Canada~ July 17-25, 2010

For our "BIG" 2010 Family Summer vacation we took a trip to Canada. Justin, Sara and Britin went as well. All together there were 10 of us. This was not just "any ol' trip" either, it was a special trip to see "family" that we never met and to reunite family. That's allot of work to schedule passports, airfare, rental cars, etc......We flew into Seattle Washington(lots cheaper), rented 2 vehicles and drove to Vancouver Canada. WOW, what a beautiful world we live in. We met up with the kids grandparents(Audrey and Martin). Audrey and Martin are amazing amazing people. I LOVE them!! We stayed in downtown Vancouver for the night and the next day we went to Harbour Centre Tower where you can see the whole city! It was beautiful! Then we took the Horseshoe Bay ferries to Langdale. The from Langdale we drove for about an hour and took the Earls Cove ferries to Saltery Bay then we drove a few more hours to Powell River. The ferries are amazing. I never been on anything like that before. The waters were breathtaking. The kids were so excited to get on these ferries! Powell River is beautiful quiet place. Audrey and Martin rented us this cute cottage in Powell River. Day after day we had fun filled, action packed days! Did I mention they had the most amazing Fish & Chips that I EVER had in my life?? I think I ate them like 3 times for dinners. LOL...... We left Saturday morning from Powell River to head over to Nainamo(on a ferrie , of course)...I love this place too! It was more of a city atmosphere but beautiful!!

Justin, Audrey(Grandma) and Jessi

Martin(grandpa) Justin, Jessi and Audrey(grandma)

Jasmine and Utah(goat)

Here comes the ferry!!

Pure Beauty!

Our Vacation lasted from July 17th- July 25th and we cant wait to go back!! Thank you Audrey and Martin for the love and excitement you have given us!

Me and the love of MY life

Lagoon

Cant go through a summer without Lagoon fun Park! This year we decided to camp at the camp grounds next to Lagoon. It was a beautiful camp ground with allot of tree's. We will bounce back by Sept 19th and camp again. Nice little get away.

An Artist in the HOUSE!

We are so proud of Jessi who won the drawing contest for the DuneRates competition this summer. She won $100 and they will be using her work to design some t-shirts and stuff. I will try and get a picture of this drawing from my Facebook page!

School Begins....

Yikes, the summer has just flown by! It almost seams unfair! Jenna is now in the 6th grade, this will be her last year in elementary school :(, Jazzy is in the 5th grade, Jada is now in 1st grade. I am very excited about that because that means LESS DAYCARE $$!! YAHOO.......

Jonathan started his Junior year and Jessica is now a Sophomore. Yikes, I'm feeling pretty old. I was not able to get a picture of Jessi and Jon, they don't think its cool and from the looks of it neither does Jenna or Jasmine!!

Surgery.....

We had an unexpected surgery on Jon in the month of August. Yes, I know right, at the beginning of FOOTBALL Season.....NOT GOOD!!! Well he got hit on his lower leg and was diagnosed with compartment syndrome. I found this out because I took him to the Instant Care in Orem because he had alot of pain in his leg and his foot was going numb. I have never even heard of such a thing.....So, we took him to a sports medicine doctor and he confirmed the previous diagnose and scheduled the surgery for the next day. They went in and cut his Fascia to relieve the pressure. The surgery went well, it only took an hour. The doctor put a soft cast on and we had it removed on Aug 31st. He is now in physical therapy and we hope to be playing football by Sept 17th for the Orem high School game. Here are a few pictures.....

Jonathan Ghosoph-Timpview Football 2009-2010

I havent posted much these days since my dad's passing. Im trying to get back in the swing of things. I have many things to post so I will start off with Jonathan's amazing football 2009-2010 season as Timpview won the play-off's for the 4th year in a row. Thats dang amazing and my son has was part of that.
Here is his You Tube video from his Timpview Football games

God Saw He Was Getting Tired

God saw he was getting tired,
And a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him,
And whispered, "Come with me."

