Merrill Family

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Random Excitement!!!!

Grandma Burgoyne's Chemotherapy went well after six months and her tests came back well!
We are so happy!
We love Great Grandma and Grandpa Burgoyne!!!



Happy Birthday Loraina!!!  
She is such a great nanny for my kiddos!!!
Making PIZZAS
a favorite Sunday Supper:

Congrats Aunt Christine and Uncle Sean on our new little cousin, Troy!!!
We are so excited for our little boys to grow up and play together....
This year Mom didn't get to compete in the Triathlon because she is going to have a baby boy!!!
But, we had fun going and supporting our friend Tammy, Mommy's Triathlon Partner!!
Charlotte's Physical Therapist, Randy, was competing too.

Kalicia and Alex cheered everyone on!!!!
We had our fun big Taylor Farms Summer Block Party at our house, 
all the kids got Trophies for playing on the 
Taylor Farms Kickball Team!!!
We have such a great neighborhood!!!!




Then our fun trip to the valley for our cousin, Ellen Cowgur's, Wedding...
She was like a sister  to me growing up and spending the summers at her house
My cousin, Sharon, was in town with her two little ones, visiting from Denmark.


Ellen, makes a beautiful bride, visiting with Grandma Burgoyne.....
Caroline got to make this special trip with me to visit and play with her second cousin, 
Olivia (Sharon's little girl)!
She had a lot of fun with Lincoln too (Greg's little boy)!
Charlotte lost her front tooth!!!!
and she swallowed it while she was sleeping, so a note will have to do.......
My kids trying really hard to be reverent during Stake Conference.....
I couldn't but help take a picture of my girls enjoying their big brother's attention, what fun memories!
My boys will be leaving on missions in the next year, so their little sisters only get them a little while longer!
(With my new phone, no one new I took a picture.  I just held it on my lap.)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

First Days of School:









Wednesday, August 10, 2011

He is an adult..........


Happy 18th Birthday Austin!

 Austin as a little guy, with his Grandma Maland.
 1st grade
Our First Birthday with Austin, 2006.
Such a tiny guy!!!
 Just the beginning of many adventures!
Trips and discussions with the missionaries.....
 "Hanging out" with Grandma Pember for the first time!


Austin loves sports, track is his thing!
"He hauls trash!"
The beginning of dating (GIRLS!) and driving, oh my!



Happy 36th Birthday Daddy!!!!




The girls loved sleeping in and setting up the tent!  They finally understand that the tent is not an indoor toy....
We usually have our 5th Wheel so this is a new experience for the girls!




 We finally got to have a fire and we got to make SMORES!

We had to come up with a simple plan, cause I can't travel too far from the hospital and the boys had to work....... So we went camping right next door to the hospital at Showlow Lake Campground.  We loved it!  We weren't far away, but we felt like it!


Happy Birthday
Grandma Pember!!