Our Krazy House

Surgery

2012-01-26T19:05:00.000-08:00

Yesterday my sweet baby girls got her tonsils and adenoids out and got tubes put in her ears. She has had trouble breathing while sleeping for several years. This has not been scary since the other kids all had the same issue. She snores and wakes up several times a night because she can't breathe well. This last year she has started having trouble with her ears. She has had 7 ear infections. The last time I took her in the doctors really encouraged me to take her in to an ENT. I took her to Dr. Chapel and he did surgery on all the other kids. He tested her hearing and it was decreased. It is probably since she had fluid behind her ears. He said that the tonsils and adenoid definitely needed to come out. The plan was to take a look at her ears the day of surgery.

We got to the surgery center at 7am ready for the big day. While they were checking her in her oxygen level was a little low. It was registering 92%. She had been sick this last weekend so this could of been the cause. She also had a cough. The Dr. listened to her lungs and they sounded good so they proceeded with the surgery. The surgery only lasted for about 45minutes. When Dr. Chapel came out he said that her ears were very infected. They also suctioned out her lungs. They were also infected. He said it looked like she had been sick for a while and her lungs were very junky. When I went back she was eating a Popsicle and being such a good girl. Her oxygen levels were still low so they gave her 3 breathing treatments. They were as low as 85%. The Dr. wanted it steady at 91% before we could go. We ended up staying a couple of hours. Briauna was such a trooper. It was funny to see when she really started waking up. She started noticing things and asked the nurse a lot of questions.

This have been good so far. She hasn't complained about much pain. She is on antibiotics, steroids, breathing treatments, ear drops, and pain meds. Hopefully all this will help her feel better. I can only imagine how much better she will be now that she can breathe and not have constant ear pain.

Here she is ready to go in.

This is right after I went back to see her.
Getting a breathing treatment.

Hanging out with her stuffed pig.

This is were me and Briauna has been since Wednesday.

Hanging with dad. She is getting a little spoiled.

Lots of snuggling time.

Stampede Football 2011

2011-09-15T13:43:00.000-07:00

It's football again and this year we have three of the kids participating. Lance is 12 and on the PeeWee team. He has played with many of these kids for 3 years. Their first game was Saturday. They did great in their game and won.

Lance chose to be #44 this year.

Jenna is our little cheerleader. She has been begging for the last 2 years to cheer and now she can. She cheers for Caleb's team.

Caleb is also playing. He is 10 and a Cadet. He played with most of these noys last year. They did well with their game but lost against a tough team.

Caleb is #8 again this year.

North Carolina 2011: Part 4

2011-09-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

I took so many picture and this one I love. The ocean was a little rough because of the hurricane off the coast. but it is still beautiful. This was taken off the back porch.

The Outer Banks has wild horses all over the place. They are protected so you can't feed them and you have to stay 50 feet away. It was pretty neat to see them all over is yards and on the beach.

We had fun trying to take a picture.

The kids looked good in their picture

The last couple of day we weren't able to play in the ocean because the under current was too strong so we went foa walk instead. Of course several kids got really wet.

This was the media room that my kids too over. They loved it.

This is the entrance in the house. If you went up it was the main living area. If you went down you were in the media room. Off to the left was a mini living room adn the stair to our room.

This was where we slept.

The kitchen area

The sunrise the moring we left.

Drining back to Norlfok. This picture was in the town of Duck.

This the bridge that we had to cross to get to the Outer Banks. I am not a fan of bridges but I did fine.

These are some picture on the way to the airport. It was dark when we got there so it was neat to see it all in daylight.

Norfolk Airport was small but very nice. This is the cart we used to get our luggage to the terminal.

Again I am sure we look like crazy people with a lot of kids.

Waiting to leave

Looking out at Norfolk area

Caleb and Garrett sat with this older man. Caleb talked his ear off most of the flight. He was a retired coast guard. They had fun on the ride.

Lance was doing homework and Briauna was having fun.

It was a great trip and one we will always remember.

North Carolina 2011: Part 3

2011-09-12T13:26:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday of the trip we went to Kitty Hawk to go to the Wright Brothers Museum. I had no idea that this was were the first flight took place. Before we left I wanted to attempt some pictures to update my wall. Garrett 14

Lance 12
Caleb 10

Jenna 6 1/2

Briauna 4

This is a picture of us driving on the beach to get to town. It still seems wierd to drive on the beach.

This picture was taken right at the entrance to the beach.

This is the monument at the top of the hill.

We first went into the museum and looked aroung and then went out side to see the markers of the flight.

This is a replica of their living quarters. Garrett of course thought this was so cool. He loves history.Seeing all of the information about the Wright Brother made me really admire them. I am sure many made fun of them adn thought they were crazy. But look at where we are now because they showed that flight was possible.

This is part of the rail that the wheel was on.

These are the markers of the flights.

We decided to walk to the monument. It was quite a walk and was very windy at the top.

A family picture at the top.

The kids

Garrett was being silly and wanted a picture with the statues.

The view

Ths was behind the hill and I thought it was pretty neat.

I am such a tourist. I loved to take picture of the area. These are of the drive back toward Corolla, the town we stayed in.

North Carolina 2011: Part 2

2011-09-12T12:52:00.000-07:00

The reason for this trip was to see family. John had not seen or met many of his family members. We were very excited to come and be with familt. Heather and Theresa, John's sisters, came and of course my kids had fun with them. Briauna kept wanting them to take he to the waves. This is Aunt Suzanne, Tori, and Karla. They were so kind and great. We were so hap[py to be able to meet them adnspend time with them.

Here is a bunch of the cousins and 2 aunts. From left to right: Rachel, Aunt Suzy, Tori, Candace, Karla, Theresa, Aunt Laura, and Heather.

Briauna had a little buddy to play with. This is John's cousin Candace son Jordyn. He is so stinkin cute.

He loved when the kids played with him.

This is John's Grandpa Joe and Briauna

Here is Aunt Suzy and Wayne. They were so great and Wayne told so great stories from when he was a kid.

This is cousin Candace's husband Nate. He was so funny.

Briauna had a great time doing hair. Aunt Laura was a great sport.

One evening we had karaoke. It was fun even though I didn't sing.

Candace and Nate were so fun.

Theresa and the girls had fun in the ocean.

Cousin Rachel was also a good sport and let Briauna do her hair.

Rachel is so good with kids. She read this painfully long story to Briauna.

This is Ryan and Karla.

Briauna even did Grandpa Dubois' hair.

Caleb and Jordyn became good buddies. He loved Caleb and Caleb loved that this little guys wanted to play with him.

It was so great to see all the family.

To be continued again ........

