Trefethen Family

Time Flies

2010-09-09T16:31:00.000-07:00

I don't know how or when but my girl is growing up! This is Maddie headed to a dance with the young men and young women in our stake. How does this happen!

My budding singer song writer....

2009-11-01T18:15:00.001-08:00

So Maddie loves to write songs. Her latest is called "Cowboy Take Me Home". She only has one verse. This girl came up with a song in her head and then tinkered around on the piano (which she has never been trained on) and figured out the notes. She is so amazing! Check it out!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T17:35:00.000-08:00

Maddie was an 80's pop star, she is growing up to fast!

Michael loves transformers, especially Optimus Prime. What you can't tell from the picture is that his helmet had a voice changer so when he spoke it sounded like a transformer. So cool!

Maddie with her friend Katelin

Naomi, my dead bride :), thanks Grandma Kathy for the beautiful dress!

We figured when in Rome.... (No offense Kansas)

Don't be jealous now! He is all mine ladies!!!

some new pics of the kids

2009-06-07T19:47:00.000-07:00

Okay here is just some random pictures of the kids. I will post some more things this week. I am glad to be back in blog land, I have missed all of you! :)

Jared's Big Day

2009-06-07T19:36:00.000-07:00

Just last month Jared finally completed the last step of his Ph.D --- Getting his hood and diploma!

I am so proud of him!!!

Science Fair Cont.

2009-06-07T19:17:00.000-07:00

Science Fair Cont.

I am not too skilled at the blogging stuff so I should have put this post first but if your reading this post scroll down and start at the first science fair post and then read this one.

So a few nights before the school science fair we were far from being done and we were finding it very difficult to accomplish both girls' science fair projects. Maddie, her dad and I decided that she would postpone entering the science fair for next year. However after an hour or so we all felt terrible and decided to carry on. We worked all night but made major headway and saw a light at the end of a tunnel. As it turns out it is a good thing we did not quit because ......

Maddie won 1st place for 5th grade and BEST OVERALL!!

Naomi won best use of confection (we think she got robbed) :)

Just when we thought it was over we found out she was invited to go to the district/regional science fair. There she won 2nd place along with best use of water and mathematics. This win sent her to the state science fair.

We had little hope that she would win, we were hopeful though for a honorable mention. When we arrived for the awards ceremony we saw this big purple ribbon on her board. This meant she had won something but we did not know what.

Turns out she won 1st place in state!!! We are so proud of her! What a great lesson on never giving up! I know many of you are thinking with a family of scientist this is no surprise. Your probably thinking one of them came up with this winning project idea and her Dad must have helped her! Well, your wrong!!! Maddie and I came up with this idea and after one day of Dad trying to explain the viscosity formula and Maddie giving me that "Help Me" look I use to give my own mother I jumped in and her and I worked together until we both figured it out! Who would have thought her first year she would take it all the way!

Can you believe it, I am updating my blog!!!

2009-06-07T18:49:00.000-07:00

Science Fair

Okay so I know it has been forever, and I know I have a lot of excuses however I won't try to justify I will just try to do better! So much has happened in the last little while that I have been a little overwhelmed by the idea of what to blog about first so I am going to start with some of the big events and then day by day I hope to add some of the other stuff until I am caught up.

So here goes blog worthy event #1:

Maddie and Naomi decided to do the science fair this year. Sounds easy enough, after all they do come from a long line of scientist! (Grandpa, Uncle and Dad) Well this became quite an eventful experience. It started with the difficulty of only having two weeks to develop, research, experiment and complete 2 science fair projects!

Here are some prep pix: (Maddie measured the velocity of a marble falling through household liquids to eventually figure out the viscosity of those liquids after using the formula for viscosity, "Magic Marbles Make Marvelous Measurements" and Naomi used the scientific method to determine how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. We got everyone involved!)

Naomi thinking of what to do....

Maddie working on her viscosity formula.

Play time!

2008-12-17T07:01:00.001-08:00

We have a great back yard for playing in the snow complete with a small sledding hill! We had a blast!

Our first snow!

2008-12-17T06:54:00.000-08:00

The kids were thrilled to walk out the door to go to school and find it snowing like crazy! We have never lived anywhere that it snows so this was a BIG deal!

Naomi lost her first tooth!

2008-12-17T06:13:00.000-08:00

Here we go!

