ABC Gum anyone?

Bubble Gum by the Foot.......whoever came up with this idea must have had a much larger mouth than Coleby. But he enjoyed trying to make it fit anyway. 4 ft. of sticky stuff all shoved into one 10 year olds mouth. WOW!!!

Anyone like ABC gum. We have enough to share with your whole family :)

Grandmas House

We were fortunate enough to spend some time with Grandma Jenks this last weekend. Like always, we ate too much, slept too little and the kids had a BLAST. We Loved it!

Coleby still loves to cuddle his Grandma. I'm so grateful he gets to have her in his life. This picture is priceless.

Becca and Aymree had a Grandma style bubble bath. Everything was wet, especially Aunt Kim.

Grandma called me yesterday to apologize for not feeding us. Are you kidding me? I gained 5 lbs. atleast. Sweet Grandma always has been the worlds best hostess. We even left with the famous cereal/treat baggies decked out with names and smiley faces for the drive home.

We Love You Grandma!!!

It's Autumn Time

I've always loved autumn time. The colors and vibrancy of nature are a reassurance that we have a truely Great Creator. In nothing else can we find such beauty in the end of something.

Our family hasn't had a real family photo for about a decade. I know thats awful. I take pictures of the kids a lot but the family thing just hasn't happened, until now. This autumn I decided we needed to cature two of my most favorite things. My family and this gorgeous season.

My good friend, Ashley, took some shots of us near our home. Thanks Ashley! We actually did it...all 6 of us. :)

Football is winding down. Hooray!!!

Monday Night we had a football party for Coleby's team (the Browns). They just finished their first season. They learned tons and had a blast.

Diving into water is less painful than diving into a kid twice your size, but far less "Manly"

The kids loved the climbing wall. They had a hard time leaving the competition on the field :)

Camerons football also ended and he is thrilled to be doing what he loves most.... enjoying the great outdoors.

This is Cameron's new dog K.D. and he Loves her! I think Cam is the greatest sport ever. He lets his dog wear a pink collar so she can stay in touch with her feminine side. One day this dogs pups will pay for Camerons Mission!

Nice pheasants bud! But aren't you supposed to be at school right now?

When mammas away the mice will play...........Dress up the little brother!

Crazy Storm

We've had the strangest weather this week. Sun, clouds, hot temps., hale, wind. Tuesday we had the most incredible storm I've ever seen. We could visibly see the hot and cold fronts battling. The clouds were absolutely beautiful.
This photo was taken about 3 miles outside of town.

This was underneath the clouds. It wasn't night time. The darkness was only from storm.

The colors were amazing, ranging from black to brilliant pinks and oranges.

"Me Time" and lovin' it

Two of my favorite things to do when I make a little bit of the very rare "ME TIME"......
















Indulge in a porch reading. This IS why I built my porch.

Cuddle time with my hubby. He beats any blanket or Teddy Bear.

I've enjoyed both this week. Life is good folks. :) Hope you all can steal a relaxing moment too.

Memorial Day Weekend

We spent Memorial Weekend with Bills parents in Island Park. It was crazy to have snow and flowers. Shovels and Buds! Can't beat that.

I shot a hole through this dollar bill ( w/ a BB gun), from 30 yds. I was quite proud of myself. We were aiming for Washingtons head but the heart still counts as the kill. Woot woot. I won the dollar.

I think next time I'll sneak some sleeping meds and ear plugs for the driving portion. I'm pretty sure my kids get more annoying with age. Good thing for Love.

Warm River was beautiful and so quiet. Loved it!

Devin caught a beautiful Bass. Thanks for smiling in a picture Dev.

We saw a restaurant with Paige's nick name on it. I think I should have some sort of copy right or something .Maybe I could collect royalties. Hee hee. If only Paige knew that when we started calling her this I was really calling her a booger butt. She thought I said Bugaboo and so I went with it. It just seemed nicer!

The Grande Finale was trying to launch raisins into G-mas mouth. I've never seen her laugh so hard. Thanks for having fun with us Joan. It was hilarious.

One Fish, Two Fish, Is That a Dead Fish?

Pucker up Baby!

Bill and the boys have been doing a little fishing. Tis that time of year!

This pic was their first adventure. Not bad Cam.
Second day Bill did quite well. It's a "Bute".

