Big News!

For those who don't know, we are expecting another baby! We just found out last week that it is another girl!!!!!!! We are very excited!I am due on August 27th!

Easter 2012

We started our Easter activities on Sat. at Marilla's and Casey's house. We had a fun Easter egg hunt and then a nice picnic lunch. Then we went home and dyed Easter eggs. On Sunday we had wonderful meetings and then went to Grandma and Grandpa Hintze's house for dinner and another egg hunt! That night Eric and I got to go and participate in an Easter cantata called "He Comes Again" that our friend Amy webb wrote. It was awesome and an experience that I will never forget! Happy Easter!

Spring Break!!!!!!!!!

This year for spring break we went to the zoo, Dinosaur Park, and the new City Creek Mall on Temple Square. Dinosaur Park was especially fun because the Berg family came with us. It was fun to get to go do things together as a family that we don't normally get to do. I love my family!

Brooklyn's 7th Birthday!

This is the year of birthday parties at our house! Brooklyn was so excited for her party and had a great group of friends come. We palyed birthday bingo, a dance game, built creations out of marshmallows and toothpicks, and decorated cookies. Happy birthday Brookie-B!

Another Fieldtrip!

Annie got to go to the Gateway Children's Museum for her preschool fieldtrip. We were babysitting Kindia Sorenson that week while her parents went to adopt another baby so her and her sister Kaisia got to come with us. Annie loved exploring all of the fun things that they have there. She especially liked the helicopter!

Grandma and Grandpa Allen go on a mission!

We are so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents for our children. I am sad that my parents will be gone for 18 months but I am so pleased that they are setting a wonderful example. They are going to Quebec, Montreal, Canada. We will miss them!

Ashley's 2nd Grade Program

Ashley's 2nd grade class did a patriotic program that was awesome. I even got tears when they sang "God Bless the USA". It is so fun to see all that Ashley has been learning and the sweet girl that she is.

Cub Scout!

Spencer got his Bear and is now a webelo! We are so proud of all of his hard work! He even got to run through the "bear cave"!

Valentine's Day

Every Valentine's day, we have a tradition where Eric and I string pink yarn all through the house making a big spider web. The kids have to follow the string to find their valentines! They love it!

Spencer's 10th Birthday!

I can't believe my little boy is in double digits! Wow! For his party he wanted to go to the church to play basketball. He has a great group of friends and they all had fun. Spencer got a new bike for his birthday!

"Family Vacation"

We decided to take a weedend vacation to Provo! We went and stayed at a hotel, which the kids think is the greatest thing in the world. We took them out to eat at the Brick Oven. Then we went swimming. The next morning we got up and went to the Carl Bean Musuem. It has tons of real stuffed animals. Audrey especially was in awe! The we went to the Cougar-Eat for lunch. Then we went to the Wilk for bowling and then to the Creamery for icecream! Did we miss anything for a complete BYU experience? We had a great time!

Crazy Hair Day!

Annie had crazy hair day at preschool This is what she wanted! I love Annie's cute personality and all of the "fancy" hair do's she thinks up! One of her favorite's is a ballerina bun on top!

Christmas morning!

Christmas morning is always so exciting. I love watching the kids come in and see all of the presents and get so excited! The best part is just getting to be with my favorite people in the world. We had a great Christmas!

Christmas Eve!

One of our families traditions is that on Christmas Eve we all get to open up a new pair of pjs! The kids thought this was kind of lame when we first started doing this because they were expecting to open some great toy or something, but now that we have been doing it for so long, I think they actually look forward to it!

2011 Hintze Family Christmas Party

The Hintze Christmas party was tons of fun, as uaual! Spencer, Ashley and Brooklyn all got to perform their Christmas songs on the piano and everybody got to participate in the live nativity!

Christmas time activities!

We had so much fun decorating gingerbread houses this year with our own little family. I love having my kids all together and seeing them enjoy each other.

Basketball!

Ashley played rec. basketball this year! She did great and all of her dribbling practice that she did with her dad in the early mornings paid off!

Allen Family Christmas Party 2011

It is always so much fun to get together every year with all of my Allen cousins. This year we got to host at our house. It was a great party with awesome talents, wonderful stories, delicious desserts and great company!