HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

yesterday we celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary we looked so young, we were young, Jeff was 23 and I was 20 where did the years go, and wedding styles have really changed we have had 24 wonderful years together we have lived in Logan, Provo, Maryland and Orem owned two homes, presently in our home for 15 years four great children, who we love and adore and learn from daily many great travels, favorites being St. John and Kauai, Hawaii so many great memories we have laughed and cried together we have supported and loved we have given and taken we have been truly blessed Jeff, thanks for asking me to marry you and loving me looking forward to the next 24 years Happy Anniversary!

MY FUNNY VALENTINE

I hope that you spent valentines day with the ones you LOVE.

Instead of a dinner for two, out

I decided to show my boys how much I LOVE them through their stomachs.

We enjoyed a nice dinner at home complete with

candles, flowers, festive drinks, candy

chocolate covered strawberries, blackberry ribs, roasted asparagus

and YUMMY orange rolls.

We had valentine conversation about first kisses and laughed

and enjoyed each others company.

Sure love my boys.

LOOKIE, LOOKIE

look who made the cover of a textbook ALEC BOY! he ran into a fellow missionary, who told him about this cover shot.

he did some stock photography work with nicole hill @ www. nicolephoto.com a few years ago and look where the shot ended

SO GREAT!

WASATCH FRONT 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN

this is where i will be for 12 hours this weekend

aid station volunteer @ mile 62

Upper BigWater, Millcreek canyon

shift from 4pm on Friday - 4am on Saturday

my younger brother Darrell, amazing runner extraordinaire is running this race this weekend,

up for an adventure, I volunteered

check back for more details

WEDDING DRESS SHOPPING

100 MILES

8 hours

at least 40 dresses

5 different stores

yummy lunch @ the Nordstrom Cafe

spending the day with Ally

PRICELESS!

purchased the first dress of the day, at the end of the day

she is going to look amazing on her wedding day

when crawling into bed after our dress shopping day

caught the very beginning of

Father of the Bride,

and i felt a little like Steve Martins character

when his daughter has just told him that she is in love and engaged

and he flashes back to the little girl of earlier years

we are so happy for her happiness,

but it is very surreal that we bought a wedding dress today

ENGAGED TO BE WED

here is the newly engaged couple

on the pier in Lake Tahoe

where Collin Knudsen got down on one knee and proposed

and she said YES, with tears

very few times as she cried over something,

one of those other times upon receiving a autographed picture of

Derek Jetter, so Collin feel lucky

the big day is going to be in January

what fun we will have planning this event

time really does fly by

i remember a balding old man in the elevator at the hospital

the day we brought her home,

was jealous of all the hair she had at birth

CONGRATULATIONS

ALLY AND COLLIN

dad and I love you lots

FAMILY PHOTOS

we had so much fun this weekend

a dear friend spent a couple hours with us

www.elisabethkate.com and this is what came from our time together

note; the images are in the early stages of editing

thus the clarity

i was anxious to see them before all edited

OLD GUYS RULE

here is my daddy

he loves his new driving lawn mower

he mows his lawn twice a week on this baby

old guys truly rule

OH BABY, OH BABY!

my brother darrell and his cute wife marissa

are expecting their third child,

but their 1st girl

so we celebrated last night with her family

in their beautiful backyard

it was a lovely evening

marissa is in the black, and her cute nieces and some cousins

cute tabitha, who they call tabby was sure enjoying the homemade strawberry ice cream

my mother made the sugar cookies

shapes; little girls, baby hands and flowers

i wish i could stop @ one

flowers were my assignment

pinks and whites

the yard had paper lanterns and flowers

hanging from the large oak trees

and Anya went for a nice swing late in the evening

what a lovely evening

congratulations darrell and marissa

welcome to the family

LAUREN GRACE PHIPPEN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITCHELL

LOOK WHO IS 16 TODAY!

our little mitchell, isn't so little anymore

son,

happy happy birthday

he still loves soccer and cars

thanks for being such a great son

have a great day!

sorry for the space between photos,

the scanner scanned this way.

