June and July 2010

June brought lots of baseball, flipping hamburgers, fountain drinks and candy.... It also starts the concession stand of Funnel Cakes at Summerfest in Logan. Which is always fun...

July this year started with our annual Giles Family Reunion. Joni & Tyler was in charge of and she did an awesome job. The theme was the Olympics. We did races and games minute to win it... we received metals and prizes. The talent show what great... family friendly pole dancing topped the talent, jump roping, hoola hooping, singing, jokes and lots of fun. I think I have the best Family in the whole wide world!
I have always said every party, reunion event, MUST HAVE A THEME. It makes planning for so much easier....Love it!!





We also love going to Great-Grandma and Grandpa Watkins for our 4th of July Breakfast, parade and lunch. Just to relax in the cool backyard and enjoy the day.

The Sand pile and ditch are a favorite in their backyard, never fails someone is wet from the ditch or sandy from the sand pile. This year it was Keaton. he loved both oh so cute...

May and June 2010

May was busy, Brett and I's anniversary 16 years! Yipee! We also started working in the snack stand down at providence baseball diamonds. Everynight our family ran the snack stand. That is where our summer went. Good experience for them.
Also I turned 37 on my Birthday. Happy Birthday to me!!

Keaton had his 1st hair cut, it was very long and oh so cute. I hated to cut it, if only it had some curls, I would have kept it longer. Afterwards he looked like a little boy not my little baby:(


May 18th was the Wellsville Mile. What a miserable day! It rained non-stop and the kids were soaked, cold, and Freezing. He did very well considering the day. Proud of you Connor for completing it!

He also turned 1 on May 19th... big party for the 1 year old, he got 2 big bags of balls (200) and a swimming pool to play them in he loved it.

Connor's baseball team did awesome this year, they made it to the finals again and took second. He loves to play and it a great pitcher.

Alyssa decided she was going to try out Softball instead of soccer and she loved it. I guess she takes after her grandma Giles on that one... She did so good and wants to play more.

We try to get up to Wasatch Memorial each year to visit Marc's grave (Brett's Dad). This year we were all able to go, Brett's Mom, and Brother joined us and we had a great time.

Kaeli was so excited for her 1st year of Preschool, it came and went so fast with Teacher Jill. This is at her Graduation.

March & April 2010

I was able to go to Las Vegas with my parents and I took Keaton with me, so we could go to Emma's Baby Blessing (My Niece). Keaton and I had a great time.
Keaton teeth were coming in and biting everything. He has reuined his crib!

Ashleigh was counting the days to her 15th birthday, so she could get her learners permit. The day finally arrived. She was out of school, so I took her to the DMV, along with everyone else that day. The lines were very long. She took her test, once, twice... missed the same ones and finally she answered them to the lady which gave her the permit.... Happy Birthday Ashleigh! Keaton also grabbed Grandpas ice cream cone and wouldn't let it go. It was so FUNNY! He loved the ice cream!

February 2010 Disney Cruise to Bahamas....

If you ask any of our kids what they did in February of 2010 they will say they went on the best trip ever! But the month started with Alyssa's Baptism then the Superbowl which we have never cared about, until our son Connor is Mr. Sports stats. That kid can rattle of all kinds of stats we don't know where that comes from, other than he knows his info. it must be all the sports he watches?? So we had a little party because he was for the Colts then the Girls were naturally routing for the Saints... guess who won? The GIRLS... That was fun.
The next week we always have a Candlelight dinner for Valentines Day. The China comes out and the lights go down...The kids get very excited cuz it is different from every other day, just something they look forward to!
Brett's Birthday he turned 38 So we celebrated big!! We flew to Florida, went to Disney world for a couple of days then boarded the Disney Wonder for Cruise.... It was simply the best trip ever. Now all I get asked it when are we going again? Well not for a long time... We went to Nassau, Bahamas, & Castaway Key, Disney's private Island. Here are some pictures of our time there.
Keaton's first airlane ride...

in the Lobby of the terminal just before boarding the Ship... Brittany was just a little excited;)

Brett was spoiled with 2 Mickey Mouse Bars with Sprinkles. They are his favorite. He had to order off the kids menu to get them. But our server had it down, after each dinner he got one or two...

Kaeli was eyeing the slide onboard and was very excited to go on it.

Picture at the sailing party on top of the deck

Connor was very excited about the Sports Court on top, lots of Basketball...

Connor was pointing to the NASA Building can you see it?

We took the Older 3 kids off the ship into Nassau, we left the 3 younger on the ship in their groups and Keaton went to the Nursery. In Nassau, we went to visit the Queens Staircase, Fort Fincastle and went shopping in the Straw Market.. It was a great experience to be out of the USA and see the kids reactions to poverty. Eye opener for them. Crazy but fun.





after we went back on we grabbed the younger 3 and took them to the Straw market to get a treasure... they choose to get purses with their names on them.


The next day we went to Castaway Key, Disney's private Island. It was a little cold. Brett went snorkeling with my Dad and and saw lots of Jelly Fish, Sting rays and many other sea life... Ashleigh we didn't every see. She was in the teen scene and took off with all her new friends. I did see her for a second to snap a photo. When we got off the ship they had the ship Flying Dutchman from the movie Pirates of the Carribean So we had to get photos of that it was really cool.

Keaton didn't like the sand much but he loved the toys Grandma bought him!







On Deck for the Pirate Party, including awesome Fireworks at sea. So fun...

Our last Dinner on the Ship, was a dress up night. There was a storm coming in so dinner was a little side ways then it went back to normal after we got out of the storm. We had a great time. Coming out of the Dining Room, we saw Goofy, so we had to get a picture.


We were leaving the room to disembark the ship and we took one last photo of everyone


After leaving the ship we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom and rode Expedition Everest, the kids next favorite after Rocking Rollercoaster ride. Also got to see EPCOT. So much fun. Can't wait to go back on the new Disney Dream ship with the Big water tube slide... Counting down...

Catch up of January 2010....

January of 2010 brought a special Birthday! Alyssa turned "8" which means she was old enough to get Baptized! She was very excited. She had a very fun Friend Birthday Party and of course a party with the Family... She was Baptized and Confirmed a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Feb 6th by her Father in the Stake Center and afterwards we had a dinner with some of her friends and Family. We were very proud of her on her big decision.

Oh my! Where did last year go?

Holy COW! Did I really loose a whole year. So much happened last year I will have to remember way way back. I am really going to try to keep up and already January is almost over. Are you kidding! I think I need some pictures for everything I need to say! So stay tuned for a magical update....