Holy cow. We are busy people. We just had our massive Monroe Pioneer Days, and we were so busy during that, that we only had time to take two pictures even! Here are things I promise one day to post about...The rest of our Disneyland trip, Eric's Priest Super activity, our Washington trip and Eric's 10 year reunion, Pioneer Days--to include my debut as a committe member who managed to put together a SMASHING parade, our Youth conference which Eric and I entirely put together...and have we really even mentioned yet that Brooke is 3 now??? Seriously, we have nad no time to breathe, let alone clean our house...as you can clearly see we've had major event after major event after major event. Don't worry though. Once August hits, we will have a breather!!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Pioneer Days!
Oh Pioneer Days how we love thee! Oh Monroe how we love thee!! Oh CJ, how we love that you are on the Pioneer Day committee this year and next!! Yes, it gave Pioneer Day a whole new flavor to BE IN CHARGE!!! And, I have the best husband ever. My family was supposed to be able to come celebrate with us, but were unable to, so Eric managed the house and children with delight and ease while I was busy up to my eyeballs for the week of/and for the celebration!! He still had time for sweet 3-on-3 action though! His team: Joe Spendlove, Morgan Wood (Logan's cousin), Eric, Orion Wilson, Logan Jones (manager) :) We loved doing the kids parade this year!!
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Viana's Cute!!
Viana: Daddy, can we go to the movie (rental) store and get new kid movies??
Eric: I don't know. Maybe. Do you like kid movies?
Viana: Yeah.
Eric: Why do you like kid movies?
Viana: Because they're not scary.
Eric: Do you like scary movies Viana?
Viana: Yeah.
Eric: Why do you like scary movies?
Viana: Because they're FUN!
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Friday, July 16, 2010
OHS 10-yr. reunion
Eric's reunion was July 17-18. It was super fun and I'm really glad that we got to go! It was really well organized and there were several events that we got to go to. What I don't have pictures of is us at the Othello Brunswick...mostly because it's a bar. Don't worry, it's also a restaurant too and we left as soon as the, um, "happy hour" really got going. The next day they had a family picnic. That was really great. It was fun to see everyone's kids, and likewise fun to show-off our own!That night was the formal dinner. It, ironically, wasn't even in Othello...but that's ok! Here's everyone in Eric's class that could make it. That doesn't really look like that many...through out the two days we saw a lot of his class though.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A trip to Washington (and the Boise Zoo!)
We hadn't been to Eric's house for quite some time...so when Eric's ten-year reunion came time for due, we loaded the car and headed to Washington!! But first, then night before we left we found out about baby #4!! Yeah, this picture is totally supposed to have all of us in it, but, I guess when your baby #4 your life is just busier! So, we have family pictures with all the other pregnancy tests, this one, only gets Ram in it :)Going to Grandma's house pretty much means 2 things: Cousins and swimming. Even better when the two are combined!!
The rest of the trip was great and relaxing, the reunion was so great (see separate post) and the drive home was just as great! We stopped in Boise to chop up the drive and had a splendid time. Boise is where Eric and I spent our honeymoon, so it holds a special place in our heart.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Things you've never seen
We don't really know how it happens exactly, but we keep finding ourselves back at Disneyland. We always take charming pictures on the carousel and with princesses and outside Buzz Lightyear...basically, we have a lot of pictures that look the same from trip to trip. This is still fun to see how the kids grow (and never you worry, tomorrow will be a post of "the usuals") but today I thought we would entertain you with the never before seen side of Disneyland + Carters! We did a lot of new things this time and it was great!! Without further ado, the Neverbefores...

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Sunday, July 11, 2010
Brooke quits cold turkey
If you know anything about Brooke you will know that she loves two things: her flower blanky and sucking her thumb with her flower blanky. She is precious and dear when she self-soothes this way, but when the dentist says, "hmmm, looks like you've got a thumb-sucker here," you know it's time to break the habit. Joyously, Brooke only sucks her thumb when she has her blanket; so, get rid of blanket, get rid of thumb-suckin'. Since we were going to Disneyland for her birthday and for her potty-training celebration, we figured we might as well make the trip entirely about becoming a big girl--who doesn't have blankies. Or suck her thumb. About a month ago we introduced this idea to Brooke and asked her who she would like to give her blankies to since she was going to be a big girl. Mickey and Minnie were the lucky donor recipients. At Toontown Mickey and Minnie have their charming houses and that is where Brooke left her best friends (What started out as a beautiful crib-sized quilt ended up like this...)
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Eric's Priests' Super Activity
Eric is an awesome YM president. He held his Priest Super activity July 8-10. The theme was 'Remember where you're going.' He and the priests went up north and did a plethora of activities that all focused on different aspects of, well, where they were going!
Their first stop was at the Mt. Timponogas temple. L to R: Little Nielson boy, Calten Brady, Andrew Hanover, Justin Hackworth, Garrett Lott, Heston Ross, Logan Jones.
That night they went to 7 Peaks water park and talked about conquering fears. Same kids as before plus Orion :) And what Priest activity would be any good without a late night trip to McDonald's for ice cream?? (Justin, Andrew, Bro. Neilson, little Nielson, Garrett, Calten)
They stayed at Orion's grandparents house (thanks Chidesters!) and took Trax up to Temple Square the next day. (Garrett, Bishop Jones, Calten, Justin)
They went and saw the Joseph Smith movie. Everyone cried :) (Calten, Bishop, Logan, Joseph Smith, Justin, Garrett, Heston, Andrew)
Miniature golf at Trafalga (Logan, Orion, Calten)
And the last morning they hiked the Y! (Andrew, Garrett, Justin, Orion, Heston, Bishop, Calten, Logan)
What a great activity for a great bunch of Young Men!!!
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
More to come! (fingers crossed)
Carters like birthdays, and Brooke's was no exception! She is three and thriving, and got a pretty good start to her 3 year old life at Disneyland! (Thank you Grandma!)
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