"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well"

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

UVU Car Show @ Thanksgiving Point

Eric entered 6 or 7 cars in the annual Thanksgiving Point UVU car show. There were so many cars there, I would say over 1500 cars......He WON 2 AWARDS for the cars he had entered. He won a Jacket award for the blue Camero and he won a plaque for the silver Camero. WOW, that's amazing. WAY TO GO ERIC!! I'm so proud of him and the amazing talent he has.
Here are some pictures...........Pictures never do justice though.















Happy Birthday Shaun!!

We went out to dinner @ Tucano's for Shaun's birthday. Most of you know that Shaun is Alyssa's (Eric's oldest daughters) husband. We had a lot of fun and laughter and of course the darn yummy food. This would be the 1st birthday that we were able to spend with Shaun and I hope we will celebrate many more of his birthdays in the future!

Happy Birthday Shaun, We hope you had a great day!



Shaun is dancing to the "Happy Birthday" song that Tucano's sung to him! :)




Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Fun in the Sun, Finally!!

This past weekend, the girls wanted to put the sprinkler's on and jump on the trampoline in their swim suites........I thought it was a chilly 70 degrees but that didn't stop the girls.




Craft Night......

I bought these really cool stepping stones for the pond area and the great thing about them is that the kids get to Decorate them, anyway they want to! Eric mixed the cement, cause you do not want the kids playing with that, and I watched over them and snapped pictures as they created there very own stone.


This was a lot of fun for the kids and us too! :)




Dad and Jada(being silly)







My Jazzers' working very hard a her's







Jada promised a cute smile, and here it is.....







My Jenn witing for her cement to harden






End product





Jada's upclose....




Thursday, April 16, 2009

Saying GoodBye to Yukon.............


April 15th 2009, Yukon's Arthritis took a turn for the worse. He was not unable to lift his head up. He has been in allot of pain the last few days. Eric and Jonathan took him to Doggy Instant care, in Orem, last night. The news wasn't good. The girls and I went to the Instant Care last night after 9pm. We all sat in the room, as a family, and made one of the hardest decisions of our lives. We decided it was time that Yukon was put out of his pain and go to Doggy Heaven. Oh how many tears can we shed? We shed so many last night. He was the best dog we have ever had. He was so gentle, lovable, incredible with all kids, playful, just a GREAT part of our family. He will be missed so much.
Yukon at Sand Mountain @ Easter
What a stud he is!!

Happy Easter from Sand Mountain

Well, what another wonderful Easter spent out at the Sand Dunes. The kids had so much fun. Eric's brother's came out and so did Eric's oldest daughter, Alyssa and her husband and ALL Eric's other friends too. We had a Easter Egg hunt in the rain. My girls walked away with lots of cash and yummy candy! For the 1st time ever, I cooked with a dutch oven, OMG YUMMY!! We made a mountain man breakfast, cooked it a little too long but it was still yummy! I also made a cherry cobbler, Y U M!! Enough about food, lets get to the real action and how Eric blew up my Banshee motor. Yeah, that's right, he blew it up on the 1st day. Thanks Honey, the good thing about that, he will fix it better than it was and it will get a new paint job too. I way excited about that. We borrowed our friend Ethan's Rhino, HAVE TO HAVE ONE....... This Rhino was so awesome. So besides having a few bike set-backs. We had a blast and I couldn't wait to get home for a shower. Here are some pictures.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Happy "10th" Birthday Jenna!!

WOW- my baby is 10! That makes me so old :)- Is there a better way to celebrate the BIG 10 but to have all of her friends over for a Super Twilight Birthday party with a special guest awaiting. I had so much fun with my mom by my side as we played games, fed, fed, fed, watched the Twilight Movie and danced. This was a lot of fun for me and the girls. Check out the fun!






Can you tape your "lips" on Edward?







The girls dancing..............






The girls making funny faces with our special guest..............










Jenna and girls girls opening up gifts





The girls watching Twilight..............

Saturday, March 28, 2009

2009 Family Pictures


I'm sure all of you know the time and effort it takes to prepare for pictures. It's not an easy task when you have a family my size!! Doing hair, picking the perfect outfit that coordinates, showering, ironing, eating, touch ups, etc. URGG, thank goodness our goal is to get pictures done every other year.




















Sunday, March 8, 2009

Happy "40th" Birthday Michael!!

As many of you may know, I lost my brother almost 13 years ago this November. March 7 would have been his 40Th birthday and I spend a lot of time thinking how would he be if he were here today? He would be handsome, funny, my best friend and always my hero. I miss him so much and I can't wait to see him again! Michael was some what of a dare devil, he loved going to Glamis, hot roddin' in his race cars and living life in the fast lane. I wish he would have known my girls and met my husband. His son, Brandon, comes to Utah a few times a year and its such a treat! He resembles Michael so much. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL! We LOVE and MISS you so much!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Park City birthday fun.....................

I am now 37 years old! I know, I look 29 still but I'm not. Birthdays are just not as fun as they were when I was 16 or 21! The whole family went to Park City, a friend of ours let us stay in an AWESOME penthouse in Park City called the Caledonian. We had a great time and Justin, Sara and Britin came up too. We hung out in the Jacuzzi, shopped on Main street, and ate some yummy food! What a way to spend my 37th birthday!!




Friday, February 13, 2009

Hanna Montana Birthday Bash

Jada will turn 5 on Valentine's Day, yes she is my "love" child! hehe I can't believe my baby is 5!!

We celebrated her birthday @ Kangaroo Zoo with all of her closest friends. She and all her friends had so much fun. Here are some pics. Happy Birthday Jada! We love you







Thursday, January 1, 2009

Fun pictures of the kids

Brandon is so photogenic! He and Jenna take great pictuers together. I just found these pictures in my camera, the kids will kill me if they find out I blogged them!! :)