Shepherd 6

Natalie and Whitney

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Natural history museum

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Katie & Whitney

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Whitney's Blessing

2012-01-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

Katie is awesome!

2011-12-27T17:05:00.001-08:00

Natalie figured out how to blog from my phone. This is her second entry. I will let you guess the first

Santa was good to us.....

2011-12-27T08:14:00.000-08:00

While we have to admit Santa (and everyone else who got us gifts) were very good to us this year and the past few days have been filled with play play play, this picture depicts what's really in my heart this Christmas....these are the four sweetest presents a mom could ask for under the tree! Families ROCK!!

Couple more pics from Audrey's birthday

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Nicky meets our new favorite boy band

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"Vocal Point"

Zombie Freeze Dance

2011-12-17T12:16:00.001-08:00

Audrey's sixth birthday party

Some of our German Christmas traditions

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Katie was an Angel

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Natalie's Piano Recital

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Audrey's Solo at the Christmas Nativity

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Natalie's Piano Recital

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The big lady

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The bunny

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This was made by Audrey. She worked very hard.

Soda monkey

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This was built by Natalie shepherd and Audrey shepherd.
They worked very hard.

Whitney almost smiling

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Went to see the muppet movie today

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It exceeded my expectations in every way

Some pictures for the grandparents

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Pictures from the hospital

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It is a special club

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Whitney Louise

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Whitney Louise Shepherd
8 lbs 2 oz
21.5 inches
born 10/23/11

Air National Guard Refueling Flight

2011-10-18T19:52:00.000-07:00

More Mount Timp Pics

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Hike to the top of Mt. Timpanogos

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Top of the mountain 11,749 ft

This is the Glacier we slid down

Wildflowers

Traverse across the spine

Honey-Birds

2011-08-21T14:54:00.000-07:00

As Katie would say... we have new friends in the backyard thanks to Nana's hummingbird recipe.

Lake Blanche

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This is a great hike

Whip Cream Baby!

2011-06-09T09:47:00.000-07:00

What a way to celebrate the last day of school!! Some moms and kids from my Stake got together to celebrate the start of summer, whip cream style!! What a wild time! Notice Audrey and Katie are missing from the picture. They wanted nothing to do with the whip cream fight.

Katie's Birthday and Natalie's Piano Recital

2011-06-04T19:18:00.000-07:00

Josh's Newest Clinic

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Easter in AZ

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Easter with cousins in AZ

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Easter with the cousins in AZ

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The GRAND Canyon!

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Kleenex Fashion Show

2011-04-08T19:34:00.000-07:00

Aurrey's new career choice has transformed from rock Star to fashion designer. She did these kleenex fashion dresses all by herself today.

April Snow

2011-04-08T19:26:00.000-07:00

What a difference a week makes

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Last Sunday we were in T-shirts sitting out in the sun reading the paper. This Sunday we were making a snowman.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

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2.12.11

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some pics for the bologosphere

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Stake Service Project

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Nicky was in charge of one of the projects that was put together for our Stake "day of service." She collected school supplies to donate to Operation Give, and packed them in backpacks. They were able to put together 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for kids in Iraq. Kee-ung came to help assemble them.

More Puppy Pictures

2011-01-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

It is incredible how fast she is growing. It seems like everytime she wakes up from a nap she is bigger.

Family Photo

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Christmas Eve

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Visit with Grandma Shepherd

Suri's new coat

They grow so fast!!

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She won't be able to do this much longer. She reminds me of one of those little green army men when she crawls under things :)

There's no doubt, Suri is convinced she's a lap dog. I'm wondering how that will play out when she's 40 lbs.

Audrey's Tinkerbell Birthday

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Christmas Tree Shopping

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Smart Puppy!

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From a Girl Who is Scared to Death of Dogs:

Audrey gives it a try:

Puppy Love

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Could there be anything cuter?

Suri has arrived!

2010-11-23T17:23:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween VI

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More Arches

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More Arches

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More Arches

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Arches National Park

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Little Ballerina

2010-10-02T09:05:00.000-07:00

This is all Katie has been wearing for the past 30 days. No matter what we put on her she always changes into one of these outfits. She calls her Ballet shoes her ballerines. And says "scratch" when she is doing her stretches. Her leotard is her "lie-tard." Nice thing is that we won't even have to change her clothes for Halloween.

Family pic in the Alpine Loop

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Alpine Loop Fall Colors

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Hike Picture

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Natalie's 7th Birthday

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Bear Lake 2010

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Sunset from the Roof

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1st Family Camping trip

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Our first family camping trip was a success

Losing the Training Wheels...for good

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Face Painting

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Sisters

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Mt. Timpanogos cave with Papa

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Princess Festival

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Katie & Max

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Mountain Biking at Park City

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Audrey's Recital

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Katie Sliding at the Movie in the Park

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Bees Game with Nana

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Audrey's Dance Recital

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Katie's 2

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Katie's 2

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Mother's Day Pics

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My New Life

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Audrey with no training wheels

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Matt's 32nd Birthday ski Trip

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Matt's 32 Birthday Ski Vacation

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Katie

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WOW!

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Peurto Rico cont

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Discovery Toys Peurto Rico

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Discovery Toys Trip to Peurto Rico

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December pics

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The Best of Christmas

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Sledding with Max and Nana

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We took Nana sledding up in the mountains when she visited. It was a beautiful day to get out of the smog in the valley and breath the clean mountain air.

Merry Christmas

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Happy Halloween

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the most fertile zoo ever

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we visited the hogle zoo last weekend and were able to see a baby elephant, giraffe, tiger, and orangutan.

