No Nandy!

St. George

2012-02-13T11:39:00.000-08:00

We spent a weekend with just our family in St. George. The weather was fantastic. We spent the entire time outside. Beck took me on a hike all the way up the mountain behind GG's house. He knew the way and encouraged me all the way up. We also hiked around Snow Canyon and the little Narrow in St. George. It was a lot of fun.

Dress Up

2012-02-13T11:22:00.000-08:00

Dressing up in her little outfit Schultz passed down to Ruby. She was dying to try it on and then could not get it off fast enough.

Happy Birthday Doll

2012-02-11T11:12:00.000-08:00

Darling Ruby is 2.

Beck Play B-Ball

2012-02-10T12:06:00.000-08:00

Beck loves his first year of Junior Jazz. Mom accidentaly signed him up for a 1st grade team. He is a bit smaller and a year less skilled than his team mates. He has gotten really good at dribbling the ball.

More of Mac Mac

2012-02-10T12:01:00.001-08:00

Baby Mac Mac

2012-02-03T16:57:00.000-08:00

Ruby has been chatting a lot about Baby Mac Mac ( Mac Alexander Helm). Unfortunatly she has been sick for the first few days of his life. Finally she was able to see the babe. She was very nervous at first. Then she warmed up and ended up in the crib next to him.

Our Girl

2012-02-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

Ruby communicates everything with us. We cannot believe how quickly she has learned to talk. She makes us laugh especially when you catch her like this.

Ruby loves the snow and could spend forever in it. She especially loved to throw snowballs at the cows. She would tell us after she threw them:"The cows are gonna get me"

Beckham's 6th Birthday

2012-01-24T08:05:00.000-08:00

Turning 6 was great for Beck. There was a lot of pressure on us to make all his celebrations great! Beck is really into the actual celebration of Birthday's. We love him and think he is one great kid.

Playa Del Carmen 2011

2012-01-17T12:18:00.000-08:00

We spent our 2011 Christmas back in Playa Del Carmen. We had many adventures. One of the biggest was getting our 3 kids there and home. The trip was paradise and time with my family is priceless. So grateful for my parents who keep our family close. We love to travel together and we have made some pretty great memories over our lives. We missed Zach and Liz this year. Not the same without everyone.

Feliz Natividad
Our usual Taco stop.

Inside a Cenote

Our usual Taxi ride where we all pile into a van.

I love this picture of my Dad and the boys.

Xhel Ha
Beck loved snorkeling. At Acumal he was able to snorkel with turtles. We also say and Eagle Ray, Stingrays, Baracuda, Puffer fish, Parrot fish, and at least 10 turtles. the Eagle ray was amazing. Not as big as the one we saw on our dive.

The kids loved this submarine boat at Xel Ha. They sat watching the fish swim around the. Suddenly mermaid Candice appeared.
Beck zip lined with Grandma and Papa.

Cenotes. These were pretty amazing. The water was crystal clear.
Drew boy turned 18. He looks a little different than when he turned 13 in Play many years back.
Our traditional picture spot.
4 chickens Alex really??? No problem finishing those off.
Our Cozumel dive. This was the 3rd time diving here. Each time I am amazed at the beauty. Christina's Dive shop always takes us on an incredible dive. We saw 2 large Eagle Rays, Turtles, and monster Lobster, colorful coral and tubing, and endless amounts of tropical fish.

Cozumel Dive

2012-01-11T12:24:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning

2012-01-05T14:02:00.000-08:00

Yes, Santa seems to always find us.

Merry Christmas

2011-12-19T23:25:00.000-08:00

Oh Rubs

2011-12-13T12:39:00.000-08:00

Temple Square

2011-12-13T11:18:00.000-08:00

Little Lady

2011-12-04T15:52:00.000-08:00

Ruby is acting like such a little girl. She talks a lot. Basically she repeats everything that you say. She is really into sitting in a chair and reading a book. She also loves to call and chat with Grandma Pammy. She repeats "Yah" over and over on the phone. Last but not least she adores her brothers very much.

The Fort

2011-11-21T12:55:00.000-08:00

Beck loves to sleep in forts. He usually only gets to build and sleep in forts and Candice and Dave's house. He was pretty sure that Uncle Dave was the only person in his life that could build him a satisfactory fort. Well Dad proved him wrong. So take that Sherman's.

Halloween 2011

2011-11-03T14:05:00.000-07:00

Lot's of Candy, Parties, and Dressing up. Beck was really into it this year. He had a little pumpkin bag for his candy and he came home and told me that he was going to be needing a pillow case.

