Marshall's 11th Birthday!

Oh.... my sweet baby boy is growing up. We celebrated Marshall's 11th Birthday on November 25th. He is such precious person. I love to hear him laugh. I have to admit, even if he is laughing at something he probably shouldn't laugh at, I really have to hold back, because his laughter is so addicting.

Marshall and I have had some great times together. We are very close and I am so greatful for him. He is unique and fun to be with. Most people that meet Marshall are always full of compliments about his personality and what a good kid he is.

I am so greatful he loves me. We cuddle often and I am thankful to God for his health and for blessing me with such a wonderful child.

I am reminded often how much he is like his father George. Sometimes the way he smiles, his good sense of humor and just the way he stands up tall. He even holds his head up high... a mirror image of his dad. He also has that great smile and bright eyes and is very optimistic.

I've included some recent pictures from his birthday and some pictures of when he was just a baby. What a Blessing!

Congratulations! Holley and Roger

Holley Freeman is now Mrs. Roger Fellows. They got married on November 3 in the Salt Lake Temple and had a wonderful dinner at the Joseph Smith Building to celebrate with family and friends. Holley asked me to take some pictures at the dinner and I was happy to do so. I wish Holley and Roger a wonderful and fulfilling life together!

Our Trip To Zion

I haven't been very consistant at keeping up with my blog and was reminded last night by my sister. I have some catching up to do...

I would like to start with the wonderful trip that our family took down at Zions National Park. Now, I was born and raised in Utah and how it happened I don't know but this was the first time I have been to this beautiful Park. We took all the kids and stayed in a wonderful hotel that fed us a complete breakfast each morning. I think eating out is our kids' favorite part about going out of t0wn. We stayed two nights and three days.

The day we went to Zions, I had no idea how beautiful the fall leaves would be. The leaves in the mountains close to our home had already fallen, so I consider ourselves blessed to visit Zions at such a beautiful time of year.

The kids were impressed with the mile long tunnel. When we got to the end of the tunnel there were lots of cars off to the side of the road with some people standing with their cameras in hand, all pointing in the same direction. Of coarse, I yell for Kirk to pull over. We saw five big horn sheep with the most beautiful back drop. I shot quite a few photos but will just post my favorite.

Zions is a great back drop for any photo so I was very happy to have my new camera and by the end of the trip the kids were quite sick of getting out of the car so mom could shoot another family picture. I posted my favorite family shots.

The 2nd night the kids were excited to go play at the Fun Zone which was located close to our hotel. I actually ran into a co-worker from Bullfrog at the Fun Zone. Kinda weird. Anyway, we had a good time playing video games and hitting softballs at the batting cages. My kids are great little hitters. It was fun.