Travis & Kristina Gollaher

Our Circus Trip

2012-01-26T08:42:00.000-08:00

My sister in law called me yesterday and said that she had been given some free tickets to a circus that was at the UCCU building at UVU and wanted to know if the kids and I wanted to go with her. Um duh no brainer, YES!!! I love to go to the circus. Partially because I live in one. :)

Now this wasn't Ringling Brother's. It was a smaller circus from Las Vegas. And everyone knows that Vegas knows how to put on a show, so I was excited!

We had nose bleed seats because we got there just as it was starting, but they turned out to be good seats. And the only camera that I had was on my phone.

This guy was balancing on a stand up in the air doing hand stands and twirling a baton with his feet.

These girls would climb their ropes and do acrobatics on them in the air.

Here are all of the kids. I couldn't get Ashton to sit still for any pictures. He was way to excited!

During the half time they sold tickets to ride the elephants, get your picture taken with the bear, and ride the pony's. My kids really wanted to ride the elephant, but I wasn't going to fork out $10.00 a head for that one. They had fun watching though.

We decided to walk down and get a picture with the elephants as they were walking by. Notice Ashton's blurry body? Ya way to excited to be so close to the elephant.

The they had acrobats swinging in the air, and falling into the net.

I really liked the bears. They had two bears that would do tricks. They were cute. And the ring master had a box of Raisin Bran that he was feeding the bears to keep them busy.

This dude was stacking chairs on top of each other and balancing on top of them. I of course was waiting for him to fall, but he didn't.

The elephants were fun too. They came out and did a couple of tricks. Ashton loved the elephants.

They turned off the lights and played a lullaby and the elephants laid down like they were taking a nap. It was cute.

All of the boys were glued to this. I know you can't really tell, but there are three motorcycles driving around inside of that cage. They loved it! I think that we are going to have to go to the monster truck rally when it comes to town.

We had so much fun and didn't spend a dollar! Thanks Heather.

Some Valentine's Projects

2012-01-25T19:28:00.000-08:00

I didn't really have any Valentine's decorations so I decided that we needed some!

Everything you see I made.

I wish that I could take the credit, but I can't :( so here is where I found all of my fun ideas!!

1. Felt hearts...... here

2. Table runner....... here

3. Sweet and birds....... here

4. Subway art on fridge...... here

5. Felt balls...... here

I also made this.....

It is not my picture because I haven't taken one yet, but it looks the same. You can find it here.

Only one more Valentine's Day project left. Then on to Easter and Spring!

Dinner!!!!

2012-01-25T18:55:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness!! I found this beauty on Pinterest and you can find it here.

taco chicken bowls

I just have to say that it was soooo GOOD!!!!

It is a crock-pot recipe so that makes it even better! I love to use my crock-pot. Anything to make dinner time more convenient and easier! Go ahead and give it a try. I dare you, it is that good!

Jumping on the ban wagon with a few goals for the new year!

2012-01-03T13:15:00.000-08:00

New Years Goals:

1. Take better care of myself!

- lose weight

- eat better

- get enough sleep

2. Spend more time with my kids.

3. Read my scriptures every day.

4. Be a better wife and friend to Travis.

5. Get as much school done as possible!

6. Get my house organized, cleaned and ready to finish and decorate!

7. Don’t get discouraged!.....

"The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced, then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future. Faith always has to do with blessings and truths and events that will yet be efficacious in our lives." — Jeffrey R. Holland

The ABC's of Living the Abundant Life

2012-01-03T08:40:00.000-08:00

I found this on a friends blog and thought that it was appropriate for this time of year as we are all setting new years goals!

It even comes from a great source!!

Playing outside on a nice warm JANUARY!!!! day!

2012-01-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

Someone should tell Mother Nature that it is January second and that we should have at least a foot of snow!! But no, it has been in the upper forties and even the lower fifties for the past week or so.

In November Travis bought a new snow blower for our driveway because last year it was really bad and we actually slid out of the driveway a couple of times. I had to tease him when he bought it because he bought the biggest one and I told him that if he bought the biggest one then it wasn't going to snow enough to even use it!

Well everyone can thank Travis for the "lack" of snow.

(On a side note it has been so warm that the crickets have already started hatching and we have found many in our unfinished basement and on the stairs. We even saw a fly outside today! I am so not ready for the bugs!!!)

Anyway..... today was a nice and warm day so we decided to play with the kids in the back yard.

Trevin and Ashton are racing back and forth across our backyard. Ashton was really cute he kept on saying that he runs really fast and then he would have to show us.

Kaylee really enjoyed being outside and watching her brothers run around.

Ashton would stop every once and a while and play with Kaylee. They sure are cute together.

Hopefully we will get some snow soon because I am starting to get spring fever. Watch we will get dumped on later this month and keep getting it through March!

Kaylee Bug!!

2011-12-30T18:22:00.000-08:00

Okay the picture is a little blurry because she was bouncing around, but isn't she just the cutest? I count my blessings everyday that I have a daughter finally. I love her so much!!

The catch up of all catch ups!!

2011-12-30T17:53:00.000-08:00

Okay so I kind of got a little behind on my blog. Once Fall semester started everything fun took a back seat to school. :( Now that I am done with this last semester I can catch up!

We have been very busy over the last six months. Here is a quick update on everyone followed by random events of our life.

Travis- He has been busy with work. It seems that that is all that he ever does anymore. We won't argue though it pays the bills and he really enjoys his job. For those who don't know, Travis is an Executive for ASEA. He is their Director of supply chain. Travis was put into the Elders Quorum presidency a couple of months ago and he really enjoys the men that he works with.

Kristina- I have been busy since August with school. I finally have my AS degree from Utah Valley University and I am transferring to Western Governors University next month. I have also kept myself busy with some holiday crafts and being a mother and wife, two of the best callings ever!!

Trevin- Trevin is 10 years old. He is in the fourth grade this year and he loves math and anything science. Trevin has grown up so much. He is a great helper and the best big brother to his brothers and sister. Trevin loves to read the "Diary of the Wimpy Kid" series and play games on my Facebook page.

Braden- He is 7 years old and in the second grade this year. Braden loves math also but hates reading. He loves to do whatever Trevin is doing. They have all the same friends and play together everyday. Braden likes to play the Wii and he is pretty good at it.

Ashton- He is 3 years old and gets to stay home with mom all day long. He is very good at playing the Wii. His favorite games are Donky Kong, Yoshi, and all the Lego Star Wars games. He loves to play with the Legos also, however he usually is the one breaking what his brothers are making. Ashton can't wait until he can go to school like the big boys.

Kaylee- She is such a cutie pie! She will be 8 months old on the second of January. Kaylee just got her first two bottom teeth in the past week and a half. She loves to play with her brothers and she has the cutest little smile. She is such a good baby and we love her so much!

Now what we have been up to.......

At the end of July we finished our backyard. We had Travis' uncle Chris do it for us. It is so ice to have it done! Now Ashton can play outside during the summer and I don't have to worry about him getting out.

Here are some before pictures:

Chris had to leave his tractors here while he finished the yard. Ashton loved having the tractors here. He is racing Travis in the picture below. It was really funny! (The tractors weren't moving at all, but Ashton really got into it).

And here we are half way done. The bottom of the picture is where are garden is going.

The bottom right part of this picture is the direction of the dog run. You can't see it in the picture though.

This is with the yard finished. The fence is being put in in this picture.

These pictures are of Travis flying with his boss in his private plane. Travis takes any chance that he can get to fly an airplane. I think that this is the second or third time that he has flown a plane all by himself. You wont catch me doing it though. I hate flying!

This past August Amber came into town to visit and we took all the grand kids to Thanksgiving points farm. It was a lot of fun.

Kate, Ashton, Avery, Braden and Trevin

Cutest little baby cow ever!!

Ashton with Grandma and some llamas.

Trevin is to cool to be standing by this horse.

Caleb,Sawyer, Grandma, Ashton, Avery and Trevin

Ashton, Avery and Trevin in jail.

Braden, Avery, Ashton and Kate looking at the bunnies.

Cute baby Kaylee!!

Trevin, Ashton, Kate, Braden and Avery

This is the cutest picture of half of the cousins. They are on the hayride. And then me and Kaylee. I think that she was about four months old in this picture.

Here is Grandma and Caleb and Sawyer. Cute little twins!!

Amber with two of her kids, Avery and Caleb.

Milking the cow!

Look at Kaylee's face! Funny!!

These next pictures are from Ashton's third birthday. We had a family party at our house with a dinosaur theme.

These pictures are from the first day of school. The boys were so excited! We love the new school that they go to. It is so much nicer than there old school.

These pictures are of Trevin's first Pinewood Derby. He was so excited! We missed it all of the other times because we had either moved or he wasn't old enough.

Our annual fall drive up the Nebo Loop. We love that drive and we do it every year.

Carving pumpkins. I just noticed that Ashton has vampire teeth in his mouth. Funny boy.

