I am a little late in posting these. In November we had family photo's done. I found a fantastic photographer. She is fabulous and does amazing work. Her name is Tiffany Burke and her site is www.followyourartphotography.com. This will get you to her site and her blog.
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I can't believe it is that time of year again. Many of you know for the last few years for their birthdays, Corey & Paul have rented a skybox at a Jazz game and invite some of their closest friends. It is always so fun to get together and spend time with friends, eat dinner, and enjoy a Jazz game. This year we were missing our friends Taylor & Teigan...they are living it up in Nebraska while Taylor finishes law school. Thanks again for a fabulous night and Happy Birthday to Paul & Corey!
For my 30th birthday my gift was a trip to Seattle to go whale watching. I was so excited, this is something I have wanted to do for a long time. We decided to go a day earlier so we could get in some sight seeing other than whales. When we arrived they were having flash flooding problems...welcome to Seattle! The next few days were hit and miss with rain.
We had such a great time looking out over Seattle from the Space Needle and walking through Pikes place market...although the fish smell was a bit ovewhelming! Next we decided to take a tour of Qwest Field, where the Seattle Seahawks play. There were only 6 people in our tour so we were able to go places they don't normally take you. Best of all they let us run all over the field. Corey has a cousin that lives near Seattle so Friday night we met up with his family and went to dinner. Saturday was our whale watching trip. The day started off rainy but by the time the boat took off it had cleared. We spent the entire day on the boat. We had excitement right off by saving a diver that had gone missing. However, much to everyone's dismay we didn't see one whale! I was so disappointed but they did give us a free voucher to come back again. Sunday before we flew out we took a tour of Safco field, where the Mariner's baseball team plays. Thank you so much for the fabulous birthday gift, I had such a wonderful time even though we didn't see any whales! I guess we will just have to plan another trip since we have a free voucher!
Thanks to our good friend Paul Belcher, Corey had a boys couple days out. Corey and 3 of his good friends; Paul, Cody, & Jeff flew to Arizona Monday afternoon. They enjoyed a great dinner and then headed to the stadium. That's right, they went to the Monday night football game: Arizona vs. 49er's. Not only did they go to the game they were on the 50 yard line, 12 row! Yeah, they suck!! The next morning they played 18 holes of golf on a tournament course there in Phoenix. As jealous as I am, I'm glad they had a great time and got to experience the excitement of Monday night football, live! Mostly, thanks again to Paul you are truely a great friend!
The ESPN post game show with: not sure of 1st guy, Steve Young, Emmitt Smith, & Kurt Warner. 
Halloween was so fun this year. We dressed Talyn up as a Skunk...and yes his butt did say "Lil Stinker". It was so exciting just seeing the joy on Talyn's face as he knocked on the doors. The best part was the very first house he went to, the neighbors had him come just inside the door to pick out candy. Every door after that, the minute the door opened Talyn would try to go inside!
Here are a few pics from the Pumpkin Patch we went to and Halloween.
I can't believe it is basketball season already. We are so excited for this year. A couple of years ago we decided to purchase season tickets. Of course the games wouldn't be the same without our best pals Paul & Courtney, so they purchased tickets next to us. Each year during the pre-season we venture and take the kids. I thought they actually did really good at the first game but I think we will leave bringing the kids to the pre-season and leave the rest of the season to just the parents!
It is official, Gator Wash is NOW OPEN!! This has been a long time coming and we are so excited that it is finally open and operating. For those of you who are not familiar with Gator Wash let me enlighten you. Gator Wash is an express tunnel car wash. You simply drive your car onto a track, stay seated, and the track guides you through. Another great feature is we offer FREE VACUUMS. We would love for anyone to stop in, check it out, get a wash, and please pass the word!
Gator Wash is located in West Jordan, UT; 1377 W. 7800 S. 
Talyn turned 2 on October 2nd. He is obsessed with "Horsee's" so we decided to rent a couple of ponies for his birthday. We had a barnyard theme party and invited several of his little buddies. The kids had such a blast taking turns riding the ponies, swinging at the Horse Piñata, eating pizza, and enjoying giant cupcakes. I can't believe he is 2 years old already, it is amazing how quickly time goes by. The best part of the party for me was seeing the pure joy and excitement on Talyn's face...there is nothing better than that! 