New Tricks

2011-10-29T11:58:00.000-07:00

Ira taught Ruby this new trick. We waved Beckham off on the bus

Gardner Village

2011-10-28T11:48:00.000-07:00

Chick

2011-10-26T14:29:00.000-07:00

We sure love this silly Chick. All I can say is that she is Full of It!

Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-25T20:32:00.000-07:00

This was our annual trip with Preschool to the Vineyard pumkin patch. This year it was with Ira's class. We had great weather and of course picked out a perfect carving pumpkin.

Little Ships

2011-10-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

Love....Love....Love... my little Ships

Ira's 4th Birthday

2011-10-07T07:21:00.001-07:00

Ira boy is now 4 years old. He will always be our Little I. He had a full day of celebration. Full of lots of sugar.

Impossible

2011-10-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Getting a picture with all your kids cooperating....Impossible

Grand Teton's and Yellowstone

2011-09-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

We are really getting our use of our National Parks Pass. We spent Labor Day up in The Grand Tetons as well as Yellowstone. We were in great company with my parents and grandparents. Oh lets not forget our Drew boy. We stayed at Colter Bay in some cute and rustic cabins. We had a great lunch and stagecoach ride in Jackson Hole. The weather was just perfect. We spent a full day driving the loop through Yellowstone. The kids loved the geysers at Old Faithful. They discovered a few that they named as their own. We spent our last day at Jenny Lake, where we took a boat ferry across the lake to hike to Hidden Falls. What a great way to spend our holiday and looks like a new tradition has been formed. We are on a quest for a bear and wolf. Also this picture below makes the entire trip worth it!

This restaurant was where Grandpa Shipley lived when he was a baby.

Yes, just take your time buffalo. Little did he know that he had hundreds of cars lined up behind him. This is what makes Yellowstone.

Ira Starts Preschool

2011-09-07T07:32:00.000-07:00

After 2 years of taking Beck and watching him walk into Mrs. Lindley's school, Ira get's his turn. He has a class full of close friends. Brynn, Brackyn, Taycie,Dev,Ryder and Crew. Good Luck Jessica!

Beck Starts Kindergarden

2011-08-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

Beck started his first day at Meadow Elementary. He has Mrs. Caldwell. She is a new teacher. We met her last night and Beck got a tour of the class. He is very happy to be going to school. Last night we ran into a old preschool friend Maddie. She loves Beck and talks of marriage often to him. Last night when she saw Beck she walked up to him and said: "Beck I love you, I care for you, and I will marry you". Beck is clueless to it all. Luckily Beckham has his friend Beck in his class as well. Today Beck chose to ride the bus. Dad came home and we all walked together to the stop by our park. When the bus pulled up Beck was anxious to climb on. No hesitation in going to school. Tears filled my eyes as he waved goodbye to us out the front seat window. So proud of this boy. What great adventures he is going to have in Kindergarden.

Birch Hallow, Oderville,and Narrows

2011-08-27T12:54:00.000-07:00

Candice,Dave, Brit, Josh and Jon and I spent last weekend in Zion. Let's just say we had quite the adventure. It was a 11 1/2 hr hike through 3 canyons. We saw a lot of beautiful slot canyons. We also encountered some rotten mud that we trenched trough for several hours. Thankfully I entertained with my graceful rappelling techniques and water hole slips. Glad we made it and can mark this as an accomplishment.

Ruby 18 Months

2011-08-24T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hanging out at the Hemming's on babysitting night. Looks pretty content. Obviously no other kids are around for her to scream at.

8 yrs of Marriage

2011-08-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

8 years of wedded bliss. Still helplessly in love with my Jonny Boy!

2 Babies

2011-08-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes we have 2 babies

Gave In

2011-08-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

Promise you won't laugh at Jon when you pull up next to him at a light. Yes the Shipley's have given into the sweet and amazing life of a minivan.

Jon Turns 30

2011-08-14T22:44:00.000-07:00

You must have a party when you turn the big 30!!! It was a party full of good friends and family and lots of food. J-Dawg for Jon on the big 30. My dad paid Jon a nice tribute and then the roast began. Candice and my brothers and their wives came up with this late night comedy sketch on Jon. Candice read a pile of Thank You cards that she found on Jon's nightstand. To great to forget.

Thank You Dateline... for preparing me for Jury Duty. I'm ready Utah Justice System.

Thank You Cheese... for making every waiter/waitress annoyed with me

Thank You Ruby's wardrobe...for causing the Shipley financial crisis of 2010

Thank You Beckham...for giving me solid proof of my dominant male genes.

Thank You...Twitter for limiting my sports rants to 140 char.

