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Marley's 10th Birthday

2011-03-24T13:46:00.003-06:00

I can't believe I have a ten year old. Marley is growing up to be such a beautiful, smart, lovely little lady. She had been sick the whole week before her birthday and even then wasn't totally feeling her best, but she put a beautiful smile on anyway. She asked for Asphalt Pie for her cake, cause that is her favorite. For gifts we gave her some new clothes and a fifty dollar bill. She has been saving her money for an i pod touch, pretty spendy, so we gave her money to add to it. Of course we had to celebrate Grandma Patti's birthday too, since her birthday is the next day. I love my mom she is the best lady I know, and I love her so much.

with her fifty dollar bill
blowing out the candles

Eating her favorite ice cream cake

Marley and Gram

Boden is Seven

2011-02-28T17:45:00.004-07:00

Seven

Boden turned seven. He was so excited for his birthday. It started out the night before, Cory surprised us and took us to Lava to the hot pools, that is one of Boden's favorites. The next day was his birthday and his dad picked him up from school and took him to lunch at Mcdonalds,and then he brought cookies to school to share with his class. Later that night we had family come over for a party. We had cake and ice cream and he opened his presents. Mostly all of it was clothes and then we surprised him with a new bike. When I asked him what he was thinking when he saw the bike he said I thought my eyes we getting bigger and bigger. What a wonderful boy I have. He is kind and thoughtful and he loves his family.

Boden is 7
the kids

He did get a lot of clothes

his new bike

Blowing out his 7 candles

my cute little man

Boden and Mom

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-15T19:29:00.003-07:00

What a Great Valentines Day!

Toothless Boden

2011-02-13T15:03:00.003-07:00

Boden just lost his two front teeth, he looks so cute. The first one came out so easy a couple days ago and then the second one was a trouble maker. We tied floss around it and then gave it a good yank and then wallah, we had a tooth.

These are Boden's cousins on the Briscoe side, they are all the same age, and they ALL are missing their front teeth.

Sophie, Dylan, Boden, and Bently

Koen's 2nd Birthday

2011-01-14T12:06:00.006-07:00

My baby boy turned 2.

I can't believe how fast time goes. He is getting so big, he is very smart little boy and knows exactly what he wants. He loves his brother and sisters so, so much. They play together all the time. Koen and Piper are really close, they play while the other kids are at school all day. He doesn't talk very much still, but we sure do understand exactly what he wants. He is always hungry, and will eat anything. He is very sweet and loves to give hugs to everyone. Happy Birthday little bud. We had two party's, one with the Merrill's, and one with the Briscoe's. My sister in law made the cakes, she always does a better than perfect job.

Then we had a Party at the Briscoe's. Dylan turned 7 and he and Koen shared a cake. They each got to eat their own car, and then they opened presents from Grandma Sandy.

Christmas 2010

2011-01-05T15:09:00.011-07:00

December a a full month of very special happenings. Dec 3, Zach ad Jessica their first baby boy named Gavin, then on the 6th Andrew and Randi had their second baby named Tyke. Next came Nate and Jens baby on the 10th a girl named Kourtney, and last was Stacy and Heaths baby, a boy on the 20th named Dexter. Cory and I are in baby heaven. We love to hold all of these babies. Then it was Christmas time and I love this time of year when family gets together, there is NOTHING better.

Marley planned a show for the grandkids to do, and they did such a good job, they all had parts and songs to sing, it was very sweet, I remember being this age and my cousins and I doing the exact same thing. Next the kids put on the Nativity costumes and did the Nativity. Piper was Mary, Parker was Joseph, Gavin was baby Jesus.

All 11 Merrill grandkids

the 3 newest on the Merrill side

Gavin, Kourtney, and Dexter

Marley and Boden waiting downstairs for me to give them the ok to come up.

Christmas Card Photo

2011-01-04T17:21:00.001-07:00

Santa Came To Visit

2010-12-21T15:49:00.002-07:00

Santa came for a surprise visit to all of the Briscoes Kids. He asked them what they all wanted and if they have been good. Its funny how they all tell Santa something different from what they tell me. They all loved it and loved the chocolate and orange that Santa gave them.

All 23 BRISCOE COUSINS Marley with Santa

Boden with Santa

Piper with Santa

and Koen with Santa, he just wants his food.

Kids Pictures

2010-11-22T12:43:00.002-07:00

Marley 9 1/2
Boden 6 1/2

Piper 4 1/2

Koen 22 months

Just Cuz run

2010-11-22T12:11:00.004-07:00

Cory ran the Just Cuz half marathon. We were so proud of him. He did a great job. We were waiting at about 8 miles in to cheer him on. Then we went on to the finish line. He was 35 over all and 3rd in his age. Way to go honey.

Halloween

2010-11-22T11:48:00.006-07:00

Wow, October came and went fast this year. What a fun time Halloween was. The kids were very excited to dress up in exactly what they wanted. Marley is a NERD, Boden is the Transformer Optimus Prime, Piper is of course Tiana, the princess and the frog, and Koen is the Frog. They got tons of candy and Koen was very interested in eating it all.

Cousins

Koen

2010-11-22T11:45:00.002-07:00

This is my little sonshine.

First day of school

2010-09-09T18:22:00.004-06:00

Piper was so excited for her 1st day of preschool with miss Jen. She had her clothes and hair planned for weeks.

Marley 4th grade

Boden 1st grade

together in front of the school

Koen eating ice cream, no school for him.

Bear Lake / Cory's Birthday

2010-09-09T16:05:00.009-06:00

We went to Bear Lake over Labor day weekend with all of the Merrill family. It was also Cory's 34th Birthday. I bought a cake for him and made sure to put all 34 candles on. We camp at a great spot right next to the beach and spent all day Saturday there getting a little sun burnt. T little kids had fun riding their bikes and playing wit each other. All of us ladies got a little obsessed with a game called wackee 6. Great weekend but maybe a bit too windy.

