The Leonhardts

Chocolates

2012-01-29T22:14:00.000-08:00

Our family tradition of dipping chocolates every year. So Fun!

Santa

2012-01-29T08:00:00.000-08:00

We took the kids to see Santa. Roxy could not stop talking about it. And I don't think the other 2 knew what to think. Haha!

Temple Square

2012-01-27T11:00:00.000-08:00

Here we are on our anual trip to see the Lights at Temple Square.

Beautiful!

We took FrontRunner and Trax to get there. Matt looks so excited. Haha! Probably wasn't the best idea cause it was packed, but we made the most of it.

Ozzie was excited!

Our Fam

The Guys

The Girls

Love him!

Lyla just had to push the stroller the whole night.

Cutie

Roxy and Uncle Benny

Ozzie all tuckered out!

Thanksgiving

2012-01-26T10:00:00.000-08:00

Yep, these are the only 2 pictures I got on Thanksgiving. One of me and matt in our Turkey Bowl gear and one of the Fingerpainted nametags the girls helped me make this year.

So thankful for my cute and loving little family of 5!

Chuck-E-Cheese :)

2012-01-25T09:00:00.000-08:00

Matt had never been to Chuck-E-Cheese, and I don't remember the last time I went, So when I saw a Groupon for there, we just had to take the opportunity. We made it just a nice little family outing. The girls loved all the games and had a blast. I don't remember Chuck-E-Cheese's pizza being any good, but it was actually pretty decent this time. We'll definitely being going again sometime.

Fall Leaves

2012-01-23T21:20:00.000-08:00

Yeah, so I'm way behind on my blog posting, so get ready for a blog overhaul in the next week or two, I'm bound and determined to catch up!

And it starts back in November with a fun day playing in the leaves with the kiddos.

Family Pictures 2011

2011-12-21T12:28:00.001-08:00

Roxy - 4

Lyla - 2

Ozzie - 9 mo.

They turned out great! Thanks Jill!

http://jillwittphotography.blogspot.com/

World Series Champs!!

2011-11-12T13:29:00.000-08:00

The 2011 Cardinals World Series run made for one exciting october!! The whole family had a great time watching games and supporting our team!! Go Redbirds!!

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-03T12:39:00.001-07:00

I didn't get any photo on Halloween night, but got a bunch at my sisters trunk-or-treat. Enjoy!

Ozzie Lion-heart!

All the girls

Lyla-Bell, Roxy-Aroura, Kaiya-Little Red riding hood, Ava-Ninja
The boys
Mitchell-Ninja, Ozzie-Lion

All ready to trunk-or-treat!

The girls with all their candy!

Barnyard Boo

2011-11-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

Me and the kiddos headed down to Thanksgiving Point for their BarnYard Boo, and met up with my friend Kelly and her family. Good times and Halloween fun!

Lyla, Roxy, and Kaetlie

All the cute kids!

Face painting

Riding Ponies

Lyla's first time by herself.

Wahoo!

Me and the kids. Love how happy everyone is. Haha!

All the girls

Kelly's Fam

Pack's

2011-10-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

This was our first year tying out the whole pumpkin patch thing and it was super fun. We went to Pack's Pumkin Patch in Farmington. All you have to pay for is your pumkins and there's a free haymaze. The kids loved it!

Roxy's pumpkin

Lyla's

Ozzie's

Cute kiddos

In the hay maze

And there's Ozzie, always happy to be there! :)

And the finished product. Of course Ozzie's turned out to be a Cardinals pumkin!

Not Bad.

Murder Mystery

2011-10-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

Some friends in the neighborhood invited us over for a Murder Mystery Dinner. It was a lot of fun. Matt's character was a clumsy tourist, and mine was a Hula dancer.

Lyla's Birthday!!!

2011-10-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

Lyla turned 2!! She has grown up so fast and is changing everyday! We love our cute little 2 Monster!!!!!

She loves her some babies!

Happy Birthday Girl!

Wisconsin 2011

2011-10-10T09:17:00.000-07:00

Get ready for a picture overload!! I'll explain as I go......
We took our annual road trip to Wisconsin this Fall. It took us about 20 hours to drive. We made great time. On the trip there we stopped in to see Mount Rushmore. It was 10 pm, but the mountain was lit up. Both Ozzie and Lyla were alseep, so Roxy was the only one that got to see it.

We first stopped in at Grandpa's house in Winnona, MN. The kids loved playing with Grandpa! (Roxy liked to call him Daddy's Dad)

We went and visited an Apple Orchard there.

Grandpa and Collette got to meet Ozzie for the first time. And we all got to meet Collette for the first time. :)

We went and picked apples from the Orchard which turned into some of the best Apple crisp and caramel apples i've ever had!

Next we went to Great Grandma and Grandpa Laube's house in Owen, WI for Gr. Grandpa's 80th birthday party. I don't have any pictures from this, but it was definitely a good time visiting with family.

