Fun Times...catching up!

  

We went with our friends, Kelli and Marci to the The Bon Jovi Concert at the new "Joint" at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas!  We had SO much fun!  First we went out to dinner at this really yummy restaurant called the Strip Steak and then over to the Hard Rock for the Concert where it was a standing room only concert.  We didn't even get there very early, considering some people had been in line since early in the morning...no thank you!  We got there and went in and found us a primo spot with a rail we could lean on (we liked that, it gave us some s.p.a.c.e. and we like space) and got ready for Jon to come on out.  The "Joint" is a new venue and holds only about 4,000 people so compared to the 60,000 we're used to sharing him with it was pretty awesome!  He was not very far away, as you can see in the picture.  It was a super fun concert with super fun company.  Thanks for coming with us Robert's...we'll have to do it again!!

  

 There He is RIGHT BEHIND US!!!

 

GOOD-BYE for now.  Until next time...

ok, whatever.  so i'm obsessed.

Dillon is 12

Dillon had his 12th birthday on Tuesday, April 28th and and well...I had to work and so did Dad, so we decided to have a big birthday breakfast!!  First we all woke up early and went up stairs and woke Dillon up with a birthday song for him and that early in the morning it's not a pretty thing.  Then dad fixed us all french toast, eggs, bacon and sausage.  It was a yummy breakfast and then for dinner that night Jessica, Tyler and Courtney took him to Chick-Fil-A 

 

and Courtney gave him this awesome blanket that she "hand-made" for him!  He had a really great birthday party over the weekend at Amazing Jake's with a bunch of his friends.   

I can't believe my baby is 12 years old!  He will be ordained a Deacon this Sunday, May 10th on Mother's Day!  What an honor for Mother's Day for me!  I'm so excited for him to receive the priesthood and to have another priesthood holder in our house.  I'm proud of you Dillon for the good choices you have made in your life and for the good boy that you are.  I love you so much!

Mountain View Prom

Tyler and Makaelee 

Mountain View Prom

April 25, 2009

   

Tyler lookin' so handsome in his Tuxedo.

  

wait...that's not Makaelee!!  Jessica loves her Bro!

 

Oh!  There, she is!

  

Tyler & Dallin...sittin' in a tree

  

 

Tyler, Makaelee, Ashlie & Dallin

The "HUMMER LIMO"

 

 The Group Shot at the dance.

Hoedown Throwdown

My wonderful, SO TALENTED, children!

This is what we do when we're bored around our house.

Well, this or sing Karaoke!   We'll post those videos next, if we can get Tyler to do it, knowing the camera is on... hahaha

exhausted.

"Every since I started working I have been exhausted and haven't been able to blog".

  - Shawna Baker-

So I'm going to do it for her! Hey everyone it's Jessica! Since Mom is too tired to find something to blog about, I decided I would pick up the slack and take care of my blog PLUS hers! Genius right?? So we have quite a bit to catch up on. I'll try to update frequently, but since I have nothing to do with my days I might not be able to! Haha just kidding! But for starters.....

Mom got a new job!!! Congrats Mom! She is working at Ultimate Tan and as she likes to say, she is a tanning bed slave! Yep, thats right! She cleans tanning beds all day long! Probably not the best thing for her back, but it gets her doing stuff and bringing in some extra cash! Can you say score?! We are all so proud of her for going back to work! 

We love you Mom!!

DESERT DEVILS NATIONALS 2009

NATIONALS COMPETITION IN LOS ANGELES, CA 

April, 2009

Courtney, Sophie, Ramie, and Page and Matty in a store window..haha!

the "cutest" jammies that page and matty gave to everyone :)

They did so good and hit all their stunts and tumbling and we were so proud of them!

Go Devils!  Can't wait to watch you guys again next year!!

A bunch of the girls decided to get together and have a professional photo taken and it turned out so cute!  I wish we had one of the whole team!  

This is Courtney, Lydia, Haylie, Ramie, Annie and Brooklyn.

Spring Break in Hawaii...2009

Our family went to HAWAII for Spring Break this year!

It was a pretty last minute decision and even with that

our plans changed like four times before the trip was

finalized. At least we thought it was...we were flying

standby and that was very nerve wracking!! But, we

got there and started out right away having a great time,

just spending the time together, was what made it awesome!!

We did so many fun things. For 4 days we didn't stop! I think

we hit almost every great spot and did every great thing

there was to do on Oahu. This post could go on forever,

so I'll just show you all the highlights (at least for me)!

Pearl Harbor. We went about 8 years ago, but the

kids didn't really remember it, so we went back again.

This time, they were all very interested and I think

it made a lot more sense to them. I think they really enjoyed

seeing the memorial and learning more about it.

Boogie Boarding at Hukilau Beach

This was at Pali Point. It's supposed to be soooo windy.

Well, this is the second time we, as a family, have been

up there...and can I say, there was NO wind!

Drinking Ice-Cold Coconut from a street vendor,

and eating those super yummy mini bananas!

The Temple in Laie.

These are my beautiful and most wonderful kids

playing together at the Ko Olina resort.

Here is the entrance to the resort we stayed at. It's a

Golf Resort...and Tyler would have loved to golf, but

maybe next time Tyler. He was ok with not going, I promise!

Our family at "Sunset Beach"

only it wawsn't quite time for the sun to set...

we had to get over to Kua Aina for a burger, duh!

If I could go to Hawaii and just stay in Hale'iwa,

I think I would! I love this cute little beach town!

oh...and they have the BEST burgers anywhere!

Matsumoto's Shave Ice...need I say more?

Running into David Hatfield; probably the friend I've known longest in my whole life, in fact my very first, best boyfriend from when we were 4!  Totally random, we pulled up into the parking lotat Sunset Beach right next to their car! Wish we would have taken a better picture with a better background than his rental car...but hey who was thinking about that?

Surfing, body surfing, and just plain playing on the beach at Waimea Bay beach before figuring out that we had 2 hours to hurry back to the airport, to catch a flight to Maui so that we had a chance of getting home! Whew!!