Cory with his cake, too windy to light the candles, they would go out to fast.

Love ya Cory!
Our Family

The gang

Grandpa and Grandma with the grandkids

The Cousins

Parks and Bo

Uncle Zach burring Koen in the sand.

Now he is done.

cute little boys

Lake Powell

2010-08-21T21:15:00.006-06:00

We went to Lake Powell this year with Cory's family. It was very fun I must say, except for the long drive. We got lots of sun, and rain, and clouds. The food was amazing, everyone took a meal or two to share, and I loved it. We left my little Koen home with my Mom and Dad, I just would have worried a lot if he were there. I missed him like crazy and thought about him the whole time, but I was sure glad we left him. Marley got sea sick a couple of the days, but she spent most of her time on the sand making sand castles. Piper loved being able to swim all by herself with her life jacket, even though it took a LOT of coaxing to make her realize it. Boden loved the water, a little too much, cause he got a rash from wearing the life jacket, but that did not slow him down when he figured out that if he wore a t-shirt it helped quite a bit. Cory played volleyball and read a book, a enjoyed not working. I was very relaxed and had a great time on my floaty. :D

Fun at a parade

2010-08-21T20:36:00.002-06:00

This is the 24th of July parade.

My mom and Dad watching the parade, this is what my dad does to all the kids pants when he gets his hands on them.

Tandi and Piper with our kitty's

Boden lost his 1st tooth

2010-08-21T20:27:00.002-06:00

Boden finally lost his first tooth. He was kind of nervous, because he had seen his sister get teeth pulled out, but got enough courage to let his momma pull it out. In all the excitement with the tooth coming out, he swallowed it. So he and Marley wrote a letter to the tooth fairy explaining what had happened, it worked because the tooth fairy did leave some money for that toothless boy.

Swimming in the backyard

2010-08-21T17:48:00.004-06:00

Piper got this frog swimming pool for her birthday, and since then the kids have been out swimming a lot. So these are just some of the snapshots that I have taken. Koen however LOVES the water. Swim suit, naked, or fully clothed he is trying to get in that pool. He loves the sprinkler that comes out of the frogs head, and thinks it is his very own drinking fountain.

Boden T-Ball

2010-08-21T17:05:00.004-06:00

This was Boden's 3rd year at T-ball. He is getting t be such a good player. He had more fun this year he sad cause his team was orange and called Orange Crush. He got to play with his best bud Parker and also another cousin Dawson.

Parker, Boden an Dawson

Forth of July weekend

2010-08-21T16:53:00.002-06:00

This weekend we spent camping at Heise with all of my family and the Bernts. Sadly these are the only pictures that I took. I was very fun and overcast, too cold to go swimming, which the kids were really bummed out about. The grownups played games and listened to Cory's ghost stories.

The cousins
My little things

buds, Boden and Parker

Koen

Piper's 4th Birhday

2010-06-29T13:31:00.010-06:00

Piper had her 4th birthday on the 20th. She is in LOVE with the Princess and the Frog. She asked for a frog cake, and well I'm not so talented in the cake department, so I had my sis in law Lori make it. She did the most amazing job and Piper was thrilled. Lori even put a real tiara on the cake which she wears constantly. We had oodles of family over, and lots of fun. We just LOVE this little girl. She is so funny, and loves to play and laugh. She is fun sister, her brothers and sister adore her. She loves to shop, and go anywhere with me, and is a buddy to her daddy.

Bear Lake Camping

2010-06-23T15:05:00.005-06:00

Once again at my favorite place, Bear Lake. This time we went with the Merrills and camped. I love, love, love it. We all went golfing and that was my kids favorite this year. Then swimming at the club house pool, we were going to go to the beach, but their is not much beach, too much water. It was also Piper's 4th birthday, we had her party when we got home on Monday, along with Fathers day. What a great day to spend with my Dad, and my amazing husband who is the greatest dad.

US
Boden, Parker, Tandi, and Piper

driving the golf cart

Piper loved the pink golfball her dad gave her

Parks and Bodie

Koen chilling on the green

Koen and Dad

The kids doing a fathers day thing

All the little kids made Piper birthday card and we sang to her,

Koen swmming, it looks like Cory is wearing a water wing but it is actually Piper hanging on. Too funny.

Marley and Lilly

Koen giving kisses

Nate and Meggy

Koen and Cory eating breakfast.

Gram and Marley

Some of the gang

Boden Graduation from Kindergarten

2010-06-10T21:26:00.003-06:00

Boden Drew Briscoe graduated from Kindergarten. He loves school, and is so excited to come back for first grade. The class sang cute songs with actions, he was so darn cute. Then his teacher called his name, he was first, to get their year book. I'm so proud.

Then we took him to Tastee Treat for a Boston milkshake.

Marley Cheerleading

2010-06-10T21:18:00.002-06:00

Marley joined the Gateway cheerleaders in Febuary. My sister Stacy helps teach the group and Marley started taggging along. She has learned so much and did so very good.

Mothers Day

2010-05-18T17:11:00.002-06:00

My husband took the kids shopping and this is what they came up with.

The BEST!

Just Koen being Cute.

Sleepover

2010-05-18T17:00:00.003-06:00

So my kids were happy that my sister got to go on a cruse, cause Parker and Tandi got to sleepover. They had a blast and stayed up late and woke up early. So FUN!