Now she is starting get nervous!

It came out lickety split! She is so excited!

Thanksgiving Day Craft Gone Wild

2008-12-17T05:52:00.001-08:00

We had a lot of fun making these turkey's. Jared's aunt suggested the idea and amazingly, Michael's was the best! We had some new good friends come over, the Vonfelt family. They are perfect friends for my kids! Aiden is 4 almost 5, Meredith is 9 and Sophia just turned 12.

Michael with his favorite puzzle

2008-12-17T05:37:00.001-08:00

He puts this puzzle together at least 5 times a day all by himself. It is a 48 piece puzzle. It is so cute, he just loves dinosaurs. He now knows by site the names of 15 different dinosaurs and ready to learn more!

2008-11-14T09:36:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from our Sunday afternoon walk.

This is the girl's school playground.

The girls were so sad to find the dead bird. Maddie is a real animal lover lately. Then Naomi insisted we had to bring it home. We thought it was because she wanted to take care of it and thought she could heal it until she says, "I want to open it up and check out it's heart Dad."

Visit form the Kearns!!!

2008-11-14T09:20:00.000-08:00

Naomi's long lost love came for a visit! Our good friends, the Kearns, live in St. Louis so we were very excited to find out that our house is now only 4 hours away from their house! We are surely going to be able to visit more often now! Lea's hubby was out of town so she drove in for a little visit! It was so fun. And Lea, you looked so great! She totally helped jump start my weight watcher goals for our Christmas vacation to the Virgin Gorda Island! I thank you!!!

Here are some pix of the kids. I regret that I didn't get any pictures of Lea and I but next time!!

Pics of Maddie and Naomi

2008-11-02T17:52:00.001-08:00

Michael as a Ghost

2008-11-02T16:21:00.001-08:00

Michael as Buzz Light Year

2008-11-02T16:13:00.000-08:00

Michael had two costumes this year because he really wanted to be a ghost and his preschool did not allow ghosts. I got him this Buzz costume for school. Do you think he was willing to wear it? Of course not, but sure enough the next day he wanted to be Buzz. Luckily his school didn't mind him being "Casper" the friendly ghost!

We were looking at this beautiful butterfly that was just chilling there.

Jared officially finished his Ph.D!

2008-10-24T16:48:00.000-07:00

J defended this afternoon and officially passed the last step towards earning his Ph.D! He is en-route to Kansas as we speak! I am so proud of him!

Just an update...

2008-10-22T15:52:00.000-07:00

Below is a picture of the view from our backyard on the west side. The backyard backs up to a forest with a bike trail that we have had a lot of fun with. Here are a few pictures from our latest bike ride.

Below is a picture of some wild turkeys that we just saw on our bike ride. Crazy!!!!

My sweetheart came home!!!!

2008-10-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

As many of you know Jared had to stay behind in College Station in order to finish his dissertation. We have been missing him terribly. We have been separated for 5 weeks. As of last week we still did not know when it would all be over. I was feeling so bad that he would be spending his birthday alone and so stressed out. Then wouldn't you know it he just walked through the door on Thursday night to surprise us with a weekend visit! I was so surprised and so shocked. I could not believe my eyes. It took me a little bit to realize it was really him. I have never been so surprised in all my life. Then to make matters even better I found out that he is defending this Friday and then coming home for good! We had a great time and Michael kept telling him every where we went to stay here and not to go to work anymore, it was so cute!

Here is a picture of our little surprise we had waiting in the garage for him!

SYTYCD Heaven!!!!!

2008-10-20T11:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, so anyone who knows me is aware that So You Think You Can Dance is my favorite, favorite show!!! When I found out we were moving to Kansas I looked up their tour dates and it just so happened that one coincided with a business trip my dad was making to the area. To make a long story short I forced my mom to come up and go with me and I spent painstaking hours trying to get the best seats possible. I ended up with floor seats about 19 rows back from center stage. Great tickets I thought. Well when we got there, not so great! None of us could even see the stage because the heads in front of us. I was so disappointed until my Mom saved the day! She went up to customer service to "complain" in the nicest way possible because we paid the highest ticket price for seats we can't even see in. Turns out they had reserved some seats in the front, center stage for media and had a few left. They gave them to us! We were so close I could hear their breath, see their bruises and yes believe it or not I even saw some cellulite dimples and a boob (they really need to do something about those costume malfunctions, poor girl)! It was incredible and the time of my life. Here are just a few pictures!

