A new Baby...

ITS A GIRL!!!! I had a feeling that little one would not wait till Wednesday(her induction day)

Gerri And Richie welcomed their new little baby girl into the world this morning...

6 lbs 12 oz..19 1/2 inches long..born at 7:20 this morning after only about 8 hours of labor! Way to go Gerri!!

Her name is Jessie Ann! We are so excited for you guys!

next...

Taylor was next...my first attempt at hightlights. Came out pretty good i think?!?!

Hair

I had a bunch of crazy football players show up at my door with a plan! I guess they needed some "team unity" hair cut before mountain camp...so Mohawks were the cut of the day! weirdos.....But i guess it could be worse..last year the pact was that no one would cut their hair till they lost...so needless to say we had a whole bunch of really long haired boys by the end of the season...

Before they left i made them promise not to tell their parents where they got their haircut! i dont think any of them have a link to my blog so hopefully im safe!!! LOL

autism

We don't know for sure but we have been told that Quade has an autism spectrum disorder. And i came upon this today and wanted to share it..this could be a HUGE breakthrough for many...maybe for us? but it makes perfect sense to me....we will have to wait and see where it goes.

i cant get the video to upload so you will have to go to the link
so click this ..
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=8763620

The Countdown....

we are counting the days now until Rich's little sister Gerri and her husband Rich bring their new baby girl into the world. If all goes as planned she will make her entrance sometime between now and next Wednesday(induction day) so keep your fingers crossed and say alittle prayer for them that everything goes smoothly. Their long long long wait to have a baby is finally here!
i will keep you all updated

ohh and....

keep in mind that you can click on any of the pictures to see a larger view....

and lastly.....

Birthday Kisses....or NOT
Birthday Hugs.....
Birthday Presents
Birthday Singing....YIKES
and Birthday cake!

Today we celebrated Brittnee's birthday.... her birthday is actually next Monday (the 14th) but we figured since she was here we better do it now! so we had one of her favorite meals for dinner and then we had presents and cheesecake...her other favorite! It was REALLY nice having her home with us this weekend and we really enjoyed meeting her friend James...and for those of you who are wondering...(including YOU Brittnee) yes we like him...he is a very nice guy and he treats my daughter very good which is VERY important to us. So yes, he passed inspection and the many interrogations he has received (way to go Debbie and Wendy! LOL) and the Quade test!!!!

and then....

oooooo ahhhhhhhhh
Shaylar, Easton and Austin
Who's who? your guess is as good as mine! LOL

Sawyer checkin out the action in his cool 3D glasses

Quader's in AWWWWWWWWWWW

After the Parade we had a "big" BBQ at our house....did not have alot of people come but it was fun anyways (thanks Hunts and Brimhalls for showing up) I dont have any of pictures from this but you can check the Brimhalls blog...they might have some to post.

After that we got ready for the FIREWORKS!!! oh boy was this Quade's greatest day ever!

Quade has been saying "fireworks" for about two weeks now...and we always say..."Friday" so then he started saying "Friday" (actually, the first time he GOT IT and said....FIREWORKS-FRIDAY was in the middle of sacrament meeting LOL its hard to be happy about something when we are supposed to be quiet...) so when he woke up on the 4th i said to him..."what day is it Quade" and he just sorta looked at me funny....and i said...

'ITS FRIDAY" and then he said...."FIREWORKS!!!" yeah!!!!

So we set off for the fireworks....we have been going to the same spot for the fireworks every year and this was no exception...we always meet a large group of friends there and sit together and that group seems to be growing bigger each year....this year it was Us and our kids and their friends, The Hoyes and Their extended family and friends, the Watsons, and the Hatches and their extended family. It was a long fireworks show...about 45 minutes which was really fun!

On Saturday night, Brittnee and James took Taylor and Noah over to the Snowflake Rodeo, fireworks and dance..they really enjoyed that alot..I'm sure Brittnee will post more about that on her blog.

Next.....

Noah with Cowgirl (Brittnee's new puppy)
Austin, Shaylar and Rachel Hatch

Hayden, Griffin, Quade and Rich

Sawyer Aka-Monkey Boy
Rich, Francie, James

Sawyer. Noah, Brittnee and Taylor

Shaylar....."hummm whats in those buckets anyways??"

