Jake fishing nonstop! At Kofford lake house
Wake surfing
more fish!
Roses from England. They get sold out by fall so I had to order them for spring. Kept them alive all year before planting in the fall.
Nicole took her mission pic!
Katy is 11!
Mike's answer from asking a girl to prom
Bday party for Katy
Roses alive!
Diana and Katy on the same soccer team was pretty fun! Diana's knee and joints were giving her trouble thanks to accutane but she survived.
Some roses took MUCH longer to come alive
My first corsage making experiment. It lasted most of the night.
Diana helped serve dinner
Nicole ready to shine
Mike and his date
Nicole helping dip strawberries for Mother's Day!
Flowers in the yard
The smell of gardenias!
little gift from one of the kids in the shower lol
Katy field trip
Diana loves sports can you tell? End of the year sports assembly was a blessing to her after all of the injuries and fighting she did to play.
Special Olympics is a sweet opportunity every year.
John's frosty after scoring a goal in his soccer game
date night! we went to watch our neighbors play at a local grill and ordered root beer floats
baccalaureate! Nicole got to conduct the meeting it was pretty special for her
Apex Ward grads
on the first day of finals jacob got appendicitis. It was also the night before I was shift coordinator for the first time at the temple. Also Jim got crazy news from work. It was quite the day. We put everything aside and were present for Jacob. He was very brave and dealt with lots of pain and uncertainty. Good young man.
Nicole got her mission call to Peru!!
My new bathtub installed. the dream is coming true!
First real food in a long time
Lots of loads of dirt to level the yard
about to pour concrete
stair rails in
last game! John is bright red!
Diana's bday party on the lake was a dream. Warm water and fun friends.
Nicole getting her endowment was so special!
Lunch at alpaca to celebrate the mission call!
Nicole shopping for summer term at byu
Parent orientation to help us support the kids
All ready to go!
Brick House pizza tradition
First morning without us!
Nicole's mission president newly arrived in June
safely chopping onions
Jim's family reunion in Montana
Hiking up to snow....in summer! Felt so good!
Insane trek across slippery snow
Cooling off at the lake after hiking
Moose crossing our drive up to Jim's uncle's house
Someone got a pic of the crazy snow ice part. Diana took a detour...down the mountain lol
Entrance to yellowstone
Old Faithful
Random french pastries in bozeman.
Say yes to chocolate bread
Long line for good cheap food before the rodeo
eat food in freezing cold windy rain
Rain stopped before the rodeo and was perfect all night
What a night!
Freezing river exploration, Mike carrying John so he didn't have to freeze. Good brother.
Four square and corn hole tourney
Farmers market
River tubing
Quite a crew!
Nolan took John everywhere
Ready to fly home
John with his bday present from grandma and grandpa ostler
Marian took the kids to museum of life and science
Nicole at BYU going to temple
concrete in!
Just checking to see if she made progress on her hike that she starting at 4am
Beach time!
Katy's cookies!
20th anniversary wedding ring to replace the original ring that broke- good timing lol
Temple with Kiersten and Daniel!
House is almost done!
Pool party with Diana's friends. They LOVED it when Mike and Jake served snow cones lol
Nicole studying hard at BYU
Girls made swedish meatballs all by themselves from scratch
new school shoes
Nicole's gone lets make a mess with legos!
Waited 5 hours to get mike's level 3. To find out he wasn't eligible for a month. That was hilarious. I laughed the whole way home.
Girls outing to the temple
Move in day! John was helping me set up bar stools. He is Colonel Klink.
Morning view. Hello deer.
New pool joy!
Digging the basketball hoop hole.
Rec room bliss. Space for toys!
Lizard on the way home from school
Good morning deer
oooh a buck this time. Jim was very happy about that.
Mike's drone shot. Before any trees planted. Let the fun begin!
Lake life!
Going to get kids at bus stop
Mom and Dad visiting on way back from Africa mission
Spontaneous swing dance
Time to plant a giant magnolia
Time with great grandma Davies
Sharing africa pics
Trip with Dad
3 generations
Mike's answer from a girl he asked to homecoming
My piano arrived!!!
Girls XC
Girls lunch
Baked Alaska for Nicole's birthday dinner
Chilling around the piano playing for great grandma
bday present from Robin in honor of her mission to peru
Nicole flying with great grandma back to utah
pioneer primary activity fun
nicole spending time with great grandpa and lydiia too!
And grandma kathryn!
beginning of prep for hosting over 30 kids for homecoming dinner
after race day
ready to garden this place!
mike finishing a xc race
rescuing a turtle
getting closer
arrivals
Mikes date Abby! She was homecoming queen and is super nice
The dinner!
Nicole playing piano as they entered
General conference
Last family band concert before nicole leaves
the new chamelon pacha
At the girls xc race
sunset pic from diana while nicole driving. no filters
Nicole's farewell with the fam singing I Will Be What I Believe. Playing piano lets me cry without everyone seeing
Mike drone shots
Valiant Activities I'm in charge of now. Doing an escape room!
Nicole's last pool fun before the mission
Chilling watching andy griffith before nicoles mission
lake sunset
fishing success
stake dance setting up
last xc race
night before the mission
Our family mission map
dropping her off!
See you in 18 months!
