July...

We are in full summer mode! "What are we going to do today?" "Nothing!!" It is awesome!
We watch movies, swim, ride bikes, hang with friends! I LOVE IT!

Hers are some pics of Summer...

Emi and Max set up a movie in the front yard on a hot night!
Look! The bulbs we planted at Spring break came up! We had some doubt since we bought the bulbs at the $1 Store.
Grace and Max - little fish!
4th of July Parade in SCV. Howard and Heather came down and spent Sunday and Monday morning with us.

Cousins!Gracie
Jr, Kirk and Owen
Max - taking front row as the "unofficial mayor of Cross St."
Wow!
We had a little fireworks display!
Max and John running for their lives! I can hear my dad now... "that's not very safe!" :)

Maddie feeling the heat has her cast wrapped in ice packs!
NEW CAST!! After having that huge cast for 3 weeks, Maddie got a new, shorter, bright yellow cast. She is so happy to have movement in her elbow! So if all goes well she will get it off in a month.
Ok that's all for now! Better than I have done in a year! Until next time... Night!

My Parents are in Africa

This has been an exciting 6 months for our family. My parents volunteered to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They submitted their paperwork and received an assignment to serve in Tonga.
Well, nothing changes like plans. My father was later called to serve as a Mission President which changed the call from 23 months to 3 years and from Tonga to AFRICA! They left last Monday to serve in the Zambia Lusaka Africa Mission.
Zambia holds one one of the Wonders of the World called Victoria Falls.

We are so grateful for their willingness to serve, to sacrifice and to teach us those lessons!
I pray the Lord will watch over them and keep them safe. Now I need to save my $$$$$ to get us there to see them!

Ok so I'm an every YEAR type blogger!

We have been so busy! When does it slow down?
Ok, so pics won't load, and its late so maybe another day!

Cruise 2010

I guess I'm an every six months kind of blogger! Oh well, better that than nothing!
So this summer we had the experience of a lifetime! When Emily was really sick, 3 years ago (yes, that was 3 years ago, I can't believe it either) we had sweet people come to interview her from the Make-a-Wish foundation. Her wish was a family vacation. We really did not hear from them after that, so we figured it wasn't going to happen.
Well, the end of April we got a call that said our time had come!
So, off to the Western Caribbean we went. They sent all 7 of us on a Royal Caribbean cruise!!!!!
It was the most wonderful, exciting, amazing trip!!
Here are some of the highlights!!

We swam with STINGRAYS!!! Who does that? It was amazing!! We were in Grand Cayman in the middle of the ocean on this magnificent sandbar. I had a moment standing there looking at my family in this most beautiful place. Wow!


Emily and Max -better known as Scuba Steve

Jack Sr. actually caught one


After 20 years we're still happy people!


What a group! We are a happy family!

Ok, so it's been a while!

This is why I have not posted in a long time! FOOTBALL!!!


We began in August and ended on Dec. 5th when the
J2 Navy Wildcats beat the J2 Gold Wildcats in the GCYFL Superbowl game!


Dad (Coach McKeon) Co-head Coach with Deron White led the team to a 26-0 victory!!!!

Jack Jr. was the Offensive Lineman of the year, Jack Sr. and Coach White were the SCV coaches of the year and the J2 Navy team was the team of the year! I was the team MOM and we loved every minute spent with this team! Great boys, great parents, great fans!

What else was going on...


Maddie preparing to ditch her mother...did I say that? j/k
Preparing her essays for college applications!
BYU?!?!?!?!
Utah State ?!?!?!?!?!
Emily enjoying her life...maybe a little too much! :)

Dad doing a little light reading with our Kindergartner Max!
Mom and Dad solving the problems of the world on their new Blackberry Curves! Mom really trying to figure out the thing, while Dad serves the Lord as Bishop. For A guy who doesn't like to talk on the phone...that has sure changed!

Max and Grace the best playmates ever!
I won the Beaniest award at the Ward Chili Cook-off! That answers a lot of questions about the amount of gas going on in our home!! I guess I am to blame!!!

Grace entered the Reflections contest at school and won 4th in a group of 22 kids ages 3rd-5th grade! Water color is the medium of choice for this artist! Congrats Grace!
Halloween brought a beautiful witch, a Bumblebee transformer and an iPhone! Yes, he is the idea guy and mom the creative felt girl!

Summer!

The summer began with Uncle Mike and Aunt Shuho coming to visit!

Jack Jr. got to go to the Ghetty Center again with them. Love to have them here!

