May 2011 Update Part 1

This month marks 5 years since my mom had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. So I threw her a surprise party with all her friends and family. It was such a great turnout and she says she was so surprised. That same day happened to be Liz’s baby shower so Mom watched my kids while I went to the shower and then she met me back at the house to see all her friends for the party. 

The car seat cover I made her. With matching burp rags.

The cutest little saying.. "My finger may be little but I can still wrap my Daddy around it"

All the food and friends waiting for my mom to arrive.

We hung up signs that we given to her during her treatment. There was also a display table with some of the items that she received during the hard days. As center pieces on the tables, we put all her hats that she wore once she shaved her head.

Decorated the front lawn with pink and white balloons and my Dad made a "Happy 5 year anniversary" Sign.

Some sweet old friends from the Waterpark

Kallie and Owen. Everyone wore pink in honor of Breast Cancer.

Shelby and Parker

Getting all the invitations made and ready to send out to more then 50 families.

An example of the invitation we sent out. Love those.

Halloween 2010... A Little Late???

Garron was gone again this year for Halloween but that didn’t stop us from the festivities. Olivea was a Lady Bug and Owen wore Livy’s costume from last year and was a Duck. They looked so cute.

             We went to my parent’s ward activity. They usually have a “carnival” with activities for the little kids and dinner and dessert for everyone. My parents were actually in Hawaii I think, so Shelby, Parker, Bryce and me and the kids went to the party to get some use out of the costumes. I didn’t want to take Olivea and Owen around Trick-or-Treating by myself and it was raining all day and night. Plus they are so little that I could get away with just taking them to ward functions and they wouldn’t know the difference.

 

One of the Scott Family's grand kids with Olivea

 

 Shelby, Parker, and Olivea

  

Bryce and Parker

 Ann Beal and Olivea (mom's good friend)

We also went to my ward activity were we just had dinner and pictures taken. We sat with the McClellan family and Marci got her whole family all dressed up. I could barely recognize her!

                It was a fun year but it will be so fun once Olivea and Owen want to dress up like something specific and we can take them around the neighborhood showing off their cute costumes. Till next year I guess.

 Brian, Jason, Marci, Alli, and Alaina McClellan

Me and the Kiddos

Shelby Moves Out

Shelby, my little sister, had decided to go to Utah State University in Logan, Utah. She worked really hard to score high enough on her ACT test to get accepted and it paid off. It’s a tradition that Mom and Grandma help to move the girls out, get the apartment set up, and of course go grocery shopping for the first time. When I moved out it was just me, mom and grandma. When Kallie moved out, it was the whole gang. And again when Shelby moved out we all were there. Even Olivea came along… still in the belly though.

We went up on Monday afternoon had dinner and got her apartment set up and groceries purchased. The next morning Mom dropped Shelby off at her first day of work and then we all had to get back so we could work. We had so much fun helping Shelby. It’s always hard to leave but we knew that she would be ok and she is only 2 hours away. Good Luck Shelby.

Shelby and Kallie making the drive to Logan

Grandma and Mom
The girls after grocery shopping

The girls before we left Shelby on her own.

I made cupcakes for Shelby the Sunday before she left. They are in the shape of USU!!

Shelby’s Graduation

My little sister Shelby graduated high school earlier this year. It was awhile ago and she is now in college but I thought I would document it anyway.

Shelby wasn’t like the other siblings. We were all SO ready to get out of high school and move out, but Shelby loved high school. She had a ton of friends and really loved school, and it probably helped that Mom and Dad was a lot easier on her then any of us other kids.

The night of graduation the whole family had dinner at Macaroni Grill and watched as she opened her graduation gift… a brand new laptop computer. She was so excited. We headed off to the graduation ceremony and sat through it just to watch the 2 second walk Shelby made to get her diploma. Oh well, she did it! Congratulations Shelby!!!

Shelby with the parentals

The whole gang (minus Garron) after the ceremony

The sisters!

The whole family at dinner