A few more.....

My babies are getting so big!!

And.....it seems as if I might need to get a life. I am sure blogging a lot lately. I think that is because I have been taking a lot of pictures the last few months. However, people are going to thank me someday because I took a lot of pictures. Say what you want and complain about me taking pictures, but mark my word, you WILL thank me. All that aside, here are some pictures of my girls. These were all taken within 2 blocks of our house. We didn't have to go too far for great backgrounds. Aren't they cute?

Feeding the "Fish"?

After we left Greg & Tiff, we thought it would be fun to go to Big Springs and feed the fish. Well, to our surprise, there were no fish, you fee the seagulls instead. Which the girls liked just the same, so it didn't really matter to them.

Then we went to Macks Inn and they waded in the very cold water there. All in all it was a really fun day and it is amazing the fun and beautiful places we have to go right in our own "back yard".

RELIEF!! I found them.

Okay, so these are some of pictures I thought were lost, I did download them onto my other computer. I would still like some ideas about where to save all the pictures I take.



This was our afternoon in Island Park with the Stoddards. The kids had a blast riding the 4 wheelers.

This is Tiff the mighty hunter. Okay, it is just a bbgun, but she was a pretty good shot.

Greg put all the kids but 2 onto the 4 wheeler and took them for a ride, he is a very brave man. Look at the amazing view and all the trees, it was beautiful up there.

Tiff & Cort

FREAKING OUT!!!

So I am unable to locate some of my pictures from the 4th of July and I have just reformatted my memory card, so they are gone. I thought I had downloaded all of them and boy was I mistaken. I am hoping I actually downloaded them on my other computer. I guess that is what I get for being too hasty and deleting my memory card. Does anyone have any good ideas about where to save their pictures other than discs? KaReena had saved hers to an external hard drive and it crashed. I do have some saved online, but my picasa web album is full. Let me know all your great ideas. Thanks!!

July 4th - morning & night

I don't know when I will figure it out, but my pictures always load in opposite order. Does that make sense, this should be the last picture. Anyway, on the 4th we went to Ashton for the parade with my mom & dad, Nakia's family and Allisa's family and then we headed to Island Park to hang out with Greg & Tiff's family (I will post pictures of Island Park later). After Island Park, we went to Terry and DeAnn's house to watch the Rexburg fireworks. Yes, my face was sunburned and yes I did have racoon eyes.
Terry & I

Nakia & DeAnn

Jerika & Allisa

Mya & Kinlee

Almost everyone

Fireworks at KaReena's house - July 3rd

Here are some of pictures we took, it is pretty dark though and hard to see some of us.

Nakia, mom, Jerika & I

KaReena & Dad, I'm posting his picture even though he said I didn't have his permission.

Kinlee, Tragan, KaReena, Lydia, Kaden & Daxton (Ben, Nakia & mom in the background)

Nakia, mom, Jerika & dad (another picture posted without his permission, isn't he cute!)

Kinlee, Brayli & Lydia (I guess I didn't get any pictures of Brian)

Thanks Brian & KaReena for dinner and the fabulous firework show!! We love spending time with our family.

Father's Day Celebration

Since we were in Utah on the real Father's Day, we celebrated Father's Day the Sunday afterward at moms house. Here are a few pictures from that day. We really look like we all had a rough day, which I now remember we did. But here we are, happy as can be that we are together.

Photography class

The City of Rexburg in its summer activities offered a 1 1/2 day photography class, so Becky (my work friend) and I decided to sign up. It was Friday and Saturday of last week and boy did we learn ALOT!! And it was really fun too. I learned how to use my camera to best of its ability and then on Saturday we learned how to use photoshop. These pictures below are pictures that I took Friday night during the class. We all went out to the old sugar mill in Parker and it was really informative and fun, I had never been there. Below are just a few of the pictures I took. None of these have been photoshopped. I have my first large family photoshoot scheduled the weekend of July 17, well my first since my class. I guess we will really see then how much I learned.

Manti Pageant

Mom and Dad came and went to the pageant with us and it did stop raining. It was freezing cold, but at least we were dry. It was a really fun trip. We followed mom and dad home from Manti and stopped at Shelby's house, then we went to dinner at Joe's crap shack for fathers day.
And the stopped at a few other places then headed home. Ray was glad to see us and we spent the rest of fathers day night with him.

Then the next day, which was Monday I didn't feel super hot, so I stayed home from work and then Ray found out that morning that his company was shutting their doors. He did find a job and went to work full time today. It is still truck driving, but it is a job and we feel really lucky that he was able to find a job at all, let alone so fast. So, now back to regular life at our house.

Katrina's House

Katrina is my cousin and her family came to stay with us in November when they came to Afton's birthday party. Anyway, our kids really hit it off, so we decided we would go stay with them and go to the Manti pageant, which is what started this whole trip idea to begin with anyway. So, we go to Manti late afternoon and Friday and they kind of showed us around Manti and then we went back to their house and watched a movie and just rested. Then later we had a barbeque with Ann and Brent and Amy. The Saturday we went and did some things in Ephram and Manti in the rain. It was so rainy all day and I really worried that we would be rained out for the pageant, but they kept telling me that it never rains on the pagent.


Keston - poor guy he was surrounded by girls all weekend because Andy was working most the time.

Kinlee and Riley - When Riley wasn't working, they were joined at the hip, even though there is almost a 10 year age difference.

Katrina and Lexi - We had such a good time. I will post some pictures that I took of the temple too.

Jerika & Lexi - They had so much fun together, and they text constantly now that we are home.

Next Stop - Spanish Fork

We left Holly's house Friday morning at 11 and stopped in between Lehi and spanish fork at some truck stop because Ray was there. His boss needed him home asap, so we only saw him for a minue. Then we met Tricia (my old roommate) and 3 of her 4 kids for lunch in Spanish Fork. It was really fun to see them we hadn't seen the boys for years. Sorry Tonia, next time I promise to stay at your house, if you are sure you can handle us!! Dawson, Tyler and Tyler's girlfriend (I can't believe I forgot her name)

Dillon, Jerika & I

Tricia, Kinlee and Dawson

Holly's House

I tried to put this at the end of this post, but it didn't work. I really need to figure this out.
Anyway, Kinlee fell asleep in McKenzie's bed while we were talking late. Luckily McKenzie was at girls camp, so we didn't have to kick her out this time.

So, my good friend Holly was really nice at the last minute to let us come and stay at her house. Since Ray couldn't go, I called her the day before we wanted to stay at her house. We were going to get a hotel, but though Holly's house would be much more fun!! She was so nice to cook us dinner and breakfast. But the most fun was the late night talking that we get to do when we stay there. We really don't see each other often so it was a lot of fun.

Jerika, Madison & Kinlee

Holly & I after a very long day. I was showing her facebook and trying to get her to get her very own facebook. No luck yet.