The Thomas Family!

We love Summer around here!

2011-07-05T23:33:00.008-06:00

This is how you get away with not putting sun block on your kids! (Tyler's idea!)

Elsie started to take a tumbling class from my cute neighbor Trina! She loves it and keeps practicing her jumping jacks! It is so funny to what her and all the kids!

Kim came into town so Lacey and I hung out with her for the day! We had so much fun and Elsie always loves playing with Cookler! (Cutler)

Happy Father's Day! We started doing every other year for holidays and this year we spent Father's Day with the Thomas'!

Grace's Dance Recital

4th of July!
This year was really layed back! We just hung out all morning and then went to the Thomas' for fireworks! Tyler's uncles and aunts were in town from Arizona and we had so much fun with them. I can't believe I don't even have one picture of them but I promise they were there!

Lyla has so many cute expressions! Lately she does this scrunch face all the time! WE LOVE IT!

Disneyland

2011-06-07T12:50:00.017-06:00

Tyler's cute sister Samantha invited us to go to Disneyland and of coarse we went! We didn't tell Elsie until the morning of because she doesn't quite understand timing and if we told her before we drove down it would have been a LONG drive! So we told her the morning before at Carter's house!

DISNEYLAND

Elsie Lynn 3.5 years old

Lyla Marie 6 months old

Samantha, Dave, Sydney, and Jackie

Jackie was so cute with Lyla! She was such a great helper the whole week!

This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip! Elsie was so excited to get all of the princesses autographs and a picture with them! I kept getting teary eyed because she was just so happy! The princesses do such a great job making the kids feel so special! I would highly recommend doing the breakfast!

Lyla is such a good baby and LOVED Disneyland. But who wouldn't love it there! I hope we can go back every year!

Elsie was most excited to meet Rapunzel! It was so funny because Flynn Rider was in there too and she was scared of him. But Rapunzel was able to talk to Elsie about how Eugene was really nice and she shouldn't be scared and then she was fine to have him in the castle! I need her to come to my house so maybe Els will listen to me a little bit better!

Elsie was quite the poser in all the pictures this trip! I was cracking up when I started to look at them all!

I am sad we didn't get a picture with the whole group! But we all had so much fun and can't wait to go back! Thanks again Sam and Dave for inviting us to come!

Way behind!!!!

2010-03-18T15:47:00.007-06:00

I have been so behind on blogging that it's overwhelming! So this post is from Elsie's 2nd Birthday on November 30th! It was a carnival theme birthday! It turned out so cute. We played pin the nose on the clown, ate cupcakes and ice cream and opened presents! My cute friend Hailey was pretty much the party planner! Thanks Hailey for helping me with the cupcakes!

Here is the Circus Cupcake Cake Details!

2009-11-30T21:37:00.002-07:00

Alright everyone, this is Tyler and this is my first post on "The Thomas Family" Blog!!

This was a the big Daddy daughter date to Disney's Princesses on Ice!! As you can see Elsie and Gracie where decked out for their fun night with their dads Nick and me!!

During the performances the girls were mesmerized! I think Elsie blinked her eyes about 3 time during the whole performance!

We had a great time, Thanks Nick and Leslie!!

Nice photography DAD!!

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Blake Levin

1997 ~ 2009

Blake Jameson Levin, age 12, returned to the arms of his Heavenly Father on Friday, November 6, 2009 at Primary Children's Hospital of complications from heart surgery. Blake was born January 7, 1997 in American Fork to Angela Levin.

Blake had an unconditional love for everyone and everyone loved him. He had a smile that was contagious and made everyone around him happy. Blake enjoyed the smallest things in life, especially his bucket of toys. He attended Pleasant Grove Junior High School and Cedar Ridge Elementary. He loved swimming, camping, singing, dancing, and being the center of attention.

Blake was very sensitive to the emotions and feelings of those around him. He was always the peacemaker in the family and insisted on group hugs including everyone.

He is survived by his mother, Angie; sister, Jaycee; best friend, Denny; grandparents: Ralph and Debbie Levin; great grandparents, Fred and Trudi Levin all of Pleasant Grove and many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his great grandparents, Burt and Maxine Seely.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. in the Manila Third Ward Chapel, 3943 North 900 West, Pleasant Grove. Friends may call for a viewing Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Olpin Family Mortuary, 494 South 300 East, Pleasant Grove and at the church on Wednesday one hour prior to services. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.olpinmortuary.com .

