I hope they call me on a mission...

Brandon's cousin, Ty got his mission call to

California. The family was in town to see him off

so we had a dinner at Grandma Gardner's.

Ty is going to be a great missionary. He is very

sweet and good with people.

Good Luck Ty!

Guy, Ty, Owen, Brandon, Josh, Jeff, Tate and Bob

Mowing the lawn

Brandon is really anxious for Owen to grow up

so he can mow the lawn. But until then Riley

will have to do. But hey she likes it and who

said your lines have to be straight!

I remember growing up always being the one

my dad asked to mow the lawn. So to this day

I don't like to mow the lawn. Specially bag it.

V.I.P. and new car seats!

Sierra was only in school a couple of

weeks and got to bring the V.I.P.

poster to celebrate her birthday which she

had right before school started.

School gets out before her 5Th Birthday

so instead of celebrating her birthday

3 months before Mrs. Katie decided

to celebrate it a couple weeks after.

Most likely with year round school,

Sierra will still be 4 years old when

she goes into Kindergarten.

Which is so weird. She already

is so tiny for her age. But I think

she will be ready.

So it was time to get Owen out of the carrier car seat

and into a bigger one. So Sierra got to pick out

her new booster which she was thrilled about and

thank goodness Owen does not notice how old

Sierra's old car seat is. He is just happy he gets to

face forward and look at everything. His new favorite

is to be able to watch the movies his sisters got to

in the car now.

I'm a big boy now!

Owen is only a year and a couple weeks

and thinks he can go down the big slide.

He makes me a little nervous when he climbs

and tries to swing he legs over at the top of the

slide. But he loves it and does it over and over

again while laughing and screaming the entire

time.

Helping Daddy

Owen helped daddy wash the car

and loved it!

Paige's new soccer team

Paige started the new soccer season.

She loves it, specially because

one of her friends, Bre is on her

team.

Her team name is the

"Tinker bells"

Grandpa did not realize what he started.

He pays Paige a dollar for every goal she makes.

Her first game she made 3.

9th Anniversary

Brandon and I had our 9th Anniversary

on the 5th of September but were up at the

cabin so we went out another night. Isn't

that how it works since we got married on

a holiday weekend.

We decided to go out to eat at Roosters.

I liked it but it was not Brandon's favorite.

We then bought some dollar candy at the

dollar store for the movies. We learned that

cheap trick from our neighbors. Thanks friends!

We having been seeing movies at the kaysville

theater lately because it is so dang cheap.

We ended up watching the new Pirates movie.

I can't believe Brandon and I have know each other

as long as we have. He is my absolute BEST FRIEND

and I LOVE him so much!

Thanks Babe for the past 9 years!

Paige's first Dance Class

After seeing her little sister, Sierra

dance she wanted to do the same.

I thought oh what the heck my schedule

is busy why not add another class to the

business!

Paige loves it and has fun! We'll see

if it lasts!

Owen's First Hair Cut

So Owen needed a hair cut when I realized

I could not spike his hair on top and

he started looking like a girl!

At first he did not mind the clippers but

then hated it after a while.

I could not bare to cut his cute curls in the back.

So he now has a mullet!

But even so he is a stud!

More Trouble

He's at it again!

What Older Mother says that some day us

young mothers will miss these moments and

our kids being so little.

What ever, they must have too much time on

their hands. Because this took time I did not have

to clean up.

But I love my sweet boy anyway!

Labor Day Weekend

We love going to Bear Lake with the Family.

Specially the kids. They love their cousins.

We tried to keep Tate and Owen on the mat

so they could stay clean. So we put crackers

down on the mat like they were little dogs

or something! It worked for a while.

The girls loved playing follow the leader in the

mini canoes with Grandma.

We invited Riley's 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Edwards

and her family up to the cabin. Riley and her sisters

loved every minute of it. The girls even got Mrs. Edwards

to paint their nails.

We roasted marshmallows and ate yummy smores.

We watched movies and hung out.

We drove the boat around and honked the boat

horn a million times!

We jumped and flipped and of course had a few crashes!

We got better at skiing.

And tried so hard to be brave.

Then gave up and just cried.

Sierra's first time skiing.

She stayed low at first.

Then after I yelled, "stand up" a million times

she thought she would try that and get her face

out of the splashing water.

We are so proud of Sierra skiing at 4 years old.

We told her if she would have skied just 2 weeks earlier

she could have skied at age 3.

This is her happy face after skiing.

She is a little happier now that Grandpa gave

her 10 dollars for skiing.

All in all we had ton of fun!