EKKER ROUNDUP

Swimming in Green River

2011-07-25T09:28:00.000-06:00

Family Reunion

2011-07-20T22:18:00.000-06:00

Easter

2011-04-30T08:17:00.000-06:00

Basketball Champs

2011-03-21T12:44:00.002-06:00

Emery Tournament

Richfield Tournament

South Sevier Jr Jazz

Maui

2011-01-21T12:40:00.000-07:00

Family Christmas Party

2011-01-06T22:51:00.007-07:00

Our fabulous hostess

Gettin' the good stuff

Kids gift exchange

This years most memorable white elephant

Christmas Dance Recital

2010-12-21T12:13:00.000-07:00

Halloween

2010-10-31T22:47:00.000-06:00

Green River

2010-10-06T22:04:00.001-06:00

Roller Skating

2010-10-04T21:53:00.003-06:00

Melon Days 2010

2010-09-28T15:20:00.006-06:00

2010-06-30T07:33:00.001-06:00

Christmas Tubing FUN!

2010-01-11T10:04:00.003-07:00

WOW I love tubing!! Abby had been dreaming of a white Christmas the entire month before. We were excited to go home for Christmas and enjoy their below freezing weather. One thing about it though, it makes it feel more like Christmas!! We had a blast playin' in the snow!! Thanks Lance for making sure we had the right get up!! We were amazingly cute!!

Abby's headless snow angel!! ha ha ha

Here we go...... no, not to rob a bank!! We're playing in the SNOW!!!

Get ready Abby....

Opps.... LOL

Abby's dream come true!!

2010-01-11T09:58:00.002-07:00

Tubing in a WiNtEr WoNdErLaNd!!

Faster Daddy FASTER!!

I'm lovin' it!!

One HOT dad!!

I just love to squeeZe her!!

Abby and hmmmm guess who?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EKKER FAMILY

2009-12-10T11:45:00.003-07:00

Lake Tahoe

2009-10-26T07:37:00.002-06:00

Lake Tahoe was beautiful!! It's getting cold up there and Abby got a little sick on our way up the mountain, hence the big shirt! hehehe Wish we would have more time, I would have loved to get some more landscape shots. Oh and I think that I'm going to move to Gardenville, NV I LOVE it there, anyone want to join me?

Tahoe and Aunt Lotties

2009-10-23T16:08:00.002-06:00

Birthday

2009-10-23T08:50:00.002-06:00

On Sunday we had a little family party. Abby requested "BEANS & RICE" so we had a mexcian cook up. She wanted a witch cake and she LOVES barbies so we turned one of her Barbies into a witch. Worked out pretty swell. Happy Birthday sweet girl. I can't believe your 5!!

Abby's Party

2009-10-23T08:33:00.002-06:00

Abby's Halloween party was SpOoK-TaCuLaR!! All the kids dressed up and we played some fun games. I think the kids had a lot of fun. Thanks Mom and Sheena for coming and dressing up. You guys are the bestest!!

Happy Birthday Abby

2009-10-23T08:19:00.002-06:00

Abby had a birthday week!! It started out with a little party at school. Her birthday was a Halloween theme so we stuck to it and made scary treats for her class. I think they were a hit.

Stitches

2009-10-23T08:07:00.002-06:00

My poor Abby had to get stitches a couple weeks ago. She fell at school and since my phone was in the house and I was outside her teacher came running over. There is something about the panic in a teachers voice when she says you need to come get Abby she fell and is hurt your going to have to take her to the ER. YIKES, my first thought..... BROKEN ARM.... but nope she split her chin open. Much easier to deal with, I took her to the ER where they TRIED to get her numb, key word there is TRIED! She's is just like me in the fact that she never did get numb. She's one TOUGH cookie though. It had to have hurt when they stitched her up!! The Dr. only ended up giving her 3 due to the lack of numbness, I think it's going to scar but at least it's in a place that's not to noticeable. Man, I have one brave little girl!!

