the Russon family

Family Pics

2011-08-30T12:35:00.000-07:00

Camille took these pictures right before she left! Thanks Camille!

Time Flies!

2011-06-12T15:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick update for April and May in no particular order! We'll see when I can catch up on the rest!!

Oh yeah, we are having another baby! We are super excited and know that we can handle anything after are third bundle of energy!! The baby is due Feb. 16!

Easter

Kate-in her usual position!

Kids with all their loot!

Aunt Danae came to color eggs!!

Poor Belle! I was trying to find her at the city Easter egg hunt, searched everywhere, she was still standing behind the yellow tape while everybody else got the eggs!

We don't waste time here

They wanted to sled, so they did.

This isn't a real clear picture, but I like it! Brad's first machine pitch game. He was a little intimidated by the machine.

This little team did awesome. It took them a little time to warm up. In the regular season they took last, but once the tournament hit they all knew what they were doing!! They took second place and got a trophy!

He was a good little catcher!

Isabelle's 4th Birthday--April 13th

Riding on the Texas Roadhouse saddle

Friend Party with lots of friends!

My 3 little kids!

Catch up. . . Again!

2011-04-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

So, these pictures weren't working when I tried to cut and paste--therefore, they are in a very mixed up order!! Oh well, at least I made a post!!

My big boy at the park!

Maren, Brad, Kate, Austen, Belle and Taylin are no where in sight!!

It was so nice for a couple of days, we had to get out and get a tan!! Well, in the shade!

You think that she's giving a kiss, but this is the face you get right after you've ticked her off!!

Pretty girl eating her ham!!

Kate has to be involve in the air hockey!

Brad reading a mystery to the girls!

Stacie came to visit when the twins were blessed!

Having fun with Tay!

So, Holly came March 24th to bless the twins that next Sunday. They stayed for 1 1/2 short weeks!! At least they came for a little while! I was able to go and surprise her in Oregon for a week--a week before she came!! It was so much fun holding these two little babes and playing with Taylin--even though she kept calling me Stace!!

All dressed up in Belle's princess game jewelry! Kate will do anything to be like Belle!

Loungin on the train

Take a good look at Katelyn's bottom lip--if you make her sad or mad, you get this instant big bottom lip!!

Belle reading her babies a story before bed.

Katelyn's favorite place to be

This is a little late, but here are their Christmas outfits!

I really don't know what to do with this girl!! We love her, but she is something else!!

Tyler brought this huge icicle in!!

Christmas and more. . .

2011-01-11T12:54:00.000-08:00

So, all these pics are mainly for my sisters in their various states of the US. There are a lot of pictures, just warning you. I also wrote more than I usually do, so it could bore you to death!!

This is where we find Katelyn most of the time. She is truly being watched over by angels because I can't control this little monster!!

But she is stinkin cute, so we'll keep her.

Making the gingerbread house

And AFTER CHRISTMAS:

Eating the gingerbread house.Kate has tried to get this thing on the counter since we made it! Now she doesn't have to risk her life trying to get it!

Brad kept ducking down to try to get out of the picture. Too bad our new camera is too quick!!

With her hair down, she looks and acts just like animal on the muppets!!

She loves to pose for pictures. She is such a good big sister to Kate. She takes a lot of abuse from that little girl. She will be such a good mommy some day!!

Kate can reach into the junk drawer with all the pens, scissors and markers now. She thought this blue marker was chapstick

She found another marker in the drawer!!

My boy's perfect little mouth is gone. It's crazy that he's old enough for a lost tooth

Christmas day Brad lost his first tooth.. About three weeks ago Brad and Belle were sledding down the hill in our backyard. Brad starts screaming and comes in with a bloody mouth. The tooth that is out and the one to his left were both pointed straight at me. So, I hurried and shoved them back into place, and after some trauma and saying " i am going to die, i am going to die," we were okay. The one next to it surprisingly is now not loose at all. But this tooth was ready to come out--there was a tooth waiting to come. I hope he's a little tougher on the next one, or we're in for a long road with this boy and losing teeth!!

Katelyn wants to be involved

Christmas Eve:

Tyler's sister was Mary in the pageant this year. Well, this is the hair Mary had that night!! Belle had to try it on!

Christmas Morning:

Brad got his A2000 mitt from his dad--I'm pretty sure his dad was more excited!!