With tearful eyes we watched him suffer
And saw him fade away.
Although we loved him dearly,
We couldn't make him stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands laid to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.

This poem is for my dad. I love him so much. I'm glad I was there in his final days to tell him how much I loved him, always and forever. Daddy, rest in peace and give my brother lots of hugs for me.
I LOVE YOU DAD, WITH ALL MY HEART!

Christmas........

We celebrated Christmas like we do every year on the 25th of Dec. Then on the 26th of Dec my parents come to Utah and we celebrate it again. This year with a pleasant surprise my sister, Christina and her boy friend Chris came up as well. My sister doesn't come up to often but this year I got to see her twice. Once for Thanksgiving and again for Christmas. It was really nice having us all together to celebrate the birth of Christ! All to often I take "life" for granted and that each and every morning I will wake up and start the routine all over again. I am always on the GO, this year I tried to slow it down to savor every moment with my daddy. He is in the fight for his life with cancer. We need lots of prayers!! Here are some pictures of Christmas.

Congrats to Justin and Sara!!

On Christmas morning Justin proposed to Sara at our house. We put the ring in the ice box, after everyone opened gifts Justin asked Sara for a glass of ice water. She got the cup, opened the ice box and OMG the ring was sitting in the ice box. It was AWESOME....So many tears of happiness that morning. They haven't set a date but stay tuned. Here are some pictures of this event!

Happy Birthday Britin!

My grandson turned 2 years old this month! He is such a awesome and smart boy! Here are some pictures from the birthday party!

TIMPVIEW TOOK STATE

This was an awesome game against Springville. It was at the Uof U and what a nail biter it was! Jon didnt get to play not once, dang it but he has to do his time. Jonathan will be a Junio next year and he will be explosive. I'm so proud of him and I CANT wait until year year!!

~Jada~

So i was looking through my pictures and I came across a few funny sleeping pictures of Jada. Jada is so funny, she runs and runs and alot of times she falls asleep so fast and it really doesn't matter where she is at. Once she stops, she sleeps....

GOING to the play-offs!!

Whoo Hoo, Timpview is going to the play-off. The 3rd play-off game is at the University of Utah and we will be playing Mountain Crest High School. This game will be a nail biter as we played them in the play-off's last year and it was a close game. If we win this game the championship game will be at the University of Utah as well.
GOOO TIMPVIEW!!!

Sadies Dance

This past weekend Jonathan was asked(again, geez) to the Sadies dance by a young lady named Mindy. She is a Sophomore cheerleader and is adorable. The group dressed up as "nerds"...... I love his tie!!!

I LOVE ROD WORKS!!

Everytime I walk into Rod Works I fall in love all over again.....they have the cutest items in that store.....I wish I had a million bucks so I can go wild, but that will not happen so I will stick with my little trips. I finally have school pictures hung, we have had so many remodel projects at my house(over 3 years) that have taken forever and yes, I finally hung these adorable pictures frames(with beautiful kids to fill them) and all the extra's by myself(well kind, Eric hung and I decorated)

As you will notice, Jonathan didnt take school pictures, just a school ID....Dohhh

Wheeler Farms

We had a finance get to gether @ Wheeler farms last weekend. The girls are such animals lovers, they loved every minute of it. I, of course, could have lived without the stank! :) They had horses, pigs, ducks, cows, sheep, chicks, hens, and much more.

Sadies Dance

Today I got a surprise on the phone, a young lady called me and ask if I was Jonathan's mom and I said YES, she said she wanted to ask Jonathan to the Sadies dance and wanted to decorate his room......I was shocked! My son, 16 years old, getting asked to a dance! OMG, Am I really ready for this? So, I said "OK" she came over and decorated his room full of balloons and blow pops. There was a note that said, I'd be blown away if you went to the Sadies Dance with me. J0nathan needed to figure out who this young lady was who wanted to go to the dance with him so he had to pop the helium balloons to find out a letters of her name within the balloon. Once he popped the balloon's, we pulled the letter's together and it spelled her name. It was so cute.......I snuck some pictures....