Kason's Baptism

It happened! My second child is already 8! Where does time go? When we moved here he was just a cute little 16 month old toddler with blond wild hair who REALLY loved his mama! (NOOOOOO.... MY MOM!!!!) The baptism was so nice! There is another boy in the ward who recently turned 8 and they got baptized together. We spent the day together eating steaks and preparing for the big day and I had fun getting to know them better! The baptism was crowded, maybe the biggest I've seen and I felt blessed to have the support of such family and good friends! We had an excellent talk by Grandma Jones and a little message from Grandma Houseman! It was so nice of her to think of my mom who lives thousands of miles away and can't be here.

Birthday Boy

Tanner turned 3 years old on September 25th. He is getting so big and if you might have noticed, is a little obessesed with disney "cars" I can't believe I found a lightening pinata! I can't believe my little baby is 3, we love you tanner!!!

TRAINED!

9 years, 6 months of chaning diapers, 2 years of those being double diaper duty and I am finally done changing diapers!! HAPPY DAY! Tanner has been my very hardest and most stubborn to potty train, but he is doing great and enjoying being a "big boy"!

First Day

First day of school pictures for the boys: Jamison 4th grade, Kason 2nd grade, Ryder pre kinder, Tanner- joy school! Love these little boys, now stop growing up please!

Half Marathon

I have wanted to run a half marathon for awhile, but it is hard to find one on a saturday and close by. So, when I was in Utah I noticed there was one right by my sister's house! I debated back and forth if I should do it, but when Shauna said she would do it with me, I decided to do it for sure! I am so glad, it was so fun and such beautiful scenery! It was all through hobble creek canyon. My goal time was under 2 hours and i finished at 1:56:54!

Summer 2010

Found a beautiful "zion's park" looking place right here 45 minutes away!

Bottled A lot of peaches and chile!

Rode Motos!

Here are some other things we did this summer: Went to utah and of course had to stop at the dinosaur musuem once again!

Got to see Brody sealed to his family and spend time with our cousins in Utah! We went up to Jamie's house too, but of course I hardly have any pictures of this trip!

My mom and dad were there too!!!!

A very special day! Sorry but I am still a lazy blogger and don't feel like fixing these pictures!!!

A Swim of a lifetime!

Jared must've been feeling generous on vacation because as we were paying for our family to watch the dolphin show, he started asking about swimming with them and the costs. I was thinking, "wow that's expensive", and then a minute later he handed jamison and kason their bracelets to swim with the dolphins! Kason got scared and Jared suggested I do it in his place! No complaints from me! This was seriously one of the most fun things I have done in a lifetime and I loved every minute of it! Ryder and Kason still got the dolphin interactive experience where they pet and kissed the dolphins. Jamison and I got to be "pushed" by the dolphins and raised up by the dolphins. I couldn't believe how strong these creatures were and also how smart they were.

Beach 2010

Why oh why have I been so lazy with my blog! I am finally catching up because this is the only journal I keep! This summer we went to san carlos with the kids. We stayed almost a full week and laid on the beach, snorkeled, fished, swam, and went to a wonderful dolphin show! We didn't want to come home!

Mother's day

I love these paper's the kids bring home from school.... hand's down the best gift I always receive! I love how Kason drew me with a crown on my head, I like that I am the princess around here!

Dublan

We're back in Dublan and what better way to kick off the summer than motocross races! Jared got 2nd in Intermediates and took 1st in Veterans (30 and up)! Jamison decided to race and did a great job. We didn't realize that all the other kids had racing motos and jamison just had a slow 4 stroke 50. He got lapped, but he still kept going and finished the race, I was proud! And I forgot just how dirty a little boy can get!

School Play

Jamison was a cheetah in the school play! I thought it was so cool that out of all the schools and classes in el paso he ended up with two colony boys in his class! If I get ambitious I will post the video of his lines later!

Spring sports

Spring brought new sports for the boys. Jamison was dying to try flag football and Kason wanted to try soccer. The first practice I took Kason to, he looked at the kids and said, "I didn't want to play soccer, I wanted to play basketball!" With a little encouragement, I got him out there and he started liking soccer. He had a great coach and he did a great job!

Jamison was on a football team that had been playing together for awhile and was the "new kid". The first game he was very shy and unsure, but after a good pep talk from his dad, he started getting more confident. After a couple of games, he scored his first touchdown and scored at almost every game after that. I was really thankful my kids had an opportunity to participate in sports in El Paso. They learned a lot and we had such a great time watching them!

Grandma

My mom asked me to write something for my grandma's funeral, but i didn't get the message on time. I still wanted to honor and remember my grandma so i want to post this.

I miss you already

I never got to say goodbye

so many childhood memories:

eggs, bacon, all the chocolate milk i could drink,

red dirt milkshakes, porcelian figures,

southern drawl, and fried green tomatos, fried okra,

you were sassy, funny, and said what you thought,

even though sometimes it wasn't always very nice:)

watching E.T. with Kason,

going to the thrift stores,

pretty white hair, lipstick always on,

trying cafe rio, not sure if you liked it too much!

I love and miss you grandma, I wish I could've been around you more

I wish I got to say goodbye