My Cute Brianna

Brianna has grown up so much while we have lived in Harrisburg. She is so sweet and has such a love for her family. She is very obedient, responsible and helpful! I can always count on her to help me out and have a good attitude about it. She takes after her mom and likes being pampered (note the fancy glass that her water is in with her breakfast).This bottom picture is her reading the American Girl catalog.

My Family

It had been a really long time since we had a picture taken. We had the opportunity to do that when Keith got home from his mission. My mom loves this picture because you can tell Keith just got home, he is so happy! I LOVE MY FAMILY! I have the best parents and siblings I could ask for. Each of us is very unique. I love that we all enjoy each other and love to be with each other. It makes me sad when I hear other people talk bad about their siblings. Every night in my prayers I show gratitude for the family I was raised in. They are such a blessing in my life. I am SOOOO excited to move back to Arizona in a few months. WOOHOOO!

Helping Dad

The kids were so excited to be helping Dad out with his truck. Brian is so cute about teaching them stuff like this. I enjoyed the peace and quiet in the house!

Other pictures from my Fall Arizona trip~

WE LOVE OCEAN BLUE! Here is Tamara and I

Bart and Macy (Jenna's cute baby). Tamara being a dork and getting a massage at the mall with Brooklyn watching.

Sisters having lunch after a Last Chance shopping spree!

Keith comes home

Benjamin, my little buddy, on the airplane. It was so fun having just one.
Jenna, my sister and Brooklyn my sister, Tamara's daughter. They are both gorgeous!
Sweet Grandpa and Keith with Aunt Becky and Grandma in the background!

Keith came home in late September and Benjamin and I were lucky enough to go and see him come home. It was such a fun trip. Keith was so full of life and testimony. One of the really neat things is that we were all able to go to the temple together. My mom, dad and all of my siblings were there together. That has never happened before.

We are ditchers!

Shortly after school started we ditched for a week (another perk to Private school is that we can actually go on vacation without being put in jail). It was the first week Brian had off in almost a year. We went to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with Bart and Randi and two of their friends. It was great. We had a big huge beach house and with 13 kids we needed it. We built awesome sand castles, ran on the beach every morning, took naps, played volleyball, played games after kids were asleep, went 4 wheeling on the beach and got stuck a few times (which the men loved, really they did), played wii and rock band, perfectified our tans, went crab fishing, shopped, had wonderful meals, took family bike rides, swam in the pool and soaked in the hot tub. It really was a memorable week.

First day of School

See I am pretty happy too. Just Ben and I all day (except when he is in preschool)
Ben in his preschool class at Crosspoint. His teacher's name is Mrs Fetters
Cutie-Paa-tootey!
Ditto

This post shows how very behind I am on my posts but one of these days I'll get caught up. This year Brianna started 5th grade and Brian 1st grade. They both go to Hershey Christian School. I LOVE their school. It is amazing and worth every penny we have to spend on it. They have wonderful teachers and wonderful friends. They come home telling me Bible stories (better than I know them) and teach me the values (like love, respect, honesty,kindness, generosity) they are learning in addition to what we teach them. They also pray all through out the day. The teachers are allowed to hug them and love them. They are able to freely talk about God's hand in history, science, everything, I feel so blessed to have found this school. This was Brianna's fourth school in four years so it was time for something to work out.