Grandma and Grandpa Hirschi came over one night in October to see the kids in their costumes. Trevin is a Army guy, Ashton is a fire fighter, Braden is a Star wars guy and Kaylee is a ghost.

Do you like the foot in the face?

Trick-or-Treating!!!!

This year we wanted to stay home for all of the major holiday's because we wanted to spend them in our first home. So for Thanksgiving we had the Temlpin's over. It was a lot of fun!

Here is the table all ready to go. I was very pleased with how it looked.

In between the holidays Ashton got croup and bronchitis. Every winter we get to go through many breathing treatments and steroids with Ashton. Last year the doctor finally diagnosed him with reactive airway disorder. He has been sick every winter sense he was born, and we finally have all the resources that we need to get through it.

And then finally Christmas!

This is Christmas morning. We had a great Christmas this year. We enjoyed spending time with family and friends.

I have been loving decorating my table for the holidays. I finally get to use all of my fun dishes!!

Well that is the past six or so months in a nut shell. Now that I am caught up I should be able to start the new year off great!!

What this world has come to!

2011-10-13T12:50:00.000-07:00

Sad... but so true!

Teachers are not the problem.(Well most of the time) Kids get away with what ever they want now a days. I wish that parents would take more responsibility and have just a little more discipline.

Our new splash pad

2011-08-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

This summer the city decided to put a splash pad in at the park. It is a huge success! My kids loved it. The only sucky thing is that when we went there was still fresh sod so I had to sit back a ways to watch them play.

I told Trevin that it is not wise to make such dorky faces while I am taking his picture because I will use them in the future to torture him. :) He said that he didn't care. We will see how much he cares then.

Where is waldo?

Up at a Lake

2011-08-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

Not sure what lake this is. We just drove up the canyon and found it. It was very beautiful though and the kids had so much fun throwing rocks in it.

Ready, Aim, FIRE!!! You had to watch where you were standing because there were rocks of may sizes flying everywhere! I am surprised no one was hit by one.

Cute little Ashton and Peyton. They picked up right where they left off before they moved. They were best buds. It was nice for Ashton to have another little boy his age to play with.

Oh here is a picture with Trevin in it. He had a lot of fun hanging out with the bigger kids/teenagers. I am so not ready for him to get that big!

More cuteness! What can I say I am a proud mommy!!!

Playing at the play place in the mall

2011-08-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

While our friends were here we spent some time shopping at the mall and of course stopped for a break at the play place.

This is how Kaylee plays at the mall and well every where else that she gets dragged to. Sorry Kaylee bug. :( At least she was being good.

And here is Cheri with her baby Emery. The last time we saw her was when she came home from the hospital when she was born. They moved to Washington then. And now she is one years old! How time flies!!

The only problem with this slide is the fact that if you have shoes on or are bare foot it doesn't work. The kids can't get down it. The trick is socks only kiddos.

Miss Cassidy hanging out on the dinosaur's tail. Such a cutie!!

I really need one of these in my back yard. I probably already do, just dig about six feet down kids!

Lots and lots of fun! I wonder if that is how big their heads really were?

Swimming

2011-08-24T13:46:00.000-07:00

Last month our friends came down from Washington for their daughters wedding reception and we were able to spend some time with them. We took the kids swimming at the pool at their hotel.

Lets just say that it wasn't a 5 star hotel and the chlorine fumes were strong!!

They still had fun though. :)

I think Ashton just kicked Travis in the unmentionables...oops! Ashton had a blast swimming. Out of all my kids he loves the water the most.

Kaylee on the other hand, I am not sure she likes it as much. Cute little swimsuit though huh?

4th of July Fireworks!!

2011-07-10T16:02:00.000-07:00

This year we had my family come over for a BBQ and fireworks. It was so much fun!

We had a lot of fun fireworks. Travis was being a stupid bad example and was jumping over the fireworks.

Ashton really liked the sparklers. He didn't really know what to do with them once he got them.

My brother on the other hand was trying to catch my yard on fire.

And the here is the crew. We all had fun watching the fireworks.

All of the kids throwing those pop-it things and watching smoke bombs go off.

It was fun this year having all of the used to be illegal fireworks.

All of my neighbors were going to town with them. We truly have the best neighbors ever and we love where we live so much!! We can't wait until next 4th of July! I am truly grateful for all of the freedoms that I have and for being an American!!

4th of July day at the park!

2011-07-10T14:36:00.000-07:00

For the fourth of July this year we were supposed to spend the day at Strawberry reservoir but it fell through at the last minute so we took the kids to the park in Heber instead and had lunch with Grandma Gollaher, Austin, GG Ma and Chris and Candice.

It turned out to be a lot of fun and very nice weather.

I don't think he was expecting me to take his picture at that moment.

Cute baby Kaylee! Loven on Grandma.

Trevin and Braden said that they were stuck in the swings and couldn't get out. I begged to differ.

Ashton with his Uncle Austin having a blast!

Ashton riding the lion. He wanted to ride the horse but another little boy was taking a very long ride.

Yup his face tells it all..... I am almost ten years old and still loving the sand box!!

And then there was the slide. With the very very high ladder.

I was so scared that he was going to climb to fast or not pay attention and fall off. He was good however and we didn't have any accidents.

It was fun to get out and enjoy some quality family time with the kids. I am so grateful for the family that I have. I love each and everyone of them!

Cuteness!!!

2011-07-09T15:13:00.000-07:00

Little miss Princess Chub!!

I just can't believe how big this cute little girl is getting! She is so alert and she has the cutest big blue eyes that I have ever seen! And her smile is soooo adorable!!

Dinosaur Museum

2011-07-09T13:00:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I took the kids to the dinosaur museum with their cousins. They had so much fun. Especially Ashton, he loved seeing all of the different dinosaurs.

They loved digging for fossils.

They thought that this exhibit with the human skeletons in it was really cool. They were pretending that they were the different humans trying to kill the woolly mammoth.

Oh no!!! Watch out Trevin and Braden there is a shark right behind you!!

I think that these were saber tooth tigers, I can't remember. They were pretty neat though.

Trevin with a GIANT sea turtle.

Here is me and Ashton.

This is a little bit blurry. It is hard to get five small kids to all sit still for a picture.

Ashton liked the baby dinosaurs. He thought that they were cute.

What a mighty fine looking group.

This is how Kaylee spent the whole trip. Sound asleep and to cute to boot! :)

Ashton was in heaven with all of the sand and water that he was allowed to play with. He even found a couple of dinosaurs buried in the sand.

They also had fun putting together dinosaur puzzles on the walls. Aunt Janae kept on hiding pieces so they couldn't finish it. It was funny.

Looking at a little "dino"-rama. Ha Ha!

Playing dress up with dinosaur costumes. They looked more like big leaves.

They even got to play with toy dinosaurs and of course loved that to.

Just a few more random pictures.

We had so much fun. I am sure that we will go there again soon.

Kaylee's Baby Blessing

2011-06-06T13:24:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we blessed Kaylee in church. It was such a great day filled with love and family. We are truly blessed to have so much family that loves and supports us. Thanks to all for helping us make this day special.

These first three pictures are of Kaylee after church. She was a tired girl!

These pictures are of Kaylee before church when she was getting ready for church. My mom made her blessing dress and it turned out to be so beautiful. My cousin made her flowers for her head band. Thanks Melissa!

Cute Girl!!

Travis's Grandpa Bodell and his girlfriend came up for the blessing. This was very special for Travis. He loves his Grandpa very much!

Our very first family picture with all of us. I love my cute family sooo much!!

Mommy and daughter picture. :) I couldn't be more proud.

We sure do love our little girl. She is so special to us and she makes us very happy parents.

The Templin's

Bree, Grandpa, Grandma and Nikki

The Gollaher's

Corin and Landan, Grandpa, Kate, Grandma, Chad and Ashley and cute little Emery

Grandpa and Grandma Gollaher

The Hirschi's

Grandma, Grandpa, Angela, Bryan, Greg and Heather, Colette, Jeremiah and Leah

(Oh and Ashton)

Grandpa and Grandma Hirschi

Angela, Bryan, Grandpa and Grandma and Janae

It turned out to be such a great day! I am so grateful that we are able to be members of this church and have family to celebrate such a great day!!

Pony Express Parade

2011-06-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday we decided to walk down to the parade for Pony Express Days. When we walked out the front door of our house this is what we saw.

A huge pig hot air balloon! It was just over our Neighbor's house. Ashton thought that is was so cool. There were also about five of those flying car thingies. I am not sure what they are called, but Travis said that he wants one really bad. We shall see.

The parade was fun and they threw so much candy and stuff. We are defiantly going to make this a yearly tradition.

They also had a carnival and concerts. Next year we are going to go to more events. It was so much fun!

Memorial Day!

2011-06-02T16:40:00.000-07:00

Well this Memorial Day we went with my family up to the mountains and had a BBQ. It was a little bit chilly but a lot of fun. We found a fun little spot by the river.

