The Fackrell Family 2011

Fackrell Favorites in 2011:

* Going to Movies

*Eating at Cafe Rio

*Disneyland!

*Hawaii

*Suzuki Violin Camp

*Mountain Biking

*Riding on a Ranger in Moab

*Watching Jimmer play for BYU!

* going to the beach

         

                                 Emery has been the BEST thing that happened to us in 2011!

Emery

This Big guy is 6 months old now and weighs 20 pounds!!! He was born into our family on May 4th of this year and weighed in at 8 1/2 pounds!!! He has brought nothing by happiness into our family since they day he was born! For those of you who know him, you will agree that he is the happiest baby in the whole entire world!!! He smiles and laughs all day! Our kids actually fight over who gets to hold him next! They love playing with him and he loves them! Obviously he loves to eat! We are so grateful to have this little guy in our family! We love him so much!

Elle

Our little Elle Belle is the sweetest little thing! She pretty much does anything Sunny does-you could say she is Sunny's shadow! Regan was able to potty train her while I was in the hospital with Emery so that was a lovely surprise to come home to! Elle was in the delivery room for most of the labor with Emery because I was just going in for an appointment when my dr. said that I was dilated to an 8 1/2 and that I needed to walk to labor and delivery right then. She told me I didn't even have enough time to take Elle home, so she just played with her dollies and ate suckers while I was having my water broken! She loves Emery so much and wants to play with him all day! She has started Kindermusik this year and absolutely LOVES it!  If you can't find Elle in the house, all you have to do is listen because she is usually singing I love to see the temple or I am a child of God somewhere in the house! {even when she is in the corner!}
She is 3 years old now and we are so glad she is a part of our family!

Sunny

Our little Sunny Bunny is 5 years old and as sassy as ever! She is starting to get her own sense of fashion and wants to do her own hair and choose out her own outfit for school every day! She is just beautiful! She is LOVING Kindergarten this year. She loves to read books, do her homework, and practice her violin every day! She is doing so well with violin. She looks forward to her lessons with her violin teacher, Mrs. Smoot, and is on Perpetual Motion in Suzuki Book 1. She gets her violin out on her own everyday to practice without me even saying anything!!! She and Elle have turned into Best Friends this year and play so well with each other. She started a dance class this year with her friends and LOVES to come home and show me what she learned! She also is in kindermusik and loves to learn how to read music notes! She won an award this year for her picture in reflections and you can usually find her with a marker and paper drawing pictures with Elle. We love this little girl so much and she has brought so much happiness to our lives!

Riley

Riley is 7 years old! He is in 2nd grade this year and is doing so well in school! He is also doing very well in violin. He just started Suzuki Book 3 and loves to really get into his music by dancing and feeling the beat! :)
He is currently playing Jr. Jazz Basketball with a bunch of friends and goes to Karate every week where he just earned his Yellow Belt! With the new addition of Emery to our family, Riley has LOVED having another boy in the family! He loves to hold Emery and Play with him! He is a great big brother! Riley has read numerous chapter books and loves to read every night in bed. We have had to buy extra groceries this year since this boy is growing by the hour! He loves to eat!!! Riley won an award for his reflections literature entry for the whole school {out of 30 entries!} and went on to District. He is very creative and loves to draw, read and write! We are so proud of our Riley Boy because he is a good friend, he is happy & outgoing, smart and we love him so much!

Regan & Andrea

                                                                                      *2011*
Andrea:
*Things that have kept me busy: Raising 4 children!, volunteering in Riley & Sunny's classrooms, practicing violin with Riley & Sunny, being the Young Women's President, figuring out how to keep the house clean, cook, homework with kids, and still play, read books & play with the kids.

*Favorite thing to do in 2011-Girls Craft Night with South Weber Friends, go on date night with Regan & get sushi, delivering Emery in the hospital with Elle in the delivery room!

