Chris! This is for your eyes!!!!!

Chris, here are my ideas for gifts this year.




Tell me what you think.....

The Santa bags - Shelby friend gifts
Candy bar - Neighbor gifts

Suckers, sucker bits - for the kids friends

Our new addition to the family, LEXI!

This year all Justin wanted for Fathers Day was a puppy so look what he got! HAPPY FATHER'S DAY JUSTIN!!!!! We love you!

SUMMERTIME FUN!!!

Zack has been the batboy for Kaden's Crush team and this game he got to play with the team, he was thrilled!!

Kaden's Highland Allstar team

The boys wanted there hair bleached.
I had to get a picture of Kaden doing a job. (this doesn't happen very often)

Summer is such a fun time between Football, Golf and Scout camp for Hunter, Volleyball camps, Youth conference and girls camp for Shelby, Baseball-Baseball, Basketball and Football camps for Kaden and then Zack playing with friends, spending time in Koosharem and being such a great kid, summer has not been boring at the least. It is always better when they have something to do. Oh! and of course jobs! This week is cousins and Lagoon!!! Happy 4th!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SHELBY!!!!

My beautiful girl!!!!!

6th Grade Graduation!!!

Today Shelby graduated from elementary and now she is going to Jr. High, I really don't feel like I am the age to have two in Jr. High and no one at home, it is a really weird feeling. Shelby, I am so excited for you to start figuring out how the world works or trying to figure it out as a Jr. High student. You are my beautiful girl and my very best friend. I love you so much!!!! Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS ZACK!!!!!!

My Kindergarten Graduate!!!!

Yesterday was graduation for Zack he is officially graduated from half day school and is going to all day school. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? -no buddy -no wrestling matches on my bed before you go to school -no more lunchtime talks -no more shopping days at costco and getting samples and churros -no more before school movie days. But I have a plan next year I am going to be taking him out of school weekly so I can play with him. hehehe! But really I am excited for you and I am sad that you will be gone all day but I will get over it and just let you grow up but it is going to be really hard for me. Congratulations! I love you!! I am going to miss you bad!

THE PINEWWOD DERBY!!!!

This is the finished project!!!

He got the "Most Sportyest car" award. It was a New York Yankee baseball car. Baseball, shocker!!!!!

He doesn't look like he is having any fun, but he was having a real good time!

I am not sure why he has his shirt off and sunglasses on in the house and at night, but we don't figure him out either!! We just don't ask questions. HEHE HAHA!!!

He is so proud of his car!!!!

Kaden had his pinewood derby. He and Justin worked so hard on his car and got it just perfect, until he got to the race and it didn't do so hot "they said it was because I didn't put the "stuff " on the car before I turned it in." Kaden didn't complain a bit, he is such a happy kid, he had a blast anyway. Better luck next year!! You are always a winner to me, I love you!!!

I love these boys!!!!!!

These boys are the cutest boys in the world and they are the best of friends, they are together all the time, playing football, baseball every sport imaginable. I love that they love to be together, I would not want it any other way.

Alexis and Amanda

One of the girls in my class, named Anna drew pictures of these girls. They are amazing she is only 16 years old, she has an amazing talent and it really captured the personalities of these beautiful girls. You should see them!!!!! They were displayed at the viewing they were framed in a black frame and were sitting right next to each girl. What a beautiful service it was and a honor to of known these great girls!

I just wanted to say a few things about our friends. This is Amanda and Alexis, they are two amazing girls and very dear to my heart. This last Thursday they were traveling with their family for a family vacation as they do quite often. They have a very close family and loved being together on family outings, the family was wanting to try out a RV and decided to head south for a outing. Things did not go as planned and ended in a very horrible accident and we lost both of them. Our hearts are empty right now because of there loss but on the other hand I am so happy that they are together as they always are and get to be together in Heaven and that is right where they are. These girls are very special to all who knew them, Alexis is one of my Young Women and therefore just like a daughter to me, she is one of my good good friends she touched me with every word she spoke. We had long discussions about "just things" and I loved that she talked to me not only as her leader but she treated me like her friend and that meant the world to me. I love Alexis with all my heart and I know that I will be her friend again, she will be in my heart forever and I will think of her often. Amanda is darling, I didn't get a chance to get as close to her but she has a very special spirit and I was awaiting the chance to have her in my class also...... This family is very special to me and my family, they are always there for anyone that needs them, you can always count on them for help etc. I can honestly say that they are not just neighbors they are our dear friends. We love you so much our hearts go out for you and your family!!!!!! Just remember we will always be there for you just like you are always there for us.......

Zack - Zack - My Baby!!!!