Opening all her barbie stuff!

He's been wanting a bible forever. So, we gave him one with his name on it and a little hymn book with his name on it. I think he was the most excited about that little hymn book. Silly boy!! I think he is a pretty well rounded little boy, he loves to sit and sing the hymns..

He wanted a telescope and he also got a microscope. Well, it was cloudy and not very good for looking into space (and we just need to read up on the instructions) so we haven't got it to work very well. The other day I tried to help him with the microscope(without reading instructions--they probably do help!) And it wouldn't work-so Bradley, frustrated, said "So, Santa gave me a telescope And a microscope that doesn't work!" Poor boy, his parents just need to read the instructions!!

Brad got his first snowboard from Santa this year. He was pretty excited.

Bradley trying out his new present!! He was a professional!

ew cNew cookie paddles

Santa brought Belle and Kate a new kitchen. A kitchen that Kate can't pick up and chuck across the room. This little one year old has incredible strength, I would not mess with her!

Katelyn got to open the first present over at Russon's. Well, she was excited until her sister and cousin opened up better shopping carts than hers!! Silly girl. She was soooo mad! She chucked the thing. I opened up the food for her to play with, she chucked that too. You can't give her anything she can pick up and throw. I think she was really tired too, she took a nap right after.

Playing with Josh with her famous little face

I love this girl even though she doesn't sleep a wink at night. She is scared of monsters right now. You can't just sleep by her though, she feels for you the whole entire night to make sure you haven't left her.

Playing games on Christmas

Cheese

One of Kate's many faces.

Silly girl

Bradley loves to read and loves to read to his sister

On the horse that takes them to bed!!

She's so dang funny. She is the most hilarious baby. But, she does come at a very high price-that is well worth it-just don't ask me in the middle of the night!!

TARANCHULA and more

2010-10-06T18:22:00.000-07:00

This is what you would find if you tried to come up our front stairs!! Gross, huh? I really don't know if I'd rather have this or a black widow. I think you still have me beat Camille--at least this little guy won't be sneakin in my house!!

Grandpa's 53rd b-day with some big helpers!!

Brad really wanted to do a M&M Sale. So, we finally did it. He had some friends come over and lots of family!!

This is what Kate was doing during the hot, hot sale--She got caught steeling.

Grandma and Grandpa got Belle this Rapunzel from Georgia

My mom, dad, Camille and Toby went in and got Bradley his very awesome Halloween costume in Goergia! It even has his name on it. The belt and canteen are the real stuff--I think the little patch things are too.

He would only do his homework with his army clothes on!!

Our cat(we both hate cats, but have grown to love this one) Do you think she owns the place?

End of Summer Pics-totally random!

2010-09-21T08:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures, they aren't in any particular order, so here they are:

Belle took this pic. She didn't do too bad.

Kate totally thinks she is as big as Belle!

We went swimming the last day we could before school started-Tyler's there in the corner. Bradley finally decides to go off the high dive. He decided to go off the low dive earlier that day-after about 10 times of backing out, he finally did it. This was huge--he is scared to do it with his life jacket, but they wouldn't let him have it on. Anyways, this was a major thing for the boy!! His facial expression was great if you can see it!!

Tyler's 33rd birthday dinner at his parents.

A day after Tyler's birthday is when Katelyn decided she wanted to be on the top of the highest thing in the room! I cannot leave her for one second. She is such a handful. It will be a miracle if we don't have to take any trips to the hospital in the next few months. She will get to where she's going ( on top of anything) and just wait for someone to look at her. It's so funny, and she knows she's funny.

For Tyler's birthday we got him some baseball tickets.

This is during the "Take me out to the ball game" song. Bradley really gets into it!

The first day of school we sold our car. I was suppose to make the sell during Brad's first day of school, but had to wait until after. I picked him up in it for the last time and asked what he learned about. He said "I will tell you if you don't sell this car" He was very emotional, but got over it because we bought my mom's van with a tv in it.

Brad on the first day of school

Celebrating his birthday at school with Belle by his side. They love each other even though they fight like crazy!! Any suggestions about the fighting??

Brad's family party. I made the baseball field cake for him. I couldn't make up my mind, so it started as a baseball jersey cake, but decided to do a little field instead. He liked it, that's all that mattered!!

Belle was such a good trooper through all the present opening!

