Family Reunion 2009

Here are some fun pictures from our family reunion! We went up and spent Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and some Saturday camping, boating, fishing, relaxing! It was great and a lot of fun, I don't seem to have any control of how the pictures show up on this thing, so enjoy the randomness! Thanks so much to Erik for bringing the boat, CJ the Super Mabel and everyone else the fun!

The mighty skiers!

Lots of flipping and flying around on the "Super Mabel" ! Hang on for dear life and say your prayers

Here is our little man...he loves the water, he thinks :)

Taycee, Porter, Rylee, and Liberty the avid little boaters. The two in the middle are a little more excited about having their picture taken. As you can see they were game for posing anytime ( and every time for that matter)

The Smartest Woman Alive! Swimming lessons, and Summer

I'm just sitting here tonight, still thinking that nothing can ruin this day~what is left of it anyhow. Today was the day of days that I passed my Series 6 exam for my security license. I'm sure it doesn't sound like a huge deal to the rest of you , but apparently that was a part of my brain that hadn't been used as much as "MOM" Studying is definately a skill and one I am lacking in. One test down and only one to go until I have my license and then unfortunately 2 more for the state of Wyoming, but who is counting? (me!)

Liberty is so excited because I signed her up for swimming lessons this year. I have to admit I am a little nervous because she can ride the bus everyday-but I am trying to be brave and know that she can do it herself....She is probably better about getting her stuff all collected than I am. Rylee was trying to decide if she wanted to go or not-I think she finally wants to go, but now I'm not sure if she is quite tall enough :( Hopefully it all works out, I figured if she goes maybe we will drive everyday and that will get me all geared up to let her start preschool! Mom is struggling a little more with sending number 2 than she did with 1.

Someday I will really put some pictures on this thing, but until then-just imagine us looking fabulous! (I got Josh started exercising and now he is the work out Nazi! I try not to admit to him when I can hardly hobble around after he leaves in the morning, but it has been fun trying!)

Joe is Hurt....

Hmmm for some reason I can't get that picture to rotate, but Joe just wanted everyone to know it hurts him deeply in their lack of faith in his potty training abilities. But to answer all the questions-I sure hope he beats Dalley and Aubrie potty training, if you want a gas range and electric stove you have to get the two separate pieces, and no Clarabelle has not had her calf yet. We are looking with some excitement, some dread and a lot of being tired to driving all the way to Anahiem this weekend. I will admit that I have never been to California, so it is one more thing to check off my bucket list( can you check things off it that were never on it?) Off we go on another adventure...

Living La Vida Loca

Holy Smokes, time flies. I would love to tell you about all the fun things and places we've been going and doing, but the reality comes down to, its spring time and we are crazy busy! Gotta love it. We are on the count down to the the end of school-I'm not sure Libby is thrilled but it means to Rylee that school will have to start again and then it means she gets to go!!!! If it was crazy to have one kid go to school, it makes me feel really old to have number two on her way! You can all quit holding your breathe, Joe still isn't potty trained and has no desire so he may be in diapers longer than Dalley.......Good things and great pictures coming soon! Love Ya

Electric Stoves are Stupid

I'm not sure who or why anyone ever invented stupid electric stoves-they stink. Let me just tell you a few of the reasons why they really are a waste of stupid space....(I have had several in the many, many, many houses we have lived in so I am therefore the authority) First of all the way the knobs that turn on the burners could not have been situated with anyone with a brain-anyone sane would put them so I quit turning the wrong burner on-and further more what good do they do? It takes thirty minuets to heat up and then even worse longer to cool down so if you are boiling something over( I wouldn't do that because I am as good as Martha Stewart) but if on chance that you did, you have to physically remove the pan from the stove or else it continues to boil over. My mom always told me to wipe it up right away and it would come off easier-but that doesn't really work when it will scald the crap out of you to do that. Now that I have been ranting and raving-let me really top this story off=while I was doing said ranting and raving the grease I was trying to heat up to fry myself a taco-which by the way is a whole other story-catches on fire and there are flames and I mean flames shooting out of my pan. I happen to also be on the phone at this time and thinking that flames were too large to want to get very close to put the rather smallish lid on the pan-i put a cookie sheet over the whole kit and caboodle. Good thinking huh? Not really the cookie sheet wouldn't seal it so it didn't put out the fire! Now I have flames coming around the cookie sheet and my very brave and heroic sister and brother in law say put salt on it. "Good" I think, I've heard that before. Just for the record not for the weak of heart to attack a fire with a canister of salt. Needless to say as I am still here typing-I got the fire out ( with the salt) moved the smoking pans to the porch-hoping they don't reignite and catch my porch on fire and now have most the windows and two of the doors open trying to get the nasty smell out-the worst part? I still would really really like a taco.

Joe is so much help! He loves to help make bread, the trouble is he is quite independant and took matters into his own hands when I was out of the room....