Trevin was spaced out in this picture. I am not sure what he is looking at.

This is how Kaylee spent her time in the mountains. Snuggled in her blanket in mom's lap. I have to say that I enjoyed it also.

Ad then here is Ashton chillin on the chair by the fire. What a cutie!

Not our week!.

2011-06-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

Warning!!!

Some pictures might be more the you want to see.

So lets just say that last week was not our week. On Monday Trevin crashed on his scooter and got a huge goose egg right above his eye. When the goose egg was gone it left a nice sized bruise on his face. Then on Wednesday Trevin and Braden were playing outside and one of the kids in the neighborhood threw a rock and it hit Braden in the head and caused a nice bleeder, so off to Instacare to get a staple put in it.

He was covered in dirt and blood when we got there. Not to mention that he was very scared to get a staple in his head. The Doctor gave him a sucker before the procedure so he would feel a little bit better about getting it.

The cut wasn't to big, but big enough to have one staple put in it to hold it together.

Good thing daddy was there to make him feel better.

And then the final product. A staple in Braden's head. Now two of my four kids have had staples put in their heads for wounds. I guess with having busy boys this is what is expected. Hopefully Kaylee won't play as hard as the boy's do. I don't know we shall see.

Then to top off a great week last week...... Yup Ashton got Croup again last Friday. That is always a blast when he gets sick with Croup. It was extra fun trying to keep him away from Kaylee when all he wants to do is love her and give her kisses.

If this past week is a sign for what the upcoming summer is going to be like then we are in for it!

Daddy Daughter Time

2011-06-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

I think that it is so cute to watch Travis with Kaylee. He loves her so much and loves to hold her and love her.

These are just some random pictures that I took of Kaylee and Travis. Some quality daddy daughter time. :)

Flowers

2011-05-31T17:25:00.000-07:00

I thought that I would post a picture of this cute little flower arrangement that one of Travis's vendors from work sent us after we had the baby. There are fake flowers mixed with a whole baby outfit that has been rolled up into flowers. It was so cute!

Kaylee's 2 Week Check Up

2011-05-25T17:35:00.000-07:00

Kaylee had her two week Dr appointment this month on the 16th. She was so cute while she waited for the doctor. I had her all ready undressed and down to her diaper, but the room was so cold! They had the air conditioner on in the office that day. (I wish they had it on when I was pregnant, it was so stinken hot then.) So she was laying on the table patiently waiting for the doctor all wrapped up in her blanket just looking around. So CUTE!!

The doctor said that she was growing right and everything looked good. Here are her stats:

Weight: 8 lbs 3 ozs 50%

Length: 20.5 in 50%

Head: 35.5 cm 40%

She grew just a little bit. When she was born she was 7lbs 14oz and 20 in tall. She is still just a little tiny baby, and I love it!

Some of the things that she is doing right now:

1. She still doesn't cry unless she is hungry. And still you have to take a while to feed her to actually hear her cry. She just grunts and roots around to start with.

2. Kaylee loves to be held by mom. I have to say that mom likes to hold her to.

3. I think that she is afraid of the dark. After she wakes up at night to eat and then I lay her down to go back to sleep she just cries. however if I turn the light on my night stand on then she stops crying and goes to sleep.

4. Kaylee really likes her binky. She has a hard time with it though. If she drops it out of her mouth she just starts crying and when I give it back to her she just roots around with it in her mouth while crying for it. Silly girl.

Kaylee is such a good baby and we love having her in our family. She is becoming more and more alert and is awake more during the day. I think that I have even got her to smile once or twice. We sure love our baby Kaylee!

More CuTeNeSs!!

2011-05-13T11:47:00.000-07:00

I am not proud or anything........ I just can't stop taking pictures!

(She is soooo CUTE!! The last picture without the bow in her makes her look like a boy kind of.)

Mother's Day!

2011-05-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

The picture is a little bit blurry, but this is why I am a happy mom!

I have four beautiful kids that make me so proud to be called mom. I love each and everyone of them so much!!

Trevin:

Trevin is such a smart boy. He loves to play with his brother's Braden and Ashton. Trevin likes to build and create things. When he grows up he wants to be a scientist. Trevin has a very tender heart and is such a big helper. I can count on Trevin to help me with anything!

Braden:

Braden is such a good boy. He has the cutest little smile and the funniest laugh. Braden is very good at playing the Wii and Game Cube. He takes his Nintendo playing time very seriously. Braden is very caring and loving towards his new baby sister. I can't believe how fast Braden is growing up.

Ashton:

Ashton is a cute ball of fire, what else can I say. He has so much energy and he is the happiest two year old ever. Ashton loves to do anything and everything that his older brothers are doing. Ashton is really good at helping me feed and burp his baby sister. He loves her so much and always wants to giver her kisses.

Kaylee:

Kaylee hasn't been with us long, but we love her so much. She has been wanted for a long time now. She has the cutest personality and she never cries! What more can you ask for?

I am so thankful that I can be a mother. There is nothing else better. My kids and husband mean the world to me and I love all of them so much!!

Playing at the Park

2011-05-13T10:59:00.000-07:00

We finally made it up to the park in our neighborhood. It is the cutest little park! The playground is just the right size for Ashton and he loves it. He asks me everyday if we can go and play on the slides. I think that we will spend many afternoons at the park. The only down side is that there is really no shade at all. Oh well he loves it though!

Mister Independent

2011-05-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

It seems like my kids are growing up way to fast. Ashton especially! He wants to do everything that his older brothers do, even making breakfast.

A day or so after I was released from the hospital and the boys were in school, I was feeding the baby and Ashton decided that he was still hungry. I knew that he went into the kitchen and I could hear him but not see him.

When I went to check on him this is what I found.....

He didn't care that the waffle was still frozen. He did however know that it needed syrup on it.

Good thing the floor was clean!

More pictures of Kaylee's Birthday

2011-05-09T15:08:00.000-07:00

Okay so these are out of order and there are a lot of them but I wanted to post them anyway.

These first pictures are of when Travis took Kaylee to the nursery to have her first bath and get her first shots and foot prints. I get kind of bummed that I can never go and see this part because I think that it would be so much fun to watch.

She is getting her hair washed and Travis couldn't be more proud. He loves his little girl so much!

Here she is getting dried off and dressed,

Travis's mom said that this is the way that Travis would suck on his fingers when he was a baby. I have never had a baby that sucked on their fingers, I guess that this would be a first.

This picture is right after Kaylee was born. She was born so fast that she didn't get all of the fluid out of her so they sucked her out really good and the put her on my chest for some skin to skin time. The nurses said that there is something about the skin to skin that helps them when they are having a harder time breathing. I have to say that I liked it. I never had skin to skin time with any of my babies.

One very happy, proud daddy!!

This is me and my dad. I look like I put my finger in a light socket. My hair is crazy wild.

This is Trevin and Braden looking at their new baby sister. I don't know where Ashton was at the time. I think that someone took him out of the room.

And then sort of our first family picture. Again Ashton is MIA. I look like I am eying that food. I was so hungry by then.

The rest of the pictures are of family that were there to welcome Kaylee into the world. Thanks for all of your love and support!

Aunt Nikki and Grandpa Templin

Grandpa Templin and Kaylee

Grandpa and Grandma Gollaher, Uncle Austin, mom and Kaylee.

Everyone just after she was born.

I have to say that it is so nice to finally have my baby girl here! We love her so much and are so grateful that she is in our family!

Playing a little catch up on my blog......

2011-05-09T14:37:00.000-07:00

Easter!!

This year we went to the annual Templin Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Temlpin's house. Every year they have a egg hunt for all of the grand kids. I am glad that they do because it is usually the only egg hunt that my kids get to do.

Here are the boys with all of the candy that they collected. It is fun to watch them. They get so excited. Even my nine year old still gets a kick out of it.

After the Easter Egg Hunt we had a yummy BBQ. We just love BBQ's. Tis the season!!

Grandpa & Grandma Wright Visit

My Grandpa and Grandma Wright came to visit for Easter and they wanted to come and see our new house. We always have to get some pictures when they come.

Don't I just look lovely? I look and feel like I am going to explode!

My cute kids with their Great Grandparents.

Bountiful Baskets

For the longest time now I have wanted to try bountiful baskets. I have heard a lot about it and everything was good. I was just a little bit nervous because it sounded a little bit to good to be true. Well my sister-in-law started doing it and they said that they loved it so we thought that we would give it a try.

This picture was everything that we got in our first order. It was only $15.00 for the fruit ad veggies, the bread was an additional $10.00. Oh and the bread is soooo good!!

This is what we got in our second week. The food is so fresh and yummy!! We got two orders of bread this week so we could freeze some, yes it is that good!

Kaylee is finally here!!

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We finally have our little girl!!

On May 2nd we were able to go to the hospital and have our pretty little girl. The hospital called us at 8:15 in the morning and told us that they were ready for us to come in to be induced.

