Time flies, eight years ago in Austin

Brendan was sitting in a high chair back when we visited Kelly and Kelly's family in Austin and celebrated Parker's 9th birthday. Brendan has since developed better table manners.

Here's Sean with Mike and Deanne's kids, and little Christopher and Brendan, just before singing "Happy Birthday" to Parker.

I had taken piano lessons a while and wanted to show off my new skills. This was before Kelly's living room walls had been painted dark, just a few months after they moved into their new house.

The birthday boy, making his wish. I wonder what he was wishing for back then.

We had such a nice visit with my sister's family and Sean's brother's family!

Brendan had an "owie" on his forehead, but still looked as cute as ever as a toddler.

Speaking of cute, here's my handsome little Parker too, loving hugs from his mom.

It's always fun to visit my sisters' homes!

Morgan,Julie,Tom,Nathaniel, Madison,Brinley,Thomas

On my last day in Utah my little sister Julie and her family were off to church and they looked so nice I had to take a quick picture. They are such a sweet and talented family. Aunt Valerie is so proud of all of them too. Little Thomas asked if he could come stay with us in Las Vegas for a month and I said sure that he could fit in my suitcase!

Madison, Aunt Valerie and Morgan

This is my two of my six nieces Madison and Morgan. On my trip to Riverton, Utah is this place called Gardner Village that has little boutiques and this restaurant called Archibalds. Well, they have "Fried Green Tomatoes" and so it's definite request to go there while I am visiting. We tried the fried avocados which were pretty tasty too, but I prefer the tomatoes for sure!!! Oh by the way, my nieces went to an arts festival which my little sister Julie and I went to later. That's where they got the tattoos on their chests. 

Marc and Penni

What a great couple. I love my brother and sister-in-law. It's fun to visit them and enjoy their company. Thanks again for letting me stay over for a night. It was fun as always!!! Great job by the way on the new paint on the house too.

I love my big brother!

Marc and I standing in front of more of their beautiful flowers.

Taylor the waiter in action!

Taylor in action at work adding some Parmesan cheese to our salad. I told him he did a fabulous job because he added a lot of cheese!! Keep up the good work Taylor.

Penni and me

This is my awesome sister-in-law Penni who is married to my big brother Marc. She is such a great hostess and definitely knows how to entertain. Their home has beautiful flowers everywhere, which I absolutely love! The new paint job that they have been working on looks great too. Every time we visit she is always so thoughtful and goes out of her way to make sure you have a wonderful time.

Our old house in Kaysville, Utah

While I visited  Utah this week I wanted to stop by and see one of the houses that we used to live in when I was in 6th grade. Marc told me what street it was on, and once we met there to check it out realized that it had turned into Kathleen's Bridal Shop. It looked a lot nicer than it use to be, but all of the beautiful trees were cut down in the front side yard. When we left Oklahoma and moved to Utah this was the first place we had lived in. A trip down memory lane for sure.
This photo was taken at the Olive Garden where we had a delicious dinner and of course the best service ever! Taylor my nephew has been working for the company for a year now and did a great job as our server. We also were treated to a nice  dessert which was compliments of his manager. Kathleen enjoyed visiting with Marc and also meeting Taylor.