Chief Big Yellow Pee Pants

2009-09-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

We went on a hike/drive to see the fall colors. Natalie ended up having to go pee, "girl-scout style", except she is still trying to learn the technique. She peed on the uphill side of a down hill slope, so needless to say her tribal name shall henceforth be known as "Chief Big Yellow Pee Pants," (and also one sock if you want to get technical.) Anyways we bestowed this name on her during this photo shoot. The laughter shots are priceless. The fall colors were nice too.

Poop or Nutella??

2009-09-29T19:57:00.000-07:00

For those of you who know a little of Katie's history might have a difficult time with this question.

Still Crazy After All These Years!

2009-09-07T11:51:00.000-07:00

While I RARELY do the blogging for our family, I knew I would have to do this post, due to Josh's humility concerning the topic. While, I am not one to want to brag to the world, I could not miss this chance to share with my fellow "wife" friends out there that amid the many "Gosh, he drives me crazy!!" conversations we've had about our husbands, occasionally that "I'm so glad I married him" moment does still come along and puts life in to perspective. So for all you romatics out there, here's a little story... as you saw on the blog, Josh and I just celebrated our 8th anniversary. Now I had mentioned in passing at one point that I would LOVE a nice, modest diamond anniversary band for our tenth anniversary, and I knew Josh had been stashing little bits of money away to save for it. Well, about a month ago, our youngest Katie, who puts EVERYTHING in her mouth, managed to get her little hands on my wedding band and POOF it disappeared. I have scoured EVERY inch of this house for it. The final concensus, either Katie threw it down the heating vent, or ate it. Hmmmmm. While certainly heartbroken that I lost my wedding ring, the thing the bugged me the most was being out in public with three kids and no wedding ring. Maybe somewhat too self-concious, but it bugged the be-gee-bees out of me. So one night on a family trip to the mall, I dragged Josh into a jewelry store to try on some annivesary bands just for the heck of it and see how much they costed. Josh was gave me his "yeah nice, but expensive" response, so I kind of shelved the idea and decided maybe I would just get a cheap band to wear for another 2 years. Fast forward to our overnight at Snowbird. We'd had a fun day, had eaten dinner, and despite the fact that I was FREEZING-(we'd eaten out on a patio), Josh really wanted to go for a walk to "look for a moose". I was not being very cooperative to say the least. It was dark, I was cold, even though I was bundled up, and my legs were tired. And, honestly I could really care less about seeing a moose, but he dragged me along anyway, complaining the whole way. (I'm kicking myself for that now). We got lost looking for a trail, and ended up on a balcony on the back of the Snowbird activity center. I had really had enough at this point, to which Josh said, "alright, I guess we'll stop here. See any moose down there?" I went ahead to take a look, just to be nice. All of a sudden, I turn to JOsh to tell him "Nope, no moose, can we go now?" and I see him DOWN ON ONE KNEE HOLDING A LITTLE VELVETY BLACK BOX!!!! I was so shocked I can only imagine my face. "What, what are you doing, what is this?" Josh replied, "Nicky, will you stay married to me? Happy Anniversary" and opens the box to show me a beautiful diamond anniversary band. Yep, I was crying. It takes a lot to surprise me and WHOA DID HE NAIL IT!!!!!! So, in conclusion, it was one awesome weekend. I'd say all eight years have been worth it for that one heart melting moment! My husband rocks!

/Conclusion

Snowbird Retreat

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Nicky and I spent a night in Snowbird to celebrate our 8th Anniversary. Tristan and Terri were kind enought to watch our kids and sleep in our bed. It was a great day and a half. Thanks again T1 and T2

This is a shot we affectionately call "The Ashely and Ethan"

This is a picture of the Snowbird tram we took while riding the chairlift down the mountain.

This is at the top of the tram ride: elevation 11,000ft

This is the hotel we stayed in

First Day of First Grade

2009-08-28T21:01:00.000-07:00

While today was everyone else in the district's 2nd day of school, today was Nat's FIRST day...thanks to a quick onset of the 24 hours stomach flu which reared it's ugly vomiting head at 2AM the morning of what was to be her first day. She was feeling great this morning, though, so off we headed to the bus stop. Back in Janesville, we lived across the street from school, and so I heard on many occasions, "Mom, when can I ride a school bus to school?". Needless to say, Nat was in her glory when she found out she rides a bus to school here. It was definately a "moment" to have her climb on that big bus by herself and drive away. I can still vividly remember the picture of ME walking to the bus stop with my dad, in a blue dress and knee high socks (oh yeah!) on my first day of first grade. It's one of those scary mom moments (you moms know what I'm talking about) when you ponder the fact that you have a daughter now doing the same thing you did not so seemingly long ago. I'll admit, I had to bite my lip a bit to fight the potential emotional outburst.
All said and done, she LOVES her first grade teacher and had a great first day!

East High in the Hizzaouse

2009-08-22T18:16:00.000-07:00

Unless you have every song in High School Musical 1, 2 & 3 memorized, you won't completely understand the monumental occasion this was. We Took the girls to see the high school where they filmed High School Musical. they got to see the lunch room, the locker rooms, the gym, the auditorium, the bathroom where Gabriella hides from Sharpay, Troy, Gabriella and Sharpay's lockers. It was off the hook!

Hike up to Cecret Lake

2009-07-17T21:54:00.000-07:00

the three little mountaineers and I hiked up to Cecret Lake today. It was a beautiful hike. I can't believe they made it to the top, but the view was worth it. Notice Audrey's pose on top of the snow... she gets that from her Uncle Tristan