Disney on Ice

Brooke, Stacey, My mom, and I took Cooper to see Disney on Ice and we all LOVED it! It was so fun to see all the different Disney movies, but it was so much more fun to watch Cooper. He was just affixiated on each different character as they came out! It was such a fun night=)

Here are the mice singing "cinderelly" and making her dress,
Brooke being silly with Cooper's Mickey Mouse crown,

Sleeping Beauty in "Once Upon a Dream,"

Arial, Ursula, and Flatsom and Jetson (Sabastion was so cute, but I didn't get a picture!)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,

and the grand finally... They had all the princesses come out in there dresses, and the castle was lit up, it was awesome! I didn't get pictures of Bell, because my camera died, but she was great too!
Thank goodness for Cooper! He is so much fun and always the life of the party... and I love hanging out with my mom and my sisters, I couldn't ask for a better family!

The last few months in a nutshell...

I decided nobody should get mad at anybody for "not updating" their blog, because let's face it.... we slack off every once in a while=) So, here's what's been goin on in the Merrill household for the past few months!

We celebrated my cute mom's birthday; she got a straightner...

and another year sexier!!! (That's what the sticker says) I can't remember, but I'm guessing that was from either Brooke or Stacey.

We went up to Bountiful for a couple Saturday morning flag football games...all the wifey's wrapped up in our blankets=)

Celebrated our TWO year anniversary!!! I can't believe it's already been two AMAZING years!!! I love you Brad=) My cute new car... (This wasn't just because it was our anniversary, it just happend that our other car was dying right before Oct. 18th=)

...had the BEST mac and cheese ever at CPK,did some miniature golfing,and even though I got a HOLE IN ONE, so did he=) and we tied.

Brooke and I also went to Missouri for halloween, but that will be another post all in itself, and then last weekend we went up to Logan for Brookie Sue's birthday! Of course we ate at Iggy's=) Here we are in the waiting area... Actually, here is everyone but Stacey and the guest of honor, because I accidentally deleted her picture from my camera! Sorry Brookie, I Love you!

This is Bailey giving her big brudder a kiss! She was really into giving kisses that night, as you'll see from the video=)

Top of Utah Half Marathon

Wow... I don't know which was harder, teaching my first week of school, or running this half marathon! Collie and I decided to do this a few months ago, and we finally accomplished it! It felt so great to be able to say that we ran the whole thing. Thanks to Zach, Collie's parents, and a special thanks to Brad, Stacey and the Jackson fam; they were the most amazing support group in the world! They waited for us at a few of the points on the course with cheering and camera's and water! It was the best motivation in the world, especially at the finish line. I almost cried when I was running in and they were all standing there cheering=) 5:00 am.

This is the first time we saw everyone, on mile 6!

This was a sight for sore eyes... and legs, and feet, and every muscle in the human body!

Trav doctored us up afterwards, and even though I couldn't bend my knees, the ice helped a ton! Thanks for everyone's support! I'm so grateful to all of these amazing people in my life... and thanks Collie, for the awesome experience!

Logan for Dad's birthday...

I know, it's a little late, but my Dad's birthday was June 5th. This man is my hero. He has the greatest love for his children and I know he would do absolutely anything for us. He is always making us laugh, and whenever my sisters and I are together he makes sure we know how he "loves his girls." Even when we were little and we got hurt, I can remember him just with the most heart-felt sympathy saying "darn-it all." Or else he would ask us to go run erands with him and he would bribe us by saying "I'll buy you a treat!" He's the best dad in the whole wide world! We had so much fun celebrating his birthday with presents......and then up to Logan to see the kids!The two cutest kids on the planet!The three cutest kids on the planet=)Dad picked Iggy's for dinner... mmm!Brooke... in 50 years.Coop and Uncle Butt bein silly!Ice cream Sundaes!What's a trip to Logan without visitng the Smithfield Implement? Bay thoroughly enjoyed herself.

The boys, probably watching sports center.

We had to turn around and drive back home at the end of the day, which is always hard, but it was such a fun day! Happy birthday dad, we love you!

Lake Powell, and more Lake Powell!

We just got back from our 3rd Lake Powell trip this summer! We went with my family, then again with Brad's family. Cooper had a BLAST and Bailey was the best baby! It's so fun to just be able to relax, spend time with family, and have fun in the sun... here are some photo's!

My family trip...

Brad's fam...

Thanks for such great memories of this amazing summer, we love you ALL!!!