Saturday, June 25, 2011

DISNEYLAND!

Well we have been trying to go to Disneyland for the last couple of months and Jim's work schedule was soo crazy that we couldn't fit in a vacation. So he finished up the Huntsman Cancer center that he has been running and has break before the next job starts. So he called me last Wednesday and said lets get packed up we are going to Disneyland! The kids had swim lessons for the next 2 weeks so I called my Mom to see if she could watch Tanner if we could go last weekend,



So we packed our things and bought tickets and made reservations in the car! We got 3 day hopper passes and went to both Disneyland and California Adventure. The girls were in Heaven!! The weather was awesome! Mostly cloud cover which we were grateful for so we didn't burn up all day! It was pretty crowded we timed the big rides just right to where we didn't have to wait long to get on. We rode a ton of rides between the 3 days. We got to watch the Disney Parade, which was sooo fun and colorful. The girls loved it cause they got to see all the characters and we didn't have to chase them down. At night we watched the firework show over the Castle and Tinker Bell flying over it too. We also watched the World of Color light and Water show at California Adventure which was really neat too. We walked and walked all over! The girls were defiantly worn out by the third day! At one point they sat on Jim's feet as we slowly moved through the line! I think Disneyland is really the happiest place on earth... our kids couldn't stop smiling and Jim and I had sooooo much fun which them. We kept asking them what their favorite ride was and they always said everything! We loved it all. Sorry Mr. Tanner next time you will get to go! We missed our little buddy like crazy! We knew he was in good hands and it would have been crazy in the heat and lines with him with us. Next time buddy! The girls are already scheming on how to get us back again! Oh and of course we couldn't not say Hi to Mickey Mouse! The girls thought this was soo cool. He kissed Kylee's nose and gave Brinkley a hug and the just giggled and giggled! Tooo fun! They wore their first timer pins proudly! What a fun Trip!



Monday, June 20, 2011

Big #4








Happy Birthday Brinkley! Brinkley turned 4 last week on June 9th.
She had an awesome birthday! We went boweling with grandma and Grandpa, and Casey and Ashley.

She was a great bowler! She loved it. Then we came back and had her party. We had just her on little friend over Hallie Kellett, Scott and Kelset came too. It was fun.

Brinkley wanted to wear her BEAUTIFUL princess dress ad crown the whole time. For her party she opened presants and we had cake and ice cream... all Princess of course!


She got lots of cute clothes! Barbies, a guitar, bug catching things ( for her potatoe bugs), and Casey and Ash got her a way cute baseball and mit that is pink and purple.. her favorite colors!

She is soo funny! It was fun to see how excited she was to open everything.
What a great day! Happy Birthday Brinkley!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Easter

Well we had a great Easter this year! My sisters came into town and Casey and Ashley came up and we were all together. On Friday we colored Easter eggs at my house and had a BBQ. Then on Saturday we had an egg hunt for the kids at Lomand view park. Then on Sunday we went to church and I think this is the first year that my kids actually understood and remembered Christ resurrection. So that was great! My girls were so excited Grandma made them new dresses at special request!(I know I have the most talented mom!) They looked beautiful! It was funny having all the kids together!



Friday, January 14, 2011

Update!



Wow it has been forever since I've updated. You know every time my blog has a huge space it most likely because we are moving again and I am crazy busy! Well as you know my husband is a General Contractor and since there is like no work that is the reason we have moved a lot. So we were in Arizona and Jim started commuting to Pocatello Id for a hospital that he was dry walling on a commercial job. I was getting ready to have my baby so I stayed with Jim's sister Kari in Gilbert for 6 weeks. Than we stayed with my Mom and Dad, just the kids and I while Jim finished up the hospital in Pocatello. We didn't want to move our family for a month and then move again. We knew he would be going to Salt Lake at the Huntsman Cancer center. So we had Tanner James West on September 3rd. 2010 in Gilbert AZ. He was born 2 days after Kylee's bday. Jim barely made the delivery with 30 mins before the delivery. We moved to Layton in November, and Jim has been working in SLC. It has been nice to be back in Northern Utah. We have never lived here in our marriage. We blessed Tanner in our new ward on Dec. 5th. We had a great Christmas! We had our own Christmas this year at our house and than after wards went up to my Mom and Dads house. I thought I would just do like 1 picture of everything so its kinda crazy but oh well. Here is a picture of my cute reindeer!
After Christmas we decided to go to visit Jim's side of the family back in St. George. We had a really fun weekend at Jerry and Lisa's house. There was a lot of family from Arizona and Idaho that we don't get to see very often and we had lots of fun. We hope that 2010 treated you all well and that you had a good Christmas season. It was my intent to get out Christmas cars, but it didn't happen... surprise lol. Well we are excited for 2011 and the good things it will bring for our family. Happy New year to all!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Lake Powell!


