Collin and Rachel Fawcett Family

Christmas is coming.......

2011-12-11T20:26:00.000-08:00

Here we are almost to Christmas and I haven't put up any fun pictures from November. I have not been very good at taking pictures lately so I will have to take quite a few in the net couple weeks to make up for it. But here are a few of the pictures that I have managed to take. Enjoy
First I have this note that I found in Thomas's stocking. It says Dear Santa, I am mean not nice. The first clue that it was not a self written note is the fact that Thomas is 3 and can not write yet. So naturally I asked Madelyn if she was the composer. She did finally admit it and I threatened to put it in her sock if she did something like that again.

Here my sweet Thomas is posing in front of the tree right after we got it up.

Before Thanksgiving dinner we went out and shot guns for a while. Katy found some fresh snow and pigged out.

Here is the cutest, sweetest dog ever. We love our Tessy!

Is it Halloween already?

2011-10-09T20:23:00.000-07:00

It would be really cool if I was talented like my sister in law and could make costumes for my kids. But alas all I can sew is skirts and aprons. So I take the kids down the costume isle at WalMart and let them pick anything under $20. This year Thomas said that he wanted to be a ninja since he is really into hitting and kicking right now, but when he saw the super hero costumes he was super excited. He chose a red ninja power ranger that fulfilled all his dreams. Madelyn and Abby are really into wolves, cats, and dogs. Abby said that she wanted me to make her a costume that was a dead-blonde-one eyed-werewolf. I have no idea where that came from but I told her to pick a costume off the wall and she liked the Spider Queen. Madelyn picked some sort of trendy cute wolf-girl costume, that I don't understand but she likes it. Katy picked the Cleopatra costume and can I just say why don't they make costumes for young ladies that don't look like hookers dressed up for Halloween?! I mean we are in real trouble next year when we can't find anything that covers her upper body and lower body at the same time. Maybe I will have to learn new sewing skills in this next year. Happy Halloween everyone!

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Girls first day of school

2011-08-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

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2011-08-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

Girls first day of school.

Chopper 5 comes to Castle Heights!

2011-05-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

Today chopper 5 from KSL News came to the girls school. The school has passed it's reading goal and read 2.3million minutes this year. It was fun to see the helicopter come and land at the school. The kids all got to see the helicopter up close and have a class picture with Nadine from KSL news.
Abby's class

Here is Madelyn's class. Notice Thomas in the front row.

Katy's class

This is Thomas' signature move.

Dance, Dance, Dance

2011-02-17T07:54:00.000-08:00

The girls are all dancing this weekend. Abby and Madelyn are dancing for the USU-CEU women's basketball halftime,and Katy is dancing for the men's. They are doing their hip hop routines. I can't wait to see them. Here they are in their costumes.

and here is a picture of Thomas doing his "work"

It's hard work being 3!

2011-02-15T14:07:00.000-08:00

Thomas was playing the computer today. I was down in my room and realized I hadn't heard him for a while. (silence can be very loud) I went into the front room and found him like this. I guess he was just going to rest his head and fell asleep. That's my boy, when he is really tired he will fall asleep no matter what he is doing.

So much news!

2011-02-12T20:51:00.001-08:00

Ok so we did have a wonderful Christmas. No one was in the Hospital, though we did have a nice round of stomach flu that we shared with Grandma and Grandpa, Paige and Trevor (sorry about that guys). We stayed home for Christmas eve for the fist time in our married life. We made a big turkey dinner and invited some friends over for dinner. Then in January Thomas turned three and Madelyn turned 6. They both had nice birthdays and got lots of cool loot.

February has been busy. Katy is getting ready for many performances with her dance team. She dances for the USU-CEU Men's b-ball half time show in a week, and then they dance for the Utah Flash halftime show on Presidents Day. We are so excited that Collin's sister Paige is getting married in April and can't wait. Then in May Katy has her regional competition and Abby and Madelyn have their end of year performances. So we will be dancing a lot for the next few months (and when I say "we" I mean Katy will dance and I will drive her to lots of practices).
Collin took his professional engineering exam in October and passed. He got his application for his licence sent off and this week the actual licence came in the mail. I am very excited for him and proud of him.

A busy week

2010-12-17T18:40:00.001-08:00

This week Abby won second place in Literature in the Reflections contest. She got a super cool trophy and Grandpa and Grandma Anderson were able to come and see her get the award. She wrote a poem for her entry.
Together We Can
We can keep our city clean
Don't be a bully, Don't be mean
Be nice to other people.
Some people go to church with a steeple
Clean the earth, make it green, make it clean
You can recycle on your bicycle
By Abby
We were very proud of our Abby!

Thursday the Fifth Grade kids had their annual Christmas Parade. They all decorate wagons, or just dress up and walk around the halls of the school and throw candy to the rest of the kids. Katy and her friend Kyle built a super cool sleigh that has Santa's bag of toys, and a winter wonderland village. They also had lots of tootsie rolls to hand out. Thomas got to help and he was super excited about that.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

2010-12-11T18:54:00.001-08:00

Well we have been very busy for the last three weeks. We went to Grandma Anderson's for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time together. We had a real formal dinner for our family. Which means that we used real china and glassware for the table and made the kids sit up and eat for an hour. It was wonderful. The next week Grandma Paula came and stayed with the kids while Collin and I went to Las Vagas for the week. Collin has classes in Auto Cad while I slept in and shopped. Then we were off to Layton for the weekend so that we could go to the Jazz game on Monday night and watch our beautiful Katy dance for the half-time show. She did so good, I was super proud of her. This weekend we were in Richfield for the company Christmas Party and now we are finally home. Hopefully for the next two weeks at least. The house looks great. Tree is up, lights are on. And most of my shopping is done. I am looking forward to baking a lot this week and getting plates out to the neighbors. I hope that you all are doing well and I will get more pictures up soon! Happy Christmas!

Busy Busy Busy

2010-11-05T13:17:00.001-07:00

Well I thought that this would be a good week to potty train Thomas. Not so much it turns out. But we are doing it anyway, I think that we are doing better. Today he has only gone through four pairs of shorts and he told me three times he had to go before he went. That is progress to me and I'll take it.
So to follow up on Halloween it was super fun. We went to A Hogwarts Halloween in Ogden again and it was just as fun as last year. Even with the rain. So below we have pictures from Halloween and then one of Madelyn because she won an award for being honest in school.

