Island Park!!

Well we went to Island Park like 2 1/2 weeks ago and had a complete blast with Jake's fam!! We went on a canoe ride down the river, went to Firehole in Yellowstone and jumped in the rushing water and of course we played on four wheelers for a day.


We all took the four wheelers up to the top of Sawtelle and took in the awesome view of Island Park and Max Inn......um it was A-mazing!


Hello Frisons!! This is one of the only pics I have that Jaylen is actually looking at the camera and not blinking!! YEAH!


Awwww...... the good old parents!! Well I mean.....uh....not old!!


Arianna fell asleep on the way up the mountain, which is really funny cuz it was bumpy and dusty and even rained a little!!


Here's a close-up of the slumbering beauty!


Gilberts getting ready for our trip up the mountain! Rockin sunglasses Lily has, right!! oh yeah!


So this is a pic at the end of the day.....and this is even after many face washings through-out the day. I am a little crazy about being dirty so every time we stopped back at the cabin I washed my face....it felt so nice! And what did I tell you, look at Jaylen.....his eyes are closed silly guy!


Dirty girls!


You really can't see the dirt as well in pics, but let me just confirm that we had a thick film of dirt all over us!! It felt weird....


Oh and I just caught Lily chilling out on the deck like this......legs crossed just hanging out in her lady bug chair. I have never seen her sit like this before!! It was so cute!


Right before bed, what happy little girls!! These girls are so funny together.....they are finally at the age where Arianna can play with Lily pretty well.....sharing is hard though of course.

SWEET NEPHEW JACKSON!!!

April and Markham had this sweet little guy July 23rd, he is actually 2 weeks old today!! When this pic was taken he was only
a couple of days old.....awwwwww

Congrats to April and Markham!!! We were so happy to meet this little guy, and I know you were too!! We are glad to have him a part of the fam. and get the chance to see him grow up......We love you Jackson!


BeAr LaKe!!!

So we took a little day trip to Bear Lake with the Wittwers and played in the water. It was great!! Lily and Arianna loved playing in the shallow with their little blow up animals!! They are such good friends and love to play together!




Arianna is always pulling some cute little face!!


And this pic I took at a get-together at Dylan and Ashley's .........I totally forgot about it until I started looking through my pics and stumbled onto this........Markham, he randomly put this little look together. As you can see Katie is like.....what the crap, actually she looks a little scared! What an intense ninja....i think!!

Catch up!!!

jAkE's 26th


So Jake turned 26th about a month ago......hmmmm...sorry guys! But I made him a cake and had his fam. over for a celebration!!


I think this picture is funny because........well..........sorry babe but, I hate the mustache and this pic just accentuates this little feature!! On that note....he still blew out all his candles!! Good job babe!!


After the candles........beware of smoke inhalation!!


This pic was not as good as I hoped.....well Ash looks beautiful, but me and Parks look under the influence of some illegal narcotics or something!!


Here's those cute Gilberts!! Lily is off hugging her cuz or playing with Zoe.....you know constantly playing!!


Oh yeah see, here she is with Arianna giving some sweet hugs!!


Amber and Arianna


And Jake's parents, Gentry, Amber and Arianna just hanging out......and I think that is Jake's leg in the corner trying to make an apperance!!

PARKER TURNS 3!!!

Here is little Parker with his cupcake cake that Ash made....good job Ash, they were tasty!!
I think he was a little embarrassed!!


Awwww...Ash and Parks with his new flashlight and crazy light ball.....I have to say that thing was cool!! hint: We gave him the ball...oh yeah

What a little handsome boy!! He is growing up too fast!!


I think he liked his flashlight...I guess he had been wanting one for awhile, he was so stoked! He's just testing it out on the ceiling!


Parkie also got a brand new bike from Ashley's parents, it is a pretty sick bike!! And he's got to be safe with his manly Cars helmet!


Sweet Kaity wanted to play with all of Parks new toys, while Parker was golfing, Kaity took advantage of this opportunity to put that helmet on and ride his bike!! It was pretty big for her, but with daddy's help she completed her short bike ride!



Kaity was never far from Parker when he was opening presents, many times through-out the day she said, "Where are my presents?" Awww...it was so cute! She was a good helper


EXCITED......maybe....


This was kind of a double party for Parks and Jake with my family. Jake turned 26.....yikes, but unfortunatley I didn't make his cake until we had his shindig with his fam....so pics to come of that!!

The other two sibs and their awesome spouses!