Bear Lake

2010-05-18T14:09:00.006-06:00

A few weekends ago we went to Bear Lake. The weather was still a bit chilly, but it was fun. We went with some of Cory's family. We played at the beach, the playground, played cards and read books. It was just a great weekend get-a-way. I need more of these.

Playing tag on the big toy.

The big kids ( Cory, Doug, Robert, and Angela) had more fun than the little kids.

more tag, it was funny to watch.

Sink Time

2010-05-17T15:08:00.002-06:00

So Koen is in the kitchen sink. I have a picture like this with all of my kids. It's cute to me.

Piper dance

2010-04-11T21:54:00.003-06:00

Piper had to dance on Saturday for a dance competition. I got pictures in her costume, but my pictures of her on stage did not turn out. I will hopefully post pictures at her recital. She did so good. Her first dance was ballet. Then the second was tap. I was not to sure about the Lion costume, but this was the cutest dance. They were Lions in the jungle. Very cute!

Easter Morning

2010-04-11T21:49:00.001-06:00

The girls got matching flip flops.

Easter Egg Hunts

2010-04-11T21:37:00.002-06:00

Briscoe Family Easter egg hunt.

Every year my sister and I take our kids over to were my Grandma lives. They always have a great Easter egg hunt. This year because of the snow that had it indoors. It was not bad. The kids still had a blast. They all ended up with lots of candy and MONEY. Boden got outta their with 6 bucks. How fantastic is that.

Koe chillin with some candy.

Piper and Tandi

Sunday Easter Dress

2010-04-11T21:24:00.002-06:00

Ohhh, this day wore me out. The kids wore their Eater outfits the Sunday before Easter. We have church early in the morning and did not get a chance to take pictures before. So I told them that I needed to take their picture after church. Mistake! Koen was soooo tired. Boden ran in the house as fast as he could to get Sunday clothes off. I had to bribe him and finally he agreed to put his shirt and tie on only, but he was leaving the Levi's on. Marley was a bit on the grouchy side and it was like pulling teeth to get her to smile. Then there is Piper who is always ready to smile for the camera( and why she is in all the photos).

Decorating EGGS

2010-04-11T17:02:00.003-06:00

Coloring Eggs was sorta fun. The kids had a great time but I always wonder why I put the effort in. They argue over colors. The sparkle egg kit I bought Marley used on one egg then it was gone. Of course a cup or two of the dye was spilt. But still, it was time spent with my 4 little things and at the end of it all, I loved every moment.

Koen Walking

2010-04-11T16:52:00.002-06:00

My baby Koen is finally walking. I was just waiting for this to happen. Marley walked at 9 months, Boden at 10 months, Piper at 11 months and so I was guessing Koen would be 12 months. Nope at 14months to the day he walked, and he is adorable. To get him to walk we would bribe him with the cell phone. He was already everywhere, and now he is everywhere faster.

Outside

2010-03-20T19:39:00.003-06:00

It has been so nice outside lately and Piper has been wanting to go outside to ride her new bike that she got for Christmas. So while the older kids were at school we went out. Koen loved it, and through a fit when I bought him in. It was fun watching him explore, last summer he was just an itty bitty baby.

Anniversary

2010-03-20T19:18:00.002-06:00

March 12th was our 11th wedding anniversary. What a great 11years. We went out to dinner to Texas Roadhouse and then to the movie Avitar. It was such a great night, I love this boy.

Marley's 9th Birthday

2010-03-20T18:54:00.002-06:00

Marley turned nine on March 7th. I can't believe how old she is. She is a wonderful girl, and has many friends. She had a party with some of her friends and cousins. They ate pizza and made necklaces. Her birthday cake was home made asfault pie. Then the next day we had family parties with both sides. She got a desk for her room. She was very excited about that.

Marley and her grandma Patti. They share birthdays. Patti's is the day after.

Boden's 6th Birthday

2010-03-17T11:55:00.002-06:00

February 25, was Boden's birthday. He was my first child to actually plan his own birthday party without my knowledge. We usually take turns with birthday parties and this year is Marley's turn to have a friend party. We told Boden that he would have a just a family party. Well the next day I got a call from a mother in Boden's class that called for details about Boden's party. She said he told her her son was invited and that it was on Thursday at his house. Well, I was surprised, and told the mom I would call her back. Then I talked to Bo. He said "ya I planed it and we are going to play Wii games and have cake and ice cream. I just could not tell that excited little boy no, so he did get his friend party and they did play Wii games and he loved every bit of it. I now decided to let every kid have a friend party in the same year, and then have a a break for a couple of years.

Valentine's Day

2010-02-17T20:28:00.003-07:00

We had a great Valentine's Day. Cory and I went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse with some friends and had a great time without kids. Our Valentine gift to each other is finishing our basement. The kids got candy and were as happy as could be with just that. I love, love, love my little family.

Fun times

2010-02-17T19:34:00.002-07:00

This was at my niece Lilly's birthday party. She had it at Randi's Tumbling. The kids had a blast and my camera was throwing a fit so I didn't get very many pictures. Boden and Marley were jumping off the platform like crazy monkeys and Piper loved the slide that went into the foam pit. What a great place for a party.

Cute Brothers

2010-02-17T19:14:00.003-07:00

Marley actually took this pictures of the boys spending quality DS time together. So cute. I love these two little guys.

Koen's 1st Birthday

2010-01-13T14:23:00.005-07:00

I can't believe that it had been a year since this sweet little boy joined our family. He is truly an amazing little spirit. I love him so much and we are so very blessed to have him.

A few days ago we had a party at my mom's house. Koen shared a birthday party with my sister in law Jessica. He opened his presents and then got to get messy with his birthday cake.

The next day we had a party with the Briscoes, and there he shared a birthday with his cousin Dylan. Lots of birthdays and lots of fun.

