Brynlee and Charlie Bens kiddos

Alyssa and Brynlee 

Brynlee loves her Aunt

Charlie

The Whole Family

Just us and our kids

Jessica's Family and one more on the way

Kaleb, Aaralyn, and Kamden

Well it has been a long while since I have been on here a lot has happened so I haven't had much time. We moved to a beautiful new house in caldwell, Id and I love it here.

I have 5 grandkids now...... WOW 5 can you believe it and we are expecting another grand baby in 2015. Here are some new family pics and some great ones of the grand babies and our little ones we still have at home.

Our lives are finally settling down a little my mom and stepdad passed away this year about 6 weeks apart that has been tough both financially since neither had life insurance and mentally challenging also.

Ben got divorced and moved back home with us. He is doing great has a good job and loves being a daddy.

Eddy graduated from high school and has a steady girlfriend. They plan to get married once she graduates.

Alyssa started the 3rd grade this year and is doing remarkably well. Especially with reading. YAY. Alyssa is a major girly girl how I have no IDEA? Growing up with mostly brothers makes me wonder.

Dakota is in junior high now. He is doing great grade wise but is struggling socially alittle. He discovered Skype and seems to enjoy that a lot as well as playing minecraft. He loves the dress code at his school. Don't know why? Alyssa wants us to move before she gets to jr high she hates the dress code.

Hectic Life

 Alyssa cowboy

 Ride That Horse

 Getting Ready for Prom

 Eddy and his date

 Ed Ben Mistty Brynlee and Eddy's Prom Date

 Baby Aaralyn

 Daky Loves his sucker

 My little peanut Brynlee

 Kaleb and Aaralyn

 Wow Grandma whats up

 Daky is an egyptian

Baby Aaralyn

Everything here is hectic we can't seem to catch a minute to even breathe. Brynlee just had her 2nd birthday and Daky and Alyssa's birthdays are just around the corner. Jessica just had a new baby girl her name is Aaralyn. Everyone is growing up so fast. Eddy just had his Prom and that went well all dressed up in a tux and everything. Well I am still in school doing great. Having a few problems with the new school system but am catching on. I can't wait to graduate in Sept. Well here is our hectic part Kev got a new job in Ontario, OR so we are moving we can't sell the house since we owe more than its worth Damn Economy. So we are going to rent it out we found a nice couple with 3 kids that are awesome. And we are building our dream house it will have 5 bedrooms 3 bathrooms and a 3 car garage. Huge made for a queen pantry and walk in closets in every room. I even got to pick everything paint carpet cabinets countertops it has been a lot of fun. Well Hope everyone is doing ok we love you and miss you all. Can't wait till this moving this is over.

The School Year

I know a major slacker in the blogging industry. Well I have been busy. I graduate with my medical assisting degree in a week. WOW time sure has flown. Alyssa is in kindergarten and doing fabulous. Ben is home from Alaska yay!! Brynlee is getting huge. Eddy is doing well he is in college courses in high school this year. Dakota is getting better he is reading like a pro.... that is a huge change for him. His speech is improving also his teachers are starting to be able to understand him which helps. Well that is all that is going on in our lives not a lot of time on my part with school and kids and the holidays coming up thank goodness I graduate before thanksgiving should take a little of the pressure off I hope. Well we miss all you far away friends and send our love. Love the Dahl Family

Pictures of the Grand baby

Here are a few pictures of Brynlee for all to enjoy.

Busy busy

Sorry it has been so long a lot has been going on. I went back to school for Medical Assisting. I am doing phenomenally well Yay me. Ben is getting ready to leave for Afghanistan in a couple of weeks we are all scared and sad to see him go but it is what he wanted to do. So as you can see we have been pretty busy. Alyssa started preschool Kevin found a new job and got laid off again. Eddy is getting straight A's and is in all honors classes. Dakota finally learned how to read boy did he take off he went from struggling to getting 176% out of 100 pretty awesome for a kid who couldn't read his speech is starting to improve you can understand most of what he says now. Mistty graduated high school and Brynlee will be turning a year old here in a few weeks and is starting to walk. Time sure has flown by hasn't it. Well that pretty much updates you on our family. We love and miss all you that are far away. Hope to hear from you all soon and hope you are all doing wonderfully.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Ok so I am a little late but at least I got pictures up to show off. One of these days I will have the time to sit down and actually write something more but not lately. I have been very busy. I thought with Alyssa in preschool 4 hours M-Th free it just hasn't worked out what is up with that I still have no free time. :)

