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!!

Gone Tooth

After her first day of kindergarten, Hailey came
home from school and told me her tooth was loose.
She hadn't really noticed it before, but it was super
loose, so she went to my bathroom where she could
work on it in front of the big mirror.

Getting a little help and encouragement from

big sis.

"I have a gone tooth!" That's what my kids

say when they loose a tooth. Now she's just like

the big kids!

First Day of School!

Jake and his friend Greg waiting for the bus
at 7a.m.! It's so early! He was up at 6:15 am
getting dressed and anxious for the day.


Jake getting on the bus.



I told the kids to stand on the grass for the
photo, but Aubrey said they weren't alllowed
on the grass, and she refused. She will follow
rules at all cost!

Hailey was so happy to go to her first day
of kindergarten! She already knew her
teacher, Mrs. Baker, because Ryan and Aubrey
also had her for kindergarten, so it was easy and
comfortable for her to go.


Aubrey was so axious to get to her class, when
we were saying our goodbye's to Hailey she
kept saying," Okay, Lets GO!"


Ryan was the last to get dropped off, and his
main concern while walking to class was
whether they would serve the breakfast pizza
or pig-in-a-blanket for the free breakfast that
day. That's my Ryan!


So now I'm home alone happy as can be!
Everyone was so excited to go this morning,
it was a happy day for everyone! And I even
have time to post these photos on the day
they were taken! Yea!

John's Birthday

John turned 36 today! We made him a cherry cheesecake

and gave him the few camo shirts and hat he had picked

out for hunting. The kids all made coupons for things they

would do for him including breakfast in bed, vacuuming his

car, and doing extra jobs. He pretends to blow out his

candle with a farmers blow!

My Old Shoes

I was shopping at Kohl's with the girls and
they were trying on all the high-heel shoes
in the ladies dept. I remembered that
I had saved a couple pair of shoes from when
I was 12 or 13, so the next day I looked in the
garage and found these old shoes in a box that
I had saved for almost 30 years, just so one day my
girls could see my favorite shoes and get to enjoy
them too!

They fit Aubrey pretty well, and she ran around

the house in them all morning! These 3 inch heels

are the ones I tripped in walking down the steep

stairs of Redwood Jr. High, tore my nilons, and

had the most embarrassing day of my life (up

to that point in my life!) Oh the memories!