On the 22nd I turned 30. I can not believe I am that old!! Everyone says the thirties are the new twenties...I guess I will find out. My wonderful husband went completely out of the norm and threw me a surprise party. I love Corey dearly but he is not the best at keeping surprises. However, I must say that this was a surprise, completely unexpected. He made such an effort especially being gone to Phoenix the weekend before for a World Softball tournament. I was so impressed at all the arrangments and detail he put into it, even down to my favorite cake...red velvet! Thanks to Courtney for hosting it at her house. She did such a great job with all the decorations and set up. I had such a wonderful time as did the kids, the food was delicious, and the company was great.
A funny note, if you add up all the kids there, we had 13 boys and 1 baby girl. I wish we could have gotten a picture with all the kids(9) and babies(5), but you know that is just one daunting task!
Most of you know back in November Talyn fell & hit his tooth knocking it back up into his gums. Fortunately, the tooth came back down on its own and is fine. Well, on Tuesday Talyn was playing on a playground. He fell and hit his face. When I got to him, blood was pouring from his mouth and nose. We rushed him to his pediatric dentist. Unfortunately, they had to pull his tooth. So now he will be toothless until his permanent tooth comes in! How do you knock 2 teeth out in less than a year!! 
Every year since I can remember my mom and I have gone to the State Fair. We have carried on that tradition with Talyn. Talyn loved the fair because of all the "horsee's", the "mooo's", the "baaah's", & all the other animals. Of course he enjoyed riding the pony! The fair has definately changed over the years but I hope it is a tradition we continue with for years to come.
For the past several years West Jordan Highschool has put on an alumni basketball tournament for a fundraiser. Since Corey played highschool ball he goes back and plays in the tournament. It is always fun to see familiar faces from school that you don't see but once a year at the tournament. This year his team had to scrap together a team because several of their usual players weren't able to play. they picked up a few guys that graduated their year but didn't play basketball.
Corey, Cody, Britton, Chad, CJ, Johnny, Danny
This year for the Bow Hunt we were invited to join the Springer, Osterander, Posh group. The area we camped in was beautiful. We had such a great time camping and riding the 4 wheelers on all the different trails. Fortunately, no one got a deer while we were there...I am all about the camping but not about the killing! Talyn had a blast playing with Andy's boys Hayden & Cole. Maybe next year we can get Kelly to venture out! We had such a great time we can't wait until next year!
On Friday I got together with a couple of my girlfriends Aubrey & Annie. We all cheered together at UVSC. Aubrey moved back to Utah after being in Texas and Arizona the last few years. We were missing Bridget and Karen who usually join us...and unfortunately, we have lost contact with several of the other girls. It was great to catch up with the girls!
2004: Karen, Bridget, Annie, Aubrey 
Friday: Me, Annie, Aubrey
Today Corey and I are celebrating our 9 year anniversary! Wow, how time flies. I am so blessed to have Corey in my life. He is such a great husband and dad. I love watching Corey with Talyn and their special relationship. I am thankful that Corey is so patient with me. Thank you for the past 9 years and I look forward to many more to come.
We put Talyn in swimming lessons when he was 18 months old with his friend Kyan. These were just at a recreation center and basically just got hime used to the pool. A couple months later (20 months)we entered Talyn in more intense swimming lessons. He has 15 minute private lessons 2-3 times a week. I can not believe the improvement in his swimming. It is a fairly expensive program but I feel completely worth the money. We are around water all the time with the boat & I want him to be able to have some life saving skills. If you haven't seen baby survival swimming video, please check it out. The link is under my Favorite Websites. Talyn is in a very similar program. Some people say it is to young to have them in lessons...I feel the sooner they learn the better!
Floating on Back
Learning to scoop 
Swimming to edge by himself
Kicks
Okay, I must say I am quite obsessed with the Olympics. I am completely sleep deprived because I watch them until the early am hours! What is a little sacrifice of sleep when the Olympics only come around every 4 years. For those of you who are not on board the Olympic train currently, I encourage you to do so. There isn't any better reality TV than this. There have been so many amazing moments already and it has only been 4 days. For example the mens gymnastics team taking the bronze medal last night...no one expected them to even come close to medaling. Micheal Phelps race for 8 gold medals, 3 down 5 to go! Can you say relay, relay, relay!! If you missed it, go online and watch the mens 4x100m free relay...amazing!!
My girlfriend Aly moved back from Kentucky after 4 years. Her husband Shawn graduated from Dental school and started practicing here in Utah. We decided to have a get together with several of us girls that cheered together in highschool to welcome her back. It was so fun to see everyone together. It is something we need to do more often. We sure did miss Krystal and Tina. Thanks to Jason & Heidi for opening their home to us.
1997 Cheer Girls - Thanks Heidi for the pic.
2004 Before Aly left for Kentucky
2006 Krystal & Aly came to town during Christmas
Yesterday