Thank You Quicksilver and Vans...for making up for the part in my hair.

Thank You Nintendo DS...for raising 2 beautiful boys.

Thank You Online forums...for giving me a voice in a world of people who care way too much about canyoneering.

Thank You Chick-fil-a Ketchup packets...for providing me the perfect dipping experience and pissing off my sister in-law.

Thank You Aquabats...for giving me the chance to skank dance well into adulthood.

Thank you Ira...for asking for permission to sleep at my house. I wish your siblings would do the same.

Thank You Sherman Pool... for replacing me in my marriage.

Family Party

Lake Powell 2011

2011-08-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

What a great Lake Powell trip. The kids all love the Lake so much. So what if Ira calls it the Ocean. Beck has gotten extremely brave on the tubes. Ira was determined to ski one night so we stuck him on a knee board. I was not prepared with kids skis. Ruby spent hours and hours spotting fish in the water. We did our usual exploring. On our Smith Fork hike we pass lots of Tadpole pools and Frogs. Beck kept saying " Look another Tadpole Heaven". Meaning there were may swimming in a little hole of water. Lake Powell is made for kids and I am grateful for the memories my kids will have of this magnificent place. Summer would not be complete without our Ocean in Utah.

24th of July Extravaganza

2011-07-24T21:22:00.000-07:00

My Aunt Shelly and the Condie clan put on a July 24th celebration indeed. Full of People, Swimming, Snow cones, Cotton Candy, Pinatas, and Fire Dancers. Not to forget the never ending display of fireworks over the pool and visit from Brother Brigham. Many years of fantastic memories of the 24th of July at Condie Pool.

Piro Techno's

2011-07-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

What would the 24th be without the Helm Tank Wars. This year got a little over the top. Basically the tanks were turned into bombs. Beckham really embraced the art of building the most lethal of tanks. He built many deadly tanks loaded with fireworks. The best part is watching all the boys run for their lives once they have lit the tanks. Alex was hit a few times. Really I am surprised they all have fingers. It is a good tradition and hilarious to watch.

Helm Family Newport Beach

2011-07-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Week 2... spent with the Helm Family in Newport Beach. We have so many traditions there. Most of them involve food. We have even added a few more. This year we finally made it to Javier's. Jon has been wanting to eat there for a few years. Did not disappoint, beautiful restaurant with yummy food. Also our new fish taco place, Bear Flag Fish and Roscowes chicken and waffles. The rest of this year was pretty typical. Lots of beach time, surf shops, sand castles, bocce ball and swimming. Drew taught Ruby to walk. So by the end of our trip she was moving around a little more. I also completed my first solo drive home with all 3 kids. Thanks to the "Help" on audio books. Two weeks at the beach was still not enough. Once day Jon and I will find our way to cute little cottage on the ocean.....

Candice walked Ruby everyday on the beach to get her to sleep. Find your thumb Ruby!

The Dolphins were so close.

Loves her Zachy. Especially loves to yell his name even if it is to Liz.

Balboa Bars...the little lady recognizes my Dad every year.

Shipley's in Oceanside California

2011-07-01T21:27:00.000-07:00

The Shipley Family had a great reunion in Oceanside California. We stayed right on the beach and spent the best week with all our Shipley Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents. Since most of the family is spread out, it was great to all be in one place for a week. The boys took up riding razors. They spent much of the day riding up and down our driveway with their cousins. Jon and I had spent some time trying to surf and boogie board. Now we just need to convince Grandpa Shipley to get that beach house.

For Sale

2011-06-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

We were at the park the other day and some kids were selling candy. The kids thought that was a brillian way to get some money. So the gathered all our left over food and put a sale sign on it. Needless to say they made nothing. Strange, not sure why people would not want a half eaten bag of cheetos. I bought Beck some Otter Pops to sell.

Moab

2011-06-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

Moab was fantastic. The Lehi group did it right. With 12 little kids in tow, we did it all. Each spot was gorgeous. We also lucked out by finding a fantastic swimming hole in the river. We jumped off rocks and slid down the natural waterfall. Beck was really in his element. He ran up and down Delicate Arch. Never tiring from the heat. He remembered each Arch and rock we stopped to see. We had a surprise visit from the Carr's. It was a riot to see them. We made a quick stop at Canyonlands. Can't wait to go back.

