Here are some pictures of us rock climbing in Queen Creek Canyon. It was fun, we did not have a trail, we just climbed over boulders until we reached our spot. we had to do a little hoisting of children and such. Good times, Good times.

Picture a Christmas.....

Dave got to be in a Live Nativity Scene at Church.... He is a wiseman. Dave put our tree together all by himself. Emma and Maggie decorated it complete with Care Bears and Cars. And the snow globe was a big hit also.

CHRISTMAS!

look what i got for christmas! now i can cruise the neighborhood in STYLE!

ahhh new password...... the post's continue

so i lost my password and had a heck of a time remembering it. but alas i found it. so here is a new post.
the kids are excited for christmas. they have a list which i thought i would share.
dave's wish list
lego ship
2 tech deck duds
1 skatebord from big 5 that i can put to gether my self.

emmas wihe list
a robot to dow my crors
(a robot to do my chores)
a glas doll at big lose
( a glass doll at big lots)
the 12 dasing prissey barbey
(the 12 dancing princess barbie)
a diyrey that's peeke
(a diary that's pink)

so there you have it folks, they wrote their own wish list!

this month has been very busy. we are decorating our house today. dave put our fake tree together all by himself. and maggie decorated it with her carebear stuffed animals.

Foster News: i don't have candy, ty or chucky anymore. they have all moved on. now i have a boy named nevaeh (heaven backwards) and he lives up to his name. he is 23 months. and i have a little boy named tyler who is 17 months and 35 lbs. he is a big but sweet.

Work Update: also at work we finally got a new biller that i am training. our spa opens this thursday. that will be fun, even though i am still not done training on lasers, the managers seem to think the pt side is more important than the spa side. weird. they dont recognize a cash cow when they see it. so they are finding a hard time, "finding time to let me finish". anyway it better change now that we have a biller. i am not going to be a secretary for them. anywhoo, i better go get kids ready for dinner.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Attitudes are contagious--is yours worth catching?

AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO THINK I AM TOO OPTIMISTIC~

Don't be too optimistic the light at the other end of the tunnel may be another train!

Heart Breaking News:

We went to the Hoe Down at the kids school. It was fun although my chili didn't win, it should have, poeple loved it until i told them it was wheat. oh well, closed minded people have no business in my chili anyway. I should have some pics soon, Mr Eyre, you know the hottie from school... he took some cute ones of everyone. Oh YA .......It's official. Mr. Eyre has a girlfriend........ and its not me. She is really nice and almost as cute as me! j/k So I can officially move on. :( Anyway....... no reason to dwell on the negative things in life, just thought you all might like to know!

just in case everyone is wondering, we did send the rest of the money to the lady..... and emma could not be happier with her bear.

busy busy busy

This has been a very busy few weeks. Today Dave got his Bear Badge in Scouts, I guess it's the big one for 9 yr olds. It was fun they did a Pirates of the Carribean theme, so him and I had to walk the plank for our award. then they raced boats that they made, and of course i didnt get pics because i got to spend 1 and 1/2 hours in traffic trying to get there from work! so i didnt have time to stop at home for anything. why am i excited to go into the office to work everyday again???? oh thats right, im not!!! silly me, if only i loved to drive or at least sit in traffic. but alas i don't. the things i do for the office. and Im not sure why either, everyone thinks im quitting even though i keep saying im not. gotta love the gossip!! oh did i mention i was staying late at work to get trained on billing............ from the girl that i trained on billing in omaha like 4 years ago.... so it was pretty much useless, except i did get double the work done, i just had her enter things into the computer that i have not had time to do yet, its was nice to have a helper for a day.... rather than training on things i already knew.
oh emma did the funniest thing at the high school football game the other day. it was the big homecoming game. they had a table for a fundraiser selling teady bears with the school cheerleader uniform on. they were 20 bucks. she only had 93 cents. so she went up to the lady and said i would like to buy a bear, and gave her the 93 cents. the lady explained that she needed more, but she reminded the lady that 93 was more than 20, so, actually she DID not need more, she had enough. they lady gave her the bear and a piece of paper with her address on it and said she could mail the rest! ahhhh the power of money.

well we have our school hoe down and chili cook off this friday. that should be fun, my chili should win if the judges are any good. its the bomb!
well i cant really post pics much but i will soon... love ya mean it.

