Family Photos

Sneak Peak Family Photos

We just took family photos, so I thought I would share a few! Casen wouldn't smile once, which is too bad when you know how absolutely adorable his smile is! He was mad that he had to wear the clothes I dressed him in. He is too stubborn. (And yes, he does have messy hair... wouldn't you know.) But we are happy to have some family pics. Collin and Casen are both at such neat stages, and so handsome, so we had to get what we could!

Fall Colors

Saturday morning I went on a hike with my mom and Jena. Dave took the kids on an overnighter with the Priests and church to a cabin. I spent the night scrapbooking and hiking in the morning. It was so beautiful, I had to post some pictures. I also wanted to post them while its still fall!






Plus a few randoms....
Collin at his first day of preschool... Casen got all ready to go also... even though he had to go to the gym instead.

Don't they look handsome?
Aunt Jena is the secretary at their preschool. It's great.. we love seeing her and gma sherrie :)


Casen is such a doll right now!


Uncle Sam already teaching the boys BMX bike tricks


my cute fam just chillin


I went to lunch with my highschool best friends. Its been 81/2 years! Here we are


Literally, singing in the rain. I was hiding inside while the boys decided to play outside in the rain. Collin was so excited it was raining because he could use his new spiderman umbrella aunt carolyn gave him for his b-day.




Casen fell asleep like this after church, how funny. I don't know why the fork was like that.


Playing at home








Well, I think I have done enough for now. Lets just say I am a little burned out tonight from doing about 5 posts in one sitting :) I think I fall into the category of a binge blogger.

Help Batman Put an end to Jokers Dastardly Plan...

Holy Cake and Batman Ice Cream.... Collin turned 4 and the Joker just stole Collins birthday cake! Come dressed as your favorite super hero and help batman put an end to this dastardly plan!

Birthday boy... making his bat craft and frosting sugar cookies.



Bats on a stick :)

Getting ready for the obstacle course.



Everyone lined up ready to go.

Uncle Coleson help patrol the obstacle course.

Look at this little guy! Isn't he a doll.

Batman #2. Grandma Sherrie made thse ADORABLE capes for Collin and Casen.



This is where the Super hero Training camp took place!

All tangled up in the web... now try to get out!

Say cheese!



Water games.

Collin the Ultimate batman was getting ready to blow out his cake... THAT IS AFTER ALL the SUPER HEROES attacked the Joker (my bro Sammy) to find the missing cake!!! They ended up finding it in the Laundry room. But, I will never forget how all the superheros took down the joker with punches, balls and wrestling moves on the joker! It was hilarious.





Cat woman was a key player in helping this party!

This is Shannon Melchiors baby Eliana... she is a doll! Shannon thanks for all the help with the party!

Bros and sis and little ones :)

Cute little Coleson helping Casen do the obstacle course.









Happy Birthday Collin, we love you!

First Big Kid bike!

6 year anniversary

Dave and I just celebrated our 6 year anniversary September 13th! We took a big trip to celebrate and to visit Kevin my brother in law. It was tons of fun and I have millions of pictures... but my stupid computer will not load ANY pictures at all. So... I will be posting some later. Collin also turned 4 and I have great pictures of his SuperHero Batman party! So... for now, I wanted to make a tribute to year number 6 for Dave and I. Whahoo :)

Love you hun!

NYC, DC, Philly

Dave and I went on a great trip together! It started my driving our little family down to Albuquerque, NM to Grandma and Grandpa Minks house. We stayed a day and a half with the boys there. Next we flew out to Philly, were we met Kevin and Noelle (Dave's brother) It was so fun to see them. Kevin is in Dental School at Temple University, and they are expecting their first baby! :) They will have the first little girl Mink grandchild, and we are so excited! With Kevin and Noelle we did a lot of sightseeing!!! First we visited New York City for 2 days, then spent a day in Philly, then drove to Washington DC and spent 2 days there. We finished up with our last day in Philly, visiting their ward and sight seeing. It was great! After the trip we flew back to New Mexico where we celebrated Collins 4th BIRTHDAY!!!! We spent a day and a half playing with family again, and getting ready for the 12 hour drive home back to Highland :)
Here are some pictures from our trip!
After we came home we celebrated Collins birthday one more time with a Superhero Batman Party with 12 little 3/4 year old's running around.



Philly... the liberty bell. Dave and Kev also enjoyed some famous Philly cheese steaks here.






We got this one for Collin and Casen... cost us a buck.




Broadway play in NYC.. "The Wonderetts"






Manhattan Shore line from the boat.









Ellis Island... very cool.




Site of the Twin Towers.




Brooklyn Bridge at night was beautiful. It was raining on us.






Chocolate World... Hershey PA




National Space Museum in Washington DC










DC... Washington Memorial


Washington Memorial, and Reflections Pool

Inside the Lincoln Memorial



In front of the White House



Here we are riding hte tour bus at the Arlington National Cemetary



The Tomb of the Unknown inside the Cemetary



Inside the National Archives... We saw ALL the important documents ever used in our country! It was really cool.


Thank you so much Kevin and Noelle for touring us around and making it such a fun trip! We love you. Thank you so much to Grandma and Grandpa Mink and Uncle Mathew and Aunt Michelle for watching Collin and Casen for a whole week. I know that can be a daunting task. But they (and we) really love you guys.