Then it was off to Baraboo to visit Grandma Sharon and the rest of the clan. The girls Love Love spending time with their Grandma Sharon!! Ozzie too!

Cute Cousins! Sad that they don't get to see each other more often.

Ozzie and Addie

We took a walk down the river, it was a goreous day!

Then headed to the park for some play time :)

The day we left, we took some time to drive around and just enjoy Wisconsin in the Fall. It was Beautiful!!

Boarding Buddies!

2011-10-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is how we pass the time at our house!

John & Faylena Maxim

2011-09-26T08:39:00.000-07:00

John and Fay got married on September 22nd. And in style! It was a beautiful wedding and we are so excited to have Fay as part of the family! The Happy Couple!

Stylin Drexler!

The best family photo we could get :)

State Fair

2011-09-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

This is the first year we've taken our kids to the Utah State Fair, and the had a great time. Haha!
Holy Cow!

We got to go with Uncle Bennie ane AuntAliesa :)

Me and Roxy on the big yellow slide!

Happy Kids

USU Alumni game!

2011-09-17T12:18:00.000-07:00

Every year we go up to Logan for the USU Softball Alumni game. And every year it makes me miss playing so much! It was a great time! I loved playing again and getting to see a lot of my old teammates. Go Aggies!! Still got it!

My cheering section :)

Raptors!

2011-09-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

We've been to a couple Odgen Raptors games this summer. The tickets are free, the kids have a good time, and we Love baseball!!

I love my crew!!

Campout

2011-09-12T10:30:00.000-07:00

We went on a campout with a group of friends to BoxElder campground in Mantua. There were 8 adults and 13 kids. Made for some good times! Love camping! The Gortons
The Doughertys

The Hoyts

Ozzie's very own play area!

Cool rope swing!

So dirty!!

Haha! look at that dirty face!!

Awe.........cute!

Lots of fun! Thanks for a good time!

Island Park Reunion

2011-09-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

Prom!!

2011-08-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

That's right! We totally went to Prom and Rocked it!! Group photo
April and Brick

Paul and Mindy

Haha!! Love it!

Roxy is 4!

2011-08-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

Our little baby is growing up so fast! Roxy turned 4 this year! We had a fun little birthday party for her and she loved every minute of it! She keeps asking when it will be her birthday again. :) Love you Roxy!!!!

She loves her new bike!!

Yay! Barbies!

Her Rapunzel tower cake!

Summer Fun

2011-08-15T22:36:00.000-07:00

Here's some random summer pictures. We've been to the pool a lot this summer and get the kiddie pool and slip-n-slide out in the back yard pretty much weekly. Fun fun! This was Ozzie's first time swimming :)

Hiking

2011-08-10T00:01:00.001-07:00

We've been doing a lot of hiking lately and I really like it. This first hike was to Donut Falls up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was a great hike for the kids and very pretty.

This other hike was to Granduer Peak up Milcreek Canyon. It was beautiful too. We went at night so we could see the sunset from the top. Well worth it. But definitely not a hike I would take the kids on again. It was a little too long and a lot too steep. Luckily we had lots of people there to help carry the load.

Sunset kiss! Awe....

24th

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

We spent the 24th of July with April and Brickmann and their cute kiddos. (oh, and Drexler) We first went swimming, always fun. then hit a parade and did fireworks. Good times.

Here are all 9 cousins together! :) Cute girls
Drexler and Ozzie having lunch together at the pool

Lyla!

The kids at the parade

This is pretty much the only picture I got of us during fireworks. but is was fun, except for the part where we almost got blown up! But hey, we all walked away in one piece. Ha!

Grandma FunDay

2011-07-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

Grandma JaNae came up one day and had a Grandma girls day with Ava, Marley, and Roxy. They played in the pool and slip-n-slide. Then she took them all to Chuck E Cheese! Roxy had a great time!

This is Roxy's running pose! Haha! So funny!

Oregon

2011-07-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

Every year my family takes a trip to Oregon to visit our Grandma Meg. Missing last years trip made going this year that much more fun. I missed it. We had great times with Grandma, going to the beach and a lot of other fun activities. Hangin out with Grandma
Cute cousins Drexler and Ozzie

:)

CANNON BEACH

Gotta love Cannon Beach! It's one of my favorite memories of our trips to Oregon

April & Brickmann

John & Faylena

Paul & MindyJosh & Dana

Checking out all the cool ocean creatures
Shopping at Cannon Beach

Every year after the day at the beach, we eat at Mo's :)

Haha!

Love this picture!

Got a visit from our old Babysitter Kathy Walker!

Our hike to PunchBowl Falls

It was about a 5 mile round trip hike and the kids did great!

This is what we needed that emergency blanket for. :)

This waterfall is in the Temple video. so pretty.

Josh and Dana actually slid down the waterfall! Here they are at the top

Bee's Game

2011-07-10T22:47:00.000-07:00

4th of July!

