Family pics

We went and took family pictures on Saturday. Here is a peek!! These are the ones that I took, the good ones should be here soon!!

Brag Moment

I just have to take a moment to brag about Caroline. On Sunday our ward had our Primary Program. (This is Caroline's last year being in Primary) All the kids did a great job and it was a great Sunday all around. Caroline got to lead the girls in one of the songs and did an excellent job, especially that it was in front of the entire congregation. For the rest of the day Tracy and I got several compliments about her. All of them about how composed, mature, confident, and sweet she is. She also gave a 2 min talk on prayer and how it strengthens our family. She took her time deciding exactly what she wanted to say. She decided that she was going to talk about Tracy being laid off last August and the two months of prayer that preceded him finally finding work. She has such a sweet testimony of prayer and the power that comes from it. Caroline, we love you and are so proud of the young lady you are becoming!

Wishes

Sometimes we wish that the days will go by. We wish that the week was over and we could get to the weekend only to have those weekends fill up so fast with "things". These pictures were taken a couple of years ago and I can hardly believe that those days have passed so quickly.

So remember when you are having a day that you wish it was over take a breath and enjoy the here and now before the here and now is yesterday or a "couple of years ago".

We must NEVER forget

Remember ... Remember all those effected by that tragic day, the heroes that rose to the call, and all those still fighting to secure our freedoms.

Lanee's Legacy

I have a friend that is involved with Lanee's Legacy, it is a soon-to-be non-profit organization that helps grieving parents of babies who were not with them for long. Please check out their blog to learn more about them and their start-up fund raiser and how you can donate to this worth-while cause. http://www.laneeslegacy.blogspot.com/

July 2009

Wow what a difference it makes blogging without a bad router!! The router for our Internet was bad and it was taking FOREVER to download anything. Problem fixed and now it is so much nicer to sit at the computer blog!!

Abby got a cute new haircut and lost her two front teeth!!

Tracy's work had a family bowling party and the kids had a blast!! It's amazing how good my score is when we are playing with the bumpers up for the kids.

CAMPING!!!!

Quads, kids, dogs, dirt ... what else could you ask for in a camping trip?

Our friend's little girl wanted to sit by Hunter and the next thing we know ...Starting the fire the hard way!!

Abby's self portrait

Daddy teaching the kids to fish ...

The spring ...

This is what is left of an old log cabin by a spring near our camp.

Caroline getting a drink

Paij, Sydney and Caroline with their "forest ranger"

We really had a great summer. We had a great time hanging out, swimming, playing with friends, camping and generally having a blast just being together.

Random Summer Pics

Sorry this is sort of a long post!

You have to love two nearly 200 pound dogs that think that they are little and sneaky!! Above is Princess thinking that she can go for a ride. Below is Ebony thinking that she can hide under Abby's bed. She knows that she is going to get in trouble for sleeping in the girls room!


WARNING: Scary pictures to follow;)

(two men that glow in the dark hehehe)

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!

I really don't think that they every grow up! Tracy and his friends decided that it was a good idea to jump off the roof of our friend's house into the pool.

Tracy and I have decided that we are LOVED! A couple of the neighbor kids came TPing. This is the second time that these boys have gotten our house!! (the first time was so pathetic that it didn't rate having pictures taken)

Who needs leaves to jump in?

What do you do with all that TP? You make Abby into a mummy, that's what!!

Father's day!!

What a start to his day! The kids love to wrestle with Tracy then have a really great breakfast.

Summer Orchestra

Hunter and the cello (first year)

Caroline and the violin (3rd year)

Hunter thought that he would be funny and take my seat in the car ... I don't know that he will be trying that one again for a while!! (I think that he told me that his legs were going to fall off!)

Last Day of School

Our kids had a great year in school this last year!! They all had really great teachers and they are all really blessed with the best friends that a Mom could every hope for their children to have. Thanks to everyone who has blessed the lives of my children!!

Caroline - 5th grade

Hunter - 3rd grade

Abby - 1st grade

MAY!!

Once again I find myself playing catch up with my blog. Between the end of school and the beginning of summer I have been either busy running around or being lazy!! So here we go on our adventures in May!

We were fortunate enough to go and spend a weekend in Snowflake/Taylor with some of our favorite friends. We really had a great time and the kids were in heaven. The weather was beautiful and they love to spend time outside exploring, playing and riding quads.

This is them one morning out in their PJ's playing Batchy Ball. (Only one is missing)

Guitar hero war was ON. I definitely have a better sense of rhythm than my spouse (whom I love DeArLy). Dave was a little better than me at most of the songs though.

This is one of Tracy's favorite things to do with our kids!! They love to get on the quads with Daddy and go exploring.

Dave and his girls had a great time too.

(This pic is missing one kid as well)

Abby in little girl heaven.

Also in May was Abby's ballet recital. She has been in dance for 3 years now and really enjoys it and LOVES her teacher!! These little girls are SO cute and we love them all. Good job girls!!

Abby all dressed up!

We can't forget Father's and Sons! Hunter and Tracy were so excited to take a couple of cousins with them this year. It was fun for them to spend some fun time with Jacob and George. They were sad that Jack was not able to come too but he was working hard at his cub scout day camp.

I figured that this post was long enough so I will save the last day of school and the last couple of weeks for another day!!! (wish me luck)