Slightly different story with the last picture. Cameron caught this itty bitty tiny, DEAD fish. Everytime another boat would go by he acted as though he was just reeling it in for the first time. And he pretended to be sooo excited. People would look at hin like he was crazy. And he would continue to act ecstatic. The kid is a hoot! Pretty sure the finger holding the fish is the biggest of the two things. We're still so proud of you, Cam. LOL.

Early Mother's Day Suprise

Yesterday was one of those days that just wasn't one I'd ever want to reflect back on. Lots of crap and I didn't handle any of it well. I was finally on my way to bed (about 11:00) when I heard kids outside. We were being toilet papered. I was in no mood so I, not so nicely, went out to catch the culprits. I couldn't have been more suprised at what I found.

There on the porch was a box from ProFlowers. I had the most beautiful package of roses from Lance (Paige's special friend). It was so thoughtful I bawled.

Thanks so much Lance for thinking of me for Mother's Day! What a nice ending to that day too. Your thoughtfulness wiped all the yuck from the day completely from my mind. Love you!

Dancin' fool

Coleby got a little bored waiting for Cams shooting practice to get over. This is how he was passing the time. Oh yeah, swing those hips baby! The MACARENA has been reinvented.

An Angel Amoung Us

We've all met people that have had profound impacts on us. And I think that everyone has had someone enter their life and make it better, without even trying.

I feel a great deal of Love for one of those very special people. I want to introduce him to you. This is Justin and we think he is just about the greatest thing under the sun.

I would wish for each of you to have a friend so sweet and true. He is Always fun to be around.

We watch football and basketball together. Once at a game he yelled "Devin, make your momma proud". Then he looked at me and just smiled. It was the cutest thing. He also calls to sing cowboy songs for us. Sometimes we put him on speaker phone and go about our chores etc. He just sings away, pausing occassionally to switch tapes. We love it. What a STAR you are Justin!

Tonight we had the opportunity to have Justin with us for family night. We frosted and delivered sugar cookies, had scripture study and did a little Karaoke. It was so fun having him with us. His happiness is contagious.

We are grateful for his genuine friendship. He is an angel. He helps me put perspective into my life. For us, being around him is like finding the Lords love in yet another unexpected place.

What a great book!

Great Grandma Anderson reading to her grandkids. How sweet is that!

Bailey took time to read an Easter book to the little girls too. Thanks Bay. What a sweetheart.

Aymree sure was happy about the book. Nice cousin bonding time before Amys and her family left for Washington. We miss them already!

The Wrestler

Weve had a whirl wind kind of month. We finished basketball and started wrestling and golf. Its pretty hard to take high school golf pics.(sorry Devin). But I do have a couple of Cole's wrestling pics.

No matter how he does he ALWAYS leaves the mat with a smile.

Darling New Additions

We've had two new additions to our family this past month. Our first great niece.She's so cute.

Congrats Kendra on your baby girl.

Xyamaria Kaitlyn Noble

And second is our darling new nephew. Congratulation Shane and Ticia. We're so happy for you.

Magnum Anderson

Funny Funny Girls

These funny girls decided to bond. They were already pretty darn close. But I guess they wanted to be even closer. Needless to say, we laughed our heads off . Funny Funny girls!!!

Oops! When you have two heads and two minds things don't always work out the best. Hee Hee

Nice to see you've agined your composure(s). Paige and Chelsea. Thanks for the entertainment.

CRAZY!!!!

I have been so bad about blogging the last couple of months. Today I plan on spending some time catching up on everyone elses blogs and will update mine soon.

We are doing well. We're very busy, with 3 kids playing basketball. Devin plays for Marsh Valley High School. They are doing Awesome. Cam is point guard for Marsh Valley Middle School, and Colebys little team is just fun to watch- Year #1(need I say more). Paige is busy babysitting and being a teenager.

Bill is working hard for Qwest and drives about 140 miles a day. With the economy the way it is we are so grateful he has employment. I'm just trying to hold down the fort here and stay sane at the same time. I'm not always confident about the sane part. LOL

We didn't intentionally quit the blogging world. Life has gotten so busy I haven't been able to spend much time on the computer. Just Call me CRAZY!!!

We hope all of our family and friends are doing well. We will update soon.