Bright and Early on the 4th we got up and got ready to go to the Parade...i love our little town Parade..some may think its hokey but i love it...I love seeing people we know in the parade, love the hokey floats, love the not so great karaoke singers and love the school bands who need alittle more practice...LOL ...its just alot of fun and a great tradition we have. I would feel lost if we did not go to the parade on the 4th. So we set out and met some friends there as Hayden had filled up over 300 water balloons and he and his friends were just itchin' to make this very dry parade alittle wetter! So we got all set up and were ready to go. The mayor even stopped by and told us that he finally convinced the powers that be that next year this WILL be a wet parade! YEAHHHHH That will be fun....

Anyway...we really had alot of fun. Well at least until "the grumpy old man incident"(getting on my soapbox).....Hey man! Its just alittle water!! water never hurt anyone! and OH MY GOSH!! it DRYS, rather quickly too when its 85 degrees outside! And you wife really would have alot more fun if she watched the parade instead of staring at us!!!! sorry...I'm alittle bitter LOL...can you tell!!!! (getting off my soapbox now) oh well, we had alot of fun and alot of laughs and made alot of hot people happy too! so its all good!!

Where to start...

OH MY what a crazy busy weekend we had...it all started on Thursday the 3rd around 2pm when i received a call from Debbie (Hentges-Hunt) who called to ask if Rich could come over and meet them at the hospital to give Kyle a blessing. As the story goes (Debbies version only because Kyle is sticking to the story that Debbie hit him over the head with a frying pan LOL) Kyle was out working with the horses this morning at the house in Heber and he apparently made their Mare alittle anxious when he was trimming her hooves...and she kicked him in the head! She got him once in the front over his eye (HUGE gaping wound) on the way up and again in the back of the head and on his shoulder when she was coming down. Needless to say he finished what he was doing (Dummy! but....he had to "teach that horse a lesson") before he came in to get cleaned up...i don't think he realized just how hurt he really was until he got in the truck and looked in the mirror and THOUGHT he lost his eye! which luckily he did not.....but it looked like he had a third eye just the same...i have some wonderful shots of the wound (for the boys to ooooo and ahhhhhh over his 22 stitches) but I'm using my better judgement and am not posting them...instead I'm just posting the "after" shot!.....anyhooo....i had a good afternoon visiting with Kyle and Debbie in the emergency room ....gave us some time to get caught up...thanks Kyle!! LOL

on a side note.....HE IS ONE LUCKY BOY!

New Toy.....

Austin got a new toy that the whole family has enjoyed sooooooooooo much! I even gave it a try and i HATE video games LOL.

Austin is the proud new owner of a Wii video system. For those of you who do not know what a Wii is (first of all , climb out from under your rock) its an interactive system. You put in the games and then you use the control stick to move and it actually senses your movements. So its alot more interactive then the previous game systems we have had. And the fun part is everyone loves to play...does not matter if you are 8 or 40ish LOL....we all love to bowl and play baseball!!!

here are a few pictures of us bowling and playing golf sunday night.

take note of Richs new golfing style!!?? doubt you will see him on a REAL course, golfing with one hand!!!! LOL

Vote

So.....vote now
do you like the new look better or the former look?
well the poll is not working so you will just have to leave a comment if you would like.

New Do...

ok ok ok already...here are the pictures

ohhh and....

I got a new do...
so maybe if you beg i will post pictures! LOL
although i think most of you have probably already seen it!
Maybe i will do a poll to see if everyone likes it better like this or the "old" way
hummm something to think about!

Have I mentioned .....

How much i LOVE the first song on my playlist....David Archuleta "Think of me"
if you have not happened to click on my site and gotten that song then scroll down to the playlist and click on it...it should be the first one on the list.

Things Im looking forward too!

There are a few things I'm looking forward to this upcoming month...
And here is the first thing that I am really looking forward to. I think i have officially decided that the 4th of July is my favorite holiday! For many reasons...
1. Because its not some hokey holiday someone thought up to make us spend a bunch of money on stuff we don't need. (Not to mention changing the real reason for the season just so we feel the need to drain the bank account!)
2. Because its summer time and its WARM
3. Because our family has created some of our richest traditions (or at least we think so)around this holiday
4. Because our family WANTS to be together on the 4th
5. Because we live in a small town and it really shows on the 4th
6. Dad gets the day off
7. We get to spend time with our friends(as long as the GATES NOT LOCKED!!!!)
8. Quade LIVES for fireworks!

