Summer catch up and Back to School

 Hello! It's been a fun summer and a busy first few weeks of school! I did this school pictures page from last year over the summer...the kids have grown up so much in just a year!

We went to Disneyland in June and had an awesome time!

We also made our traditional summer trip to Utah. My mom was on her class reunion committee this year. I made 5 posters (20x30) and she had them printed at Staples. These were displayed on easels throughout the room. I had so much fun putting these together!!

These pictures were taken from the yearbook. Do you see the foxy girl in the top right hand corner in that silver jacket?? That's my Mommy! :)

 Pop culture events from 1974

Also while we were in Vernal, we had our family pictures taken at Remember the Maine. It's such a beautiful place!

 

Ostrich Festival 5k 2014

The Ostrich Festival 5k is a fun family activity that we like to participate in. The weather was nice and cool and we were done with the race when it started to really pour :) It had been 70+ days since we got rain so we really needed it!

 I was in front of Heston and Aaron and I took this picture as I was passing them. Heston wanted to pass me and he did :) I'm more of a jogger than a runner. I run 11:45-12:00 minute miles and I'm okay with that.

 before the race...

 Paige took 3rd in her age division :)

 Braden took first in his age division with a time of 21:38. He took 16th place overall! It's all that soccer he plays :) He's thinking about doing Cross Country next year so we'll see...

 

January 2014

Lots of fun things from January! :)

love you because

{Credit}

Ali Edwards Love You Because template

San Diego New Year's trip

 After Christmas, we took a little trip to San Diego. Our friend Katrell suggested we visit Coronado beach and I'm glad we did. What a beautiful place! We also went to the San Diego Zoo and then drove up to Temecula to spend New Year's Eve with Matt and Alisha's family. Happy New Year!

Welcome 2014!

Welcome 2014! It's been so awesome to have the kids all to ourselves for 2 weeks. We really needed a break from the craziness of everything and I have really enjoyed the break from driving all over the place. When your kid(s) start high school, it becomes really hard to spend time with them because they have a lot going on. It's making me sad that we only have a few more years and Braden will be off to college...the days are long but the years are short...
Christmas was great! Here are the last of my December Daily layouts. I'm waiting until Persnickety Prints has their next sale to get these printed off. Going to Golfland during December has become one of our new favorite traditions. I love Christmas so much...it's always sad when it's over. 

my kids

I took these pictures 4 years ago for our Christmas card. I came across them last night and I'm reminded how fast time flies.

Braden has tryouts this week for the soccer team at school. Good luck Braden!

Summer in Utah 2013

Finally finished this album from our adventures in Utah this summer. I just put the pictures in these templates, did a little journaling, a few elements and done. I took a lot of pictures so it's nice to have them somewhat organized. It was an especially awesome summer and we had a lot of fun. The only bummer part of it was my 20 year high school reunion was cancelled :( How lame is that?! I did however get together with some close friends that I haven't seen in a long time so that was awesome.

{Supplies}

Paper and templates- Crystal Wilkerson

Word elements- Ali Edwards, Designer Digitals, Kara Dudley