Cottonwood

2009-10-23T08:00:00.001-06:00

We hiked around Cottonwood, it's beautiful up there!! On our way back we stopped and took a pic of what part of the lake we could see. That's Lance's job site.

Swimmin' @ Sheena's

2009-10-23T07:40:00.001-06:00

The kids had a BLAST swimming in Sheena's pool. Man she is lucky! Thanks for always letting us stay and use your amazing house! We love you!!

Mama

2009-10-23T07:18:00.002-06:00

Mom let me take some pictures of her too!! I love it when she lets me. Oh course I took some of Stacy, Sheena, Savannah, Jonah, Genacie and Abby but thought I would share some of our MaMa!!!

Hogle ZOO

2009-10-23T07:01:00.003-06:00

Yes I know these were from August..... I'm going to play catch up! It had been a very long time since I had been to the zoo. We had a great time and Abby was so excited she got to see the baby giraffe, that was by far her favorite part!

2009-10-10T09:38:00.001-06:00

Just wanted all our family to know that they are invited!!

Love ya!!

It's that time of year

2009-10-06T15:21:00.004-06:00

You guessed it. It's hunting season.
Garrett's archery elk from Arizona.

Muzzleloader deer from the Bookcliffs here in UT.

MELON DAYS 2009

2009-10-06T11:31:00.000-06:00

MORE MELLON DAYS FUN!!

2009-09-19T19:22:00.002-06:00

2009-09-19T19:19:00.001-06:00

GROUP PHOTOS

2009-09-19T19:10:00.003-06:00

MELLON DAYS!!

2009-09-19T18:59:00.003-06:00

This is a picture of "the pitt". Gabrin and Fua made a pitt to cook a pig, as well as corn, and potatoes. Gabrin and Fua had been planning this for months. They did a FINE job bringing the family a feast!

Everyone pitched in after the meat was done to get it ready to serve.

Abby started Preschool Today!!

2009-08-31T22:14:00.002-06:00

Abby started Preschool today. We're so proud of her, and very surprised at the outfit she choose for the first day. She has a new teacher this year, that we are VERY excited about and she had a blast. I on the other hand was lost for 3 hours. I'm going to have to start making myself do things while she's gone. I basically wasted a good 3 hours!!

Last night we decided to head up the mountain for a little ride. There has been a lot of bear coming down so we thought we would see if we could see any critters. Abby and I was walking up a trail both packing our camera's. (she's so cute) As we were walking back she turned around and I captured this shot. My little miss Hollywood!! She's cute even with messy hair and a dirty face! Hence the B&W photo. hehehe

I'm working on the pictures from our trip to Sheena's... I'll post some soon.

2009-08-07T22:12:00.001-06:00

Summer Pictures

2009-07-07T21:16:00.006-06:00

Here are a few random pics from recent things we've done.

4th of July Parade

Gettin' rich sellin' snow cones

3 on 3 basketball tournament

Visit with Mark Eaton

My new fav hobby. I'm addicted!

Guess what??? We went to Goblin Valley too. Must be a popular place.

2009-06-30T23:47:00.002-06:00

Going to Goblin Valley was not even in our plans when we headed for GR. But we made the trip out there Saturday afternoon with our friends from Alpine. The kids had a blast running, hiding & climbing through the Goblins.

Oh what do you do in the Summer time?

2009-06-29T06:28:00.003-06:00

A few weeks ago Abby started riding her bike. It was actually the same weekend as Ali. We thought that was fun not knowing and later finding out. Guess great minds think alike. Isn't it so fun to see kids accomplish something and see how much happiness and satisfaction it bring them. She thinks she's pretty darn cool!!

Goblin Valley

2009-06-26T22:16:00.005-06:00

I took Jonah, Genacie, Savannah and Caylee to Goblin Valley! We had a really fun time climbing on all the Goblins and they were all really good sports about letting me take their pictures. We came up with some pretty cute ones I think!

