Summer Slide Show- Finally Catching up our blog!

Pictures from our trip to Utah

I had the guts to take the kids to Utah by myself, and it was fun!! We went for a flute festival, but had some fun along the way with family and friends.


At Erika's--Addy and Ashlyn



Syd and Addison at Korin's cabin



Korin invited us up to her cabin. She was there with 4 of her kids. We joked that it was a Mom's night out (well- with 9 kids!!) It was really fun. The kids rode 40-wheelers, did the high swing between the trees and played games, had adventures in the mountains, and ate good food. Thanks Korin!! We had a blast!! Korin and I even got some good chatting time until 1am!!














Celebrating Nathan's 6th Birthday with the cousins--



McKenzie at the flute Festival. She learned a lot!!





At the car show with the Rat Fink Festival...





Seeing Great Grandfather's home:

Graduation, promotion 2008

Pictures from Bradley's 5th grade promotion and McKenzie's 8th grade graduation. What a busy day!!

Last Day of school

Our teachers for all the kids have been INCREDIBLE this year. They have not only taught them what they needed to, but have also helped to instill confidence, and all those wonderful character traits we try to teach them at home as well, such as caring, honesty, and doing what's right. THANKS to Mrs. Laird and Anderson, Mrs. Coyne, Mrs. Pease and all of McKenzie's teachers, especially Mr. Weller. KUDOS!!

Sydney Birthday

Sydney's Webkinz Birthday party was a favorite!! She had a few friends over and they went to the floral store to pick out a Webkinz, and they came home and played with them, ate spagghetti (Syd's favorite), made name necklaces for their webkinz, designed some clothes for them, and had sundaes. Mom spent the few hours sewing whatever the girls asked her to do. They loved it- mom was exhausted!! Happy 9th, Sydney!

our kids on helium...

McKenzie and Bradley discovered the humor in helium at the family wedding dinner for Sarah. Talk about life of the party!! It was pretty funny!

New photos of Addie and mom!

I took Addison for her 6 month photos and jumped in a few. They turned out good, except she wouldn't smile much. Too interested in what was going on. Oh well!

Mother's Day and Sarah's Wedding

We went to our neice, Sarah's wedding and visited Mike's mom for Mother's Day. Here are some of the photos of our memories we made:


At the family dinner the night before the wedding.




At the wedding at the Redlands Temple. It was a beautiful day and the temple grounds were beautiful with lots of roses and other flowers.







At the reception... our kids were hilarious at the dance!! They really boogie'd down!! It was fun!








Mike, Steve, Jeff and Debbie with their mom on Mother's Day. She fixed us a nice lunch- isn't that how it is on Mother's Day sometimes? The mother does all the work. It was nice to see her- it's a rare occasion we can visit like that, since we don't live close.


Some kid fun on Mother's Day!! And this was only 3 of the 5 kids!! UGGHH!