Josh was ordained a deacon

Josh was ordained a deacon into our church on August 9, 2009. His Grandma Halliday, Uncle Bruce, Aunt Amanda and cousin Gali came to be with him. So pleased with Josh and his decission, he is so excited to pass the sacrament. Alycia was so excited to have a GIRL to play with she loves her cousin.

Garden of the gods

We love going to Garden of the Gods and hiking, Ed's brother and family came to visit along with Ed's mom, we went to Garden of the God's, so pretty. We have been there before but this is the first time we have seen people climbing the rocks, so neat.

Chicago cubs game

For Josh's birthday he got Cubs tickets, he is a MAJOR Chicago cubs fan, his room is even decorated in it. Ed and Josh went to Denver to the game, he had a great time first time he has seen them play, sad that they lost, but had a good time with Ed, and enjoy going to Fuddruckers for dinner.

trip to santa's workshop

Ed's mom, brother, SIL and niece came to visit us, we had a great time. One of the days we went to Santa's workshop, it a small amusement park that is all Christmas. Alycia had a half day that day, we wanted Alycia to be able to go so we took Zach and Alycia while the big boys were at school. We had a great time. They loved the big candy cane slide, and all the other rides. Zach didn't want to see Santa so I got a picture of Ed with Zach next to Santa, lol.

a day of fishing

Every year before school starts we take a camping trip, well this year the camping part got cancelled as Ed had a funeral to be at, so instead we just went fishing. The kids loved it, we didn't catch anything, but the kids loved to climb the rocks and loved casting the line. We had a nice time, and what a pretty lake.

Alycias first day of school

Alycia's first day of school, they had all the girls go at one time, and boys at a separate time on the first day and the parents came with them, was only for 45 minutes just to get warmed up, then the next day it was all alone. Alycia loves school, and her teacher.

first day of school

Kids first day of school was on Aug. 5th, Josh is in 7th grade and goes to the middle school, Aaron is in 5th grade and Tyler in 2nd. So far they seem to be making friends and liking school. Alycia is in half day kindergarten and doesn't start till the 10th.