As always, have to have a silly face picture!

We had to climb a big "green mountain" to find this tiny cave and Jonah said proudly when we got there, "This is so cool! I could live in here!"

I love this picture with their red faces after hiking around for a while. They were worn out and ready for water and grandma's house!

Picture Time.....

2009-06-26T22:12:00.005-06:00

Some are a little nuts.......well here are the nuts in action!

The kids wanted to do a funny face when were were taking the family pictures!

This is the result that we got and it cracks me up!

Abby's school bus ride.

2009-06-10T16:27:00.002-06:00

Every morning Abby watching the school buses has they take the kids to school. So when her teacher told her that the were going to ride the bus in preparation for kindergarten she was ecstatic. I think she liked it and the driver is a really neat lady.

Abby's last Baseball game!

2009-06-10T15:55:00.002-06:00

After the game we all went to the Pizza Factory for party and to receive their trophy's. The kids were so excited.

Abby and her cute little trophy.

This was the last time she was up to bat. I have tried all season to capture her hitting the ball and I finally got it on her last hit!! ..... in every picture of her batting she never follows the ball all the way to bat, it's amazing she is such a good hitter!! Go Abby we sure love you. You're an awesome base ball player.

High on a mountain top.....

2009-06-10T15:36:00.002-06:00

Lance hiked to the rock house that we had posted about earlier. It looks awesome. He went and check out the trail before we took Abby up there. Not sure if Abby could make it, it's pretty tough. Lance took some good pictures. It's amazing how much work people put into it, it's not like you can drive to it so all supplies they would have had to pack up there. Pretty impressive.

Lance said he was thinking of me when he took this picture through the window. LOL I guess I'm rubbin' off on him.

Check it out, pretty amazing.

He said that on his way back there were other hikers on their way up there to camp.

On the way back he came across a rattle snake............!!! YIKES>> He's a crazy man and started poking it with a stick so he could get this cool picture. I have to say I am impressed with it but I think I would have pee'd my pants!!

So now to the best part. He got home and showed me the pictures and I told him we should ask our 85 year old neighbor about this rock house. So we printed a picture of it and walked over to his house. He started to giggle and said, oh boy, you guys found the nudest colonie!!! Yep, that's right I guess years back the nudest needed to get away so they built it. WOW all I have to say is.... that's a lot of rock to move in the nude!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10th Anniversary

2009-06-01T00:01:00.004-06:00

I've been meaning to blog these pictures and now that in 45 minutes till June 1st, I thought it's a great time!! Lance and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary in April. The past 10 years have been wonderful adventure, so far we have moved 6 times with more to come. Our little family has become so close and I wouldn't change anything!!! To celebrate our 10 years together we rented a cabin at a bed and breakfast called Whispering Pines. It's just north of Lake Isabella, CA it was a wonderful treat, our cabin was awesome, we had a beautiful view from our back deck, and the food was delicious. It was the first time we have been away from Abby (other than a night in the hospital... I was so drugged it doesn't count!) it was weird to not have her with us but she had a blast with grandpa Randy. Here's to the next 10 years!!

Memorial Day Hike

2009-05-27T08:59:00.003-06:00

Monday we went for a hike and found an awesome trail, from what we could see there is a cabin on the mountain in the back of us, we couldn't see it to well but it looked as if it were an old miners cabin. We are going to get our packs ready and check it out in the next couple weekends. Abby is getting to be a pretty good hiker. Oh course Dad had magic water that made her really tough and Mama found " flower power" pretty wild flowers. It's amazing, she would hold them and start running up the hill. What ever works.... right? We had a dutch oven cook up and I was in charge of dessert and bread and the bread was a total flop. I have never messed up bread that bad before!! The peach cobblers was pretty good, but I need some more practice. Note to self..... DON"T TRY NEW RECIPES WHEN YOU REALLY NEED THEM TO WORK!!

