First Week of Summer

Kabree wanted to bowl too

Shay

Ethan

Gary

Zach

We have had a very busy week. Shay and Ethan came to visit for the week, well Shay is actually still with us ; ). We promised them we would do one fun thing a day and well it ended up being a little crazy but a TON of fun! We went the the pet store with the outdoor petting zoo so that the kids could ooo and ahhh over all of the cute little baby animals. Gary and Sally met up with us a day at the bowling alley. Kabree loved running around the whole place. She really wanted to run down the lanes but we wouldn't let her. After bowling we headed back to the house where Gary and Sally treated us to pizza. Then we played round of Sneaks.

Shay, Jessi and Kabree on our hike

Shay was scared Zach would smash her

Shay wanted a picture by the water ;)

Zach, Ethan and Gus

Gus taking Ethan for a run!

Our picnic

After church we decided to head up to the mountains for a picnic and a little hike. Ethan insisted on being the one to walk Gus, it ended up that Gus basically dragged Ethan the whole time so Ethan got a nice Sunday jog in : ). Kabree was in heaven being outside even if she was in the stroller for most of it.

Shay wanted me to make her toes

look like pink lemonade

Ethan making his shot

Shay is such a girl, she posed for the pic

instead of throwing the disc

Kabree loved watching the kids play

I had to threaten to get this picture

(at this point the sibling love was out the window

these two get very competitive)

This is the best pic I could get of Zach throwing

I tell him he looks crazy when he plays

Shay and I of coarse had to do our nails, I'm surprised we went as many days as we did before doing them. I got new fruit decals for nails so I've been making people let me experiment on them. So Shay said she wanted pink lemonade. After our nails dried we all played a round of disc golf. Zach wanted to try out a new coarse. Ethan and Shay would throw their discs and then run to find them just to hurry and throw them again. They did it more as a race. We got rained out so we only did 6 holes but the kids still had fun. Later that night Matt set up a fire pit in their back yard so we headed over to their house to roast marshmallows. Until we again got rained out, but the kids were pretty much done anyways so it was ok.

Jessi trying to teach Kabree

how to jump on the tramp

The girls helping Matt get the fire going

Chase, Libby & Shay

Ethan thought it was cool to burn them all

Libby showing us how yummy they were

Justice was mad Heather made him wait

Hanna wanted a pic or her eating her smore

Zach helping Kabree

We headed up for a quick visit to Troy and Wendy's this week too. Which means LOTS of really good food ;). Ethan stayed back to hang out with Chase but Shay didn't want to miss out on hanging out with Whitney. Shay and I made Whit do our hair for the day and we got to just enjoy being with Troy, Wendy, Whitney and Cayleb.

We have had so much fun and are excited to see what the next week ho

lds in store for us!

Whitney doing Shay's hair

Eric's Graduation

Eric & Shawn

Vance, Eric, Shawn & JoAnn

Mason, Holli, Ethan, Eric, Shay and Shawn

Eric graduated this last week and we are all so proud of him! I'm so excited for him to be starting on his very bright future. He is one smart guy and I know he will do big things. I think we all about hit the floor when we heard the stupid song they sang (it was played at Lyndell's funeral). But it was just another reminder that she is always with us and watching all her beautiful kids through their lives. I know she is so proud of Eric and all that he accomplished in high school and how much it payed off for him. I guess I should mention Eric got a FULL RIDE scholarship plus a little extra for books, so ya we are pretty stinking proud of him! We love you Eric and CONGRATULATIONS!!

Arbon School Play

Kooper doing the 3 little pigs

Ethan reading a poem

Shay playing the piano

Katie and Shay with their friend singing

Katie and Shay hula hooping

Katie, Ethan and Shay dancing

Katie playing the piano

Mattie & Makenna w/their friend Lilly singing

Kooper reading his cowboy poem

Zach and I got to go and watch some of our nieces and new nephews do their school talent show. They are a very talented bunch if I might say so myself. Some of them were a little shy but they still did a great job. I was a little suprised at how unshy a couple of them were ;). As you can see Arbon has a very small school so they got to do several talents. I thought they all did great and I'm very proud of all of them.

Branding

Zach roping

Larin telling the dogs what to do :)

Grandpa Elmer keeping the fire going

Scott keeping on top of the shots

Eric dropped Kayla off and then left so

Dad and Larin put her to work ;)

Mom roping

The two cutest cowboys of the day

Tiffany and Morgan playing shy

My family branded cows last weekend. Zach loves going, he enjoys all of it, the branding the roping everything. Lots of family comes plus a few friends. They usually get done pretty quick with all the help and then we head back to my parents for BBQ. My cousin Tiffany is a sweetheart and always lets Zach borrow her horse for the last half of the branding so he can do a little roping. Zach doesn't claim to be a cowboy at all but he is actually really good at it especially considering he has only done it at the last three brandings. I didn't get many pictures this year, but the kids had fun running around everywhere and drinking like 6 sodas each.

Missing You

Some might think I'm odd seven years later posting about today but today I'm very much missing my friend. Those who didn't know Jared well missed out on one amazing person. The words to that country song"...he's an angel with no halo and one wing in the fire..." couldn't state it any better. He was like my brother and one of my very best friends, and today seven years later I'm still missing him. So as Kevin always said "here's to you homie, this dews for you."

Goodbyes are not forever.

Goodbyes are not the end.

They simply mean I'll miss you

Until we meet again!in!

Happy Anniversary!

We were married 5 years ago today in the Logan, UT LDS temple. It was one of the happiest days of my life. It was one of those days that honestly words couldn't express the range of emotions, hope, excitement for the future and a sense of fulfillment. The last 5 years have been quit a roller coaster but I'm glad that I had Zach beside me for the ride. I love you Zachary and happy anniversary!