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SANTA!

2009-01-09T12:07:00.000-08:00

Tori got a mini trench coat. Holy cow, look at all the movies Santa left!! Waahoo!

Elden got an Itunes stereo! Tim got an awesome long board! Dan and I must not have been as good as the kids this year cuz all we got was our stockings. Hmmm, gonna have to work on that.

Shei's gifts from Santa.....tons of Tinkerbell! Daniel got a bow and arrows!

Dan and Aminda

2009-01-09T10:43:00.001-08:00

I love these pictures. I have the first one in a frame on my mantle! Dan loves his little sister so much.

Goofy group pictures

2009-01-09T10:35:00.000-08:00

They just couldn't be funny enough!

look at all those silly faces!

They all have so much fun together!

Some very typical activities......

2009-01-09T10:28:00.000-08:00

Tori and Shei usually hang out, Tim and Daniel almost always wrestle, rough house or play fight, and Elden is on his phone texting. And Dan loves to tickle, torture or rough house with the boys!

Christmas eve in Evanston

2009-01-09T10:24:00.000-08:00

Picture perfect!

2009-01-03T15:49:00.000-08:00

I love this house! And the snow coming down makes is even more perfect! I did the first one without a flash and Dan said to take one with the flash but it took away all the snowflakes. I just love this old house.

One last picture together before headin home

2009-01-03T15:47:00.001-08:00

Look at that beautiful Christmas eve snow!!

A moment of silliness!

2009-01-03T15:34:00.000-08:00

Everyone is starting to trickle in.....slowly

2009-01-03T15:30:00.000-08:00

Out cold!!!

2009-01-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

We were sitting here waiting for everyone to come to the lodge and Shei fell asleep! She was so tired from all the hard work! Keeping your body upright on those dang skiis can be tricky!

Headin to the lodge!

2009-01-03T15:11:00.000-08:00

The clouds were starting to come out and it was getting cold. I know Shei was very happy to be able to stop skiing!

She was learning how to put her skiis together and carry them. She did a good job!

Finally...

2009-01-02T16:30:00.000-08:00

I finally out tricked my computer! I used a memory stick, put all the pictures on my computer on the stick and I'm using Dan's computer! Ha!! So I'm posting like crazy while I'm in Washington and Dan's working!!

Shei and Tori

2009-01-02T15:58:00.000-08:00

Whoa...Whoa...Whoa... My legs aren't supposed to go that far apart.

He He He.........Ha Ha Ha........He He He.......Tori fell! Can you see the heap of winter clothes on the snow in front of Shei? That's Tori.

I know it was good for Shei to see Tori fall. It was encouraging.

Shei

2009-01-02T14:30:00.000-08:00

getting help up the hill.....

Snow is just a little tricky!

Daniel says "I'm outta here!"

at the lift

2009-01-02T14:03:00.000-08:00

Getting ready to ski!

2008-11-30T12:19:00.001-08:00

learnin' how to stand on skis can be a tricky thing!

Headin down the mountain!

2008-11-19T14:44:00.000-08:00

WaaHoo!! Our trip to sundance on Christmas eve! We had so much fun.........

ok, well some of us....

I'm workin hard....

2008-11-19T11:59:00.000-08:00

I'm attempting to get the last year's worth of pictures and events put up on here so I can finally be caught up. It's kinda silly posting stuff for Christmas of last year and it's just right around the corner again! I get stuck, however, because when I post a couple pictures and attempt another post my whole computer shuts down. Hmm. Any suggestions?

The Invation of KIDS!

2008-11-19T11:52:00.000-08:00

Holy cow! There are ony six here but their energy can add up to what seems like sixty!! Let's see.....Tori, Elden, Tim, Daniel, Shei and Kyler right smack in the middle!! Kyler was Tori's boyfriend at the time. He still pops in every now and then to say hi!!

First stop......Park City and the snow!!

2008-11-19T11:43:00.000-08:00

What a day to fly in on! We had a beautiful snow the day Shei flew in for Christmas. She was so excited and didn't want to wait so we stopped in Park City on the way to Heber from the Salt Lake Airport! Shei put her new snow pants and coat on in the car so she could jump out and enjoy the new snow!! It's always like a wonderland when the snow falls, so peaceful as it dances down from the sky!