In lieu of flowers, the family suggest donations be made to any branch of Wells Fargo Bank in Blake's name.

Our lives will not be the same without you Blake. We love you!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

2009-10-31T22:00:00.010-06:00

We went to this really fun pumpkin patch! Elsie was loving it!

CARVING PUMPKIN TIME!

Our cute neighbors had this fun Halloween party! We had a blast! We were a family from the 50's!

ANNUAL THOMAS HALLOWEEN PARTY!
Ty's parents have the best Halloween parties ever! Pat had the best food and games planned! All the kids had so much fun! I JUST LOVE HALLOWEEN TIME! We can't wait for next year!

THE PRETTIEST LITTLE CUPCAKE FAIRY WE"VE EVER SEEN!!!!
Tyler and I were the bakers who created her! HAHA!

Ellie came and hung out with Elsie on Halloween Night! They are so cute!

Donate Donate!

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BLAKE

This is my cute Nephew Blake. Next week he will be going to San Diego for his 2nd Open Heart Surgery. My sister is a single mom and we are trying to get donations to help her out a little bit.

My VERY TALENTED best friend Kim designed this digital scrapbooking kit called HOPE. You can download it on her website and we are asking for donations. Thanks so much!
Kim's website is http://jkhenrie.blogspot.com/

Minnesota 09!

2009-09-08T22:06:00.000-06:00

In August most of the Thomas family went to Minnesota! Everyone except for Trevor, Brian & Britani, Nick, and Dave! WE MISSED YOU GUYS! Also Ty's Uncle Jim and Aunt Collette joined us! We had such a blast. Tyler, Elsie, Bill and I drove there! It was quite the adventure! Elsie was so awesome on the drive! I had brought lots of things to entertain her on the way and the only thing she wanted to play with was the stickers! That was fine by me though! After driving in the car for 4 day's we finally got there! We spent the week fishing, biking, having duck races, swimming and of course a whole lot of boating! We didn't have the best weather while we were there but we were able to find calm water somewhere on the lake! Thanks again Bill and Pat for the fun vacation! We can't wait until the next one!

Happy Birthday to Me!

2009-09-07T22:19:00.000-06:00

On August 9th I turned 24! It was such a good day! We went to church and then my cute in laws made me dinner! Thanks for making it such a special day!

Long Post Sorry!

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STRAWBERRY DAYS!
For our date night in June we went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo! I look forward to it every year! Thanks Mom for watching Elsie for us! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

Craig and Mandie (plus unborn baby!)

My cute cousins J.J., Jenica and JJ boyfriend Brock!
Sorry Joelle I don't have a pic of you! (only your watch!)

The Ballsteadts & Jensens

And my cute sister Angie and nephew Blake!
Thanks for coming everyone it was a blast!

Brian & Britani!
Brian (ty's brother) got married on June 27th! We are so excited to have Britani in our family! The wedding turned out so pretty and was so much fun! I will post some pictures as soon as I get some!

On July 3rd we went to Jordanelle! The water was so cold and Tyler was the only one to ski! The rest of us just watched and enjoyed cruising! Thanks for taking us with you Bill & Pat!

Tug a War!

FORTH OF JULY!
On the 4th we had a bbq at The Thomas'! It was so much fun! Grandma and Grandpa Levin came up too! Then we did some fireworks! Elsie loved them!

Lately when we tell Elsie to say cheese this is the pose and face we get! SO CUTE!
Gracie & Elsie

Our cute family!

Grandma & Grandpa Levin
Leslie & Gracie

Grandma & Grandpa Thomas
Grandma pulling Blake in the wagon!

Elsie and her GRANDPARENTS!

Rain Rain Go AWAY!

2009-06-16T13:57:00.004-06:00

It has been raining so much the last couple of days! I am getting sick of it! But on Sunday Elsie just really wanted to play outside, so we put her cute little rain coat and boots on and she had the time of her life!

Memorial Day

2009-05-27T22:05:00.002-06:00

For Memorial Day we went down to Mt. Pleasant with my family! It was so much fun! First we went to my grandparents graves and then my mom took us to Mapleton Canyon for this fun hike! We had such a blast on the hike! Look close in the pictures at the rocks it was the coolest canyon ever! Then we had to hike up these waterfalls! I was so scared but loved every second of it! Thanks Mom and Dad let's do it again soon!

