Spring Break

As you can see I have been really I mean REALLY bad at keeping up with our family blog. We have been so so busy living and I haven't taken any time to do my family history. My folks came out to visited us for 3 week and we loved having them here. We did some amazing things. Check out what my mom posted on her blog here and here until I get mine posted. Hope all are having a wonderful SpRiNg!!!!!

MUSE

I'm a huge MUSE fan. {it's not a secret} In December I was lucky enough to get tickets to their concert in the DC area. (The concert sold out in 2 hours.) This was our anniversary date and it was awesome.

It was the BEST concert that I have ever been to. Their know how to put on a show. Plus the camera that I got for Christmas was incredible too. I just love the pics. I told Brian that I was going to make them poster size and hang them in our bedroom. Ha Ha Ha.

10 is a wonderful number

Ten wonderful years....4 beautiful kids....3 different houses....2 different states....1 forever family.

Slacker

I have been slacking on the blogging. And I'm sorry. But I have been busy at this place... not-to-shabby{dot}blogspot{dot}com and the kids have been out of school of 8 weekdays because of snow. We had fun but we were all ready for school to start up.

Here they are being silly for the camera.

Events From The Start of 2010

When we looked at the calendar of events we had planned to start 2010, we knew that January was going to be over in a flash. Throw in a few snow storms and here we are, February. Here is the recap of some of the major events that have taken place in our lives.
Kyles' personality is growing bigger than life as you can see in many of the photos.

Brian had a work party to kick off the New Year. We had 5 families, kids and all come enjoy a pizza party. It was a great opportunity for Brian to get to know his new team a little better since transferring to his new department in November. Sorry no Pics, not sure what we were thinking. I guess we will have to have them all over again.

The following week after the party was over Julie and the kids had the opportunity to send Brian off to Singapore on a business trip. As you can see from the pictures, it was as winter as it gets there but 85 degree days in January are pretty sweet! Other than the 20+ hours on the plane each way and 13 hour time difference to adjust to all went well. The hospitality was amazing as well as the many different types of food that he got to eat. Brian even got to go Prawn fishing! It was like Christmas again when Brian got back with several gifts for the family. Enjoy a few of the photos from Singapore.

We also had the pleasure of having Cousin Travis back in our home for the weekend as He was in town for training. We took the opportunity to take Him to the DC temple and watch the new movie "Joseph Smith, The Prophet of The Restoration." As Travis said, "That puts things in perspective, now doesn't it!" I couldn't agree more. Thanks Trav for coming to visit, you are always welcome.

Finally, the big snow storm of 2010 has come and gone. After hour of shovelling we have the drive way and front walk cleared. At this point we are waiting for the snow plows to come but it may be several days until then. For those that make fun of food storage, think again. To watch these folks around here before the storm hit who do not keep any storage was almost sad. Grocery stores and hardware stores were cleaned out and folks were in a total panic. They acted like they may never see the sun again. We are grateful for the teachings and guidance we receive which makes times like this fun and enjoyable building memories for the ages.

Happy New Years and Happy Birthday

New Years Eve is Kade's Birthday. We had a little family party. Kade loved the cake. He was eating it the way Cookie Monster eats cookies.

Kade is such a joy on our home. He wants to keep up with his brother and sister and they love playing with him. His birthday was a wonderful way to end our 2009.

On New Years Day we rang in the new year with a little facelift to the house. We put some color on our white lifeless walls. The lucky rooms were the formal living room and dining room.

The next day I put a little more life on the walls with some strips.

I have more photos of this project and other projects that I have done on my craft blog not-to-shabby.blogspot.com