The sisters helping Koen open his presents

The scary penguin

after it bonked him in the head

He has found out how fun it is to stick his tongue out.

Blowing out the candle

Wondering if it is really ok to dig in.

Daddy helping with the cake

Lots of Christmas

2009-12-31T17:58:00.012-07:00

I am amazed at how fast Christmas comes and goes. I love this time of year, and the time spent with my family. I love my babies, and the smiles on their faces. I love the ornaments that fall off the tree, and the nativity sets that get rearrange everyday. I love the moment when everything is in chaos and my husband smiles at me from across the room. This year was the best. I think that I say this every year, but it was.

Jammies

This is Koen's first Christmas

Daddy and Piper playing tea.

Koen loved the mess

Marley loved her snuggie and barbie

Boden got Ben 10 toys

Piper got her pink big bike from Santa

The Naivity

singing Christmas songs

The grankids and their gifts to each other

Piper and Koen

Mar

Gramps and Koen

Koen sportin' his new jams

All the girl got new puppies in a bag.

Merrill cousins and their new jammies from Grandma

some silly briscoe cousins

Koen and Oakli

Christmas Sunday

2009-12-24T11:20:00.004-07:00

This is before church on Sunday in the kids Christmas clothes.

Gingerbread Madness

2009-12-24T11:06:00.002-07:00

All the Briscoe's got together in Dougs garage to make gingerbread houses. It was fun. Lots of candy, kids running around everywhere and that is why we did this in a garage and not Grandma Sandys house.

Piper and Boden, she put more candy in her mouth than on the house.
Marley getting ready to string up Christmas lights.

one of the four tables of kids

We got a quick shot of the grandkids. We are missing the 3 oldest in this picture.

Some of the finished houses. Piper and Boden's is the second one in the front.

Passed out !

2009-12-24T11:03:00.001-07:00

I caught these two passed out in the living room. I thought it was cute.

Marley's 3rd grade Program

2009-12-24T10:54:00.001-07:00

Marley had a Christmas program at school. They sang songs and everyoe had a part to do. She did really good and I loved it.

Salt Lake City

2009-12-09T16:38:00.003-07:00

Every year we go with my family to Salt Lake to see the lights, go shopping, eat at Olive Garden and every year I love every bit of it. I am so grateful for my parents who make this event happen each year.

The whole Merrill family
Our fam

Koen at his first year of this.

Where has the time gone

2009-12-02T11:45:00.003-07:00

What happened to November. This month when by so stinkin' fast. I have been a bad blogger. These are the pictures that I have from November. Its of Koen, cause he is the cutest. He had a little biff it party on his nose, its been scratched and rescratched all month long. He still keeps a smile on his face though. He is a fast moving kid. He is everywhere and is walking along furniture, and climbing up things and crawling everywhere. I love this age. All though we did decorate our Christmas tree and now only the top half is decorated. Gotta love it.

Daddy and Koen

THANKSGIVING DAY

2009-12-02T10:28:00.003-07:00

Our Fam

Koen and his cousins, Crew and Ryder
Piper and Baili

Andrew, Cory and Angela

MY SPooKS

2009-11-04T10:39:00.003-07:00

Marley the Vampire

Boden is Batman

Piper is a Kitty

Koen is a skeleton

The Merrill Cousins

My mom and aunt Nae and grand kids.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-04T10:13:00.003-07:00

Piper's little preschool took a field trip to the pumpkin patch. The older kids were out of school that day and got to come along, We invited my sister and her kids to come along too. The kids got pick out their pumpkin, they went trough a corn maze, made bird feeders, and feed some farm animals. It was a very fun experience.

Piper and her pumpkin
Bo and Pip picking out their pumpkin

Piper, Marley and Tandi in the maze

Koen relaxing in the tall grass

Yellowstone Park

2009-10-21T12:10:00.007-06:00

Cory has been wanting to go to Yellowstone for so long, and me, not so much. So he planned for us to go and got a hotel in West Yellowstone, and then he told me so I couldn't back out. It was a good trip except that it was so cold outside and snowy. Some of the roads were closed. We planned to see it in one day but saw what we could in two. We did have a good time. We saw no bears, alot of Buffalo, one wolf, and a few elk. The kids are already looking forward to coming back when it is warm. Had to put this picture in of Koen

Yellowstone Woohoo!
At Old Faithful, Burr.

Loving the drive

This crazy crow is sitting on our rear view mirror. Cory threw him Cheerios's and he would catch them in its mouth.

At the mud pots

Marley checking out the view.

Its fall right?

Koen and his Daddy

Marley hugging the bear

Bo and Mar

Cute Boys

Some Buffalo

The stink pots

This buffalo had a big snow ball in its beard and the kids thought it was hilarious.

At the falls, it was so windy and cold. Burr!

Buffalo in the street Cory and I and the Tetons, yes it was windy here too.

BROTHERS are the BEST

2009-10-07T16:18:00.001-06:00

Koen's 9 months

2009-10-07T15:53:00.003-06:00

Today Koen is 9 months old. Boy has that been the fastest 9 months of my life. This chuba bubba is the best. He is so sweet and loves everyone. He especially loves me and kisses me non stop, I love it. He is barley crawling, crawls backwards really well, and we are working on going forward a bit better. He loves to eat, baby food not so much, but whatever we are eating for dinner or lunch he has to have a part of it. He loves to play with cars, he holds them and spins the wheels. Koen loves his sisters and brother and is always entertained when they are around. We love this little guy.

Soccer

2009-10-07T13:09:00.002-06:00

This is Boden and Marley's first year at playing soccer. They get better and better every game. I'm glad that they both like it.

