Oh, how we've grown!

Boyer family Thanksgiving 2008

Boyer family Thanksgiving 2011

Random pictures from my phone :)

Okay, so I really didn't ever make an effort to take pictures at all last year. I will blame it on the fact that I spent most of the fall with my face in the toilet throwing up from this new Boyer baby. In fact, I still spend too much quality time with the toilet, grimace. I am going to make an effort to be better, though. For now, I've stolen some off my phone (quality isn't great, haha) and I'm going to post them. I may try to get Joe's from his phone as well. He takes a lot more on his phone than I do. :)

Once Nana and Grandpa's pool was fixed last summer, we had lots of fun!

Caleb was REALLY brave by the end of the summer--going down the slide and dunking under water all by himself :)

All last year, we learned about anadromous fish. Yes, we are a nerdy family, haha. At the end of the summer, having visited all the places that anadromous fish go on their journey, we had a fish party, complete with sweet shirts :)

Grandpa and Randon took Addie, Karl, and Lizzie backpacking. They had an awesome time :)

Randon and Grandpa plot out their course before leaving

My Lizzie loved it. Grandpa and Randon said she did awesome. :) They were so nice to take her along.

Gettin' ramped up for the trip

They were eating before they even left!

School did have to start eventually. Ammon started high school! Eek, I am sooo old!

Beautiful Hannah started 6th grade

Lizzie started at a new school for 4th grade. She has done so well. :)

Sweet Emma Sue. Growing up right before my eyes. First day of 2nd grade

My little man started kindergarten!

These kids ride the bus together every day

Even Bekah started preschool

Here she is at her FABULOUS preschool--with Aunt Em as her teacher

They do fun activities--and the class size is so small ;)

While the weather was nice, they did the park each week

Ammon ran cross country and I was sooo proud of how hard he worked!

Caleb and Lizzie both did soccer (although I don't seem to have a photo of Liz)

Cute cousins on the same team

 

Ammon and Hannah both got braces--I snapped this one day waiting at the ortho because Ammon was sitting like such a crazy kid

Sometimes we slept...

So we could keep up with our glamourous life!

Hannah enjoys styling the little girls from time to time

Emma wanted in on the action

We had a family talent show--Josh was adorable as always

Lizzie has been taking piano lessons from Aunt Em

Thanksgiving!

The kid table

The Burton fam

Grandpa carving the turkey

Stinkin' adorable kids!

Faces only a mom could love

Our family at the end of 2011 (baby Boyer in tummy and all)

Shows the sad state of my photo taking last year that I have two, count them--two, pictures of Christmas time (and they're both super lame)

Let's hope that I can do better in 2012!

Oregon Coast--Summer 2011

Well, life has made blogging so very difficult for me. :) I haven't even been taking pictures, much less blogging about them! We are doing well. I am having baby number seven and it's a little boy! Yay! He is due in May. After looking over some old pictures of my little Caleb as a baby, I just can't wait to meet this little guy. :) I also realized that I hate that my kids have grown soooo much in the past year and I dont' have much to show for it. They are really growing up. I am making an attempt to put all the pictures that I DID take here on the blog so that I can have them in the future. Here we are on our epic trip to the Oregon Coast last summer. Enjoy!

Visiting Nana Boyer's grave in Oregon last summer--Lizzie was feeling sickly



Little boys are so cute. I love Caleb's hands in his pockets :)



Ammon is such an amazing son! He is a dream child. Here he is right before he got contacts :)

Lizzie decided she felt well enough to get out of the car and see Nana's grave

I love the Oregon coast!!!

Caleb enjoying the beach

It took Bekah awhile to warm up to the strange ocean

I adore my husband

Reveling in the surf

And running from the surf :)

For a three year old, anything is a treasure

Every little girl needs a daddy like Joe

Six beautiful kids

My favorite people!

Visiting the Hatfield Science Center in Newport

Ammon looks thrilled, haha

Cool whale bones

Up close and personal with the wildlife

My Lizzie brings me so much happiness

I even included totally gooby pictures of myself that I would usually exclude, haha

Bekah loved seeing the ocean animals

Off to the aquarium

Emma and Nana

Jakey likes it too!

He likes it so much he ignores his dad trying to have a photo-op

I love everything about the picture--from the shaggy hair to the messy shirt

Cute cousin Jake

Hanging out at the beach house

There was plenty of room for everyone

And gorgeous views! We even watched whales one afternoon

One of my favorite shots of the trip! Getting ready to ride dune buggies

Everyone settled in

Riding with Papa helps a girl feel safe

Not even Mama AND Papa could make Jakey feel happy about it!

My gorgeous Emma

I was assigned to sit with a real troublemaker ;)

LOVE this picture of Hannah and Nana

Hannah is enjoying the ride

Grandpa was quite the stud

Visiting a lighthouse (can't remember it's name). It was INCREDIBLE, though! My favorite part of the whole trip

Emma has her camera ready

The Boyers try to not get blown away...

Hmmm...I seem to be missing a couple of kids.

Donnetta and Charisse enjoy the adults dinner

As does Katie (but maybe not Jake)

And of COURSE I LOVE being out with my sweetheart!

What was the name of this place again?

Boy...which is more beautiful, the view or the girl?!

My seven favorite people on top of the world!

My boys! Can't wait to add a third little guy :)

The whole fam

Caleb got these binoculars and LOVED them :)

I guess it runs in the family...

Before entering Devil's Churn

Hannah and Lizzie enjoy themselves

The Jakester!

The ice cream in Tillamook was awesome, as always!

A new fan of the ice cream

It is always very...yellow

Moo

Cute little Burton family

Stopping off at the fish ladder on our way home

Hannah and Grandpa look for fish

The kids listen as Grandpa teaches them all about fish