2011-07-07T12:15:00.000-07:00

The fam at the Layton Parade

Roxy loved waving to everyone!

Lyla and Roxy both loved the candy!

Ozzie's first haircut!!

His new do. :) His hair looks so much lighter now and he looks a lot older. I can't decide if I like it, but he's definitely rockin it!

Doing fireworks with Roxy that night.

And watching the firework show on the roof. Roxy is a little scared of heights, but we made her get over it. :)

Fathers Day

2011-06-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

My cute boys! Happy Fathers Day!

What Fun Is!

2011-06-10T12:37:00.000-07:00

That's right, LAGOON! I love Lagoon! Always have. Matt's work gives us free Lagoon passes once a year and this was the day! We went in the morning. The girls had a pretty good time riding rides and at Lagoona Beach. I love watch my kids have a good time. Then later, we took them home and that night I came back with a friend to ride all the rollercoasters because Matt doesn't like them and I love them!! It was a great day at Lagoon! Ridin Rides On the train with Daddy I can't decide how she felt about Puff, but Roxy loved all the other rides!
Lagoona Beach!

Lyla riding the slide with uncle Aaron
Then, Later that night. Here I am with my friend Lindsay getting our roller coaster on! Good times. Love Lagoon!

Memorial Day

2011-06-07T12:32:00.000-07:00

Yes, it rained on Memorial Day, but luckily it didn't ruin our plans. We've lived here for 5 years and have just discovered this awesome spot up Ogden Canyon. There are some hot springs that have been used to make some pretty awesome man-made hot tubs. The freezing river is running right next to you while you sit all warm and toasty in the hot spring. Pretty amazing. We went there on Memorial day with Matt's siblings Analiesa and Aaron. There was also a nice waterfall on the side of the road where you pull of to go to the springs. We love enjoying the outdoors, even when we get a little rained on. :)

Later that night we took the kids bowling with some friends and had a blast.

Overall I'd say a pretty good Memorial Day!

Ozzie 1 month

2011-05-27T09:05:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I haven't put these on here yet! I'm such a slacker. Well these are photos of Ozzie at 1 month old. He is now almost 3 months old and is seriously the best baby ever! We're so grateful to have this cute little boy in our lives!

Love my girls!

2011-05-24T10:00:00.000-07:00

I love love love it when roxy and Lyla are so happy playing with eachother. I cherish moments like these! :)

Roxy Art

2011-05-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

Lately Roxy loves drawing pictures of our family. I just loved this chalk art family drawing and had to snap a picture before it got washed away in the rain. :)

Tulip Festival

2011-05-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

We went to Thanksgiving Point with some friends to check out the Tulip Festival. It was a nice sunny day, the gardens were beautiful, and the kids definitely enjoyed themselves. I love tulips and love the beauty of Spring!

Our cute family

Nate, Kelly, Kaetlie, & Delaeney

Cute Lyla

Roxy and Kaetlie had so much fun playing together!

Here they are making silly faces =D

Rolling down this huge hill

Playing in the water

And here are some pics of the beautiful flowers!

So Pretty!

It was a good time. We may have to go back again next year.

Easter

2011-04-30T08:35:00.001-07:00

This years Easter festivities started off at an Easter egg hunt in Clearfield. It was pretty nice, the kids not only got candy, but got toys too. The actual egg hunt was not that great of experience for Roxy. She was so excited before and then got a little scared when all the kids were running around and she only got 3 eggs. which I think isn't that bad considering how many kids there were there. But once she got her toys, she was all smiles again. Hopefully next year will go better for her. Lyla was totally content with the 2 eggs she got.

We then, of course, had to play at the playground for a while since the hunt lasts about a minute. Our girls are so cute! And Ozzie slept through the whole thing in the baby bjorn.

The girls had a blast coloring and dying easter eggs! Well, Roxy did. Lyla just had fun banging the eggs on the counter and cracking them. She only got to handle a few. The Easter Bunny came and hid all the baskets. Roxy found hers before we even got out of bed!

Lyla found hers with a little help from mom and Dad

Mmmm.....Peeps!!

Somebody's tired!!

2011-04-14T08:00:00.000-07:00

Went down stairs one day to find Roxy had fallen asleep in this position! Haha! Don't ask me how, but she was out cold!

Ozzie's Blessing

2011-04-11T15:47:00.000-07:00

We had Ozzie's baby blessing on Sunday and it went perfectly. Ozzie looked so good in his white vest and tie and we had a great time with family. We love our little guy and are so happy to be sealed to him for Eternity!

Happy Family

Proud Daddy!Proud Grandma and Grandpa

Rosemary Wall made Ozie's vest and pants and even embroidered his name on the vest. She does such a good job!

What a stud!

Dancin Fool!!

2011-04-07T08:45:00.000-07:00

Here is Lyla dancing at my sisters wedding, sorry it's sideways, but still worth the view. Make sure to watch til the very end. :)

April's Wedding

2011-04-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

My sister April got married on March 18! It was a beautiful wedding!