Memorial Weekend!
Nice serve dear!
Ethan and Max
Uncle Max and Aunt Shuho never took a wedding picture and asked me to do it! Isn't she beautiful? Yes!!!
Then...
Max graduated from Mrs. Lewis' preschool. Kindergarten here I come!!!
Uncle Mike and Aunt Shuho came to visit! Jack Jr. got to go to the Ghetty Center again with them. Love to have them here! Come back soon!

Gracie's class did an end of the year play and she was a snake.

Youth Conference was a blast this year! Emily's first. They collected food for the SCV Food Pantry door to door with their Mormon Helping Hands Vests on! The kids got to participate in a Ropes Coarse in Malibu. On the year anniversary of Emily's transplant she was walking a tightrope from 2 telephone poles! MIRACLES HAPPEN! She made so many new friends. Some of them male!

One of these things is not like the other! Poor Maddie is being left behind! All of her very best friends are a year older and going off to college. They will be missed
A LOT!!! Good luck girls!



Max getting his kindergarten shots. Super excited about going to kindergarten until...OUCH!!


Happy Birthday MOM! Don Cucos has you wear this sombrero and they sing in Spanish which Jack Sr. joined in on! My kids thought this was so funny...you can see why!


Max Truman chillin' by the pool!

Does it get any better than this!! An afternoon by the pool! Thanks DAD!
Emily lovin life!

We went to the beach once a week this summer! It was relaxing and very fun! Jack Jr. spent every minute he could in the water!


We went to Utah for the 4th of July! Fun with Grandma Connie and our cousins!

We changed after the movie and went to the Open House of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.
4th of July Parade out in Grantsville. Grandma Lee and Grandma Connie.

We toured BYU and ate at Sensuious Sub!! Yum!!
We went up to Roy to see Mikele and Mel and Lori and Dusty! See I am short!!


So Fun to be with all our cousins! Love our family!!

MAX IS 5!!

My baby is 5! That is hard to swallow! I told him he could not turn 5, that he had to stay little. He started to cry cuz you have to be 5 to go to Kindergarten. So I let him turn 5, but I regret it!!!! The day after his birthday we were walking into the bank. I went to grab his hand and he pulled it away saying "Mom, I don't need you to hold my hand, I'm 5!" I wanted to cry!

He got a bike for his birthday and now all he wants to do is ride it! Cute boy!

Funny Max story...
One morning he came out groggy from his bed to the kitchen. He asked "Mom is it a T-ball day?" He has a label for each day, school day, church day, T-ball day. Anyway, I told him no it was a church day. He said in all seriousness, "I hate church!" Jack hearing this, called him to come into the family room. He tried to talk to him about all the good things about church, Primary, his teacher, singing time, etc. To all of this he replied the same, "I hate it!" None of my kids have ever come out and said that, so I was a little upset. Then Jack decided to change the subject a little and asked Max, "Who do you love most in all the world?" Max replied, "MOM, I love Mom most!" I'm not sure where he was going with this, but then Jack asked, "What about Dad?" Max thought for a second and said "I love you more than church!!!" I started to laugh so hard I cried!!
Out of the mouths of babes!!!!!!

We all love that little boy! He brings such joy to our family! He's a great dancer too! Ask him to show you his moves sometime! :)

Gracie is 8!

I'm struggling right now because my camera is not connecting to my computer. I can not download pictures. I like to blog by putting pictures on and commenting on them. So for now until I get a new cord, I have to write it out.

Gracie turned 8 on the 25th of April. We had a huge Make-over party for her. She invited 15 friends to come and get their toes, nails and hair done. We took pictures of each DIVA and put them in a frame that they each decorated. Thanks to my big girls and their salon-like talents, it was a huge success!

Then on May 9th, Grace was baptized. It was a great event. She looked beautiful in a white dress that my mom made for her. I wish you could see it...dumb camera!!! Anyway, Jack baptized and confirmed her. Maddie gave a great talk on the Holy Ghost and I did the spotlight.

Funny Grace story...
She is our little artist. One day she was in her studio and came out with invitations for an Art Show being held in 10 minutes. She hanged (that always sounds dumb (hanged) but it is correct grammar) her art all over the walls of the office and invited the family to come and view it. She even made note cards for herself describing her art to us! Love the imagination of this little girl.

We are so proud of her for making the decision to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Grace is funny, cute, creative, friendly and an all around great kid! Love you Gracie Girl!!