The big gift. He's been wanting this "globe with a computer" for a while. I told him it was too expensive, so ask santa for it. Well, Tyler says he's spoiled, so of course he got it. He loves it!!

Belle making Brad's baseball cupcakes for his friend birthday.--I guess he is spoiled.

Six Years Old, crazy

We have way, way too many toys now!

Katelyn just loved being free. She is definitely our most independent one. She is all over the place.

At the zoo.

Making apricot leather. They are always ready to help!

August 6, 2002

8 whole years ago. Tyler was very nice and took me dinner and to the 3rd Twilight movie. He even rented the first 2 so he could know what was going on!

Look at how much all of us has changed. Eight years doesn't seem that long, but I guess it kinda is!

This is one of my favorites. We are off to Hawaii on our honeymoon with no money. We are for sure going back when we have lots (of money)!!

Busy July

2010-08-04T13:11:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KATELYN

I'll start with Kate's 1st birthday. . .we celebrated it July 24th because we got home from pioneer trek on her real birthday--July 22nd! And yes, she did enjoy the cake!!

She was super tired--we went to the carnival just before, so she was done!

About to fall asleep!

Belle, Taylin, and Brad--before Belle screamed her head off the entire ride!!

Us at the carnival.

Green snow cones!!

We filled the pool up for Kate's birthday--can you guess who thinks she owns the pool??

Katelyn getting sprayed by water

Fireworks after the parade

Pool party with the Russons

Random pics:

Pioneer Trek--July 19th-22nd
Very hot, dusty, but a good experience.
Tyler: 0 mosquito bites Anne: 55 plus mosquito bites, (mostly on my face, and left arm!!)

Here's our family after we played some life games

We are missing one kid here

Our family of 12

Before we left--nice and clean!!
These next few pics are from East Canyon, where we spent the week after the 24th. I forgot to move all the pics to the computer, so there wasn't much I could take!!

My big girl-Belle--floats on her back now!! It took a lot to get to this point!!

Bradley skiing with Tyler for the first time! I was about to get in when I chickened out. Brad said, "It's okay, you don't have to if you don't want to"

Lounging outside the condo on Danae's big blowup chair
I can't believe I'm putting this next pic up, but I am so excited that I found a way to not cry while cutting onions!! I will loosen them next time, they are pretty snug!

I know it's beautiful!!

4th of July

2010-07-07T16:51:00.001-07:00

My cute little kids!

Five generations: Me & the kids, my dad, my grandma, my great grandma on her 93rd Birthday

Great, great grandma's 93rd birthday on July 4th

Here we are at the children's parade. Very Hot!! But it was fun.

Callie with 4 of her 5 puppies. The one closest to her died a few days later. There was a huge brown one born dead about 2 hours later. Belle said that one was just sleeping. Later, when she realized that she was still sleeping she said "She will come back alive when Jesus comes"

Brad & Belle waiting in the closet for the puppies to come!

Lagoon, Graduation, more

2010-06-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Our happy girl!!

LAGOON
We have to go to Lagoon every year on Stake Lagoon Day--it's much cheaper that way!!

Belle had to check out the engine before she got in!!

Kate was so happy all day, perfect weather did help!!
So these next pictures I couldn't decide which to put on, so they are all on here!!

Waiting for Brad to come down the waterfall with Alise and Hayden

They finally made it(longest line ever!!)

Biggest mistake for Belle to go on this and the big tidal wave!! You can see Brad to the left!

This is where Belle, Kate, and I spent the day, cars and boats!!

Brad's our little adventure man!! He went on every ride he could. His favorite was the colossus--he went on it three times.

This was still a bit much for her!

Last ride--they were done!

They love being together--when they're not fighting!

This was sooo cute. We had a super rough day--just a lot of screaming and teasing. So, right before bed I found this on the couch. They do love each other after all--Brad was trying to teach Belle to memorize the first article of faith!!

At the Zoo!!

It's off to Kindergarten from here--he can't wait!

Brad with Mrs. Karen, his preschool teacher, at the swimming graduation party!!

This is how Kate would prefer to watch baby einsteins!!

Alise and Belle right before prom

Silly Kids!

Longest Post Ever!!

2010-05-02T20:29:00.000-07:00

Here are lots of pictures--I couldn't narrow it down. I am still about a month behind, so maybe one of these days I'll be caught up!!

