Max's 11th Birthday

Max is 11.

Love this boy with all my heart.

He is such a nice person.

really...

Thank heavens this boy came to our family, he is the peace maker.

He has so many great qualities, here are some of my favorites..

Honest

Artistic

hardworking

Enthusiastic

loving

Knows right from Wrong

We had a fun weekend celebrating this great kid. A UTAH Party finished the party weekend off. I love being your Mom Max. You make this adventure so AWESOME.

Halloween Fun

We had such a great Halloween this Year. It fell on Sunday, so we celebrated on Saturday. The Boys choose their costumes and they were different than anything we had done before. Max was a Utah Utes fan, and Mason was a Mobster. Sage and hannah were funny, they decied to go as Justin Beiber and Taylor Lautners girlfriends. Brett is such a good Daddy. He headed out in the rain and they went for hours. While I manned the door. I must say, I would rather have my job than his. Don't tell him though. Brett's family and my parents came for some yummy clam chowder. As always I love Halloween.

Life is Busy, Life is Good

We have been very busy around here for the last few months. So this is my attempt to catch up on some blogging. We had a flood in our basement and decided that the 1990's had to go (Finally)!!! So needless to say, we took on a huge project. We painted, and tore out old carpet, re carpeted and are replacing old brassy door handles with dark bronze or oil rubbed bronze not sure exactly what it is called. Brett worked his butt off, and the end result is AWESOME. When we bought this house from a former Bishop. It was a not my style, Brett assured me that over the years we could make it our own. Baby Blue and Mauve, YIKES! We Finally live in OUR house. No more wall paper. The last two rooms with WALL Paper are gone. The Pheasant, forest green and burgundy trim, yea we will not miss.

Labor Day weekend with the Smiths

Maddy and Abby Going for a ride... (waiting for a driver)
Crazy, crazy, kids
Sage and some Dirt, kicking back in the shade.
Brett and Mason going for a ride....
Brett and Margie take Solitaire a little too seriously.
Mason and Landon enjoying the deck.
Max riding his new dirt bike.
Mason learning to ride a dirt bike.
Mama Moose and her twins.
Smith's property up above their cabin. GORGEOUS!!!
Jon and Margie and Landon.
Brett and Tina and Max.

Labor Day weekend

The end of summer is always sad. But is alway fun to have one last Weekend away. Our friends the Smith's invited us up to their cabin in the most spectacular place on earth. The big excitement for our kids was the new dirt bike Brett bought them. Brett has searched high and low for just the right dirt bike for our kids and decided on a HONDA xrf 100 and I am not sure who was more excited the kids or the dad. The weekend was just beautiful, the most amazing weather you can ask for in Utah. We ate like kings, dutch oven potatoes, tri tip, corn on the cobb, peach cobbler!!! The kids were on 4 wheelers non-stop and took every opportunity to get as dirty as possible. We played so many fun games with the kids and laughed our heads off, phase 10, toss up, solitaire, and ate candy till we were all sick. Sleeping was my favorite part of the weekend, listening to the creek, cool air, DARK, DARK, DARK.... a million stars in the sky. Mason even slept in a tent the whole night and Sage and Justine slept on the deck. Even more exciting than all that was the MAMA MOOSE and her TWINS. Up close and personal. Great weekend with great friends!

Back to School

Sage 9th Grade

Holman kids back to school

Mason 4th Grader

Maxwell 5th Grader

Annual mommies breakfast, ahhhhh

Hello, were did our summer go?

Sage is in her last year of Jr. High and Max is in 5th Grade, Mason is in 4th. A little bitter sweet for me, I am welcoming getting back to earily bed times and cooler weather, a little more of a routine. The bitter part for me, is that summer goes so fast it doesnt seem like we can fit in all the weekends away, pool days, tennis with friends, lazy afternoons, lemonade stands, camping, hiking, 4 wheeling, beach trips, lake trips, cabin trips, before they all grow up... Hope that time slows down a little...

Dash for Donations

Our family did the 5k Dash for Donations... Brett is a Kidney Transplant Coordinator for the University Of Utah Hospital. Th U has a team every year and this was the first year that our family was in town, well most of our family ( Sage was in Flaming Gorge). The boys thought it was so much fun to wear matching T-shirts. The Transplant Team also through a great Barbecue. Dutch oven rids, peach cobbler, beans, yummmm. The best part of the day was the inspiring stories of all the peoples lives that have been touched either by being a donor having a transplant, or family members who's lives have been changed by Organ Donation!!!

Grandpa Putman 1930-2010

On the 27th of July Grandpa Putnam passed away. We were lucky enough to spend the day with him before he died. We love him and were so happy to have so many good memories of him. He and grandma were the sweetest couple. Over 73 years of Marriage and lived independently till the end. I am sure that Myrna was waiting to have her dad with her in heaven and are so happy to be reunited. Death reminds us that Families are forever and we will be together again.. Brett said the family prayer and did such a good job. We will all miss him and will remember the example he set for our family of hard work and kindness. He was a gentle giant....

Bear lake

Bear lake is Amazing!!!! had a great time with our good friends the Nielson's ! No for real, sat on the beach, ate great food, played games and went to Garden City, Boating, 4 wheelers, and lots of sun... Must say time with our friends and Family is the Bomb...

Sweet

believe it or not, Brett and I have never taken our kids to Lagoon. So last Tuesday Brett had the week off so we took our kids and our son Cody. Super fun for all... Max and Sage are FEARLESS, Mason and Mommy not so much... Brett also will go on any ride without fear, thank goodness for our kids... they also had some great cousin time. Cody lives in St. George with his Dad, so it is not that often that they have cousin time... they ran from ride to ride to ride, the day was simply fabulous and I am always amazed at what fun kids we have. Mason was fine with waiting on the bench while they all went on WICKED and some of the crazy rides, I found some courage and went on Rocket... I thought my heart stopped. Great time with our cute kids...