I had to share these.

I went to the park today with my sweet nephews.

They were in heaven, they were laughing and loving it.

Melted my heart.

Then Alex wanted to take a nap, so Tyler cuddled up with him.

Instead of sleeping he played with Uncle Alex's nose.

They love him.

I love being so close to them and getting to watch them for my sister-in-law.

I'm really sad I won't be able to watch them during the week next semester.

Just means they'll be seeing lots of me on the weekends.

I love those boys.
They've been such a blessing in my life.

This year, Thanksgiving was spent at Alex's parent's house in Parowan.

We were finished with school on Tuesday and headed down that evening with Alex's sister Cami.

We were so excited to finally have a break from school!

We got down there Tuesday night and chatted then went to bed. 

Wednesday morning, I went for a run around Parowan.

I had a great run.

We messed around for a while after that.

Alex and I rode bikes to the grocery store to get the ingredients for the key lime pie I was in charge of.

We went over to the track to see Cami run.

I helped Cami with some homework.

Then Cheryl and the babies arrived.

That night we went 4 wheeling with Alex's cousins.

After 4 wheeling, we went and played basketball.
We had lots of fun with Alex's family and his cousins.

Thursday was Thanksgiving!

I got up that morning and ran with Cheryl. 

We ran to go see the boys playing football.

Our run turned out to be a little bit longer because we had to search to find them.

We watched them for a second, but then ran home to watch the babies.

We got ready for the day and around 2:30 we ate!

I've never been the one to eat a ton on Thanksgiving, but I do eat lots of pie.

I love pie.

 

 So thankful for him.
 

Sadly I didn't have any apple pie this year, so I'll have to get me some this week!

After we ate, we lounged around, took a nap, played some games.

That night, I helped Cami with her Thanksgiving tradition of putting an M on the sign of a Dental Clinic so it'll say "Mental Clinic". 

At midnight, Cami, Cheryl, Joyce and I went to Walmart for a little black friday action.

It was wild. 

But we got some goodies.

Friday, another morning run, then Alex and I took the babies to feed the horses. 

They love the horses and they know how to say "neigh".

When we were feeding the horses, Alex's dad said we should go to Lehman's Cave.

So we hurried, got ready, and headed out.

We drove out to Lehman's cave, had lunch and waited for our tour.

I was trying to suck it up, but I'm terrified of caves.

I'm not sure why.

It's not claustrophobia because it doesn't happen in all small spaces.

It's just the uneasiness of being underground, in tight spots.

Overall it was an enjoyable trip, with the exception of the hour in the cave.

Saturday, Alex and I took the babies to feed the horses again.

Around noon, Cheryl, Alex, Joyce and I headed to St. George.

We had some in n' out burger and did a little shopping. 

We came back to Parowan in time for the candlelight parade and for the lighting of main street.

It was really fun, but cold.

After the parade, we played basketball again with Alex's cousins. 

Not as fun as the first night, but still fun.

Sunday we lounged around, but also took the babies again to see the horses.

We went to church, had dinner, and headed back home.

We had a great Thanksgiving break.

It was so hard to come back to school, but only 3 more weeks until Florida!

Biggest slacker blogger award:

Definently goes to me.

I've been slacking big time.

And I can't find my camera cord.

We are so busy with school!

This is my last semester of classes and I'm taking a 17.5 credit load.

Pretty hefty with all the projects and tests going on currently.

I'm waiting on my student teaching assignment.

I'm hoping to get it this week.

I'm also super busy with lacrosse.

We're a club team so we totally support ourselves.

It's a lot of work but I love it.

I have a coaches clinic this Saturday and then a tournament in two weeks!

Alex is super busy with school getting ready for his FE exam.

All civil engineers have to take it in order to graduate.

Poor kid is so stressed.

On a happier note,

I've been awesome at making dinners this semester.

I used to hate making dinners because around 4pm every night we would look in our fridge and have no idea what to make.

So now, I make a menu of what we'll eat that week.

I go shopping Monday for all the ingredients.

I've been doing this since the first week of the semester and have continued to do this.
It's so nice!

And I enjoy cooking these new meals.

I've also tried new desserts.

