VIVA MEXICO BABY!!!

Josh and I soaking up the sun in beautiful Puerta Vallarta, Mexico!!


Our crazy 4-wheeler ride up through the mountains

Josh looking great and ready to ride!

Me and Josh decked out for a great day of 4-wheeling

AAAHHHH the sun, oh the beautiful sun!!

H.O.T... Enough said.....

This was a massage bed on the beach

Me attempting to hang from the inside of a cabanna

Josh hangin...

Kent and Mary- josh in the background...unsure why we thought this was so funny

K this pic is great, this was outside a grocery store, she is doing a thing like at Costco selling a juicer.. why is this funny you ask?? Look at the rigged up microphone...yes no headset here, a microphone tied around her neck and taped at the bottom....we could not stop laughing..

Welcome to Mexico..nothing like being greeted with cold drinks..virgin of course..

Kent and Mary our vacation partners

Josh and Kent enjoying the drinks, they soon learned about the "pinadas" and were hooked they had about 10 a day and loved every one of them.

So Josh and I have been married for 10 years this year, I know gasp! I don't want to get old!! Anyway our anniversary is not until June but we were desperate for a vacation and decided to celebrate early. We called our good friends from Oklaholma and they were in so warm and beachy was the only request of the women. We decided on Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. It was eye opening, sad, great, exciting (zip lining and repelling, riding a donkey, a jeep ride with a super crazy driver, watching the people drive around there is nuts! a 4-wheeler tour, shopping, and the sun oh the sun) We had a great time and loved all the beauty that was seen when we were out of the city and in the mountains of that area, Wow it is amazing. Now if only I could have a beach in my backyard I would never complain again!

Wrestling Season

Porter at his first match of the season...


He took 4th but wrestled like a champ!

Josh surrounded by his wrestlers after state..You can tell they think the world of him

Delta High School wrestling team..STATE CHAMPS!

Poter battling hard in a match

Josh, Coach Thomas and Coach Morris holding the "Coach of year" plaque

Porter showing off his medal


So we start our year with Wrestling season. Josh is the head coach of Delta Highs wrestling team. He loves it and the boys adore him! He was made for this job... They took state this year for the 2nd year in a row and beat all the other teams by over 100 points. They set a record at region with the highest points ever scored at a region tournament with over 800 points. They are awesome, they work hard and it shows.

Porter starts little league too, we have taken him to some matches on the weekends this year and he does well. He likes to compete but has seen too much domination by the big boys at the high school and expects the same from himself. We need to work a bit on losing gracefully, but it is fun to watch him. He mainly loves the medal collection he has collected. 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze and 1 fourth place.

Happy Birthday Porter!!

Porter's Bday party with friends- This was our first experience with a friend party and I might also add it might be our last- These boys were CRAZY!!! We planned a totally fun party and about 15 minutes in I texted Josh and told him they were all just running and screaming... WHEW glad we made it through. I had them decorate construction hats to wear for the party.. they were really cute.


This is a picture of what they were doing the whole time... the kids had fun.

Porter got a new bike (this is little Aiden Josh's sisters boy)

Porter blowing out the candles on his construction themed cake..

My cute little 7 year old.. this boy is a gem. He is so obedient and tender hearted, he helps a ton and wants to be good. I am so proud of him! He is also super smart..the best reader in his class..gets 100% on all of his spelling tests...does his homework all on his own, I am so thankful for him and the blessing he is in our family.

Christmas Day at my parents house. We had a yummy dinner, then opened presents, the kids favorite part! Sophie and Halle learn how to use Sophies new leapster, and the kids once again doing a Nativity. What a great time of year that we get to spend with so many that we love and care about.

Christmas Day Celebration

Halle and Porter leaving carmels and chocolate milk for Santa

The kids got MP3 players for christmas- they love them! Now they can stop using our ipods.

Halle got a Barbie House with all the furniture

Christmas Eve Festivities

Josh wearing the ba-humbug hat...fits him perfectly!


Little Halle in her Santa hat and new christmas PJ's from grandma wright, what a doll!

"The Boys" posing with Santa..aka Craig

"The Girls" and Santa..

Me and Charity (Josh's oldest sister)

Little Ashlyn was the Star in the Nativity

Porter reading his part as Joseph

All the kids did a great job with the nativity

This was most of us on Christmas Eve..What a great family and a great time we had

Kathy and her girls love to cook, and do it so well together. She gave us aprons that matched for us to wear while preparing Christmas eve dinner.

Catching up....

Christmas Eve started with a day of Sledding in Holden. The kids had a ball and Halle and I crashed into the fence once, other than that a great day!!