Zach and Jessica's Wedding

2009-09-03T17:45:00.013-06:00

Last weekend my little brother Zach married Jessica in the Boise Temple. What a wonderful day it was to have our whole family inside the Temple to see these awesome kids get married. It was perfect. It was a very long weekend with traveling to and from Boise, and two receptions. We were all definitely tired. The receptions were gorgeous and very fun. The little girls were adorable, and the boys as rambunctious as can be. I loved every bit of it, and mostly we are excited to have Jessica in our family.

Sorry the pictures are in no order.

Jessica and Zachary Merrill

Family Picture

Pretty Girlies

The Cousins

My handsome babe

Marley and Koen

The Cousins

Us in front of the Boise Temple

My brother Nate and Koen

Piper playing in the fountain
The Girlies
Tandi and Piper

TWIRLING

Boden and Parker

Marley and the Newlyweds

They look so CUTE.

My Parents

Our Family

The Girls holding the wedding dress

First Day of School

2009-09-02T12:36:00.004-06:00

Yesterday was Piper's 1st day of preschool. She was so excited and has been asking for awhile when it was her turn to go. The other kids started last week. Also this day she had a fever and we took her to the doctor and she has a bladder infection, this is the 4th one this year. So on Friday she has to go to the hospital for some tests. Poor baby girl. You can tell in the pictures that she doesn't feel very well.

Marley's 1st day of 3rd grade. Ahh I can't believe I have a 3rd grader. She is growing so fast and is such a good girl. She is getting so mature and just wants to make her mom and dad happy. Oh, I love her.

Boden's first day of Kindergarten. Boo Hoo! I was totally fine with sending him to school until I actually did it. Then I didn't want to let go of him. It's scary to send your kids into the big world. Anyway, he loves school and loves the bus.

Marley's Sugery Day

2009-08-22T19:22:00.005-06:00

Marley just had her Tonsils and Adenoids taken out. She had a hard time breathing and sleeping and it was time to get it done. We went in Thursday morning, the surgery took about 25 minutes and then she had to go to recovery for 2 hours. She was a very brave little girl and did so well. Today is day 3 and she is great. Still a little sore, but is loving the attention. She has had many milkshakes and popsicles, and thinks that is awesome to have ice cream for dinner. Marley before the surgery

This is her silly dad wearing her awesome hat.
She got to color a bit while waiting

This is after, in the recovery room.

Se got to ride a wheel chair to the car.

Her grandma Patti spoiled her with an American Doll.

Lots of Milkshakes and Popsicles, she loves it.

Briscoe Campout

2009-08-20T17:57:00.006-06:00

This year we all went to Indian Creek. Being with family is what I love the most. The Briscoe bunch is crazy fun.

Gramps and Gram have 21 grandkids
Boden riding Dylans motorbike. Most of the 4 and 5 year olds had a blast riding this.

These two are great pals.
Piper and Slayter

New buddies, one month apart.

Ryder and Koen

Marley and Lacie getting logs with Uncle Ben

Grandpa Vern letting the kids shoot the BB Gun

Pip getting her turn

Painting little trinkets that Aunt Lori brought

Painting

Marley, Chloe, Lacie and Rylie

More painting
Olsen, Hunter, Ethan, Piper and Sophie

Waiting for Cory to take them on a hike.

This is Baili with Andrew

This is how she like to start her naps

Olsen on the little 4 wheeler

Marley, Lacie, and Chloe

Slayter, Sophie and Boden

playing by the little stream

The newest baby

Oakli

Raft River Water Slide

2009-08-12T19:19:00.004-06:00

Our sis in Law Allie had a Birthday Party here. It is at a house in Raft River. The owners rent it out to people for the day. Very Fun and we all loved it.

Bear Lake

2009-08-07T17:37:00.008-06:00

Our Favorite Place

We love Bear Lake. This year summer has just flown by so since Cory had a few weekdays off we packed up and went to Bear Lake. It was just us. Kind of weird with no other cousins or grandparents around, but nice. Cory took the kids hiking and to the Minnatonka cave. Then we spent a long time a the beach. We made smores, had a campfire, rode bikes, read a book. Very relaxing couple of days. Oh, and lots of showers for dirty little kids.

Lots of pictures

going on a hike
more hiking

Piper's grubby face
Pip's grubby feet, poor girl we forgot her shoes, only flip flops.

Always the best baby.

Mmmm marshmallows, my favorite

sitting around the campfire

I love em.

huh, get out of my shot

Cute campers

dirty little kids, especially Pip

BEAR LAKE BEACH

We went to the beach one day and it was so relaxing. We were there for 6 hrs and loved it. The kids loved the water. The water was so warm, and the kids loved that they could walk far out because it was shallow. We did have a good time.

Koen Sitting up

2009-07-27T11:34:00.004-06:00

Ya, I am a dorky mom and I love it when my baby's learn new tricks. So, Koen can sit up now. It's very exciting even with baby #4. He doesn't do very much, because he is #4. He gets carried around everywhere, with a big sister who sticks him on her hip and takes him everywhere she goes, and a mom who is enjoying every second of her last 6 month old that she will ever have. So when he is on the floor, and # 3 is not around, he can only roll over on to one side, he can't roll from his tummy to his back, but he can sit, and I Love It.

One of the Boys

2009-07-25T13:40:00.004-06:00

We were out side one day, and a couple of neighborhood boys were riding their rip sticks. Cory went over and wanted to ride one. So next thing you see is Cory holding their hands so they could help him. It was so funny, All I could do was run and gt my camera. Since then he has gotten pretty good and the neighborhood boys love to let him ride their rip stick.

I'm so proud of him, he did it all by himself.