October

2010-10-30T13:27:00.001-07:00

Ok so I suck at keeping my blog updated. But I have a good excuse, I have no computer right now so I have to use the computer at Collin's office or at grandma's house when I am visiting. We are having a great fall, the kids are all liking school and Thomas and I are having fun at home. I have decided to try a new recipe every week so we have fun baking and tasting new things. I so love this time of year and I am looking forward to putting up Christmas lights and getting ready for Thanksgiving. I love the feel of the air when the snow starts to dust the tops of the mountains. Oh an we actually had a blizzard in Price this week. It blew in, blew like crazy, put a little snow on the ground and blew out in an hour. The snow was gone by the end of the day but Thomas thought it was cool. Hopefully I will be able to put up some Halloween pictures before I go home this weekend. The kids have had several Halloween parties already. They have put on their costumes about 6 times in the last week alone. It's crazy, I am out of hair color for Katy's Punk rocker costume. Thomas is Steve from "Blues Clues" he has a blue puppy to carry around and he is wearing a green stripped shirt. It was the easiest one to make. I hope that you are all doing well and hopefully I'll be able to post again soon.

First Day of school and Labor Day weekend

2010-09-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

School is back in swing now. The first week is over and the kindergarten kids started this week so it is just em and Thomas home now. It is quiet, I think that he is watching Dora in my room because I keep hearing him yell "back pack!" or "map!". We went to "Back to School Night" and met all the teachers. I signed up to work in the classroom for Abby and Madelyn. All three girls are in dance twice a week now so Monday-Thursday I am either taking someone to dance or picking them up. It looks like it is going to be a busy year.

We had a great weekend in St. George. It was hot but the pools felt great and the park we went to Sunday night was awesome. We even got to play minute to win it after Sunday lunch. It was great to see the little kids pulling the tissues out of the box as fast as they could. At first they were suspicious I don't think that they really believed that is what we wanted them to do. Watching people try to get and oreo from their foreheads to their mouths with just the muscles on their faces was the best. It was great fun. Thank you Grandma Rigby for another great reunion!

In Memory

2010-08-16T14:13:00.001-07:00

My Grandma Howell passed away Sunday night. I will always remember the fun family reunions that we would have each summer. I loved our "Howell Campout" trips. we always had themes that we would center each camp around. Here is a picture of us on a Gilligan's Island theme year. Grandma and Grandpa were Mr. and Mrs. Howell....so fitting. I love, and miss them both.

Summer Fun

2010-08-05T18:49:00.000-07:00

Ok, so it has been a long time since I posted anything. We have had a busy and fun summer. After Memorial Day we went up to Henefer to visit the graves and put flowers out. Then we decided that it would be fun to shoot some guns. Everyone got to take turns, here are pictures of Paige and Grandma Fawcett being awsome.

Thomas wanted a turn so Collin took him to learn how to shoot a 22. It was great fun.

Our dog Tess is such a wimp, she went and hid in the van because the noise was so scary.

Fourth of July weekend we made it up to Henefer again to see our favorite country artist Charlie Jenkins play. We saw him last year and the kids loved him. Thomas especially loved his yippy-ki-yi-yo song. Thomas and Katy got up and danced, and then Paige and Trevor took Thomas out to line dance. It was great fun.

We didn't get in our annual camping trip this year because Collin has been so busy at work but we did manage to get up the mountain for one day for collin's birthday.We fished in the morning and then went and rode horses in the afternoon.

Finally, the end of July is "International Days" here in Price. The girls got to be in the parade with their dance program. Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett, Nathan, Libby, and the boys, and Ashley and Aless came down to see the girls. It was a great day!

Katy makes the dance team!

2010-06-24T14:55:00.001-07:00

Katy, Abby, and Madelyn are taking dance this summer. Katy wanted to try out for the competition team. She had tryouts this morning and she did good because when we went back her name was on the list. Abby and Madelyn decided to take class for a year and then try out next summer. But I think that this means I will be spending a lot of time driving kids to dance. Which is fine by me, I hope that it is something that they can stick with and enjoy.

Sweet Sweet Moves!

2010-05-24T10:17:00.000-07:00

Thomas is my little dance partner. Sometimes he just has to bust out a move. His very favorite song right now is Now or Never from HSM3. He calls it "Sixteen" and asks for it at least 100 times a day. But when he dances to it, it makes me smile so I have to play the song for him over and over, and over and over.

Last day of School!

2010-05-20T16:28:00.000-07:00

The girls had their last day of school today. I don't think that you can call 3 hours of partying school but ok. Abby did a cute program with the first grade classes. They sang some cute songs and then served us rolls and fruit. Grandma Fawcett was able to come and stay with us for a couple of days so we have had a great week.

building a new sand box

2010-04-19T14:12:00.000-07:00

One of our spring projects in our new house was to build a sandbox in the backyard for the kids to play in.
First you dig out the hole

Then you dig the holes for the posts, Katy and Abby got in to show how deep they are.

Then Collin builds the sides

The big truck came and dumped 6 tons of sand on our driveway

One wheel-barrel at a time we hauled the sand to the back yard and poured it in.

One finished sandbox ready to play in.

Now I need to go and take some Advil and collapse on my bed.

Arches, Canyonlands, and Dead Horse Point

2010-04-17T20:31:00.000-07:00

It is National Parks week from the 17-25th so today we took advantage of that and went to see the parks here in eastern Utah that we haven't seen before. With no entrance fee it was a great deal. We started out about 6am and made it to Arches and out to hike before 8am. We first went to the windows arches, they were cool, probably some of the largest ones we saw. Then we hiked out to Delicate Arch lookout. We didn't to the hike to the actual arch because it was a little much for Thomas though he didn't seem to mind and of the hiking. He walked all by himself most of the time and followed Katy, Abby, and Madelyn where ever they went. The girls had a great time we climbed lots of rocks until we were tired. Then we drove out to the Dead Horse Point lookout. It was very impressive with it's view of the canyon and the river but the crazy 1000 foot drop to certain death had this momma worried about her kids so we drove on down the road to Canyonlands where there were rocks to climb that had only a moderate fall. We did great, no one was hurt but we did loose a pair of pants and undies do to sliding down the rock on butts. Luckly I did bring an extra pair of pants for just such an emergency. So that is why Abby is wearing different pants in the pictures.

Happy Easter!

