February 2011

Emma can sit a little!

Megan took Emma to her bed early one morning,

where they both fell back asleep.

Eddie took down the lights with a neighbor's lift,

and his dad helped hold it.

Joshua and Grandpa Carter building another test

bench for the Eagle Project.


Happy Valentine's Day! We love each other!

Happy 6th Birthday, Zachary!

We had a neighbor make balloons for the kids.

They also played pin the soccer player on the

soccer ball, hide and go seek, had a cup cake walk,

ate pizza, and had a treasure hunt for treat bags.

It's a good thing Eddie and Megan were there to help!

Joshua finished building 16 benches for his Eagle

Project with lots of help from family and friends.

Zachary built a snowman the morning of the Eagle

Project, but by that night it was falling over.


I can't seem to get Emma to smile for pictures!

January 2011

Happy New Year!

Zachary just decided to read the Book of Mormon

on his own! He has already read several chapters!

Joshua is a great basketball player on the Jr. Jazz team

and on his Young Men's team.

Megan is doing great playing basketball with

the Young Women this year.


We had a fun family outing to the Mayan Restaurant -

we're watching the divers here.

Then we went to a movie - Emma's first time!

Megan played a flute solo of "I Am a Child of God"

with a friend accompanying her on the piano for

Young Women's New Beginnings night.

Joshua has started his Eagle Project - he is sitting on

his first bench he built (with his dad's help) - the benches

will be for the Stake Girls' Campsite.


Joshua and Megan went skiing with their dad for

Martin Luther King Day.


Zachary, Megan, her friend, and I went sledding

after it snowed - not a lot stuck, but it was still fun!

Joshua built a snowman in our backyard after it

snowed a little.


Joshua had fun on a Scout Klondike snow camping

trip - his dad went, too, even though he was sick!

December 2010

Happy Holidays!

Our beautiful Emma in her Christmas dress:

Megan and Zachary had fun at a BYU Christmas party

for families, while Eddie took Joshua to his Jr. Jazz

basketball game.

Eddie and I also enjoyed a couple dinner parties

in December with BYU and also a law firm.

At a friend's wedding:

Eddie's way of putting on Christmas lights:


We loved our fresh grand fir tree:

Joshua and Megan had a combined concert at

their junior high school.

It snowed during school break before Christmas, so of course

the kids enjoyed sledding - Megan brought her friend.

The kids thought it was funny to give Emma the

remote as she sat on the couch with them.


Zachary and Megan had fun ice-skating at a

friend's birthday party.

Enjoying a cousin's birthday party.

We had a fun "Feliz Navidad" Christmas Eve party

with aunts, uncles and cousins, and Pop-Pop.



At home we acted out the Nativity story with the missionaries.

The missionaries were great fun, and came over on Christmas, too.
We opened party crackers that the missionary from Wales brought

over, which had musical whistles inside that we played songs with.

We got to enjoy some time with Pop-Pop on Christmas morning.

Emma wearing "Baby's 1st Christmas" sleeper:


The day of the tragic fire which burned down most of

the Provo Tabernacle - Megan really wanted to see

it. We saw a picture of Christ that got burned all

around the painting, except on Christ's body!