Mule Days Parade

2009-05-27T08:37:00.004-06:00

I thought this was real funny. What creative parade entries they have using Jack Ass's LOL

So next to the Clydesdale I'll take one of these, Oh my, they were striking!! Oh yes, and from the great state of TEXAS!!! Oh how I miss TEXAS.

This was the 20 mule team and amazing to watch when they turn the mules towards the back actually jump over the ropes to keep them all in line and then straighten themselves back up. Who said mules were dumb? From what I saw they were pretty stinkin' smart.... stubborn maybe......

This was Abby's favorite, she said "Mama, Mama, hurry take a picture of that one, I LOVE IT!!"

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-27T08:14:00.005-06:00

We made it through Memorial weekend. Nick left for Afghanistan last Monday, it's a very humbling experience to remember those that have fought for our freedom with one of our own heading to war. Words can not express how thankful I am for our fore fathers who have made it possible for us to live as we do. I hope and pray that our Marine makes it home safe, I pray that he know how much we love him here at home and how proud we are of him for his willingness to service our country and preserve our freedoms.
With our flag flying high we headed to Bishop for their Mule Days celebration. We went to the parade which I LOVE, it's all horse, mules, donkeys and good ole cowboys and cowgirls. What better way to celebrate Memorial Day!! These are my absolute favorite.... The Budweiser Clydesdale's. Aren't they beautiful.. I told Lance I wanted a Clydesdale and he his response was.... "do you know how much it takes to feed one of those?"...... LOL I can dream can't I?

The mule version of a Clydesdale.... maybe I could do with a half Clydesdale.... LOL

Daddy and his girl watching the parade. When we got home Abby played pack mule for hours. It was pretty cute watching her pack her cart full of stuff and pull it around with a rope.

This was the only clown she liked. I think she takes after uncle Stephen and is a bit afraid of CLOWNS!!

Catch Up

2009-05-21T22:36:00.006-06:00

Sorry I'm like totally taking over the blog for a minute. I guess I haven't been keeping up on this very good. So here I go catching up.

Baseball

Tball

Birthday Party

Turkey Hunt

Dance Recital

Check it out I made another cake!

2009-05-21T17:57:00.002-06:00

Here is my try at a moster truck cake. I totally forgot to take a picture before I delivered it to the party so the kids mom took one for me. I know your thinking..... gaylene forgot to take a picture!!!..... yep I sure did I was so worried about getting it there in one piece that it slipped my mind.

They already started cutting but at least I got a picture.

Gabrins Turkey Hunt

2009-05-16T12:16:00.003-06:00

We had a great time, hunting together.

Gabrin shot a huge bird. His beard was

9 1/4 Inches and the Spurs were 1 1/4 inches long. HUGE BIRD!!! Turkey hunting is one of our favorite types of hunting. Gabe made a great shot on this bird, shooting him at around 50 yards away. You can tell he has spent a lot of time hunting. He is very sneaky and knows when to let the bullets fly.

Linda's First turkey

2009-05-14T09:47:00.004-06:00

We had a ton of fun on the turkey hunt. I shot him right in the head, just like I planned. He folded up into a little ball when I shot him. I loved hunting with Gabe. He is so patient and helps me learn. I love spending time with him, and have learned to enjoy hunting since that is his favorite thing to do.

1st Turkey

2009-04-28T12:51:00.001-06:00

Gage drew his first turkey tag this year & got it opening morning. He was so excited!! Way to go bud.

Abby's first T-ball game

2009-04-22T22:59:00.002-06:00

Darn it, these went on here in a different order...... Oh well, you get the idea.

Abby's first game was so fun to watch. Not only did she look so cute in her uniform but she played really well. She was able to hit it off the coach pitch in both innings and she actually watched and got the ball when it came to her. Oh course I had fun taking pictures and Lance caught it all on video. She got so shy when she would get to first base with everyone cheering for her.
Running to first base really fast!!