Maddie's new blog

2008-10-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

Maddie has a blog now. It is madlalaland.blogspot.com I was a little hesitant to allow this considering all the weirdo's out there but she eventually convinced me that it was a good way for her and her College Station friends to keep in touch. She is growing up too fast!

Michael started preschool this week!!! Yay!!

2008-10-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

Preschool! He loves it and is so excited to go every Tuesday and Thursday! He especially thinks he is cool with his race car backpack!

2008-10-09T14:07:00.000-07:00

He is very excited! Climbing to the top floor to get to his classroom!

Still excited and getting ready to hang up his backpack.

He doesn't want to hang up his backpack.

He refuses to hang up his backpack!

He relents when he hears the circle time songs start! We seriously need preschool!

2008-10-09T13:04:00.000-07:00

This is Michael at preschool. He loves it, but he has a lot to learn!!!!

I need some help....

2008-10-03T19:26:00.000-07:00

I just started a new job. I am selling Lia Sophia jewelry. I mostly started doing it so I could afford to own it. Check out my website and check out the catalog. I am totally lame but I loved it when I saw some stars wearing some of the same jewelry I have! ( i.e The Hills Girls. So now you know what a serious lamo I am that I even know who those girls are and that it made me excited.)

I am trying to figure out what the best pieces are that I should add to my collection for clients to see, so it would be such a great favor to me if you would take a look at the catalog found on my website and post a response of your top three favorite pieces here on my blog. I know my choice but I need to add more than just my own personal taste to my collection. Anyone who posts will receive a $5 gift certificate from me. Thank you so much for your help!!!

www.liasophia.com/emilytrefethen

To find the catalogs just click on the "Our Jewelry" on the upper right hand of the screen. Don't forget to look at both the Fall/Winter catalog and the Kiam family collection. If you want to have some fun look at the Red Carpet Collections.

I've also added a link under my favorite links to my website and the main Lia Sophia website as well!

First Day of School!

2008-09-24T19:55:00.001-07:00

Naomi's teacher.

Can you see our backyard?!

Maddie has a male teacher and unbelievably he lives across the street! He could not be a more perfect teacher for our Maddie especially when we watched him drive around the neighborhood in boots, a cut off t-shirt and on his Harley! Maddie thinks he is so cool.

Michael so badly wants to go to school with them. Poor kid!

Naomi was so excited!

I wanted to take more pictures of Maddie but she told me to knock it off because I was embarrassing her!

A new post at last....

2008-09-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

Leaving our English class students was one of the worst things about leaving College Station. These are truly remarkable people whom I love and cherish. I will miss them!! They threw us a great going away party with the best enchiladas I have ever tasted! Here are just a couple of pictures from the party.

We're Moving

2008-08-09T12:36:00.001-07:00

Well it looks like we are finally going to graduate from the student life to the post doc life. Not much difference for those who are unfamiliar! However Jared will officially be Dr. Jared Trefethen and we are excited! Looks like we will be headed to Kansas. Jared has accepted a position in a lab at KU in Lawrence. We just went to visit a few weeks ago and I think it will be a great little pit stop for the next one to two years. Who would've guessed Kansas???

A Walk Down Memory Lane...

2008-07-16T08:37:00.000-07:00

I saw this on my on my sister's blog, and thought it was fun to reminisce a bit, here's a few instructions if you should feel inclined...

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

CMN Cookie Eating Contest

2008-06-28T21:44:00.000-07:00

When Michael was little he was a miracle baby so as a family we work with Children's Miracle Network to raise funds for local hospital equipment. This particular event was more fun then work! Naomi and Michael entered a cookie eating contest. Naomi won her age bracket! She was the star of the evening news that night and proclaimed her star power for over a week! She won free cookies everyday for a year from the local bakery, just what we need!

CMN Cookie Eating Contest

2008-06-28T21:39:00.000-07:00

He came in second but only because a lady cheated by shoving an entire cookie in her 1 year old son's mouth in the last second!

At the Zoo

2008-06-28T21:32:00.000-07:00

The Zoo is so fun at this age! We went to the Santa Barbara Zoo. This is Michael pre summer haircut. Jared loves the buzz but I miss his long hair!

