Stolen Camera

Okay so it was very sad when I got back to my office and realized my camera had been STOLEN!!! Yup you read it right. It was the week before Christmas so I just thought I was out of luck because I was sure Adam would not get me one for Christmas. But I hinted my little heart out and ........... He came through!! He bought me the exact one I wanted (although he didn't realize it at the time) It was a wonderful surprise! So if you were wondering if I had died, NOPE, a fate worse than death... I had no camera!

So now I will be doing a catch up blog!!! Just what everybody loves.

Here are some pictures from Christmas... (taken with the new camera!)













My mom had a wonderful idea to play bingo for fun little prizes on Christmas Day. Well these two boys were the unlucky winners of blackout at the end of the game. We voted that the winner has to do a snow angel in the snow with their shirt off... (girls excluded) It was a good time!











Dasia's Birthday was on Dec. 30th! Unfortunately Avrie stole the spot light with her messy eating habits so she was the only one I got a picture of... But it sure is cute!
Happy Birthday Dasia!
Samuel and Dasia both tried to get her to look at their camera for a picture and she wouldn't... that is until I asked her to pose. I got her to take so many pictures Samuel and Dasia couldn't believe it! Guess she loves me more!

Disney On Ice!

So me being really bored at work and a little crazy all the time I often get on line and enter contest for various radio stations. I ACTUALLY WON! 4 tickets to Disney on ICE! I took my three cute nephews and we had a blast!

Fun!

This Halloween weekend was more fun than I have had on Halloween for years. I think it was because I was actually with the little kiddies that I love so much. What is Halloween with out kids trick-or-treating! Our Good friends Jason, Sky and their son Luke came to visit us for the weekend. We had the fam over to our house for chili and cornbread! Then went over to Adam's parents neighborhood to go trick-or-treating. There was a house with a spook ally that was a lot of fun. Also the bishop was making homemade donuts! Saturday night the adults went to Thriller! Which is a awesome way to celebrate Halloween! We always have so much fun with Hawkes family! Adam is trying very hard to talk Jason into moving down by us! Hopefully one day it will work!

Avrie as a Lady Bug












Ky=Jason
Drake=Vampire
Luke=Superman
Asher=Buzz Lightyear
Flav again!










Last night we had a Birthday party for Kyler! I can not believe he is 8 already! The family all got together at McDonalds! Happy Birthday Ky!!!

Dunn Family Halloween Party

Every year the family gets together for a Halloween party. It may just be an excuse for the adults to get to dress up. Either way there are good times had by all!


Camden and Kenley as Thing 1 & Thing 2!

















Ryan as a prescription bottle and Ashley as a cute little bumble bee!
















Tina as Little Bo Peep and Jesse as "Black Angus"













Felix as a convict and Hilary as.... Well she didn't really know... but she is sure cute!










And Adam and me as PENGUINS!! I actually made these costumes..(with a ton of help from Adam's mom. THANKS TAMMIE! You are awesome!) it is my one claim to fame in the costume making area so... I think we are pretty dang cute!

Don't forget to check out Adam's egg!

Football Season Ends for the Cavemen

Well this is a sad post. I love football. Although I am still able to watch the Steelers, which I love, I am sad to see Ryker's High School season come to a close. The good thing is that they won their game last night. They had a rough season so to end on a good note was so exciting. Plus it was an exciting 4th quarter which is always good for the fans. Ryker had a fantastic year for a sophomore starting on the varsity team. I am so proud of him! (There is even whisper that he will be a captain next year, as a junior!!) He is a great leader and has a lot of potential for good things in his life.
We love you Tyke!






I just had to add pictures of our two newest "I wanna be like Tyke!" members. Camden and Kenley had enough layers on to fit into adult sized T-Shirts, well kind of fit! They were so cute! They danced every time the cheerleaders cheered! And Camden sat on my lap and yelled everything I told him to at the top of his lungs! Hopefully he has a voice today!
GO CAVEMEN!

Roommates!

While I was in collage at Utah State I had the best roommates! I roomed with Amber Park Stroman the first year along with 4 girls I didn't know. All 4 were fantastic but Kara (my very own Canadian) was one that I met and had a real connection with. So the next year Amber and I decided to room with another good friend from high school, Melissa Palmer Pace, and of course KARA! The four of us had so much fun. Dressing up like vampires for Halloween, throwing ourselves fake birthday parties, hanging out with a million different guys, playing with our awesome neighbors across the hall and downstairs, staying up late, sleeping in late, driving each other up the snowy hill because it was just way too cold to walk, night hikes, polar bearing, March Madness, and my favorite the "HOT OR NOT" wall!!! Those were the days! Now as life goes, Melissa has moved to Washington state were I almost never see her and Amber is in Harvest Hills, she lives close but with busy lives I don't see her as mush as I would like, and up until now Kara has stayed in Logan. Although it is far drive we have be pretty good about meeting every month or so and doing lunch. Sunday was one of those lunches but sadly enough it was our last lunch. She is moving back home to Canada. (not just Canada, Nova Scotia, the farthest possible area) I knew it would come some day and I am so happy for her. I will miss her dearly and will defiantly be planning a vacation to see her home. Kara you are awesome! Thank you for all of the fun memories! I love you!