EMMA AVOIDED PICTURES AGAIN, SO NOT MUCH OF HER THIS TIME.

UTAH

WE WENT TO UTAH THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS FUN, LONG DRIVE THOUGH. WE WENT ROCK CLIMBING WITH MARY AND GOT RAINED OUT. THEN WE HAD A PICNIC IN SNOWS CANYON. WE WENT TO TEYONNA'S BAPTISIM. WE ALSO GOT TO WATCH MARY RUN HER ST GEORGE MARATHON. SHE IS SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ME, ON HOW NOT TO LET YOUR SELF GET LAZY. WE ALSO HAD TO GIVE UP LITTLE SAVANA I THINK EVERYONE IS VERY SAD ABOUT IT. BUT THATS LIFE. SHE WAS SO FUN TO HAVE AROUND. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN OUT ON SPRING BREAK ALL WEEK, ITS BEEN CRAZY TRYING TO FIND A SITTER, SINCE THE CLINIC ACTUALLY OPENED TODAY. ITS AMAZING. WE ARE REALLY SLOW PATIENT WISE, BUT I HAVE TONS OF WORK TO DO IN BILLING, FRONT DESK AND LASERS. I FEEL MOST DAYS I AM TOO BUSY TO HANDLE IT ALL BUT THATS THE WAY LIFE GOES SOMETIMES. THE ONLY THING IN LIFE THAT STAYS THE SAME IS THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING CHANGES.

baby savana

here is baby savana, she is 2 weeks old. she is my newest foster baby. i will have her for somewhere around 2 weeks to life i guess, we don't know yet. she is so sweet. she is 4 pounds exactly. the kids love her. she looks huge next to Ty. he is now almost 6 weeks and 11 1/2 pounds. big difference. she is a very good baby. anyway just thought we'd share.

birthday at the skatepark

dave after a hard day's work at the skatepark......




also i forgot to mention, emma had to sit in the high chair for dave's b-day. she thought she was so funny. here are more of dave at the skate park on his scooter.

dave's birthday

so dave is now 10. man do i feel old. it seems like yesterday he was just a baby. i finally got my computer on line so i have to post fast before it goes back down. we have had lots of problems lately. here are some pictures of dave's birthday, he got to grill steak, he was very happy. also i made him a half pipe cake. then we took dave to the skate park. it has a playground and a splash park with it so emma was happy, although would not let me take her picture. some of candy's family met us there to see the baby. her grandma bought the baby some pj's. they all told her he was HUGE so she made sure to get them big. they are 5T!!! you can see her and candys mom holding Ty next to the PJs. it was quite funny. i don't think she realized what 5T ment, also here is a pic of Ty doing a breathing treatment, they thought he might have asthma, but he doesnt. LOOK AT THESE PICS OF DAVE HE IS GETTING WAY TO GOOD AT THE SKATEPARK. anyway i better go i have lots of laundry to get done.

patriot festival

well today we went to womens conference. it was really good. it was all about how heavenly father loves all women all the time, no matter what you do. its always nice to hear you're loved, ya know... also i thought i would put a couple pics of the little girls daisy and leanna that i had in my home for 3 weeks. they were fun. we went to a patriot festival.. it was fun and also free. the kids did the rock climbing and face painting and stuff. lee greenwood did a free concert too.

question of the day

SO DOES THIS BLOG COUNT AS KEEPING A JOURNAL??

catch up

well here are lots of pics i know its alot, but i had to catch everyone up. so there are pics of our new foster baby, he is very calm and content. there is my new stroller marr picked out for me, its european.. then one of my favs....dave and emma on our big rock in front of the house where i grew up, i remember it being much bigger, but then again i guess i was much smaller back then.....hmmm... oh man long time ago...

JERRY: i know you are in iraq and i hope you are able to find the internet so you read this sometime, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION in PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. YOU WILL BE BLESSED FOR YOUR CHIOCE TO SERVE. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! ! THANK YOU!!! AND WE LOVE AND MISS YOU LOTS.