2010-04-05T17:21:00.000-07:00

We finally made it out to the Easter pasture this year. It has been to cold and too wet the last couple years to make it out there but this year Grandma Anderson was determined to make it. It was wet and cold but we bundled up and went anyway. The kids had fun. Thomas slept through lunch and the easter egg hunt but he woke up in time to play games with the kids.

My brother Jake makes the coolest Easter Bunny there is. All the kids ran to mug him when he came walking down the Eater lane. He sure is a good sport to dress up as the bunny each year.

Sunday we went up to Layton to watch conference and have another easter egg hunt with Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett, and the boys.

We posed for family pictures and then Nathan, Libby and the boys posed though Jace was not really in the mood, so Nathan helped him out a little with his smile.

This is Thoma's new favorite video to watch.

2010-01-31T18:10:00.001-08:00

The Toothless Wonder

2010-01-21T12:43:00.000-08:00

Abby is proud to announce that her two front teeth have fallen out! Really there was no pulling allowed. She waited until they fell out on their own. Her smile looks a little funny but I love it anyway.

Winter Fun....sort of

2010-01-20T15:56:00.001-08:00

Well we have had a very interesting January. we started out the month with Madelyn sick with pneumonia. She first got sick around Christmas and we ended up taking her to the hospital on Christmas night. They gave her IV antibiotics and sent us home with more for her to take over the next 8 days. On New Years day we had to take her again to the hospital with back pain. We didn't really get any answers on why she was having pain but the x-ray showed that the infection in her lung was not getting any better. Well the next week I took her in for a follow up with our doctor and he ordered another x-ray. This time the x-ray showed that she was building up some fluid around the infection so we admitted her to the hospital here in Price for three days and then she spent a day and a half at Primary Children's Hospital. They sent her home on yet another round of antibiotics and we are to go in for another x-ray when she is done with that round. So we are all hoping for a clear x-ray this week. Poor Maddie she was a trooper. She had blood drawn and IV's put in and taken out so many times that it made me cry. But they did give her lots of presents because she was in the hospital on her birthday. She is home now and doing well, she didn't ever really act sick except right at the first. But she is glad to be home and back to school.
So here are some pictures from this month. I didn't have my camera with me to take any pictures of Madelyn in the hospital but we did go sledding at my parent's house and we have had lots of snow this week so the girls have been out playing. Thomas likes to go out and play too but he doesn't ever stay out very long.

Many happy returns

2010-01-05T20:30:00.000-08:00

We started this year off with a bang. Medelyn got pneumonia over the Christmas Holiday and had to go to the hospital. She was given IV antibiotics twice and then we had her on antibiotics for another 8 days. Hopefully she will be better soon. we spent Christmas in Layton at Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett's house. We got to see Bryce, Richelle, James and Matthew. We did have a good Christmas even though Thomas, Richelle, Madelyn and James were all very sick. I didn't get any pictures with all the sick kids to look after but hopefully grandma or Paige did.
After we got home from Grandmas Katy, and Abby both got sick. Now Collin and I are sick but that is life right?
This week the kids are back in school (yeah) and Thomas turned two. He got a big wheel bike and a guitar. Thomas really loves to dance and play the air guitar so we thought he would enjoy a guitar that really plays music for him. He was pretty happy. Next week is Madelyn's birthday and we are looking forward to a visit from Grandma and Paige.

Christmas is Coming!

2009-12-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

Well I have about 5 minutes to complete this post before I have to get back to my kitchen and finish my cookies, and my chocolates that I am making to take around to the neighbors. So I have a few new pictures to post from the ward Christmas Party. We are all doing well and I am ready for Christmas! I have just about all my shopping done and I am having fun baking and decorating my house. We want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We also had the big Rigby family Christmas Party last Saturday and we had a good turnout. we even got a group picture which is saying something because there were a lot of people there.

HALLOWEEN

2009-11-03T13:00:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween. Saturday we drove up to Bountiful and had lunch and visited with my family. then we went trick-or-treating with Liz's kids before heading up to Layton to see Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett (and Paige). Nathan and Libby stopped by and told us about a Doctor who puts together a Hogwarts School on his property every Halloween. So we jumped in the van and headed off to Hogwarts. It was super cool and fun, we drank butter beer and played Quidditch, the girls got sorted. Katy-Ravenclaw, Abby-Griffindor, Madelyn-Huffelpuff. Libby took some pictures of the kids meeting Dumbeldore and Hagrid and Prof. Lockheart so I'll have to get a copy and post them.

Oh good news I found some pictures of the kids at The Hogwarts Halloween.

Fall Adventures

2009-11-03T10:32:00.000-08:00

All the kids had Friday October 2nd off from school, my family was all heading down to my mom's to can apple pie filling. I thought that it would be fun if they came to my house Thursday night and then we could see some of the dinosaur sites here in Carbon County. Liz and Becca's families came down and spent the night. Friday we headed out to Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. It was really cool to see all the bones, plus the ones they haven't dug up yet. Then we took the kids on a pretty long hike around the quarry to look at all the desert. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

Yes that is the ledge of a cliff we are standing on. Needless to say we didn't stay out there long.

Thomas is really getting to be independent. He wanted to walk by himself the entire hike, which put us way behind the big kids. Every once in a while I would throw him on my shoulders and walk fast to catch up. He yelled at me the entire time.

Scoccer Time!

2009-09-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Well we are three weeks into soccer and the girls are doing pretty well for not knowing anything about the game when we started. Katy is trying her best to keep up with the boys on her team that have been playing for years. She does have a friend on the team who is in the same boat so they pretty much hang out together on the field.

Abby and Madelyn are in the beginner bracket. Abby does great charging up and down the field kicking the ball. She is having a great time and is doing really well. Madelyn is a little shy and mostly just follows the group and kicks the ball only if it happens to bounce off of her foot. But she too is having fun and that is all that counts. It gets them out of the house twice a week and gives them some good exercise. Here are some pictures from today's game.

Labor Day weekend

2009-09-11T08:47:00.000-07:00

After being a slacker for a whole month I have finally found the time to sit down and put up some of our pictures from our adventures in the last month. Katy, Abby, and Madelyn all started school in August and are doing well and having fun. Here is a picture of them on the first day.

They also started soccer this week, but I'll have pictures of that at a later date.

Labor Day weekend was our annual Rigby family reunion (Collin's Mom's side of the family) Friday we drove up to Jackson and found our condos at Teton Village. They were awesome very beautiful, the weather was very nice, not too hot and not stormy. Saturday morning we went to the Snow King and went down the alpine slide. Abby had a great time. She went with me both times. The first time down she kept telling me to slow down. The second time she kept telling me to speed up.