Slacker Blogger

Ok so I am a slacker when it comes to blogging but I have tried. Life has been quite busy lately. Benjamin came home for a week (yay) Alyssa started preschool (not sure how I feel about that one yet) Eddy and Dakota are doing great but nothing new for them. Kevin finally got a new job yipee!!!!!! Well that about says it. Sorry nothing very exciting here. Got new family pictures done very cute.

Happy Halloween

My kids were lucky this year we got to have 2 days of halloween. Friday the kids did trunk or treating at all the local church's. Saturday they did normal trick or treating knocking on door kind as Alyssa says. There is no trick or treating in this town on Sunday. Hope you enjoy the pic's Alyssa was a different princess each day the first she was Snow White the next princess Jasmine. Eddy as always was the grim reaper. Dakota was a race car driver this year. Happy Halloween hope every one had a great time.

Getting Pictures done is getting so expensive I am trying to learn how to do it on my own. Here are a few that I did of my kids. They are getting so big! Aren't they gorgeous.

Benjamin In Georgia

We had a really hard time letting our son go when we moved to Idaho Falls. I understood that he wanted to stay in Poky and graduate high school with all of his friends. I was so very sad and missed him so very much. When he was there though we new he was safe, happy and taken care of. Benjamin is in Georgia at boot camp now he is doing great but it tears me apart not being able to talk to him on the phone we got to talk to him last weekend and it was wonderful it just made us miss him all the more. Now when he gets home in December he will be here for 1 month then he is off to Alaska for 3 months. After that he is being sent to Afghanistan for 14 months. It makes me wonder how the heck I am going to deal with my son so far from home. I know that he is now married and has a beautiful little girl, that just makes it harder for me knowing we will get to see his daughter grow and learn and he won't. I understand that it is what he has to do but it doesn't mean I can't want to hug him everyday. Well that is all I can tell you about Ben. I put a pic of him in uniform and one with a bald head. And one of Brynlee with her grandpa. Love ya all. The Dahls

Welcome October

Well school has officially started and my kids have already missed two weeks, home with the flu. Nice start to the fall don't ya think. Well we are getting ready to celebrate my son's 15th birthday. His dad took him to the Disturbed concert in Salt Lake. That is all he wanted for his birthday.We had a pretty interesting summer here. Ben got married and they had a beautiful baby girl. Kevin and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. Dakota and Alyssa went to there first parade. We took a family trip to Hogel zoo and the Saint Anthony sand dunes. Dakota had his 8th birthday and Alyssa turned 4. We are a little sad that we didn't get to see Jessica and Caleb this summer but they seemed to have a lot of fun in Nampa. Some of our good friends came to visit and were here for about a month then they moved to TX can't wait for them to visit again. But Alyssa had a wonderful time with Hannah and Emily check out the purple mohawk and the cowgirl outfit Alyssa even got to ride a horse that is one thing she has always wished for she calls all horses snoozy ask her why and she says that is there name. Ben left for Georgia he should be home sometime in December and we definately can't wait. Mistty is doing ok she misses Ben but she had her 18th birthday and at least she has school work and Brynlee to keep her occupied until Ben gets home. Mistty is going to go visit Ben sometime the middle of October and we are going to keep Brynlee with us while she is gone hopefully that will be fun for her and us. It has been a long time since we had a baby for that long. I am glad she sleeps through the night already. Brynlee is getting big and is rolling all over the place it won't be long before she starts crawling. Well that is all that is going on here sorry it has been so long since I updated but there is alot to do to get the kids ready for school. Love you all. Have a wonderful Halloween.

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