This cracks me up not only the look on her face but the tired little guy in the dugout!! LOL I was a little early on the picture but you can still see the ball.

These last 2 are just ones that I took right when we got there. I will be taking her out for a shoot sometime soon.

Go San Diego Padres!!!

HAPPY EASTER FROM GREEN RIVER

2009-04-13T10:33:00.000-06:00

4 wheeler ride

2009-04-11T22:03:00.003-06:00

With the most recent addition to our happy family, we added a 4 wheeler. We have been having a blast frequently taking it for rides. We are really enjoying having such a fun toy. This is a picture of us on the mountain during one of the adventures. We are looking are best for sure!

Cake decorating

2009-03-06T09:57:00.003-07:00

Guess what..... I made a Birthday cake. It was for a friends little girl. It was pretty fun.

It turned out better than I expected. I didn't dare write Happy Birthday on it. I figured that it people were coming to Birthday party they already knew why we had a cake!! LOL

I'm now taking cake orders!!

JuSt KidDiNg!!

Blue & Gold Banquet

2009-03-05T13:41:00.004-07:00

The boys & their masterpiece Porcupine Cake for the Blue & Gold Scout Banquet cake auction. They came up with the idea & created it all on their own. No help from me. I thought they did a great job!!!

Happy Valentine's

2009-02-15T16:28:00.007-07:00

Valentine's Day was a big day for Ali. She's had a loose tooth for probably at least a couple weeks now. Yesterday it got soooo loose that she couldn't chew on it any more without it hurting & it was totally crooked & just barely hanging on. Her teeth are so small that it's nearly impossible to grab them with your fingers. So Garrett got out the pliers. This picture was taken on Friday night. We tried to get it out then but she kept squirming & was just too nervous. She had us put a towel over her eyes so she couldn't see what was going on.

But yesterday she finally held still long enough for Dad to grab it with the pliers & get it out. Here they are with the prize tooth in her hand & a tissue in her mouth to apply a little bit of pressure.

Gage was excited she lost her first tooth too. As soon as it came out she was dancing around & sooooo very excited for the Tooth Fairy to come.

Here's the note Ali left for the Tooth Fairy. She even asked the Tooth Fairy to leave some pixie dust. When she woke up she had pink sparkly pixie dust in a bag under her pillow.

BBall

2009-02-14T12:51:00.002-07:00

Gage & Dad the Coach

I didn't really get any good pictures this year. I guess I'm not capable of action shots. Anyway, here's one of him playing bball. #14

Winter Fun

2009-02-14T12:04:00.005-07:00

Sledding with G'ma & G'pa while mom & dad were out of town.

2009-02-07T14:46:00.001-07:00

HaPpY BiRtHdAy GrAnDpA!

XOXO

Abby

Conversation With Ab's

2009-02-07T08:39:00.003-07:00

Abby and her daddy were talking the other night and I sat back and laughed.

Abby was playing "office girl"

L-So what does an Office Girl do?
A- Works at the office doing stuff.
L- Oh, how old are you?
A- Abby I'm 4 but I'm going to be 5 in a few days.
L- How tall are you?
A- I'm 40 inches..
L- How many feet?
A- I HAVE 2 feet Dad!! With a really dumb look on her face, like why do people ask me stupid questions!!

I hope that made you smile!! I had to get that wrote down so I wouldn't forget.

Another Day in Lone Pine...

2009-02-03T11:15:00.007-07:00

I've beening trying to come up with a cute Valentine for my sweet girl. I took her out yesterday and thought I would share this one. Doesn't she look so big. You'll have to wait to see more...

Last weekend Abby finally found a shed horn. She was all sorts of excited. It's a pretty good one for her first find. Way to go Abber Dabber's!!

On our hikes this pretty little plant gets all over us. It sure is pretty and very messy!

Sugar Bowl Champs!!