After the slide we drove up to Jenny Lake and hiked around for a couple hours.

Then it was time to head home and get ready for dinner and a show at the Bar J Ranch. The show was great as it always is and Thomas loved to dance to the music. We even got to see a nice fox come into the campground and look for food that was left behind. One of the workers told us that the fox was born last winter and was a regular at the Chuck wagon. She was kind of a pet. It was the only wildlife we saw all weekend.
Sunday it was off to church where I saw my old boss from when I used to work in Jackson. She said that she remembered me but she used to say that to everyone who stayed at her hotel. She did remember Rebecca and Liz (my sisters) by name and asked how they were doing.
It was a great weekend and we all had a good time.

Monday morning we went into town for some shopping and sight seeing.

Charlie Jenkins

2009-08-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

This week at the Davis County Fair Charlie Jenkins was singing. So Wednesday night we went to see him. We saw him sing on the Fourth of July and we really enjoyed the show, we even bought two of his cds. The kids have all the songs memorized and when they found out that he was going to be singing in the Fair they all wanted to go. Abby was especially excited for him to sing her favorite song. After the show we met with him and got a picture. It was a great show.

Our new arrival!

2009-08-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

For those of you who didn't know, we got our new little puppy a week ago. Her name is Tess and she is a border collie. She is 6 weeks old and she is fitting right in to our family. Of course Thomas and the girls love her and they like to haul her around all day. Katy and Abby have been pretty good so far to pick up after her. But she is a sweety.

Forget the training wheels...I'll just ride the bike!

2009-08-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

So we bought a bike for Madelyn, my four year old this summer. It has training wheels on it so that she can ride around with her sisters. Well that stupid bike has given us nothing but trouble the training wheels kept getting loose so we bought new ones an put them on. But they didn't do any better because they kept getting loose. So then we put the wheels on a different bike and let Abby ride the new one to see if that would work better, but that didn't help either. This week Madelyn asked if we could just take the wheels off and teach her to ride. Well I hadn't gotten around to teaching her, so the other day she just got on and rode it home from a friends house with a little coaching from Katy. So here she is riding her bike. Man my kids are easy!

Having a great time camping

2009-07-28T11:10:00.001-07:00

We went camping up in the Uinta Mountains this last weekend and had a great time. we were camping down by the river and we had Mortimer the Moose come and hang out for a while the first day. He just stayed down by the river and ate all afternoon. Saturday we went up to where the sheep were and rode horses and fished in the pond. We didn't catch anything but we did have a fun time. Thomas loved throwing the stick for Lelo. The big kids were off making forts and fighting the bad guys. I am glad to be home now even though I have a TON of laundry to do.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

2009-07-21T08:51:00.000-07:00

Collin turned 33 yesterday. The kids and I got him a new cooler, and a new camping chair. Good thing we are going camping this weekend. Happy Birthday Sweety!

Anderson Family Reunion

2009-07-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

This weekend was the annual Anderson Family reunion at Palisades State Park. As soon as we got there the kids were asking to go to the lake. I told them they could take their buckets and shovels down and wade in the water. But when I got down to the beach both Abby and Katy were completely soaked up to their necks. The next day we went for a hike up the hillside that was near us. The kids were scaling the small cliffs as if they were pro rock climbers. When we got to the top we could see Gunnison Res, Nine mile res, and of coarse Palisade Lake. IT was great fun. As soon as we hiked down the hill we got into our swimming suits and went to the lake. We all had fun catching minnows, and going out in the boats. Abby even swam back from the dock (a platform that floats out in the water off from the beach) with me and had a good time. So here are some pictures from our adventure. Enjoy!

Fourth of July

2009-07-06T19:50:00.000-07:00

Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. We love to go up to Henefer and visit with family. We started Friday night with the potato races. This is where men on horseback try to spear a potato and get it in the goal while the other team tries to stop them. It is fun to watch. Saturday morning we got up and went to the park for breakfast, then we stayed there and watched the local dance teams show us their stuff. The kids took time off to ride Taffy the horse. Katy was having so much fun it was hard to get her off the horse. That night we got to attend the concert in the park. Charley Jenkins put on a great show, we even got autographed Cd's, the kids have been singing his songs for the past two days. On the way home we stopped at bridal veil falls and let the kids see the water falls.

The kids playing while they waited for the concert to start.

The Family waiting for the concert.

Riding Taffy

Sorry Katy is picking her nose in this one but they are supposed to be showing off the bracelets that they got from a plane that flew over head.

Today was Katy's birthday she got a brand new bike from us, she was so excited to pick it out.
Thomas posing for a picture

Katy showing off her new bike

Collin and the kids at Bridal Veil Falls (I am taking the picture)

Beautiful Rainbow

2009-06-20T19:17:00.000-07:00

Well we have been having a lot of rain out here in the desert. But today the sun came out after it rained most of the day and we got a really intense double rainbow. I have never seen the colors so bright as they were today. It was amazing.

Oh yeah, we moved to Price two weeks ago and I am almost done unpacking.

End of the year school programs

2009-05-31T11:46:00.001-07:00

Well my cute little Abby finished kindergarten last week. They had a great program where all the kid got to pick a nursery rhyme and then dress up as a character in that rhyme. Abby picked Mary had a little lamb. So she wore her cute blue dress and a fancy hat. Wednesday when we got the local paper there was a picture of our little cutie for all to see. Abby was really excited to be in the paper.

Katy also had her program. They did a third grade talent show. Katy sung "Castle on a Cloud" from Les Mes. But I recorded that with my camcorder and I don't know how to put that onto my blog yet. But she did great. I was so proud, I had a hard time trying not to cry.

Pictures of our new home!

2009-05-12T16:45:00.000-07:00

We don't actually close until June 4th but we were at the house today to meet with the inspector and all went well in that department. So I took some pictures to show you all since none of you have seen it yet. The girls are super excited about the club house in the back yard. ( and yes Liz, every room has an accent wall, I thought that you would appreciate that) Becca, I have lots more pictures but it takes forever for them to load on the computer so I will show them to you Memorial Day weekend. I am really getting excited for the big move now.
This is the hallway to the rooms and downstairs. The front door is just off to the left in the picture.

This is the back patio, and the back yard

Thomas is on his way to check out the club house

This is extra parking, (everyone in Price owns a trailer) and the basketball hoop

The house from the front

the wet bar and fireplace in the basement family room.

the fireplace in the front room

The kitchen

Blood!