This is a picture of the nurse hooking me up to the monitors. Kaylee didn't want to be monitored at all that morning. She kept moving off of the monitor and the nurse was coming in every five or ten minutes to move the monitor around.

We had to wait for the doctor to come to the hospital at 5:00 pm to break my water so it was a long day at the hospital. She finally got there at about 5:30ish and broke my water.

Travis decided that he was going to beg my doctor to see if he could deliver the baby. He has always wanted to deliver one of his kids. I on the other hand was not so sure of that. However my doctor said that Travis could deliver Kaylee and she would walk him through the whole thing.

Well before I knew what was going on I started feeling a lot of pressure and I was only dilated to 5cm. The nurse checked me and said that I was ready to push so she went and got the doctor.

Our doctor came in and checked me and said "oh no don't push!" She was helping Travis put his gown on and Kaylee decided that she wasn't waiting any longer. Travis started laughing and the doctor said don't laugh while laughing herself. So what do I do? I started laughing and Kaylee started coming out. The doctor told Travis to get over there so he could catch the baby and they both ran over in time for Travis to deliver Kaylee all by himself.

He did a great job!! And he was so happy and excited that he was able to deliver one of his kids.

Kaylee was born at 6:57 pm and was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 20 inches long.

Here the boys are meeting their baby sister for the first time. They love her so much!!

We just love our cute little Kaylee and we are so grateful that she made it here safe and sound!!

One of our favorite walks!

2011-04-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know we moved to our first house in February. It is located in a quiet neighborhood that is basically hidden from everything. Just to the west of our neighborhood there is a huge farm field and then nothing until you reach the mountains.

We are still trying to train our dog Riley to behave better around the boys and people in general. He just gets so excited! I do have to say that he is so much better then he was last year at this time. We have started walking him over to the field and taking him off of his leash so he can learn to stay close by and certain boundaries. He is doing very well. He doesn't even jump on us anymore.

This is Ashton with daddy. He still has a problem with Riley. It might be because Riley likes to give Ashton kisses and he gets up in his face. Riley is a lot bigger then Ashton so I can see why he gets scared. I personally don't like the slobbery kisses... Yucky!! (I couldn't get Riley to stay still for this picture. He was to busy)

This is the farm field. They are out a good 100 yards from where I am standing. It was cute, Riley would walk out with them and the run back to me and make sure that I was okay before running back out to them. The boys did really good having Riley off of his leash. Ashton was the only one that had a problem sometimes. Riley would run by him and knock him over on accident.

This is the view to the Northeast of our house. The boys and Riley are running down the road in this picture.

This is the same view but with no one in it.

This is our neighborhood. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the farm field on the other side.

We are so grateful to have our home here. It is such a beautiful, quiet place.

Pregnancy Update and Personal Feelings.....

2011-04-19T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well I am now 37 weeks pregnant as of Monday. Only 13 days to go until my induction.

Wow I am HUGE!! I call it the torpedo because it just sticks out so far. Travis thinks that it is funny. I don't share his humor. It hurts and sucks!!

This picture was taken one day before my 37th week.

I thought that I would document a few things about this pregnancy and my others so that I have some sort of memory of them when I can no longer remember what it was like.

- This time around I have been more emotional and I have had less patience. In fact what is that word anyway? It has been a while. I just feel bad for my family, they have to put up with me.

- With all of my boys I found that with each pregnancy it got easier and easier. My morning sickness was less and they just seemed easier to handle. This pregnancy with our little girl has been just plane awful! The morning sickness was so much worse and my energy levels were drained months ago. (part of that might be because I have three kids already and one just happens to be a busy two year old)

- I remember getting heart burn with the boys every once in a while towards the end of every pregnancy. It wasn't that bad though. However for the past couple of weeks I have had heart burn non stop, and it keeps me up all night long. Sometimes I feel it in my chest and back at the same time. That is the worst!!

- A funny thing with this pregnancy is that in the morning I am not sore at all and can move around much easier, however I am dead tired and don't have the energy to move much. While at night when I am wide awake and have the most energy my body is so sore that I can't move very well at all.

- Someday's I think that I am going to miss being pregnant. Others I am reminded why I am so ready to have this over with!

I guess that I should be grateful that I have always had healthy babies and pregnancies. I have never had a problem getting pregnant or lost any, and that I am very thankful for. I do think that sometime down the road I might miss it, but we are for sure done. I am so grateful for the kids that I have and couldn't ask for any better. I love them so much!!

Baby Shower for Kaylee

2011-04-19T09:45:00.001-07:00

My mom and both of my mother-in-laws were kind enough to throw me a baby shower for our last baby Kaylee. I know that it is my fourth baby and most people don't have baby showers the fourth time around, but this is our first girl and last baby.

It all turned out so nice and was greatly appreciated! We had the shower at my house because I was afraid that I might be just to tired to go anywhere. As it turned out I was.

GG Ma and Grandma Gollaher and Aunt Heather with Collette. And then Travis in the background shoving something in his mouth. Funny!

Aunt Ashley and cousin Kristin with her baby.

Janessa and her girls, Grandma Gollaher and Heather.

Cousin Janessa and Uncle Chad with Emery.

My mom with Collette and me.

Opening gifts. We got a lot of cute things that we didn't have. It is fun to finally have something pink and purple for a change.

Thanks to everyone who came and/or helped. It turned out to be nice. I love you all!!

Basketball Camp

2011-04-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

Every Spring and Summer my youngest sister puts on a basketball camp for kids at the school that she works at. She is the head girls basketball coach and they do the camp to make money for the next school year. My boys love to go and play basketball. I wasn't able to go with them this time, so my sister came and took the boys for a couple of days so they could go.

Here are some pictures that my mom took of them at the camp. I am glad that they can have a chance to go and do something fun like this. Thanks Aunt Janae!

Baby Project!

2011-04-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

For the last couple of months I have been trying to figure out what I was going to do about my car seat for the baby. I didn't know if I wanted to buy a new one or get a new car seat stroller combo or just use the same car seat that I used with Ashton.

I didn't really want to spend the money to get a new one because they are so expensive. And I didn't like the idea of getting a car seat stroller combo because Ashton still needs to be locked up when we go anywhere. Plus I plan on walking right away and I need something for two kids.

So this is what I came up with......

While I was blog stalking I saw that Travis' cousins wife Julie redid her car seat cover and it was so cute!! So I thought that I would do the same thing. It would be so much cheaper, and it was. Only $30.00.

These are the after shots. I asked my sister-in-law Heather to help me with some of the sewing that I hadn't done for like ten plus years and she gladly said yes and then just took over and finished it for me.

She is amazing!! I can't stop looking at it. I think that it turned out so cute!!

Thanks so much Heather!!! Now we just need a cute little baby to put in it.

Braden's First Grade Program

2011-04-11T17:20:00.001-07:00

So a couple of weeks ago Braden's first grade class had a program that they put on for the whole school during the day and the one for the parents at night. The school that the kids go to now has seven first grade classes! Each class had a different country and the students would dance a dance from that country. It was a fun program.

This is a picture of the whole first grade. Well all of them that would fit on my camera. We got there 40 minutes early thinking that we would get a good seat. We were wrong! We found a seat on the very back row!

This picture shows how crowded it was. This is only half of the gym filled with parents.

I tried to get a picture of Braden with the whole first grade but it was impossible to even find him. There were to may kids.

Here is his class dancing. There country was Mexico. He is in the middle with the orange bandanna on. This is just about as much of him that we saw. His class did a good job though.

And afterwards this is how Ashton showed that he liked it. While everyone was clapping, he gave a thumbs up.

To good to pass up!

2011-03-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

Because this is our last baby I now can no longer say that I am going to loose the weight after the next baby. SO..... Travis has made me a great deal, one that I just can't pass up!

He knows how much I want to get back into shape and loose all of the extra weight that I have put on over the years. Plus I just want to be healthy again so I can be the best mom and wife that I can be.

Here is the deal. For every 5 pounds that I loose I get $100.00 and when I reach my goal weight we get to go to Disneyland with the kids!

Oh he just opened a can of worms. I have been wanting to go to Disneyland with the kids for a while now and he is paving the way.

Unfortunately, I can't start my weight loss journey until after I have the baby and that means that I have to wait for five more weeks! OH!!! It is killing me. I want to start now!!!

LEGOS!!!

2011-03-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

So last night we had a surprise knock on the door. It turned out to be my dad and sister Janae. They thought that they would stop by and say hi. It was nice to have them stop by.

Ashton got out his lego's and begged my dad to play with him. Ashton really likes to play with Grandpa Hirschi.

So they decided that they would build a really, really big tower.

They made it taller the Grandpa!

When they were done building it Ashton got to knock it down. He hit it right in the middle and it came crashing down on his head. He was fine though and really like knocking it down.

Thanks for the fun Grandpa ad Aunt Janae!

