Todd and Kelli get Married

My brother Todd married Kelli Grimshaw on October 17th. Here we are waiting at the Newport Beach Temple for them. We are so happy to have Kelli join our family.
My brothers and I. Greg, Todd and Lori

Megan was a jr. bridesmaid.

Here is the happy, beautiful couple! Congrats!

TANAKA FARMS

We went on the annual Tanaka Farms field trip with Chase's pre-school class. This is always a favorite field trip for all the kids. Here is Chase and Olivia:

One of the highlights of the day is going on a wagon ride pulled by a tractor. They take you over to a petting zoo area. This is always a fun time. Chase is not a bit scared by the animals and loves to pet, hug and try to feed the animals. Here he is with a willing goat.

Max came along on the trip.

The whole preschool class.

Here the kids are climbing to the top of a hay tower. I love this picture of Chase!

Another highlight of the trip is the chance to pick vegetables. Each child gets to pick 3 radishes, 3 carrots, 3 green beans, and 3 onions. Look at those HUGE radishes! We made some soup that night and put in his vegetables.


The deal is every child gets to pick a pumpkin off a vine to take home. The only rule is that the CHILD has to be able to carry his/her own pumpkin. Chase really wants a big one so here he is trying to carry out the biggest one he can.

Lori's Birthday!

My college roommate, Stefanie from RICKS happened to be here in Orange County over my birthday weekend. What was just your average birthday turned into something so fun to have Stef here with me to celebrate! She made a birthday cake with my kids --notice the number on the candles-- 29! Yay, I wish...



Here I am ready to dig into the cake

Here we all are minus Max

Max's 1st birthday photos by Aynn Thurman

My sister in law Aynn came down to California and we did a photo shoot of Max for his 1st birthday! Here are some of the shots we got of this cute little boy.

Here is the "cake" story board.

He was not a fan of the birthday hat but here is the one shot we got!

Totally into the cupcake!

Thanks Aynn! You did a great job capturing the moment of this little boy!

MAX'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

Our little monkey turns 1 on Sept 30. We had a fun celebration for him at the park with friends and family. But before the park, we made his name in pancakes when he woke up on his big day.

At the park:

Jessica (with Olive), Annalee (with Kenndyl) and Christy came to with Max a happy birthday
Owen, Avery, Lexi and Chase playing around

Taylor and Megan eating pizza

Here's the birthday boy

Me with Max and Kenndyl (they are just a few months apart)

We made cake pops for dessert for the kids. This was my first try at making them and I think they turned out pretty good--we lost a few but this is what we ended up with.


Megan and Max
Grandma Virginia came from Utah to help us celebrate.

More kids playing at the park


Zach playing in the sand

Alex, me and our cabose--Max


He's getting into the cake


Here is the monkey cake I made. I think it turned out cute!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FAVORITE LITTLE MONKEY-- WE LOVE YOU!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Here is Megan on her first day of 5th grade. That is the final year at her elementary school. Scary!

Zach's first day of 2nd grade

Megan and Sara end up dressing the same--by accident!

Chase's first day of preschool with Miss Shirley.

Alex's 40th

Alex turns 40 on Sept 4th!! Really crazy. We decide we need to have a big party and what better party to have than one that he really lived in and loved: the 80's! So, we had an 80's party --most came dressed up from the past and we enjoyed Mexican food (Alex's favorite) and of course enjoyed the 80's music.

Here we are--Alex and I

Brett and Christy

Jenny (our fierce margarita mixer--virgin, of course)

Some of our decor: we tried to find some of our old 80's favorites. Aqua Net, Sun In, NERDS, Jane Fonda workout videos, boom box, neon sunglasses, Smurfs, Pictionary, Goonies...the list is endless

Matt and Laura

Brad and Julie

Jim and Adrienne (sidenote: Adrienne is wearing a Homecoming dress that I wore in the 80's)

Rachel and Nate

Diana (with Jake)

Katelyn and Wade (believe it or not he won for best dressed male!)

David and Nicole

Annalee, Steve and Matt

Lori, Adrienne, Laura and Christy
Alex with his cake

Christy, Diana and I

We all had a great time. Alex doesn't really look 40, right? Well, thats what we are telling him anyway.