Friends

In June, I had a chance to visit a friend from Jr. High: Rochelle. We had some fun times together. Her family was a great example to me. The last time we saw each other was a few days before I moved to California for college in July of 1997. I have spoken to her on the phone maybe 2 or 3 times after that. Since our vacation to Idaho took us so close to her home, we took a day and drove to Utah to see her and to meet her husband and beautiful little boys. Oh, and don't forget the dog Addi. I think that Adelyn was a little confused. We had a great time.

Go Spartans!!

Such great style.
July of 1997...Yes that is me with the SUPER short hair.
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2010

Rochelle with her husband, Dixon.

All four of us!!

Parker became good buds with Dammon.

Our Addy and their Addi

Connor and Rochelle



The kidos on her tramp.

Memorial Day

We feel blessed to be able to live by the Sacramento National Cemetery. It is the Arlington of the West. It is actually bigger than Arlington National Cemetery in square footage. We take as many opportunities as we can to visit this cemetery to help our children be grateful for all of the Men and Women that have Served our country to keep the freedoms that we have. We are so blessed to live in such a wonderful country. Even if we don't agree with everything that goes on in the government, we can have a say and an opportunity to make changes by standing up for what we believe.

Home ..Sweet ... Home

We bought our home a little over two years ago. It was a long awaited purchase with the way the house market is in California. It was a foreclosure so a lot of work has went into this baby. We have needed to paint the outside and just had to wait until our wallets could accommodate. We were finally able to get it done and I love it.

BERORE:

This was actually after the painters had already done some work to it and cleaned it up. I was so ready to get rid of that blue door..

AFTER:

What has Addy been up to??

This is always the question that we ask ourselves when we hear quiet and ADDY is awake. She is a little FIRE BALL. I think that this is Addy and so I have given up on the notion that she might grow out of it. We just laugh and say we have to love you. She is crazy about painting her nails now. We have tried to put all nail polish out of her reach; she has managed to find it twice. Bailey's carpet has the proof. She still loves my makeup and has destroyed enough to fill a section at Macy's. She has been the easiest kido to potty train and to be un-potty trained. She was Potty trained until we went on our summer vacation and then we reverted a little. I have never had a kido to do this. We are working on it. She loves animals, though I am sure that our dog and cat do not appreciate this. She hates that she can not control the cat like she can the dog. She will just lay on our poor Cutie cat to get her to hold still. The cat is so dumb, When I make her get off of her, the cat doesn't run. At that point the cat gets what she deserves. She is still such a sweet heart coming up with all kids of funny sayings. She asked one day if the batteries were dead in her leap pad and I told her yes, we have to get new one's. She said,"Quick save them, I don't want them to die." She is a Princess and I worry about her love for clothes and shoes at two years of age. It is going to cause problems when she is a teenager. I am so blessed to have this little angel in my life.
We had a house full of kids after Taylor's baptism. She took advantage of the situation and got into my make-up.
Tom and I walked into the kitchen one day to find this.


She is so cute. A few days later she was up washing the dishes and we were letting her because we were cleaning up some chairs and tables from having company over and she decided to flood the kitchen floor. Needless to say, I didn't have to mop the floor the next day.
She just goes and goes until she poops out!!!

Father's and Son's Camp Out

My boys ask about the Father's and Son's camp out all year long: "When will the camp out be again?" They love it and look so forward to the time they get to spend with their dad. They had a great time this year. Parker had one wipe out on his bike, he will have a scar to prove it. The girls always do something special as well. This year Bailey had a birthday party she wanted to go to; so, Addy and I went to Fenton's together and shared a chocolate malt. She was so cute.

Scouts

Now that Taylor is 8 he is a Cub Scout. He was able to do his first Pinewood Derby. He was so excited and he loves scouts. He had such a fun time at his first twilight camp.


The fist time in his uniform.


Waiting for his car to cross the line.

The DERBY CAR. He came in 4th place.

Will he win??
The PROUD DERBY DAD's. This night was just as big for them as it was for the boys.

Being 8 is Great!!

Taylor turned 8 in May. He was baptized by his dad. It was a wonderful day. I am sad to say that I accidental deleted a few of the pictures from the day. I am so proud of the good decisions that he is making. He is such a blessing in our lives.

Taylor and his papa