Isabelle at the hospital ready for her tonsils to be taken out!!

Tyler and Brad with their fish

James and Camille's 21st Birthday--We had Camille on webcam

Camille and Orry --and my dad

These are the few pics we took of Stacie and Matt's wedding--none of them, just the kids!

Belle and Orry

Katelyn was having a ball, she was so wound up! Orry thinks she's a little crazy

Kate

Brad showing off

Belle with her purple glasses-before they broke

2010 city Easter Egg Hunt--Taylin, Belle, Brad, Carter--my cousin's little boy

Easter Morning

Here are some pics of the grandkids that we tried to take!!

Belle's 3 year old haircut-Before

and after

Isabelle's 3rd birthday-She wanted 2 cakes, so I gave in--next year there will only be 1!
I used 4 cake mixes and 6 pounds of frosting for this one and the butterfly one!

Belle and Kate

Belle and Brad with thebutterfly cake

Billions of Pics!

2010-03-14T14:59:00.001-07:00

Here are some random pics from the last couple months:

Isabelle at the dentist while they worked on Brad.

Last year was much, much better than this! He had issues with them wanting to take pics of his teeth, he thought they were trying to make him choke. He kept saying between his cries, "I'm trying to be brave but it's just not working!" Luckily, no cavities, can't imagine what that would be like!

We've discovered kids yoga, and they love it.

They insist on cooling down exactly like they do it on the show!

Our little-big Katelyn. She was 17 pounds 8 ounces at 6 months. That's 3 pounds bigger than Belle was and only 2 1/2 pounds smaller than Brad was at 6 months!

She always has her mouth open wide with a smile

A little Valentine's day cookies we decorated over at Grandma Long's

Brad and Grandma Long

Belle loves cameras and curlers in her hair for Sunday. They always make me nervous though, I never know how they are going to turn out!

They love their baby sister and she loves them. She gets so excited when they walk in the room!

After some chocolate cake!

Kate right before her surgery--tubes in her ears. She had infection for about 3 months, she's much happier now!

One week later . . . .

Brad had his tonsils out. Belle was suppose to also, but came down with an ear infection, so we are scheduled for this Tuesday for her!! It was nice to have some video games to play while we waited!

He was so glad to make a doll at the hospital. Although he just got his tonsils out, this little doll that he got to draw the face on helped him soooo much! He can't go to bed without it now!

The day after Brad's surgery. Belle just went up next to him and started scratching his back! She missed him a lot-it was cute.
Happy Half-Birthday!

They celebrated Brad's birthday last week, since they weren't in school yet on Sept. 4th. His teacher makes them a silly balloon hat and the rest of the class swords. Brad told me right before school he did not want a balloon hat. I told him to say thank you for the hat and put it on for pictures. He told me he would but I would have to erase the picture!! My boy is getting too cool!!

2009-12-16T10:33:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of the family!!

Our handsome boy

Just the girls!

It's kinda hard to get everyone to look at the same place!!

The boys!

Daddy and Me pics!!

Best Buds

This really shows Belle's personalty

Here is our engagement picture-well it looks like one anyway!

October

2009-11-07T20:22:00.000-08:00

Dinosaur park with Grandpa and Grandma Russon

Fishing with Dad

Cutting our pumpkins

Belle's cutting the baby ones!

Baby Kate

Belle found her heart glasses!!

and they somehow found Katelyn

At the Halloween carnival at the Rec center

Grandma's big 50th Birthday on Halloween!!

Pumpkin Patch

Belle would not settle down--it was pretty funny.

Our little chubs

Transformer and Thumbelina

And our little pooped out flower

September

2009-10-17T16:08:00.000-07:00

Lots of Pictures!!--very late

Well, Kate's hair started falling out so I had to take a picture before it all did!! Now there is just a smooth round part right in the middle!!

Here is a picture of Brad almost five years ago!

Here is some pictures from Bradley's 5th Birthday!!

He got is big bike.

Silly Girl!

Aunt Danae brought Brad a present back from M&M world--Belle got something too!

Brad's birthday never seems to end--Taylin came and we did presents again!!

Aunt Natalie stole Kate for most of day!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Vandegrift

Grandma Orgill & Grandpa & Grandma Russon

Khyrie & James

Stacie & Alise

G & G Vandegrift

We wore her out!

Our little family!!