COMING HOME SOON

WELL DONE ELDER

the final details arrived this week

HOME, february 18th @ 9:00 pm

can't wait to give this boy a hug

two years is along time for a mother

many blessings have come from having a missionary

so grateful for his service

SNOWY DAY

its a cold, cold snowy day

thought i would take some time to share

a few things

enjoyed a great family run, on the morn of Thanksgiving

the Turkey Leg 5k in Farmington

mitchell, jeff, holly, ally and tyler

THANKSGIVING RUN

My brother Darrell is putting on a 5K, Thanksgiving Day morning,

in Farmington, at 9:00 a.m. Proceeds go to the local food bank.

Come and run/walk with us that morning.

Sign up at www.fatpackracing.com.

Tell your family, friends, and neighbors. It should be a lot of fun. A great way to burn some calories before the big meal.

CHAMPIONSHIP OUTCOME

well,

both boys had their State Cup Final Game on Saturday

Mitch played La Roca, fought hard

lost 2 - 0

La Roca was the defending State Champs and hadn't lost all season

Tyler played Sparta, fought harder

lost 3 - 2

Sparta plays up an age group all season, and came down

to play for the championship

both teams/boys should be very proud our success this season it is still hard to lose

hoping a wild card comes our way to go to regions

SOCCER UPDATE

well, we had a hard fought game last night

with our center-mid player, Besser

taken to the hospital with a split head

after going up for a header, stitches and

thankfully no concussion

the good news, WE WON 1 - 0!!!!

semi-finals on thursday

the bad news, both boys play in the semi's

at the same time, splitting games is so hard

GO RANGERS!!!!

STATE CUP BABY

thought i would update you on our state cup journey

the boys have been playing well

tylers team - U12 Rangers Premier

have advanced to the semi-finals with their win last night

mitchells team - U16 Rangers Premier

playing in the quarter-finals match tonight

hoping for a win and advancement

to the semi-finals on thursday

GO RANGERS!

tyler is looking to add a medal to his growing collection

Number 11 - Mitchell match play earlier in the tournament

Number 21 - Tyler

match play earlier in the tournament

MY DAD HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

the October issue of the New Era

has published an article written by my father

"Ugly Duckling or Majestic Swan? It's Up to You!"

starting on pg.16

so proud to be his daughter

WAY TO GO DAD!

THE MOHAWK

what's a mother to do?

when her eleven year old

TYLER

loves to wear his hair in the MOHAWK style

big soccer game last week,

and this was the style he choose for the game

his hair is long enough to do a full MOHAWK.

CRAZY!

i guess its time for a haircut.

funny boy this one.

"..WE ARE A HAPPY FAMILY"

isn't family GREAT!

spent the Sunday afternoon and evening with 20+ members of my family

eating, playing, talking and laughing

so grateful for all of them

in this crazy world, sure is nice to have them all

so fun to see the cousins of all different ages, play and interact

and

Jeff and I had a great comeback in Boce

down 3 to 10

to beat Darrell and Marissa 11 to 10.

GREAT FUN. GREAT DAY!

love you fam.

BACK TO SCHOOL

where did the summer go?

spent the day

attending my last and final

back-to-school night at

CASCADE ELEMENTARY

all four of our children attended this great school

it's time for me to grow up and leave

GO, CASCADE COUGARS

spent 1 1/2 hours in the counseling center this morning

finalizing the schedule for my third, Mitchell

OREM HIGH TIGER

WOW!

really cool note,

he went to find and check out his new locker,

while opening, looked up to see a sign from 2007

SUPERLATIVE SENIORS from that class

to see his older brothers name,

FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT - ALEC FOWLER

a neat thought that his older brother will be watching over

the younger brother as he takes on high school.

GO OREM TIGERS!