North Carolina 2011: Part 1

2011-09-11T14:03:00.000-07:00

We had the wonderful opportubity to go to North Carolina for a family reunion on John's side of the family. We have awesome neighbors that work for Southwest airline. They gave us 7 standby tickets to help us go. This was extra fun for Calen and Lance since they have never been on an airplane. We left Sept. 3rd and staued until Sept. 9th. We were going to be able to meet many cousins, aunts and see Grandpa Joe.

Here we are going to our terminal at Sky Harbor. I am sure we were quite a site walking through the airport. Everyone had a backpack with homework and activities to keep them busy.

We are getting ready to board the plane. We left Phoenix and had a lay over in Las Vegas. We first thought we were going to seperated into 2 flights to Vegas but at the last minute they got all of us on. Caleb and Garrett sat farther up in the plane but they did fine without us.

After a very long lay over of about 5 hours in Vegas we are ready to head to Norfolk, Virginia.

We were very lucky to have Briauna under 5 yrs old becasue we got to board early. We were able to sit together in the back. It was great to be close especially since the flight was 5 hrs. The kids played musical seats but did great. All the flight crew and the people we sat by were impressed with how good they were.

We arrive in Norfolk at 12:45 at night. We then had to drive 2 hrs to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We got the rental car and started the drive. Luckily the kids slept. We got a call from John's family telling us we couldn't get to the house at night because 0f
of high tide. We stayed at a beach house that was on accessable from the beach which required a 4x4 to get to. So we drove as close as we could and stopped at the Walmart just across the bridge and selpt until daylight. Once we met up with the family we headed to the beach house. It was the craziest thing driving on the beach. It was about 8-10 miles on the beach. And you definitely needed a 4x4. It was crazy.

Once we got to the beach house we headed straight to the beach. We walked right off the back of the house to the beach. It was so cool.

The beach house was great. It had boogy boards, sand toys, chairs, etc for us to use on the beach. The kids were in heaven except fot Briauna. She wasn't sure of the waves.

We played in the sun for several hours. It was great.

Briauna decided after a little while that the ocean wasn't so bad.

This was the house we stayed at. It was 8 bedrooms on 3 levels. It came with everything you would need but food. We stayed in loft area with 4 sets of bunk beds. It was very fun. The kids hid on the lower level which had a game room and media room. I have never been in a house that you really could lose someone. There were times we wouldn't see another family member all day. It was an awesome house.

To be continued ........

Happy Birthday Boy!!

2011-07-27T11:14:00.000-07:00

Caleb is now in the double digits. He is 10!! It is so hard to believe that he is getting so old. He will be starting 5th grade this year. He is also going to play football and just ended wrestling. Both sports he is very good at. He is a tiny guy but he can hold his own. He is the big joker of the house. He loves to tease and that reminds me of my Grandpa Elison. He loves to play with friends and loves the Xbox. He is a great son and we love him so much.

Money is always something he loves having.

John also has this hat. Caleb would always steal it so John got him his own.

The video game he wanted !!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

2011-07-20T10:36:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is 4. Oh, how fast time goes. This little lady is so fun. We love her so much. She loves her sister so much and tries to do all that Jenna does. She is learning her letters, loves to color, ride bikes, and play with friends. She was so excited for her birthday. She was counting down the days. We decorated her door for when she woke up.

She started twirling baton this year so we got her her very own baton. She loved it.

She always loves clothes.

She really wanted a barbie horse.
Ready to go.

I love this little girl!!

Lance is 12!!

2011-07-07T11:47:00.000-07:00

My boy is 12!! Crazy to me believe. He is being a gof ball and doesn't want to show his smile to me. We love him so much. He is startig 7th grade this year. He love sports and just finished wrestling. He starts football soon. He is becoming quite a class clown the older he gets. He is fun to have a round. We wrapped his gifts individually and then put them in a big box. He thought it was pretty funny.
Money, Money, Money!!!

Gum and Good and Plenty's (Grandma Pam's favorite)

Of course a Xbox game. My boys sure do love their Xbox.

Great Skate

2011-07-06T23:28:00.000-07:00

We went rollerskating with a group of friends at Great Skate. They had a family discount night so we thought it would be perfect to go since it is the summer and we could be out later. We had a ton of fun. Briauna loved it. There was a lot of people. Lance loved going fast
All the kids had fun. Caleb is getting really good.

Jenna did great.

Garrett even had fun. He couple skated with two friends.

July 4th Weekend Camping Part 2

2011-07-06T12:34:00.000-07:00

A great thing about camping is having fun with friends. We cooked smores, ate, and played a lot.

One of the reasons we love Mormon Lake is because of the town parade. It is so cute and total Americana. We love it. The kids had a balst running and playing waiting for it to start.

This is the gang waiting for the fun to start.

The people in the parade threw candy and toys to the kids. They loved it.

The town

The family behind the lodge.

Some of the kids that camped with us.

After we played for a bit it started to pour. We all huddled in front of the general store hoping it would die down enough to get to the car.

It rained on and off the rest of the day. It was very cold.

John and John decided to make more shelter so we could enjoy the res of the day and hopefully stay dry.

Mormon Lake/ Ashurst Lake: July 4th Weekend

2011-07-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

A couple of years ago we went camping over the 4th with our friends. We ahppened upon Mormon Lake. It was such a fun little town and the July 4th activities are a blast. We had told some of our football friends and they thought it would be great to do this year. So our family and 4 others all went camping. We left Thursday and came home Monday morning.

Lance found the trees and loved climbing them.

Jenna and Shayla being silly. Shayla is a cheerleader and her brother Braeden was on Lance's team.

Hanging out in the Shaw tent.

Briauna was a complete mess everyday. Thank goodness a portable camp shower was brought and shared for all.

We played lots of games and just hung out.

Ladder ball was a favorite. We even had a tournament with brackets. It lasted for hours.

The camp ground was great. There was bathrooms and water. There was also a lake that we visited a couple of time. The kids loved it.

Our Ducks

2011-06-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

We have a family of ducks that live in our neighborhood. It is so cute. Just a few weeks ago the ducklings were born. It is so fun to watch them. The mom quacks pretty loud if you get too close.

Grand Canyon State Games 2011

2011-06-12T13:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the girls had their first baton competition. Jenna participated in the modeling, marching, team routine, and a presentation routine. Briauna participated in the marching event. It was so fun and the girls did great.

Here is my sweet girl. She did so great!!

Jenna is such a serious girl. She did great but was a bit nervous.

My baton beauties

This is Biauna and Coach Angela. She just loves her.

Here is the girls after the marching event. Jenna got 1st place and Briauna got 3rd place. They have been practicing so much for this day. I was so nervous for Briauna. With her being 3 you never know what she will do. The marching event they do a 32 count square with 8 counts on each side. Sometimes Briauna would do a circle and sometime a different shape. She did it perfect. She was the star of the day. When they were getting ready to hand out the award for her age group the music came on for another group and she started marching again and did the whole thing. Everyone thought it was so cute and they starting watching and clapping when she finished her encore.

It was a long day and the Ipod helped.

