some catch up

So I just realized I wasn't posting during the great summer we had. So here are few bits of it - just backwards...

First of all -my mom is amazing!! In case you didn't know. She made the cute, cute skirts for 15 of their neices for the wedding, as well as the wedding dress. She also made the wedding dresses for me and my two sisters, plus tons of other things over the years for all of us. My girls LOVE to have skirts from grandma because she makes sure they always fit right.

We got to go to my little brother's wedding in Sept. (he's not so little anymore - but still the baby). It was great and the kids love their new cousins!

I also got to do a national youth leadership training and had a great time. I was gone for a week in August and had a blast with 13 teenagers and 2 other adults. My favorite was our overnight backpacking trip of 25 miles. It was fantastic. I love hiking. It was perfect weather and I had a great time! (THANKS to Eric and my mother for taking care of things so I could go!!)

I got to drive the awesome 15 passenger van with the 13 kids in and it - and me. Fun times. They sang and laughed.

We also had a family reunion with ALL 7 of us kids in attendance and ALL 27 grand-kids. It was fun but we were sad two of the uncles couldn't come. Darn jobs anyway... :)

Another big THANKS goes to Auntie Adri who came out for a week in June so I could be the ward Girls Camp Director. Fun times!! I miss being in YW but am enjoying my new teaching callings. Amazing what we learn through serving others. :)

Arm and a leg! (or two or three)

So the two older girls and I had eye exams today and all 3 of us needed new glasses as well since our eyes are always changing. Can you say - ouch?! I'm still in shock over our grand total!

I'll NEVER take in 3 of us at a time from now on - we'll have to spread the 4 of us blind ones out over the year - once per quarter or something. :)

Fun times!

trip time

So we took a trip to sunny nv and saw some cousins, grandparents, aunties and uncles. It was fun but a little a the long side. (just a little). And for our friends in sunny nv. (or on the way to and from nv.) that we didn't get to visit... SORRY!

Jill and Christian loved to play in grandma's cabinets. :) I think every house needs some spare cabinets for kids to play in.

We spent time with gr & gr G on the way down -- we're bad grandkids and hadn't been to their house in over 2 years!

We also spent the afternoon at the ancient history museum near Provo ut.

It was fun - we had never been before. The kids loved it.

Here are some pics from the past month of random things. Christian likes to jump from the couch to the chair and the chair to the couch. :) It's amazing he hasn't had more injuries than he has...

It's so nice to be home again- the kids could hardly wait to sleep in a bed again! :) What good kids we have! They sure are fun.

They were completely spoiled this year. Not sure how that always seems to happen.

nov

So little brother turned 4 in November! Crazy how time flies ~ Hard to believe that this month is our 11th Wedding anniversay. Fun times. :)




Here are a few pics from the Nov. b-day. He helped make the cake and loved it. He just wanted one with his toys on it so he chose some random ones from his room. He's pretty easy to please.
He did get a hair cut recently so don't worry. :)Haha.

I'm Baaaaack!

So, after several months of not posting I'm missing my own updates. Haha. This is such a convienient way to make "journal entries" about life and the kids and I've missed keeping a better record.

I totally LOVE my book I made by slurping my blog through blurb. It was so easy and turned out great!

I plan to post regularly in 2010 so I can make another family book at the end of the year next year.

In the mean time... I have a job interview tomorrow and I'm really excited about it. It's at the collge in Rexburg so it would be a commute... but it's part time hours and starts at a good rate. So we'll see!!

I have my last final tomorrow too for the semester. Only one more semester to go for my Associates! Wahoo!

so it just said there were multiple attempts to edit my post... hmmm
anyway, just saying how nice my book from blurb is. you should try it. :)

in fact... i might try writing a book or two again, having Eric taking some photos maybe, or draw some, and publish our own books someday... they even have ways to sell them in their bookstore and automatically earn a profit by setting your own price.... hmmmmm. don't hold your breath waiting though. I haven't written for a loooooonnnnng time. :)

done....

so after some real crazy stories about life and technology and blogging and such.... I'm going to abandon ship on the blogging scene... sorry. It's been a fun way to stay connected and such. You'll have to call me for updates or shoot me an e-mail sometime. if you don't know my e-mail, ask me, or a mutual friend if they have it....
I've "slurped" (i think that's what they call it) my blog to blurb.com and it will be a fun family journal/photo book so I'm looking forward to that.
I'll just have to keep a journal still and get books from walmart.com or somewhere like that from now on... it's so slick though using blurb. I highly recommend it! Thanks Tina for the advice!!