Just Kyle

What a turkey. I think Mike may have posed the lid on his head, but he loves to blimb into this drawer--and the dishwasher! He such a helper with taking the dishes out and throwing them away!
This is at the Dr.'s office for his 1-year check-up. He loves to climb on things, and then gets such a proud look on his face. So cute!
Oreo's are a big mistake, but they keep him happy.
I took this one to show what an artist my child is. He is excellent at finger painting on his hi-chair once he's done eating.

Financial Peace

I just wanted to share this awesome program that Mike and I are taking right now. Our ward is sponsoring it, and I am so excited about it! I just plugged in all of our debts, and we can be completely debt free--including our house, by 2017! That's only 9 years away. And we'll have everything paid off aside from our house in 2 years--stupid student loans and all. I don't know how many people have heard of Dave Ramsey--but he is HILARIOUS! He has a TV & Radio show, as well as doing these seminars. I really like him, because he is straight forward and honest, and brings a Christian perspective to debt elimination. I am just so excited--I had to tell someone about it. Plus, if I've told everyone about our plan--maybe it will be one more motivator to STICK TO IT!!

Happy Birthday Moo!

I just wanted to wish my little brother Alex a Happy Happy Birthday! He is serving his mission in Finland--and look how handsome he is! I am so proud of him, and excited to see him in November--coming up quickly. He is my only little brother, whether he likes it or not, and we have had some fun times. One of the funniest things he ever said was that men had a natural sense of direction that girls don't, because men have lead in their blood! Haha--he'll probably hate me for sharing that. :P

Zippity-a & Heidi-ho it's Birthday time for AMIE!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my great big sister Amie! I think this is 30--right?! ;P

I love you Amie, and am grateful we are friends. You are an amazing person, don't you ever forget it. If you do, just call me.

I'm sure she'll love that I posted this one--but it's a beaut!
I swiped this from her Myspace page! How long was Courtnie's hair--wow! Hope you have a great one!

WALL-E

We were so excited to go see Wall-E this weekend! We have been waiting and waiting since we saw the first previews. We love Pixar movies, and this one was really good. Annie & Elden came with us, a good excuse for them to see a kid movie, and my kids think it's great when they come to anything.
Tyler & Elden hiding from the camera.

If you can't tell, that's excitment on Bailey's face. They loved the movie, and we only had to leave twice for Bailey to go potty. (Both times were false alarms, but better safe than sorry I guess.)

Cowboy Up!!!

We went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo in Pleasant Grove a few weeks ago, of what fun we had. Well, not so much. The main problem was it started about 45 minutes later than it was supposed to, and we got there even earlier than that to get a good spot, and that is a whole lot of waiting for my children. It sure brought back memories of my Roosevelt days though, sniff...sniff... I tried so hard to get some good pictures of the Mutton Bustin' but they didn't stay on too long, so this was the best I could do. My kids were dying to get out there and do it, but it looked pretty rough. A lot of them got stepped on, but they all got up and shook it off like real cowboys. A lot of the kids had dads that were in the Rodeo, we'll have to see if we can sign up for next year.
The little boy that stayed on the longest won a cute little John Deere Power Wheels. He rode around a little and waved--how cute. Again, not so hot with my camera skills, so this is the best shot.

This Dodge came out and sat in the middle of the arena forever, when it first came out, I thought " OK, it's finally going to start." No such luck.

Bailey & Annie. Bailey always wanted her picture taken, until it actually comes to taking it.
My ham of a child. He's been making goofy faces whenever I try to take a picture of him lately. Who's kid is he anyway?

Here's Annie & Elden. We have a lot of fun with them, and we eat it up, because I keep telling them as soon as they have kids of their own it will change. They love our kids so much, and the feeling is strongly mutual.

Best Birthday Party ever!

The 18th was my niece Abbie's birthday, and it was so much fun! Her mom & dad got a really fun blow up water-slide, and the kids LOVED it! All but Bailey of course, she was a little chicken. It is funny to me when she's afraid of things, because she's usually my dare-devil.
Here is our cousin Courtnie--she is great at posing for pictures--since as long as I can remember. We took several to get it just right!
I finally got an action shot of Tyler to really work, he was always going to fast, and my camera takes too dang long to take a picture.
Here's Abbie blowing out the candles. Her cake was a beautiful Ice Cream cake from Cold Stone-she know's the owners ;)
Someone "helped" Kyle into the little car, and he loved it--until it came time to get out that is. He has started a really funny scream when people (mainly the other kids) are messing with him and he doesn't like it. He's learning to stick up for himself really early.