the party is over there !

So Kaelen took off fishing for the week and took the camera with him (before I got a chance to take the pictures off) ... I guess he has to document all the fish he is going to catch... So head over to my sister -in-laws blog to see party we all put together for my in laws 40th anniversary...(just click here:) 

She took a lot more and better pictures than I did anyway... :)

The Party

  Cora’s birthday cake We celebrated at G&G Gulbranson’s house on Mother Day with all the family

she loved it…

1 Year

 1 year old today... This sweet little girl loves...
I can't get enough of her ... When I pick her up from her bed
after a nap, she looks me right in the eye and then pats me
on the shoulder as if she is saying "good job mom keep it up."
Happy Birthday Cora !

                                            * to see more cute pictures of Cora go here

Ride...



Went on a little four-wheeling adventure a few weeks back ... yep the kids too...



saw this little guy right off the main road... 



Max loved it... its his favorite thing  to do...

got stuck only a few times...

Spring Break!!! Florida!!!

This year we headed to Utah as we usually do for spring break ... to visit with the Fox’s. We hung out for a few days... Then Kaelen , Cora & I took off to Florida to visit with the Coon’s while Max, Emma & Kael spent some quality time with Grandpa , Grandma , Mia, & Jess. So the following are lots of pictures of us having fun with the Coon’s in St. Augustine (the oldest city in America)

Good old Southern BBQ

sooooooo very gooood!!!

Lila love it~ Cora did not!



Fort Matanzas 

this beach was made up of little shells( it was a little hard on the feet :)

Castillo de San Marcos

Yep ! that's Holly always running about 20 feet ahead of everyone else...

Heather took us to the best places to eat!!!!

Mmmm Chocolate!

The Coons

We spent lots of time at the beach, it was so very nice!

Cora loved eating sand!

Last night at the Beach

Thanks to Heather & Aaron for being awesome hosts and tour guides!

caught!

Kael is not too sure its dead yet...

This little fox had the misfortune of getting caught in one of my father-in- laws traps out behind our house.  Don't worry it didn't go to waste it was skinned and sent to auction.

enjoy the Sweetness...

For Christmas Kaelen got me a Kindle e-reader and I love it.
So I would like to recommend a book and ask for any good suggestions.

 The Sweetness at the bottom of the Pie is my recommendation. It is a good clean murder mystery set in the 1950's England about philately and chemistry, two things I never thought I'd enjoy reading about but I did. I won't tell you too much about because I'll end up giving it all away. Some my find it simple and easy, but for me it was perfect, with 4 little kids I don't have the time for anything too long or complicated.

 Enjoy :)