WARNING LONG POST!

2009-05-18T22:03:00.008-06:00

My Best Friend Kim took these amazing pictures of Elsie in her Easter Dress! Elsie was so tired during pictures so I am so glad these turned out cute! THANKS KIM YOUR THE BEST!

On May 8th Tyler turned 30! I had a little surprise party for Tyler! It was so much fun and he was very shocked! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful husband! I know that sounds really cheesy but I can't imagine my life with out him! He is just such a great person and a AWESOME daddy! Elsie just adores Tyler so much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! I love you!

My cute friend Falon invited Elsie and I to go to the zoo last week! We had so much fun! Her little girl London and Elsie are only a month apart and are so cute together! Thanks for inviting us to go with you! It was a BLAST!

You can see how much fun Elsie had! She just zonked out as soon as we got to the car!
Jump House
We went to this jump house last week also! Elsie LOVED it! We went with Falon and cute little London and Katie and her cute little man Landon! Sorry I didn't get a better picture of them! They all had so much fun! We all need to get together again soon!

St. George!

2009-04-22T20:23:00.005-06:00

Tyler had to work down in St. George this week so Elsie and I came to join him! Today we went to my friend Lacey's pool! It was so fun! Her pool was perfect for little kids! It had this shallow splash zone that Elsie could of played in all day! We are staying with our friends Kim, Jon and there cute little boy Cutler! Here is some pictures from today!

Check out Cutler's 6 ROLL!

Can we say ATTITUDE! Elsie is so funny!

BEST FRIENDS!

Kim & Cutler

2009-04-17T11:20:00.005-06:00

This year for Easter our families celebrated on different days so we were able to go to both parties! I don't have any pictures yet from the Levin Party but I should get some soon! Every year my Aunt Joelle puts together the Levin Amazing Race! So we do this really fun Easter race! This year my team was Tyler, Elsie, J.J., Brock and of course Me! We had to go to different locations and either count how many stairs or bleachers or just different things! We had to take a picture at every location and everyone in the team had to be in it wearing our Easter Bunny ears and our stuff animal bunny had to be in every picture! The race ended with all of us Ice Blocking! It was so much fun! Thanks Joelle for putting it together! We look forward to it every year!

The Easter Bunny even found us at Grandma and Grandpa Thomas'
He brought Elsie 3 outfits, a swimming suit and cover up, 2 books and a stuff animal! CAN WE SAY SPOILED!
This picture is of Els loving her little shorts she got!

Our basket was hidden in the bathtub and Ty got a Movie and a C.D. and I got this adorable bracelet that I have wanted from Brighton Jewlery and matching earrings! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!
THANKS EASTER BUNNY!!!!!!

Elsie's Dance Moves!

2009-03-30T15:06:00.003-06:00

For the last couple of weeks every time we tell Els to dance she stomps her right foot a couple of times and then does this pose, then holds it for like 2 seconds! It is so cute and so funny!

So everyone should come over for a dance party!

Elsie + Ravioli = MESS!

2009-03-21T21:24:00.002-06:00

I love everything about Elsie except how she wants to feed herself and this is what happens! She is so funny!

You can see in this picture how she is smearing it all over! So much fun!

Fun at the Park!

2009-02-27T13:41:00.001-07:00

I can't wait until it is warm everyday! Elsie loves being outside and so do I! We went to the park last week and she loved every second of it! She started crying so hard when we had to go back inside!

Our Annual Date!

2009-02-16T12:40:00.005-07:00

The very first date Tyler took me on was on Feb. 7th, 2004! We doubled with Jenny and Jacob who at the time had been married of a couple of months! We went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner and then over to the boat show! So every year we do this same date! This year it was fun because Jenny and Jacob were able to come with! Also thanks Bill and Pat for watching Elsie for us!

St. George

2009-02-08T13:27:00.004-07:00

Last week Tyler worked in St. George so Elsie and I went with! We stayed at Kim and Jon's house! It was so much fun we just relaxed and our cute kids played! I miss them so much already! Kim took these really cute pictures of Elsie when we went to the park! We love St. George it was so much fun!
These pictures crack me up! We sat Cutler and Elsie on this step to get some pictures. At first they just stare at each other, then Cutler tried to push Elsie away, and then Elsie being the drama queen that she is covered her eyes and fake cried! Also while we were down there Elsie would bend down to Cutler and call him "this" or we would say Elsie where is Cutler? She would put her hands up and say "THIS?" It was so cute! Thanks again Henrie Family we appreciate everything you did for us!