Uncle Dan

2008-11-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

Piled high with beautiful babies! Just missing little Addi!

The stockings were hung....

2008-11-16T08:47:00.000-08:00

....by the chimney (ok, actually just on the mantle since there is no fireplace there) with care.

Now the tree is a different matter all together! The kids and I worked hard to get it on the car and home and then set up! It was over 7 feet tall! The poor thing did not servive our house very well though! .......what do you mean you have to water it? yes, I forgot to water the dang thing. It got so droopy, we had to keep vacuuming and cutting off the bottom branches. I don't know that we will be doing a live tree anymore, unless Dan is there with us.

getting ready for christmas of '07

2008-10-22T12:10:00.000-07:00

a little bit behind on this one but there are so many awesome pictures and experiences!! great memories!!

we had to totally move everything around and clear a huge space for the tree!! it was 7 1/2 feet tall!!

Shei and Daniel were not going to be there for at least a couple of weeks so i didn't have to hide their presents!

Time to get on the ball!!

2008-10-22T12:01:00.000-07:00

I really need to get things posted before all the holidays come and go again! I will attempt to be diligent like Lacey! thanks for the great example honey!

Change is good!

2008-09-23T06:42:00.000-07:00

I'm a tad speechless! There are changes in our family once again! I'm very happy about the new changes in our family! We are going to be ok! More than ok! This time we are dancing to a different tune.

The universe has served up some very beautiful lessons for us. If we can learn the lessons that were given to us to learn and now move forward together, leaving the past in the past, we can be as strong as a rock! As Dan says, "We ARE Rock Solid!"

I have learned that I can soar with the eagles and still love with all my heart! What a beautiful idea!

Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!

It's time to fly honey!

2008-08-24T16:50:00.000-07:00

There are changes in our beautiful little family. I'm devistated by those changes, but as in everything, there are lessons to learn and experiences to be had. Sometimes I can't breath because my heart aches so much. However, I am in such gratitude for the last six years our family has had together. Each one of us has had an impact on one another.

It's time to put on a happy face, put one foot in front of the other and hold on because it's time to fly!! The cages are unlocked and open and the eagles are waiting!

To honor our family and all the wonderful times we've had together, I will be posting everything from Christmas up to the end of July.

Little miss goofy

2008-06-09T16:53:00.000-07:00

Dan and Tori getting a picture taken but miss Tori just can't be serious.

Humf! Dan looks like he knows he's never gonna get a cute smile outta her.
YES!! Finally! And look at that beautiful smile.

More leaves

2008-06-09T16:10:00.001-07:00

Tim's turn!!! Waahoo!!! He plays the part of superman so well!

Out of order

2008-06-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

I realize after a long a bleak winter no one really wants to see pics of snow. But I just couldn't help it. I posted out of order anyway so I have some that are from the fall before the snow fell. We had so much fun raking the leaves! Storm loved being outside with us.

2008-06-09T14:33:00.001-07:00

YES!! It finally let me post pictures! These are the trees around our house. This is after the first snow fall and they are so beautiful!

Winter!

2008-05-27T16:18:00.001-07:00

I can't speak for everyone in this family, but I was so excited for winter to get here! Let me tell ya, it came alright! We had snow up to our elbows! It snowed just about 2-3 times a week for the whole winter! It was so beautiful though. I took most of the pictures in our yard but some are from my many trips down Provo canyon. I am having difficulty putting pictures on here so I am posting this and I will post the pictures that go along with it as soon as I can get it to work.

OK! OK! OK!

2008-04-19T20:47:00.000-07:00

Since Dan has been home the last two weeks, I feel like I have been on the computer more than usual. Hmmm. That doesn't make much sense to me but it is how it is, right? So, we've been sitting at the kitchen table, each with our own laptop and scouring all the websites we've intented to visit for a while. ummm...this being one of them. Ok, I have a gazillion pictures to post! I commit to posting! Dan is leaving tomorrow (Sunday) for work again. Prom is a week away and then all should be fairly normal (I think I still remember what normal is) again.