She even took a nap.

She kept telling every one that she got 1st and was proudly showing her medal.

Jenna was amazing. I was so proud of her. She is shy so for her to do the presentation, team performance, and marching was great. She loved it though. She got 1st in marching, 1st in presentation, 1st in the team routine, and second in military marching.

My winners. It was such a long day and they did great.

My friend captured this picture and I love it!!

The Rainbow Twisters: Top: April, Haley, Noa, Shayla, Coach Anglea

Bottom: Morgan, Abby, Jenna, Emma, Briauna

Cub Scouts Day Camp 2011

2011-06-11T12:38:00.000-07:00

This year I went to camp again but Caleb was the only one of the boys that went. I was able to do a day with him and a day with my Webelos. It was fun but of course very hot and wet.

They loved the swimming part especially since it was during the day when it is really hot.

They learned about animals and the cycle of life.

This was our den flag. They had to have it with them the whole time.

The leatherworking was fun and Caleb enjoyed it.

They had a cannon where they used 2 liter bottles and shot them off filled with water. They loved it.

The water balloon fights are always very fun.

I think archery was the favorite activity. It was a great time but exhausting.

Kindergarten Graduation

2011-05-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

Today was Kindergarten graduation. It is hard to believe that the year is over. Jenna will be a first grader. Crazy!!! The theme was western so I thought she looked super cute but of course she didn't like the hat and was embarassed.

The entire Kindergaten did a adorable sond about going to first grade. It was so fun.

Jenna and her best friend Rikki.

Ms. Brown was a great teacher. Jenna loved her.

Nathalie, Jenna, and Gizzelle

Jenay and Jenna

Jenna and Jessenia

Jenna and Maya

Jenna and a new friend she just met when she was in Ms. Bowen's class.

It was a great year and a great celebration

Relay for Life

2011-04-17T14:34:00.000-07:00

I was asked by a friend if I wanted to participate in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. I had wanted to do something in rememberance of my mom. This was perfect. So yesterday we participated in the walk. I also raised about $300.

They had a nice ceremony and then the walk started. It began at 3pm and went to 6am. The goal was to have at least one member on your team walking on the track at all times.

We made a lumineria in rememberance of Grandma Pam.

The Cinderellas

Jenna had a great with her friend Alexis. They walked a ton.

Hayley has fun with Briauna

My dear friend Grace came from Utah to walk with me. It was such a fun time.

Caleb being silly again

They had activities for the kids to do. There were tents up with teams selling food to help raise money for cancer.

We sold baked goods.

Briauna and Alyssa had fun walking and playing.

We all wore crowns, sashes, and had a wand. It was so fun.

We brought lots of chairs, food, and drinks. It was hot and also a long day and night.
My sweetheart.

It was a great experience doing this walk. I had a ton of friends to do it with and it was inspiring seeing those survivors walk. I can't wait to do it next year.

Science Center with Caleb

2011-03-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

Caleb's 4th grade went to the AZ Science Center today. I haven't been there in a while so I was excited to go with him. I only had Caleb and 1 other girl in our group. We walked around with Caleb's friends Seth and Zack and their groups. It was very fun.
They all loved the mind game.

They were so fun because they all stayed together and had fun.

They were learning about electrical connections.

We got to see a IMAX movie about adrenaline. It was so neat.

This is our groups. Jeleil, Zack, Caleb, Ariana, Ariana, and Seth

It was a fun day.

Garrett is 14!!

2011-03-06T20:49:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that my boy is 14 today. He will be going to high school this next and that freaks me out a little bit. He is such a great kid. He is often helpful around the house with little complaint. He does well in school and has good friends. We love him so much are are very proud of him. This year he got a cell phone for his birthday since he is going to high school. He was so excited. He can't wait to program all the numbers in and start trying out texting.

He also got more books. He loves to read so books is always a great gift.

He loves it.

Grandpa got him a cool remote control helicopter.

All the family came to celebrate after church.

Girls

2011-03-05T13:43:00.000-08:00

Girls are so fun. Jenna is so into doing cartwheels and the splits. She was showing me how well she could do them and then she decided to teach Briauna . It was so fun to see them play and do girl stuff.

Ipod

2011-03-01T13:41:00.000-08:00

Briauna loves my Ipod. I found her sitting in the cubby in our couch playing it. She cracks me up.

Old Hats

2011-02-28T13:26:00.000-08:00

When my great grandma passed awat a few years ago my mom found some old hats at her house. I had seen them a few times but forgot about them until I was cleaning stuff out after my mom died. I though it would be fun to take a picture of the boys with the hats. They all think they are pretty neat.

The Hair is Gone

2011-02-27T20:51:00.000-08:00

I took the plunge and cut off Lance's hair tonight. It wasn't easy and he did put up a fight. I was just going to give it a trim but he was being a stinker so I got mad and cut a big chunk off so I had to cut it. After he was done he was ok with it. Then after his shower he like how he could see and his hair was not covering his eyes.He is stubborn but I sure do love him.

Baton

2011-02-26T15:35:00.000-08:00

Today the girls started baton lessons. A friend of mine is the cheer coach for the football organization the boys play for and she started teaching baton lessons. She has done baton since she was three. I was so excited for the girls to try it out. Briauna did pretty good but may be too young. I guess we will just have to see. Jenna liked it but did say her arm was sore after.

Coach Angela helping Briauna.

She is trying so hard.

Now they are learning to march.

Jenna is so shy she has a hard time doing things in front of other people.

Phoenix Zoo

2011-02-17T19:53:00.000-08:00

Today I got to go on another fiel trip with Jenna to the zoo. I don't really like the zoo so I wasn't super excited but Jenna wanted me to go. I had two other girls in my group so it was super easy to wake care of them. Jenna and Rikki weren't excited that they couldn't be in the same group because both I and Rikki's mom went. It was a great trip and I had a lot of fun. The weather was wonderful and the girls all had fun.

This is Riki, Janney and Jenna.

This is Lilli and Maya

Little girls are so cute when they hold hands,

They are all so cute.

They loved the turtles.

The giraffe is Jenna's favorite

The whole class

Jenna and Rikki always held hands. They are best friends.

This is the first time I have ever seen the tiger awake.

This is also the first time I have seen the lion awake.

The girls loved the petting zoo.

Jenna and Rikki

Jenna

Just playing around in the Little People play ground.

Youth Museum

2011-02-17T15:23:00.000-08:00

Today my friends Shawna and I took our girls to the Museum for Youth in Mesa. I got Culture Passes from the library. It was fun but I am glad the admission was free. It was good for Briauna to get out and have some fun.Her finished monster picture.

She is getting really good at cutting with scissors. She loves doing crafts.

She loved the dress up area. The theme was fairy tales.

She is a princess.

She was making a hat out of a bag with stamps and stickers.

She is so cute.