This fall my favorites have been mini pumpkin pies, mini apple pies, and pumpkin spice cake (easiest thing ever).

Well that is what we've been up to.

When I find my camera cord I promise to get some pictures up.

Oh and I'll post about Kenny's mission call!!

It should arrive tonight!

Can't wait!

Quick update.

We've been MIA.

Lots and lots of school.

Becca's waiting to hear about her student teaching assignment.

Alex is studying for the FE exam.

Becca's coaching fall ball.

Alex went trucking a few weekends.

Becca babysits her nephews.

Alex still works at facilities.

But in between this busyness, we've been able to:

Go to the BYU games

Play intramurals

Go on dates to play putt putt

And spend some time together.

We're excited about almost being down with school.

But we're also trying to soak up our last experiences.

Pictures will come when life slows down!

So this summer, I was able to knock a few things off my bucket list.

And Alex says I should post it because then I'm totally held to it.

Here it is:

1.     Skydive Kenny’s 18^th Birthday

2.     Visit Lake Powell Multiple times!!

3.     Make a completely homemade pie

4.     Italy

5.     4 kids

6.     See a Broadway musical

7.     Head coaching job Pleasant Grove Lacrosse, 2011-2012 first season

8.     Full triathlon Spudman Triathlon 2011

9.     Kite boarding

10.  Paddle boarding Thanksgiving 2010, Naples, Florida

11.  Bungee Jump

12.  5k Iron County Fair 2010

13.  10k

14.  Half Marathon Provo Halloween Half Marathon 2010

15.  Marathon

16.  Hide race Iron County Fair 2011

17.  Jeep Crawling

18.  Go whale watching

19.  Grow a vegetable garden

20.  Ride in a helicopter

21.  Go to the Olympics

22.  Milk a cow

23.  See the northern lights

24.  See a Cirque de Soleil Show

25.  Learn how to make sushi Sushi making kit, December 2010

26.  Be part of a flash mob

27.  Zip line through a jungle

28.  Ride a mechanical bull

29.  Ride in a hot air balloon

30.  Go to a drive-in movie theater

Here's my number 16.

My sister-in-law, Cheryl, and I did the hide race at the fair this year.

I'm closest to the camera.

It was so fun.

Now that it's posted I'm totally held to this!

I'll mark things off as I go.

Yesterday was this kids birthdayKenny turned 19 yesterday!!
I remember when we were dressing up for Halloween in Massachusetts.
I remember dressing him up like a girl and he enjoyed it. Haha.Kenny is such a dare devil.
He is afraid of nothing
Which is funny because those who knew Kenny when he was little can remember how terrified he was of rollercosters.
You would never know that now.
I was so lucky to get to go sky diving with him last summer.He's an awesome wakeboarder.
He can flip, do 360's and fly like crazy.
It's fun to watch him.
He's so funny.
He is good at making quick witty comments.
He cracks me up.
He's grown up so much.
I think he's the most changed out of all of us since we were little.
He is now a freshman at college and it has been so fun having him out here.
It will be crazy when he goes on his mission.
I'll miss him a ton.
But wherever he goes he'll be the best missionary and the people he will teach will be so grateful for all he did to get there.


He's always been one of my closest friends.
Ever since we were little we've always gotten along.

I'm so thankful for my little brother.
He's so fun to be around.

Happy 19th Kenny!!

All I want before I graduate from BYU is an intramural t-shirt.
Is that so much to ask?
I felt like this was the year.
I had 3 sports.
Sadly, my last game in the last sport was tonight.
We lost bball in the first round.
We lost flag football in the quarter finals.
And tonight we lost soccer in the quarter finals.
BUT, this is the second semester in a row I've lost in soccer because of penalty kicks.
I think someones out to get me.

Winter 2011.
The semester I get my shirt.

We finally carved pumpkins!
We love carving pumpkins.
We had Kevin and Gillian over for pizza and pumpkin carving.
It was a blast.

Alex and Kevin carving, Gillian just posin.
Kevin and Gills pumpkin.

Mine and Alex's pumpkin.
After carving the pumpkins
we enjoyed eating pumpkin seeds, watching our favorite youtube videos, and cracking up about super embarrassing situations.

It was a great night.