Easter 2012

Easter this year was celebrated over 2 days for our family. Tyler, Danielle and their boys had been staying at my house the 2 days prior to Easter so we decided to do the sand dunes on Saturday so they wouldn't have to make a separate trip back to Fillmore.

The events started with the annual Fillmore City Easter Egg Hunt

Rylee, Kaden, Halle, Jesse and Broox

Rylee, Cigi and Broox playing in the sand

Halle climbing the dune

Steven, Marilee, Danielle and Tyler

Me, Kayli, Vance, Chandler and my dad

Jesse playing on the dunes

Then on Sunday after church, the kids got to open their Easter gifts from Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Alisca

Rylee likes getting new clothes



Halle and Jesse in their Easter outfits after church

The last Easter "celebration" was an Easter egg hunt in my parent's yard

Helping

Rylee likes to "help" make dinner, wash the dishes, etc. She thinks shes really doing something when the water is on in the sink and she's splashing around in it.



Christmas 2011

I'll let the pictures do the talking. Rylee LOVED her new couch - Halle has a hard time with all the attention and Jesse was just happy to have somewhere to build his legos.

Temple Square Lights

Back in December (yes, I realize how far behind I am), my family came up to go to Temple Square and do some Christmas shopping. The kids loved seeing the lights at the temple even if it was really cold outside. Rylee was in awe of everything she saw.

Lots of catching up to do

Now that the Olympics are over and things have slowed down for a couple of weeks in my life, my goal is to post at least one "event" on here every day (or every other day) until I am caught up on this blog. It's so easy to get behind on here and my mission is to get you up-to-date on the happenings in the family. Now I have to go dig up my pictures from the past 9 months or so :) Wish me luck!

Saying goodbye to an important piece of our childhood

After Grandma passed away, we decided to sell her house since no one in the family needed it. Vance took some time off work and did a lot of the repairs himself. We spent many days cleaning and painting the whole house getting it ready to be sold. Right before Thanksgiving, the house sold and it was a bittersweet moment (for me at least). I know it's not Grandma & Grandpa's house anymore, but I still catch myself looking down the street to see if anyone is visiting Grandma. My mom took some pictures of the outside so we could remember what it looked like.

The "service porch" - There used to be this giant bush where Halle is standing and we would swing on the railing and try not to get scratched by the bush :)

The fireplace was a fun place to play when we were little. I cut my hand pretty bad on a coal bin that used to be right next to it when I was about 6.

This tree would shed it's bark every fall and we spend plenty of time "helping" that process along. It also had these balls that fell out of it and if you broke them open, you would itch for hours. There were a pair of nunchucks in the branches for years. I'm still not 100% sure how they got there but I do know they are gone now.

We spent MANY hours of our lives at Grandma Sade & Grandpa Gunner's house. Lots of memories were created here (including the time our parents left all of the grandkids with grandma and grandpa and we were naughty so grandma made us all sit in a different corner and read the boring Presidents of the US books). I had a sign made for Grandma several years ago that said: "Grandma's House - where cousins go to become friends". That is definitely true for our family. We spent every holiday at this house and we grew closer as a family. We miss Grandpa and Grandma terribly but know that another family is making memories in this house now.

Halloween 2011

We were able to go to the Holden Ward Party for Halloween this year. The kids had fun with Broox but he wasn't feeling the group picture. Halle was Mermaid Barbie, Rylee was a Unicorn, and Jesse was a Raiders player.

Broox the devil (with Grandma Bonnie)

On actual Halloween Halle had her hair dyed pink to go with her costume

Rylee loved her costume

Grandma Sade's Birthday

We had a family gathering to celebrate Grandma Sade's birthday. We had dinner and then visited the cemetary.

Steven, my dad, Kayli, Danielle, Vance and Tyler checking out the headstone

Nick, Beth, my mom and Rylee
Rylee

She got tired after running around at the cemetary

Discussing something important, I'm sure

Broox & Rylee - I'm not sure if she's sharing or trying to get it away from him

Tyler and the boys playing basketball

Bonnie & Kayli

Vance

Jesse & Karsten always play well together (even though Jesse looks upset)

Warner Family reunion 2011

Again, with the not letting me move the pictures down from the top.... This fall we had a Warner Family Reunion and also celebrated Grandpa Jerry's 80th birthday. Both of Grandpa's brothers were there as well as some of their kids. It was a lot of fun to visit with everyone and of course we ate well.

Jesse, Halle and Brynlee swinging

Caitlyn insisted on holding Rylee even though she is as big as her :)

Rylee and Luke

Jack

Mark (with his headband) holding Rylee

Me making the homemade rootbeer

Eating

Grandpa with his birthday cake Marilee made for him

Grandma and Grandpa

The Warner boys: Dave, Jerry and Jim