2009-01-03T17:11:00.002-07:00

Way to go Utah!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T15:39:00.001-07:00

Make it a good one! Love Mom

2008-12-24T16:05:00.001-07:00

Merry Christmas Family!!

2008-12-22T19:25:00.001-07:00

I hope the Christmas Party went well. Someone better post some pictures. I want to see all your cute faces. I heard that Mom and Dad were really surprised. Happy 40th M&D. Sure do love ya!!
Have a Merry Christmas!!

Cutest Granddogs In the world

2008-12-20T15:25:00.001-07:00

On Friday December 12 Gabrin went to Idaho

to get the latest addition to our family. Rocky!!

The cute little back fuzz. Buddy our 1 year old

lab is learning to love his brother. Gabrin got

Rocky from the same people we got Buddy from.

They are some people from his mission that moved

to Idaho. Buddy was given to us for our wedding gift

and we bought Rocky for our christmas gift this

year!!!

Purple Belt

2008-12-18T13:21:00.003-07:00

Gage earned his purple belt in karate last month. Way to go bud.

Kansas

2008-12-18T13:16:00.002-07:00

Sorry all I'm posting at the moment is hunting. Just trying to figure out what I need to get caught up on posting on here..... guess we must not be doing much else these days....

Garrett's Buffalo Hunt

2008-12-18T13:07:00.002-07:00

What fun all these guys had on this hunt. Thanks everybody for going and making it a wonderful memorable time.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!!

2008-12-16T08:14:00.004-07:00

Yesterday we got about 6-8 inches of Snow. Abby LoVeD it!! Her and Daddy were out playing in it by 8:30am. I peaked outside and they had built a little snow man, Abby had snow angels all over the yard and they were having a snowball fight.

I love to watch them have such a good time.

I love Christmas lights, it's to bad the paint job in the background ruins this picture!! LOL

Our Ginger bread house turned out so cute this year. Abby made sure there was a mail box in front and it had a chimney for Santa. I thought that was so cute, she did a fantastic job making them too!! Lance said it needed a wood pile by the door and ice cycles and I did the tree's and a wreath. We sure made a HuGe mess but it sure was fun!!

Lone PIne Christmas Parade

2008-12-16T07:25:00.005-07:00

The theme this year was "Pets on Parade". Abby's preschool had a float and the kids look their stuffed animals. It was freezing cold. I should have dressed Abby warmer. Poor thing was so cold by the time she got off.

Merry Christmas!! She thought that was pretty neat, being in her first parade. It was a good one to be in. Small town don't have long parades.

After the parade we went to see Santa..... it brought back memories from Green River..... Do you see anything that would remind you of the fire house? Oh yes, the cheesy man next to Santa!! He scared Abby to death. She wouldn't go close to Santa because of "his helper". We got to the truck and she started to cry. She thinks she isn't going to get anything because she didn't sit on his lap. It broke my heart. I think every picture of us growing up in GR there is a guy next to Santa that looks just like that!!! Oh and the little girl sitting on his lap is Abby's friend Larissa.

After Santa we went on a hunt for a Christmas tree. Luckily the local True Value had a couple left. It really did feel like I was a kid again. I remember going shopping at the True Value after Santa at the fire house. It's sad that GR no longer has a True Value Store.
Merry Christmas!!

Erwin Family Hike

2008-12-03T13:51:00.004-07:00

The goal of the day. However this picture makes it look so small...... it's not really. We weren't sure if Abby could make it however I think she out did Mama!!

Isn't this picture cute?

Half way there!!

Mt. Whitney is the tallest peak in the US and our goal is to climb it before we leave here. The trail is 17+ miles. There are so many people that climb it each year that you have to get a permit and they give them to you through a draw. So I hope we are lucky enough to draw out. Abby's to young to go, she's going to be sad.

Oh yeah, she made it and is VERY proud of herself. She kept telling me on the way up.. "I can do it Mama, I won't give up!" I thought that was so cute.