Pray For Clara

2011-06-15T13:10:00.000-07:00

My friend Chelsea, has a darling little 2 year old niece who was recently diagnosed with High-Risk stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. She needs many many prayers. Please look at this blog and remember Clara!

mommastimeout.blogspot.com

You will instantly fall in love with this beautiful little girl. She actually remind me a lot of our Ruby . Clara and her family have inspired me as a Mother to never take my children for granted. Also to have Faith. She has taught me to have more patience and love. This little 2 year old stranger, has given my boys a better understanding of prayer and service. Last night Jon was saying our family prayer. He blessed all those who are in need. After the prayer Beck ran to my side and told me that Dad forgot to bless Clara. I thought that experience was so precious. That Beck would have a desire to pray for a little girl that he does not even know. All because he knew she was very sick and needed our prayers.
Pray for Clara.

I took this picture off of her blog. She is staring at the outside world through her hospital window.

Family Bike Night

2011-06-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

Way to go Beck. 2-Wheels. I guess this is one more step in growing up. Jon informed me last night that Beck has already lived 1/3 of the life he will live with us under our roof. Yah don't remind me of that sort of stuff. We had a great family night out riding around.

Zoo

2011-05-30T20:32:00.000-07:00

We finally got a nice enough day to wrap up Beck's school year at the Zoo. We were greeted with the best surprise ever...Aunt Liz. She just happened to be on some strange work retreat at the Zoo. There is something so great about seeing somebody you really like when you least suspect it.

Beck Graduated...Preschool

2011-05-27T14:45:00.000-07:00

Super Star's Preschool no more for Beck. We will miss all his friend and most of all Mrs. Lindley. How lucky Beck was to have her as his teacher and friend. Ira cannot wait to join the class of friends next year. Watch out Mrs. Lindley.

Beck and all the girls. Jaylynn gave Beck a nice shout out when his name was called. Let's just say Beck has some good options with these girls.

Late Cinco De Mayo

2011-05-26T18:54:00.000-07:00

Our second annual Cinco De Mayo party.

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Ruby and her baby...

2011-05-23T22:29:00.000-07:00

When Beck was a baby, GG weighted down a baby stroller. Beck would push it around GG's house without even being able to walk by himself. The only difference is that Ruby insists on a baby being in the stroller.

Alex and Cand 26.2

2011-05-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

26.2 miles Done. 2nd Marathon for Candice and Alex raced accross with little to no training. Way to go! We had a great day following them up and around Pineview and meeting them at the bottom of Ogden Canyon. Then we cheered them over the finish line. Here are some highlight pics:

Of course Candice cannot run by Beck without a kiss. Beck and Ira are good supporters.

Mile 9. Alex was ahead and we missed him.

Mile 11

Alex at just about half way.

Finally Here!!!

Beck ran the home stretch with Alex.

Beck Boy

2011-05-17T15:36:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe this little guy is wrapping up Preschool. It makes me sad to think that I will never see his cute little smiley face running out of Mrs. Lindley's. I am so glad that he loves learning and is looking forward to Kindergarten. He has been growing up in so many ways. I am glad that he still loves his Mom.

Beck's Top People: (really he keeps a ranking)
1. GG ( Great Grandma Walker) Yah no chance in ever passing her up.
2. Stephie.... this is all based on her treats hidden in her room.
3 Mom
4. Dad
5. Candice... really she should beat out Stephie. Unfortunately Candice cares for Beck's entire well being and does require him to eat good food as well as treats. This really dropped her ranking.
6. Dave
7. He does not know yet???

Soccer

2011-05-14T13:19:00.000-07:00

Beck and Ira's first Soccer season. Notice there are no pictures of Ira.... Yep he does not play. He is more of a sideline watcher.

I guess there is no such thing as positions in Pee Wee Soccer. I love how they all run in a pack all over the field.

St. George

2011-05-09T16:19:00.000-07:00

We spent the weekend in St. George. We planned for this weekend because my family has gotten into WATCHING the Iron Man Triathlon. Each Year St. George hosts an Iron Man. This was my first year watching. No, it did not motivate me. I cannot believe there were 1100 people who subjected their bodies to this. It included a swim of 2.4 miles, a bike ride of 112 miles, and a marathon run of 26.219 mi. All this was done in 90 degree weather. We spent some time on Saturday at a spot where we could watch some of the biking as well as the run. Then we ended up our night downtown at the finish line. These people would run through the finish line with steam and then just collapse. It is really awesome to watch. People come from all over the world to compete.Then of course after the Iron Man wore us out, we sat poolside.

The boys have taught her a new trick.

Ruby at 14 1/2 months

2011-04-28T12:27:00.000-07:00

Snapped these shots right before she had to get shots. Poor babe. She is getting a mouth full of little teeth.
Stats:
Height: 28 3/4inches = 11%
Weight: 21 lbs = 26%
Head: 18 1/4 = 68%

Baby # 17

2011-04-26T12:33:00.000-07:00

We had to have our last little celebration before baby #17 joined the group. We did it in the nick of time. A few hours later little Rowan Lorriane Hemming was born. She is so tiny and beautiful. Of course she would be with Les as her Mama. So nice to enjoy a friends new baby.