April & Brickmann and their now 5 kids! Lyla and Roxy in their cute flower girl dresses :) Roxy throwing petals

The Beautiful Bride

Not a great pic, but their they are getting married!

Wedding Party

The Girls

Me and my Sis!

This is the best family picture we could get

Twinners!!! Like father like son! So Cute!! Our little GQ Ozzie, not even 2 weeks oldMe and the girls

Granma Meg was here for the wedding! Love her!

Ava and Roxy chowin on cupcakes!

It was a super fun night of Dancing and Karaoke!! Roxy and Lyla danced the night away!! Cousins!! :)

Awe....we're cute!

Visit from Wisconsin

2011-04-02T12:22:00.000-07:00

Matt's mom, or should I say Grandma Sharon, came to visit from Wisconsin along with 2 of her sisters, Mary and Barb. We had a great week and they were so nice to cook all the meals and do all the dishes and entertain the kids! Just what a new mom needs!! We had a lot of good times while they were here! Here are lots and lots of pictures

Grandma Sharon Meeting Ozzie!! Mary Barb

Uncle Ben and Aunt Ani came up to visit too!

Roxy Loves her baby brother

Grandma Loving her Grandkids! We went and visited Promontory Point and got to go see the trains

The spot where the 2 trains met and united the Railroad.

The Golden Spike.

Grandma and Roxy listening for a train. :-)

Then we went to visit a Ghost town in Kelton. We heard there were cool old buildings there....this is all we found.

Visiting the Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake. We'd never heard of it before...it was really cool!

What would time with Grandma be without some

'Ring around the Rosie'

Awe...

Great times!! Can't wait till the next visit!

More Ozzie :)

2011-03-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a few pics of our Ozzie man the first few weeks of life.

What a stud!

Our girls love their baby brother!

Grandma JaNae and OzzieBath Time! Awe!

Ozzie Dean Leonhardt

2011-03-22T10:09:00.000-07:00

On March 5, 2011 our sweet little baby boy was born at 12:19pm. He weighed 9lb 10oz and measured 21.5 inches long. Nice big boy with lots of dark hair. We named him Ozzie Dean Leonhardt and love him to pieces!!! Proud Daddy!

Proud Mommy!

Our cute little boy!

Or should I say big boy!

What would our hospital stay be like without our baby going to the NICU? Who knows?

Ozzie had a little fluid in his lungs and was breathing a little quickly so he had to stay in the NICU the first night just to be monitored until his body figured it out. No worries though, all was fine and we got to have him the second day in the hospital.

Poor guy

Our first family photo!!

Roxy loves holding her baby brother

Our THREE beautiful kids!

Heading home!!!

First Car ride

We love our little Ozzie and are so happy to have him as a part of our growing family!! :)

The Singer!

2011-02-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

Such a great variety of songs we learn at our house! :)

Roxy loves to sing!!

Packers win the Superbowl!!!

2011-02-07T14:45:00.000-08:00

Great Day to be a Packer fan!! The Packers won the Superbowl!! We went to a neighbor's superbowl party and loved every minute of it. Good food, Great people, Awesome Game!

Lyla was so good and looked so cute in her Packer jersey! :)

And yes, we still like Brett Favre.

Roxy could care less about the game. We keep telling her to say "Go Packers!" and she would say, " No.......It's 'Go Cardinals!' " Haha! Trained her a little to well for that I guess.

Touchdown!

SuperBowl Champs!!!

Snowman

2011-02-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

Last week it finally snowed enough here for Roxy to make the snowman she has been begging to make for 2 months now! This is what we came up with. Roxy loves playing in the snow. She was really sad when it had all melted the next day. Now she's just waiting for it to snow again. I kinda wish it would snow more here sometimes.

Having fun!

Throwing snowballs at Mommy

We also made a little mini snowman family. Cute.

That's my Little Tiger!!

2011-01-17T09:47:00.000-08:00

Badger Fan

2011-01-02T09:04:00.000-08:00

These pictures are for all our Peeps out in Wisconsin! Sorry the Badgers lost the Rosebowl, but how can you still be sad after looking at a cutie like this! You're welcome!

Christmas!!

2010-12-30T10:35:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was great! We spent Christmas morning at my parent's house in Sandy. It was a big crew and lots of fun.

Here we are on Christmas morning. The girls are in their matching tinkerbell pajamas...so cute!
She just had to pose in front of the Christmas tree, right? When she saw all the presents she yelled "Santa came! Santa came!" So fun!

One of Lyla's favorite gifts was this shirt that Daddy got. She loved cuddling it! :)

Tinkerbell! Yay!

The big gift Santa brought the girls this year was a play kitchen and they love it!!

I wish Christmas didn't always come and go so fast every year! I love it! And I've decided to keep up my Christmas decorations for a while this year just to make it last a little longer. :)

My Beauties!!