More of Mikey's big day!

2008-06-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

He cut off big Michael's finger!!!! (Ring finger, of course!)

At the end of the day!

Michael's Three!

2008-06-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

He loves trains so my mom and I stayed up all night making a train cake! At 1 am I was thinking that maybe it wasn't such a great idea!

But the next morning made it worth it!

2008-06-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

I am out in Cali visiting my parents right now. Everywhere we go Michael is trouble. This is a pic of him and his girlfriend Gianna having a bubble party in the Kitchen all by themelves. By the time we caught on the entire soap bottle was gone!

We took the kids to the Zoo and the Lion and Lioness were right up close. So Fun!

Ya they did it! I am so proud of my bro's!

2008-06-27T20:37:00.000-07:00

My cousin Mark got married in Hawaii and lucky Maddie got to go with Grammie and Papa!

My neice Jane... she lost her dentures

2008-06-25T12:50:00.000-07:00

Maddie's Art

2008-05-09T07:11:00.001-07:00

Maddie was asked to draw an eagle for a poster going to a soldier and here are her drawings. I am so proud, she is only 9!

Mom of the Year Award--Not!

2008-05-08T08:21:00.000-07:00

Well I have had two pretty bad Mommy moments this week.

Story One:
My son Michael is very adventurous and very capable! My mother warned me that I was asking for trouble naming him Michael. However the name just suited him and a Michael is now what we've got! Yesterday I had hopefully my first and last call to the cops on him! I will explain..... It was about 11 in the morning and Jared was just leaving for work and I was just getting out of the shower. Jared called to me to let me know he was leaving and to lock the door. My big mistake was thinking that I could do it after I got dressed right?! After all he was in the play room playing with Maddie (she is homeschooling for now). A few minutes later Maddie came into my room while I was making my bed. We chatted for a minute while she helped me finish. I told her to go get Michael and we could start making lunch. Just as she walks out of my room and I grab my pants the doorbell rings. I throw on my jeans and run to the door and there is my son, and wouldn't you guess he was butt naked! (I promise he had clothes on just a few minutes earlier! We are really trying to work on this!) Right behind him is a woman I have never seen completely out of breath and a man coming down the street. Apparently he had run all the way down the street to the stop sign (10 houses or so) and taken a left down the next street. The man saw him and started to chase after him. The woman was doing yard work and thought she could cut him off--NO! He is a fast little bugger and she chased him down while the man called the police. Michael ran all the way home and rang the doorbell and the woman had not yet been able to catch him. Luckily for us he seemed to know where he was going. He thought the whole thing was too much fun! I was so embarrassed and shaken by the whole thing and then the cops showed up. Fortunately they were pretty nice about the whole debacle and I definitely learned my lesson. There is no waiting to lock the door EVER again!

Story Two:
If the first story isn't a bad enough example of my lack of mothering skills this one should do the trick. We were running a little late for school and I realized Naomi did not have her lunch so I ran inside and grabbed it out of the fridge. She has this really cute lunch box but everyday she requests a grocery sack lunch because she would rather just throw it all away at the end. Doesn't sound so bad huh? Well later that afternoon I went to grab the chicken I had put in the fridge to thaw the day before and start dinner prep. Funny thing, no chicken but wouldn't you know, there was Naomi's lunch right in it's spot. I called her teacher and as it turns out I sent Naomi to school that day with 4 pieces of raw chicken for lunch!!!

Our Camping Trip To The Ozarks

2008-04-27T19:30:00.001-07:00

This was such a fun trip we had to the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. We got a wide range of weather from snow to 70 degree sunshine. It was an adventure to say the least.

Some Random Pix of the Kids

2008-04-27T19:09:00.001-07:00

I think my daughters need to improve their dental hygiene!

He wanted his towel to be like his Dad.

Naomi's Silly Six Party!

2008-04-27T18:51:00.000-07:00

My mom and my brother Jared came to Texas to help with Naomi's silly six b-day party. Good thing considering an unexpected 19 kids showed up!!! Thanks guys!

I am thinking about going to beauty school after giving Jared this cut special for the party!Silly String War

Naomi and her cousin Ashley who came from Dallas.

Maddie and her friend Savannah were a huge help also!!!

Happy birthday Nomi girl!

Naomi's 6!!!!

2008-04-27T18:29:00.000-07:00

Wake up Birthday Girl!

