Merry Christmas!

We can't wait for Christmas. At times I feel like I am living with Santa himself. Jimmie has always made Christmas extra special for me. I love it. Koa only makes it better!

Welcome to Florida Rob

Brothers don't shake hands brothers got to hug!


Rob served his mission here so we got to go to some of his old stomping grounds. Weird I have a sweatshirt on.

Koa is trying to wake Uncle Rob up. Rob enjoyed all of Koa's spit ups on his shirt and most of all loved changing diapers!

South Beach

Koa's First Thanksgiving

We had a great time with friends for Thanksgiving. Although we missed our family on Koa's first Thanksgiving, we are very thankful for friends who have become our family while we live hundreds of miles away from ours! The Clarks were nice to go to all of that work. They set up tables and chairs between their garage and the Fawson's garage which gave us plenty of room. Of course the weather was perfect, even though it is November, that is why we love Florida.

We love Jimmie

Jimmie has been working so hard at school. We are thankful for all the boys that he studies with who help him out daily. With all the hard work he still has found some time for playing. Koa and I love him more every day.

The Everglades...Gator Park

My sister Rhonda and her three kids came out to visit us! We had a blast swimming, playing at the beach, going to play groups, running and visiting the Gator Park. The Gator Park was in Miami and we looked on the website, it said if we get there before ten then you would get one free adult admission into the park. Since we both are trying to save money we were all over that. We loaded up the car at 8:30a.m and thought we would have plenty of time to get there. Don't worry it took us three hours. To say the least we didn't make it for our free admission and the four kids were ready to get out of the car. Rhonda and I always have a fun together even if it is sitting in three hours of Miami traffic.

Beach Fun with Friends

We decided to have dinner at the beach with our buddies, but by the time the guys got back from school it was getting dark pretty quick. It is awesome to live so close to the beach. The water was still warm even at night. We love it here!

Ready for Church

This is one of my very favorite pictures. I just love watching my Dad with Koa. He loves him so much. I would wake up in the moring and my Dad would be holding and talking to Koa. Which was a perfect time for them to spend together since my Dad is such a morning person, 4:45 is just to early for me. I feel extremely lucky to have my Dad in my life. He works so hard day in and day out, what a great example to our family. My Dad is such a fun person to be around. Thanks Dad for all you do. I love you!

Vote Yes on Prop 8

We started our trip out by standing on the street corner with 30 other ward members holding up signs for Prop 8. This is a big deal and if it passes we are going to have a lot of problems. I have been impressed at how awesome the stake members have been in putting in tons of time to educate people on prop 8. My Dad has been making phone calls for hours on Thursday nights and spent tons of time delivering 400 door signs last night. I am glad we had the chance to see all the hard work in action!!

On our way to the street corner!!

Just can't get enough

I was so excited that I got to see the Dixie State Women's soccer team play in their last home game. I got to coach these girls last year and miss it more than anything. I love soccer and as Jimmie would say, it is time to hang up your cleats. As you all know it is in my blood and will forever be. Juli and Laura are my best friends, I loved spending time with them watching the girls kick butt on the field.

Eating at Cafe Rio... kind of a soccer tradition

Alesha and Clint are amazing!!!

Okay really, who looks like this after giving birth to twins three weeks ago? I am so proud of her and Clint. They are doing such a wonderful job being parents, I don't know how they do it with a smile on their faces the whole time. Izzie and Simon are lucky babies. We love you Pezy keep up the good work.

This is the sweetest nursery I have ever seen. But how could I expect anything different from Alesha. She is such an amazing person. She just knows how to make something look awesome. I am jealous!

Izzie and Simon are such cute babies! I am thankful that I got to see them while they are so little. They weigh about 6 pounds now and are doing great.

Christmas is going to be crazy... Grandma are you ready?

Two new babies came to St. George while we were gone

The Bulkley's have been our friends for over five years and they just had their baby boy Boston last month. It was awesome to see them and meet Boston.

Thanks for the ice cream party Susan. We love all of you guys and miss you more than ever. Roxie is the newest addition...she is a cutie.

It may be October but...

the Smiths are in their wet suits on the lake. Steve came up to check out DSC and see if he was interested in going next semester. I had the honors of showing him my favorite town and school. My older brother Gary took us out on the lake. This was Koa's first lake trip. Believe it or not we were the only ones out there. Actually it wasn't cold once you had the full body wet suit on. It was amazing to wake board again. I miss it so much.

We sure do love our FAMILY

It is amazing how much you miss your family and friends when you aren't with them every day or have the privilege of seeing them when ever you want. We had such a good time seeing everyone. Thanks for taking care of Koa and I. We sure did miss having Jimmie with us. It will all pay off.

Can you guess what this is?

Just want to see if anyone can guess what this is.  If you live in Florida please do not guess.  That means you Paul!  There will be a special prize for the one who can guess what it is.  Hint = this was found in Florida.