Noah's Arc

2011-04-25T08:14:00.001-07:00

Last night Beckham sat with Candice and had her read him the entire friend. They came upon a page of pictures young kids had drawn. Beck decided that he wanted to make on and send it into the Friend. He chose Noah's Arc. He added a very nice giraffe and snake. Also take note at the storm that the Arc is approaching.

Ruby is 14 Months Old

2011-04-24T21:42:00.000-07:00

GG first taught Beck what we call "So Big". Ira learned and now it has been passed to Ruby.

Ruby:

Loves to chat on her cell phone. Saying “hi" to whomever she is chatting with.

Has a constant ear infection. I think all her new teeth don’t help

Loves being outside. She screams when she is left inside. While outside she plays in
the rocks and enjoys a good jump on the tramp.

Still pretty content to stay in one spot. You wont catch this girl moving around too much. Plus in order to crawl she would have to remove her thumb from her mouth.

Beck hits the slopes

2011-04-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

Jon finally got Beck up skiing. A little late in the season. Beck is in love with it. He told Jon that he liked it so much he is going to need his own skis. Ira wants to join them next week. I guess that means Mom will have to strap on some skis. It is so fun to see your kids doing the things that you love(Jon) or use to love (Jess).

Oldies but Goodies

2011-04-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

My girlfriends from High School. So glad to still have these women in my life.Wish we could all live in Farmington together.

another year....

2011-04-07T13:38:00.000-07:00

I don't really like the idea of getting older but I do love a good Birthday. The big 31 did not disappoint. My Mom spent the day with the kids and I. Then Jon came home early to surprise me. He had planned to watch all my friends kids so that we could go get pedicures. We finished the night with my family at Tepanyaki. Loved this birthday and grateful for family and friends that make my life great!

The ballon maker at the resturant just wipped this Mario up for Beck. Amazing!!!

Jess Lindley had the families over to celebrate Ben and I's big 31. Love to be with these people. We needed Brit and Heather to complete the picture. I was late on snapping the shot. Thanks Jess and Ben for sharing your night.

Girls Girls Girls and Vegas

2011-04-05T22:30:00.000-07:00

Life in Lehi is never dull with my crew of girls around. We took our semi annual Lehi girls only trip to Vegas this past weekend. We missed our prego Leslie, and Heather. Just not quite the same without the entire crew. Britney was a nice addition. We of course ate ,got our free cheesecake, played some great April Fools pranks, spent 2 1/2 hrs in the new H&M, and soaked up that warm weather. Never a dull or quiet moment. Now back to our simple country life.

I love our new addition to the group in this shot. Oh She is a keeper.

This is Britney's toiletry bag that contains any possible item you could ever need in your life. She keeps it packed and ready to go. I just could not get over it. I am lucky if I remeber to bring deodorant and maybe a toothbrush along.

A girl thing

2011-03-22T16:36:00.000-07:00

Ruby loves to be near her Mama. I love this little face that she makes once she gets a glimpse of me across the room. A girl on a mission to make it to her Mom's lap. Where she is content to spend her days sucking away at her thumb.

Ruby is 13 Months

2011-03-11T09:10:00.000-08:00

This little girl is so much fun. She has started trying to chat a lot with us. She has learned to say Uh-Oh and Growl at you. She also can make a kiss sound when you ask her for a kiss. Still a loves to cuddle up to Mama (as she calls me). Occasionally Dad can get a 5 second cuddle from the Doll. She is not big into any toys. It is pretty rare that you will find Ruby playing with toys. If I am anywhere near she likes to crawl on over and sit right on Mama's lap. Happy to just be held. She has started to suck her thumb even more than usual, hope we can break that habit one day. I put her hair in a few little buns and this was the aftermath. We love having this living doll in our family. With her grough manly sounding laugh and all.

Girl

2011-03-07T09:26:00.000-08:00

My friend’s always give me a hard time for being a little lax about keeping bows in Ruby girl’s hair. I told my friend Leslie the other day that I needed to trim around Ruby's ears because her hair was getting too long. She laughed and said "Oh No honey, Ruby is a girl remember? You let the hair grow". I am so use to keeping hair short with the boys that I did not even think I could do anything different with Ruby. I do think a darling little bob will fit the doll quite nicely. Anyhow yesterday I did three little buns in her hair. I really outdid my normal self. I did not snap a shot of it done but here is the aftermath. She did look darling. I guess I am turning a new leaf. So eat your hearts out girlfriends.
P.S I think this is why Ruby is turning more and more to her thumbs.