One Year

2011-02-10T16:42:00.000-08:00

Today marks the one year anniversary since my mom died. I was kind of dreading this day but it turned out very nice. My dad, Scott, Stacy, and I all planned to meet at the grave and then us kids had a picnic at a nearby park. It was very nice to spend time with them. I think we all had a hard time believing that it has been a year. So much has happened. My dad is dating someone and has moved to Prescott. The house is up for sale and some of the traditions are lost. We no longer meet every Sunday and life is just different. I still have all my memories and pictures which I will always cherish. I miss my mom and am sad that she is not here to see my children grow. I know that I will see her again and I know she is happy.

Laveen Parade

2011-02-05T14:24:00.000-08:00

Today was the Laveen Anual Parade. We have participated in this parade for a couple of years and it is super fun. I thnk more people participate in the parade than watch the parade. Lance and Caleb got to walk in the parade with both football and wrestling.

Lance, Caleb, and Tanner just hanging out waiting for it to start.

The planes are the signal that the parade is starting.

This is the Stampede group waiting to get started.

Lance and Liam have played football for a couple of years together.

Caleb and Chris are buddies.

It was a fun day with a lot of walking.

Life

2011-02-02T21:30:00.000-08:00

Tonight Garrett received his Life award in scouts. Garrett loves scouting and he was so excited to get this award. He has worked hard and is now excited to start working on his Eagle project.

Garrett and Christian good friends.

The 100th Day

2011-01-18T14:04:00.000-08:00

Today was the 100th day of school. In kindergarten this day calls for a big celebration. They had a ton of activities, a special visitor, and dessert. I got to help out and it was so fun. First they did activities in their room.

Here is Jenna and Maya

Here is Jenna's calss.

Jenna loves to mkae silly faces for pictures right now.

Waiting for the special visitor.

The special visitor is Zero the Hero. He has left special treats every 10th day of school adn now he makes his appearance.

Now they get to have a fun snack and cake.

Jenna and Rikki playing after the party.

Arizona Fun in January

2011-01-17T17:18:00.000-08:00

Today was such a nice day so the kids wanted to play in the water. I thought they were crazy but didn't mind. The got their swim suits on nad played for quite a while outside. This si why I love Arizona.

Fun with Skyp

2011-01-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

Last night we got to play around with Skyp. Our old neighbors and friends called us and we got hooked up on Skyp. It was so fun and the kids had a blast. We used to spend a lot of time with them before they moved so it was great to talk to them.

Honor Roll

2011-01-08T15:31:00.000-08:00

It is honor roll time again and Garret and Lance got honor roll. I can't find the picture of Garrett so at least I mentioned him. Both of the boys do well in school even thought they hat going.

This is Lance and his bud Nick.

Another friend Chris.

In kindergarteb they do things different. They choose three kids to award for acedemics. The catagories are Reading, Spalding, and Math. Jenna was recognized fro Reading. She is a smart cookie and a very good student.

She is so cute.

Missionaries

2010-12-27T21:17:00.000-08:00

John's responsibility at church is over the missionaries. As a reslut they are at our house a lot. We love it. They are a great example to our boys. Tonight one of our m,issionaries is being transfered to another area. We will miss him He is a great missionary.

Elder Smith

Elder Pope

Elder Hampton

The missionaries

Saying bye to Pope.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T13:35:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

Getting ready to go see the gifts.

Garrett got a tent.

Briauna wanted a trampoling and santa was so nice and brought a new jumping mat.

Lance was so excited he got a Ipod.

Caleb was so happy he got an Ipod that he was willing to smile for a picture.

Briauna loves her new game.

Jenna got a guitar and some craft stuff. She loved it.

Garrett got the books he asked for.

A new game for her Mobigo.

Loves these guys.

After we were done opening presents we headed to my dads for our Christmas breakfast. It is a tradition that we all love.

Uncle Scott liked playing the Mobigo with Briauna.

Waiting for the gifts at grandpa's house.

Caleb and Haylie playing around.

Jenna got craft stuff and a singing radio.

Cousin Blake and Briauna.

Uncle Scott and Kyle wrestling with Lance.

In the afternoon we went to Aunt Theresa's house for dinner with the Dubois. The kids love going and are always spoiled.

Jenna hanging out with Lynn.

Aunt Heather was having fun playing the Wii with the boys.

The Egg Drop

2010-12-15T13:27:00.000-08:00

Garrett has a great science teacher. She is young and loves science. The kids have been working on an egg drop for the last week or so. Today the demonstrated the work and tested their ability to prevent an egg from breaking. The janitors got on the roof to test them ou8t. It was so fun and the kids loved it.

Garrett and his work buddy Harley.

Birthday Dinner

2010-12-05T23:18:00.000-08:00

In our family we always have a birthday dinner on the Sunday near the person's birthday. So today we had our family over for dinner to celebrate Jenna turning six.

She got lots of fun gifts and loved all of them.

She loved all the clothes as well.

Jenna had a candy cake and helped decorate it.

It was a fun day and we are so happy that our family and friends came to celebrate with us.

Happy Birthday Jenna!!

2010-12-03T11:03:00.000-08:00

Jenna is six years old today. I can't believe it. She is growing up so fast. She was so excited for her birthday and could hardly wait for it to get hear. Her birthday is that last one in the year from our family so she feels tortured to see everyone get presents.

Jenna is very creative. She loves to draw and do crafts. She is a great sister and friends. She is also a very good student and very well behaved in class. Her best friends is Rikki and they love to play together. She loves to play outside and ride bikes. She is a wonderful daughter and we love her so much.

She got a new bigger bike. She has know how to ride a bike since she was 4 so it was time for a new one.

She loved her new dress. I didn't fit her well so we had to exchange it for a red one.

Jenna loves games so I got her one of my favorites as a child-Guess Who.

Dad picked out her new boots. She loves them.

Ready for school. It is Friday so she can wear her red shirt. She is so excited to share her birthday treats with her friends.

Trying out the new bike.

Whirlybird Wednesday

2010-12-01T10:47:00.000-08:00

It's Whirlybird Wednesday again at the kids school. This year I thought it would be fun to stay and watch. It was a little cold but fun to see all the kids.

Garrett was far away but I got a picture withut him knowing. He is a lot smaller than his friends so I am not sure what he was standing on.

Caleb was having fun with his friends playing around.

Jenna is going through a phase where she likes to stick her tonge out at me when I take her picture. She was also being shy and didn't want to be up close where you could see her on T.V.

Lance was hagning out with his buddies.

Up close to the helicopter

Thanksgiving weekend/ Pigskin Football Tournament

2010-11-28T10:40:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving was a little different than most. In October Lance was picked to be on a football team to play in a tournament in Las Vegas. They pick 11 boys from Lance's team and 1 from the next older team to create a team. We thought it would be a great opportunity for him to go. Then Caleb's coach wanted to take a team as well so they took smaller boys from Lance's team and some from Caleb's team and formed a team. We thought this year would be weird without mom so we were ok with being gone over the holiday. So off we went on Wednesday November 24th at 6am. We had to be at weigh in at noon.

