Family Pictures

Before Amanda's brother left, we took family pictures with the Downs Family.  The new photo at the top of our blog is our family photo.  The only thing is it will soon be outdated in November...

Support Our Troops

A couple of weeks ago (we can't believe its been that long!) Amanda's brother Richard left for deployment in the National Guard.  He is at training right now and then will be headed overseas to Iraq.  It was really hard to say goodbye to him, especially since this is his second deployment overseas and he has a wife and two little boys at home this time.  We are really proud of him still and he is always in our prayers.  We just want everyone to remember our troops and all that they do for us!  We miss you Richard (and Lauren & the boys who moved to Arizona) and love you!

Some Awesome News!

Well the awesome news has to do with Brian- He got an internship with ON Semiconductor!  We are really excited because it give him a lot of valuable experience for when he graduates this December as an Electrical Engineer.  I (Amanda) am so proud of him!

Crazy Happenings

Here are some photos from the last couple of outings (the last month and a half).  We went to the Preston Parade and Carnival.  Avery LOVED the parade and was really good at collecting the candy and putting it in his bucket.  He could spot candy a couple of groups down the road and would want to collect it.  He also LOVED the carnival.  We waited in line for a couple of rides for him and at the end of every one, he would get pretty upset that he had to get off. 

We  also went to the Turpin Reunion in Bear Lake.  Even though we had a little bit of wind during the night, the days were absolutely beautiful.  We did skits the one night and Grandma & Grandpa Turpin, Candace, Aly, Mike & Taunya did a fun dance with glow sticks.  We rode in the boat a lot (Avery pretty much stayed out on the lake all day, taking naps on the boat.  He would wake up as soon as they tried to take him off the boat and demand that he stay on the boat. What a boy!

Then we just hung out till school started.  Now we are back in school and back to homework...but at least its our last semester!