2010-12-28T09:00:00.000-08:00

Chocolate and Gingerbread Houses

2010-12-20T08:57:00.000-08:00

The girls got together for our annual tradition of dipping chocolates. So fun as always! A little harder to stand for that long when you're pregnant, but still worth it. Love the girl time!

Mmmm......Chocolate!!

We made little ginger bread houses this year with Roxy and she loved it. Especially eating all the candy off afterwards. Here are our creations...

Yum!

Temple Square

2010-12-14T14:15:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we continued our yearly tradition of going to see the lights at Temple Square. As usual, they were beautiful. This year we went with Matt's brother, Ben, and sister, Analiesa. The weather was nice and the girls did great. Roxy is at a really fun age where she's really starting to enjoy all the lights and have fun with it. Beauty!

With Uncle Ben and Aunt Ani

The manger scene on the reflection pool. My favorite. Roxy calls them Mommy Mary, Daddy Joseph, and baby Jesus Father.......We're workin on it. :)

Good times

Thanksgiving

2010-11-29T13:09:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was great this year! Dinner at my parents house, Super fun Turkey bowl, and Black Friday shopping! Good times!

Turkey bowl

Halloween Festivities!

2010-11-01T11:11:00.000-07:00

Lyla as a cute bunny rabbit Roxy as Tinkerbell

We went out Trick-or Treating and Roxy loved it! We went out a little early trying to beat the rain. But it caught up with us anyway.

The girls were both troopers in the rain.

Here are our pumpkins.

All five of us are represented.

Earlier on Saturday we went to Gardner Village with April and her kids. The kids had fun finding all the different witches.

April and her kids

Roxy got to have a pony ride! She loves horses!!

Halloween Bunko!!

2010-10-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

Best Bunko group ever! We always go all out for bunko in October and I love it!!! Yeah, I'm a toilet.

Good ol' Logan

2010-10-25T11:06:00.000-07:00

Alumni Game and Logan Canyon

This Saturday we all went up to Logan for the Utah State Softball Alumni game. Being 20 weeks pregnant, I figured I'd just go see everyone and play a few innings in the outfield. But no, I got talked into playing ShortStop (although in all honesty, it wasn't that hard to talk me into it) I played for 2 innings and am so glad I did cause it was so fun! Got a double play and threw out a lefty slapper (my fave). It was great to see everyone again!

Before the game, we drove up and took a little walk in Logan Canyon, It's so pretty this time of year.

I kinda miss Logan. Matt and I have so many memories there. And I definitely miss softball!! Good times were had with great people!

Now here's the photo real...

Thanksgiving Point

2010-10-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

Me and the girls went to Thanksgiving point with my friend Kelly and her daughter Kaetlie. They have a bunch of fun Halloween activities for the kids. We had a great time!

Lyla was so good the whole time!

Roxy loves her horses

It's a........

2010-10-14T14:17:00.000-07:00

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vote!

2010-10-14T07:21:00.000-07:00

Do you think we're having a boy or a girl???

VOTE-------->-------->-------->-------->

Happy Birthday Lyla!!

2010-10-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

Lyla is 1 year old today!! This year has flown by! She is such a cute little girl and has been such a blessing in our lives! We had a birthday party for her on sunday, she loved her cake and all her gifts. Love that girl!!

Lyla Walking

2010-10-06T11:58:00.000-07:00

These are the best videos we have so far of Lyla walking. She's a work in progress, but yes, she does know how to walk now!

St. George

2010-09-10T11:00:00.000-07:00

We had a great Labor Day weekend in St. George.

It consited of the usual: swimming, relaxing, shopping at the outlets, eating lots of junk, and gaming all night long. (We played 20 different games in 3 nights, Crazy) So Fun! We announced our pregnancy during a game of catch phrase. Matt's clue was, "This is what is inside of Quela's stomach." Baby! Yep!
Cutie Lyla
Dinner at Claim Jumper
Roxy is exhausted

Swimming fun!

Haha!

Lyla got her first haircut!!

Thanks April!

#3

2010-09-06T19:04:00.001-07:00

That's right! I'm totally pregnant with number 3! Due March 11.

Roxy Stats

2010-08-26T14:18:00.000-07:00

Roxy is 3 years old and here's how she measures up....
Ht: 39inches 87%
Wt: 35.8 lbs 88%

Happy Birthday Roxy!!

2010-08-16T10:42:00.000-07:00

Roxy is 3 years old today!! I can't believe how fast it's gone by. My little princess is growing up. And a princess she is! All girl, who knew a daughter of mine would end up like that. Yesterday we had a little family birthday party for her. She got to dress up like Cinderella and had a Cinderella cake. She loved it!

Here she is all dressed up for Church that morning.

She is such a cutie!!

Island Park!

2010-08-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from the Nelson Family Reunion at Island Park, Idaho. We had a great time!

