Finally A Post!

One of the many pictures taken that day!

I bought us all white flip flops to where out of the temple!

Our family was sealed July 20 2010
it was such a fun and wonderful day! We are so greatful for all the people who helped us get to this point. It only took us 11 years to get our act together. But now we are a forever family!
I know we are blessed for the doing this with our family. I wish we would have done it sooner.

This is one of my favorite photos we too that day!

Summer..Is it over yet??

Wow~ I can't believe summer is already here! it's kinda crazy to think that in just at few months both my kids will be in school full time!! Until then I guess we will enjoy the summer! We bought a Pass this year to the American Fork Rec. Center so we will be going there alot!! It's so nice to just go for an hour or so. When you have to pay for the whole day you want to get your moneys worth. I think our pass will pay for it's self for sure!



So far this summer we went to Yuba State Park~Got really sunburned but had a great time!!



I got a great deal on Season passes to the Salt Lake bees~ there are at least 40 more games and I paid $40 a person for them that's only $1 a game. I don't think we will make it to all the game but still its a good deal. Oh and we can take 4 people with us also~!



We went to Tracy Lawerence Concert at Eagle Mountain days, the kids thought it was really cool when we went right up to the stage. Well I am sure we will have more fun to come!! I will try to keep you updated!! But If I don't we must be having to much FUN!!!

WOW!

That's a lot of stuff we have done in the last few weeks! plus there are 2 camping trips that I didn't even blog about! I will get the 3rd one when we go to Yuba!
Today we went to the U.P.O.A k-9 TRIALS! it was lots of fun but very cold! Those dogs are so smart!! I hope we get to go again soon!

Jordan's Final Meet!

Jordan has decided that she wants to just be a kid~ well one that just goes to piano lessons! Jordan has been going to gym 10 hours a week and on the days she doesn't go to gym she has piano and activity days so there is no time to just be a kid! this was her final meet and in total she only went to 2 meets! She does love gym and she is really good at it but she has decided to take a break. Its fine with me~ no more driving her back and fourth and I will save $150 a month! just a side note she sis fracture her arm at classic skating so this really ended her gymnastics for the summer! Lucky for her it wasn't a very bad fracture and she didn't need a cast or surgery just a soft cast!

Oh and My Hubby had a Birthday!!

Mark would die if he knew that I posted this picture of him on our blog! but since he never reads this blog he will never know! So don't tell him!!
Mark is 34 this year~ He is so old!
but I love him anyways~ He is a great Father and a wonderful Husband! He is such a hard worked and we love him for that! I always said I wanted to marry someone like my dad. I know that My mom might think that I am crazy! Just kidding she loves my dad! I just always wanted to marry a guy who could fix things and build things~oh and like my dad treat me like a Queen! Mark is just that person! He is always fixing up stuff around our house to make it just the way I want! I love him for that! Love ya babe!

I know I am a SLACKER!!

Tanner Played soccer for the first time this spring! He was pretty cute to watch! He said it was fun but he really wants to play Baseball! so I guess next year we will do Baseball!

Tanner is 6!.. (on April 7)

Wow 6 years has flown by so fast! The world will never be the same! Tanner is all boy~ this you will know if you have ever met the little terror! But, I don't know what we would do without him! He keeps us going all the time! He is a great little reader and has just started to play soccer. He loves Dirt bikes, Motorcycles, and fast cars! Yep still all boy! He learned how to ski this year and can out ski is mom!

Little Baby Tanner! Such a fun, Happy Little boy!

Love ya

Tanner had his own little tanning bed when he was just a day old! Marks says that's why we named him Tanner..But its not really!
Tanner!

The Start of our little Garden!

Here is the start of our little Garden! Mark and the Kids are having a great time watching all the stuff we planted grow!

Easter!

Here is Tanner with a egg of his favorite color!

Cassie, Jordan, Ally and Tanner Coloring eggs!

they are so excited!

We had a great Easter! We had to extra Kids this year and it was lots of fun! Thanks Ally and Cassie for joining us!

The First Campout of the year!

This campout was lots of fun! Thanks Lonnie, Leslie and Laynie for Having a Birthday!!

OUR NEW BATHROOM~

THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS MARK HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK! HE DOES SUCH GREAT WORK. OUT BATHROOM BEFORE HAD WHITE TILE WITH WHITE GROUT~ WHICH HAD WAS NOW BLACK! IT ALSO HAD A WHITE TILE COUNTER TOP THAT WAS SO UGLY! I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE PICTURES SO YOU COULD HAVE SEEN.

NOW WE HAVE A VERY NICE BATHROOM WITH TAN TILE AND DARK BROWN GROUT! ALSO WE GOT A NEW VANITY AND MIRROR. OH! AND A NEW TOILET! I STILL NEED TO PUT UP THE TOWEL RACK AND GET MY BROTHER TO PAINT THE TILE IN THE TUB SURROUND. AFTER THAT IT WILL BE A BRAND NEW BATHROOM!