Breakfast before school!Dinner was Spaghetti and Meatballs her latest favorite!

Typical!!! Mikey has to get in on the action too!

Disney Land 2008

2008-03-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

Pure joy at Disneyland! Thanks mom and dad for the trip!

At Last....

2008-03-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

Okay so I know I said I would update this blog along time ago but I am finally catching up on my life and here is the first installment. We have had a busy month filled with traveling so I have a lot of fun pictures. I will start with the most recent event being Easter. Naomi was really into it this year. We also had a little dinner party and the kids did a little easter egg hunt.

Michael dropped his egg and it spilled.

His friend kindly came over to help him clean it up but Michael had other plans.

You would not believe how many jelly beans he shoved in his mouth as quickly as possible!

Seriously!

Naomi loved the egg hunt. When all the other kids were done she was still going long after!

I know I know, I need to Update this thing!

2008-02-07T19:15:00.000-08:00

I got tagged by my sis. She has been on me to update my blog. I got a little busy this month but I am committed to posting some new stuff this week. Here is my first effort:

I've been tagged...

What I was doing ten years ago-
Wow, that was a while ago. I was living in Cedar City enjoying my first year of marriage and not enjoying my first pregnancy too much. Lisa and Laura lived by so there was no shortage of fun. Do you guys remember when I was that big old pregnant lady and I fell flat on my butt getting out of the car to go to school. You guys didn't even help me up because you were too busy laughing so hard! The good old days!

What I was doing five years ago-
Five years ago our little family of three became a family of four with little Naomi. I can't believe she was ever so small. We also moved from California to Texas that year. Jared started his Ph.D program, we bought our first home. Life was good!

What I was doing one year ago-
One year ago I was crying about turning thirty!!!! Today is my 31st, still crying just not as much. Jared was so sweet and threw me a great surprise party with all our friends. So I was cringing with embarrassment as my family and friends laughed and watched a movie of the hideous pictures of my youth. That was awful, I was not the cutest kid growing up. Think skinny, short haired, crooked teeth and totally awkward. Oh well :)

What I was doing yesterday-
Oh, yesterday I was writing a paper all day for my Master's degree. I am working on earning my degree in teaching ESL. And what else, cooking, cleaning, driving etc. mom stuff!

I enjoy-
Reading a good book, oh how I miss Edward and Bella! Thank you Amy for those books!!!! And for those who have been living under a rock that would be the Twilight series! Relaxing with my sweetheart at the end of the day talking, watching a movie and just having some time to be together. Catching up with friends and having great conversations!

Five TV shows I love-
Do I really want to admit this??
1. So You Think You Can Dance, my all time favorite
2. Jericho
3. Gossip Girl, I know Shame Shame!!!!
4. Any Law and Order
5. Okay, Okay The Hills, please don't judge me :)

Five things I hate-
1. Hillary Clinton
2. Seafood
3. A Messy House
4. Cardio Exercise but I still do it
5. Loosing!!!!

5 biggest joys in my life-
Jared, my children, the church, my friends and my life!

I tag Lea, Jaimee, Melissa and Elicia!!!

What we believe:

2008-01-06T13:02:00.000-08:00

The Mormon church has sure been in the spotlight a lot lately and this is great! People are starting to learn more about what we believe and more about who we are. In the same respect there is so much misinformation out there. Elder Ballard asked members of this church to use new media such as blogs to participate in these discussions. He said that people are going to talk about Mormons so we better make sure we are a part of those discussions! After reading this request from Elder Ballard, an apostle of God, I decided I could contribute by posting information on our family blog. Answers to many questions you might have or just some brief overviews of our faith can accurately be found at www.mormon.org. I have provided a link to this website in my favorite links section found at the top right of this blog. I urge any of my friends who want to know more about me and my family to take a minute and learn more about this church that has been causing such a raucous in the media as of late. It is my sincerest desire that everyone and anyone can know truthfully what members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe. I feel so fortunate for the attention the media has brought to our church because it has provided an opportunity for all of us to know and understand each other a little better. I sure think we could all use a little more of that to go around!

