Sunday, July 5, 2009



Paige (my Neice) was in the Health Days Parade with the student council. Here she is 'with the boys'.In may we rented a home up Ogden canyon and met for my family reunion. The kids were fish and spent a lot of time in the pool. We had so much fun. Here is Levi (my nephew)having a ball!


Joy (my sister) in the pool with Tayla, Cris, Levi, Lizzy, Jean, and Tess...


Michelle and Caralee (sisters) relaxing by the pool...

Tayla, Esther and Jana...
Tayla and Jana...

Bob (Brother-in-law) and Lizzy...
Chandra (sister-in-law) and Tess

Tess and Zack (neice and nephew)...
Kendall (brother) & Chandra and kids (Zack, Tess, Nathan, Taylor)
Emory (brother-in-law) and Ryan...
Eric (brother-in-law) and Micah...
In the playroom... Elijah and Malachi (my sons)...
Scott (my husband) playing pool...
Lizzy and Amy(my sister) in the playroom...
The theater room, we decided that we have to have one of these at home!
The Kitchen...
The boys of summer... (Reston, Ryan, Cris and Eli)
The girls of summer....(Hannah, Paige, McKayla-with Ryan)
Caralee, Judy (my mom) and Amy...
Lotsa Kiddos.....
Self Portrait of Scott and I.
Tayla watching a parade...
Malachi helping Tayla ride his bike...
Esther watching the parade....
The boys mushed marshmellows on thier faces....
Tayla and Esther in early May, Tayla got to bring Arthur home from school for the night... He joined them at the dinner table....
Esther and Tayla were picking up Cris, you can see out kitchen under construction...
Malachi got his Bear in Cub Scouts...

Here is more of the kitchen under construction...
This is Tayla and Shane after they painted their faces with washable markers....
These are from May of 2008 when Amy got married in Salt Lake. This is all the sisters. I love this, I think it really shows our personalities and how we mesh together. We have had our ups and downs over the years, but we have always been their for each other. I am grateful for each one of them and the balance they bring to my life. Caralee is the background person, she always comes through and gets things done. Joy is the calming force, adding that peaceful balance and creativity to any occassion. Michelle is the powerbox, she makes sure that it is done and done right. Amy is the enjoyer of the occassion, she is there and always appreciates what is done. I am the performer, always wanting center stage and hopefully sharing it along the way...
This was at Amy's wedding also, this is one of those rare photo's of scott and I that I am ok with being on the other side of the camera for... He's my honey!

Summer is slipping away already... We have done a lot of fun things with the kids and a lot of work on the house. I will have to take more photos of the home's progression. Everyone is well and happy, I think... Family is so wonderful, where would we be without them, we learn love, patience, manners, understanding, tolerence, charity, wisdom, caring, nurturing, blending, forgiving, challanging, frustraition, waiting, taking, living, modesty, cleanliness, social cues, laughter, tears, balance, giving, life... What better classroom setting to learn how to be like the Savior then in a family. I hope that your learning experience this week goes well...