Party Time!

The annual Maughan party was a blast AGAIN! There were a lot of different costumes - we had snowmen, polygamists, cop and robber, batman and cat girl, a family of ladybugs, old people, Poison Ivy and The Joker -- and many many more.

Here is Andrea and Austin.

This is some of the girls that came.

We tried to break open an pinata and this was Andrea's first time hitting one!

Here's the entire group! I know it's hard to see, but you can get the main idea.


Too bad I didn't get a picture of just Matt and me.
I was a mummy and he was a vampire. Just so ya know :)

Gardner Village

We took the girls to Gardner Village. We had a lot of fun! The best part was the petting zoo and the pony ride! They talked about it for days!

A Fall Hike

It was a gorgeous Saturday today! We decided to hike up to Timpanogos Caves today with Ashley and Gracie.
They did so good on the trail! It's about 1 1/2 miles each way, and a 1/2 mile in the cave and Ashley walked about 90% of the time while Gracie was held about 90% of the time. (We had a Snuggly for her.)
This is us in front of the cave entrance. Ashley was so excited to go into a real cave! She told me later that she wants her birthday party to be in the cave!

This is while we were touring through the cave. Ashley and Gracie both learned a new word from another man on the cave and kept saying, "This cave is AWESOME!"

Car Seat Cover and New Beds

A couple weeks ago our good friends who lived downstairs moved :( And although we miss them, we're very excited about the new bunk beds we got from them!

Ashley and Gracie love having the new beds from the McKees! It's kind of weird putting all our baby stuff away - our crib and high chair are no longer in our house! I guess we don't have any more babies in our house anymore!

Mary McKee is an amazing seamstress! Just before she moved away she helped me make this baby car seat cover for one of my friends who had a baby boy recently.


It was so fun to learn! They make great gifts! Thanks so much Mary for everything!!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My Mom's birthday is tomorrow, but we celebrated a little early this week. On Monday my family went to dinner at Olive Garden. We had so much fun! Thank goodness Andrea was there to snap pictures of some of our favorite moments!

My Mom is an amazing woman. She's an awesome example of hard work, selflessness, and love. She always supports us in whatever we do and encourages us to be better. She makes an effort to include everyone. We love her so much and wouldn't know what to do without her! Happy Birthday, Mom!

Hangin' with the Turpins

Our friends Mark and Sarah Turpin watched Ashley and Gracie for me while I went to my Best-e-Grandma's funeral last week. The girls had so much fun there and some really great pictures were taken with them and Boyce!







Ashley keeps asking me, "Should we go to Mark and Sarah's tomorrow?"

Cute Pics

Last week Andrea took Ashley and Gracie to AF ampitheatre to take some pictures with her new camera. I think she did awesome! Especially because Gracie was in a bad mood and Ashley isn't very good in front of a camera.

Thanks for taking their pictures and being patient, Andrea! Good job!

My New Job

I'm so excited because I was just offered a job at



where I will be working with the



as a new health coach! I don't start training for a couple more weeks, but I'm really excited to begin! After training I'll get to work from home since all of my contact will be over the phone! It'll be perfect!