2009-05-04T14:37:00.001-07:00

That's not jam it's blood!

So today Thomas and I walked over to the school to pick up Abby. Thomas was walking around playing with a ball when he tripped and fell against the stroller. He was bleeding a lot and I was freaking out just a little because I couldn't tell if he had bitten all the way through his lip or just cut the outside. I took him up to the doctor to see if the cut needed a stitch or two but the doctor said that he would heal fine and that the struggle to put in two stitches on his lower lip would be worse than the cut just healing on it's own. The funny thing is that Thomas was more upset that we weren't playing outside any more than about his lip.

Tommy gets a buzz.

2009-04-30T18:36:00.001-07:00

Today Collin took Thomas outside and gave him a little hair cut. Thomas used to have long hair that we used to ruff up so that it was spiky. He looks totally different now. He has the roundest head! It looks super cute and will be very easy to maintain.
Thomas before

Thomas now

Playing at Goblin Valley, meeting the Easter Bunny

2009-04-11T18:17:00.001-07:00

Friday we went with all the cousins (except Sam) from my family and drove to Goblin Valley State Park. It is a great place to spend the day. We hiked and hiked, the kids and Collin even found the Geo-cache that is out at the park. Sage, Liz and I took all the kids that could walk on their own and went up the back wall and around the rocks on top. There is a great view from up there and the kids felt pretty cool for making it up so far. We had a great day and we were all sore and exhausted by the time we got home.
Daddy and Thomas climbing the rock

The entire group before heading back to the vans

Finding the geo-cache

Saturday we gathered at Grandma and Grandpa Anderson's house for BBQ turkey and a candy hunt. The Easter Bunny even paid us and visit we were all so excited to see him back from his visit in Brazil.

Easter Fun

2009-04-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the park and hunted easter candy and met the Easter Bunny. With the tickets we bought to get in we were entered in raffle for different prizes. We were super lucky today because we all won something. It was awsome! Here are some of the pics, enjoy!
This is the kids with their candy and their prizes

Katy and Thomas having a little fun on the playground

The kids with the Easter Bunny

Snow!

2009-03-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

Spring has sprung,
The grass has ris,
I wonder what all this white stuff is?

Abby's Birthday, Katy wins the pinewood derby!

2009-03-21T09:07:00.000-07:00

Friday we had a birthday party for Abby. We invited her entire class and almost all of them came. So we had 18 kids over for a party. We had relay races in the front yard, decorated cupcakes and had an easter egg hunt. It was crazy but fun, and I am glad that it is over. Here are some pictures from the party.

Today we went with Katy to the powder puff pinewood derby race. All the girls 8-12 in our ward were in it. Collin shaped the car for her and then Katy and a friend painted it. Well they did a good job because Katy won first place overall! We were so excited for her.

What's that in your ear?!

2009-03-19T09:39:00.001-07:00

Well I guess it was bound to happen. Today I took Madelyn to the doctor to see what we could do about her cough and fever. While examining her ears the doctor said "I think that she has a bead in her ear." Sure enough there was a large pink bead in her ear. Luckily all it took was a syringe full of water and a couple of tries and that bead came a floating out. I have no idea how long it was in there. She hadn't been complaining about her ear hurting. But all is better now so we are happy.

10 Years and Counting!

2009-03-13T07:39:00.001-07:00

So today Collin and I have been married 10 years. It is amazing how fast the time has gone. We have lived in in six different places, spent 4 years in Vegas and now are planning to move at least one more time to Price in June. We have four beautiful children, Katherine, Abbigale, Madelyn, and Thomas. I love my husband and I feel lucky to have such a great extended family. Happy Anniversary Collin I love you!

Thomas is getting brave!

2009-03-05T19:34:00.000-08:00

So Thomas is finally getting brave enough to stand up on his own. He does good until he starts laughing then he falls down. But he is enjoying standing up on his own.

New favorite video for Thomas

2009-02-26T08:28:00.000-08:00

Ok I know that this might drive some of you crazy, but Thomas loves it!

Proof that spring is really coming!

2009-02-25T17:53:00.000-08:00

My girls and I were so excited when we saw two of my little flowers blooming this week. The color is so beautiful compared to the grey and dead all around. My tulips are coming up too but they won't bloom for a few more weeks. So spring really is coming, and I can't wait!

Funny things kids say

2009-02-22T18:01:00.000-08:00

Tonight we were watching tv when this conversation started:

Abby:Mommy, you're a woman
Mom: Yes, and so are you
Abby: No I'm not! I'm a kid!
Mom: But you're a girl so you'll be a woman
Abby: Yeah.....When I'm 6!

The Little Mermaid

2009-02-14T19:54:00.000-08:00

This week at Katy's school the Missoula Children's Theater came down and helped the kids put on a musical. They held tryouts on Monday and then practiced hard all week and did two shows on Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett, Paige, Grandma Great, Grandma Anderson, and Jake all came down to watch Katy perform in the show. She did great and so did all the other kids. Here are a few pictures from the big day.

One very tired boy

2009-02-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

Thomas had a long hard day and just couldn't make it through dinner. So sweet, he tried to eat his dinner but was just too tired to finish.

Here is a picture of the girls in their new V-Day shirts.

Thomas's new favorite video

2009-02-04T16:04:00.000-08:00

Jake's Homecoming Information

2009-02-01T18:00:00.000-08:00

Jake will be reporting on his mission Sunday Feb 8th at 2:50pm at the Ephraim Stake center (400 East Center St.) We will be serving food at my mom's house from 12:00noon until about 2:30pm. If you would like to bring anything we could use chips, salads, or deserts. We will also have food for those that can come to the house after the meeting.

A Big Decision to Make

2009-01-30T17:02:00.000-08:00

Collin's firm is opening a new office in Price, Utah. Collin is the engineer that is currently working on most of the projects out in Price so he was offered a position at that new office. After many days of consideration and prayer we have decided to move to Price. Collin will start working out there a couple days a week in February and we will probably move the rest of the family out there in June, as soon as the kids are out of school. We hope that this will be a good move and that we will enjoy living in Price.

JAKE IS HOME!!!!!