Suckers and Cookies

2009-07-18T18:54:00.002-06:00

We had our first Garage Sale. I did it together with my sister, sis in law, and my mom. It was a lot of work to put together, but we all had fun doing it. Marley and Lilly had their own little stand. Marley sold suckers and Lilly sold cookies. They were a hit and they did really well. Oh and they were so cute.

Fireworks

2009-07-14T15:55:00.004-06:00

Getting ready to watch the firework show
Koen munching on dinner

Pip snacking on twizzlers

Sparklers

HUGE WATERSLIDE

2009-07-14T15:11:00.004-06:00

Every Fourth of July Cory's brother Doug sets up a huge water slide at Parrish Park. It is one thing all of us love. It is so fun and fun to ride on. Enjoy the pictures.

Cory and Doug

Marley and Chloe

Pip and Mom

4th of July Parade

2009-07-13T22:42:00.003-06:00

We all went to the parade on Saturday morning.

Koen looking cute.
The little girls, Piper, Megan, and Tandi

The Bestest Buds

Boden, Parker, Lilly and Marley

Looking for candy, not much came

The sisters

New sis in law to be Jessica, Stacy,Les and Jen.

Water Fun!

2009-07-13T18:41:00.009-06:00

Now that it finally stopped raining for a second, the kids had to go swim in the backyard. They had fun sliding down the slide onto the slippin' slide. It was funny to watch. Marley also had her cousin's Chloe and Lacie spend the night. They had such a fun time.

Piper and Tandi played together too.

Marley swinging with Koen.

Piper's Birthday

2009-06-26T10:45:00.006-06:00

Piper is 3

Such a pretty poser

Tandi, Lilly, and Pip

opening presents

The cake that piper picked out. She loved the sun.

Blowing out candles

Sharing her "lips gloss"

I can't believe my baby girl is 3. She acts so grown up too. She loved that she got make up from her cousins. She is a such a sweetie. She is defiantly a princess and loves to have her hair done and has to have a bow in everyday, which I don't mind doing. She loves her cousins and loves to play. Her favorite thing to play with is Polly pockets and anything to do with Tinker Bell. Her favorite food is candy. She has such a sweet tooth. It is so hard to get her to eat her dinner but if candy is involved in anyway she will take a few bites. She loves to read books with Marley. She loves to be outside riding her bike or the jeep. She is a happy little girl and a total daddy's girl. She has her dad wrapped around her finger and he will give her anything she wants. We love you Piper.

Hogle Zoo

2009-06-25T16:22:00.010-06:00

After Cory's run we went back to Salt Lake, and the next day we went to the Hogle Zoo for Piper's birthday. When we woke up it was pouring rain and we thought our day was ruined. After we ate breakfast, the rain stopped and the clouds disappeared and we thought we would take a chance and go. Everything worked out and we got some nice weather for the afternoon at the Zoo. The kids loved it. Marley's favorite part were the elephants and two little turtles um... piggyback riding. Boden loved the tigers. Piper loved the giraffes and the monkeys. Koen loved the milk and the easy stroller ride with out anyone bugging him. They all loved the Carousel ride too. It was so much fun. Loved it!

This is what Koen did most of the time. He was so good.

The big wet ball

On a huge Elephant trunk

The most perfect baby, Koen did not make a peep. He loved everything.

Watching the bird show

Piper loved the carousel

the saggy elephant
the goofs and the elephant
on a huge elephant trunk

Giraffe

Marley, Koen and the Zebras

Marley and Boden and some sort of muskrat or something

2009-06-24T15:29:00.006-06:00

Well, Cory ran in the Ragnar Relay run this last weekend. I was very eventful. He really enjoyed it, and would love to do it again next year. This run was a team of 12 members, and each member of the team runs 3 legs. It is a total of 188 miles. It starts in Logan and ends up in Park City. It was a rainy weekend and by the end of the run it was storming. Cory was the 12th runner and was the last one to run. His team met him at the finish line and they ran it together. In the pictures you can see that he is soaked. The kids and I drove down to Park City to watch him run the finish line. When we got there the weather was pretty good. In a matter of minutes the clouds came and it started to down pour and we went running to find us a tent to get under. The rain was ferocious. Anyway, I am very proud of Cory. Good Job Babe!

Cory running to the finish line with his team behind him.
Cory and his team
The team picture after the run
This is where the kids and I were. This is inside the tent that we were under. The finish line is behind those other tents.

more of the rain storm.

Boden Playing T-ball

2009-06-23T18:22:00.003-06:00

This is Boden's 2nd year at T-ball. This year he likes it a lot because he understands it better. He has gotten a lot better too. I think is is so fun to watch and pretty funny at the same time watching the boys slide into home plate, and running in a heard to get the ball. Good times!

Monkey's in my bed

2009-06-12T17:05:00.001-06:00

My Baby Brother is Engaged

2009-06-07T11:38:00.002-06:00

Yesterday my baby brother got engaged to Jessica. We are all so excited for him and LOVE Jess to death. We are so happy to have her in our family, she is a sweetheart.

Zach proposed to Jess at the park across from my parents house. He had a canopy set up with a table, candles, and her favorite desert. It was raining and so PerFect. Of Course my sisters and I snuck down to watch, and I did get some great pictures. My whole family were at my parents house ready to congratulate the cute couple.
The Ring

After he asked her

showing the ring

Zach and his mom. Jess on the phone with her family

Jess and Zach

Marley Dance Recital

2009-06-07T11:27:00.003-06:00

Well, another great year of dance. Marley did a great job. She looked adorable in her costumes.

