Bailee's little boy

The end of November Danica and I gave Bailee a baby shower. Danica planned a lot of fun games and we had a great time visiting.

Ashlee, Amber, Bethanie, Dione, Brittany, Heather, Danica, Bailee, Emily
On January 26, 2010 little Canyon Walker Hawkins joined Zach and Bailee's sweet little family.

Happy 7th Birthday, Tyler!

Tyler loves vacations, especially Nauvoo and Disneyland, his sisters, cousins, his whole family, cottage cheese (a few days ago he told me it was even better than cake and ice cream), soccer, basketball and playing the wii! We love you, Tyler and are so blessed to have you in our family!

Hawaii 2004

Woody for Halloween 2006 Tyler, Kyler, Collin, James, Abram, Jarom

Disneyland 2007

Nauvoo 2008
Golfing in the cruise ship, 2010

(Where he made 3 out of 9 "hole in one" shots!)

Tyler celebrated his birthday in Cabo San Lucus on the beach! Before we left for our cruise, he had a birthday party. He loves sports and so we decided for his party to take the kids over to the gym in the church to play games. We played basketball, soccer, and did some fun relays. We then came back to our home for presents and cake. Amber came home from BYU to make his cake. He requested a soccer field!
Some funny things Tyler has said or done:

9 months- Tyler went to Disneyland for the first time. He was as happy as can be the whole time. We went opening to closing everyday for 3 full days. He never even once cried for food, a nap, or anything. When he was tired, he just leaned his head against the stroller and fell asleep. One morning he was cranky in the hotel and on the walk over, but as soon as we entered the gates, he was so happy! Like they say, Disneyland is the "happiest place on earth"!

2 1/2- After everyone made their lunch one morning, I couldn't find the container of cookies to put away. I finally asked Tyler if he had seen it. He said, "They're not lost. Tyler and Scooter ate them all gone." He went behind the couch to get an empty container!

31/2- Tyler said to me, "Let's go to the store and buy two car seats." I asked why and he said, "for the two babies I want you to buy. I want a baby brother and a baby sister!" (Tyler has mentioned wanting a younger sibling many times!)

3 1/2- I told Tyler that I was taking Brittany to dance and he was staying home with Emily. He got a worried look on his face and said, "Why do I have to take Brittany. I don't know how to drive." He was very relieved after I explained it to him again.

4 years- talked about Disneyland everyday for at least 6 months after we went. About a month after we went, he woke up one morning crying. When I asked what was wrong, he said, "There are people that live by Disneyland. I saw the houses while we were driving there. I want to move into one!"

5 years- We went to Nauvoo and he loved it! He loved the children's games and activities the most. When he mentioned that he liked Nauvoo even more than Disneyland, I thought he must have felt special spirit about the place. I asked him if he felt a neat spirit there. He scrunched his nose in confusion and said, "No spirit, it was just fun!"

Cruise to Cabo San Lucus and a Day at Disneyland!

For Christmas we treated the kids to a cruise. We were especially excited to have Chris' and Amy's family's with us! We drove to Las Vegas on Saturday, January 16 and spent the night with Nana and Grandma Martha. It's always fun to visit them. Sunday after church, we went to San Clemente and had a great time there! We stayed in the San Clemente Inn which was very close to a great beach. Then on Monday, in rainy weather, we headed to Long beach to get on the Carnival Paradise. The ship was scheduled to stop on Catalina Island and in Ensenada. California was having the worst storms in years. Do to the high waves and stormy weather, the captain decided to head to Cabo. We had a great day in Cabo on Wednesday! Even the water was warm! Our ride back was quite rocky, which made for a miserable Thursday. The captain said that in the 12 years he's been cruising, he has only seen the water this bad about three times. The rest of the cruise was great though.

We had a ton of fun in Cabo! We were in Cabo on Tyler's birthday! Sydney, Emma, Lauryn and Brittany made him a sand Cake and everyone sang to him.


Mike, Corey, and Chris dove into the waves over and over and so of course we had to get a video of this. The first time I saw Mike run and dive, he was doing it alone and it startled me so badly. I thought he was running to save a child!


We signed up for Disneyland's give a day, get a day. We made blankets for a local charity and then got FREE Disneyland tickets. We enjoyed making the blankets and enjoyed Disneyland! Our ship came back on Friday evening, we spent Saturday at Disneyland, and then drove home on Sunday.

Ashlee received her Venturing Silver Award!

Ashlee received her Silver Award tonight. It is the highest award in the venturing program.

The Venture Crew. Emily just joined and is excited to have many fun outdoor experiences! Emily is far right and Ashlee is fourth from right, bottom row.

I've also added more to Ashlee's birthday post. I am a little late, but you can scroll down and check it out!