These are just some pictures on the way up.

Almost to the bridge to go over the dam. I was totally freaking out. I don't do bridges or heights.

It turned out to not be bad. You can't see anything. Thank goodness.

Jenna and Briauna

We are almost there.

Our first game was on Thanksgiving at 10am and it was Caleb's team. It was freezing. The high was 48 and it was windy. I got these pictures before the girls got too cold and sat under the blanket the whole time.

The boys were so cold. Many were crying because their hands were freezing.

Jenna was under the blanket.

After the game we went to a buffet for Thanksgiving dinner with a bunch of the team. It was a blast. The boys had all kinds of food and most was not traditional Thanksgiving. This is Lance, Liam, and Alexander.

This picture has Alexander, Tanner, Lance, Liam, Nick, Caleb, Jake, and Chris.

The boys were very crazy and had fun.

Elijah, Caleb, Chris, and Tanner played on the same team.

After dinner the kids wanted to go bowling. The hotel we ate at had a bowling alley in the basement. It was so nice and the kids had a blast. Briauna loved it and got mad when I took her place a couple of time

Lance did well and didn't use the guard rails.

Caleb also had fun.

There were a couple kids Garrett's age so he had fun.

Some of the dads played as well.

Jenna and Emma had so much fun together. Emma was helping teach Jenna to bowl.

After bowling we decided to go to Fremont street. There was probably 20 of us. It was great but very cold.

Jenna and Emma

The kids all had a lot of fun.

They had the laser show every hour on the roof. It was very neat.

John and Steph

All the kids.

Our family

Chris loved Briauna. He played with her any chance he could.

We were there about an hour and a half. We stayed to see the laser show honoring Queen. The girls were fading.

The kids loved it and danced to the music.

Friday Caleb's team was off but Lance played. It wasn't as cold and it was a great game against a Kaysville Utah team.

Jenna was still cold.

Lance was #44. He volunteered to use his old number because another kid had #45. Saturday both boys played. It was a busy day and poor Jenna was sick.

Lance's team got 2nd place.

Lance and his coaches.

Caleb's team had a harder time. The kids they played were quite a bit bigger.

Caleb's team got 3rd.

The boys had fun.

Saturday our games got over pretty early so we headed to Circus Circus to play in the adventure dome and then we headed to the strip.

We were with a lot of people again which was great.

Zack and Garrett

Caleb and Alexander went on the bumper cars.

Walking down the strip was ok. Luchily no one tried to give us anything and the kids liked the lights.

Playing in Caesears Palace.

The whole gang.

The kids were getting tired.

They loved the fish tank.

Briauna loves coach Angela the cheer coach. She taught the girls some cheers and now they love her.

The fountains at the Bellagio.

Briauna loved the escilators.

We left Sunday morning. It was a great trip. If you ask the kids the things they remembered they would say: the homeless man the saw on the strip singing a song about farting and the other homeless man the saw on the strip sleeping on an elevator. Jenna was so happy to be in Arizona because Arizona doesn't stink like Las Vegas. She didn't like all the smoke in the buldings. It was so fun and I hope we get to do this trip again.

End of Football Celebration

2010-11-13T17:09:00.000-08:00

Today we had the boys football banquet. We have had such a great time this year it is kid of sad for it to end. The boys always have fun playing with their friends.

Lance played with a lot of the same kids from last year. They are a good group of boys.

Lance waiting for his name to be called to get his trophy.

Lance and coaches Travis, Dave, and Derrek.
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Someday I will get him to smile for a picture.

Now it is Caleb's turn to get his trophy.

Caleb and coaches John and Rene
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Silly Caleb thinks he can hide his smile.

The boys and some of their friends.

Lance, Tanner, Trystin, Caleb and Arik.

A large part of the group.

Hit in the Face

2010-11-09T17:13:00.000-08:00

I got a phone call from the nurse today letting me know that Jenna got sick in class. So I go and get her and she was so mad she had to leave school. Then a couple of hours later I got another phone from the nurse. She chuckled when she told me why she was calling. Lacne got hit in the face by a big ball at school. The best part was that the P.E. teacher kicked the ball and it accidentely hit Lance. I guess it hit him so hard it knocked him over. He felt awful and bought Lance a soda hoping it would help him feel better. He got a nice bruise and it cut his eyelid but he was fine. The P.E. teacher told Garrett that he thought he killed Lance and that he was going to lose his job. Lance sisn't care and thought it was great he got a Coke.

Bike Riding Ballerina

2010-11-08T13:07:00.000-08:00

Briauna loves her bike. I am making a ABC book for Christmas with pictures for each letter. B is going to be for bike. I wanted some picture to choose from. I love her sense of style while riding. She is awesome.

Stampede Cheer

2010-11-06T18:57:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the cheer competition to help support our Stampede cheerleaders. They have been working hard all season for this and they did great. They got 1st in the 10 and under division. It was so fun to see them win after all their hard work. It was a great day.

Caleb and Jake are teammates.

Lance and Tanner are teammates.

They ready to start.

The girls.

Student of the Month

2010-11-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

Lance and Garrett got student of the month in October. They hold a special breakfast of donuts and juice for them on a Friday morning. They were happy that it was special for them and no other siblings went.

Happy Halloween

2010-11-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

This year for Halloween we had many activities to attend. We started out with our church party which was very fun. I planned on Briauna being Snow White but she cried because the costume was itchy. She smiled so pretty for me so I could at least get a picture of her in the costume.

Can you tell the difference in the smile. She wanted to be a ballerina. Jenna was a cheerleader.

Here is the whole gang. Caleb's costume was easy. Garrett and Lance chose to be themselves.

The boys were playing with little kids waiting for the party to start.

Jenna loved getting her face painted.

Garrett was assigned a booth to run. He loved it.

The next activity we attended was a community festival put on by a community church.

Caleb had a real costume this time. He did end up changing before because he was afraid no one else would dress up.

All the kids had fun and loved the candy they got.

Briauna is getting so big. She had to try all the booths.

Jenna had fun as well.

We saw many friends and neighbors. Here we are with the Huxels and the Truslers.

Jenna saw Cammi from church.

Lance had fun and saw some friends.

Jenna was so excited to see Rikki.

Briauna loved the chicken game.

Halloween was on Sunday so we didn't do the usual trick or treating.
We did pass out candy and carved the pumpkin. Caleb and Jenna did most of it and Briauna wanted nothing to do with it.

The finished product.

Halloween Concert

2010-10-26T20:50:00.000-07:00

Garrett has played the trumpet since 6th Grade and has many concerts. I have such a hard time. getting a good picture of him. This year they played some fun songs with fog smoke and lights. He is doing really well and enjoys playing. Here are some ok pictures I got.

