New School Year

It is hard to believe another school year is here. Summer always goes by too fast. Even when I was a kid I was never ready for school to start and I wanted it to be summer forever. I have to admit that it has been nice getting back into a schedule. It has been fun to have some alone time with Brody. I am sure that he has appreciated the alone time too.Here is Addy with her cute carpool friend Nic. She wasn't thrilled to go back to school but she had a good time anyways.
Addy picked out her "famous" sweater to wear on the first day. Anything she thinks is cool she refers to as famous.
Here is Ethan waiting for the bus. I have the same picture from last year, now he is just a little bit bigger. It is hard to believe I am the mother of a second grader.
What a great group of kids, they have always been so good to look out for Ethan.

Fancy Birthday Tea Party

For Addy's party she wanted to have a fancy tea party. I am not very creative and did not know where to begin. Luckily my friend Deena let me copy all of her tea party ideas and she also introduced me to "Fancy Nancy" what a life saver. The party was an absolute hit and the pictures don't even do it justice. I think that because the girls were all dressed up they felt they must play the part so they were very well behaved and hardly made a peep while they were eating


This is the invitation
This is the fancy table


This is the fancy food

These are the fancy guests


These are the Fancy Cupcakes
Fancy party complete

Birthday Girl

Addy turned 5 last Monday and I can hardly believe it. She is growing up before my very eyes. She has started to become a lot more independent and it is fun to watch her taking care of Brody. She went from always saying that she can't to finally trying things out on her own. She has been asking to help out with chores and has been stepping up to take care of things when Ethan is not around.

Here are the top 10 fun things about Addy

1. She loves to dress up and wear make up.

2. She also loves to dance and is excited to be in dance class this year

3. When she thinks something is cool she likes to use the words fabulous and famous

4. She has an amazing imagination and can keep herself entertained for hours and hours

5. She loves to sing and she knows most of the words to all the songs on the radio.

6. She usually always carries around some sort of stuffed animal she especially loves her dog pinky poo and cat named recess.

7. Addy loves animals and keeps asking for a puppy and hamster. I tell her that we already have a puppy Zeke but she said that he is a dog and not a puppy. I don't think she realizes that puppies don't stay puppies forever.

8. Addy is finally swimming in the deep part of the pool, with floaties of course. (baby steps)

9. Addy loves to be with the older girls in the neighborhood and they are nice enough to let her tag along.

10. Her new favorite game is secret agent so she is always sneaking around the house saying I am a secret agent so you can't see me

Addy is so fun and I am excited to see what she learns this year!!!

When she got her bike she said wow this is the best bike ever.
Strike a pose
We celebrated with the grandparents and Addy's favorite food lasagna and cake.


The dress ups from Grandma were a hit.

Summer Time

I have not done a very thorough job of documenting the summer. The camera always seems to be left behind. It missed the entire trip to Park City where we spent the 4th of July watching parades, fire works, faces getting painted and riding the alpine slide and coaster. Then it missed the entire St. George 24th of July trip too. I managed to pull out the camera right before we left Bear Lake. So here are a couple of pictures of the Fearsome Foursome and the Master of Disaster. Addy had a great time with her big cousin Courtney and she even went tubing with her. She would not go with anyone else. This was a major break through. Brody had a blast at the beach stealing everyone's beach toys. Ethan was very helpful keeping track of the younger ones. Here's to another fantastic Bear Lake Trip
Fearsome Foursome

Master of Disaster

Marsh Crew

Jason's Brother Ben and his wife Kara came to visit this weekend, along with Jason's sister Marie and her darling kids Evan and Kennen. This was a first time meeting for Kennen and he is a super cute kid. Ethan and Addy always look forward to having Evan visit. Grandpa and Brody hanging out


The Marsh Girls
The Marsh Boys
Kennen ready to get moving

Lake Powell

I don't have too many pictures because I kept leaving my camera on the boat. We had a great time and it was fun to have all of the cousin's together. The tube was a hit this year and all of the kids except Addy went for a ride. The kids did have a little trouble when they were trying to decide who the princess would be, I am pretty sure we have quite a few princesses in the pack.

Wrapping Up the End of the Year

It is hard to believe we are ending another school year. Time seems to be going by too fast. Addy has learned so much this year it has been so fun to see her progress. Addy completed another year of gymnastics and she finished her first year of preschool. She looked so cute in her little graduation program so I thought I would post some pics.





Thanks for a great year Mrs. Loni and Mrs Jackie