Trip to Utah for Baby Blessings

My youngest brother, Stephen and his wife Jen, had twins
a couple months ago! My brothers from AZ and sister from
Las Vegas and I decided to go to Utah for a visit and for the
baby blessings.



Staci and I are loving feeding Tayor and Tylee!
Our babies are all grown up now! We enjoyed
every mintue with our new little nieces!



Stephen and Tylee!




Stephen and Jen were both so amazing with
their girls and were able to handle them
like pros! Their dog Roxy was just one of the
kids and loved to sit on the babies boppies or blankets
and play with their toys!




I hoped if the girls got to know me early in life,
I could claim to be their favorite Auntie!




Jen and I got to take a little break on friday and
got pedicures, then on Saturday we went to the R.S.
Women's broadcast at her church.




Stephen was a good sport about taking care of the
girls while we had our fun!




We went to Texas Roadhouse for a fabulous meal!

Here are the princesses on their blessing day!

And proud parents too!

We almost got the whole family together! Our oldest sister,

Valie, is in California and couldn't miss work, and Mom and

Dad are in Costa Rica on their 3rd mission!

After church we had a nice brunch of french toast,

sausage, bacon,and an array of fruits,

and then did what every good mormon family

probably does on the Sabbath.....

played guitar hero!

Here we are rocking with Bon Jovi...."I'm a cowboy,

on a steel horse I ride...." Daniel is on drums, Staci

and Stephen on guitar, and I'm on vocals.

(Jen was singing with me, but she got out to take photos!)

It was so fun!

Thanks Stephen and Jen for a great weekend!

Soccer Saturdays

Hailey's first year playing soccer. She is getting the hang
of it and playing pretty well. She is on the far left in blue.


Hailey ran her little heart out!


Aubrey's in purple, with the soccer ball, just about to boot it!


I'm coaching Hailey's team this year. Not that I
know what I'm doing, but at her age, it's all about
having fun. I can do that!

We are hot and ready to go home!

Ryan didn't play this week because he has been sick!

As soon as we get some action photos of him, we will

add them to our blog.

Jake's get's 10th!

This is Jake's 2nd Cross Country Meet-
( I forgot the camera for his 1st one. )


Hanging out with friends until the race begins.



The kids were excited to stand at the top
of the bleachers and watch him run all
around the field and park.


Eating dinner from Carl's Jr.-compliments of
Daddy.


A pep talk from Coach Balay.


And they're off!

Jake was making good time. This is his

second lap.

Out of 60 boys, Jake came in 10th! WOW!

He was 10th last week too! He is the 2nd fastest

in his school. I don't pretend to understand

the drive to run, but his Grandpa Oldham and

several aunts and uncles on the Oldham side are

runners, so I guess it's in his blood!

We are so proud of Jake!!