B. Looses Two Teeth

B. has lost Two Teeth!

Wow you are growing up!

Family Pictures!

We had a great time taking our family pic's this year.

  Here are just a few (we got a ton) of the great shots we got!

Thanks Liz they are Fab!

J. goes to the Conference Center in SLC

While in Utah J. and her Daddy went to the Conference Center for one session of General Conference.

It is nice to have time with Dad.

What a privilege to get to see the prophet!

 I hope you always rememer the Spirit you felt there J.. The gospel of Jesus Christ is true and you get to be a part of His church and kingdom.

 It is a great blessing!

Fall Break Part 1

We started our trip by visiting my sweet sister in Utah.  It was great to have cousin time!

FHE ment that we got to dress up and act out the story of Ammon!

Grammie came down at the end of the trip!

No one tells stories better than Grammie!

Last but not least J. got to spend time with her cousin that also has only brothers!

Girl cousin time rocks!

Arrow of Light!

J. recieved the highest award given in CubScouting.

The Arrow of Light!

Way to go J.!  Keep on the scouting path and it will guide you right!

We are proud of you!

to buy or not to buy?

Note to self: 

When buying school shoes for J. don't buy

Unless of course a few weeks later

you want your daughter on the playground with her shoes like this

J. gets bangs!

The last time J. had bangs was

in 2005.

Now she has them again.

You were beautiful with bangs then and you are beautiful with bangs now!

D-Backs or Rockies?

Because my kids were great readers this summer they earned tickets to a D-backs game.

  Which game should we choose...

hmm....

For those of you who know a bit about our job/moving situtation this past several months you won't be surprised when you hear we chose the one against the Rockies. 

It was great to get out with the family for some much needed fun.

Of course the D-backs won the game but the Rockies are where we want to live. 

Which really won?  I'd like to think the rockies!

TP Plant, Stars, Locking Lips & More

This past weekend we went camping again!  Yahoo!

  It has been way too long since we went camping regularly. So we decided to make it fit in our schedule. 

We had arrived only a few minutes earlier when I hear a delighted voice shout

 "Look a TP plant!"

What is a TP plant you might ask? I don't know the botanical name "butt" it is a great plant to help wipe one's "butt".  This is ONLY used when no real TP is available of course!

 Note to self: the kids have got that lesson you don't need to teach it again!

It was a lot warmer than expected, so we enjoyed taking the rain fly off the tent and enjoying the clear bright stars as we drifted off to sleep.  I seem to forget how very many of them there are.

This pic doesn't do it justice but shows a bit of the beauty that we got to enjoy

Note to self: Fam time is easier to get while camping

You may notice in this next picture we are eating...  You are not the only one to notice. Many, Many, MANY other living things noticed too! 

 We had more bugs around our camp than I have ever had since moving to AZ!

The bug that seemed to like our food/camp/Marty the most was....

Bees!

Yep!  One liked Marty well enough to lock lips with him.  As he was eating one came up and landed on his lip and started sucking!  I gently shewed it away and it came back for more!  After shewing a couple times I finally went to get the camera --after all if I can't help the situation I might as well blog about it eh?

Apparently this was one camera shy bee 'cause it was gone before I could get a pic!

 

We look forward to our next trip but please no kissing bees!

J. gets his Webelos Patch!

J. recieved his Webelos Patch at the last pack meeting!  Yahoo J.!

You may be wondering why no one is in our Scout uniform-- we were dressed for our "Waves of Fun" water play activities!

Here are a couple pics of the fun!

Congrats J.!  We are proud of you!

First Day of School!

Yes! Yes I know school started 3 weeks ago but better late than never eh?

B. started kindergarten this year and he has been soooo excited!

Here he is at "Meet the Teacher Night" with his best friend who has the same teacher!

Ready to leave on the 1st day!

Hangin' out at the bus stop!

Getting off the bus!

Being Cool at School!

First time I leave my B. in the classroom!

I'm so glad I am leaving him in such good hands!

Kids,

I hear Fabulous reports about each of you in school! 

 I am so proud to be your Mom!

Vacation time!

At the end of June we were able to visit beautiful Colorado! 

 We loved the beautiful green,

 majestic mountain

 and extended family on both sides!

(Unfortunately I took VERY few pics)

Picnic in the "mountains" with Peter's family.

(Pete those quotes are for your benefit)

Visiting the Denver Temple

A day spent at Royal Gorge with Grammie!

(part of a family reunion that was FABULOUS!)

Staying with cousins is the best part!

(except that I didn't take any pics so here is one from an earlier visit)