A Week With Friends

The kids and I had the opportunity to spend a week with our good friends.  While the husbands were both gone for business us mom's chatted and relaxed and the kids played a lot and fought a little (of course).  We all got to enjoy their new baby.  Karlee and Trenton enjoyed holding the baby and kissing her and stroking her hair.  Thankfully we only had one casualty--Karlee's chin.  She tipped over a chair while standing backwards in it and smacked her chin on the ground.  It got pretty bruised and swollen.  Poor thing!  She absolutely loved their dog though and their My Little Pony toys (which caused some issues).  We enjoyed a playground, fountains, mcdonald's, ice cream, posicles and plenty of movies and jumping on the trampoline.  Thanks Corteiga for an awesome week!

This is the only way she would swing

I promise-- they asked to go be put in the dog kennel!

I'm Back

So, I figured it was probably about time to get back into the swing of things with this blog and let people know what we've been up to.  This summer is going to be crazy like always, but I'll try to keep up with the posting.  We've been busy this past year doing a lot of remodeling to our house.  We just got our large garden planted and the kids are sure excited about it.  Nyk and I went on a trip for 11 days to Ukraine and Russia.  He served a mission for the LDS church in Kiev Ukraine, so we got to visit the people he knew there and see all the sites.  It was an interesting, tiring, and absolutely amazing trip.  I can't believe I was so lucky to get to go there.  I sure missed my kids though!  So, among all the family reunions and fun this summer will be the opportunity that Nyk has to play at Mountain River Ranch for the second year in a row.  Although it occupies every Friday and Saturday night for the whole summer, I'm very proud of him and love watching him perform.  The extra money makes it a little easier for me to let him do it too!  So, here's a few fun pictures to highlight our fun this past year!

Nyk at Mountain River Ranch last summer (he worked there in  December and January also)

Karlee turned 1 on October 1st (she's now 20 months)

Halloween.  Nyk- Batman, Me- Cat woman, Trenton- Black Wild Force Power Ranger, Karlee- super girl (the outfit I wore for my second Halloween too)

We took a cruise over Thanksgiving with my Mom's side of the family to the Mexican Riviera

In front of the Princess Pauline in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

On the beach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Trenton turned 4.  Yes, he's obsessed with Scooby-Doo.

We took Trenton skiing a few times this year and he is amazing!  He zooms down with no help!

Nyk's little brother Justin got married!

At the "Big Mama" statue in Kiev, Ukraine

We did work at the Kiev temple!  What an amazing experience.

The Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow, Russia.  We also went to St. Petersburg which was amazing!

My little brother Tanner graduated from high school!  Congratulations T!  You're awesome!

As you can see it was a pretty eventful year for us.  I've challenged myself to do a weekly blog post, so that I don't have to recap every year and I can keep my few readers a little more interested.
Love,
Pauline