Aquarium Jan 09

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!

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!!!

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!!!

family pics

Nick's tonsillectomy

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

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.