2008-01-16T09:00:00.000-08:00

Elden is in action! It's hard for me to get good pictures of his games. I'm still learning how to work the camera. He has a female coach and normally I don't have a problem with that but for some reason, I'm just uneasy about it. Perhaps I have a fixed belief about girls coaching girls and guys coaching guys. Elden likes her though and that's what really matters! He and his team travel all over Utah for games. I'm glad he gets to see so much!

Time

2008-01-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

O.K. so I've been a little slow the last month and a half, putting stuff on here. My time was deffinately well spent! I shopped and wrapped presents and shopped for more presents! I decorated the house for Christmas and we had the best Christmas ever!!! I will be slowly posting everything about the holidays (I have so many projects - no rest for the weary, right?). But first and foremost..... Elden and basketball!

Tim's Football Season

2007-11-17T09:58:00.000-08:00

We did really good this year. We made it to the championship. But unfortunatly we lost. We finnished out the year with a 9-2 record and 2nd place in our division

I played defencive tackle and line backer. On offence I played left gaurd .

I'm excited to play next year as a freshmen.

Dan, the most awesome man!

2007-11-12T15:27:00.000-08:00

This is my chance to brag on my husband. He is amazing! Since April, he has met some intersting people from all over the country and some from other parts of the world. They all love him! I'm so happy that they see in him what I do, his spirit. They can see it as clearly as I can. He is so full of love and light for everyone he ever meets! There are some he struggles with just like the rest of us, but he would bend over backwards for them if they were in trouble. I've always told him that he is just like a duck. He just let's it roll right off him, like a duck lets the water roll off. The examples he sets are wonderful and anyone around him deserves to follow in his footsteps. We are always told to be Christ-like, forgiveness and love, with everyone. Dan is truly that. He is in my life to be one of my greatest teachers and he is so patient with me and for that and his examples, I am deeply grateful.

Our Halloween

2007-11-12T09:54:00.000-08:00

I'm a little late getting this up but our halloween wasn't anything to brag about except, we probably have the scariest house! We had a total of five groups of kids come to our house. I had the porch light on and I could see the kids everywhere trick or treating, but most of them wouldn't come close to our house. One group came and knocked on the door and when they heard a dog's deep rumbling growl, they turned running and screaming! With our house being 112 years old, it already looks creepy, but then we added the cobwebs to it and it looked abandoned! Plus the night before there was a bad wind storm that blew all the leaves in the yard all over the porch and into the cobwebs! Tori scattered the webs all over the porch and the yard, she wrapped it around the trees, over the fence, through the bushes and even on the mailbox! We went earlier in the month to get wood for the winter and Dan picked a great stump to chop wood on. We used that stump, with the cuts from the ax in it, to decorate the front porch! It would have been even better if Dan had been here to scare all the kids! He would have done a great job and loved every minute of it!!

Hiking on Mt. Timpanogos!

2007-11-06T12:18:00.000-08:00

Dan was able to come home this last Sunday and we (Tori, Elden, Tim and I) went hiking with him and some of his friends from work! Like I've said before, I LOVE THE MOUNTAINS! Once again I forgot my camara so these are from my phone. I took so many that I had to keep deleting the not so good ones so I could take more, then my battery died. humph. Dan's friends all had camaras though (what good examples they are!) and they took some of Dan climbing the gorgeous cliffs! I'm not the only one who finds serenity in the mountains, Dan said he had to keep reminding himself not to get too far ahead, that he was not alone and had a group of people with him. I can't wait til I'm in better shape (yes, I'm workin on it) so I can rock climb with him and be able to keep up at his pace! Other than the park fees, this is probably the cheepest, healthiest and some of our most favorite activies. Tim and Tori just recently went on a 12 mile hike and loved every minute of it! They were smart and grabbed the camara and took some beautiful pictures of Heber Valley! She has some of them posted on her site!

The Zoo

2007-11-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

With Dan's busy work schedule, we worked hard to fit things in with Daniel and Shei during the summer. Daniel wanted to go to the zoo and we had so much fun. This was a bird show that we missed most of but we were able to watch the last of it from outside the gates. After the show we got to go down and visit with the birds and thier handlers. Havin my picture taken with that beautiful creature was so awesome!! Dan said he was actually a little scared an Eagle havin so close to him! You would never know it looking at that picture though! He looks as calm and cool as ever!

