Joni and Tylers Wedding

My Sister, I can say is Married! No more looking for someone to line her up with. Thanks to our little Sister Marci and her neighbor.
We were so excited for this day and It ended up being one of the coldest days ever. His family from Las Vegas was freezing , needless to say we are used to it , but it was COLD even for us.
Congrats! Joni and Tyler Feb 28,2009
Joni and Tyler at the Temple with all the Giles' Cousins.
It Was the coldest day ever! No kidding!

All of my siblings and their Husbands and of course our Parents
This was the first time all of us were together in the Temple as a Family.
That was very neat to me. We have all been married in the Temple for Eternity!

Princess Alyssa and Princess Elle

Ashleigh and Jett

Joni's Wedding cake I made!

The Bride and her Beautiful Princess Nieces!
Ashleigh, Brittany, Elle, Joni, Alyssa, Zoey and Kaeli

The Girls wanted to Dance and Play around after Dinner.

Alyssa's Patriotic Program

The 1st Graders put on a Patriotic Program for their families and they had spent a long time practicing. Alyssa's class talked about Abraham Lincoln. Alyssa was lucky to have her Grandma and Grandpa Giles, Aunt Marci and Cousins Teyvin, Will and Baby Jett Come see her perform. Along with her family.

Alyssa saying her part. She was awesome and knew it very well.
Way to go Alyssa!

Kids Archery Class

I saw in the paper an Archery class that went for 10 weeks here in town and Brett was excited to take the kids. They had bows for them to use and they had a fabulous time. They all did very well. Last Monday was their last class. They got to practice shooting 3D Animals and Balloons, which they thought was pretty cool.
Kaeli was so excited to shoot. Good Job Bug!

Brett helping Kaeli shoot

Alyssa and all those Bullseyes! Way to go!

Alyssa Shooting

Way to go Connor!

Look at him concentrating!

Good Job Brittany!

Brittany aiming, she is a natural.

Brett's 37th Birthday

Brett, Barbara (his Mom) and Kids

WOW! Brett turned 37 this year. I wish I would have had enough candles for him to really blow them out. His Mom and Jim came to spend some time with us and took us out to eat for his birthday. We then came home for some Carrot Cake and presents. He got the 1st series of Burn Notice and loves it. He also got Money and Hunting magazines from my Mom and Dad and was very excited. A couple of weeks later,
he got to go pheasant hunting out at a pheasant farm that he goes to frequently.

Draper Temple

In February, we were able to take the Kids to the Draper Temple Open House. What an awesome experience that these kids would remember. It's not very often that anyone that does not have a recommend, gets this experience. So we thought this would be a great thing. On the way to Salt Lake Kaeli was throwing a fit she had a bad dream the night before and she just kept saying"don't leave me at church" and "No go to the Temple" and just crying she was scared we would leave her there. As soon as we got off the bus and was walking down the tents they had for the entrance she just quit and the kids were so excited. They were so amazed, we didn't say much about the temple before we went, just how exciting it was for them to be able to see the inside. When we were through with our tour, you went through tents to go to a Church close by. Brittany, Ashleigh and Connor said they wanted to go back into the Temple, because the Spirit was so strong and they could feel the difference when we walked out of the Temple and through the tents to the Church house. Alyssa and Kaeli was thrilled about the Diamond Lights (Huge Chandeliers) that looked like diamonds shining. "Oh so pretty" Since then Kaeli has to know where the Logan Temple is every time we get in the car. Which is nice since you can see it from almost anywhere. But when buildings or trees are in the way she wants you to move so she can see it.

Winter Fun

Do you ever wonder what a Dad does with 4 girls...
He paints Fingernail and Toenails. Ohhh how he loves it.
You can tell by the expression on his face.

Girls, Girls, Girls...
One Sunday afternoon they thought they were having a great time stacked on top of each other and squishing Ashleigh. Which made for a fun photo.

Brett took the kids Ice Fishing a few times this winter. This was at Hyrum Dam. He was able to use his new fishing tent he got for Christmas. This is Brittany and Connor and Brittany's friend Emily. Alyssa is in the Background. He also took Kaeli, but after walking out on the ice, Kaeli heard it cracking and was very scared and I had to come get her. We figured out that she was scared because she loves watching the movie Ice Age and when the ice cracks in the movie they are floating out on a ice glacier. She thought that would happen to her. So mom saved the day by coming to get her. Her words were "Don't like that mom, scary, no come again."

Alyssa was able to go and see her good friend Mariah (in red) be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Alyssa was very excited and they had a great time.
These are Alyssa's friends Camry (in white) and Mariah. Now Alyssa is looking forward to next year when she will be Baptized.

January 2009

Connor's Jr. Mustang Basketball Games ended in January and he played very well,
for it being his first time on a basketball team.
He loved it. Every Saturday for 3 months, which was great to have
something do go to for the winter months. Now we get ready for Soccer and Baseball.

January 11th was Alyssa's 7th Birthday. I can't believe she is this old,
she is in the 1st grade and loves school.
She got her ears pierced and was very excited,
until they poked them in and she wasn't very happy. She said it hurt really bad.
She also got lots of Disney Fairies to play with and very cute Clothes