Lucy's Turn

Lucy turned 7 this week! We had a great party today at Art Zone. This was the perfect party for her!

As much painting as they want!

 Decorating bird houses.

 Flinging mud around in the mud room.

 Sweetness

 Love him

 Caitlin, Mary, Lucy, Jolie and McKenna in the mud room.

 My 7 year old!

 The gerber baby

 Making treasure boxes

 Happy birthday my Lucy!

Lucy is such a sweet heart. She seems to live almost always in a make-believe place. She loves dolls and real babies and all of her many sweet friends! I love watching her learn and grow. She is such a wonderful big sister, often playing with Reese and including him in her games. I am so proud of her hard work in 1st grade and I love her so much!

Jolie Turns 9

It's that time again at our house, all the Cowan kids are turning another year older! Jolie turned 9(CRAZY!!!) and celebrated at a place called Sky Zone. Full of trampolines. These kids had way too much fun!

 Katie O.

 My Grant-man

 Katie D., Jolie and Halle, these kids were seriously sweaty!

 BFF's

 How is it even possible I have a 9 year old??

 This boy looooved this party!

 Starving kiddos

What a great girl Jolie is! She is the most fun kid to have around. Is kind to all and tries so hard to be a good example to those around her. I am so grateful everyday that I get to be her mother. She is such a joy! I love you Jolie Anne!!

Max & Jessica Tie the Knot

We had such a beautiful day celebrating Max and Jessica. The kids looked beyond adorable so obviously my pics are mostly of them!

 Hooray for our new sister-in-law!

 Lucy loved to snuggle with her great-grandparents, especially Grandma Donna!

 We ate from the chocolate fountain until we were sick, some of us literally! (jolie)

 Time for speaches

 My handsome father-in-law.

 Thankfully my girls did not catch the bouquet!

 Some tired kids snuggling and watching a movie!

Thanks so much for the fun Nana and Pops! Such wonderful memories!!!

P.S. How did I not get any pics of baby Pennie on my camera? Tons on my phone though!)

Rehearsal

Just a few fun pics I took of the grandkids (minus Pennie) running around the beautiful grounds where the ring ceremony was to take place. These kids love each other so much.

Pine Valley

This year we had a big event happening in Landon's family, his baby brother Max got married! So we road tripped up to Utah to be there! On our way we stopped off in St. George/Pine Valley to spend some fun time with Landon's grandparents. We had such a blast! These city kids sure loved exploring the mountains!

GG is such a great hostess! We were thoroughly entertained and loved hearing all her stories!

Grandpa Fred sure loves Pine Valley and we loved learning all about it! Such a beautiful spot in the Southern Utah mountains.

Our best shot at a family picture. These kids so did not want to be photographed that day!

Then we made a stop at the local ice cream shop for some SUPER yummy ice cream!

Last, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's friends' farm where we met tons of fun animals!

Jolie was obsessed!!

What a special day! One we won't be forgetting ever! Thank you sooooo much GG and Grandpa Fred!!!