Jan-Apr 2009

January

I miscarried at 16 weeks and received
a lot of support, flowers, and love to
help me through it - thank you!

Okay, so Zachary was ready for church early

and wanted to play Wii - since it was still so new

and too enticing, we let him play while we got ready.

Playing at the University Mall play area with our friends

Celebrating Cordell's birthday at our house

February

Happy Valentine's Day!

Zachary's 4th birthday!

Zachary loves his Leapster game from us

and other fun presents from us and friends.

He loves the tools for his tool bench from Pop-Pop

And a fun bike from Gramma and Grampa Copa

Zachary had a party at Kangaroo Zoo -

he had fun playing with his friends and family.

Zachary sure looks tired!

Megan, Zachary and I went to the Draper Temple

Open House - it is beautiful!

After his cousin's baptism and

luncheon, we went to a nearby park

and played some ball.

His aunt is so nice to help Zachary

swing the bat, while Pop-Pop umpires.

March

Joshua's favorite sport is basketball -

to watch and play. He really enjoyed

his Jr. Jazz season with his dad as

a coach, and had fun going to a Jazz game.

Megan and her friend enjoyed gymnastics

together at the Center in Provo

Playing in the snow up by Park City, while Eddie

retrieves a toy left at his dad's cabin a couple

weeks earlier when Pop-Pop was here.

Eddie had to cross-country ski to the cabin.

Joshua's 12th birthday!

Joshua wanted his party at the CLAS Ropes

Course near Utah Lake.

The kids had many fun adventures

And enjoyed a zip line

Birthday dinner at the Brick Oven

Zachary enjoyed soccer - mostly just the practices,

but not the games so much.

Megan sold a lot of girl scout cookies to friends,

neighbors, and people at stores.

Joshua at his first Scout Court of Honor -

he earned 5 merit badges, Tenderfoot, Second

Class and First Class badges.

April

We enjoyed a Utah Flash basketball game on

the front row - Eddie got tickets at an auction.

Kimberly especially loved the music that

played during the entire game! (and all the dunks)

These guys both got Flash t-shirts thrown to them.

An early Easter party with friends which included

decorating eggs, egg hunt, water games, etc.

At the annual Countrywide Mortgage Easter

Egg Hunts - for all ages, even adults!

It rained a little, but not very long.

This was Eddie's first time coming with us.

Easter dinner at our house with Honeybaked Ham

Spring Concert

Eddie gave me an early birthday present - an

overnighter at the Hines Mansion. He got this

through an auction, too. Before we stayed there,

Eddie had to perform a marriage in Spanish and

English for a couple in our stake - his first time.

Victorian Rose room - not as fancy as the

Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake, but just as fun.


Late April snow!

We loved seeing our new niece and

nephews!

At Cordell's graduation - we hosted Mom and Dad

at our house and had some fun times! We sure

will miss Cordell when he goes to Houston!

Christmas 2008

The kids enjoyed a Christmas party at BYU

Joshua and Megan were in a Christmas concert together.

Zachary won a coloring contest at Macey's,

and got to gather as much candy as he could

for one minute as a prize. He ended up with

four bags full, but was a little overwhelmed

by it all!

We had a lot of snow before Christmas, and the kids loved shoveling and sledding.

We had fun watching a Christmas Light Parade
in Spanish Fork with the cousins.

We had a fun Christmas Eve doing the Nativity
Scene in Lehi at the Drakes with the cousins.

We had a gift exchange, and we love the game,
Blokus, that the Fugals gave us.

Christmas Morning

Some favorite presents:

The kids' most favorite present!

Kimberly loved the Wii Fit she got, too!

We went sledding Christmas afternoon.

After Christmas we went to California to stay

with Mom and Dad. As usual, they spoiled us

with a Santa bag and more Christmas presents.

We had a great time at Rock Canyon park.

Carleton helped Joshua to climb cliffs, while we

climbed up smaller rocks and into caves.

We also had a blast at Six Flags

Discovery Park. Joshua went on all

the big rides all day with his dad and

uncles - the uncles got sick and didn't

last as long.


Megan and Zachary enjoyed the kid rides and
fun animal shows.

Megan got to pet the elephant!

Zachary loves his cousin, Apollo, and had a

great time playing with him. They even have

matching shirts.

Megan really enjoyed playing with Apollo, too.

Zachary had fun with Gramma's toys and puzzles.

The kids had a lot of fun when their cousins,

Ethan, Avery and Gavin came.

We also enjoyed the Oakland Temple lights,

and the house with the most lights ever!