Passing of President Hinckley

Such a wonderful man that will be missed greatly. His example of love and kindness and humor will forever be in my heart. I love this man and KNOW he was truly a prophet called of God. We will miss you President Hinckley

And were off......

To the Hannah Montana concert in AZ. Ally could hardly sleep the night before she was sooo excited!!

This was us on the plane; "Ready for take off"

Just before we left "MeMe's" for the show!
Dinner at "Which is wich" sandwich shop. Very YUMMY!
Hannah/Miley's bus out front of the arena. Crazy this girl is only 14 years old and has millions of fans, her own bus, her own clothing line and much much more. YIKES!
Almost to our seats!!!!
LET THE SHOW BEGIN.......

Hannah Montana Concert!!

Here she is in the flesh. The girls were squealing in delight when she came out and they saw her for the first time.

Just look at that happy face!!
Kamryn plugging her ears cuz it was EXTREMELY loud!
Me and my Devin girl.
The ROYAL treatment; breakfast in bed with a movie the next morning.
ALL in ALL it was a really fun time and I don't think the girls will ever forget it!

THANK YOU GRANDPA PAUL! THIS WAS AWESOME!!

Grady is Walking!!!

I love to watch babies when they first are learning to walk.

Finally some Pictures!!!!!

Alright well I finally got my camera to upload SOME of our pictures before it quit on me. So here is just a few before Christmas and some from the triathlon. I never got to post any of those either.

This was all the kiddos at MeMe and Grandpas at our Christmas Party. I love that Grady and Porter do NOT want to be on anyone's lap.
MeMe always gives the kids Jammies on Christmas Eve and of course Ally's are Hannah Montana!!! Are they cute together, she LOVES to give her daddy loves
I love this picture, as they jump for joy!!!! They are the best of friends and miss eachother so much.
All the girlies in their jammies. Poor Morgan was one sick girl!

(left to right: Ally, Rayna, Devin, Kamryn, Morgan)

Grandpa with "the baby boys" Porter and Grady. He is the BEST grandpa EVER!!!!!!!

The other boys: Cayden and Dillon sportin the camo pants!!

Triathlon

Girls Dinner at Macaroni Grill the night before the race. I was trying to EAT all I was supposed to the day before and it was HARD. It was like 3400 calories and most of them CARBS!!!! (left to right-mom, me, Danielle-good friend, and my sis Lori. We missed my other 2 sisters Erin and Em!!)
Ok I got these on here backwards but this is AFTER the race. Do we look tired??? Hillary, Me and Amy (Hillary's sis-in-law)
This is Hillary, Me and my cousin Mary before the race and it was SOOOOO cold outside at this point I was wondering how in the world I was going to take OFF my clothes and jump into a pool! YIKES!!!
This was quite the sight. A BUNCH of woman standing around in swim caps and jackets (well some of us that weren't sure how this whole race thing works, LOL) inside the club house because like I said before it was FREEZING outside and did I mention it was raining?

AAAAHHHH!

I was so excited to get home from Az. (on the 1st) and update my blog with some pic's from our Christmas. I haven't been able to get my pictures off my camera onto my computer since we have been home. Almost a year ago our dog Brody chewed on my cord (before we had trained him and he was a puppy and loved to CHEW) but fortunately it had still been working until NOW! So I will post about our Christmas without pictures. We had a very nice break. We were in Az. from the 20th to the 1st. That long and we still didn't see very many people other than our families (which we DO love). Time always goes to fast while we are there. The kids really enjoyed their Christmas break with cousins. This included games, parties, movies. I surprised Travis with a new puppy for Christmas. Another boxer! The family has loved Brody and he is a really good dog but needed a friend. "Missy" our new puppy and Brody love eachother. They play and play all day long. The kids of course love her too. Ally's favorite thing for Christmas is probably her American Girl doll from Grandpa and Grandma Rowley and her ticket to the upcoming HANNAH MONTANA concert. She doesn't realize what it means for her but once we are they and she sees her live she is going to flip ( I have to admit I am pretty excited too, LOL)! Cayden got a skateboard and ramp and has loved that. We have already had a few falls but that is to be expected! I got some much needed perfume and some gift cards to go shopping which I am very excited to do. All in all it was a great Christmas. My poor mom got sick Christmas Eve and was sick the ENTIRE time we were there. Her and Dad wanted to do some fun things with the kids while we were there. I guess they just need to make a trip to New Mexico soon!!!