Our Woodland Life

Yesterday was Taylor’s 19th birthday.  His last milestone before he heads off on his mission in just a week and a half.  To the dismay of the other kids, Taylor picked shepherd’s pie for dinner. :-/  However, they didn’t mind the Death by Chocolate for dessert. 😉 Brian and I thought the younger kids would […]

Yes, it is true.  I have officially left my 30’s behind.  Friday was my birthday, and my sweet hubby went all out to make it special.  Friday night was date night, so we went to dinner and to a movie.  Then on Saturday he decorated so we could celebrate with the kids.  He did a […]

We gave Caleb the chance to choose where he wanted to go to dinner after his baptism.  He chose POPS.  The kids love POPS because they get to choose a soda from their huge selection.  While we were there, Brian took a few photos.  Thanks honey!! 🙂

This past weekend we had two birthdays at our house.  Both Brian and Caleb had birthdays on Saturday.  We had lunch at Red Robin and then came home for presents and, as usual, mint ice cream cake.  What can I say, it’s a family favorite.  Caleb picked blue and yellow for his colors, so I […]

When I take photos of my kids, there is always one photo that strikes me more than the others.  This is that photo.  Perhaps it is reminiscent of another of my favorite photos of Olivia, or perhaps it is her eyes, I’m not exactly sure.  It never fails though, my favorite photo is usually not […]

Here are Hunter’s pictures from his Birthday.  He is very excited to finally be 10.  Me??  I’m still in shock. 🙂 It was pretty dark for the indoor pictures, so I did the best I could.

On each of the children’s birthdays I take a few pictures of them.  I enjoy going back and comparing their old birthday photos with the new ones.  I am always surprised the difference a year can make.  Here are Olivia’s pictures that I took on Saturday.  She is growing up so quickly.  However, one thing […]