~~fOoD sHoW!!!~~

So a couple of weeks ago Jake and the other managers at work got to go to the annual Associated Food stores.....food show. I of course had to work and missed out on all the fun! But Jake came home with all this loot.....and guess how much it cost us.......um nothing!!! I was so excited for free food, there was a lot of junk food, energy drinks, cases of water, bread, fruit, granola bars, gum, chips, and paper towels even!! We split it with our good friend Rex (pictured) they look pretty stoked huh?! Oh and thanks Janelle for showing Jake the ropes on all the free food!!



Here's a close up of the loot!!

Our new furry friend and home

Well we are all moved into the house and we love it!!! We actually moved in a week later than planned and when you are already so anxious to move in.....a week feels like forever!! Anyway we are so happy and loving our own place!!

So my mom and sister came from out of town to see the house and hang out and Ash came and hung with us too!!! It was great fun!! Kaity and Parker were sure happy to play together!!! Thanks for coming over guys!!



And we have been planning to get our kitty when we moved in too....so we have her and she is such a little cuddly bear!! So, meet Zoey!!!


So I think Zoey melts Jake's heart, it is so cute he wants her to cuddle and sleep on him!!

What a little funny!! She loves to cuddle up with you close to your face......not really like here though, she's all sprawled out!!!

HOME SWEET HOME!!!

So I am sorry to have kept our big news secret.......but I wanted to make sure everything was solid before we started blabbing to everyone!! So.......we bought a house and we make the move May 21st!!!! YEAH!!! We will miss our apartment dearly.....um not so much, we are so stoked!!! So here is going to be the place we call "Home".
I had some people thinking we were pregs.....sorry to disappoint, but that's next on the list!!

The snow makes for not a great pic.....looks too cold!! It doesn't look like that now though!!! Spring has finally maybe sprung here in Logan!! Yipee!!



One other pic of the house that we took really fast......More pics to follow when we actually move-in!!!

MoRe BiRtHdAyS!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Seester and Dyn!!!

Aprils bday is the 15th and Dylan's is the 12th so their birthdays usually get combined, it is so fun!!!

How cute is that.....pregs and buzz......


Right after blowing out their candles on their cakes, that makes for a lot of smoke!!
All the rest of us were thinking we were really the lucky ones....two kinds of delicious cake......oh my heck yummy!! Good job mom and Ash


Parker wanted to set the house of fire with the "aim n' flame"....to his disappointment, his parents didn't find that so appealing!!


Katie was so scared of Sylvie.......a big nasty monster who wanted to eat her......um no, but you would have thought that was true if you saw Katie when Sylvie came around!! Sylvie is Ash and Dyn's sweet little mellow cat that will let you do anything to her!!! Katie kept backing away from her and saying, "I Scarred".

See here she is seeking comfort from her daddy.....but when the camera comes out, she forgets all her fears and cheeses it up!!


Jake and Monte recovering from all the food intake. We all look a little tired and lethargic, we ate so much food!!! Ashley loves to stuff us, it was fabulous Ash!!! Thanks


It was so awesome we could all get together, I love it!! We wish we were all in Cache Valley, but Syracuse and Burley aren't really that far away, so we are lucky it isn't further for everyone to come together. Love you all!!! It was great to see ya'all. Happy bday Dyn and April!!!

Momma's bday!!!

Okay so my mom's bday was like a month ago.......but I have been slacking on the whole blogging thing so here it is late!!


Isn't this the greatest candid, I tried to catch them off guard........

We all came home to celebrate and we went to my mom's restaurant of choice, Gerdies! It's this really good pizza place that serves every kind of pizza you could want!!! Even dessert pizza!! They come around to the tables with all these pizzas and you choose what you want. It was so fun and yummy!! Good choice momma!


What a sweet little Katie keeping her aunt Lindsey's lap warm!!
I think she just knew Aunt Lindsey would give her some yummies!!

How cute are those Tibs!!


Hello Carrolls!!


So the kids loved grandma's brownies we made her, you can see here Katie is very serious!



These two are so funny, it used to be like pulling teeth to get them to both look at the camera.......at the same time. Although, now if you even get a camera out they are both automatically looking at you saying, "CHEESE!" It makes for easy pics!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!


Markham and Dylan are pulling such nice......normal......sweet faces and then there is Jake....never serious!!

Momma, it was fun seeing you on your birthday, we were happy we got to share it with you!!
We don't get to come home and see you guys as often as we want! We love you!!