Lazy Sunday

2011-02-27T09:58:00.000-08:00

Ira: " Mom, don't spin it round and round okay"

Then for the next few minutes Ira tormented Beck by threatening to shut the door.

Little Chub Legs

2011-02-24T18:31:00.000-08:00

Just love these little chubby legs.

February at the Cabin

2011-02-23T13:48:00.000-08:00

We spent this past weekend up at the Shipley’s cabin. We took my parents and Candice and Dave. We had a great adventure in the snow. Beck spent all his time outside. He was in his element. He sledded down Richard’s hill for many hours. He was the last one left on the hill. Ira also enjoyed being in the snow. He had a hard time moving through it all. W also woke up to a foot of new powder. We had a riot playing all day in it. The hard part came to leaving. We had driven our car in and now needed to get out. We would have been stuck until spring if it was not for Richard’s snow cat. He got our car unstuck several times and in the end had to pull us the entire way down Maple Creek Canyon. Okay Jon, from now on we will snowmobile in.

Beck Get's Stitches

2011-02-15T20:48:00.001-08:00

Beck tripped on our kitchen rug and took a header into a leg of our kitchen table. He received a pretty nasty,deep wound. Fortunately Jon was home to calmly handle the situation. We took him to the ER where he received 8 stitches. His gash went through to the scull. I told him if he would remain calm during his shot and stitches than he could go and pick up Mario Kart for the WII. He had about 6 shots right in his wound. He held perfectly still and did not make one peep. What a sweet, strong, brave boy. This was defiantly more traumatic on his mother. We reminisced about how Aunt Candice cut her head open around Valentines when she was 5 as well. Mom, once again was more worked up than Candice. He talked to Aunt Candice right when he walked out of the ER. Such a lucky boy to have so many people love and care about your well being. Now for Mom's sake, lets home the wound heals up nicely, your future wife will also agree.

Happy 1st Birthday Ruby

2011-02-11T13:07:00.000-08:00

Our little doll is now one years old. We had a great celebration!

Ruby did not like us all singing to her. She started bawling.

Ruby Get's Teeth

2011-02-09T09:23:00.000-08:00

Grammy Pammy knitted this darling sweater for Ruby girl. She also made me this amazing skirt to go with it.

The two top and two bottom have made their appearance. She could not be more unhappy about it during the night. She is not quite ready to show them off.

Love Love Love

2011-02-08T10:00:00.000-08:00

Ruby is so excited to see the boys each morning. Today we were trying to wake up Beck for school. So I layed Ruby on him and she just cuddled right up to his face. This is the first picture I think I have ever taken where Beck wanted to be in the picture.

Licorice

2011-02-07T09:54:00.000-08:00

Every child must have a messy licorice shot. The Rub's and her second cousin Roman.

Haircuts all Around

2011-02-01T18:09:00.000-08:00

It is amazing how a haircut can change the whole look and age of a person. The boys always seem so grown up when they get their hair cut. Beck is not to crazy about this new silly messy hair. Even the Rubs got a trim by Grammy Pammy.

Ruby Crawls

2011-02-01T18:03:00.001-08:00

Just two weeks short of her first birthday, Ruby girl makes a move. Although she knows now that she can get around, she is still a little reserved about moving around too much. Of course mid crawl she has to stop to rip out her hair bow.

On the go

2011-01-27T16:00:00.000-08:00

Ruby does not crawl yet. Not even slightly. But somehow she gets form her to there. I never really catch her in the act. I believe she scoots along on her bum.

St. George

2011-01-27T14:55:00.000-08:00

We spent the weekend in St. George with just our family. We hiked a lot thanks to Beck the enthusiast as well as his Father. It was great to hit up all our favorite spots as well as find new ones.

Beckham is 5

2011-01-13T12:50:00.000-08:00

We celebrated the big 5 complete with chocolate cupcakes, a new pet fish and lots of fun with GG, Papa, and the Helm crew. The next day we partyied once again with 9 of our friends at Monkey Island. Life is great for Beck at 5. Especially because he now has his new pet fish. Speedy(Beck's),Conan( Brigham's), and Wolly( Ira's).

Book of Mormon

2011-01-12T14:21:00.000-08:00

This year in Primary they are encouraging the boys to bring their scriptures each week. I took the boys to the store and they each got a little Book of Mormon with their names monogrammed on them. Beck was counting down until Sunday, when he could take his very own scriptures to church. Our family has also set up some goals of reading the scriptures each night together. The boys seem to really enjoy the time that we spend doing. I am so glad that my kids have the Gospel and Primary. I also hope one day I can blow up these images and place them out at their Missionary Farwell.