2009-01-30T15:37:00.000-08:00

Welcome home Uncle Jake! Jake just returned today from his mission in Brazil. We are so glad to have him home. Mom and Dad and Orrin and Crysta went to Brazil last week to pick Jake up. They had a great time and got to visit many of the places that Jake worked. He comes home to many new nephews and one niece, and lots of big kids that got taller. He looks great and is glad to be home. He will report on his mission on Sunday Feb 8th, at my mom's ward in Ephraim (I am not sure what time but I am sure that we will send out an e-mail soon with details). Here are some pics of Jake with the kids.
This is a picture of Jake with the 6ft sandwich that we bought for his homecoming lunch.

Deb, Jake, Orrin, and Dave on Jakes lap

Jake and all the kids except Sam who was trying to take a nap

Jake and my kids, and Dave.

Swim class in January?!

2009-01-26T16:12:00.000-08:00

I decided to put the little girls in a swim class to help get us up and moving in the morning. Also the classes are smaller in the winter so they can learn more. They have a great teacher, she is in our ward and the girls just love her. Here are some pictures.
Here is Thomas being a good boy waiting for the sisters to finish swimming.

Madelyn turns 4!

2009-01-11T20:36:00.001-08:00

We had a little party for Madelyn Saturday. Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett came down and brought Paige, and to surprise the girls they brought Spencer, Max and Jace. The girls were so excited, they love to play with their cousins. We went swimming and had pizza then we came home and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Madelyn got fun new toys, and Thomas got a few things too. Madelyn had a great day and she was very excited to be the big 4!

You Say It's Your Birthday!

2009-01-05T18:08:00.000-08:00

Thomas turned one! He is such a big boy now. He can say "light", "Mamma", "Dad", and "bye". He is crawling a little and getting into everything. Today we had a little party for him. I made him a small round cake that he could eat himself, but while I was in the shower my 3-almost 4 year old got a hold of the cake and crumbled it to pieces.

So we just put all the crumbled pieces on his tray and let him at it. He liked it every bit as much as he would have liked a whole cake.

We got him a big truck that he can sit on, walk behind, and push lots of buttons. He is enjoying it. Here are some pictures from his day. Enjoy!

New Years Resolutions?!

2009-01-03T17:15:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was looking at my sisters blog and she has her goals for this year all written out. So I thought that it would be good for me to do the same because then you can all know about them, and hopefully ask me how I'm doing throughout the year.

1. (don't roll those eyes) I would really like to loose about 30 lbs (who wouldn't). I am going to start walking so that I can do the 5k at Scandinavian Days in Ephraim on Memorial Day weekend. I won't tell you what I am starting at but I will post weekly weight gains/losses so I have some accountability.

2. I am going to spend less than I make! Ok this looks like a no brainer but for me it has been a challenge and one that I am trying really hard to be better at. Our goal-save money so that we can buy a house!

3. I will do better at keeping my house in order and making dinner every night. My goal-5 cooked meals a week, and at least 60min spent each day cleaning and decluttering my home.

Ok so that's a lot of work to do. So I'm going to get off the computer now and start doing some work!

Winter Fun

2009-01-01T16:13:00.000-08:00

We were in Ephraim for New Years and we thought that it would be fun to take the kids down west of town and go sledding. The girls loved it. Abby fell of right away and didn't want to get back on for a while but Katy and Madelyn stayed on the entire time and had tons of fun. Thomas also took a couple turns riding with Katy, Mommy, and Dad. He had lots of fun, smiling the entire time he was on. The roads were not completely covered with snow so we had to pull the kids over gravel a couple of times but it didn't bother Madelyn very much. She rode on the back sleigh and was all over the road. She loved every minute of it. But she always has been our little dare devil. Here are some pictures from our adventure. Enjoy!

Thomas and Madelyn

2008-12-28T13:23:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am trying this new "scrapblog" thing and I am just starting to figure it out so bear with me as I use my own page a trial place. Anyway I wanted to show two different slides, one for Maddie and one for Thomas but they are all here together so I'll figure it out later. But here are some cute slides anyway. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-26T16:35:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas day activities. We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas too! Here are the girls singing "Santa Baby" for their talent. It was so cute. Here are all the kids in their part for the Christmas program. Look at my sweet angels! Christmas morning what a lot of toys! We are in Barbie heaven now.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

2008-12-07T19:55:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite traditions at Christmas time. Making more sugar cookies than we can eat. The girls have been asking for a week so Collin helped the girls make sugar cookies tonight.

They were sure good! We ate cookies all night.

Thomas looked for cookies under the table

Our neighbors came by while we were frosting cookies. They were caroling to the neighborhood and they brought us Carmel popcorn....so we rewarded their beautiful singing with cookies.

My Christmas Cuties

2008-12-05T13:11:00.000-08:00

These are pictures of my Christmas cuties posing for pictures for our Christmas card. But I thought that I would put them on the website too. Enjoy

Finding the perfect tree

2008-11-29T15:46:00.000-08:00

Saturday Collin, Abby, Madelyn, Thomas and I went with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson to help them find a Christmas tree. We drove up Ephraim canyon and found a good place to look for trees. Thomas fell asleep on the way up so he took a nap in the van while we went looking for trees. (don't worry, I didn't leave him alone, Deb was there because Blake had fallen asleep in the truck) We hiked up a small path until we found a few nice trees. It was very easy to get to the trees because there was almost no snow on the mountain yet. Grandpa sawed the tree down and then he and Collin carried the tree back to the truck. Then we watched the babies while Deb and Scott went to find their tree. Grandma thought that it would be fun to light a fire so we tried to find some dry wood and lit a fire while we waited for Deb and Scott. The kids thought that was really fun and the tree smelled so good it really got me in the mood for Christmas decorating. I am so excited for the Christmas season. It really is my favorite time of year.
Here we are with the tree in the truck

Abby and Madelyn climbing a rock

Yes Grandpa, that is the one we want!

We are ready for tree hunting!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T19:37:00.000-08:00

It was an Anderson year for Thanksgiving so we were in the church because there are so many of us. Ok so I missed most of the dinner pictures because I was actually serving dinner and getting the dessert ready. But dinner was great and then we got to go in and play in the gym for a while. So here is a picture with Orrin playing with the kids in the gym.

Then some pictures of the kids playing with Uncle Sage. My kids love to play with Sage because he is always throwing them up in the air and spinning them around.

Twilight was....

2008-11-28T19:17:00.000-08:00

Disappointing, hilarious, over the top, and to say the least ridiculous. Mom, Becca, Liz, Deb, and I all went to the movie Friday afternoon. I wasn't expecting much because I had heard reviews from friends and family that saw it last week. But honestly it was really bad. We were laughing so hard at most of the serious scenes that Deb was crying through most of the movie. But we went and we have had lots of laughs about it since we got home. Here is a picture of us ready to go and see the movie.