There is nothing better than sleeping children!!! I absolutely love watching my kids sleep, not only because they are not asking for anything or fighting, but because I don't know what it is but they are sooooo cute when the are asleep. The other night we had a pretty late night, my sister and her family was up here so we met them at the Draper temple Open House and also went to the Sportsman Expo and then back to their hotel and swam until 11:30. When we got home the kids were exhausted so the big boys went down stairs and hung out and went to sleep and this is where we found Zack he had gone upstairs and tucked himself in our bed on my side (he said he always has to be on my pillow and my side, which I love) and fell asleep it was really hard to take him to his bed I just wanted to climb in bed with him and snuggle but he really isn't the easiest child to sleep with so I had to get a picture because times like these are times I will cherish. We had a blast at the Expo and the kids love to see the Temple and love to be with their cousins.

Arizona - Baseball - Arizona

My little Kaden in his height of Glory. I am so glad that he gets the opportunity to be able to play the sport he loves with such a fun team and especially having his dad be one of the coaches and in one of the funnest places to play in the world. This place is so cool, it is several fields and they are replica's of the major league fields all throughout the world and his favorite being "Yankee Stadium" but in little league size. It was so cool!!!!!

Kaden's Team!!!!!
My little Zacky! He wants to be just like his big brother's.

This is in front of the "Big league of Dreams"


This is at the M&M world in Las Vegas.

We went to a Mariners and Dodgers Spring Training game. Zack's favorite Baseball team is the Mariners, he was hoping for Echiro but he never played in this game.

Us watching Kaden's game at the "Big League of Dreams" in Arizona. We had a blast watching those games!!!!!! We sure missed Hunter, he stayed home so he wouldn't miss so much school but we all missed him bad.

My Volleyball Gal!!!!!

This year Shelby wanted to try Volleyball, so we were sitting at a High School volleyball game and a lady came up to us and wanted Shelby to play with them on a volleyball team so she decided to try it this year and she has loves every minute of it. This is their first tournament and they did awesome!!

Shelby and her friends!

Last Friday Shelby and her friends went on a picture taking spree, one of the mom's took them all over to take pictures and boy did they get some cute pictures.
left to right: Sarah, Sadie, Shelby, McCall, Tieler and Brylee *********
Aren't they just such cute girls!!!!!!

Four of the six are 12 years old and they go weekly to the temple at 6:30 a.m. soon all of them will be 12 and they all can go, they are such good girls.

12 years old!!!! WOW

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Shelby my precious and only little girl, you are the light of my life! I remember the moment I laid eyes on you I knew that you were very special and that you would be my best friend. I hope that it never changes, as the years go by and you get older not wanting to be by my side at every moment of the day will come. I know I say that somedays I just need my space but really I don't I would be lost without you strapped in my overalls because I couldn't hold you anymore (I had to get something done) I never want that to end. You are my little sweetie and my light when things are dark. I am soooo excited for to become a Young Women but you will still and always be my little girl. I love you so much and I am so blessed that you came to me.

Happy Birthday!
My Love..........

Today is my sweet husband's Birthday!~

Even though you picked out all your presents I still have some surprises under my sleeve!
Happy Happy Birthday sweetheart I am so lucky to be able to spend your birthdays with you, you are my love, my hero, my bestfriend, and the man I will love for all eternity!!!!!!

Justin I hope you have a wonderful Birthday!!!!!!!!

I hope everybody is having a wonderful New Year, the kids are back in school and life is back on track all though I really miss sleeping in and also I miss the kids just hanging out around the house.

BUT.... let me just tell you what I did today I made little loafs of bread for dinner tonight and let me tell you my MIL gave me all the makings to this new thing, I am telling you what I am a bread making fool, I have made breadsticks, bread, cinnamon rolls all kinds of breadsticks sweet and cheesy and I have made them all in 1 hour or less. It is the best thing ever I love bread and so does my family, tomorrow I am making Calzones for dinner. It is soooooo easy and my family loves the bread, I am so excited. My MIL found a lady here that made this up and she came to her Enrichment night, the lady has a DVD on how to make different things and it is amazing. I used to think that bread is so hard and it kinda overwelmed me a little, my mom used to make bread but it took all day to make it and so that scares me alittle I remember having to push it down and push it down, with this you only raise for 25 minutes if that and cook for 25 minutes. I can't say enough good about it.

I started making these loafs around 12:50 today and was done and the mess cleaned up by 2:15 and I also talked on the phone half the time. I am really not trying to brag but it really is easy and if I can do it you can. The 2 on the right got a little out of hand but oh well. now I just need one of my friends little loaf pans.