Ruby is 11 months

2011-01-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

Our little beauty is creeping right to the big 1. This past month has been tough on Ruby girl. She has had a nonstop ear infection. After 3 rounds of antibiotics we visited Uncle Scott (ENT) to determine that tubes may be the way to go. She still does not crawl and has no teeth. She has started to pull her little self up onto things. She is also very aware of familiar faces, especially Grammy Pammy. She practically leaps out of my arms for her. We will embrace this last month of my little girl being a sweet little baby.

Ira Starts Primary

2011-01-02T08:23:00.000-08:00

Jon:"Ira, primary is going to be so much fun tomorrow." Beck: "Yeah, but not as fun as nursery. In primary we just learn stuff."

Mexican Riviera

2010-12-22T18:15:00.000-08:00

We spent our Christmas cruising this year. The entire Helm clan (minus Ruby). Yes, I know I am terrible for leaving my baby on her very first Christmas. I still cannot believe Matt and Becky kept her for an entire week during Christmas. Jon and I had a lot of time without the boys, thanks to a terrific kid’s camp. We were able to be a part of Team Sherman, watch Liz knit and then re knit an entire neck wrap, the girls spent some time in the sauna clothed, beat Candice and Dave in a shuffle board match, Watched 2 giant Humpback Whales breech right in front of our little taxi boat, view the Mazatlan cliff divers, and have Greg (a very nice looking tourist), take us to a beautiful beach in Puerto Vallarta. For 3 years my Mom has said this is the last trip. We are glad that she can't bear the thought of sticking out a freezing cold Christmas in Utah. Such great memories are created for our family each year.

Christmas Morning

2010-12-22T13:14:00.000-08:00

We had an early Christmas morning. We celebrated on December 22nd, since were were going to be in Sunny Mexico on the real day. Beck wrote a letter to Santa, asking him to make an early arrival to his Papa's house. We all went up and slept and Papa and Grandma Helm's house. It was fun to have Zach and Liz and of course Candice and Dave. We stayed up late and dressed up Zach in a 1990's snow suit. It was the only red items we could find. We sent him into the back yard, and yelled for the boys to come check out Santa. They cautiously peered out the window and saw the Jolly old man, prancing through Papa's yard. Hey it looked pretty good in the dark. Beck instantly stated that they better hurry to bed. Christmas morning was great. Beck got his Space Ship and Roller Coaster. Ira got his Dinosaur. All wishes came true.

We went to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point with the Shipley Family. Grandma and Grandpa Shipley gave this spaceship to Beck. This is how I found him in bed this night. Ira had his dinosur also tucked right in next to him.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-17T16:45:00.000-08:00

Love
The Shipley's

2010 Christmas Card

2010-12-15T13:36:00.000-08:00

Ruby is 10 months

2010-12-13T14:34:00.000-08:00

Christmas Lights

2010-12-11T14:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Mama

2010-12-10T20:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my beautiful Mother. She does so much for our family and is the most selfless person I have ever known. She always puts her family first and we are grateful for all her love and attention that she gives us. Because of her we have many many amazing memories together as a family. Especially ones of being together on our annual trips. Non of them would happen with out her. We love our one of a kind Mom, Pammy Cakes, and Dama.

Tea at the Grand

2010-12-04T11:34:00.000-08:00

Tea Time at the Grand with my DHS girlfriends. Our annual Christmas tradition.

Again....

2010-12-02T14:49:00.001-08:00

All Aboard

2010-11-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

Papa and Grandma Helm took us on the Polar Express adventure tonight. Beck has been in love with the Movie for many years. It was really fun to get the boys all dressed up in their PJ's and robes and hipe up our adventure. Beck was really concerned about possible hills and acceleration. He was mesmerized and stared out the window the entire time.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-24T19:28:00.000-08:00

My Grandma and Grandpa Walker always do a early Thanksgiving dinner for the Helm families. It is a tradition to have GG's Thanksgiving cooking and play Aunt Shelly's Bingo. We love spending time with everyone.
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Our next tradition is to go up to Boise to spend Thanksgiving day with the Casos family. We always look forward to spending time with them each year. Holly is such a fantastic hostess. She makes an amazing meal on Thanksgiving. We had a great day and late late night together. The next day we went to Festival of Trees. Beck and Ira ran around with the girls doing a scavenger hunt. He and Ira were in their heaven with so much attention. We rounded up the night with a divine meal at Donnie Mac's (Diner's,Dive's, and Drive In's). What a great trip.

