Fathers

A big thanks to all of the fathers in our lives! We are so grateful for all that you do for us. We had a perfect Father's Day- visiting fathers and grandfathers. We love you all!



Matt is such an amazing father. It was fun to celebrate this first Father's Day with him. Sydney gave him lots of hugs and kisses, a picture frame for work, and a movie. We are so grateful for all that Matt does. He works so hard so that I can stay home with Sydney! He has longer days than anyone I know, and when he gets home he spends time with both of us! I am so happy to have him in my life and to have a worthy preisthood holder in my home. He is SUPERDAD! We love you Matt!

Matt & Sydney- Father's Day

November 8, 2007



Whenever I think about pictures of kids and their dads I think of sleeping pictures! I have so many of these pictures with my dad, that I love taking them of Matt and Sydney. It just seems like a dad's idea of taking care of the baby is to hold them while they watch t.v. and then fall asleep. It's ok dads- we know you work so hard that you can't help but fall asleep! Plus, I think the kids love it!

25 Years

Last week my parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They spent the weekend alone, and when they came home we surprised them by decorating the family room and kitchen and having a little family party ready to go. It was really fun to celebrate such a momentous occasion. It really made me think about life a lot, and what really matters. It is so easy for me to get caught up in the little dumb things like how most of my clothes don't fit and how old they are, or how I wish we could live in a nicer place. Obviously those things take up a lot of time because we are always doing bills and budgeting, so how we spend our money is on my mind a lot because we are trying to do the best we can. But when it comes to times like this I like to think about what my life will be like in 25 years. Will I have a grandchild...WEIRD! What will Sydney be doing? What will Matt and I have accomplished by then? How many kids will we have? Where will we be living? How will our families be doing? It really makes me so thankful for family and for the gospel because that is what it is ALL ABOUT! The relationships we have in our life- even the ones that come and go- are what really matter. They are what shape us into who we are. I am so grateful for all of the friends that I have, have had, and will have, and especially for my family. They have all made my life what it is....and it is WONDERFUL!

Congratulations Tim!

Well, I can't believe it! Tim has graduated from high school. I have always been one who has thought that graduating from high school is a minor accomplishment. Really, it just is not that hard to get D's all through high school and graduate. However, in Tim's case it really means a lot more, than at least it did for me. He went to 3, yes 3, different high schools- 4 I guess if you count 9th grade! When he moved to Utah, his senior year, he found out that Utah schools require 27 credits to graduate, and Arizona schools only required 21. So, he was not on track to graduate at all. He had to take early morning seminary and sophomore classes in order to graduate. It was quite the hassle! Anyway, we are proud of you Tim for sticking it out! If there is one thing that will remind me of your high school years, it is watching you play baseball! I am so glad you guys moved back so I could watch you at least for a year! We will miss going to your games- at least until you get on some collegiate team :)

I didn't get the greatest pictures of graduation because we were sitting too far away. I did get a close one after Tim had already turned in his gown.

I have to include some pictures of Tim playing baseball! Most of the games were freezing! Seriously, I even have pictures with snow in them. We were always bundled up in winter coats with a billion blankets wrapped around us!Talk about spring baseball in Utah!

It finally warmed up for the last few games- at least enough that Sydney didn't have to have 10 blankets on her- she enjoyed the games more!

Here are a couple pics of Tim at the playoffs- Brent Brown Ballpark at UVSC!

Family History

Because this blog was created for the purpose of putting our family history together, I thought I better recap our family's history. Don't worry, I will only include the major events, and there are only 3 of them.



November 4, 2005
Our Wedding! The happiest day of my life was the day I married Matt for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple. I still love to look at the pictures and watch the wedding video and think of that day. It was rainy, filled with family and friends, and perfect!











Jolynn Graduates! I spent most of 2007 pregnant and in school, which is not a combination I would recommend. It was a tough year trying to finish up school, complete student teaching, and write a 30-something page teacher work sample! After 4 18-credit-hour semesters straight, I finally graduated and received my diploma! It is amazing what a little piece of paper can represent!






Sydney! Sydney Jo Page was born on November 8, 2007. She was 8 lbs 6 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. She has been the most amazing adventure, and I love taking care of her!

Why Blogging?

Matt's family creates a Page Family History every year. And every year we get e-mails for a few months requesting our family's history of the year. This is because I can never think of anything that happened in the previous year. We end up digging up a few meaningless things and have the most boring family history in the book. I have decided that because we are the youngest family, we should have the most exciting news to share! Matt's aunt told me that they always write their history by looking through their journals and picking the best things to share. I used to be an avid journal writer, but when I got married that hobby got thrown out the window and was replaced with laundry, cleaning, and occasionally cooking. However, I love to look through my old journals and remember the "good times." Because I feel like I never have time to write in a journal, I thought I would try blogging a journal. It is more fun than a journal because it can include pictures, and it is faster because it is typed. So, this blog has been created for my own journaling purposes. It will be used to write our Page Family History and will be something that we can look back at to remember the good times. Thus, it may not be updated regularly, and there may be times that it is updated excessively. Nevertheless, if you read it we hope you enjoy it!