SWIMMING LESSONS!

2009-01-26T16:01:00.002-07:00

Every Saturday Elsie has swimming lessons! It is so cute, she learned how to kick her legs and arms last saturday! Also how to blow bubbles! Tyler takes her and they have so much fun together! Gracie is also in the class! They love each other so much!

ELSIE'S 12 MONTHS

2009-01-14T12:23:00.011-07:00

I can't believe my baby is almost 14 Months! I hate it, where did the time go? I have needed to post these cute pictures for ever! We just love Jennifer Fauset she always captures the most awesome pictures! (fausetphotography.com)

Tyler always throws Elsie way high and it scares me to death! But it is actually one of my favorite pictures!

Dresses!

2009-01-12T14:39:00.004-07:00

Elsie has so many cute dresses I just had to show them off! She has so many more then I do too! That's probably the typical mom though your baby has to look cute!

GETTING OUR CHRISTMAS TREE!

2008-12-18T12:48:00.004-07:00

THE FINISHED TREE! ISN'T SO CUTE! WE LOVE IT!

FAIRY FIRST BIRTHDAY

2008-12-18T12:44:00.001-07:00

I HAVE WANTED TO POST FOREVER!

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But my computer has been broken! This is Elsie on Halloween! Our little tootie-fruitie!

SORRY!

2008-10-22T23:08:00.002-06:00

Sorry I haven't updated! I have been really busy and I just haven't had time! I promise that I will post soon! I have the cutest video clip of Elsie walking that I can't figure out how to put it on but as soon as I do I will post it! Also everyone mark there calenders for November 22 for our first bow party! MIX TO MATCH BOWS! They are the cutest bows you will ever see and its hard to explain but they are interchangeable! Come and see for yourself! You wont regret it! Plus, I will be sending out invites so if you want one just let me know!

All of August!

2008-09-14T14:58:00.029-06:00

Sorry we are just barly posting all of August but it was such a busy month!
First it was Omi and Opa's 50th Wedding Anniversary! Then on the 9th it was my 23rd B-day!

Then came the Levin family reunion! We stayed at this huge ranch in Birdseye! We had so much fun and really got to know everyone better! While we were there we played fence golf, physciatrist, had relay races, canoeing, and ate lots of yummy food! The pictures below is our family wearing our "T.E.A.M Levin" shirts. (together everyone achieves memories!) Elsie's shirt was a 2T so we had to modify it a little bit! It actually turned out really cute! I am so creative!

This is a picture of all my cousins and our Omi and Opa!

This is a picture of all my Aunts and Uncles and of course Omi and Opa!
My mom and dad are second from the left!
Then we went straight to Minnesota with the Thomas family! We had so much fun there! We stayed in these really nice condo's on this beautiful lake! There were hardly any other boats there so we had the lake all to our self! Here our a few pictures!

Elsie on the airplane!

Isn't this rain coat the cutiest thing you have ever seen?

Here's all the grandkids on the Thomas side! They are so cute and we had so much fun! Samantha bought the girls these way cute matching swimming suits! They seriously were the cutest suits ever! Thanks Sam!

Look at this sunset! I would love to move to Minnesota only for the summers though!
Grandma, Bill and Pat just hanging out on the beach!
Our cute little family!
The whole crew! Thanks Bill and Pat for a wonderful family vacation! We love you and appreciate you both so much!

Ok! So we decided it was time to let Elsie figure out how to put herself to sleep and we found her dead asleep standing up! In the video you can hear when I accidentally hit into the dresser and that is what woke Elsie up! It took us 3 times to get her to lay back down after falling asleep standing up! ENJOY cause this is soooo funny!

LAKE POWELL!

2008-08-03T15:38:00.014-06:00

This is our fun trip to Lake Powell on July 20-23! We had so much fun! Bill, Leslie, Tom, Carter, Mandie, Craig, Tyler, Lyndsie and Elsie were all able to come! Thanks Bill for the invite! It was a blast! This post is going to be huge but there were just so many pictures to choose from! I hope you like looking at it!

We started our vaction by cooling Elsie off! She loves the water!

Tyler is Amazing at wakeboarding! Here is his 360!

Ty's AMAZING back roll!

