Tagged by Kelly

We will see how this goes -
8 TV shows I love to watch:
1. Survior
2. Amazing Race
3 through 7. Pretty much anything on HGTV (It drives Ryan crazy)
8. The news

My Favorite 8 Restaurants:
I don't really have one favorite- let alone 8!

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Cleaned my house
2. Ripped rock off our fireplace downstairs
3. Watched as Ryan and his brothers tried to fit our new couch down the stairs
4. Cleaned out our garage
5. Hung up a few pictures
6. Played Candyland with the girls
7. Picked up dinner for Ryan & the girls
8. Ran to Ogden with Morgan to pick up birthday presents (9 birthdays this week between my family and Ryan's family)

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1. Not having any projects around the house (at least for a week or so)
2. Morgan's baptism
3. The holidays - I love anything to celebrate
4. Ashlyn's preschool program this week (she is quite the performer)
5. I only have to work all day once this week!
6. Shopping day with Sandy
7. Halloween
8. Springtime (I really don't like being cold!)

8 Things On My Wishlist
1. My house paid for
2. A cute car (minivans just do not do it for me...)
3. My kids to be happy and healthy
4. Ryan to finish school
5. To get my Masters degree
6. A cabin in the mountains somewhere
7. My kids to grow up with a strong testimony
8. A maid to cook and clean!!

8 People I Tag:
Whoever!! ( I'm not sure if anyone looks at this!!!)

More Moab Pictures

This is Alan, Rilee, and Alexis standing on top of Mesa Arch. Like I said earlier it is a huge drop off. Two steps either way and they would be falling for quite sometime. Sandy was standing next to me with her head facing the other direction not wanting to watch. Scary!
Our little fish. The campground we stayed at had a outdoor heated pool that all the kids had a blast swimming each night. Morgan got the snorkel stuff for her birthday and was excited to try them out.
Our cute family on the edge of Grand Outlook in the Canyonlands Park. There were some amazing views. At one point Alexis was sitting on the edge behind us with her legs dangling over. She says there was a ledge not to far below, but I didn't want to look to see if she was crazy or not.

Maddie and Ryan hiking up the last stretch to Whale Rock at Canyonlands. Those little girls were great sports with all the hiking we did. We figured that in two days Morgan hiked at least 7.5 miles and the little girls hiked around 6. We had such a fun time with each other. We are already planning our next UEA trip!!

Moab

We spent this last long weekend (UEA break) in Moab with our family, Mandy's (my sister) family, and Sandy's (Ryan's sister) family. We had a great time. I couldn't get the pictures to turn the right way so you'll just have to tilt your head! Here is our family at Delicate Arch. The girl's were great hikers making it all the way up and back with out much help!
Here is the whole group (minus me) at the beginning of Devil's Garden. Notice the number of girls in the picture. Sandy has 4 girls, we have 3, and Mandy has 2.
Morgan and Hallie at Landscape Arch. They were awesome hikers, usually at the front of the pack and running to get there if they got behind. They had a ton of fun together!
All the girls!
This is at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands. On the otherside of that wall is about a 600 foot drop off to the bottom of the canyon. I've decided I am scared of hieghts!

The First Snow

Last Sunday it snowed for awhile, the girls were so excited they had to go out and play. It was a really wet snow so they were soaked by the time they came in, but had a great time!

Emergency Room

Last night the girl's were running around in our newly finished basement with the lights turned out (chasing Morgan in her slippers that light up) and as Ashlyn told the doctor "I was running and I didn't see the wall." So mom, dad, and Ashlyn head off to the emergency room to get some stiches. Ryan offered to super glue it himself, but the doctor opted for 5 stiches in Ashlyn's forehead. She was so brave - she didn't make a peep while he was giving her 10 shots to deaden the area. She closed her eyes really tight and held my hands - what a brave little girl!! I was going to take the day off today and stay home with her, but she couldn't wait to go show Kali (Mandy's little girl who babysits them) her stitches! There were 2 other little girls in the emergency room with us - busy night for the little girls!

I Can't Believe She's Eight!!

Happy Birthday Morgan!! I can't believe my little girl is eight years old. I don't feel like I'm old enough to have an eight year old. I have always taken work off on my girl's birthday, but I couldn't convince Morgan to stay home with me. So I had to go to work - but I did have everyone wish her a happy birthday while she was walking around the school that day, which for a deathly shy little girl it was embarrassing! Morgan is a sweetheart!
Morgan at her party with her cousins and friends. Annie and Hallie spent the night with us that night as well and had a great time (We missed you Ali!!)
Swinging at her pinata - noticed how it is tied up - it struggled a little to stay together!
Maddie and Mia watching all the girls - Aren't they cute!

Just a few Pictures!

We found Maddie sleeping like this the other day!
Our cute little tennis player!
Maddie Sue (notice the mascara on her eyelashes, she did it by herself - I swear does anyone every watch this child??)