Baby Kate

2009-10-17T15:42:00.001-07:00

Here was a little photoshoot of Kate done be Emily Loveland:

Quick Trip

2009-08-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Tyler turned 32 on the 21st!! And he says I'm getting old!!

We went on a quick trip to St.George last weekend!!

We've got some coloring lessons to do!

Swimming, swimming, swimming!!

Our little fish!

Belle would much rather work on her tan!!

Quick Update

2009-08-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of the last couple months:

At the hospital!

Ready to leave the hospital

Very proud UTE dad.

Katelyn

Belle is very gentle with baby Kate, but as you can see I need to watch her very carefully!

Kate trying out the doll stroller

Brad's very special catcher's mask

Changing diapers!!

West Bountiful 4th of July parade

Centerville's 4th of July Parade

About to do some rock climbing

Eating treats at Grandma and Grandpa Russon's

Waiting for Grandpa to come so they could go catch some fish.

Belle and Taylin would rather eat than swim!

Baby Katelyn

2009-07-31T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well, just thought I'd say we had our little girl, Katelyn Marie Russon, last week-July 22nd on her scheduled c-section day. She was 7 pounds and 9 ounces and 19 inches long. I will post pictures soon. .

To Holly: Easter To May Update

2009-06-11T15:37:00.001-07:00

There will be a more recent update coming later today!!

Bradley

Isabelle

Trying to make Taylin happy!

Toby came home the night before baby Orry was born.

After baby Orry was born.

Brad' s fan club

Belle and Taylin

Brad( in the blue)

I just love this face!

Having fun in someone's baby seat!

Brad made name tags for us--he wanted us to remember his name so he stuck it to his head!!
(upside down)

Next is a ton of Easter pictures:

Belle and Taylin had to get down into their underwear to eat Easter dinner!

Brad and Belle in the Easter outfits!!

Coloring Easter Eggs with aunt Camille:

Grandma Vandegrift's work Easter egg hunt!

Centerville City's Easter egg hunt--

This is how the hunt went--Belle ate all the candy while Brad kept finding it!!

March-April

2009-04-08T20:06:00.001-07:00

We went to shoot some hoops for the Utah funeral directors convention thing last Thursday. Brad and Tyler had a blast-I chased Belle up and down the stairs!! It was fun, Tyler won 2nd place in a game of elimination-50 bucks- not bad. Anyways, here are a few pics from that night:

Brad making a slam dunk!

Brad is in the stripes, Belle in the purple

Brad shooting on the Jazz floor.

My goofy Brad--this is how he smile for the pictures!

They loved looking onto the Jazz floor-it was kinda scary for me to let them sit there though!

Bradley and his kite.

The Russon Grandkids-minus Mallory and Emily!

IT'S A GIRL

2009-03-02T13:16:00.000-08:00

We just found out that we will be having another girl. Isabelle is too young to think anything of it, but Bradley sure did have some emotions!! He just looked at the lady and said "We'll just have to see when it comes out what it is". We thought he was going to start crying, but he was just upset for a couple of hours!! He said later he was just kidding and really wanted a sister and he was sorry for being mad. He is such a good little boy. Hopefully next time we'll get him a brother. I'll have to post some ultrasound pics later.

February

2009-02-20T20:16:00.001-08:00

Happy Late Valentine's Day!

Brad is such a good helper. He made this cookie for his dad!

In the process....

While we were making cookies, Belle was eating cheese of course!!

Tyler went to DI and stocked up on baseball attire. This uniform will fit him in about 10 years--but we've got to be ready!! Brad wanted to sleep with all this on!-he didn't.
BOWLING

We went bowling the Friday before Valentine's Day. Belle loved the music, but next time I need to bring her something to feed her little face!

Brad just wants to get back to the bowling balls!

Very excited!

It was so funny he holds totally still in this position after he throws the ball until it hits the pins.

Tyler said I look kinda scary, but this is the first baby belly picture. I know it's not totally to the side, but better than nothing. I was 16 weeks and 2 days to be exact!! I hate people taking pictures of me(especially by myself), so this could be the one and only pregnancy picture!!--Maybe one more.
Temple

Temple out of sugar cubes Bradley did at the first of the year in primary.
Draper Temple

Draper Temple open house. The guy taking the picture said somebody's ears were cold and we didn't know what he was talking about until we looked at the picture!! Poor Brad!