Ruby Sue

2010-11-20T20:53:00.000-08:00

Little Ruby girl has many names. One of my favorites is when Ira calls her Ruby Sue. No, her middle name is not Sue.... He just likes the ring of it and I'm sure has picked it up from us sometime. Well, Ruby Sue is such a doll. We really are so in love with this baby girl. Even though she is not cuddly. Jon felt bad that he has a baby girl that will never cuddle. Sometimes I have to go and rock her after she has fallen asleep just to cuddle her. I really think she is looking so much like the boys with a little touch of myself and her Daddy's eyelashes. I also think she has a touch of her Auntie Candice in her. Especially the shape of her eyes. Lucky girl!

Where Is Ira Sleeping?

2010-11-19T20:26:00.000-08:00

Sometimes Ira likes to get out of bed in protest. I usually find him asleep in one of these two spots. It would really crush him to know that I do always find him. Right now he is soundly sleeping underneath Beckham's bed. I still have not decided whether I will leave him or crawl under and pull him out.

This is our Lynas
When we are home, Ira is in a routine of sleeping with his blankie and of course a BABA. I say this because he is not so attached that it travels anywhere with us.Now I know he is THREE. Yes, he had a bottle. Today he threw a fit in the car and threw Ruby's at me. In retaliation I told him I threw it out the window and so they are gone. We will see how that goes. The thing is Ira takes a great nap everyday with the help of his BABA. If he stops napping I will be handing the bottle back. Something I am not willing to give up.

Ruby is 9 months old

2010-11-11T14:31:00.000-08:00

Love her little profile.

My Loves

2010-11-08T13:21:00.000-08:00

Halloween

2010-10-31T15:12:00.000-07:00

We trunk-or-treated, trick-or-treated at the mall, and then again at our cousins. A little rainy but still a great year.
My mom took the boys to a family party on Friday night. I am dying over Ira in this picture. He was suppose to be a pirate not a gang member.

Hood Halloween Party

2010-10-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

The party was a blast this year. We busted out some minute to win it games. They were a lot of fun to play and watch. This group was a bit wild and we have to thank the Schultz's for their lovely TP and plunger game. Big thanks to the Johansen's for conducting their annual make fun of new comers game.....Oh Jeremy you really entertained us all. What a haunted night full of frights.

Oh My Ira

2010-10-28T18:34:00.001-07:00

Oh Ira....you always seem to have such a rough time grocery shopping with Mom. Today was a typical day. All you wanted to see at Walmart was the scary witch. So sad that the witch was no longer there. He threw several fits and finally at the checkout station I gave up on fighting him. I was paying the man and looked up and Ira was gone. I walked down the length of checkouts stands thinking he must just be standing by one of them. No sign of Ira boy. I walked back to the checker and asked if he saw the direction that Ira had ran. I walked back down the isles hoping to find him quickly before I had the entire store searching. I heard a tapping noise coming from one of the check stands. I followed the noise and saw these two little feet. Oh Ira.... what can a Mom say. All I know is that had he not tapped his feet the cops would of been called in long before we found him. You can call his name over and over and he will never respond. I had to laugh and snap this shot because it shows my little I's personality.

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-26T19:40:00.000-07:00

Pumkin carving went as usual. I spent time trying to help the kids do their pumpkins while Jon focused on his own pumpkin creation. Beckham actualy was brave enough to remove a few seeds from his pumpkin.Grandma Shipley stopped by so that was a nice treat.

St. George

2010-10-24T12:48:00.000-07:00

We spent UEA vacation in St. George. It was nice to have so many day there to swim and enjoy the beautiful weather. Beck said his favorite exercise is hiking So he had us hiking up to the cave. He is a great little hiker. I guess Jon should be thrilled since this his one of his favorite things as well. We had so much fun swimming. Beck and Ira got in the water at 9 am and stayed in until 6 pm. They are my little fish. We had a fun BBQ with the Anderson's and sat around and roasted marshmallow's and caught up. Not to mention I visited Krave 2x, thanks to the recommendation of my darling sister in law who is featured below. Love this shot Lizzy.

Harvesting

2010-10-13T10:13:00.000-07:00

Dama and Papa helped us pick all our pumkins.

Girls Weekend Away

2010-10-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

My Lehi girls are a riot. We had another fantastic trip to St. George. Full of laughing, shopping, gas leaks, soldiers in windows,eating, and of course non stop gab.

Ruby is 8 months

2010-10-11T12:00:00.000-07:00

Our little lady is 8 months.