a time out of sorts.

it's been a painfully long time since i've posted anything on our blog. by painful, i mean every time i think about my lack of posting, i get sick to my stomach. i hate that time is slipping away and i have failed to record the daily ins and outs for my children's sake. life has been FUN these past few months. here's a quick recap to get me updated.

october: we spent an entire week in texas with grandma and papa and loved every minute were there. we got to finally meet sunny and alfred and jamie and love knowing more of our family that is so special to us. we drove the entire 17 hours each way with uncle nick and it was way too long! more on this trip later. for halloween, blake was a jedi, raegan was witch, sarah chose rapunzel and jax was superman. october was also u2 and my 10 year high school reunion.

november: what a beautiful month. this is always my favorite time of year. thanksgiving was spent at my parents house. i also competed in the casa grande triathlon. my first ever and i loved it and the turkey trot 10k on thanksgiving.

december: was just as busy as every other december. holidays parties filled almost every weekend and we always enjoy every minute of it. the girls had another ballet recital and it was fun to watch them even if one of them was too scared to dance :) we met alex's girlfriend from boston who became his fiancee on christmas day. we celebrated jaxon's first birthday quietly with granny and opa the day after christmas. he is just adorable and growing too fast!

january: kc and sherry moved to hawaii on new year's day! we celebrated 10 years of wedded bliss early in the month and i ran another 10k at the end of the month.

february: alex and katherine were married on the 12th and i got to be their official wedding photographer. i have really started to love taking pictures and want to get a lot better. raegan was student of the month- way to go, goosie! jake made me the most beautiful chalkboard and magnet board for valentine's day and i love them. jaxon is climbing on everything. he makes us laugh every day and loves to eat. this is very new to me-a child that eats.

march: we went to mexico for spring break and enjoyed every second of it. i love watching my kids play and run and dig and splash without a care in the world. they bring me so much joy. blake played lots of frisbee and wiffle ball. raegan and sarah loved the waves and making castles. jaxon just loved everything about the sand...eating it, laying in it, rolling in it and putting his face in it. i even found sand in ears 3 days after we were home.

april: so far april has been beautiful. baseball is in full swing now and our only player this year is blake. jake is still coaching his team and they're in their first year of machine pitch. their team is the angels but jake refers to them as the halos. today was general conference and easter sunday and it has been a peaceful day. lindy came by with her girlies to watch the morning session and we had a potluck at the compound this evening. raegan will turn 6 on thursday and i just don't know where all the time has gone. i remember when we brought her home from the hospital it was the day before easter and she was so tiny.

this is what we've been up to. jake was released as a primary teacher and is now teaching the 14-15 year old sunday school class. i was released from the primary presidency and i'm now busy as the ward camp director. i'm enjoying it so far and it should be a fun new adventure.