LIFE equals PURE HAPPINESS!: So Long Sweet 2009...

Another year has come and gone, and apparently I need to make a resolution to be better at this whole blog thing! Life just seems to pass on by, not to mention, fall happens to be a "busy" time for me. Here are the highlights from the past oh, seven months...

JUNE...

home for grandma's birthday... four generations of girls

funness with the grandparents :)

picture time with Mylee...

one year older... 24
it was a great day of volleyball, friends, food, and yummy dessert :)

JULY...

we celebrated the 4th with a trip to the airport to pick up our long lost kiwi, daniel!

the gang reunited for the summer... happy 4th :)

happy birthday daniel...
a typical summer celebration... outside all day long!

happy pioneer day!
another day spent outside... vb, soccer, bbq, friends, tree climbing... absolute funness!

DAVIES FAMILY REUNION

mylee and kai poolside :)

enjoying some chocolatey goodness... time for another bath in the pool

if we weren't in the pool, we were playing some
kind of game or performing stupid human tricks...
thank you zach

my precious nephew

zach and kai post wrestle-mania

kiddies living the dream in the pool

malia, kai, and me just messing around...

there was some spiritualness whilst we were all together too...
tyler received the priesthood

AUGUST...

miss maegan alme came for a visit and we got to play in an outdoor tourney in park city... i miss not having this girl around all the time and am grateful her hubby let her come play :)

a beautiful summer day playing volleyball in park city... does life get any better?

busing it around park city...
post volleyball we went to the art festival and saw some pretty crazy creations...

the X factor...

our last volleyball tourney for the summer... not the best conditions, but we finished with a bang!

quick 24 hours at home...

my favorite niece :)

everyone was home for our cousin's wedding (minus the missionary)

lanny's family

my wondeful grandparents... oh i just love them

the cousins all together

SEASON...

my summer ended with that quick trip to vegas, and volleyball season was already in full throttle! it was a very successful season, and we were fortunate to play some great teams at home (utah, oregon, usc, missouri, washington state) we got to travel all across the country, literally... south to texas, north to the dakotas, and east to chicago and nyc. on the way to chi-town, i got to make a recruiting stop in wisconsin where i got to catch up with kelsi, one of my former coaches. it was a great little adventure!

my first time in wisconsin

kelsi coaches at an all girl catholic college, so i got to see her new stomping grounds

i got to see their "ski resort" which consisted of a hill...

it made me appreciate the glorious mountains of utah even more!

lake michigan

the team in chicago

season ended in november with an upsetting loss in houston, but we pressed forward and looked onward to happier times, like CHRISTMAS! i do have to say that i'm grateful that volleyball is played in the fall because it is finished in time for all the good holidays :)

CHRISTMAS BREAK...
i got to go home for two weeks, and it was bliss! everyone (minus the missionary) was home for christmas, and it was perfect! i love my family and just being home!

guitar hero... kai rocked this game! he didn't play all the right notes necessarily,
but he had the talk down, would rock out, and even choose the song