Don't Let This Happen!!!

First off, I know I haven't posted anything in a long time. I have just been really busy with life at the moment. But I do have things to post I just need to find the extra hours it will take. But this is something that I feel very strongly about and do not want to see it happen. So I was looking around the Internet and I saw this article http://a-list.msn.com/default.aspx?cp-searchtext=Dora%20the%20Explorer%20 about a Dora makeover on MSN. Now if you know MaKenna then you know that she LOVES Dora. So I looked over the article and they are going to totally change Dora. Since she will grow up all her interests will be shopping, boys, and all the things that I don't MaKenna being. Of course I know that when MaKenna is a teenager she will be into those things, but I don't want one of her role models to tell her that's all there is at that age. Dora right now is a smart, fun, adventurous girl. So what are they saying, that once you hit a certain age all that goes out the window and you become a popular, fashion seeking dumb girl who doesn't care of about the world or people around her? I just can't support this type change. It breaks my heart that little children have no one to look up to, to show them that there is so much more in life. This world is full of so much fun and adventure, there is no need to exposed little girls to a lifestyle that they will never find happiness in. So I really never do this, but there is a petition and I hoping that you will please sign it and we can hopefully stop this horrible change. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Dora can't grow up, just that she should stay the same girl and still go on adventures, she should become something that matters in this world and show little children that they can become what ever they want. Thanks for your help with this.

Winter Fun

As we all know it has been snowing like crazy these last few weeks. So we found a pair of snow boots for MaKenna and I. Yesterday we decided to try them out and went and played in the back yard. Here are just a few pictures of our fun time.

The Little Tree That Could

This past Sunday we went with some of our friends to cut us down a Christmas Tree. We have done this for the last couple of Christmas's. It is so much fun, not only getting the tree that YOU picked out, but just spending time up in the mountains. Seeing the beauty that this world can offer and spending time with family and friends. So this year our friends had some property that they were nice enough to let us take a tree out of. So we get up there and we walk around some and nothing is really jumping out saying cut me down. So we continued further and further into their property. I eventually take off my own way and climb down a hill. There I started to take pictures of some trees that I think would work. So here is tree number 1:

Tree number 2:

And tree number 3:


Which one did I pick? Well as I was walking around I saw one tree and then turned around and down the trail was a tree that I thought looked just perfect. So I made my decision. Dan didn't say not to get it so I chose number 3. I thought it looked good. This is the one that said cut me down and let me be part of your Christmas. So that is what we did.

When we got home I was excited to get it up. And then I noticed that it wasn't as full as I remembered it being in the forest. In fact it is kinda sparse. But that is ok I love it anyway. Its not about the tree to me, its about the great memories that we make, the fun and time spent together. So here is our 2008 Christmas Tree.

Halloween Fun

Ok I know this is a little late...but at least I am getting it done. This year for Halloween was so much fun. We got dressed up and went trick-or-treating with some of our good friends. The first house we went to MaKenna didn't quite get it. When the door opened she charged right in and was pretty upset when I had to pull her out. Then onto the next house where she started to get the hang of it. It was so cute to see her walk from house to house. They are such a delight to have!! After trick-or-treating we went to a good friends house and partied it up. Dan won us a couple of massages by eating some pretty gross looking stuff. I am so glad that I have a husband that will eat just about anything ;) Below are some pictures from the night.

Fillen in!

So i know most everyone that looks at this page is expecting Kim to be writing something but not today my friends ohhhhh no, today it is I........Danny-boy. And if you don't know who that is well then you probably don't know my wife as well as you think. Anyway on to the matters at hand.
Thanksgiving was just here and as always did not disapoint, but then again how can stuffing your face and watching football ever be bad? This one started out as most with us waking up and having a big breakfast (biskets and gravy) and then heading to the in-laws (kim's family) and hanging out for abit before going to mine and eating so much i wanted to puke especialy when doing dance dance revolution for hours and playing ping pong. "sorry no pictures" But this thanksgiving we did something i've never heard of but was one of the greatest ideas ever known to man...... PRE THANKSGIVING DINNER!!!! what is that you ask, well this year it was me my two brothers and our familys meeting over at my brother in provos house and having ribeye steaks and shimp and just having a great time chatting and playing games. It was great times infinity. The food was better then i can describe. And the company wasn't bad either ;)

Summer Fun

I didn't have this blog up yet when summer was around. So I am just going to write the highlights of our summer.




It started out COLD. For Memorial day we went up to the cabin where it rained the whole time, but that didn't damper our trip.




Look at all the snow! It was crazy, this was at the end of May. It should be nice and warm, but no it had to be cold.


Here are just some other pictures from our trip.







That wraps up our first trip up to the cabin, next we move onto camping up at Paysons lakes. When went up in the middle of June, when it should have been nice and warm. When we got there there was about 3-4 inches of water in our fire pit. And when we woke up the next morning it snowed about an inch on us. It was cold!! So we really didn't get to do much. We tried fishing but it was just to cold. The good thing though, was that we got so see a ton of deer. We had them basically in our camp.








Finally for the 4th of July it warmed up for us and we headed back up to the cabin. On this trip we took our good friends, Jesse and Camille. We had a great time and perfect weather up there. We took a trip into Yellowstone and saw a bunch of animals. We saw a Grizzly Bear and a Black Bear with her baby, it was so cute. We were able to float Big Springs and went to watch fireworks over Island Park Lake Below are some pictures that hightlight our trip.















A few weeks after that we went on a hike with Jesse and Camille and Eli. We had a great time. We found a Inch Worm and put it on MaKenna's hand and she didn't freak out at all. It was so cute.




























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Our Little Landscaper in the Making

A couple of weeks ago we help our friends put a layer of topsoil down at their new home. MaKenna was such a big helper. Here she is making sure we are doing it correctly. I guess we weren't doing it right, so she is doing it herself.


Now its time to have some fun. After working so hard she deserved a break.



When we were done she was pretty dirty. I'm glad I have such a great little helper.