St. Patrick's Day

The tricky Leprechaun was up to his shenanigans again this year!

 Addi and Brax woke up to find that he had taken Braxton's karate belts and Addi's basketball jerseys and put them in odd places.

 At least he left clues so the kids could find his pot of gold.

 Green pea soup, green jello, green grapes, green breadsticks and lime-aid for supper.

Of course we can't forget the key lime pie for dessert.

Family photos

We had some photos taken ever Christmas break with everyone home.  It was so fun to have everyone together for a couple of weeks.

16 years and Christmas Eve

Addi finally had her 16th birthday on December 21.  She was so excited.

Christmas Eve with everyone home for the first time in 2 years.

Jordan returns from Mexico City!

 Our first look as Jordan arrives at the airport in Calgary.

 The hug I have been waiting to have for two years!

 The family.  (Syd could only be with us through FaceTime.)  We wish she could have been here in person.

 Jordan's good friends, Morgan Duce and Dallon Martin, drove all the way up from Lethbridge to see him in the middle of finals week then immediately drove back.  Thanks guys!

 Uncle Rich flew up from Utah.  We love having Rich here with us.

Granny and Grandpa come to see him as well.

Last bits of summer and first day of school.

Addison's club basketball team got to attend a camp at Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington.  They had such a great time.  They won 7 of their 9 games.  Way to go Airdrie Avengers!!  Since Addi was  born in Washington, she told everyone that she was going back to the "motherland".

Addi is the fourth from the left.

In July we went down to Idaho to pick up Sydni from BYU-I.  We spent a few days with family as well.

 Me and my girls back together again!

 Sydni turned 19 on August 4th.  Addi and I thought we were really funny by decorating in a Justin Bieber theme.  I think Syd actually loved it.  She is not afraid to admit that she is a Belieber!

 We went to see Mary Poppins to celebrate Syd's birthday.

September came way to fast and now we are back to school.

 Braxton on his first day of grade 8.

Addi begins grade 11.

More visitors!

We were so excited to have my mom and dad, my brother Rich, my brother Ken and his wife Andrea and their two cute daughters, Halle and Embree come to visit.  They have always wanted to see the Calgary Stampede so this was their year.  We loved having them here!

 Enjoying the rodeo.

 Me and my mom!

Braxton loved trying to make Embree smile

The whole gang!

First round of summer visitors!

We are so excited that we are having lots of visitors this summer.  At the end of June we welcomed my sister Keri and nieces Steffi, Weslee and Shaylee.  We had so much fun!  We started off with a trip to Banff.  While there we had a picnic, went on a hike to see the falls, walked through downtown and ended the day with a trip to the hot springs.

Keri, Weslee, Addi, Steffi, Shaylee, DeeAnn and Braxton on our hike.

For supper we went to Eddie's hamburgers.  They serve burgers that are certainly out of the ordinary.  You could have anything from pineapple to peanut butter and jelly on them.  Steffi actually had the one with peanut butter and jelly and said she liked it.  

We stopped so they could all see the Calgary temple that is just about completed.

 This is from our Canada Day celebration.  We grilled hotdogs and made homemade poutine.  Dessert was red velvet cake.  That night we laughed for hours playing games.  We sure loved having them here.