie and teacher- Mrs. Anderson

Hallie with friends from preschool and the zoo field trip.

Easter 2009 We had a fun Easter egg hunt at our house with all of the Bowmans!

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Decorating Easter Eggs!

Darn Easter Bunny makes such a mess!!!

Horse-riding at Grandpa Bowmans' March 09

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Nick, looking a little worried, but having fun!
Tysen on his first horse ride by himself!

Hallie loving it as usual. Hallie loves everything about horses! Grandpa even "gave" Hallie her favorite horse-"Blackie" as she calls her. Of course, I am sure grandpa has given a few other grandkids the same horse. Blackie has to stay at Grandpa Bowmans' because we don't have a barn for her.

Aquarium Jan 09

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The kids absolutely loved this trip to the Aquarium in Utah.

They love spending time with their cousins. Aaron, Jessy, Wes and Emma came with us!

The boys favorite...Sharks!

What a great Christmas!

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Christmas 2008

Looking out our front door Christmas Day! It was okay with us, we didn't want to leave the house anyway! We had a great day at home as a family.

Our Christmas tree. Each year on Christmas Eve, we each get a new ornament. We have all kinds on our tree, baby's first Christmas, Spiderman, Dora, football players and Precious Moments etc. I love this tradition, each year on Christmas it brings back a lot of memories as we decorate the tree!

We got the Wii for Christmas! We have had lots of fun playing together with it!

We went to lots of BBall games over Christmas break! We love to watch Rachel, Andrea, Micah and Joshua play! They are so awesome!

Andrea and Nick

Sara and Olivia

Cute picture of Olivia. She is such a sweetie!

Wyatt and Tysen opening the cars they got for eachother. They are buds!

Hallie and Kiana opening the gifts they got for eachother. They have so much fun together.

Micah and Tysen. Ty got a Bball from Grandma and Grandpa Bowman. Since balls are his favorite thing in the world, he loved it!

Nick and Wesley also gave gifts to eachother. Cute picture!

Grandma and Grandpa Bolton and Emma. We love you guys! Every year Gma and Gpa give each of the grandkids and great grandkids crisp bills in an envelope. We are so spoiled!

Lacey's husband, Jason is an airforce pilot and he has spent quite a bit of time in Afghanistan. Grandma and Grandpa Kirby gave us this special gift for Christmas. It is a framed US flag that was flown in our honor over the hostile skies of Afghanistan on a combat mission of "OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM" by Lt. Jason E. Boggess, Pilot 763rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, USAF. We appreciate Jason doing this for us! What an awesome gift, thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Dustin and Ashley, he ducktaped her present! What a typical big brother thing to do!

Grandma and Grandpa Kirby

MacKenzie and Kaitlyn

MacKenzie, Kaden and Hallie

We were very lucky to spend some time with Lacey, Jason and their kids since we don't get to see them very often! The kids had a blast with their cousins!

Kaden and Tysen

We had such a fun Christmas this year. We got to go to the Bowmans the weekend before Christmas and the Kirby's the weekend after Christmas. We got to spend Christmas Eve and Day home with just us. Jared and Rebecca came to see us on Christmas despite the blizzard and closed roads! We really appreciated seeing them since they live so far away in Iowa. We were glad to get to spend some time with Lacey and Jason and their kids since we don't get to see them very much either. The kids loved playing with their all of their cousins! They are so lucky to have so many fun cousins their age!

Loving the snow!!!

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This is a gigantic snowman that Dustin and the kids made on Christmas Day! We are loving all of the snow! We were snowed in on Christmas, but didn't mind!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

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family pics

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Nick's tonsillectomy

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Well, Nick had his tonsils out on Thursday. Though he was really nervous, he did great! He was such a tough guy. He gets to play all the video and computer games he wants and of course gets all the ice cream and popcicles he wants too. He is actually getting really sick of it and wants real food. He is getting better everyday though and I think he actually will be excited when he can go back to school after Thanksgiving.

Caleb's Farewell

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Caleb's farewell was last Sunday. We had a lot of fun spending time with him and the family. Though it was sad to see him go and we will really miss him, we know he will have an awesome experience in Georgia! We love you Caleb!! Caleb and Hallie
Caleb, Tysen, and Nick. The kids will miss their buddy. Caleb always had a treat to share with everyone!

