HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Happy Father's Day to the most amazing Dad in the world! Thank you for helping me become who I am today. You have given me such a great life. Thanks for being the example and pillar of strength that you are. I love you so much! I will always be your #1 favorite girl ;) xoxo


Happy Father's Day Randy! I couldn't have asked for a better father-in-law. Thanks for teaching your son to be a great father too! I love you very much.

Happy Father's Day Dad. Love Steve.

I also want to thank the Father of my children...Steve. You are a wonderful dad. Your kids love you so much and they look up to you. Thank you for being you! I love you so much!

*This is what happens when you are rushing to church and forget to take a picture so you pull everyone out of the car to take one!!

Olivia Jane's First Birthday!

Kyle filmed and edited Bivvy's B-Day video. Nice job Kyle!

Our night started at Casa Garcias for dinner. Good food! I know that Biv enjoyed it as much as we all did!

She daintily opened up her gifts. She got clothes from Nana & Papa and toys from us.

Mmmmm....CAKE!!

The kids could not stop laughing as she was digging in. She loved it and got it EVERYWHERE!

Gabe enjoyed his cupcakes too!

Happy Birthday Bivvy! You have brought us such joy this past year. You have completed our family! We love you very much.

*Facts about Bivvy: She screams, she cries, she gets whatever she wants...and I mean WHATEVER she wants! She is walking around furniture. She climbs up and down stairs. She sleeps over twelve hours a night. She is the best eater out of all my kids. She pretty much eats anything we give her. She plays really well by herself. (That is if her siblings allow her too!) She loves to take baths, especially with Gabriel (as long as he doesn't pour water on her head.) She loves toilet paper. If there is a bathroom door open she can sense it and heads straight for it. She loves my cell phone. I have already replaced it twice. She is finally starting to grow some hair. She weighs 19 pounds and is 29 inches tall. She truly is a joy. We love her bright smile and her silly laugh. Thanks Biv for a great 1st year!

Ice Skating

A friend of ours had a birthday party at the skating rink. This was the first time that any of our kids have been ice skating. It was touch and go for a while, but once they got they hang of it they loved it! Sass wants to go to a summer camp there now. Kyle and Hayden were too fast...I couldn't get any pictures of them.Happy Birthday Amelia!

Gabe wasn't going to skate but he was watching all of the other kids and he really wanted to go out. He loved it! I think that he was being held up by Steve the whole time :)

The kids had a lot of spills. But they got right back up!

Halle getting a little lesson.
Bivvy loved watching them! I think that we will definitely have to go back soon.

Who da man?

Gabe da man!!

*(He is trying to flex his stuff!)

Always listen...

Because when things get too quiet...this is what you find!

Bivvy got into the pantry and helped herself to a PopTart.

Ward Campout (or just dinner out for us!)

We went to the ward campout a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time! The weather was beautiful (hot and muggy!) We hung out with great friends. Ate yummy food and then came home and slept in our warm beds!! *You try taking a 10 month old camping...doesn't sound so fun! The kids desperately wanted to sleep over. Maybe next year!

The kids went on a "small" walk to collect fire wood with Cory and Jeremy.

I love this picture of Gabe. He is just so darn sweet!Steve is tending to the dutch oven desserts. They were super tasty...even though Steve forgot to put the main ingredient in really late! One was pumpkin dump cake and Jeannie made upside down pineapple cake. MMmmmmm....good!
Burnt marshmallows are a bonus!
Not quite sure what Gabe was doing here. He was off in his own little world the whole night!
Kyle, as always, will find a tree to climb. He took a detour to the lake with the Phipps. He loves to swim...clothes and all!
Halle, Katelynne & Sass hanging out. They had a great time visiting friends at other camp sites.
Jeannie tending to the coals.
Erin & Bivvy (Erin hates it when people take pictures of her!)

Girls Night!

Halle, Ally, Kassadi and Chloe sporting their rockin' hair!

Cool nail polish colors that actually stay on for more than one day.

The girls had a late night with their good friends Chloe & Ally. I did their nails and hair. They then played some imagination game...not sure what it was, but entertaining to watch! They watched a movie and had lots of treats and popcorn. This is the next best thing to sleepovers (because we don't allow them!) Thanks for coming girls! We all had a great time :)