Happy Halloween!

Halloween was a warm night with lots of fun on our street. We all walked the neighborhood with Grace and Max. That's not pretend...she actually likes her dad! Jr dressed up like a scary troll for our good friends to scare the neighborhood children! He did a great job!

Trying to eat Grace?...she's super sweet!

Jr- Goofy? Perfect! Emily-Beauty? Yep!

Grace and Max Hippie and Ninja

We did not dress up but realized we were dressed alike for our Ward Halloween party...Twins?

Too cute for Halloween right?

Ninja!

Hippie -flower child

Fall = Football

Jr plays for the Senior Warriors and loves every minute!

#64 Rocks!

Max plays on the Falcons! Big brother watch out!

#7 Rocks!

Saturdays are super fun! We are a football family!

Super fans!!

Maddie off to BYU again!

Does Maddie really have to go? Our minds say yes, but our hearts says NO!

MORE Hugs!

Stop hugging and Pose please!

Ok so Jr is significantly taller than Maddie now and yes he is proud of that!
(and he's still growing!)

First Day of School 2011

Jr - 8th grade!

Emily - 11th grade!

Grace - 5th grade

Max - 2nd grade

Project

Redoing my bedroom...tearing down wallpaper is taking FOREVER!!
Thanks Grace for your help!

Cast removed!!

Super cool! Maddie had a DR appt today to check her arm. After the X-ray, the Dr came in and said "I'd like to take your cast off today" Maddie and I, at the same time, both said "WHAT?" He said "it has been 5 weeks and it is 90% healed, so lets take it off." She needs to wear a brace for the next 2 weeks, but who cares!!!! YAHOOO! SWEET FREEDOM!!!

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!