"Jess & Friends"

Gorgeous Girls!

Jessica & her friends, Katelin & Alexandra being goofs!

Daddy-Daughter!

This past weekend was our ward's annual Daddy-Daughter Outing.

It's always a fun time for everyone.

Their tent was so big it was named the "Taj Majal"

Here's Courtney, Lexi and Kylie making signs for their campsite.

They played fun games on Saturday morning like marshmallow toss,

three legged races and the biggest bubble gum blowing contest.

Here's Courtney with her friend Ashley - doing the three legged race!

tttttt too much time on my hands....

Last week Chris and I and some of our friends went to see Def Leppard, Styx & Foreigner at the Cricket Pavillion. We had a great time!

Foreigner opened up - I love their songs!! Styx put on a really great show with lots of their popular songs - we sang out lungs out! I don't know if we ever sat down.

Def Leppard closed out the show with 90 minutes of straight singing - well kinda. Their poor lead singer, Joe Elliot, just can't hit the notes anymore! That's ok, we sang for him!!

The 4 Amigos

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!Well, Kristen's girls looked so cute square dancing, Dillon wanted to do the same dance!

"Our Four Amigos"

So, now that I've got this blog going, I decided to highlight

each of my four children - so here goes:

Jessica ...She's 18 now and attending MCC. Her interests right now are

the lake, boys, the lake, boys,

oh and did I mention the lake and boys?

And, how could I forget her obsession with "Hairspray"!

She is having fun right now meeting new friends and

re-connecting with old ones.

Tyler...He is 15 and isn't he handsome?? Tyler's goal right now is to be a professional wakeboarder. Do you see a theme, here? Kinda funny since we don't even have a boat - we're working on Chris right now for that one! Tyler is a great golfer, I hope he'll start working on that more. Maybe since it's getting cooler, he will.

Courtney is 12 year old. She's a big girl now - and loves hanging out with her friends & having sleep-overs or late nights (whatever she can get). She loves to plan night games with the whole gang. Courtney is a fantastic cheerleader and loves to FLY! She hangs out on the computer too whenever she can get it from mom! She loves her puppies, Tino and Bella.

Dillon...He's 10 years old - double digits! When did all my kids get so old? Dillon just loves to be around friends, skateboard, wakeboard, and ride his bike over curbs and jumps. He recently changed schools, he is such a friendly kid - I'm sure he won't have any problems fitting in. Plus, he's back with some of his very favorite buddies. Only problem is...
I have four kids at four different schools!

In Jamaica - at Dunn's River Falls

I lOVE my children, and I'm so grateful that I'm their mother. Everyday they do things that surprise me - usually in a good way. I'm thankful for the relationships that I have with them and I hope and pray that they will always want to talk to mom.

"Grease Panadero"

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

Happy Birthday Courtney!

Courtney turned 12 on Friday, August 24th! Holy cow, they grow up so fast. She seems so small to me. She still calls me mommy though, so that makes me happy. She's in Young Womens now and not missing primary at all! This is the morning of her birthday - we woke up to our yard heart attacked by her new beehive class. Congrats Courtney!

Beachin' It

Oceanside, California is our favorite family vacation. We have gone every year now for 20 years. The cousins/best friends really, have such great relationships with eachother and I'll always be grateful to my mom and dad for giving us this great gift - a family vacation every year!

Surf's Up Bodies Down!
Tyler & Derek mid-air riding their skimboards into the waves.
This one's Robert, I think he started the crazy crashes!

We always love to bury at least a couple kids Smash Ball is always a favorite... If you're not playing,

you're usually reading or maybe playing frisbee.

Everyone's favorite corndog/sand-dog, Rhett!

All the grandkids minus Ryan who is in Mexico serving a mission.