And some of the reasons we are especially excited about this particular 4th
1. Brittnee's coming home
2. We get to meet her two new friends (go to her blog to find out who)
3. Hayden is super excited and has great plans for the parade and a BBQ after at our house.

So stay tuned for great pictures to come!

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......this being the other thing I'm looking forward too...... I loved the first three books and I'm anticipating this one being even better (or at least i sure hope so!) Its the 4th and final book in the series! And should tie up some loose ends and hopefully have a very happy ending! which is kind of weird when you think about it! LOL (if you read it you will know what i mean) i need to get mine ordered since it comes out in just 36 days, 10 hours and 19 minutes! and it will be off the shelves within minutes.

Sign me up!

We have tickets! cant wait...taking the kids, i think they will love it.

If you are familiar with Saturdays warrior then you will know who Jimmy is...this is the story of Jimmy 35 years later....

if your interested in getting tickets here is the link

http://ldsmusical.com/

Birthday Girl

So here is the birthday girl and the excuse for going on a cruise!

My mom turned 75 so we thought it was high time we treat her to the lap of luxury! lol

so we decided to take her on a cruise..an extension of our "summer girls camp" that we try to do each year. She was very surprised (mission accomplished) and excited since it was her first cruise. You will see in the following pictures some of the things we did. I was having trouble uploading pictures so i apologize for the numerous posts. And for posting out of order.

In this picture you can see that we decorated our Room on the ship and again that was fun and a big surprise...that chocolate cake you see there was ohhh soooo goood!

LA

These were taken on Santa Monica Pier...we did an LA tour while we were away. That was alot of fun ...the sky writing one was interesting..first, because we have not seen sky writing in many many years...so we were watching them write it...and they wrote TORI AND....then i said..they better not write Dean or i think i will throw up! so as you can see i had to run for the nearest trash can!! LOL just kidding.

This is the swanky girls on Rodeo Drive...we were scared to go in any of the shops so we just looked in the windows!! LOL

Mexico

Took these from Laboffadora "the blow hole" in Ensanada, Mexico

Met a nice family from Round Valley...what are the chances of that?? Lots of people from Arizona on the cruise

Took this one for Sawyer my "Monkey boy"

Elephants? on a cruise ship!!

For those of you who have cruised before you will recognize this little guy....when they come at night to give you turn down service they make these cute little animals out of towels~

San Diego

These were taken in San Diego which was our first port...when we were in port one of the military ships was departing..i took this from really far away but you could see all the sailors on the deck shoulder to shoulder..it was really very cool to see.

What Im reading...

well i did not think i would like them because I'm not a sci fi reader....but finally Sandi and Brittnee convinced me to read this series and i must say i am HOOKED! The love story far out weighs the sci fi part! LOL.....these are the best books..i just love them.

This is the "twilight series" and I'm already on book 3.. the books average about 500 pages and after only 2 weeks i am half way into book three and book 4 comes out at the beginning of august! cant wait!! and on top of that im anxiously awaiting the movie based on the first book that will be out in december!

here is a link to the Authors website

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilightseries.html

Quick update..

Well here is a quick update...first of all my computer is down and in the shop so i cant post pictures right now but will as soon as i get it back. We had a great time on our cruise. It was fun to be together and to have alittle break and everyone at home survived wonderfully too which is much to say to their credit because it was a very very busy week but they all did great! I will tell alittle more about what we did on the cruise when i can post the pictures.
Now on to the next thing in our life...Taylor is leaving to go spend a week with her cousin Natalie and her family and then another week with her granny so she will be busy for the next few weeks and Hayden leaves tomorrow for football camp at BYU which he has been to before (this will be his third year) and he will be there for a week and is very much looking forward to it and looking forward to football starting. We usually take him to Utah and spend the week there visiting with family while he is at camp but this year it did not work out because Rich is out of vacation days. So Hayden will be flying and will be spending some time with his friend Dolan and with his cousin Cory and then a few days with his Aunt Gerri and Uncle Rich so he is looking forward to doing this on his own. He is growing up much to his mothers dismay!