Preschool

2008-12-03T13:20:00.003-07:00

Miss Abby started preschool this week. Today was her second day and she couldn't wait to go. I let her pick where she wanted to have her picture taken and she said, Mama I love our purple door!! So we have to use it and then a HUGE tree out front of the school. She thought that was pretty cool. Her teach Ms. Katy seems to be nice, so we'll see how it goes! Can't believe she's so grown up!

Colorado Hunt

2008-11-16T14:57:00.002-07:00

It's nothing new that I'm slow posting things on here......but anyway....Garrett went hunting deer in Colorado last week & here's the deer he got. You always are hoping for a bigger one but it's still really nice.

Flashback Friday Fun

2008-11-07T21:27:00.000-07:00

ENJOY these fun ones!

Jay's Buffalo Hunt

2008-11-04T21:30:00.002-07:00

Linda, Gabrin, Jay, Bruce, Stephen & Garrett

Happy Halloween 2008

2008-10-31T21:39:00.001-06:00

For Halloween this year Ali was Giselle from the movie Enchanted & Gage was the Headless Horseman.

Mighty Coyote Hunters

2008-10-29T13:02:00.000-06:00

Gage & Garrett went coyote hunting & buffalo scouting last saturday.

They didn't see much in the way of buffalo but had fun calling coyotes.

To cute to SpOoK!!

2008-10-24T20:41:00.002-06:00

This evening I took Abby to the Fall Festival at the school. She had a really good time and of course I had to take pictures of her all dressed up. I tried really hard to get her to let me paint her face green.... she was not having any part of that. She wanted to look "SPOOKY" but the only thing she let me do is put green eye shadow on her. Just look at her she's so not spooky at all!! LOL She made her daddy proud though, she won all 3 games that involved shooting and she even beat a boy at the balloon competition. She defiantly has my competitive edge... .... is that a bad thing?

Abby's Birthday!!

2008-10-24T20:39:00.000-06:00

Flashback Friday

2008-10-24T13:14:00.000-06:00

I was kind of trying to organize some photos in my entertainment center & came across these fun ones. Hope you enjoy them. As I find more I will probably have to embarrass more of you.

Gage's hunting days started when he was pretty young too. He's got his calls around his neck, his bb gun, his huntin' dog & his bird he bagged. What more do you need?

Happy Birthday to my Abby!!

2008-10-18T08:22:00.002-06:00

Oh my Sweet Abby!!! I sure do love you. Hope I can make this day special! Thanks for always making me laugh. I don't know how you got to be so funny, but Mama thinks your hilarious!! You're sweet as can be and I'm so proud of you!! Happy Birthday!!

Love, Mama

San Diego Baby!

2008-10-14T21:37:00.012-06:00

Alicia reminded me today that I had not blogged my San Diego Vacation. I told her that I would work on it tonight...So here we go. I went to San Diego at the end of last month to visit Barry and Cathy Cheskaty. We had a great time. Cathy has been trying to get me to come visit since I was a little girl. Nothing like being 20 years late. One of the things that Cathy has wanted to take me to see forever has been the San Diego Zoo. So we headed there first. Let me tell you, it's a huge zoo. There is even a sky ride like they have a Lagoon. We enjoyed our time there. The next day we wanted to spend that day at the beach....Which we did but not before we went the the Steven Birch Aquarium. That is a neat place! The rest of the week we spent being lazy tourist. Spending afternoon laying on the beach. We spent some time at Linda's beach house in Carlsbad. It really was a very relaxing vacation. One that I greatly needed. I even got to go to the Temple. Man I love the temple and the San Diego temple is simply magical! So Alicia, Here you have it. I'm blogging, although I'm not sure I'm very good at it. Here are a few pictures from my trip. (unfortunately I was such a lazy tourist that I didn't take many pictures.)

This one is for Dad! There was a hummy Bird at the temple. I thought it was awesome!

Proof I was there

Yes that is me by the touching the pier!