Honor Roll

2010-10-22T12:01:00.000-07:00

Garrett and Lance made the honor roll for the first semester. They had an awards assembly to recognize the kids. I am so proud of them and their hard work.

The Children's Museum of Phoenix

2010-10-21T17:44:00.000-07:00

Today I got to chaperon Jenna's first field trip. We went to the children's museum. I was with 4 girls which was so fun. Jenna also got to ride the bus for the first time. She was so excited.

Jenna and Rikki are best friends. They were so happy to be together.

Our first stop was the art room. They made spider hats.

Next we went to the noodle forest.

The sand table was pretty fun.

They loved the market.

Here it the whole class.

They got to paint a castle.

Jenna got tired really fast trying to ride her friends around.

We are ready to go home after a day of fun. The girls were awesome.

Fun with Friends

2010-10-05T17:32:00.000-07:00

Today we went to play some friends at an indoor play area. I made all the kids go and they even had fun. We missed a crazy storm with big hail that left several dent and a broken side mirror in John's car Briauna loved the fish tank.

Garrett was up in the tree house.

Lance kept begging for money that I didn't have so he could eat.

Caleb just hanging out in the cave.

Jenna has fun with Morgan and Abby.

Football

2010-10-01T15:35:00.000-07:00

We are well into football season so I thought I would post some pictures of the boys. I think they look so stinkin cute in their uniform.

Caleb #8

Lance #45

Indiana Trip

2010-09-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

We were very fortunate to go to Indiana for John's brothers wedding. Our wonderful neighbors helped us get tickets and we took the girls and went for a few days. Our friend/neighbor/former teacher stayed with the boys. It was a great trip but next time we will take the boys with us.

Waiting for our airplane to arrive so we can leave.

Getting ready to take off. Briauna was smiling here but that didn't last. She got very scared and wouldn't let go of me for about an hour. I also had to close the shade so she couldn't see out.

We got to ride the Shamu airplane.

As soon as we arrived in Indianapolis we drove to Kentucky to visit with John good friend from high school Chad and his family.

Their neighborhood was so different from AZ neighborhoods. Everyone had 2 - 5 acres. We took a walk to feed some horses. Briauna liked the horses from far away. Jenna has no fear and loved feeding them.

Chad's dog got away and decided to go swimming with the ducks. Then another dog was tagteaming to get the ducks. Chad had to go in and get him. It was so funny. Luckily the dog didn't catch any ducks.

Then the girls got to pick some vegetables.

Next they got to pick raspberries.

Chad and Amy took us to lunch at an old inn built in 1821. It was along a creek by the woods. It was so beautiful.

The view from the table.

We took a little bridge across the creek and took some pictures by the waterfall. The hold weddings at this spot.

My silly girls.

Amy, Chad, John, and Steph

John had to climb the tree.

Next we drove up to Marion Indiana. It was a drive but very neat to watch the landscape change. Kentucky was very green and hilly and up near Marion was flat.

Here we went to play at the park for some down time.

Mom and Jenna

The girls loved the slide.

Next we went to the wedding. It was held at a old historic mansion. It was so neat. The wedding was outside then we went in for the dinner and dancing.

Here is Charlotte and her two sons Braeden and Jaerdon.

This is Brandon, Aaron's son.

This is Corbin, Aaron's younger son.

The happy couple Charlotte and Aaron. We love Charlotte, she is great for Aaron.

Grandma and Grandpa Dubois

The next day we headed up toward Lake Michigan. I thought the girls might like seeing it. I love this picture of Briauna.

We met up with the Bedfords, our old neighbors who moved back to Michigan in the summer. Jenna and Raelyn were so happy to see each other.

The water was so cold but they didn't care.

Briauna was so happy to see her buddies Adalyn and Myles. Broedy was so bummed that the boys weren't there.

The lake.

Jenna and Raelyn

John and Chris walking back from our hike on the dunes.

After we left Michigan we went to see my grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousin. I have not seen any of them in 14 years.

This is Kevin and his adorable family.

This is Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Steve.

Great Grandma loved seeing the girls.

Grandma and Grandpa Bogielski.

The girls played in the basement with an old childrens organ. It looked the same as I remember. It brought back a lot of memories of when we visited as a kid.

Grandma spoiled the girls and gave them snacks and soda.

This is their house. Again it looks just like I remember. It was so sad to leave them. I can't wait to go back and visit. Next time we will stay longer of course let my boys meet their family.

Leaving Marion on a cold, foggy day.

Ready to go home but can't wait to go back.

Jenna was a pro at the whole airplane deal by the end.

Briauna did so much better going home but she still insisted the shade be closed.

Jenna loves the plane ride.

Our ride home was so fun. Southwest was amazing. The flight attendants were so funny, they were very good to the girls, and even let Jenna help pass out the snacks. It was great.

The view out my window.

It's Football Time

2010-09-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again. FOOTBALL!!! This year both Caleb and Lance are playing. This is Lance's 2nd time and Caleb's 1st. Caleb is so excited and Lance of course doesn't want to do it. He loves it when he gets started but he always needs that push. I know he will have fun playing with his buddies again. We love football. It is busy but the group of people we play with are great. We are so excited for this year.

Lance is a Junior Pee Wee. The ages for this team are 9, 10, and 11. This was the first game against a SEV team.

Caleb is on the Mighty Might and the ages are 7, 8, and 9. He is the one of the smallest guys on the team. Here is is getting ready for his first game. I wasn't there, I was at Lance's game so John took a lot of pictures.

Picture of the Kids

2010-08-10T16:46:00.000-07:00

I am doing a Super Saturday Project in October so I needed some picture for it. Here are the attempts at good pictures that I took. I know in the future I will look at these and laugh. I love kids in their true form.

My Mom

2010-08-08T16:38:00.000-07:00

Today we went by the cemetary to see my mom's headstone. It was a different experience seeing it there with her name on it instead just dirt. I try to be brave and not cry but I don't know why. I don't need to feel embarrassed because I need to let my sadness show. It still doesn't feel real. I know I haven't seen her or talked to her and I know she is gone but it isn't real. There are times that I am just mad that she died and that it isn't fair. I never thought she would die from cancer but she did. I don't know that it will ever seem real but I can say that life is not the same withour her.

It's School Time part II

2010-08-03T16:32:00.000-07:00

Caleb got to go to school today. So in our home school had officially started.

It's School Time

2010-08-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

Don't they look thrilled to start school. Jenna was the only kid that was excited even though she has a silly face. All the boys were sick over the weekend and Lance woke up taking him temperature hoping he could stay home. Caleb isn't in the picture because he is still sick. Garrett is in 8th, Lance is in 6th, Caleb is in 4th and Jenna in Kindergarten.

My big Kindergartener. She has been waiting a long time to go to school like her brothers and friends.