In addition to these thoughts I want to share with the whole world my testimony. I am so fortunate to have been taught by goodly parents about the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is the light and the life of the world. He is the only means to salvation and joy. Through him ALL things are possible and ALL things CAN be overcome. I know that Heavenly Father is a living God who loves and cares for me and you very deeply. I know that he is literally my Father. I am so grateful to know that I am a child of God because it gives me such great worth. I know we are all of great worth. I know that Joseph Smith, a young boy of only 14 saw God the Father and his Son. Through great sacrifice and diligence on his behalf he translated and brought forth a valuable companion to the Bible called the Book of Mormon. I am so grateful for these two pieces of scripture that fill my life daily with the teachings of Jesus Christ and God the Father. Without them I am lost. My testimony may seem like a small declaration of simple things but it is the foundation of my life and the center of our home. Christ is the center of our home. I feel so fortunate to have this peace and knowledge in my life and I testify of these things to you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

My so called great idea??!!!???

2007-12-31T21:31:00.001-08:00

Jared was gifted some wood working tools for his birthday and I got the great idea that we should make the kids' Christmas gifts this year. What???? Let's just say after two months, 3 days taken off work and an 18 hour marathon that included the entire extended Trefethen clan they were finished. The girls' got a Barbie doll house and a Webkinz dog house (If you don't know what those are than you must be living in a cave!) and Mikey got some wooden blocks. Jared and I had a lot of fun and some great fighting time in our garage.

Naomi the star!

2007-12-31T21:27:00.001-08:00

Naomi starred in her kindergarten production of stone soup. It was so cute. We loooooooove her teacher Mrs. Clements!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is awesome!

Cowboy Michael??

2007-12-31T21:24:00.001-08:00

Maybe we have been in Texas too long!

Naomi....

2007-12-31T21:22:00.000-08:00

Typical!

2007-12-31T21:09:00.001-08:00

A very sad day for the Trefethen's. Our very good friends the Kearns moved away last week. Mason, Naomi's "boyfriend" is a very loved part of that family! For the last day Lea (my friend), and our children visited Naomi at school for lunch.
Naomi and Mason

Let's just say that Naomi was a little sad about Mason leaving! :(
Okay truth be told she wasn't the only one crying.
Lea and I during better times...(Baby Taylor's blessing)
How cute is she!!!!!! (Both of them) :)

We miss you Sam, Lea, Mason, Abby and Taylor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-12-31T20:51:00.000-08:00

Anyone who has been around us lately knows what a challenge it has been to keep clothing on Michael. He is right in the middle of potty training and I guess we allowed him to go in the buff a little too long! Anyway, I took a couple of pictures of him to show a typical day of getting him dressed, and this is only the underwear!
Backwards but at this point we're okay with that!

Can you see him? Look behind the island, keep in mind I am running to catch him!

Around the corner and safe on through the living room for lap 2....

I guess you have to be smarter than the 2 year old! I finally realized a bribe with big sister's Leapster could sidetrack him! Maybe tomorrow he'll get some clothes?????

Getting ready for Christmas!!

2007-12-08T19:37:00.001-08:00

A December night in Texas, Gorgeous!
Maddie danced as Mary and even had a solo!
We had to put the star on twice, both girls remembered it was their job every year!

Our awesome trip to Cali for Thanksgiving!

2007-12-08T18:43:00.001-08:00

Mom bought a Wii and everyone loved it, well unless we were playing Guitar Hero!

All the men in the kitchen, just where they belong! Way to go Mom!!

Honestly, could he be any cuter?
The pool was so fun for everyone. My dad loved taking Jane and Michael for a swim.
My kids adored their cousin Jane, she is sooooo cute!!!

My crazy new haircut....

2007-12-08T18:36:00.001-08:00

Just some fun pix of the kids taken this year!

2007-11-04T15:06:00.001-08:00

Our 10th Wedding Anniversary

2007-11-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

Jared and I celebrated our 10th anniversary this summer with a weekend trip to San Antonio. We realized it was the first time we had taken a trip without any children since our honeymoon. Time sure flies!

2007-11-03T23:46:00.001-07:00

Halloween was extra fun this year now that all of our children are old enough to enjoy it. The kids had a full night that started with a trunk-or-treat and ended with a hay ride trick-or-treating party Grandpa Trefethen hosted. Lucky kids!!! I have never seen so much candy!

Naomi and her "boyfriend" Mason!

The famous hayride.

Michael really got into it this year. I won't mention how he cried for 15 minutes straight while Jared and I held him down to get his costume on!