Baby in July!

2009-02-03T15:50:00.000-08:00

Yes, we are having baby number three hopefully early July! If not, the 23rd. Anyways, I've just kind of forgot maybe I should post this bit of info. I will be 15 weeks on Thursday( I always have to count ahead--makes me feel better about the whole 9 month thing!!). We are very excited and for Bradley's sake hope its a boy--but a girl would be great too!

Finally a Post!

2009-01-24T15:09:00.000-08:00

Well, here's the picture that would have been on our Christmas cards if I would have done them!!

And here is kinda the same picture 1 year before!!

I have quite a bit of catching up to do. So, here are some pics from the last time we saw our leaves!! Brad is such a big helper and does not want to be left out of any of the work!!

Playing in the leaves!

Our little cutie!

Pajamas they got to open Christmas Eve from Russons!

Christmas morning!!

This is her version of cheese!

Game from Grandpa & Grandma V

Camille gave him this gun trying to be the favorite aunt

There is now no binky, finally!! She still is having a rough time without out it.

Brad got rollerglades-he calls them!! from Santa and he would not take them off. It probably wasn't the smartest thing for Santa to get him-he's not the best with his balance!!

These are some presents from Grandpa & Grandma Russon. The horse is the favorite of both Brad and Belle!

Fishing pole

The camera Brad has been waiting his WHOLE life for.

Watching dad

Temple Square

Our noses were bright red!! It was freezing!

Stacie and Brad!

Here are some random pics of Belle and Brad--Belle always needs to be eating something!

Our big cheese!!

St. George

2008-11-21T13:11:00.000-08:00

We had such a good time in St. George! The weather was good--most of the time-the only thing Brad wanted to do was ride his bike. We took off the training wheels a while ago, but there was no way he could do it. So I asked him if we should bring his training wheels just in case--he said "Nope, I can do it". And he did!! He rode for hours,--that was the main event each day!! Belle and I had to find other things to do!!

Belle loved these berry things--she kept popping them in her mouth!

Our little biker-the helmet, knee and elbow pads came in handy!

We went on a little hike to see some dinosaur footprints!

Bradley is showing some "dinosaur bones" he picked up along the way.

Halloween Time

2008-11-10T20:38:00.001-08:00

Well, Halloween was a little crazy this year. It's always a little crazy thanks to my Grandma Long having my mother that day. We celebrated her birthday and then did the trick or treating thing!!!--I also had to pack for our little trip to St. George. We left Saturday and came back the next Friday. I'll put pictures of the trip later, but I decided to put some Halloween ones up before it's Thanksgiving!!

Having a blast getting lots of candy!!

Our Handsome Pirate

Our Little Pink Poodle!

Stacie with the kiddies!!

Before we went to get candy-Belle didn't really like the whole poodle thing!!
Poor Taylin doesn't know what to do with her crying cousin!!

Grandma Orgill--Grandma & Grandpa Long

Great Grandma & Grandpa Vandegrift

Grandma(the birthday girl) & Grandpa V

Having Fun!!

2008-10-26T13:51:00.000-07:00

They're both trying so hard to smile good!!

Belle's first fishing trip!!--Belle fell in the lake belly first

They both had to touch the fish every catch!!

My dad telling stories to Brad--I should put a video of this--Bradley's facial expressions are so funny-he gets so into Grandpa's stories!!

Isabelle stole her cousin-Taylin's bow-she was very happy about it!!

Cheese!!--this is what Belle looks like when she sees a camera!

Bradley and my cousin's little girl-Lilly at a Halloween party.

Trick or Treating in the house!!

Everyone except Isabelle--she was sick!!

October Fun

2008-10-17T18:45:00.000-07:00

What is This??? After church on Sunday they couldn't keep out of the snow!!

Belle loves her toy box!! It used to be Alise's, but she finally decided that she didn't need it anymore!!

Brad's two new favorite things to do: sharpen pencils, and carve pumpkins. He's getting pretty good at the carving!!

Well, we had to do something fun on my 26th birthday, so I took the kids down to see the giant pumpkins in West Bountiful. They liked it for about two seconds--it was FREEZING. Later that day it was snowing!!

This was a cute picture of Brad smiling at me when my family was singing happy birthday.

Bradley about to fishing with his dad--they were the only ones catching fish!!!

Lots of Pics!