Memoral Weekend

2009-06-03T16:48:00.007-06:00

Last weekend we went camping with my family at Sawtelle. It was the first camping trip this year and we loved it. We went with my parents and my brothers and sister. My parents had their 35th wedding anniversary on Sunday, that is a lot of years. It rained that day but it was beautiful. The kids played hard, riding their bikes and going on bear hunts. They mostly all get along really well and this trip was great, I don't think we had any melt downs. These cousins are the best of friends, and they absolutely love each other. Cory was the fire master, he built the fires and put them out. Koen loved to just hang out and was so good. Piper loved the painting and making necklaces. Boden loved riding the powerwheels and playing with the bo and arrow that uncle Heath bought. Marley was a good entertainer to the little girls. She played so well with them. She was awesome.

Our family
Gramps and Marley

best buds

Jen brought bird houses for the kids to paint. They loved it.

Koen just hangin' out.

Cory and Koen

Little man Koen

Boden and Parker on a Bear hunt.

Playing with gramps, Boden, Piper, and Meg.

Cousins, they had so much fun together

Marley and Koen at the bridge

At the bridge looking at the fish

Mom and Dad 35 years

Ko boy swiming

Lilly and Marley

Swiming

The Girl Can Sleep Anywhere

2009-05-26T17:28:00.002-06:00

I love nap time for my kids but when they reach a certain age they wont go to sleep at night when I want them too, and so I end up taking away nap time. I like my time a night with all my kids asleep. Well since I have taken Piper's naps away I seem to find her all over my house asleep on the floor. Poor little girl just wants to sleep and her mean mom wont let her.

Boden's Preschool Graduation

2009-05-26T15:20:00.002-06:00

Boden Graduated from preschool last week. He did such a good job in his program. It was really cute. He is such a good boy and I can't believe he will be starting kindergarten in just a few months. My boy is growing up.

Boden and Dylan

Miss Sherry

His class

My Baby is 4 months old.

2009-05-09T17:29:00.004-06:00

Koen is 4 months old today. I just can't believe how fast that has been. He is just the best little boy. He is always happy, and yes he does smile all the time. He likes to be held, which is A OK with me. We love him sooo much.

Our little Garden

2009-05-09T16:59:00.003-06:00

We have never planted a garden before. But some reason this year we wanted to try a little mini garden. The kids planted tomatoes, cucumbers and cantaloupe. So well see how green our thumbs are after this, and see if we can make this work ... we had fun anyway.

Cory's Law day run

2009-05-03T16:35:00.002-06:00

Cory ran in the Pocatello Law day 10k run. He did great. He beat his goal and ran it in 54 min. I took my camera to get a good shot of him finishing, but was a little to late and got the back of him instead of the front. I tried to get another one and, well, he was a little annoyed that I had to have a picture. Anyway, great job honey.

Looking annoyed at me after I said smile.

WooHoo the finish line.

My Pirate

2009-05-03T16:31:00.002-06:00

Arrrr, It was pirate, princess day at pre-school. Yea for Boden, he picked to be a pirate.

Bubbles

2009-04-23T17:56:00.003-06:00

Koen still has a look of shock on his face when I take his picture.

Nice shades

Sunny day walk

Easter, Easter, and More Easter.

2009-04-14T17:00:00.010-06:00

Easter Sunday

It's so hard to get a good picture with everyone looking.

The Easter bunny came to our house.

Everyone got a new pair of shoes, sunglasses and of course chocolate Bunny's.

Easter at the Briscoe's

The goofy grandkids

more grandkids

Piper

Marley and Rylie

Bodie

Koen is tuckered out.

This was a family Easter party at my Aunt Renae's house.

We had lots of cousins attend. We ate a nice dinner and played games. Great times.

Bodie, mom and Piper

Cousins

Annie, Halle, Marley, Piper, Boden, Parker, Tandi, Lilly, Megan and Bridget.

Best Buds

Annie and Marley

by the fish pond

the family

We stared off Saturday the Cottonwood

Easter egg hunt where my great grandma lives.
Pider, Tandi, Halle (not looking) and Megan and

My brother Zach

The kids

Adorable nieces, Megan and Lilly

Boden and his Bike

2009-04-14T16:49:00.001-06:00

So, we have being tryng for a year to teach Boden how to ride a bike. He just wont do it. Well, Saturday, all of his friends were outside riding their bikes and Cory asked Bodie if he wanted to try. He agreed, but told Cory that he had to hold on to him the entire time. So he got on his bike and off he went. When he got to the other side of the street he stoped, and looked back and had a look of shock on his face. Cory wasn't behind him, and he realized he did it all by himself. He shouted. "I just knew it would be easy." He is a funny kid. After that, it has been really hard to tear him away from his bike.

Piper asked to get her picture taken too.

Leslie's Birthday

2009-04-14T16:36:00.003-06:00

A couple days ago it was my birthday. My sister Stacy came over with lunch for me, and we spent the afternoon watching the kids play. After she left, I put my hair in a pony tail and started to clean my house. Cory was working and I didn't expect him home until 8 o'clock. But surprise, surprise, as I was loading the dishwasher, Cory walked in with 2 dozen roses and a babysitter. OH, was I happy, I ran down the hall and ripped that pony tail out to go on a date with my husband ALONE. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. We ate slow and got to talk to each other with NO interruptions, Ya, it was very nice. I love my birthday.

Cute Baby

2009-04-04T18:38:00.004-06:00

I just can't get enough of these kids. They all make me smile

Taco Salad

2009-04-02T18:10:00.002-06:00

1 lb hamburger
1 can chili
3-4 Tbs (La Victoria green taco sauce)
MIX AND COOL

1 head of lettuce
shredded cheese
1/2 bag Nacho cheese Doritos
tomato
avocado

the Sauce
1 1/4 c. miracle whip
1/4 c. ketchup
2 Tbs. La Victoria green taco sauce

We had this taco salad at my Bunco group the other night
and everyone wanted the recipe. Thanks Holly.

