Congrats to my little sis

Congratulations to Erin and her new hubby who got married a few weeks ago. We are so excited for you! His name is Dave, which makes Dave number 4 in our family. My kids are going to be hopelessly confused. But as we decided at their open house last Saturday, you can never have too many Dave's and we've never met a Dave we didn't like!

Dad and Mom with Erin and Dave

The sisters: Amy, Erin, Me and Tracy. This is a rare occasion. It's not very often that we are all in the same place!

Dave and Erin's new family. Baby Dean, Dave, JJ, Donovan, Shalee and Erin. We love you guys!

Abby turns one!

I can't believe Abby is one year old already! Time has gone by so quickly. It really does seem like just the other day that we brought her into our lives. We had a fun party for her with the whole family and she is now even more spoiled than ever. I am so grateful to have such a loving family. Happy birthday Abby!

That was then, this is now

My post yesterday showed the new snow on the ground and the leaves still on my tree, but apparently it was so cold last night it killed all the leaves and they all fell off in one day.

Ok, I'm not really sure why I think this is funny, but it's my blog and I get to say whatever I want. :)

The view from here

Utah weather! Last week it was 70 degrees, today we have snow on the ground. Lots of people complain about it, but I have to say that I love the temperamental weather that we get here. The leaves on our trees haven't even fallen yet and we have snow! Today I think I'm going to stay home in my nice fuzzy sweater and sip hot cocoa. Actually, I don't have time to do that, but it sounds good, doesn't it?