We love living close to the school. It takes about 5 minutes to walk.

Jenna was so excited to walk with Morgan.

Jenna has Ms. Brown and we are so excited. We have heard many good things about her.

I was so sad to leave her but she will do great.

Caleb is 9

2010-07-27T12:57:00.000-07:00

Today Caleb is 9 years old. He doesn't look to happy but he is going through a stage where he doesn't like smiling for cameras. He is the family comedian. He is always teasing or being goffy. We love his fun personality. He is a little guy but always can hold his own. He still like to sit with mom and dad and really enjoys individual time with us. He loves to be outside and play with friends. We love him so much.

Caleb got a bike andhe is so excited. He also got walkie talkies. He and Lance already have plans on how they are going to use them.

Phoenix Police Department

2010-07-21T11:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday for scouts we were able to take a tour of the new Phoenix Police Station. We have been there before but the tour was very different then the first one. It was a lot of fun and the boys really enjoyed it.

Caleb and Seth got handcuffed.

Now we got to take a look at the police car.

The boys loved getting inside.

The holding cells are always fun.

Her our police officer was explaining some of the things that the criminals have to do when the get taken to jail.

Briauna is 3

2010-07-20T12:48:00.000-07:00

Today is my baby girl's birthday and she is not feeling well. She is such a sweet girl. We all love her so much. She loves her brothers and sister. She is very cuddly and has such a cute smile. She loves to play with her babies and is a good mommy. She still has her DD aka her blanket. She also still sucks her thumb. We love her so much and are so thankful for her everyday.

Here she is opening her gifts with help from the brothers.

July Birthday Party

2010-07-18T22:09:00.000-07:00

Every July we celebrate Lance, Caleb, and Briauna's birthdays together. This year we had it at our home with friends and family. They kids had fun and enjoyed the fun gifts and money they received.

Briauna was helping pick up and decided to wear my shoes to put them away.

My July babies

Briauna loved opening gifts.

Lance got another Awesome shirt from Uncle Scott and Aunt Andrea. He got one last year and wears it all the time.

Caleb enjoyed his gifts.

One cake for all the kids.

It was a fun afternoon and we are so grateful for the friends and family that came to celebrate with us.

Swim Team 2010

2010-07-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

Every summer the kids do swim team at a local pool. They really enjoy it and have fun with the friends that they get to see every year. We can't wait for next year. I take pictures throughout the summer so here are a few.

Lance is a great swimmer. His best stroke is freestyle and he is so fast. I love to watch him swim because it is so crazy to see how fast he is. It was a joke that John and I teased him that we would cut his hair if it slowed him down. Well, he still has his hair.

Caleb is also a great swimmer. His best stroke is also freestyle. He won a lot of first place ribbons this year. He really enjoys swimming.

Caleb is getting ready to race.

Caleb doing backstroke.

Garrett had a bit of a harder year. There are not to many older kids that do swim team. The age group that he races sometimes goes from 13 - 17 year olds. He has such a good attitude and really got a lot faster throughout the year. His best stroke is backstroke.

Her he is doing his stroke.

Lance is ready to race.

Lance doing butterfly

The last meet of the year they do an adult relay. Here is John ready to race.

John almost finished.

Lance is 11

2010-07-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

I can hardly believe that my little Lancie is 11 today. It is so strange. My kids keep growing up so fast. Lance is such a good boy. He is very strong willed and we believe that eh should be on a debate team because he would always win. He is very athletic and loves music. Part of his birthday was the Daughtry concert but we also got him a MP3 player with all his favorite songs on it. He loves it. We love him so much and are proud of what a good kid he is.

Arrow of Light and a Wolf

2010-06-30T17:42:00.000-07:00

Last night was a special pack meeting in our home. Caleb got his wolf badge and Lance got his Arrow of Light. Our Den leader set up for a special presentation for the boys. The Order of the Arrow came and helped present them their awards. The worked really hard to get all of the requirements to get these advancements in the Cub Scout program

Here is Caleb being silly when receiving his award.

Caleb and the Order of the Arrow

This is Lance when he was receiving his Arrow of Light award.

Lance and Nick both got the Arrow of Light.

Lance and the Order of the Arrow.

Another ER Trip

2010-06-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

Caleb doesn't have good luck. Last night he fell out of bed (the bottom bunk) and woke up crying. He was complaining about his head hurting. I asked him if his hit it and he didn't know. I gave him some medicine and didn't think to much about it. He then threw up which made me think I needed to watch him. He did ok for a while and I thought he was doing better until he threw up again. I started to worry but really didn't want to take him in. When he threw up the third time we called our insurance help line for so advise. The suggested that we take him in but because it was so late we would need to go to the ER. I really didn't want to sit in a ER at 11pm at night and pay hundreds of dollars. We decided to watch him through the night. We woke him up several times and he seemed to be doing ok.

This morning we woke up and he was watching t.v. and said his head felt fine and he was ok to go to swim team. So we went to swim team as usual. We were there for about 20 minutes when his swim coach came up to me to let me know that he was in the office sick and that he had thrown up. I now am officially worried. I got to the office and he looked awful. He was white as a ghost and very sweaty. When I started talking to him his eyes kept rolling back into his head. His pupils were pin points and he wasn't responding appropriately. He kept saying he was hot. I was really freaking out and the swim team staff called the ambulance.

The ambulance came and checked him out and suggested we go to the ER. I just wanted to take him but per their policy they couldn't let me. By this time John had gotten there and he followed Caleb to the hospital and I stayed and took the rest of the kids home.

When I got to the ER Caleb looked so much better. He was talking and watching t.v. They did a CT scan and he has a concussion. They made him stay until he could keep fluids down. We left with instructions for him to take it easy for a week. I guess this will teach me a lesson to not wait so long to get my kids check out when they are injured. I am assuming that the sit up they did at practice was to much for him. After talking with him I realized how out of it he was. He thought he got to ride in a fire truck to the hospital. He had no idea it was an ambulance. It will be tricky keeping him still for a week but we don't want a relapse.

Off he goes to the hospital

Caleb hanging out waiting for the CT scan.

Balloon Wrangling Cowboy

2010-06-23T17:28:00.000-07:00

We went ot the library again for one of the summer programs. This guy was amazing with balloon animals. He would tell a story with the help of the kids and balloon characters. The kids loved it. Caleb was the dog in a story.Seth was the Viking

This balloon was from Italy.

The boys with their fun stuff.

GCU's mascot aka John

2010-06-22T12:08:00.000-07:00

Grand Canyon University was sponsoring an event for Native American high school basketball teams and it was held at US Airways Center. John knows the woman who was the coordinator of the event and she needed someone to be GCU's mascot. John was the right size so he got to do it. It was pretty fun except that Briauna was totally freaked out by the mascots. I would ask her if she wanted to see dad and she would say yes and then no and would cower behind me. It was so funny. They kids all tried to tell her it was John but she didn't care.

