Kindergarten

This morning I dropped Isaac off at his first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited. It was pretty much the cutest thing ever to see him walk in there, put his backpack away and sit at his table. Lucy will be starting preschool in a couple weeks at the same time and I must say, two hours of me time is looking pretty good these days. I'm excited for all these new changes and to see my children growing up and experiencing life.

The Couch family

I love sessions that make me want to run home and grab my kids and tell them how much I love them. This was one of them. This little family is full of love and it shows.

Happy Anniversary

to my husband who has been making me smile 9 years and counting!

Sherry Family Reunion 2010

For our very first time ever, my entire family including all spouses and children (30 people!) got together for a week of fun in the sun. We met at Bear Lake where we spent half of the time, and finished it off in Mapleton at our house. What a blessing it is to have such wonderful family members, whom I honestly love to pieces! I hope we'll be able to make this a tradition.

The whole Sherry clan.



Proud grandparents!



Our cousin Dean flew in from Seattle to join us and we loved having him here.



Here is is with all the kids except for Sofia, Lizzie Jane and Sage.

At the lake

Most all of our days were spent out on the beach and on the boat. Sadly, I have no pictures of it, but Isaac skied for his first time! We were so proud of him. Thanks to my brother Matt, I do have a picture of Geoff throwing a flip on the wakeboard.




My little sister Laura's husband Jared brought these four wheelers to the beach. The boys had a great time skimboarding/surfing behind them, and the younger boys were in heaven riding them around on the sand. This is Geoff having a great ride.



My brother Seth showing off his mad skills.



Isaac and Tyler going for a ride.



My little sister Laura and her husband. How cute is she just a week away from giving birth!



My niece Chloe enjoying a peach in the nude.



My grandparents came up for the day to bring our cousin Dean who was in town for the festivities. Lucy sure loves her Great Grandma Gina!



Lucy and Sofia.



Isaac and his cousin Alysee. They were inseparable the entire reunion.



My nephew Tommy. That child is so cute I forgave him for squeezing lip gloss all over my couch and flooding my bathroom. Which means he is very, very cute.



What do you do when the boat is out? Make Poppy (my dad) give you a ride!



This is where the kids could be found most of the time.



We played Minute to Win It one night and I nearly peed my pants while watching several family members move an Oreo from their forehead to their mouths using only facial muscles.



Sara was sure all her Tahitian dancing in college would pay off, but surprisingly, my mom won this one twice in a row!



Removing all the tissues from a box in under 30 seconds.

Reunion Part II at our house

After our time at Bear Lake, everyone came back to our house to stay for the remainder of the reunion. It was a little crazy with 30+ people at our house at times, but we had such a great time laughing and playing together. The cousins all get along amazingly well for which I am so grateful for. We had a day at Seven Peaks, a trip to the Provo temple, movie night for the boys, pedicures and Red Mango night for the girls and a whole lot of delicious food.

Have you ever heard of an Eskimo Blanket? It's like a hand-held trampoline and they are so much fun! We gave all the kids, and even a couple adults a round on it. No children were harmed in this event though these pictures make it look as though they could have been.






I'm certain Red Rover is the worst game ever invented. Someone always gets hurt.



A couple of Ami (my mom) with Lucy and Thomas.

Climbing in Rock Canyon

I love that we're only a 10 minute drive from superb climbing and gorgeous mountains. Utah is awesome. Geoff and I used to go climbing a fair amount together, but hadn't been in quite some time, so we were excited when Seth and Caroline suggested it. We'd never taken the kids before either and they loved it! We loved our time with my brother's family and are grateful they chose to stay a couple extra days so we could have some extended time with them.

My feeble attempts at climbing.



Geoff at a particularly difficult crack.



Caroline makes it to the top!!



I don't know whether it's due to the climbing wall we have at our house, but Isaac was on fire! He LOVED climbing and seriously was amazing to watch. He kept begging us to let him go up again.



While we were climbing, Tommy and Lucy were a few feet away getting absolutely filthy and loving it. They are so cute together.



My younger brother and his family.



Not sure why I didn't get in on this picture, but it was a lovely site to see at the end of the day.

Sisters and a little somethin' somethin'...

The best part about our family reunion (millions of pictures to come), was getting to be with all my family for the first time in a VERY long time. This was our first reunion ever where all were in attendance. Getting to be with all my sisters is a rare and lovely treat. Everyone used to ask us if we were quadruplets, though there are a lot of years in between us. One thing I love about having sisters is sharing in the joys and struggles of being a mother.

Meet the girls:
Sara (oldest girl and mother of six), Laura (youngest girl and one week away from having her first baby), Emily (second oldest girl and mother of two, the youngest being 7 weeks old), and me (second youngest girl, mother of 2 and....ONE ON THE WAY!!)





I am 15 weeks along and due on Valentines Day. This baby has been a long time in the making. After a miscarriage and a D&C back in January, I must admit that with each appointment I go in expecting the worst. Through this process I've learned so much about myself, and being sensitive to others, and most importantly, about turning my will over to the Lord. We're so grateful for the miracle of life and the opportunity to be a part of it again.

Mila Naomi

I might be partial because she happens to be named after me, but isn't my niece just a doll? I've had the pleasure of playing with my ENTIRE family this whole week at Bear Lake, and now my house. And meeting my newest niece for the first time? Icing on the cake. Who ever thought we'd have a red head in the family!

Fishing

We took a quick trip to Geoff's grandma's house in Idaho this last weekend. We always enjoy spending time with her, and fishing of course. I've loved fishing since I was a little girl and am so happy to see my kids enjoy it as well. It started off rocky as Geoff realized that all his fishing gear was not in fact at his grandma's house, but at his parent's. We managed to fix up his grandpa's old pole and took along some plastic bags instead of our much more practical fishing bags. The place where we fish is so fun because it's not deep in most areas so you can just walk in the water with sturdy shoes. The fish seemed abnormally large this year (and that's no fish tale), and we caught our limit. I love trout!

The kids surveying the stream.



Isaac caught his first fish entirely by himself this trip. He has caught lots before with some assistance, but this time he did it all on his own. He told me later "Mom, at first I thought I wasn't going to be a good fisherman, but now I know I'm a REALLY good fisherman actually."



Isaac and I went off on our own for a while and it was so fun just spending time with him. It had been too long. He talked and talked and we even caught some fish too. I decided not to bring the camera along while we were fishing though. Lucy and Geoff had a great time too and when we met up, Lucy was soaked. She had fallen in. It was quite warm out, but she was kind of cold, so we decided to stop for lunch and look what we found, a mini hot pot!! Lucy stripped down before I even knew what was going on and hopped in. She thought she'd died and gone to heaven and stayed in there a good half hour. It was pretty dang cute.






And here's some proof that I was there.