Male Bonding....Plus Mom

2011-03-28T08:22:00.000-07:00

Two weekends ago I thought that it would be fun to go and shoot guns in the west desert. That is all that it took to get Travis on board, he loves to go and shoot his guns. So do the boys.

We told Ashton that we were going to go and shoot bunnies and he was so excited. The whole way there he kept on saying, "We going to shoot bunnies, yea!!!"

I think that the boys had just as much fun collecting the shells after we shot the guns.

They were making huge piles on the ground and stuffing their pockets full of them.

Here is Trevin shooting the M-4. He really likes shooting the guns. He wants to go hunting with Travis this year. We will see.

And here I am shooting my hand gun. Pretty good form for being eight months pregnant.

And then here is Ashton shooting the hand gun. He really likes to shoot the guns to.

Travis shooting his M-4. He was showing the boys how fast you can shoot it and they thought that was cool.

I like to shoot the M-4 also. Shooting gun's is actually really fun and a good stress releaser.

Trevin is shooting Travis' hand gun. Out of all of the gun's that we own this one is my least favorite one to shoot. Maybe because it is so small.

Braden is shooting the .22. He likes to shoot these guns the most. I don't blame him, they have the smallest kick.

And Ashton shooting the .22. He just wanted to shoot any gun. He wasn't to picky.

All in all we had a lot of fun. We found a cool spot to shoot and enjoyed some family time.

Landon & Corin's Wedding

2011-03-21T10:54:00.000-07:00

On March 4th Travis' little brother Landon got married. His new wife's name is Corin and we love her!

They were married in the Salt Lake Temple and it was a beautiful day.

This is Landon & Corin with all of the brothers. Austin, Chad, Jeff and Travis.

Same guys, different picture.

This is all of the brothers and sisters minus Landon and Corin. Yup I'm just a little bit pregnant in this picture.

And then a fun picture!

I couldn't get a real good picture of them coming out of the temple, but this is cute.

It turned out to be a great day. We were very busy all day long and had a lot of fun. I didn't get any pictures of the reception because we (I) was so tired and Travis was welcoming people and I was busy chasing a two year old around. They reception was beautiful and there was lots of yummy food. They didn't have a traditional line and they had dancing. Ashton rocked the dance floor like he usually does. All of the kids had fun dancing and playing with all of their cousins.

This is how we lived for a month and a half....

2011-03-17T12:39:00.000-07:00

So we were told that we would be closing on our house around January 20th and we decided that I would start packing our things so that I wouldn't wear myself out.

Well I started packing, and packing and would you know it... January 20th came and went just as fast! And we still hadn't closed on our house. Normally I would not be bothered by this but I had already packed up most of Ashton's toys and all of the movies. He had nothing to do and he drove me crazy!!!!

So this is how we lived for another month until we moved in the middle of February. In boxes! I hate living in boxes. When we were in the military we got to do plenty of that and I was so done with that I didn't want to do it ever again.

Thankfully we were able to move by February 19th into our new home. We only lived in boxes for about a month and a half.

It finally had to go!

2011-03-17T11:46:00.000-07:00

Last October Braden told me that he had a loose tooth. It was one of his top front teeth. Well I just waited for him to tell me that it fell out so we could take care of it. It never happened. He had Grandmas and Grandpas that said that they would help him pull it out, but he was to scared to have anyone pull it out.

I finally told him that if it wasn't out by Halloween the we would have to pull it out, and he agreed. Well you know how life goes and I totally forgot about the tooth.

Long story short.... December rolled around and we remembered that the tooth had not fallen out yet. We told him that it had to come out or he was going to have to go to the dentist and have it pulled out. His permanent tooth had already grow all of the way in and it was being pushed back because of his baby tooth not falling out.

I think that the thought of having the dentist pull out a tooth scared him even more. I told him to just work on it every day and it would be easy to get out. He even had his Grandpa and Grandma Gollaher offer to pay him money once it was out.

Well then Christmas and New Years Eve came and gone and we started the process of getting our house and easily forgot about the tooth again.

Well in January we were at Grandpa and Grandma Templins and we decided that it was time to just get it out. It wasn't even loose anymore and it just looked funny, so we had two adults hold him down and Grandpa helped pull it out.

This is after the tooth was out and he was showing it to everyone. There was actually a small lip on the tooth that made it hard to get out.

And here is the huge gap between his front two teeth after the tooth was out. It isn't as bad now and I think that it will get better over time.

Grandpa had to redeem himself after the whole thing was over. He did the pulling of the tooth.

Daddy held him down and uncle Jeff held his knees while Grandpa pulled the tooth out. I took pictures as proof, but it was still hard to watch. He was so scared and it made me sad for him.

Before we started pulling the tooth we tested it with floss to see how loose it was and where it was still attached.

Braden was so brave and I am so proud that he was able to let us pull it out. I sure do love this little kid!

What we have been up to lately.....

2011-02-25T14:32:00.000-08:00

Well to say that we have been busy is a small understatement.

In December we decided that it was time to buy a house. The interest rates were low and the timing was right. So house hunting it was.

It only took us a couple of weeks to find this house.......

We did everything by ourselves and learned a lot in the process. This past weekend we moved into our first home!

It was a long road and a very tiring one at that. But it was all worth it and we are loving it!

Once we finish unpacking and moving everything around then I will take pictures and post them.

Oh and a huge thanks to all of our family that helped with the move. We couldn't have done it without you!

Yes I am still pregnant!

2011-02-25T14:23:00.000-08:00

I had a couple of people ask if I had taken any pictures of my stomach with this pregnancy. The answer was no of course. So I thought that I would take one being how this is going to be the last time I am pregnant.

This picture was taken sometime in January. I think around 24 or 25 weeks. I am almost 30 weeks now and just a little bit bigger. I am so ready for this to be over with, however I am very grateful that I am getting my little girl!

Just a little catch up... Sorry!

2011-02-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

Yes I know that it is February and this is really late, but I wanted to get this done

and off my to do list.

We have been very busy over the last couple of months. This post is of our holiday adventures.

These pictures are from New Years Eve. We went up to the Gollaher's house and went sledding with most of the adults and kids. It sure was fun to see my kids and Travis playing in the snow. I was kind of bummed that I couldn't sled with them, but I have to keep the baby safe while she is cooking in the oven.

This is Trevin coming down the hill. He had so much fun. Cousin Avery is at the top of the hill waiting for some help. They don't get snow where she is from in AZ.

And of course you have to have the man challenge. Travis is trying to make it all of the way down the hill without falling off. If I remember right he fell off pretty quick.

And then here is Braden. He loved it as well. I think that this is only the second time that the boys have been sledding. I don't think that they remember the first time. That was five years ago while we were living in Germany. We went skiing/sledding in the Alps just before we moved back home.

Ah.... and then the race. Its funny to see the adults transform back into kids every once and a while.

Here is proof that I was there. It sure was cold. Ashton stayed home with Grandma Gollaher because he was sick and asleep. Next year we will have to take them sledding again. They had so much fun.

These next pictures are from Christmas Morning.

Trevin and Braden got new scooters and were very excited about that. They also got some new Wii games amongst other things.

Ashton was excited for Christmas this year. He actually understood the concept of unwrapping presents this year and loved every bit of it. He is showing me the animals that he got for Christmas in this picture. He loves animals.

Trevin is such a good helper. Picking up the wrapping paper as we go. I sure do love this kid!!

What would Christmas be like without Nerf guns for all? This was a hit. The Nerf gun fights have not stopped sense.

Ad then my favorite picture! All the boys in there Christmas jammies just before we started unwrapping presents. I love the excitement in their eyes.

These pictures are from Christmas eve at the Gollahers. They decided to have all of the grand kids act out the nativity story. It turned out cute and was funny at the same time. We had angels and wise men crawling all over the place. This was the best picture that I had of the kids.

These pictures were from the day before Christmas. We wet to Travis's moms house for their annual Christmas party. The kids all slept over at Grandma and Grandpa's house a week or so before this and made Christmas presents for their parents. It was a fun surprise opening them.

Trevin was excited to get his science kit.

And Braden couldn't wait to open his presents. He got a art easel to draw on.

And of course Ashton went crazy opening his present. This was officially the first preset of the season.

All in all we had a great Christmas season and really enjoyed spending time with family and friends. We are so grateful for the opportunity to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas every year.

We are having a ............

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Girl!!!

And yes I, I mean we are sooooo excited!!

After three bouncing boys I am so ready for a little girl. I have always wanted to have

my own daughter and now it is finally happening!

I am not excited or anything but, YEPPY!!

Finally I want to introduce you all to our still growing baby girl.....

The pictures are a little fuzzy but this is her hand and the top of her head.

She is waving to everyone and saying hi.

This picture looks like she is kneeling down. She might be.

I think that she just has her legs crossed, she is a girl anyway and you have to be polite.

Travis turns 34!