Here is the Phoenix Sun's Gorilla

Here is John.

Airsoft Gun

2010-06-20T14:55:00.000-07:00

Garrett is great at saving up his money for something he wants. He had been wanting a new airsoft gun. John and Garrett did some shooting practice in the backyard. They had fun and john got a wound from getting hit in the forehead. I guess that will teach him to not play with Garrett.

Knights of the Pueblo 2010

2010-06-14T16:19:00.000-07:00

It is Cub Scout Day Camp again and with me being a leader I got to go for 2 days. I was able to be with Caleb one day then Lance the second day.

The first day with Caleb we got to go to crafts and make out den flag and castle.

Den 13

Next we went to play games. The did volleyball with a parachute and the kickball.

Just hanging out in our den area during dinner

This is the kings sword and only one knight can pull it out.

Caleb loved the BB guns.

Seth and Caleb

Caleb also loved archery

Day 2 I got to be with the boys I work with in scouts the Webelos. We started our day out with archery which Lance really liked.

In crafts they did leather working.

Water balloon fights are tradition between dens. Lunch time is perfect for attacks.

The got to make a sword which of course the boys loved.

You can't have swords without a fight scene.

Parachute volleyball was very hard.

Den 3 which was made up of 3 different Webelos den in the phoenix area.

You got to love shooting things.

It was a lot of fun but exhausting. Thank goodness mother nature was kind to us and the weather was really nice.

Riding with her Purse

2010-06-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

She loves to ride her bike but a girl cannot go anywhere without her purse.

Reptiles

2010-06-09T21:32:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the library for their summer activity programs. This week it was all about reptiles. I knew he boys would live it but I wasn't sure about the girls. Turns out the girls really enjoyed it as well. This guy here was huge.

He had all types of snakes and lizards.

I was shocked the girls touched this huge python snake.

They were not scared at all.

The boys kept going back to keep asking questions and touching the snake.

Jeepers

2010-06-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

I had signed up for coupons on the Internet so doing activities this summer would be more affordable. One of them was from Jeepers. It is an indoor amusement park. It was for younger kids but for a dollar a kids for all day rides it was worth it.

The kids loved this ride.

Lance and Caleb enjoyed the bumper cars.

Jenna was so excited she was tall enough.

Raelyn and Broedy went with us. It helped the kids have more fun.

Jenna was very nice and went on many rides with Briauna.

It was a fun activity but it was definitely for littler kids.

Diamondbacks

2010-06-05T14:10:00.000-07:00

We were able to get a bunch of free tickets for the Diamondbacks game so last night we took the whole family and our friends to the game. It was a lot of fun and the won. We had to walk a few blocks but the kids had fun.

I love going to the games because all that is going on around you. The organ man always makes it fun.

The kids did good but I am positive it was because of all the snack food we brought.

Jenna and dad

Garrett made some friends and chatted with them all night.

Caleb never smiles for me.

The walk back to the car was pretty fun. The kids made a train. Mr. Bedford was the engine.

The even went up a ramp to make it a little more fun.

The Candy Factory

2010-06-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

The girls and I have been to Cerreta's Candy Factory but I thought the boys might enjoy it. So off we went with their friend Seth.

Today treat they made was pretzel rods with sprinkles. Yummy!!

Look at all the chocolate.

The do a lot of demonstrations and have kids come up to help. We were so lucky for all of the kids to go up. They were given pretzels and M&M's. The put white chocolate on the pretzels and then put the yellow M&M on top for bacon and eggs.

The finished product.

The kids had fun and loved the treats they got.

Arizona Military Museum

2010-05-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

As I was thinking of things to do for the summer John found a website of all the different museums in Arizona. This military museum is closed in the summer so we decided to go on Memorial Day.

We weren't such what to expect but the kids really liked it. This is a case with different gas masks.

Here are some different military uniforms used in the past.

These guys loves the guns.

Garrett found a replica of the U.S.S Arizona.

They had cases that talked about the different wars. They had uniforms, guns, and many different item from the time.

The kids really like the helicopter.

The museum volunteers were so nice to let the kids get in and try it out.

It was a lot of fun. It was a perfect day to go and help us remember all those that serve this country everyday.

Her New Bike

2010-05-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

Our neighbors were selling their daughters bike and we bought it for Briauna as an early birthday gift. She loves it. She always wants to be outisde like the big kids when they ride their bikes and now she can.

Myles was so cute helping her. They have a love hate relationship. When he was younger he would sit on her and now he loves her and is always helping her.

She got the hang of it really fast and before long she was riding down the street with Myles.

Family

2010-05-23T11:52:00.000-07:00

My family is awesome. I love when we get together. We always have a lot of fun. My oldest nephew is going to school in Tucson and is going to the Ukraine for a month so we had dinner so say goodbye. Blake having fun with two of his neices Jenna and Ella.

Brianua just hanging out with Papa chatting.

She loves Aunt Andrea

Blake is so good with the little cousins.

The Little Gym

2010-05-22T21:53:00.000-07:00

Jenna and Briauna's friends Shelby had her birthday at The Little Gym. We had never gone and it was so fun. Jenna loved doing flips.

Briauna loved the balance beam.

They had lots of activities for them to do.

They also played a lot of games. The girls had a blast.

Friends

2010-05-20T14:34:00.000-07:00

We are lucky to have friends on our street. They love to play outside. Caleb and Broedy made a lake in the rocks for their cars and Legos.

Briauna and Myles love playing together.

She dressed herself.

She has him working hard.

End of the Year

2010-05-19T05:43:00.000-07:00

The fifth grade team held a little awards ceremony to show the achievement the kids accomplished in fifth grade this year. Lance increased in math by 22%.

Lance also got an award for only missing one day of school this year. Tha day happen to be my mom's funeral.

Later that afternoon the got to celebrate at the park with a barbacque and water fun.

Lance and Ms. Dowling
She is a great teacher . Lance learned a lot from her.

Preschool Graduation

2010-05-18T04:24:00.000-07:00

Jenna has been so lucky to go to preschool and be in Mr. Jonathan's class. He was a wonderful teacher and taught her so much. At the end of the year he does a graduation for the parents.

We all got to watch a video he made showing some of the memories of the year. It was so amazing. He made videos and took a ton of pictures throughout the year. It was so neat to catch a glimpse of what she did everyday. We also got a copy of all the videos and picture he took. What a great treasure we have.

Jenna was given the award the Arizona Education Award because she always wanted to learn and wants to be a teacher when she grows up. She was being a little shy when she was called up to get her book " All About Me ". He had little picture book of Jenna and her projects, books as gifts, and many other memories for her to keep.

Jenna made many friends. This is Owen her buddy. She will miss her friends next year.

Most of all we will miss Mr. Jonathan. He was wonderful.