Moon Light Jellies believe it or not are completely harmless to humans.

That makes them just that much more beautiful.

Camping

2008-10-14T13:11:00.007-06:00

We have a lot of fun on this yearly camping trip the family takes. Here are a few pics from our adventures.
(sorry girls if you don't want pictures of yourself on here then you'll have to be the one behind the camera from now on and then you'll have to start posting, neener neener)

Poor Linda is freezing after being out hunting in the rain.

A couple of Happy Campers

Uncle Ted

The guys eating breakfast & staying out of the rain

Gage with his trophy rabbit

Melon Days pictures...better late than never.

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Gym & Football

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ELK HUNT

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While elk hunting he found this calf with its head caught in between two trees. He was able to pick it up & free it from being trapped.

Labor Day Fun

2008-09-01T21:00:00.002-06:00

The pro, showing us how it is done.

Grandpa with a perch

First Days of School 2008

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First day of Kindergarten

First day of 3rd Grade

Dressin' up

2008-08-23T05:48:00.003-06:00

This is Abby and her friend Jesslyn. They play so cute together and they are about the same size. Jesslyn is 6 and starting the first grade on Monday. Abby wanted to get together before she goes back to school. Poor Abby all her friends are going to school, and she has to stay home with her crazy Mom. Makes Mama happy though!! They had got all ready to go to the "ball" and Abby came in and asked if they could wear my crowns from high school. It's fun to see her have a good time with them. Someone better, I did some crazy things in order to get those!! LOL It was worth it now that I see my little girl playing with them!! They were using my backdrop as the "ballroom" and dancing away so of course I had to take a few pictures!!

Such a PoSeR!!

2008-08-20T07:25:00.004-06:00

Abby wanted a turn having her picture taken!!! Oh my goodness I was laughing so hard that half of these are not in focus!! Where does she come up with these poses??? I have never had any kids do these!!! She has defiantly brought her modeling to the next level............ good??? I think not!!! Worried??? A LOT!!!!

Back to School Party

2008-08-19T19:32:00.005-06:00

Gage had been asking to have several friends over for a sleepover this summer. I told him why didnt' we wait until just before school started & make it a back to school party. ( I was mainly just trying to put it off) Well, back to school is here & I survived the party. He had 5 of his friends over & they had a blast. They played bball, football, freeze tag, flashlight tag, ping pong, Wii & I am sure I'm leaving something out. I'm glad we've got that one out of the way.

New Toys

2008-08-19T19:23:00.004-06:00

Gage has been wanting a motorcycle for quite some time now & we finally gave in. Then Ali decided she needed a toy to ride around on. So she got this pretty pink 4 wheeler. We have been taking them to the cabin each weekend & the kids are having a blast riding them around up there.

Congrats Stacy & Fua

2008-08-19T15:32:00.006-06:00

Here are a few pics I took at Fua & Stacy's wedding.

I am a little slow.....

2008-08-18T18:22:00.008-06:00

We went to St George the end of July so here are some pics from our trip. These first couple are at this fun fountain & splash area they have. Felt really good for the kids to be able to cool off since the weather had been 109.

This one was at a place called Jumpin Jacks. It has all these blow up bounce houses & slides for the kids to play on. They had a great time there too.

Last, but not least we went to Tuacahn. We saw The Sound of Music and High School Musical. Loved them both!!!!

Camping at Palisades

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My Daring Kids

2008-07-12T19:18:00.001-06:00

We have gone to this great out door pool a couple times this year. They have this high dive there. I don't really know how high it is but believe me it's high. I went off it & I just about turned around & went back down the ladder when I looked off the end. It didn't surprise me too much when Gage wanted to go off of it. But when Ali told me she wanted to go off it I said, "are you sure"? She said yes & off she went. More than once. She's my daring child. Thanks Kelli for showing us the new hot spot to swim.

Ali

Gage

RED WHITE & BLUE

2008-07-10T19:06:00.000-06:00