The girls hangin out at the cabin.
Me goin off the rope swing at Cliff Lake

Josh

Roxy and Ava doin karate moves

Boating

I'm gettin better

Matt wakeboarding for the first time! He did Awesome!

Cute Lyla

Cousins!

The girls tubing

The guys

All in all a good time!

Cute Kiddos

2010-07-28T12:23:00.001-07:00

Here are some fun pictures and videos of our girls...

Roxy the dancer...

R

Lyla is standing on her own now...

Love their laughter...

4th of July Weekend!!!

2010-07-09T10:00:00.000-07:00

Our 4th of July weekend was jam packed and a lot of fun!

Here we are at the Clearfield Parade, not awesome, but not bad. Roxy didn't even care about the floats, it's all about the candy.

Barbeque at Grandma's house!

Sparklers!

All the kiddos watching fireworks

and eating hot dogs

Glow sticks!

Having fun at the Bee's game!

Cute pic

The fam watchin the fireworks after the game.

Driving up Farmington Canyon, super fun.

Good times!

Cardinals Game!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-02T07:17:00.000-07:00

On our drive home from Wisconsin we took a little jog down to St. Louis to see a cardinals game at Busch Stadium. It was so cool and so fun and an awesome game to watch and be in the stands for. They wer down by 2 inthe bottom of the ninth and came back to win 6-5!! So cool! I pretty much got to experience everything I ever wanted: Carpenter pitched, Molina Pujols & Ryan (my faves) combined for 5 hits, the longest wave ever, diving catch, double plays, LaRussa got thrown out, the sunset, the crowd going wild, A walk-off Win, and fireworks! It's definitely a night I'll never forget and it was definitely worth the drive. Loved it!

Beautiful field, beautiful view!

Dad and the girls

Mom and the girlsRoxy had a good time and was pretty good for the whole game.Cute Lyla! Gorgeous sunset sky!!

LaRussa getting thrown out

We Won!!
Final score 6-5 Cardinals

Sportin all our Cardinal's tees

Here's video of the last play, you can't really see very good cause it's so little, but it was awesome!!

Road Trippin!

2010-06-30T16:14:00.001-07:00

So we went on a week long road trip. Stops included Winona, MN, Lake Arbutus, WI, Baraboo, WI, and St. Louis, MO. The total nuber of hours in the car round trip was about 48. Yeah, 2 days of driving! The girls actually did really good. We borrowed a DVD player so that kept Roxy pretty busy. and Lyla is just the best baby in the world. We hardley heard any crying from her the whole trip. We had a lot of fun and here are some pictures to show what we did.

Here's Roxy being such a good girl in the car.

We went to Lake Arbutus for Matt's Family Campout. Here's a shot of the whole gang.Having fun seting up campLyla's first time swimming! Cute Girl! Ring around the Rosie with Grandma Leo
Don't know if you can tell, but that's us playing a game of baseball in the nice shallow water. So fun!YumLove this pic!Roxy hangin out with her cousin Ava Hangin with Grandma Leo in BarabooHangin with Grandpa Leo in Winona It was a great trip, we had a lot of fun spending time with family!

Pictures from St. Louis and the Cardinals game will be coming shortly...

Photo of the Day!

2010-06-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

Lake Powell!!!

2010-06-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

I seriously have the best husband ever! Over Memorial Day weekend, Matt stayed home with the girls so I could go to Lake Powell and have a blast! The weather was great and we had a fabulous time! Thanks Babe!! I owe ya one!

Me and my friends Jami & Sarah Brickmann and April
John and Faye

Tubing! So fun!

That's me Cliff Jumping!!!!! Brick jumping

Sarah jumping Sisters...

Me Wakeboarding!

John April

Brick

Friends!

The weekend was Awesome! Lake Powell is the Best!

Birthday Game

2010-05-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

Matt's Birthday was on Sunday the 16th. He turned 31. To celebrate we went to the Bee's game on Saturday night with a bunch of awesome people. It was so fun and the Bee's won 12-11. Great game! We even got his name on the Jumbo-Tron!!

Matt's sister Ani was also there with us and her birthday is today.

Happy Birthday Ani! Thanks Ben for the tickets!

John, Faye, Paul, & Janet
The Gortons

The Hoyts

If it got too loud, Roxy would cover her ears.

The Bee's were down 9-11 and came back to score 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win it! It was awesome!!

After the game, Roxy got to go run the bases with Uncle Benny.

Happy Birthday Babe! I love you!!

Race for the Cure!

2010-05-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

On Saturday i finished my first 5k. my friend Sarah and I went down to the Gateway to participate in the Race for the Cure to support our neighboor and friend, Carolyn, who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a great experience and I was suprised and amazed to see how many people came to support the great cause.

Here's us with Carolyn Me and Sarah after finishing the race, with all our free food.

There were over 18,000 people there!!
Look at the boobie beanies, so clever.