Well we went to Lake Powell last week for a couple of days. We went with Jim's sister Kari and her family and his brother Jerry and there family.

We went to Paige and stayed for three days. Each day we would go to a different part of the lake, and play, have lunch on the beach and play some more!

Since I am almost 8 months pregnant, I just stayed in the boat and enjoyed the ride. Jim and the cousins would take turns with the girls on the tube!

My girls are such thrill seekers, they loved the boat and the tube rides!

After wards we went on to St. George for a couple of days, for our nephew Wesley's wedding.

The wedding was nice, and we had a good trip. By the end we were will ready to come home, we had been gone for 6 days. While we were at Jerry and Lisa's and the lake Rachel had the flu and the whole house got it! yuck! So it wasn't fun when all the kids started throwing up! Then it spread throughout all the West family. I think there was like 20 people who ended up getting it! Brinkley got it on the ride home in the truck, so right when we thought the adventure was over suprise!
Jenny my sister is looking for houses in Dammeron Valley and St. George area, so she and the boys and my mom came down for the weekend too. So we got to see cousins on both sides. My kids sure love their cousins!
Overall it was a good trip, we had a blast at the lake and enjoyed seeing everyone!
This last picture is of the girls surfing! It was pretty funny!
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Brinkleys #3 Birthday!


Well on Wednesday my baby girl turned 3! That's so crazy to me... it has gone so fast! We had a great day, she woke up at 5 in the morning and came in and asked if it was her birthday. So she was way excited, I told her she had to go back to bed for a little bit.

We did her party in the afternoon, because it worked better for Jim, he had a lot going on the night. This was the first party we have had in Arizona and it was a lot different than the birthdays in the past.

We have always lived by lots of cousins, and my sister comes down a lot for the birthdays. So we really missed Macie, Mandi, Rachel, Kylah, and "the Boys" (Jenny's 4 boys).
We were really glad that we at least lived close to Kari's family, her four kids and Jake's friend were the only kids at the party.

Aunt Sandra came a little later to celebrate in the fun too! Well she openend here presants, and he had cake and ice cream and then the kids just played.



She got a pony house that has baby pony's to take care of, and a CD player, play computer, and hair stuff.
She is my girly girl! She has been blow drying her hair and taking care of her babies, and she loved every second of it. Afterward we went swimming at Kari's with the kids, she was very stubborn about having to go to Kari's afterwords, so it was her day and we went. Happy Birthday Brinkley we sure love you and enjoy all the fun you bring to our family!
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend






Well we had a great memorial day weekend. We decided to get out of the heat and head to Payson. We stopped and had a picnic by the park with our girls and after lunch we feed the ducks our leftovers. Then Kari decided that she and her kids wanted to come up and hang out with us. So they met us in Payson, and then we drove up higher in the mountains, because Jim wanted to scout out camping and fishing spots. We drove another hour till we hit a place that we could fish. So we stopped and let the kids fish for a bit. It was getting cold so we built a tiny fire so they could roast marsh mellows! It was a fun day! Lots of driving, but worth the adventure. It got kind of interesting when Kari told us that she was almost to empty and we still had to get off the mountain. We had to stop and buy some gas off of a family camping .... LOL so we could make it back! The girls have been wanting to go fishing for weeks though, so they loved it!