This one's for Faren....

July 4th at Faren's private lake.

Chad and Avery and the Tetons in the back.

And my #4 child who is scared of the water.

Faren...

Chad...

Chad again...

Faren upside down....

Val...

I finally got the pics off my camera...so watch out.

I might over blog now....

Teacher Appreciation Week

 I don't know if you can see this saying very well...

 It says:

"The grass is always greener

with teachers like you."

We love Mrs. Onda K., Ms. Brown, Mrs. Mabey, and all of Sicilee's teachers.

Just a little behind....

 What a busy month we've had...and I'm feeling a lot behind.

Sicilee started off the month by turning 14! Crazy!

Her face says what I am feeling! Yikes!

 She got to spend the week in California with her friend's family.

Sadly, she didn't care that we were not around to celebrate...

 I had to post about our friend's Easter egg hunt at their house.

Wow! 

 A night time Easter egg hunt with flash lights and people throwing water balloons from the trees!

 Haddi and her friend hit the "jackpot".

 Keeping our candy and turning the eggs back in.

 And....Indee turned 9!

 Her guitar... so she can rock it!

 And no picture would be complete without crazy faces.

 On to Easter...note to self...don't use colored plastic cups.

You can't tell what color is in them.

Kids didn't like it.

Another note to self...read the instructions carefully...

could have saved us a last minute trip to the store to buy more dye kits.

 But 6 dozen eggs later...it all worked out.

 And Sicilee...her first time "using toilette paper".

 And Chad and I got away...

 A cenote...

 Tulum...

And my favorite...

It really was a busy month...

Happy New Year!!!

 We loved partying at Grandma's with our Utah cousins.

 The fireworks that uncle Tagg brought were a HUGE hit with the teenage crowd...

 and the pre-teen crowd....

 The pre-2 yr. old....well...not so much.

 Aunt Taun thought that the party favors she bought were noise free...

oh boy...

 Some teenagers might have had a little too much to drink 

(sparkling cider).

Uncle Eric was the favorite of the weekend...

even though it was minus 8 degrees, he was out pulling the

kids around and making it fun.

Happy New Year!

Pinochle...not your grandma's game

I had to post about Pinochle and what it means to me. I love it. We only have one couple to play it with...they've been our friends since our college days at ISU. We used to spend the whole weekend playing. We'd stay up all night playing and sleep until noon the next day. Oh, how would it be? I have the best memories of this. We still get together a few times a year and the bantering starts all over about who is the best team.  Right now the girls are reigning champs.

I love Cash and Marisa and love to hang out with them. We didn't see each other for a few years, they were in Texas at Graduate School, but as soon as they moved back, we picked up right where we left off. I know I can call them, drop in, eat their food, crash on their couch, etc. and not worry about it. I love to hear their stories of family, jobs, and kids over the card table. We always have to have a 12 pack of Mountain Dew for Cash...we made that mistake once and still can't live it down :)

Sorry, this is the only picture I could find of you guys.

Christmas Fun...

 My little Christmas girl!

 The girls and Londyn in their new pajamas from Grandma.

 Can you say Pillow Pet Christmas?

 Baby Alive...

 My favorite purchase of the season...

Indee's boots.

And who knew that these footy pajamas would be such a hit...I have to take them off of them to wash them.

No christmas card from me this year....

But I am thinking of you all!

 So here are a few pics of my girls and the thought was there...

I just got a little sidetracked by another sinus surgery.

I did manage to get everything done before this surgery...

except my card.

I hate missing this opportunity to send my holiday wishes out

to everyone, so 

Happy Holidays!