Stayin' COOL in the POOL!!

We went to Grandma and Grandpa's to play in their pool. It has been sooooo hot lately. The pool felt great! The kids didn't get out for over two hours. Some of the cousins met us there. Everybody had fun staying cool!

Left to right: Brinley, Heather, Jeff, Connor, Jace, Keaton, Jordyn, Victoria, Marlie

Marlie and Jordyn, BEST BUDDIES!! Aren't they cute?!

What a HOTTIE!

Jace is getting brave now, as long as he has a life jacket on
he likes swimming!

Connor loves swimming. He wants to do it all by himself. Kinda scary since he CAN'T. Good thing he'll wear the life jacket.

BASEBALL!!!! The All-American Pastime

After two months of 3 kids in baseball all I have to say is WHEWWW!! I'm glad it's over! We all had a great season and enjoyed being at the ball fields pretty much everyday. I coached Marlie's softball team this year. It was really fun and I loved coaching. The girls on my team were so fun and teachable. They did a great job! We placed 4th and got to go tournament.

Keaton gets better each year and had a couple of good hits this year. I hope he keeps playing now that he has invested 9 years into baseball.
Jace played t-ball this year. It is so funny to watch the kids his age play. He loved playing and had fun making new friends.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!

We had a fun 4th of July! Our day started out in Provo to watch the big parade. My mom went out at 5:00 a.m to save us a place. If she wouldn't have done that I wouldn't have gone. It's almost impossible to find a place if you don't start saving a spot really early. The kids really liked the parade, except for the shooting canons and loud sirens. The boys especially liked the military vehicles and Marlie liked the BYU football players! She's got good taste!

We had a bbq at our house. Scott's family, mom, grandma and Katie's sister Holly and husband Tommy all came over. After the barbque we all went over to Scott's to do fireworks. The kids had so much fun.

First Fish of the Season

We went up to Payson Lake on Saturday to go fishing for the first time this year. The weather was perfect and the fish were biting!!! Keaton was the winner, he caught two. Marlie and I each caught one. Connor helped me reel in my fish so I have to give him a little bit of credit. He was scared of it when it got close to him. He just dropped the pole and started to leave, he didn't know what to do with that fish flipping everywhere! As you can see in the pictures he was happy to just sit and eat his Doritos.

Our friends, Greg and Gina were up at the lake camping so we had dinner with them. We made tin foil dinners (hamburger, potatoes, carrots, onion, green beans, cream of mushroom soup) They turned out pretty good. We made smores for dessert, of course.

The kids were having so much fun. They found these plants that had giant leaves (luckily not poisonous!). They were tucking them in their shirts and pants and then hiding in the brush, trying to be camoflaged. It reminded us of the Lord of the Flies, all of these kids running around wild wearing greenery. We had a great time. After we were there we wished we had planned to stay overnight.

Joseph and Jessica Spaletta

Last weekend we went to Idaho to go to my neice Jessica's wedding. She married Joe Spaletta on 6/7/08. Jessi looked really beautiful and the wedding and reception were both really nice. It's hard to believe that my first niece, little Jessi is all grown up and married. Jessica was born the day I left to go to BYU my freshman year. Yes that means that my 20 yr. class reunion is coming this summer. I'm really happy for Jessi and Joe and I hope that they will be happy and have a great life together.

This was the first wedding that I have photographed. It was really fun and I got a few that I really like.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARLIE!!!!!!

Today was Marlie's 10 th birthday! It's hard to believe that a whole decade has gone by since she was born. She has always been a happy, energetic, creative little girl. (oh, and don't forget mischievous!) I want to do a tribute to her and each of my kids. Hopefully I will get those posted soon.

Last night Bryce and I took Marlie out to dinner to Chili's. That's where she chose to go. After dinner we went to the movie and saw "Nim's Island". It was fun having one on one time with Marlie and I know she loved being alone with us.

For her birthday dinner she wanted French Dip sandwiches. So that's what we had, it was so nice today that we ate dinner out on the deck. We gave her some presents and had her birthday cake. She got roller skates, Taylor Swift CD, a swimsuit & goggles and a book.

Marlie is a wonderful daughter and we love her so much!

Landscaping Plans

Everyone that knows me very well knows that I get big ideas, sometimes they work out and sometimes I never figure out how to make them happen. Hopefully my ideas for our garden work out. We are doing pretty good so far. We finished building the garden boxes and have started digging out the space for the brick walkways. I didn't know how much the brick was going to cost when I was planning this project, so after I realized that I couldn't afford to buy pavers or new brick I started looking for some used brick for sale or free. I lucked out and found an add on KSL classified for free brick. A guy was tearing down part of his house and I went over and helped him. I chipped all of the mortar off the brick and loaded it all. It is really old brick and has a lot of character. Some of it was from the chimney so it has black markings. I think it will look great as long as I can figure out how to lay it down right. So here are the "before" pictures, stay tuned for the finished project ! Hopefully soon!