2008-09-30T13:33:00.000-07:00

Well, I have a lot of pictures to post, so here they are!!

Brad was a very lucky boy--he got 4 birthday parties!!

Bradley got a tee for baseball, bases and lots of baseballs from is dad! He was very excited. They get used on a daily basis!

He loves Money!! Camille gave him this army shirt!!

Brad's first friend party!

Little Pirates!!

Belle at Brad's party, confused at why there are so many people!!

Tyler and Brad went fishing!!

Grandpa Vandegrift's 51st Birthday!!

With Grandma

Belle really wanted in on the picture taking activity!

Grandpa and Grandma Long

Grandpa & Grandma Vandegrift (with Stacie in the middle!!)
CIRCUS

I took Brad and Belle to the 2 1/2 hour circus. They both did pretty good!!
SOCCER

Brad with his team at their last game of the season!!
GO UTES!

Before Bradley's first Utah game!!

After Bradley's first Utah game!!

Our little pumpkin patch!!

This is how Isabelle picks the pumpkins!

Brad has been waiting for this moment ever since he planted the pumpkin seeds!!

Their favorite time of day--reading before bed!!

Brad and Belle with Grandma Orgill!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

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Happy Birthday Grandma Russon!!
This is the best they would do-they didn't want to stay still at all!!
We hope you're having a wonderful time on your mission!!
We love you!

2008-09-05T15:21:00.000-07:00

Our big 4 year old. Bradley turned 4 on the fourth of September and went to his first day of preschool!! He was born Sept. 4, 2004 at 4:04 am!! I'll post party pictures later!!

Cheese. We love Taylin!!

Labor day we made it out to the park--I ruined the day being sick--but we did do one thing!!

The first Bees game--we went up the stairs, but Brad got stuck!!

The kids did very well the whole Bees game!! We even stayed for the fireworks!

Bradley inching closer to the bee--He's in the tan hat and the brown and yellow stripes!!

I'm not very fast at postings, so here is some pics from the last couple weeks:

Tyler's 31st Birthday!!!

Belle always wants to be by her big brother!!

Russon Family Pictures

2008-08-10T14:57:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures we took a little bit ago of the Russon family--well everybody but Grandpa and Grandma Russonwho are in New Jersey on their mission!! We love you and miss you!

Brothers and Sister

Cousins

Best shot we had here, there wasn't a whole lot of cooperation here(especially from my son!!)
Megan holding Emily, Mallory, James, Samantha, Brad, and Josh holding Belle

Emily looks so innocent and Belle not so much!!

We had lots of pictures of Belle

Catching up

2008-08-10T13:29:00.000-07:00

August 6th was our 6 year anniversary, we decided to do something fun with the kids. We went up to the Dinosaur Park up in Ogden. It was fun, hot and humid, but fun!! We also went to the Batman movie(without the kids) and to my new favorite place the California Pizza Kitchen.

This picture was taken right before he did a flip backwards under the swing and landed on his feet--he flew quite a bit

Looking at some gigantic fish!!

This was as much cooperation as Belle was going to do!!

Cheese!!

Boating

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On July 13th we went boating at East Canyon with my family. Here's a bunch of pictures!!

Early Morning--ready to go

Grandma, Belle and Holly's rear!

Holly

Alise's makeup couldn't make it through the water!

Camille and Brad

Toby and Camille

One of Stacie's many glamour shots

The twins

Brad needed some time to get use to the water

Holly and Grandpa with the babes

Playing

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Praise to the Man

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Bradley singing his favorite song...

Staying Cool

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Just having fun in the backyard!

Playing

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Bradley and Belle playing in our backyard. It's so nice to have some grass to play on!!Brad hit a home run(well, over our fence) so we ate some ice cream that night!! He's got a pretty good swing!!

Bradley

2008-05-17T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here's Bradley with his sore nose. He fell down some stairs and his dad's softball game. Here he is with is bike--notice no training wheels--well we still haven't mastered it yet!!

The Big Race

2008-05-17T21:39:00.000-07:00

Here's us--without makeup( i think Holly and Stacie were wearing a little)--at our first ever 5 k. Holly, Stacie, and I ran the Race for the Cure 5 k last Saturday. There was a million people there(well, not quite) Anyways, it was a big accomplishment for all of us!!

2008-05-17T21:34:00.000-07:00

BRAD AND BELLE