ST. George and Las Vegas

2009-03-26T19:46:00.007-06:00

Wow, what a vacation we just had. We went to sunny St. George for my cousin Todd's wedding. It was so nice to be in warm weather, we were so happy. We shopped and went swimming, and had a great time. The wedding was very nice, and it was fun to see the St. George temple. We took lots of pictures. Then after the wedding, the next morning we drove to Las Vegas to play around. There we went to see tigers, to the Shark Reef Aquarium, the M&M factory and lots more. We for sure had a lot of fun, and we were very tired. We came home on Tuesday and did not want to leave.

Driving in our car, we were happy to get out of town.
All 8 grandkids
The grandkids
Parker, Boden. Tandi, Piper, Lilly, Marley, Koen and Megan

Parker and Boden

The kids on the steps at the Temple

Our Family in front of the temple

The Merrills

The St. George Temple

Koen and Piper taking a nap

Playing a Horse Racing game in the Excalibur.

We were watching a movie that Stacy, Zach, and the kids made.

My family at the Luxor

Tandi and Piper chilllin in the strollers.

My little Brother Zach just had his 22 birthday. He is a cutie.

Tandi, Piper, Parker, Marley and Bo

In front of the sign

In a big tunnel of fish all around.

Zach, Marley and Bo

Looking at the Sting Ray. They are in a big pool and you can pet them if you want.

Looking at the Sting Ray.

The alligator at the Aquarium

Boden and Parker

The GREEN M&M

The M&M race car

Our family in front of the Excalibur

Parker and Boden loved the dancing water.

Stacy, Marley and Me in front of the Bellagio Hotel

Koen 2 months

2009-03-25T12:19:00.002-06:00

Last week Koen had his Dr. Appointment, and his two month shots. He did super. He is weighing in at 11 lbs 10 oz. He is seriously carrying it all in his cheeks. He is smiling at us now, which we love. He is such a good boy and I am loving every minute with this little boy of mine.

Marley's Baptism and Birthday, Koen's Blessing

2009-03-11T11:24:00.009-06:00

This last weekend was a special day for our family. We had a Baptism and a Blessing. Marley had her 8th birthday. This birthday she was so excited for because it was also her baptism day. She had made the decision a long time ago that this is what she wanted to do. She was very prepared, and very proud to become a member of the church. Her dad was the lucky one that baptized her. We also blessed our baby Koen on this day. What a proud mother I am. I will always remember the wonderful feeling of happiness and gratitude that I had when I saw these two little children get their blessings from their father.

After the blessing and Baptism we went over to our church building and had a luncheon and a birthday party for Marley. It was so much fun and so very nice. We had a lot of family and friends come. Thank you everyone that came for your love and support.

Marley and Daddy

Koen and Marley on their special day.

Our Family

Marley

Koen

Great Grandma's

Gramdpa Vern and Grandma Sandy
Great Grandma Hartley

Lacie, Chloe, Marley, and Rylie

Marley and Chloe

Lilly and Marley
Most of the kids at the kids table

Everyone was singing Happy Birthday to Miss Marley

Her Birthday Cake that Aunt Lori made. It was SO GOOD.

Mar and her presents.

The Accident

2009-03-10T09:56:00.004-06:00

His dad said "BODEN stop, someone is going to get hurt."

She cried a lot, but now thinks her eye is pupleicious.

Bathtime

2009-03-04T13:39:00.003-07:00

This is Koen taking a bath. He really cracks me up because he is so serious looking all the time. He mostly raises an eyebrow and looks at me like I'm a weird mama. I'm just trying to get him to smile.

Boden's 5th Birthday

2009-02-27T11:30:00.002-07:00

Boden turned 5 a few days ago. He had his first birthday party with friends. He invited a few friends and the rest were cousins. He had a pirate party, and ten boys shouting "Arrrrrrr" as loud as they could was so wonderful. We had a treasure hunt, and walk the plank. They also ate pirate food, cake, ice cream, and peanut butter sandwiches. It was a fun day for Bo.

Koen is 6 weeks old

2009-02-20T17:56:00.004-07:00

What a COOL little guy we have.

He is starting to smile, it's real hard to get one out of him though, he is very serious. He gets more and more alert everyday. He likes to watch every move I make, I think he likes me. He is very sweet. He LOVES to eat and is growing so fast. He sleeps most of the night waking up once to eat, but then goes right back to sleep. He knows his mama needs her sleep. How could we be so lucky.

Thanks Aunt Jen and Uncle Nate for the Bumbo. He likes it.

We are a Happy Family

2009-02-14T20:14:00.007-07:00

We had a Great Valentines Day. All I wanted was a date with my Valentine and NO kids. That's what I got. We had a fun night of dinner and a movie. It was wonderful, but I do admit that when the movie was over I couldn't wait to go and get my little monkeys. My mom and dad took my kids along with my brothers 2 and my sisters 2 kids. They had a house full. The kids had so much fun with all of their cousins and their Gramps and Gram.

More baby pictures

2009-02-05T17:13:00.002-07:00

Koen is growing so fast. Tomorrow he will be 4 weeks old. Time flies so fast it is crazy. We all are enjoying him so much.

Koen and Daddy

Koen and the sisters

Brothers

The little mama, and crazy in the background.

Mr. Cheeks

2009-02-05T17:11:00.001-07:00

This is a good shot at how chubs his cheeks really are.

Koen

2009-01-26T14:09:00.003-07:00

Koen is growing so fast. I can't believe that we have had him for two weeks already. He is doing very well and eating like a champ. We love him to pieces, and his brother and sisters can't get enough of him.