Multnomah Falls, OR

We had the best time at Multnomah Falls in Oregon yesterday! We hiked up to the top of the falls and enjoyed one of our best family times together. Our kids were seriously awesome troopers and loved the view, the waterfall, the birds, bugs, and even a huge lizard we found. Times like these will last for a lifetime. Jay and I have decided that we will be taking detours like this WAY more often!

Jay's Birthday Song

Our awesome and talented nephew, Ethan, wrote and played this birthday song for Jeremy last night. Look out Justin Bieber...there's a new kid in town!

Happy Birthday Week!

Jeremy is always teasing me how I make such a big deal of birthdays...especially my own apparently! He loves to ask if he should take the month of my birthday off or if just the week will do.

So, this year for Jeremy's 36th birthday, we are celebrating A-L-L-L-L week starting today!

Thanks to our family in Vancouver for making him feel so special. I just can't express how much I LOVE this picture!

Happy Birthday Week, Jay! ;)

I am Thankful for Easter and My Savior

Oh sweet, the joy this sentence gives, I know that My Redeemer Lives!

Hoppy Easter!

Yesterday after a full day of yard work, we relaxed with the kids and our neighbor boy coloring eggs for Easter. It was a perfect day out, so why not do it outside where the bunnies lay their eggs anyway, right?!



Even on Easter, our BYU support comes out!



Avery and her rainbow of colorful eggs...



...but the most impressive was her "Hello Kitty" egg that she drew all by herself! Those eggs are hard enough to draw on as it is, so this was just extra awesome.


Owen and his egghead...silly boy sure knows how to make me laugh!


And this is Zack...I'm at a loss for words.



Here's a little finished product preview of Project Yard Makeover. It is turning out to be all we hoped, but it sure is a lot of work! Totally worth every sore muscle though. :)

Happy Easter!

Owen is 9 Years Old!

Owen is quite possibly the biggest Jimmer/BYU basketball fan of all time! His whole 9th birthday has been centered around this theme and what better time than during March Madness! Sure hasn't hurt that BYU has made it to the Sweet 16 either!

We love our Owen and can't believe how tall and handsome he is getting! His sweet smile and kind heart warms our family and makes the Ogden household loads of fun. We are so thankful for Owen and that he came straight from heaven 9 years ago today.

Run for Ribbons

This last Saturday the boys and I had an awesome opportunity to combine our forces for good. We ran the Run for Ribbons race to raise money for the fight against cancer. We each received a blank shirt that we could color in to represent the kind of cancer for those we were running.

Our awesome Grandma Morgan is battling cancer right now and we ran hard for her this day. Grandma is fighting hard and we are so proud of her! We also chose Momma Lees, who just found out last week that she has stage 3, possible stage 4, ovarian cancer. She is the mother of one of my dearest friends, Yvonne. Owen, my little guy next to me, chose to also run for Matthew, a little boy who lost his fight with cancer last winter. He was our Zack's age and a very close friend to our dear friends, the Cases.

It was a very touching day and I was so proud of my boys for running so hard for someone else.

We are also very proud of Zack for taking 2nd in the race and completing his 5K in 23 min and 37 seconds! Wow!

To all of you who have been affected by cancer now or in the past, we hope you can feel our love and our prayers for you and your family.