Regan:
*Has loved his job working with his agents this year! Regan has LOVED biking in the mountains around our house and getting better with road biking. He has loved taking the kids to movies, going to his boot camp & working out every day, getting to know the Ogden area better and eating at Cafe Rio!!

NOVEMBER 2011

                             Went to see Breaking Dawn with my South Weber Friends!

                         Had the time of my life at Time out For Women with my South Weber Friends
                              {we are posing with the musical entertainment-Jericho Road}

                     Got our family pictures taken with no drama {from Regan}

OCTOBER 2011

                           My cute pumpkin girls! Sunny is holding the butterfly on her arm thinking it is a pet!

                                     Did you think I wasn't going to dress my boys in Twinner outfits?

          At the TAYLOR SWIFT Concert with my sisters & mom!!! Best concert I have ever been to!
                        I screamed the whole night!

                                       Our family had a blast in Moab!

                                 Our little family climbed up to delicate arch! It was amazing! We kept chanting our family motto to make it up! "FACKRELL'S are TOUGH. Fackrell's don't WHINE or COMPLAIN!"

                                                Choosing Pumpkins is a fun tradition!

                       The Biggest Loser Family for Halloween! I am happy to say that I have lost 20 lbs in 2 months! I have more to go, but I am loving the way I feel now!

               Regan Loves Zombies! This is why we dressed up like zombies for Halloween!!!

SEPTEMBER 2011

                                      Do I still dress my girls in Twinner outfits? YES!!!

                                                          Going to church in Pink!

                       Waiting for the kindergarten carpool! Sunny has LOVED kindergarten this year!

    Riley has become a bike riding champ! He rode 5 miles with us this year on a bike ride in Provo canyon!

       Sunny learned how to ride her bike!!! Thanks for being a great teacher Regan!

                        Sunny started dance class this month! SHE LOVES to dance!

                 We watched our caterpillars hatch out of their cocoons into butterfly's! It was actually amazing!

 The girls started kindermusik this month and they LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

                       Elle Turned 3 this month! Oh this little girl is so sweet & we love her SO much!!

                                                           My cute Twinner Girls!

                                                   This little girl is totally obsessed with Tangled!

AUGUST 2011

                              I think this girl was a fish before she was born! She LOVES to swim!

 Regan and 1 of his agents Russ at the Spudman! He beat his time from last year even with a sprained ankle!

              Regan has done an awesome job this year working out! He has headed up the South Weber Boot Camp at our community rec center at 5:30 am 3x's a week! He has loved cycling on the mountains right by our house also!

Yeah! We got a new swing set and the kids LOVE IT!

 This is a sad thing about August: my sister & her husband moved to Connecticut & I have missed her like crazy!

                 Trying to get this baby weight off has been hard but I started it by doing a 5k with my Young Women! My goal for 2012 is to have a better attitude about running!!!

                          We did the anything goes challenge with some friends for South Weber days and it was so much fun! Lots of funny obstacles & challenges!

                     Regan won the hot dog eating competition for south weber days!

                            Our family went to Oceanside, California for our family vacation!

              My kids just LOVE to swim-even if the water is cold!!! They didn't get that from me!

                                                                 La Jolla Beach!

                                            Did I mention this is the best baby in the world?

                            Breakfast with Minney & friends! This was one of our favorite things at Disneyland!

                   All of the characters came to our table to say HI! My kids LOVED IT!

                                                The prettiest princesses at Disneyland!!

                                       Seriously-the happiest place on earth with our family!

                                          If I could choose my favorite vacation---BEACH! I love the BEACH!

                  My kids loved legoland, but I would totally choose Disneyland over Legoland!!

      1st day of school 2011-Riley in 2nd Grade and Sunny in Kindergarten! Elle misses the kids everyday when they have to go to school!!!

                Regan found more than 10 salamaders in our yard this summer and my kids touched them!!! Let's say they certainly did not get this from ME! I am freaking out just looking at this picture!!!