Anna Ontamna or Miley Cyrus???

Apparently the whole Anna Ontamna ( Hannah Montana) / Miley Cyrus thing is a bit too complicated for a 5 year old. Rylie has been completely taken with the idea of Hannah Montana, whenever she sees a shirt or poster of her she gets super excited and yells "Anna Ontamna!!!" Each time we go to redbox she asks if she can rent the Hannah Montana movie. I always try to convince her to get another movie since I know that she has never actually seen the show and she doesn't know anything about it. Tonight Evan decided to take the girls to redbox and let them get whatever they wanted. They, of course, chose Hannah Montana.

Mom (pointing at Miley Cyrus) "Rylie, who is that?"

Rylie "I don't know who it is"

Mom (pointing at Hannah Montana) "Who is that?"

Rylie "Oh, that is Anna Ontamna!!"

Mom "Do you think maybe Hannah Montana is the same as the girl with dark hair?"

Rylie "Noooo Mom! They were in the show together at the same time!"

I spent the last half of the movie trying to help Rylie realize that they are one in the same...she was so confused!

Finally, at the end of the movie when I thought Rylie was catching on and Hannah Montana came out on stage she said "Oh Mom!!! THIS is the REAL Anna Ontama!!!"

Kenzi Rocks!!!!

I am so proud of Mckenzie! She is doing great in school this year. As of now, she has 6 "A's" 1 "B" and one "C." Kenzi has been so great to have live with us. We all love her so much and the girls adore her. Good Job Kenz!!!!

P.E. A

Choir A

Dance A

Computer Tech A

US History A-

English A

Algebra B

Physics C

Happy Birthday Kenzi!!!!

Friday night was filled with a bunch of teenagers as they celebrated McKenzie's 17th birthday. I can't believe she is already 17. We've loved having her live with us and are excited to see her do well over this next year. Kenzi has been so good with the girls and is loving school here in Lehi. She has already met so many people and every day when I pick her up she tells me about another new person she has met. They had a great time playing rockband, eating pizza and playing night games. Here are a few pics...The cake...of course we couldn't do just a 'regular' cake...we got to go all out!


The girls rockin' the mic!

One Month Old!!!!

I can't believe that Dylann has already been with us for one whole month. We are so lucky to have her in our family. She is such a good baby and makes everyone smile when they see her. She started out at a little 7 lbs 1 oz and is now beginning to get some cute little rolls.

She celebrated her 1 month birthday by going to her 1st Real Salt Lake soccer game. She was SO good at the game. Amazingly, she happily slept through the loud crowd and excitement of the game.
After the game we came home, and continued her celebration with sleeping a full 7 hours!!! We love Dylann so much and feel so blessed to have her here happy and healthy.

*of course in our haste to get to the game and make sure we had all of the baby essentials we forgot to bring our cameras so this pic was taken with my phone...not the best quality but we had to get at least one pic.

First Day Of School

The girls were so excited for their first day of school. I guess technically Saige's 1st day isn't until tomorrow but fortunately she had her preschool assessment on the same day that Rylie started school. Saige wants to do everything that Rylie does. In fact, she was mad that I was going to school with her and "Rylie got to go to school all by herself." Either way, I think they both looked beautiful! I can't believe that my Rylie is in kindergarten. She really is so grown up.


Saige LOVES her new backpack. Too bad the preschool has asked that they not bring backpacks. I think I have convinced her that it will make a great Sunday bag though.


Waiting to leave for school.

Beautiful Little Soccer Player

Can you believe that my little girl is so grown up? She had so much fun on Saturday at her 1st soccer game of the season.

It was a HOT day but she played her best!

We are excited this year as Rylie started soccer with our good friend Torri as her coach and Evan and I as her assistant coaches. She is going to be a great soccer player! Her Daddy is so proud.

My Beautiful Wife and New Daughter

With all the hustle and bustle of a new one and Val's first full day being home from the hospital falling on her birthday I didn't get a chance to write a Happy Birthday post about Val and tell her how lucky I am to have her in my life. She's a mother of 3 beautiful girls and does nothing but think about them and our family, she is AWESOME! She does so much for our little family and wants us to be happy, that's what makes her happy. I just want to tell her I love her and appreciate Everything she does for me and our girls.

I love you Val!