2010-11-26T13:38:00.000-08:00

For the past couple of months the guys that Travis works with have been

trying to figure out how they could embarrass him

for his birthday. Travis found out about it and avoided going out to lunch with them to protect his manhood.

He forgot about his birthday though and when we went out for diner with the same friends and their wife's he was attacked! We went to Texas Roadhouse and if you are

celebrating a birthday they brig out a horse sattle and make you sit on it while they sing

happy birthday to you.

It was so funny to watch Travis squirm with embarrassment.

On his real birthday we went to my parents house and had diner. It was a fun night

Happy Birthday Travis

Ashton dancing.....

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Ashton loves to dance!

Every time he hears music he just starts dancing. This is my cute little dancing machine!

Happy Veterens Day!!

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Happy Veterans Day!!

Today I just want to say thank you to all of the men and women who bravely serve our

country! Without you we would not have the freedom that we have today.

I especially want to thank all of the soldiers who served with my husband Travis while

he was in the Army.

And last but not least, I want to thank my husband Travis for being so brave ad stepping up when our country was in need. You truly are a hero. I love you so much!

Family Pictures

2010-11-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

This past September my family had some family pictures taken before my youngest brother Shaun left on his mission.

This is a picture of the whole family.

This is my family. My parents and all of my brothers and sisters. Shaun, Greg, Bryan, Mom, Dad, Me, Angela and Janae.

This is me and Travis. I love him with all of my heart!

And here is our family. Braden, me, Travis, Trevin, Ashton and Baby#4.

Pumpkin Carving...

2010-10-31T15:10:00.000-07:00

This year Travis had to work late when we decided to carve our pumpkins so it was just me and the boys. I bought the pumpkin carving kits so the boys could carve their own pumpkins. (I really didn't feel like carving all three)

They did such a good job! I did Ashtons pumpkin for him and he was not happy that he had some help. I did let him help gut it though and he liked that.

They worked so hard and I was so proud of them!

Trevin still had his make-up o from his school party. Can you guess what he was?

Ashton crying because I wouldn't let him use the knifes.

Oh my goodness!!!!

2010-08-17T15:02:00.000-07:00

You would think that after having three kids I would understand that absolute quiet is never going to happen and it is also a sign of trouble!

On one particular day last week I noticed that it was rather quiet in the house. I could hear Trevin and Braden watching TV but I couldn't hear my rambunctious one year old. I thought that I better get up and find out what he was up to.

This is what I found......

Yup. That would be a whole eighteen count carton of eggs. And can you guess who was the culprit? Any guesses?

Well if you guessed my cute little adorable, quite one year old then you guessed right. I still can't figure out how he broke all of those eggs and manage to make such a small mess. Oh well I should be grateful for that.

The Alpine Loop

2010-08-15T15:07:00.001-07:00

Okay so on the weekend that our best friends moved away I was an emotional wreck! I think I was crying just about every half hour or so. On Sunday I told Travis that I just wanted to get away from everything so we decided to go and drive the Alpine Loop. I knew that it was a beautiful drive and away from everything. Sometimes you have to just get away and enjoy nature. This was one of those days.

The drive was beautiful and amazing. The trees were tall and green and the sky was full of big dark clouds, my personal favorite!

We stopped for a short break and let the boys throw rocks over a drop off. They had so much fun.

This is the view from where we stopped. You could see forever.

Here is a picture of me and Ashton where we stopped. And then a picture of Travis, Trevin and Braden further down the road a little ways.

It was such a beautiful ride and it was so nice to get away from the world and enjoy some of Heavenly Fathers beautiful creations with my family that I love very much.

Elder Hirschi!!! Almost.....

2010-08-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago my youngest brother Shaun received his mission call. The whole family gathered at my brother Greg's house to watch Shaun open his call.

It was fun to see Shaun open his call. You could tell that he was very excited and we all were eager to find out where he was going and when.

This is just before he opened his call.

And finally the news we had all been waiting for. Shaun was called to serve in the New Jersey Morristown mission. He will be leaving on October 6th to go to the MTC. I am so proud of Shaun for deciding to go on a mission. He is the last of my three brothers to go on a mission. They have,
along with my brother-in-laws, been great examples to my boys.

Congratulations Shaun!!

Bradens Birthday...6 years old!!!

2010-08-15T14:15:00.001-07:00

Wow time sure does fly. I can't believe that Braden is six years old already. It seams like just yesterday we were living in Germany and I couldn't wait to have him born.

This is Braden at the Wurzburg military hospital in Germany when he was born.

I just want to let Braden know how much we love him and enjoy having him in our family. You have such a happy smile and you are so fun to be around. So much has happened in the past six years of your life. You are getting ready to go to first grade and you are so excited, even though you told me that you are going to get lots of action slips because you can't stop touching people.Your brothers really do like playing with you and you have become a master Nintendo player. We are so happy that you are our little boy! Happy Birthday Braden!

Braden really wanted to have a friend birthday party this year so we invited some friends and his cousin Jerimiah over for some fun.

First we decorated some cupcakes. The kids really liked to decorate their own cupcakes and lets face it I just wasn't really into doing a cake right then. Travis had just taken my best friend and her brand new baby to the airport. They were moving away, but that is for another post.

Then we broke out some play dough and made silly creations. Ashton even liked that part. He played with the play dough for a little while and then he started eating it. And then finally it was time to open presents. What kid doesn't like that?

It turned out to be a good birthday party. Maybe next year we will do it again. Grandma and Grandpa Templin stopped by on his actual birthday and gave him some Lego star wars toys. He was very excited!

Thanks everyone for making Braden feel special for his birthday. We love you Braden.

Mars...Thought you might want to know.

2010-08-06T07:49:00.000-07:00

My dad sent me this email about how the planet mars will be the closest it has ever been in any persons life time. The next time it will be this close will be in the year 2287. On August 27th it will be it's closest at 34,649,589 miles away from earth. It will be the brightest object in the sky next to the moon and will be just as big as the full moon to the naked eye.
At the beginning of August it will rise at 10:00 pm and reach it's highest point at 3:00 am. By the end of August it will reach its highest point at 12:30 am.

I am no science nerd but I think that this will be awesome to see and I know that my kids will love it. I think we will be having a very late star gazing night on the 27th.

1st annual hirschi reunion and last jolley reunion

2010-08-02T12:25:00.000-07:00

**Warning Extremely LONG Post**

This year my parents decided to start having there annual family reunion with all of their kids. So we packed up the cars and headed to Southern Utah. We grew up going to Southern Utah for my dad's family reunions and the very last Jolly reunion was happening the same weekend so we had our first annual Hirschi reunion at the same time.

My mom's parents were kind enough to let us all crash at there house and have our reunion there. All of the boys slept outside in a tent and the girls all slept inside. On the first day when we got there is was my little sisters birthday so we set up the tent for the boys and hung out together as a family. We had the whole family there except for Travis. He had promised his best friend that he would help him move his stuff to Washington that weekend. After everything was set up we had ourselves a birthday party. I made the cake for my sister. I found the cake idea on another blog. (The address in in my list of favorite blogs)

The next day we got up and got ready for the days events. My parents had a candy guess for everyone to guess before each meal. The kids had a lot of fun trying to guess what the correct number was.
Then we went over to the park and had a big game of kickball. That was a lot of fun.

It was interesting playing with really big kids and little kids. My Grandpa even played. My dad and brothers and sister all tried to kick the ball past the big trees in the back ground.

Here is Trevin running in to get the ball and tag someone out. He really liked playing with the older uncles and aunts. He felt like a big kid.

After the kickball game was over we all went back to my grandparents house and decorated our family tee shirts for the reunion. We decided that we were going to ware them the following day at the Jolley reunion. Everyone had a blast creating their shirt designs. They all turned out great to.

Later that night after we were done with our shirts we loaded up the cars and went up into the mountain for a hot dog roast. The drive was beautiful and it was so nice to be up in the mountains away from everything.

Greg had a surprise for all of the kids at dinner time. He stopped on the way to the reunion and picked up some water guns for all the kids to play with. They had fun shooting each other and any other person who had their guard down. It was funny.

That night Braden guessed the closest number for the candy guess. He was only two off! He was so excited that he won the candy. It really suited him. He is my candy child.

We had a lot of fun playing in the mountain that night. All of the kids were so dirty by the time that we were done. This is a picture of my mom holding Ashton and Leah. They were both so dirty and cute at the same time.

By the time we were done and ready to go back to grandmas all of the kids were so dirty and tired and ready to go to bed. Even the cars were all dirty.

Ashton actually cried the whole way back to the house because he was so tired. We got back fast and threw all the little kids into the bath and then straight into bed. We even had a small miracle that night. We had enough hot water so on one had to take a cold shower. It was pure bliss!