Dan, Daniel and Shei

2007-11-06T07:47:00.000-08:00

I was really frustrated with myself
for not getting more pictures of
Shei and Daniel while they were
here for the summer, but I did
find more! I always found myself
unprepared but I always had my
phone (with a camara on it!).
These are pictures of Shei and
Daniel and Dan when we went
to Park City one afternoon. We
stopped to get ice cream at the
Java Moo coffee and ice cream
shop! We walked up and down
the main street and Dan thought
it was cool to put Shei on a bronze
statue of an elk!

hey guys

2007-11-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

i finally got it

its the bum blog you guys

www.thebumbloggers.blogspot.com
check it out!!!

love you guys
tor.tor.

Graditude

2007-10-29T23:16:00.000-07:00

I look at this picture and get
teary eyed, it was such
a time of learning for me. It was a hard thing to go through but so worth it. I struggled everyday with the things that were happening. I spent most of my time in the mountains. The beauty and the majesty of the mountains and mother nature are so comforting to me. Every season of the year, no matter what mood I'm in, when I'm in here, I'm in graditude, I'm safe and all is well. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sheilynn Paige

2007-10-28T09:10:00.001-07:00

Could you guess who this cutie belongs to? I didn't get as many pictures of shei as I would have liked. She looks just like her daddy. Shei and I spent most of the summer with Daniel. She had a couple of weeks with Tori, Elden and Tim before they went to Texas.

howdy howdy howdy

2007-10-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

its me again!

i know you have been dying to hear from me but its all good now i am here! just kiddin you guys. so we have a 5 DAY WEEK END!!!!!!!!!!

so ya i am totally stoked

i am going to this party for to raise money for this local kid in the hospital

and on tuesday i am going to rock it at a holloween party!

.........

...well what can i say i am going to be busy i guess

oh my goodness i am making the sweetiest hippie flag

i will post a pic when its all done!

well love you guys

tor.tor.

Super Dan

2007-10-26T20:51:00.001-07:00

Well its daniel the favortie son just kidding but not really. this is the day i learned how to fly.
just an update on me....i got take out of p.e. the last two days cause i got in a fight with a kid but it was all his fault i promise....and i kicked his butt.........
i got an award the for being one of the most athletic kids.
but as you can see i am just gifted

these words have been spoken by SUPER DAN!

Hey, this is Elden

2007-10-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Baskestball starts on november 5th and I'M EXCITED!! I'm counting the seconds! Just thought I'd inform you all. :)

P.S.

I will keep you updated on the the stats. I'll let you know how awesome I am. LOL! No j/k. But seriously.

my team

2007-10-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

hey this is tim. my football team is in the final found of the play-offs if we win our next game we go to the championship! our record is 7-1 we are 2nd seed in the play- off branch

check out ..........tori............

2007-10-25T21:32:00.000-07:00

What up yo......

...mom this rocks i love you...........

its tori here i will be creating my own blog page here soon about the government, environmental stuff, and bs going on in school .....so if your down with that =] check it out. But ya even if your not( which every one should be cause we all live in an environment,and have to deal with the government)you should come see what going on.

...love ya

tor.tor.

hangin out

2007-10-25T09:33:00.000-07:00

This is Tori, Tim (on the top), Daniel (in the middle) and Elden on the end. We don't have much time with Shei and so we don't have many pictures with all of them together. I'm amazed at the differences in each of them. They are all so awesome and have so many talents and I love to let them spead thier wings and watch them learn and grow. You know that part in Finding Nemo where Marlin is riding the EAC with the turtles and he freaks out because the little turtle flies out of the current and it looks like he's gonna be left behind but Crush the dad says "Whoa, kill the motor dude, let's see what Squirt does flying solo."

This is the coolest!!

2007-10-25T08:20:00.000-07:00

Holy cow! This is awesome because I love to talk and now this is my very own space and I can say what I want! He He He!

Hmmm.

ok.

Now I'm speechless.

don't worry, it'll come. :-)