We Are Family....

Monday, March 22, 2010

....more Irish Roots!!

I was so excited to marry into a Irish family...thrilled I still had a Irish last name....Doyle to Dougherty wasn't a hard transition:) Have to make mention of my awesome father-in-law(Papa) and his Father(Poppy). Wonderful men and great examples of the Irish Heritage.

Cool "Irish" family history...

As the month of March comes to a close....we can't bring on April w/o
talking about our Irish roots. When visitng Grandma and Grandpa Doyle's house as a young girl we wouldn't leave w/o my grandpa Doyle talking about the good'o Irish heritage. I'm so thankful for my Irish roots. Now that both my grandparents are gone...their legacy will live on forever. We are thankful for the good memories. The boys love hearing about the boxing stories of the Doyle brothers.

When I think of St. Patrick's Day or the word "Irish" I always think about my dad.....on the back of his fighting robe was a huge four leaf clover. To the family members who fought for our freedom...for the people who have made our lives easier....for the memories that will be with me and my family forever.

Good times in Southern Utah this past week.

ahhh.....loving this sunshine. We had a fun week last week. We went to Snow Canyon over the weekend....enjoyed hiking and playing in the sand.

Michael and Trav Jr. participated in a Stake Road show......Heroes of the Book of Mormon!!

Tanner enjoyed painting his pine wood derby car.......his last one!!

Travis had his first all-star basketball game.

Aiden loves to wrestle....

We had a busy St. Patrick's Day - actually my nephews birthday. Had fun making sugar cookies and talking about our Irish Roots!!

...more Snow Canyon pics!!

Tanner & Me

Michael, Kadin, & Travis

Dad and Aiden

M.D............Michael

Snow Canyon

Tanner, Zach, Caleb, Michael, Jake and Travis

Caleb and Michael

Road show....Michael and Travis were TRUE Warriors.....

After the 4th ward roadshow....the costumes didn't stay on for long

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Fun watching Damon & the Cougars

Cheering for Damon, Kadin(16), Jake(14),Michael(12), Travis Jr.,(13) & Zach(12)

The Big Stud...DAMON#7

Caleb, Samson, Jake & Trav

Grandma & Grandpa doing what they do BEST - Cheering for the grandkids!!!

Fun in Vegas...

After the play and dance review, Friday. We woke up early Saturday and hit my nephews Lacross tournament in Las Vegas - just about 2 hours from our house!!

The boy cousins growing up fast...picking up where they left off last visit.

Me, Tanner(10) & Samson(10) - These two boys are the closest cousins in age on the Doyle Side of the family.

Ice-cream with Grandma & Grandpa...

OUR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Parents need to "play offense" - to capitalize on the impressionable years of childhood by instilling in their sons the antecedents of character. Their assignment during two brief decades will be to trasform their boys from immature and flighty youngsters into honest, caring men who will be respectful of women, loyal and faithful in marriage, keepers of commitments, strong and decisive leaders, good workers, and secure. And of course, the ultimate goal for people of faithis to give each child understanding of scripture and a lifelong passion of Jesus Christ. This is, I believe. the most important responsibility for those of us who have been entrusted with the careand Nurturance of children.

Christmas In Elma!!

We left for WA the 13th of December - I barely made it to Seattle to hand the kids over to my Dad and catch a flight to Atlanta where I would join Trav for his company Christmas Party the next day. Trav and I had a fun get away and were able to do a little Christmas shopping. We stayed Thursday, Friday and Saturday and flew back to Seattle Sunday morning where we stayed until January 3rd - We were able to catch a Elma Boys Basketball game. The boys thought it was really cool looking at all the family(uncles & aunts) names on the walls before you entered the Gym doors. Michael and I went and Chatted with Coach Nadau one afternoon. It was so fun spending time with family and friends