Katy's school program

2008-11-21T10:41:00.000-08:00

Katy's 3 grade class did a big program today for the veterans. It was great. The kids sang all the songs so well. They even sang the Armed Forces Medley and had the members in the audience stand up if they served in that branch. So Grandpa Fawcett stood up when they sang about the Air Force. They also told the story behind the lone bugler playing "Taps" when at a funeral for a veteran. It made me cry of course. But there were also many people in the audience with teary eyes. It was a great program and Katy said her part perfectly. We were sure glad that Grandma and Grandpa could come.

Katy and Grandpa

Thomas has a new trick!

2008-11-14T11:27:00.000-08:00

Our clever little man is finally starting to scoot across the floor. He was 10 months a week ago and I was worried that he wasn't crawling or scooting yet. This week he started trying to pull himself and now he has it down. He heads straight for the laundry room so I have to be sure to keep that door shut now. But I am so proud of our little guy. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween to you all! Here are a couple pictures of the kids in their costumes for youl. Thomas didn't dress up. I took the girls trick-or-treating and Thomas stayed home with daddy to had out candy. The girls got tons of loot and we put it all in a big bowl so that we can all share. Enjoy Thomas sporting Abby's Hanna Montana wig after the girls got home.

Fall Activities

2008-10-28T18:06:00.000-07:00

Well here it is the end of October and I have not posted yet. I do have a good reason, my computer died suddenly last month and we are not getting a new one until Christmas. I am using Collin's computer to post this so that you know that we are still here. I have just a couple pictures. Just the kids outside enjoying the fall decorations.

Thomas out playing pat pat with the pumpkins.

After Halloween I will try to post the pictures of the kids in their cute costumes. We are all doing well, we just bought some new blinds for the front windows. Hopefully Collin and I will get them up tomorrow and the front windows will look much better.
Do you like our new song? The girls and I saw High School Musical 3 last week....twice. It was a big hit!

We've been canning!

2008-09-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

The last couple weeks we have been canning like crazy! It must be September. We have canned spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, peaches, and pears. The girls all love to help. Abby and Madelyn won't even let anyone near the juicer, that is their favorite job. Needless to say I have tomato juice from the ceiling to the floor. But we now have pantry shelves full of freshly bottled goodies for the next year.

Katy working hard.

Abby and Madelyn can still "strike a pose" while juicing tomatoes.
That's me being the "supervisor, teacher"
Collin cutting up the tomatoes and keeping us busy.

Rigby Family Reunion-Bear Lake

2008-09-02T12:40:00.001-07:00

Labor Day weekend we had our annual Rigby Family Reunion at Bear Lake. Saturday we spent on the Lake. We had one boat and two jet ski's. Everyone had a great time playing in the water and getting wet. The kids had fun gathering shells and making sand castles. Abby and Madelyn went on a jet ski with me but they didn't like going fast over the water. They wanted to go back after we jumped our first wave. Later I took them out on the boat, they liked that a lot. Madelyn sat in the front and enjoyed going fast, while Abby preferred the seat in the back of the boat.

Saturday evening we got dressed in our family reunion shirts and gathered for our group pictures. This year they said "If you think I'm nutty, you should see the rest of my family." Ain't that the truth. Then we went to the "Pickelville Playhouse" to see the play. It was great! We all loved the villain "Juanito Banditto" because he reminded us all of Uncle Nathan. He was so funny! We have been quoting him ever since the play ended.

Sunday we went to church in Garden City then gathered to hear Jeffery and Terri's histories.

Above, Grandma Great and 27 of her 29 great grand kids.
Below, Grandma Great with her Grandchildren and spouses, minus Bryce, Richelle, and Libby.

We all had a great lunch together. Then Nathan brought out his tennis ball cannon. It was a great toy. They put about 10 tennis balls in at a time and then would launch them about 100 feet into the air. We were out on the big lawn trying to catch the balls as they would come back down. We mostly just ran into each other and the balls would hit the ground and bounce. But it was great fun. Then we loaded candy into the cannon and shot it into the air and let it rain down on the kids as they screamed and ran to pick up as much as they could. THe kids also got out the big tube and tookturns pushing eachother in it. Here is a picture of Madelyn "rollin" away.

We also has our "washer toss" tournament.

Katy won first place in the kids round and Alyssa came In second, while Jeffery won first place in the adult round and Collin came in second. So we have two trophies sitting on our cedar chest until we have to turn them over to someone else next year.

First Day of School

2008-08-25T08:00:00.001-07:00

Yeah! It's that time of year! Back to school, and this year Abby started kindergarten. Katy started school a week ago but the kindergarten kids spend the first week in placement testing and then started today.

Abby impressed her tester, she said that Abby was "one smart little girl, she read me a sentence!" I am proud of Abby she likes to study words and practice her letters.

They both got new backpacks. Naturally Katy picked a "high school Musical" backpack while Abby wanted Hanna Montana. I am glad to be back on a schedule hopefully Thomas will take this opportunity to learn how to take a nap that is longer than 15 minutes.

BIG Potatoes!

2008-08-24T13:57:00.000-07:00

I went out today to see if maybe there were some potatoes in our garden to cook for dinner. First I found two small ones then as I got under one of the plants I found several huge potatoes.

I was very excited. It is nice to be able to get stuff out of the garden for supper. I had the girls come outside and hold them for me so that I could take a picture. The girls thought that it was really cool that we had potatoes that big in our garden.

We are herding sheep?!

2008-08-12T19:29:00.001-07:00

Well this last week was fun. We went with Nathan and Libby and boys up to the forest to herd sheep for the Fawcett's. Man was that an experience. I have to admit, Collin and Nathan did the herding while I helped Libby cook, tend kids, and play cards. The kids had a great time riding the 4-wheeler, getting wet, getting dirty, riding horses, getting muddy, and playing in the fire even though I am pretty sure both Libby and I asked them a million times to stay out of the mud and the fire. They all got to ride the horses and play with the 5 dogs we had up there. It rained on us every day but it would only last a little while. We would gather in the trailer and play cards and drink hot chocolate. But we all had a great time and the kids want to go and do it again soon.