Caleb and Melissa

Dustin and Caleb, both wearing BYU Football Shirts.

Halloween and Birthdays

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Halloween!!! Grandma Bowman, Micah and Caleb helped the kids carve these awesome pumpkins the weekend before. Of course I was not dissapointed that I missed out on that chore!

Wesley the monkey. Aaron and Jessie's kids got to spend Halloween with us! Wesley called me "Lissa", he kept saying, "I love you Lissa". He had a lot of fun playing with all the kids, he gets along so well with all of them!

Emma the froggie is ready to go trick or treating! She missed mom and dad, but she still had fun with us!

Hallie wanted to have a 'Halloween Party'. I let them play with silly string, I wouldn't suggest this to anyone. What a mess!

After trick or treating, the kids stood at the door the rest of the night watching all of the trick or treaters and handing out candy. I think it was their favorite part.

The gang is ready to go out. We only made it down our street and back, but it was really fun. We loved having Wesley and Emma with us for the weekend. They were so cute!

Though he doesn't look it, Tysen was thrilled to be Elmo. He was running the entire time we were trick or treating. He kept going up to people on the street, saying "Hi, I Elmo!"

What a pretty princess! Hallie asked me the other day why they named a princess "Sleeping Booty". It just isn't a good name for a princess is it?

We finally got a snap shot of our own Harry Potter at the end of the night. Nick took off and went trick or treating with his friend Bryce and his Dad, they went thru the entire neighborhood and he ended up with two bags full of candy! He was really dedicated.

"> Crazy Cousins after bathtime

Wesley and Ty, Frog buddies

Acording to Nick, he had a "totally awesome" 7th Birthday on Nov. 1st. Though you can't really tell from this picture, Nick was proud that he lost his first tooth on his Birthday! I can't believe how grown up he is!!

Hallie, Wesley and Nick (trying to lick frosting off of his elbow)

Nick had the "best party ever"! He got to go to blast off with lots of friends and play lazer tag, arcade games, and play on a giant playland. It was fun, and wore mom and dad right out.

Nickolas on his new scooter.

Hallie and her friends jumping on the new trampoline. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Bowman for the great present! (We got the tramp for a combined birthday and X-mas present for all of us. We are so excited!)

Mom and Hallie at the Salon. We got to go get our hair cut together. Hallie was looking forward to this all week, so we had to get a picture.

Hallie was sooo lucky! She had her 5th Birthday on Oct. 14th. Some of her cousins decided to come and visit her on her birthday! What a fun day. They got to go to "Bear Buddies" and make a new stuffed animal buddy. This was Hallie's dream come true, and she was so excited to have her cousins there to share in the fun!

Hallie and all of her 'spoils'.

Wesley, Hallie, and Kiana

Summer Vacations

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They survived! Trevor, Cristyl, Kyler, Joyce, Dustin rafting. They took forever, but they finally paddled across the length of String Lake to Leigh Lake with one oar to each raft. The rest of us were glad we stayed to play in the water!

Nick, Mom, Ty, Hallie at String Lake

Rafting under the Tetons

The cousins at the dragon's hole

We had a Kirby family reunion at Jackson Hole/ Yellowstone. It was a blast! We swam below the tetons in String Lake. We went into Yellowstone for a day. We took the Ferry across Jenny's Lake and hiked up to the falls. What a fun trip!

Hallie and Ashley "hiking"

Nick, Dustin, Tysen and Hallie at Artists Point

Tysen, Hallie and McKinley hiking at Jenny's Lake

Tysen hiked all the way up to the falls, it was over a mile. He was faster than the rest of us! This is the only time he let dad carry him, and it was by force.

Our trip to Cave Falls, Yellowstone

The mouth of the cave

Nick and Hallie in the cave!

Cave Falls, Yellowstone

We went on a little family camping trip to Island Park. We had a lot of fun. We hiked to Cave Falls. It is really cool, you get right up next the the falls and there is a little cave you can explore. The kids loved it!