This is my big air! I hate it! I always feel like I got so high and everyone just laughs because I barly leave the water! Just wait some day I will get big air!

Ty and Lynds wakeboarding together! So much fun!

Bill, Leslie and Carter doing there 3 man pyramid! They are so funny!

Lyndsie & Mandie! Our first time skiing!

Elsie's First time tubing! She had mixed emotions about it! She would laugh and the cry! It was so cute!
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I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF MY TWO FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!

Latley Elsie loves to give me kisses! It is so cute and very slobbery!

Cute Leslie! We had so much fun in lake powell but Les missed her cute little Gracie and Nick so much! It was probably a nice break but she couldn't wait to see her cute little family! We love you Les!

Tyler, Carter, Lyndsie, Mandie and Leslie! 5 Man Ski!

Elsie feel asleep almost everytime we got in the boat! So relaxing!

Elsie hanging out with Grandpa Bill! Watching us play WIPEOUT!

Our WIPEOUT coarse! We had to run across all of these tubs and make it all the way across! Carter and Tyler and Craig were the only ones who made it across! It looks a lot easier then it was!

Mandie's WIPEOUT!

Carter always figuring out a way to do things a little differently!

4th of July

2008-07-11T00:23:00.004-06:00

We had so much fun on the 4th of July! We started it off by waking up at 5:30 AM and heading down the annual flag ceromony! I have been going to this sence I was a little girl. Omi and Opa were in charge this year and it turned out wonderful. Also thank you Omi for the adorable bow you made Elsie! Then we went down to the Provo Parade. It was very warm but we had a lot of fun spending time with grandma and grandpa Levin, Blake and Jaycee and of course Mandie and Craig! After the parade we went to lunch and met up with the Thorpes! Peter was working at the Provo Fire Department booth so we just said hi and then headed home. Tyler's sister Samantha and her family were in town so we spent the rest of the night hanging out with them and playing with her cute girls. Sidney and Jackie are seriously little balls of energy and are so much fun to listen too! Then we watched some fireworks. Elsie woke up when we were almost done and did her very first sparkler! It was so cute. She loved the bright colors! So as you can see we had a very long but fun day!

SWIMMING!

2008-07-10T18:06:00.002-06:00

Swimming with Kathy, Brinnley, Talon, Cloe, and of course Elsie and I!

Strawberry Days Rodeo!

2008-07-10T17:26:00.006-06:00

Every year sence I can remember I have gone to the Strawberry Days rodeo! It was so much fun this year. Elsie just loved looking around at all the people! We also went with Kathy and Kameron and there cute little family, and Craig and Mandie! We always have so much fun with these two!

Father's Day!

2008-06-16T13:42:00.004-06:00

Elsie has the best Dad in the world! We had such a fun and busy Father's Day! It started off by sleeping in then going down to Grandma and Grandpa Levin's for a BBQ and Birthday Party for Kathy and Craig! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It was really fun to see all of our family! Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Thomas' and had another BBQ! We are so blessed to have such wonderful families! HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADS!

SO CUTE!!

2008-06-16T13:10:00.003-06:00

Isn't Elsie so cute! I JUST WANT TO KISS HER LITTLE FACE OFF!

ALL BY MYSELF!

2008-06-16T13:01:00.005-06:00

Elsie is getting SO big! I swear one day we woke up and she just starting sitting and rolling all over the place! She is so much fun! WE LOVE YOU ELSIE!

Easter Cooking!

2008-04-24T00:37:00.009-06:00

Elsie was so excited for her Easter Basket! As you can see! The Easter Bunny brought her a book, a new outfit and some really cute clips for her hair! She must have been really good this year!

Elsie loved helping us cook too! The spoon felt really good on her gums!

PIGGY TAILS!

2008-04-12T00:25:00.001-06:00

My First Time Eating Rice Ceral!

2008-04-12T00:13:00.009-06:00

Elsie ate rice ceral for the first time tonight and SHE LOVED IT!! For the last month she has been watching us eat our food and has wanted to have some so bad! So finally Elsie got some and LOVED IT SO MUCH!

2008-03-21T14:37:00.002-06:00

It is so tiring to look this GOOD!!

Elsie's Blessing Day

2008-03-21T12:36:00.005-06:00

Elsie's Blessing Day! We love you Elsie!!

2008-02-04T12:21:00.001-07:00

Here is our little family.