Happy Birthday Sara!

Happy 10th Birthday Sara!

Sara had her birthday on September 13th. I can not believe that 10 years has gone by since I first became a mother. When I first held her in my arms I was overwhelmed with love for her. She is an amazing oldest daughter. I love you Sara.

She had 2 birthdays (friend sleepover party, and family) Our family party she had a Texas cake, her favorite. Her friend sleepover party, yes I'm crazy, she decorated her own cake. We like lots of parties!

First day of School

So, I'm a little behind. I thought these pictures were so cute of the girls, I had to put them on. They were so nervous for the first day of school this year because we changed schools, but they did great. They are having an awesome year so far!

Soccer

Sara is #7. They won 8-1 for their first game. Jacob is also doing soccer, but I don't have any good pictures yet. Hopefully this weekend I'll get some better ones. She puts her heart and soul into every practice and game. I am so proud of her!

Goofy kids

My kids make me laugh on a daily basis. They can find joy in just about anything. Jacob

Erica

Sara

Emily

Let the sun shine!

The pictures say it all! What a fantastic day!

We miss you guys!

More fun times

Grandma Latour giving David and Jared a ride in the wagon. Sara took this beautiful picture of the mountains in the canyon somewhere in Utah on our drive out. She took it through the window while we were driving about 75 mph. She got a blue ribbon at the fair. You go girl!!! We were just amazed that there was still snow in the mountains in June. I guess we had been gone too long. The next picture is Sara feeding Jared (my nephew) a marshmallow. I thought it was a cute picture.

We got to spend a few days with my oldest brother Murray and the kids just loved him.

Grandma Latour with the girls at a mother daughter dinner at the park.

Grandma and Grandpa Gunnell

It was so wonderful to be able to spend time with Manny's mother, Eunice, and her husband, Reed. We are so happy and feel so blessed that the chemotheropy worked for her leukemia and that the cancer is gone!!! When we got the news, the kids all jumped up and down screeming they were so happy. Even though it had been about 2 1/2 years since we had been at their house, the kids acted like they were at home.

We were getting ready to walk through the little zoo there in Logan and Jacob wanted to go see the birds instead of getting his picture taken, again.

It was such a beautiful day to go feed the ducks. As I go through these pictures figuring out which ones to put on the blog I'm realizing why the kids seem so bored now that we're home. Even though they have school, soccer, gymnastics, church activities, friends, and never a quiet or dull moment around here, we loved our summer with extended family and it was just fun and carefree.