The T-shirt was made by my niece, the baby is a mush, LOVE HIM

Our kid’s love having a cousin to play with, their first cousin are all grown up.

My Birthday

As always Brett made sure I had an extra special birthday. Lucky for me it fell on conference weekend. I love church in pj’s with a big breakfast. I was served breakfast in bed, and treated to homemade cinnamon rolls by my friend Margie. Then cards and gifts and a special dinner of my choice, (tuna casserole) the whole family came over for cake and ice cream. The sweetest gift was my niece made a shirt for her baby Jack that said “I LOVE TINA” super thoughtful and cute! Our children also gave me a foot rub. Every year older they get the more yucky faces they make! Kinda funny. We started this when they were little and willing... My friends also treated me to a girls lunch. Great birthday week!

Happy Birthday Grandma Putnum

We took a quik trip to Woodruff for a birthday party for Our beautiful Grandma Putnum. 92 years old, and as sharp as a tack. We had Kfc and cake and I brought her favorite Ricecrispy treats. She was very touched and seemed to really enjoy the attention and company. She wanted Sage to try on the dress that Myrna wore to prom. She also gave Max a pair of cowboy boots that belonged to Grandpa Putnum and Gave Sage a pair of her old cowboy boots. The kids love spending time with their Great Grandma. She is such a sweet little lady.

September

You could not ask for a more beautiful Month than this one. We have been outside almost every night, played tennis with a good friend yesterday, had a lovely couples weekend at the cabin, watched Max play soccer, Mason play Baseball and Sage dance at the halftime of the football games. We have been very busy doing fun things. It should slow down in October. I am very happy, and content, this time of year is my favorite. I love Fall!

Labor Day Weekend

Grand Tetons

Colter Bay

Jackson Hole

One of my favorite places in the world is Jackson Hole Wyoming. Labor Day weekend was spent in one of my very favorite places in the world. Sage had to perform at the football game on Friday so first thing Saturday we headed to Jackson. We stayed with Brett’s Aunt and Uncle that live there. We did the Alpine slide, Shopped, went to Colter Bay, Ate an amazing sour dough pancake breakfast, and much much more. Brett and I stayed in Jackson 20 years ago for our Honeymoon. So this place is special. Coming back with our 3 kids was great. They loved it all. We even ate at Colter bay, were we ate on our Honeymoon. September is Gorgeous in Jackson. I love my husband and I love our kids, I feel so lucky to have had 20 years with this great guy. We had our anniversary in June, but with Dave dyeing this was the first chance to celebrate. Life has no garentees and you never know how much time you have, I hope I always live with that in mind and make the most of each day with my family!

Back to school 2011

I am going to miss these little farts. Okay lets be honest, so glad that it is time for school to start. They were all so excited that they were ready to walk out the door by 7:00. The summer was such a blur I can Honestly say we have never been busier. I think as your kids get older they get so busy That it just becomes one endless list of things to do and schedules to keep up on. Gone are the lazy summers with nothing to do, gone are the days of going to the pool to entertain ourselves or keep ourselves busy. We are in the run around, get up early Activity after activity, Scouts, Dance, Soccer, Baseball, Student Government, Lessons, Practices, Games, performances, meetings, and NO down time. I am tiring to breath and not get overly dramatic but really, It is crazy. Sage is super excited to be in High School and is on the Drill Team, She is excited about the friends she will make and all the new and exciting things that come with High School. (driving, dating, Dances ETC.) I know that this girl will be awesome, I have all the confidence that she is a girl who knows who she is and what she stands for, I am proud of who she is and cant wait to see what she will become. Max is the Big dog this year, 6th grade o my. He is a good boy and always treats everyone with respect. He is very excited about recess, he is a sports guy, this kid can run and play all day. He is never idle, he probably watches 5 min of t.v a week. He is up at the crack of dawn and in bed by 9;00 at night. He is an A student and wants to learn, its all him. He works hard and takes it on, he however is my only child who hates to read, I have to hound him about reading. Mason is in 5th grade and is not as excited about school, he is also a good student but complains and is not thrilled about school starting up again, he is another very active child, no video games and t.v for him either. He is all about sports, all summer they would go to the school and run the mile, he has practiced baseball every day this summer and loves it eats it drinks it and practices constantly. He has amazed me with his willingness to sacrifice his time to improve his skills. He runs faster, hits line drives and can catch game winning pop flies. I hope he is ready to put that same effort into his school work and become that dedicated to school. Brett and I are having so much fun raising our children and finding little pieces of the day that we can focus on us too. I insist on me and him time...

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August

The end of summer is always bitter sweet, happy to get back to a routine but sad to see another summer fly by. We have spent this summer so busy and on the go all boredom and laziness that we usually experience never happened. Max had a Soccer tournament in Park city, so we stayed at the cabin for a 4 day weekend. The tournament was great, Max played his little heart out and most of our games were in Oakley, Bonus for us! We spent the weekend with all our soccer friends, some stayed with us and others stayed at the canyons. Sage performed at the first football game of the year with the Drill Team. And Brett and I are just tiring to keep up with these busy kids. I was released from the Primary after 5 years in the Presidency and & 7 1/2 years total. Whew, I loved it and am excited to move on.