Happy 19th Birthday Anna!!

Today is my beautiful little sisters birthday! She is turning 19, I can't even believe it. One of my favorite memories is the day she was born. I was ten years old and in fifth grade. I can remember walking into the hospital room to see her, my mom said " Liz come and meet your new little sister." I started to cry I was so happy. We new she was going to be a girl but I was so worried that it was a mistake and I would be stuck with another little brother. The thought of another brother was almost more then my ten year old heart could bare. If you know my little brother's you can understand this perfectly :)

I was the luckiest girl in the world, I was blessed with a little baby sister. Anna may be ten years younger then me, but I always have loved her with all my heart. So when Anna needed a place to go, I was so happy to take my crazy 15 year old little baby sister into my home and family. It was challenging at times, but such an honor to help raise such a wonderful person. The time has gone so fast and know she is in college, and moving on.

Anna, our family loves you so much and we miss you more than you know. Thank you for being one of my best friends, my wing man, travel partner and the best little sister in the world. I love you and happy birthday!

ANNA IS NOT FORGOTTEN!

Anna just wrote me message on Facebook about how sad she is she is not in any of our blog pictures. So in honor of her 19th birthday which in one week, here are some of my favorite pictures of Anna! Anna, we love you and miss so much and we would never want you to feel left out.:) I know we have had a lot of birthday's, they are almost over.

I think we all can agree that Anna should have been Bella.

Hmm, know she is looking like Captain Jack Sparrow.

Quinn's 4th Birthday, Hooray!!

Quinn's turned four today! He is know a "big boy." He started pre-school, got a brand new booster seat, and will start to play soccer in the spring. The possibilities are endless when a kid turns four. I can't wait to see what awesome things Quinn gets to do (or put me through) this next year.

Since Quinn's birthday was on a Sunday this year. We decided to go to Fat Cats for bowling and Pizza on Saturday. We had a blast! Anna was the big winner (Craig was not happy) and Grandma Lori lost big time with a low of 17! The music was loud, the pizza was delicious and the company was so fun.

Okay, I found it very fitting that Quinn did not have his shirt on for his little party. Quinn loves to take of his shirt, in fact he spent most of the summer with it off. He really ended up with a great tan and killer highlights in his hair. I don't know what to say about the fact that he will not look at the camera for a picture, it is driving me crazy.

Quinn Through The Years!

Quinn our only son, turns four this week! In honor of his birthday here are some of my favorite pictures of him.
It has been an adventure raising this boy!

Grand Tetons: Jenny Lake

This was a great day. On our way home from Yellowstone we decieded to stop by Grand Teton National Park and do the Jenny Lake hike. It was well worth the extra time and effort. This was a beautiful and pretty easy hike. Although it did get hard near the end trying to get to inspiration point.

We saw a bear on this hike!

Amazing Yellowstone

This year Craig's family had a family reunion in Yellowstone. We figured it gave us a good reason to head up to bear country, or should I say elk country.

Craig and the kids talking a swim in the hot springs.

Anyone who has been to Yellowstone knows that there is a lot of driving involed.
The kids were great.

Stella was such a great sport, she spent most of the trip in a baby carrier.

The girls at Prasmatic Springs.

Here are some buffalo, the only ones we say the whole trip.

Quinn Goes to School !!!

This morning Quinn went to his first day of Pre-school! I a sitting here in silence because three out of my four children are at school this morning. Stella is snoozing away and of course I am not doing laundry I am blogging. Very interesting!

Quinn is so funny. I have a really hard time getting a great picture of him because he pulls all these crazy faces. I won't just give me a handsome smile.

This year Quinn is going to school with two of his good buddies, Evan and Ryan. He is really lucky to have such fun friends and I am so lucky to have moms to carpool with.