THANKS BABE YOU DID A GREAT JOB!!

What your Neighbor doesn't have a Hot Air Balloon??

We had just started the remolding of the bathroom and removing the tile from the landing at the front door.. When I went out to get the garbage can and saw that there was a HOT AIR BALLOON at the park up the street. As I watched it I noticed that it was not going very high and that it was tied off. While I knew the Neighbor's(The Bolkes's) had a hot air balloon, then I noticed that there trailer that they keep there balloon in was not home or was there car. So I sent Jordan to the park to investigate!
Sure enough it was the neighbors balloon. So off to the park we went to check it out! well once we got there Dan had decided that he would give people rides. YAHOO! Tanner was too scared but the rest of us went up in the balloon. we didn't go very high but it was still cool! Thanks Bolke's

Here
I am going up!

Not sure how to turn this picture. But mark and Jordan are inside~

Getting out of the balloon!

Ready to go up!

Mark and Jordan!

Brothers!

Not sure how Many people know but I was blessed to be in a family of only Boys!! Yes that's right I only have brothers! Sometimes they Drive me Crazy and Sometimes I don't want to claim them. But I don't know what I would do with out them.
A Little about my Brothers!
My oldest Brother~ Craig is 10 years older than me and is a wonderful man! He is a great dad and would do anything for anyone.

Eric~ is next in line and is 8 years older than me. He is also a Great dad to his daughter! He is a computer Geek~ which comes in handy sometimes! He is my tallest brother~ and the one with the most Hair!
Brian~ Is 6 years older than me and the Brother I see the most. He goes camping with us and is always there to help out with my kids. He is a hard worker, and A great big Furry Teddy Bear!

Matt~ is 4 years older than I. He is a really hard worker and a great dad. He is my brother that always kisses my mom good bye and always lets you know he loves ya. Which is kinda crazy because he was such a wild teenager~ for those of you who know him.

And then there is Justin~ 2 years younger than I~ My Mom said I couldn't be the youngest and the only girl. Don't worry I am still spoiled. Justin and I could always be found together when we were younger. it was always the Brothers and Justin! He is a Great Dad and turning out to be a great Farmer!


My oldest Brother Craig was just diagnosed with Cancer. It was really scary to think that something might happen to him. Lucky for all of us they caught it before it had spread. He will have a nice scar that will remind him that it was there, But I am glad that he is still here! It really makes you think how short life can be. It also made me think how great full I am for my brothers! I know there is a reason I grew up with just brothers~ I can't handle the Drama! I love my brothers so much and I just wanted everyone to know!
Love ya Bro's~

Tanner !

sorry the camera ran out of memory!

Skiing is FUN to do...

I keep telling myself that skiing is fun to do! But so far I haven't found the fun part~ I just think its a lot of work! Mark and Tanner and Jordan all love to ski and Do it so well! I really think I should have learned when I was younger and had no fear at all!! Tanner & Jordan love to go fast and never want the day to end!

I think the part I dislike the most is the going fast! I know right! The fun of skiing is going fast~ I just don't trust that I will stop!

Tanner is not afraid of anything! Here he is going over a jump!

Tanner and I again..Mark was the camera man and Jordan is too good to just stay on the little hill with us! So sorry no Pics of her!

Here we are on the Lift.. I also don't enjoy this part either! I am always afraid my skis will fall or I will fall! Also I hate getting off the lift! I did do pretty good only fell over once getting off and that was thanks to Tanner staying on the back of my skis!

Tanner and Uncle Brian! They enjoy the Lift!

Watch Out!!

I just got this New Gun! Its a 38 special and of Course pink!! I can't wait to go shoot it! So beware I may be packing Heat next time you see me!! I know you are worried!

Salt Lake Temple!

What a Beautiful Picture of the Salt Lake Temple! This year our Family is going to be sealed in the Temple aand We can't wait to be a forever family! I really want to go to the SLC Temple on the same day we were married~ the only problem is that its closed for cleaning so now I have to decided to Go Before Our anniversay or to wait and go at the end of july after our anniversay??? Or should we just go to a different Temple all together?? Oh the Decisions~ good thing I have a few months to think about it!!

Well...

So at least once a week I get on the computer and read my friends blogs.. I love to see all the fun things my friends are doing in there lives~ the good times, the sad, and all the pictures that go along with it~ I always hope that everyone has updated there blog so I can read it... Some times I am dissapointed! ( Jana E.)!! But do I ever look at my own blog that is never up to date??! Thats Right I want everyone else to update and I am not doing it myself! I always have the best reasons.. We haven't done anything worth writing about~ or My I haven't down loaded any pictures of What we have done~ Well the other day I was having lunch with some great friends~ And we were talking about how you can make a blog book of all of your blog and how fun it will be for our kids to look back on all the fun things we did as a family! It's almost like a big Journal! I know that I should really be keeping a Journal for my kids..but since I am not this should count for something!! So Here's to a new year!! I will be better at updating my blog atleast once a week! Hope you enjoy are family blog!