The next day we all put on our Hirschi reunion shirts that we painted the day before and headed out for the Jolley reunion. The reunion was in Cedar Brakes and we had about a 45 minute drive through I think the most beautiful land ever. I just love going up to Brian Head ski resort and Cedar Brakes. On the way we stopped by a look out that was amazing! You could see all the way to Alaska. Well not really but close. It was incredible.
This is at the look out. My parents with five of there six grand kids.
And here is Ashton and Leah. They were so cute looking out at the world.
And finally a picture of me and my boys. I love them all!

After our stop we got back on the road and on our way to the Jolley reunion. It was about another 25 minute drive but we finally got there. And when we did there was so much to do. They had a pinata for the little kids.

And a candy/toy dig for them also.
They also had a human sling shot that they had people doing. It was a very interesting contraption. My brothers tried it out and Trevin even gave it a try.

And finally they had a big kid/adult dig to find money. This was hilarious to watch, but fun still the same.

Trevin even got to play this game and he got over a dollar in change.

This is a picture of some of my cousins and sisters. They only got like ten cents. It was funny.

This was a very fun weekend. I was glad to get to see family that I hadn't seen in a long time and it was nice to see both sets of grandparents.

This is a picture of my family and my Grandpa and Grandma Hirschi. (minus Travis)

Thanks mom and dad for putting on a great family reunion. We had a great time. Next year it is my turn to be in charge and plan the reunion. We are very excited and can't wait!!

I'm NO Betty Crocker......

2010-07-28T12:53:00.000-07:00

..... But look what I made. :)

I found this cake idea on another blog address and I thought that I would give it a try! The fourth of July had already passed when I found this cake idea and I really wanted to try it, so when we had our first annual Hirschi family reunion over the 24th of July I decided to make it for my sister Angela's birthday which fell on one of the reunion days.

The inside of the cake is made so that when you cut into it your piece of cake is the flag. How cute is that? The outside of the cake is gorgeous also!

This was fun to make and very easy! I think that I will experiment and see what other kids of fun ideas I can come up with.

Cousin Sean's Birthday Party

2010-07-16T09:52:00.000-07:00

Mandi's son Sean turned six this week and he had a fun birthday party. Trevin and Braden had a blast. Sean loves anything star wars and of course that was his birthday theme. Matt knew some guys that dress up as star wars characters and had them come to the party. It was a huge hit. Matt also made some light sabers for the kids to play with. (I think that Matt's inner child was running this party)

This picture is of Trevin and Braden posing with the Storm Trooper guy. They were so excited to see him. Ashton on the other hand was not so happy to see him.

This is how Ashton spent most of the party. Safe on Grandpa's lap. He wasn't going anywhere near that big scary guy.

Eventually he warmed up to the Storm Trooper and wanted to play with a light saber too.

And here is the galactic war. I am not sure who is going to win but it sure was scary!!

Happy Birthday Sean!!

4th of July Parade

2010-07-16T09:19:00.001-07:00

Every year we try to take the boys to the 4th of July Parade. It is always a fun thing to watch and the kids always love it. It also helps that my sister-in-laws parents live just one house away from the parade route and they always have plenty of seats for us.

This year we were a little bit late and missed the very beginning but that is okay because it was just the fire engines and police cars with there sirens. I was just fine not starting the parade out with a headache.

I didn't take as many pictures this year of the parade because I had Ashton on my lap most of the time. We got to sit by Chad and Ashley and their kids and Landon and Austin came down from Salt Lake City for the parade. Jonathan and his twin sisters were there also. It was fun to get to see family. We really love it when we get to spend time with the Gollahers.

I had to take a picture of my schools float. There is so much competition between the two Universities with everything. I have to show my school colors.

Go UVU!!!

One thing that I really like about the parade is that every year they have a lot of military memorabilia in it. I enjoy that one because it reminds me of the time that we spent in the Army in Germany and two because isn't that why we celebrate the 4th of July? Our freedom was gained and continues because of the many people that fought for it.
Any how......

They have a few giant air balloons that they walk down the street. The crowd always goes crazy with these and tries to get them to rotate it around in a circle.

I am so grateful that I am an American and that I live in a country that is free. I am grateful for the many men and women that fight every day for our freedoms that we have. Freedom is not free! There is always a price that is paid. Thanks for giving your lives and time.

Cousin Emry's Baby Blessing

2010-07-15T13:20:00.000-07:00

We are so lucky to have four new nieces and nephews born in the last couple of months. Emry was the first born in April. Then my brother and his wife had their little girl Collette. And finally at the end of June Travis's other sister Amber had her twin boys and oh my gosh she is going to kill me! I can't remember both of there names. I know one is Soyer but I can't remember the other name. Sorry Amber, maybe you should update your blog and remind me :).

Anyway..... Chad and Ashley decided to bless Emry on the 4th of July. It was so much fun to get to be there for that great occasion. Emry is such a beautiful little girl and we love her so much. After the blessing we went to Ashley's parents house for breakfast.

Ashton was being so cute with this play phone and I was trying to get a picture of him playing with it, but every time that I would ask him to come over so I could take a picture of him he would hold up the phone and take a picture of me instead. What a cute funny little boy.

Here is me and Travis with the cute little Emry. I just can't get over how cute she is and the dress that she was wearing was so adorable! Ashley's mother made it out of her own wedding dress. It turned out to be so cute!

This is a better picture of the dress. Grandma Gollaher is holding her.

4th of July

2010-07-15T13:09:00.000-07:00

We usually go up to Travis's mom's house for the fourth of July every year. We always have such a great time with family and friends. There is always a great BBQ and they set up the swimming pool for the kids and then fireworks afterwords.

The boys always enjoy playing in the pool. Travis even got involved in it this year. Trevin and Braden really liked getting Travis wet. It sure was fun to watch.

These would be the three amigo's

I just love all of the different faces that I am getting with this picture.

It was quite a bit cooler on the 4th this year and I thought that my kids were crazy for wanting to get into the pool, but they really wanted to so into the pool they went. Ashton got cold faster then the other boys so he got to cuddle with mommy and warm up for a while. He is not much of a cuddler so I have to take advantage of it when I can.

Tiffany & Sean's Wedding

2010-07-15T12:39:00.001-07:00

My sister-in-law Tiffany got married last month and they had there wedding in their backyard. I have to say that this was the first wedding that I had been to that was not in the temple so I didn't quite know what to expect. It turned out to be very nice and she was a beautiful bride!

Here is Travis and Matt getting ready for the wedding to start. What cute brotherly love!

Tiffany danced down the isle. I thought that she was such a beautiful bride. Her dress was amazing and I loved the huge flower in her hair.

Here is my father-in-law giving her away. You could tell that he was a very happy proud father. He even got into the dancing down the isle.

There friend got his license so he could marry them. I thought that he was cheesy and his jokes weren't that funny because they were all related to drinking, but what ever right?

And then finally the kiss. This was a hard picture to get because the camera man was stepping in front of me all of the time and I had to take the picture when I could.

The wedding over all was nice and we really enjoyed spending time with Travis's sister Mandi and her husband Matt. After the ceremony we found a shady spot behind the shed. It was so hot and we all were dying!

This is us hiding in the shade. And yes that would be Travis and his cheesy grin. When does he not have it?

sUmMeR fUn!!!

2010-07-02T07:42:00.000-07:00

Another random post of the boys playing outside. This time they are playing on the slip n slide.

Ashton didn't quite know what to do. He loved it though!

Taking out the trash.......

2010-06-29T12:00:00.000-07:00

Okay I have to post this real quickly.

After our friends the Martins were sealed in the temple they had a luncheon at their stake center about a mile away. They had to take there own garbage can for all of the garbage and afterwords had to bring it back to their house. I followed their car laughing the entire way back.

This is what I was watching......

Oh if you could have seen the looks that other passing cars were giving them. It was hilarious!
I just thought that I would share this.

Martin Temple Sealing

2010-06-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

We had the opportunity to go to the Temple sealing of some of our friends this past month. Travis met Jason when they worked together at Whipple. When Travis got a new job at ASEA he new right away that he wanted Jason to work for him. They get along very well and our families have become good friends.

Jason didn't have any family here in Utah and Travis was the one to encourage him to take his family to the temple so Jason had Travis be his escort. We went with them on a Wednesday night to get there endowments out and then two days later we were back at the temple to witness there family being sealed together for eternity.

We really enjoyed being part of this special occasion. It was such an uplifting experience and it is great to see a family be sealed together for all eternity and to see there happiness. We truly felt the spirit that day.

Basketball Camp 2010

2010-06-29T11:23:00.000-07:00

My little sister is the head coach for the Cottonwood girls basketball team and every year they have a basketball camp to earn money for the next school year. This is the second year that she has had the camp and she asks for my kids to go to help build the numbers. They get to go for free so I can't argue. Plus they are gone for almost a whole week!

I went to watch them on the last day and take some pictures.

This is of course how Ashton watches basketball. He wouldn't let go of the ball at all. He loves to hold and play with any kind of ball. eventually he figured out that if he dropped the ball it would roll off his legs and out onto the floor and then of course I would chase after it. Lets just say that that game ended rather quickly.

