Sunday, March 20, 2016

Jan 2016

Happy New Year!

Jan 3rd we celebrated Cole's 2nd Fetal Surgery day! We are so grateful for how well he is doing! He has grown so much in the last year!


Swimming Therapy

Cole really enjoys swimming therapy. I don't think he even knows he is doing therapy!

Athena came to visit us

We so enjoyed our visit with Athena and Heidi. We can't wait to see them again.


Cole trying out HKAFOs

Cole really liked the HKAFOs that we borrowed from a friend. We can't wait to get him his very own.


Cole loves babies

Cole absolutely loves babies!



Nov- Dec 2015

Nov.

Luke received the Priesthood. What a great day for him and our family.


So grateful that Mark's parents and my Mom could come to support.

Dec.

Mark and I were on a committee for our church's Christmas party. We changed it up a bit this year and plan a Live Nativity.


It was well attended and so special because of all the children that helped bring the spirit.



Our older boys got to be a Wiseman.


Gabe was the HAPPINESS Angel.


Christmas Sunday!
Christmas Morning

Christmas was great for everyone. We were very blessed.


Happy 40th Birthday Mark! We are so grateful that he is a part of our family.  We had a great time celebrating him.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Catch up!!

Halloween was fun! The kids are into being very scary. A little too scary for my taste!


The big kids went out with their friend. So Mark and I took Cole and Gabe out.


Gabe and Cole are the cutest!

We had the best weather at the BYU game! It was almost Hot!


We finally had family pictures taken!

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Gabe got to go to an Ice Cream social with all his friends for church.



Miles team won the State Championship in his division. It was an exciting game!


Off track fun! we went out to lunch and then to the Museum of Natural Curiosity.










Gabe and his friends love playing in the sandbox. Cole loves it when he get to go out and play too.


It snowed enough for Gabe to make a large snow ball!


This year I'm making blankets for the kids! Gabe was testing it out to make sure they were soft enough.

Cole has been love nursery!


Cole is always willing to help me cook!


Pinewood Derby! Mark and the boys have made a car or two or three for the last 7 years. He'll get next year off and then he'll have another 7 years. Good thing the boys love it so much. It makes it all worth it!





Aunt Marcy helped watch Gabe and Cole. Gabe had such a great time building a castle wall with her.


 Oct is Spina Bifida Awareness month. The boy's team helped us spread awareness!

Luke's team

Drew's Team

Fun at the park in between games!

 The football players loved Cole!


Miles' team

Bingham Football Board wanted let Cole know that they were grateful for him sharing about SB with the Bingham players. So they gave him this cute sweat shirt.


It was such a great day!

More swim therapy!


 Taylor went on her first dance date!


Cole is our workout buddy. Sometimes he even tries to lift weights.




 Taylor had to take care of a baby for her Child Development class. The boys loved the baby!! They wanted to hold it and feed it! It was fun to see their sweet side. Cole was totally obsessed!


Monday, October 19, 2015

Oct. Fun

Cole has started doing water therapy. He loves it! They can get him to do about anything they want while he is in there. 

He is a little fish!


We found out recently that Cole loves olives. He just sees the can and he gets way excited!


We had a fun play date with our cute friend Reggie. Cole was in heaven to play with someone his age.


Our family participated in the walk to school day. I didn't get a chance to get the whole families picture, but I was glad that we all did it.


Later that same week we had lunch on the lawn that the Elem. school. Cafe Rio was a hit!


The playground was a hit too!


Our Saturdays are still all about football! We have a little too much fun on the sidelines!


The last couple of weeks you can just tell Cole to smile and he will give you a cheesy smile. It's so cute!