A Big Day for Katy

2008-08-03T18:16:00.000-07:00

We had an event full weekend this week. Saturday morning Katy was baptized by her father. Grandma and Grandpa Anderson, Orrin, Crysta, and baby Sam came from the Anderson side of the family. Grandpa and Grandma Fawcett, Ashley, Paige, Nathan, Libby, Spencer, Max, Jace, and little Josh came from the Fawcett side of the family. We were glad that they could all come and join us for this great day. Katy wore a beautiful white dress that she got for her birthday from Mom and Grandma Rigby. They did a cute spotlight about her at the church and then we went back to the font for the baptism. When she came out of the water with a big smile on her face she looked like an angel. Of course mom had tears coming down her face. Such and important step Katy took on her way in life. Both Collin and I are so proud.

It's a little strange, we just blessed our youngest in March and here we are plunging into the next faze of our family life by baptizing our oldest. Next thing you know we will have graduations, and weddings......hopefully not for a long time. But it is nice to look back and see how the Lord has blessed our little family with such beautiful healthy children. I hope that we will have many more blessing yet to come and that we can slow down and enjoy our children while they are young. We love all of our family and friends that help us along the way. May God bless you all.

Having fun on the 4th of July

2008-07-07T13:54:00.001-07:00

This year for the 4th of July we went "camping" up to Henefer. When I say camping I mean sleeping in the trailer in aunt Maxine's back yard. But the kids didn't mind a bit. We went up on the 3rd with Nathan and Libby and boys to go fishing and 4-wheeling at the ranch. We caught (and released) several nice fish before we decided that it was just too blasted hot to stay up there any longer. Then we went back to Henefer and ate sandwiches at Maxine's house. While we were there some cousins brought Taffy the horse over and the kids got to ride her. Katy especially loved it, she was on that horse for the better part of the two days we were up there. She liked to ride the horse with no help from mom or dad. Her favorite thing was to trot around the pasture. Abby and Madelyn saw Katy riding by herself and they both wanted to be big girls and ride by themselves too. All the other kids got to ride Taffy too.

We also went up to the potato races and cheered for several cousins that were riding in the races. They all did well. We spent the fourth at the park there in Henefer listening to the music and watching the performers dance. Since Katy was turning 8 on Sunday I told her that she could get her ears pierced. We gave Collin's aunt Joan a call and asked if she had time to pierce Katy's ears and she said yes so we ran up and got that done. Katy sure was brave, she didn't even cry a bit. Then we drove up on the hill and watched the fireworks. Madelyn fell asleep before they were over. Saturday morning we packed up and drove back to Layton where we had a BBQ for Katy and Aless's birthdays. Sunday we went to Liz and Sage's church to see baby Lilly get blessed. Afterwords we went to Liz's house for yummy food and visiting. They kids love to play at Liz's house because she has the coolest back yard to play in. It was a wonderful weekend, busy but fun. I am glad to be back home now to take care of my yard and get ready for Katy's friend birthday party this weekend.

Katy Turns 8!

2008-07-07T11:14:00.001-07:00

Katy had her 8th birthday on Sunday. We were able to have a family party for her on Saturday. She got roller skates, new clothes, and a beautiful dress for her baptism next month. She was also old enough to get her ears pierced. So Friday night we took her to get her ears pierced. She was very brave and didn't even get nervous. She said that it didn't hurt a bit. She got several new pairs of earrings for her birthday but she has to wait for two months before she can use them. But it will be right in time for the start of school. We are so proud of our sweet girl, she sure is growing up fast!

Thomas has a tooth!

2008-06-24T18:33:00.000-07:00

Well our little Thomas is really growing up fast. He is working on rolling from his back to his front. He lays on his side and makes funny noises, so I go and help him lift up his head so he is on his stomach then he rolls back onto his back and smiles at me. He sprouted his first tooth today. You can't really see it in the video but I thought that his laugh was pretty cute too. He is such a happy boy. He is loving riding on the bike with me. Thomas rides on the back seat and Abby and Madelyn ride in the trailer. Thank goodness that Katy can ride her own bike. Abby is learning how to ride her bike so hopefully soon I will only be pulling two kids instead of three. These other pictures are from our ward camp out last Friday. We had a great time and the girls are ready to go again soon.

We Rode the Front Runner!

2008-06-05T12:15:00.000-07:00

We had a very exciting week last week. The kids and I stayed up in Layton to play now that school is out. Grandma Paula thought that it would be fun to take all 8 of the kids and go ride the Front Runner. So Friday afternoon Grandma, Libby, and Rachel took 8 kids to the train station. Sounds a little crazy I know but it was really fun. The kids were so excited to get to ride a train for the first time. They looked out the window and waved to all the cars that passed. They thought that it was super cool to be up on the top deck looking down at the freeway as we went by. It really was a nice ride. It only took about 20 minutes to get from Layton to SLC.

Jumping high at the planetarium

2008-06-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

After we got into Salt Lake City we rode the Trax tran to the Clark planetarium. Grandpa Fawcett met us there and so did Uncle Nathan. We were finally getting the right amount of grownup to kid ratio going. At the planetarium we watched a movie about the different planets in our solar system and galaxy. Then the kids got to walk on the moon and mars, and practice giving the weather report at the "Fresh Air Forcast Center". Then they got to find out what it would be like to really walk on the moon. The kids were each put in a harness and then they were hooked to a machine that would allow them to jump as high as they would be able to jump if they were really walking on the moon. The big kids loved it.

Then we walked through the Gateway Center to the water jets on the north end. The kids had fun running in and out of the water trying not to get sprayed by the water. Of course all the kids were soaking wet by the time we were finished. Then we went to dinner and rode the Front Runner home again. It was so much fun, we all had a great day.

Goblins, Goblins everywhere!

2008-05-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

We spent Saturday May 3rd hiking at Goblin Valley State Park. It was great fun. Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett came along with , Paige , Ashley and Aless, Nathan, Libby, Spencer, Max, Jace, and Josh. We had a great time and explored many cool places. The kids enjoyed climbing all the rocks and exploring all the caves. After we hiked Goblin Valley we drove home through Capitol Reef State Park. There we went and hiked capitol wash. The scenery was great and everyone had a great time.

Rachel learns how to blog....sorta

2008-04-30T09:01:00.000-07:00

Well hello everyone. I am just now learning how to do this. I have so many cute pictures of my kids to share that I thought that it would be easier to do it this way. As most of you know we just had our fourth child in January. Thomas Collin Fawcett was born on Jan 5 2008. We are all very excited to have him here. We love him a lot, and all his sisters are excited to have a brother.