Double Digits!

Happy Birthday Jenna!

I can't believe by daughter is 10! She is growing

so fast!The things I love about Jenna are; she's

smart, beautiful, wants to do the right thing, adores

her dad, loves to laugh and have fun, gives 110%

most of the time, draws amazing pictures, has a

contagious smile, a good friend, a fantastic

sister, loves food as much as her mom, and gives

great hugs. ( Really I could go on and on because

I'm her mom, but I'll stop there). We are so glad

Jenna is a part of our family! I don't know what

I would do with out her.

Caged Animal?

I was outside cleaning the bottom of Brownie's Cage.

When I came back inside, this is what I found.

I had to take a picture!

Life Happens!

Rick got a contracted government job in California for a year.
Yeah! The only draw back is we are apart during the week.
He then joins us,his family, on the weekends. We really try
to enjoy every minute together!

My good friend always tells me Life is about the stories
you can tell. So I have a story that we will be telling for a
long time. So it began with Rick leaving California to come home
to his waiting family. He was traveling along and the gage
to tell you if your car is overheating went up. He had to
pull over. He waited for it to cool down. Then went on his
merry way. He then had to stop again. He called me to tell
me the situation. By then a cop had stopped. He assured
him he was O.K. He then repeated stopping and then going
very slowly. He finally made it to the Las Vegas Valley. By
then he was hearing clunking noises. He got to the "Spaghetti
Bowl". Then he heard "kaboom"! His car had started on fire.
Rick stopped and got out. His quick reflexes got his water jug
and fortunately put the fire out. He then had to wait there on
the freeway for the rescuing party ,namely Jason Watkins ,to
get him. The blessings of this episode are Rick is O.k,
He made it to the valley before the fire, and he had a job
before this happened.

This weekend, to say the least, we are looking for a new vehicle.

The Circus!

The Circus was in town! It was amazing! I'm not much

of a Circus person, but wow we were impressed. It was

the Shriner Circus which I think by far is better than

the Barnum and Bailey Circus. We even got to go down

on the floor after the show and see the animals!

Brownie the Queen!

This is what you get when you mix boredom

and creativity together! My girls along with

a friend made hats for Brownie for all occasions.

It made me crack up! So as you look below

tell us what hat you think is the best!

1) Rapunzel Brownie

2) Paris Brownie

3) 4th of July Brownie

4) Princess Pink Brownie

5) Wednesday Brownie

6) Super Brownie

7) Sunday Brownie

8) Christmas Brownie

9) Saturday Fun Brownie

10) Winter Brownie with ear muffs

11) Halloween Brownie

Camping!

We went camping two weekends in a row. I don't know
if we are crazy or we love it that much. Maybe a little bit
of both!
Friends Campout

Labor Day Weekend with the Ferrins!

We went camping in Ceadar Breaks. It was gorgeous! The

first night however it rained 2 inches. We had a river running

through the tent. I then questioned "Why do I camp"? Then

the sun came out and we dried our clothes and kids. So the

rest of the time we got to enjoy each other and enjoy nature. What

an adventure!

Below is the camp host's dog who was a frequent visitor

to our camp.

This is Mindy's fish she caught. What a wiggle thing!

First Day of School!

School is in! My girls were excited to go back
to school. I must say I was too! On the first
day we have a tradition where we meet at my
friends house not to far from the school. We
eat donuts, muffins, and juice before we
all walk together and send the kids off.