It's been a LONG time since I've updated so here's the quick version of what we've been up to for the last 6 months...

SEPTEMBER

fall football

soccer

back to utah for matt & sarah's wedding

rachel & royce's(5) birthday

OCTOBER

Halloween

We had the Rank's over for dinner and trick-or-treating.

John & the kids went all out decorating the ranger.

We lucked out to have a beautiful, warm evening... So much fun!

Myla was a volleyball player (of course)

Ashlee was an egyptian (again)

Jad was Anikin Skywalker (or a GQ model wearing a tunic)

Royce was Indiana Jones

john's birthday

finishing up our yard...

We have a beautiful, enormous tree in our side yard.

John made 2 rope swings and tied them to the tree.

The kids love them! They play on them hours at a time.

Best $16 we've ever spent

playing in the fall leaves

NOVEMBER

jad's(7) birthday

we got a friend for hemsey (not my idea!)... this is harley

DECEMBER

Christmas...

Brian, Shelley and kids came to visit a few days after Christmas

We had a great time

JANUARY & FEBRUARY

volleyball, volleyball & more volleyball

we live and breath it lately.

Myla is playing club volleyball for Southwinds Rising Volleyball Club

She LOVES it and we LOVE watching her play

John & I went to a Keith Urban concert.

Jake Owen opened for him...

Loved it!!!!

2011 Utah Summer Fun

partying in Park City

welcoming baby Calvin to the world

on the 4th of July

lighting off fireworks

(john's annual kids parachute launch)

celebrating Ashlee's 10th birthday

attending Sarah's bridal shower

helping G'pa out with his "honey do" list

planting flower pots with uncle John

loving on newborn baby Calvin

playing at the Alpine splash pad and park

riding scooters

riding 4 wheelers

just hangin' out

lunch and swimming with the Sparks

swimming at the Lehi pool

hiking to Battle Creek Falls

swimming at the barn

love my cousins!

can't believe we are all grown ups with kids...

picking raspberries

meeting up with Sparks in Salt Lake

Back in Kansas...

we moved into our new home (yipee)

couple picts to remember what it looked like clean

before we moved all of our mess in

we spent the rest of the summer getting our house put together,

swimming at our neighborhood pool

and making a lot of new friends

what a GREAT summer!!!