Mexico!!!

2010-05-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

Matt and I spent last weekend in Mexico!! We went there to celebrate our 5 year Anniversary(which was actually last June, but I was pregnant then, so we waited til now). It was so fun and so worth it. I wish we could have stayed a few more days! Thanks to Grndma and Grandpa and April for watching the girls for us! We stayed at an All- Inclusive resort in Playa del Carmen. The Beach and Ocean were so beautiful. The resort we stayed at was at the very south end of Playa, so we had an endless beach we could walk down. I love the beach! This was the view from the balcony in our room.

We went to 5th Ave. to shop at all the little shops there. We took a trip to Tulum to see the Mayan Ruins there. We had an LDS tour guide named Alma and it was very interesting to compare a lot of the things they built there to the Book of Mormon and our Religion.

This was the Mayan Temple and the 3 windows at the top represent Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.

Then we went to a zip line park. It was so fun, but they wouldn't let us take our camera on the zip lines so no pictures. We got to zip line from tree to tree in the middle of the jungle and both of us even went upside down once. so cool!

After the zipline, we went to swim and zip line into a cenote, or underground pool. Also so fun!

Here is a video of me zip lining into the cenote.

Us with our tour guide Bruno

At the hotel there was a spa pool. They had these 2 fountains. When you stood under them it felt just like getting a message! Matt liked the high pressure one and I liked the low pressure one.

Hangin out by the pool

They had a fire show at our hotel one night that was really cool.

Mexico was awesome, I highly suggest going if you haven't yet. Just make sure you prepare for the 3 hour immigration line when you get there. Other than that, It's a great time.

Fun Weekend

2010-04-30T11:05:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, Matt's Mom and 2 Aunts, Barb and Mary, came to visit from Wisconsin for his sister Sarah's graduation from BYU. Ok, that was probably super confusing, so lets just say we got to spend lots of time with lots of family. Here are some pictures of some of the fun stuff we did.

We went down to Salem to go Horse back riding and visit the Rice's. Roxy loves riding horses. She must get it from her mom. And Lyla had her first ride on a horse. Roxy had fun playing with Grandma on the 4-wheeler, swings, and tramp.
We also visited Temple square which is always beautiful. And I love all the flowers this time of year.

Playing Games and eatin popcornAnd we played lots and lots and lots of Ring around the Rosie!

Roxy's Favorite. "Let's do it again!"

Good times were had by all. Thanks for the visit!

Lyla 6 month Pictures

2010-04-20T15:25:00.000-07:00

Lyla

2010-04-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

As of tuesday, Lyla is 6 months old. She has been such a good little baby and is a joy to have in our lives! We had our 6 month doctor visit today and here are her numbers...

Height: 25" (25%) Weight: 14lbs 9oz. (25%) Head: 17.5" (95%)

Me and my kids big heads! Ha! We love our cute little Lyla!!

Snow Day!

2010-04-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

Last week it snowed about 7 inches and Roxy finally got some use out of the snow pants I bought her this winter. She loved playing in the snow! We made a snowman and snow angels. Roxy loves the snow. Too bad winter is over....Hopefully. Snow angel

Roxy loved hiding behind the snowman and popping out to say "Roar!"

Easter Time

2010-04-06T15:33:00.000-07:00

I love Easter! Here are some pictures from our Easter weekend. Our cute girls!

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmas

Dying Eggs.

Egg hunt at home, Easter Morning.

The Easter Bunny came

Cute Roxy!

Cute Lyla!

We had Matt's siblings, ben, Ani, and Sarah over to watch General Conference and we all had a delicious Easter Dinner. Yum!!

Loves to Laugh!!

2010-03-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Look What I Did

2010-03-02T17:12:00.000-08:00

So Roxy got ahold of the baby powder and went to town!! This happened on Sunday about 20 minutes before church!!

4 Monther

2010-02-16T07:02:00.000-08:00

That's right, Lyla is now 4 months old. Time Flies! Here are the stats from her 4 month check up, and I'd also like to add that she only cried for like 1 second after getting her shots. What a trooper!

Height: 24" (40%)

Weight: 12lbs 1oz (15%) skinny little thing i guess

Head: 16.5" (75%) big head!

But no matter what the stats, she's still the cutest little girl!!!

Wisconsinites Visit Utah

2010-01-26T11:01:00.000-08:00

I'm a little behind, but 2 weekends ago, Matt's mom and Grandparents came to visit us and the girls. We all had a great time. It was great to have Grandma and great Grandma and Grandpa here to spend time with us. And I'm sure it was nice for them to spend more time with Roxy and Lyla since they don't get to see them often enough. I expected it to be a rather stressful weekend, but everything ran smoothly and it turned out to be quite relaxing, entertaining, and enjoyable. Here are lots and lots of pictures from the weekend.