Here we all are at Melissa's wedding. (It was the only one I could find on my work computer...)
I miss these girls!










Me and Kara at lunch on Sunday!

Who needs kids when you have neices and nephews?

Here is Kyler playing flag football. He is the one about to get the flag of the kid carrying the ball. He is such a good player and his games are so fun. And his team's name... "Steelers-BYU"! Little boys are so funny. Samuel is the coach which is so much fun for them both!
GO STEELERS-BYU!














Now here we have two very different girls!
I made tutu's for both Avrie (top) and Kenley (bottom) and you can see from their reactions how much each one liked their little gift.


HAPPY! :)











SAD! :(

The Cabin with Samber and Savy

Adam and I had the pleasure of sharing our weekend with the cutest little chica in the whole wide world. SAVY STROMAN! Oh yeah and her parents Sam and Amber. They were nice enough to invite us up for a lazy weekend at Sam's family's cabin. It was just what the doctor ordered. WE played rock band well into the late hours and believe it or not we all took a turn with lead vocal... even ADAM! (Late hours... like 12:00am. We are so getting old.) It was so much fun to have friends that you can be, as scary as it may be, 100% yourself. Adam thinks it is great how Amber and I have maintained our friendship all these years, even if we only see each other when our busy schedules permit. I am just happy that she married someone as awesome and funny as Sam. Thanks again for the invite guys! Can't wait for GAME NIGHT!

Savy! The reason we are still friends with Samber!














Amber might end our 14 year friendship over this video. But how do you not blog something as awesome as this.


Oh and I just read Amber's post about the cabin... we are so the same!!!

I wanna be like TYKE!

So we are either the coolest family... or the lamest. I am sticking with coolest! Last year my mom and I came up with the idea to make shirts to support Ryker in all of his sporting adventures. Chris and I argued about what they should say. He wanted "I like Tyke" and I wanted "I wanna be like Tyke". (Tyke, is Ryker's nickname) We took a vote and of course I win! (Maybe everybody is afraid. Excellent!) So finally, thanks to some help from our friends at Logo-It-On, who by the way are the best, we were able to put our idea into action. Oh Yeah and here is more proof that I NEED A NEW CAMERA!!!

Here we have Tyke's #1 fans! Avrie and Asher!



















Here is the group at last weeks game! I LOVE FOOTBALL! It is not hard to see who Ryker's family is...but just in case.... we are the ones in red!














And of course a picture of me and my cute hubby who puts up with me and my crazy ideas on a daily basis.. and don't you worry it is DAILY!

Family Glamour Shots!

My Grandma was in the hospital last week. It was a really close one for Betty so we all felt like we needed to pay her a visit. As soon as things took a turn for the better and we knew she would be okay we started to party. It has been a very long time since all of the cousins were together. We are very silly! I have no idea who decided we needed family glamour shots but here is one of everybody on the trip!

Also here is a good one of the family.

















And in case you didn't know Samuel and Chris have really grown to surpass Tyke in height.

Wolf Creek Camping

Over Labor day weekend Adam and I went camping with him family! We went to Wolf Creek which is East of Heber. We had a ton of fun! Adam was reunited with his long lost twin cousin, Brian! (They were born on the same day) They don't hang out as much as they would like so it was fun to see them finally have time to hang out.















Our good friend Tatum came with us. As good planners do... we each brought everything we needed... therefor. We had two of everything!
Our Jeep was so full!














The men went paintballing.
Adam, Bruce, Brian, Josh, and Nate!







Brian and Cole! Cute!













Adam and me!











Can you see him?! I know, I know all that camo makes it hard... Look close!


















Cole got the award for best dressed, sorry Josh, you have some serious competition.














Lilly and Cole! It was amazing how happy and fun they were despite the cold weather.














Susan, Vicki and Andrea sitting around the camp fire!















Adam's new favorite game is Horse Shoes... Although they do make him very tired.
























Now look very closely to the right of the tent. Yes, that is snow on the ground! Wow was that a cold night. The snow was so wet and heavy that part of our tent collapsed! Thank goodness Tatum was there she got out and shook the snow off and saved the day! Thanks Tate!