Here is Trevin shooting the ball. He actually does pretty good. I could see some improvement from last year. Trevin has informed me that he wants to play basketball as a sport. Hopefully we can settle down somewhere more permanently so he can. I know that his Aunt Janae would love to give him some pointers.

Here is Braden shooting his shots. They group the kids into groups of the same age. Braden had his cousin Sean in his group. I think that they had some fun together, a little to much. Oh well boys will be boys. I think that Braden had the most improvement sense last year.

This was one of the kids favorite games. Sharks and minnows. That is Trevin in the middle of the court. He was a shark.

And last but not least, a good stretch to keep yourself healthy. We wouldn't want to pull anything now would we?

My kids always have fun when they get to spend time with their Aunt Janae. I am grateful that I have siblings that like to spend time with my children. Family is so important to me. Thanks Janae for the good time!

Cowboy up!!

2010-06-28T12:08:00.000-07:00

Howdy partners! This cowboy here is Ashton Gollaher sharp shooter of the west!

Isn't he so cute? I don't have very many pictures of him in just his diaper because he will take it off and run around nude. And then most likely pee on my floor. He has on my dad cowboy boots that he wore when he was a little boy many moons ago. The boots are a favorite of the smaller grand kids. Partially because Ashton and Leia are the only ones who fit in them.

You can't be a ruff in tough cowboy without your trusty steed, so grandpa volunteered. Ashton loved it so much. It was so cute to listen to Ashton say yee haa.

A bunch of poser's

2010-06-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

It is always fun when my family gets together. My mom and dad now have six grand kids and when everyone goes to grandma's house lots of strange things happen. Let's just say that no one is camera shy and all of the kids will do pretty much anything to get their picture taken.

This would be a semi normal picture of four of my brothers and sisters with five of the grand kids.

And then this would be what happens when all of the cameras come out of hiding. They all go crazy!

It is not just the little kids that are crazy. Sometimes the big kids are just as crazy. This is me with all of my brothers and sisters. Bryan, Shaun, me, Janae, Angela and Greg. I have the best brothers and sisters in the world!!

New Niece.......

2010-06-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

I am not a proud Aunt or anything but I have the cutest nieces and nephews ever!! My brother and his wife Heather had there third child this month. Their second daughter. She is so cute and adorable!! Her name is Collette Della Hirschi. I just love all of her dark brown hair.

And look at those chubby little baby legs, well not really chubby.

What a cute little baby girl. I hope that my girls are as cute as their little girls!

My BFF's Baby Shower

2010-06-28T11:28:00.001-07:00

So my best friend Cherri is having ..... yes another baby girl. They are moving next month to Washington and her daughters decided to throw her a baby shower before they leave. I ran back to Provo from the bridal shower. They were on the same day only a couple of hours apart. She will be having her baby just a week before they move.

Now it wouldn't be a baby shower without some games. Katie won this one. You couldn't cross your legs and if someone caught you doing it then they got to take your necklace. Katie was watching everyone like a hawk! She played well though.

Next we played an all time favorite game of guess the flavor in the diaper. Remember no tasting the diaper that is cheating! This is a fun game where you have to guess what chocolate candy has been melted in the diaper. This however can be a dangerous game. When I gave Cherri a baby shower for her last baby I started a fire in my microwave oven while melting chocolate into diapers. On a side note I caught Cherri's daughter eating the chocolate out of the diapers after the baby shower was over. It was a very funny sight to see her with her face in a diaper eating something brown. Yuck!

And of course you can't have a baby shower without opening some presents. She needed everything because she gave away all of her baby girl things.They thought they were done having kids and then they had an oops. She needed everything again.

This would be everyone from the baby shower. There are a lot of sisters from our ward and some of her friends from work. It was nice to get away and have some quality girl time. Cherri I sure will miss you and your family when you move!!

Tiffany's Bridal Shower

2010-06-28T10:58:00.000-07:00

Travis's step sister Tiffany got married over this past weekend. My mother-in-law Peggy threw her a bridal shower a couple of week ago at her place. It was a fun party and it was nice to be able to spend time with family.

These lovely ladies are three of my sister-in-laws. From left to right: Tiffany, Bri and Niki. They are Brian's daughters and we are so grateful that they are are sisters. They are fun to be around.

What would a bridal shower be without a bride? She had a hard time getting all of those ribbons in her hair because it is so short.

And of course the party! Tiffany had her future in laws and some friends attend. It turned out to be a fun afternoon.

And finally here is a picture of Peggy and all five of her daughters! Mandi (Travis's sister), me, Peggy, Tiffany,Nikki and Bri.

Rub-a-dub-dub....

2010-06-11T14:45:00.001-07:00

how many kids can fit in your tub?

Well pool actually. I can't believe how the weather has been so far this summer. One day it will be nice and warm making you think that summer is finally here and then the next day it is windy and raining! Yesterday while I went for my daily walk I counted for ten minutes continuous thunder. Straight thunder. There was no break, it was cool but kind of freaky at the same time.

I had the three youngest Hansen kids over for a couple of hours on Wednesday and I decided that I would get our pool out and let the kids go swimming. It was warm enough and the kids all liked it a lot.

Ashton really liked getting wet. He is my water baby. Even though the water was cold, he loved it and was jumping around in it. It was cute.

It is kind of hard to see but there is a sprinkler just behind Brittany's back and I was trying to get Ashton to get closer to the sprinkler so I told all of the kids to go and sit as close to the sprinkler as possible. He just sort of sat down and stayed there. He didn't care that he was getting wet. He just loved it. I think that all of the kids loved it. It was fun to watch them all playing together.

Uncle Landon is home from his mission!

2010-06-10T13:44:00.000-07:00

This past Monday Travis's little brother Landon came home from his mission. He served in the Chihuahua Mexico mission. It seem like it was just yesterday when he left.

This is the group of people that waited for his plane to land. Marty and Tammy made this beautiful banner so he wouldn't miss us.

His first hug with his mom and dad. It was cute and nice to see him with his parents after two long years.

This was Landon's first time seeing Ashton. I had him two months after he left on his mission. The boys were so excited to see their uncle Landon

We are glad that Landon made it home safely and we are excited to get to see him more often!!

Aunt Nikki's high school graduation party

2010-06-06T15:22:00.000-07:00

If this isn't the face of pure joy then I don't know what is.

Travis's sister Nikki graduated from Cottonwood High School this last Friday and Grandpa and Grandma Templin had a BBQ party for her. They also spent the whole last week putting together this play area in their backyard.

Ashton had so much fun going down the slide over and over again. We had to stay by the top of the slide so he wouldn't fall down the rock climbing wall.

Here is a picture of Aunt Mandi and cousin Sean, Braden and Ashton. The new play yard was a huge hit!

This was Travis and Ashton's favorite spot. So cute.

This is Trevin, Braden and Sean eating cake. Yumm!!

Summer Fun :)

2010-06-06T14:32:00.001-07:00

The weather has finally been acting a little more like summer so the boys begged me to let them go outside and run through the sprinklers. I figured that I better let them before it decides to snow or something.

This was the first time that Ashton has really ran through the sprinklers and he had a blast.

I dared Trevin and Braden to get as close to the sprinkler as they could get and then to sit down and stay as long as they could. I basically wanted to see if Ashton would go any closer to the sprinkler. He likes to follow the boys everywhere. As soon as water got on him at all he would turn around and run the other way.

Running through the sprinklers is such hard work. Ashton finally warmed up to the water and had fun running around. Here he is coming in for a drink of water.

I really enjoy watching my kids play. It is so much fun to watch them experience and enjoy life. I want to be able to enjoy all that I can before they are all grown up and move on with their life's. Being a mom is the best!!

A friendly visit...

2010-06-06T14:23:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I got online and checked my facebook account and found out that I had a message from one of our friends from Germany. He said that his wife was going to be passing through Utah and wanted to see us.
Well we can't pass up an opportunity like that. Our friends from Germany are all like family to us. We have been back from Germany for four years now and have been blessed to see many of our friends from Germany, even though they all live far away.

This is Anita with Travis and myself. She married one of Travis's friends and was also a soldier herself.

Here is a picture off all of us. It was just a quick visit, but it was so much fun to see Anita.

Memorial Day 2010

2010-06-01T06:52:00.000-07:00

I know that this is a day late but I wanted to thank all of the service members who give so much for the freedoms that so many of us Americans take for advantage. Thank you for giving your time and talents. Thank you for your courage and valor. Thank you for being strong enough to leave your family and friends to deploy to foreign countries during time of war. Thank you for fighting to keep America free. Without you we would not have the freedom that we have. I also want to thank your families for their sacrifice. I know of the pain along with the love that you have for your service member, I was once there.

And most of all I want to thank my husband Travis for the time that he gave to serve our country. He truly loves America and I am so proud that I am married to someone who is as patriotic as he is.