Great Grandma & Grandpa LaubeGrandma LeonhardtSmile!!Sleeping with GrandmaCutie Pie!Aunt Ani & Aunt SarahPlaying with Grandma!Ring-around-the-Rosies! Roxy would play this from sun up till sun down if Grandma would play along.Don't Ask.Playing GamesWe went down to Salem for a day and Roxy and I got to go horseback riding. Roxy loved her little rides on the horsey and kept yelling "Go Horsey, Go!" It was way cute. And I had so much fun riding up on the mountainside. It's been about 10 years since I've been horseback riding and I still love it as much as I did back then.

Compare

2010-01-19T12:49:00.000-08:00

Ok, here it is finally. Everyone says Lyla looks just like me, so here are the pictures of both of us at about 1 month old, in the same outfit.

What do you think? Quela^
2 of Lyla

Family Pictures

2010-01-12T11:16:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-07T14:30:00.000-08:00

We spent New Year's Eve at my cousin's house playing games and having a good time. Roxy LOVED staying up way past her bed time! And we loved that she slept in till 11 the next day. Matt and I have made some goals for this year and are planning on keeping them in action. Happy New Year to you all!!

Cheese!!

Good Time with Old Friends

2010-01-07T10:34:00.001-08:00

Last week i went up to Logan to have lunch with some of my old USU softball buddies. Good Times.

Roxy and her friend Kaetlie. They had so much fun together.

Christmas Toes!!

2009-12-30T06:30:00.000-08:00

My girls and I had a pedicure day and painted all of our toes red! So Cute!!

Christmas

2009-12-28T23:45:00.000-08:00

Christmas was great this year!! We spent the night at my parents house in Sandy and had a wonderful time. On Christmas Eve, we all went to see the new Chipmunk movie, it was Roxy's first time watching a movie at the theater and she did awesome! We had popcorn and treats and drinks to help her get through the movie and she didn't need any of it. She was glued to the screen the whole time. Christmas morning was so fun. Roxy is to the point where she really gets excited about her gifts and likes them more than the wrapping paper, Kinda.

Matt did a great job at suprising me this year with his gifts and I definitely got more than I need. We truely are blessed to have all that we do. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!

Lyla has started smiling and is so cute when she does it!! Roxy opening gifts, and she loves to pose for pictures.

What a cutie!

Matt got me some kind of DVR where we hook it up in our old computer tower and don't have to pay a monthly fee for it. Awesome! Now I can record all the shows I'm addicted to .

Lyla's First Christmas! I think she enjoyed herself.

Shocker Reunion

2009-12-27T12:49:00.000-08:00

Last week I had a reunion with my old softball team, The Shockers!! I love all these girls! What we had was definitely special and always will be!! Shocker Sistas for life!!

2 Months

2009-12-22T13:59:00.000-08:00

Lyla turned 2 months old last Sunday.

Time has definitely flown by fast.

Here are her 2 month stats:

Hieght: 22.5 inches (55%)

Weight: 11 pounds (54%)

Head Cir.: 15.75 (80%)

And yes, Roxy had a big head too. Luckily they also both had and have tons of hair to hide it. This outfit is one that I wore when I was a baby. When I get the time I'll scan this same picture of me at this age and you can compare.

Dippin' Time

2009-12-14T07:55:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favorite Christmas traditions my family has. All the girls get together to dip CHOCOLATES, listen to Christmas music, and chat, chat, chat. It is so fun!! and delicious!

Lights at Temple Square

2009-12-08T11:40:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we took FrontRunner and Trax down to see the lights on Temple Square. Roxy loved riding the train (or Dinosaur Train, as she likes to call it) and it was Matt's first time ever riding on trax or frontrunner. The lights were beautiful as always and we had a great time!

Our Family The Calls

Daddy and the girls
On Trax
On FrontRunner
Lyla Slept through the whole thing. What a cutie!

Annie

2009-12-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

So if you can't tell, Roxy loves the movie "Annie". She sings these songs around the house all day long, and I thought I would share them with you all. Enjoy!

Tomorrow!

The Hard-Knock Life

Turkey Bowl

2009-11-30T09:14:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of teh crew on Thanksgiving Day at our Turkey Bowl Football Game. So much Fun!

The Guys
The Girls

Good Times!

Every year I make name tags for Thanksgiving dinner and this is what I came up with this year. These are actual leaves from Sardine Canyon that have been rubberized with glicerol. I thought they turned out pretty cool.

Princesses!!

2009-11-16T13:44:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Matt's brother Ben, we got to go see 'Disney on Ice: the Princess Classics' for Free! And we were in the All-Star Suite at the Delta Center!(Energy Solutions Arena, whatever) It was Awesome! Roxy love love LOVED it! This might have to be something I take my girls to for years to come.

Roxy Loved it so much that we could hardly get her to take her eyes of the entertainment.

Cinderella!

Mickey & Minnie

6 of the 7 Princesses
(Ariel, Snow White, Mulan, Aurora, Belle, & Jasmine)

The Finale