ST. George and Las Vegas

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

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

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

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

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

Bathtime

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

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

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

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

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

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