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The Birthday party for Shelby and Derrick.

Got Birthday cake?

Birthday Cake 1

Birthday Cake 2

Birthday Cake 3

So I am catching up. You know how you have family parties and friend parties. This is what I have to show for it. Plus one party I combined with Shelby.

Pictures

You know how it is when Nana wants pictures! She wanted all the grandkids for her christmas card. Most of the pictures are really cute!

Release the ANIMALS! (Halfway to Flaming Gorge)

Remember those Summer Nights!

We had such a great time this summer with our Family home evening group!

My cup

Everyone has heard the saying "Is your cup half empty? or Is your cup half full?"

I'll tell you what my cup has runneth over today! I had the opportunity to attend 5th Sunday lesson that was taught by our bishopric. The topic was Joy or Despair? It was a great discusson. Damon is a good friend, and someone I look up to as a role model. He always says he is nervous, but always comes across so confident. One of his favorite quotes from his lesson today , if I remember it right "If you don't like your lot in life, build a service station on it." I love it!!!!! Anyway it was a great day, and I was deeply touched.

For mature audiences only. Pictures of the dead.

At the end of the day, this is what we encountered.

In mid sentence and then out.

The shower photos.

The shower photos after a day at the beach.

It was great entertainment watching them trying to get all the sand out of small crevasses.

Sand or no sand that is the question?

Autotopia. I think?

Hello we get our own drivers licences.

This was it he had his licence and off we went.

A little rockie in places back and forth, nothing a little pepto can fix.

Eleven years, Eleven years. All in good time, I guess driving comes with age.

We laughed so hard, he said next time maybe you should drive mom. What a moment for him to be so proud that he accomplished his first driving lesson.

AAAhhhh the autographs!

Pluto tried to run it was rather cute. The kids loved to follow him.

Donald had a war going on saying he was #1.

This is my favorite picture. Chip and Dale raced to see who could write their name faster. I don't recall who won, instead they messed Shelby's hair up. The kids just soaked it up.

Mickey aahhhh Mikey need I say more!

Derrick was a kid on Christmas morning. He was done. He carried that autograph book tall and proud.

Patiently waiting for the parade!

Seeing their faces as we waited for the parade was almost overwhelming . My heart was filled with joy knowing we as parents made this possible. Their face tells all. What they must feel? I remember this moment in my life and I am so happy to have made it possible for my kids.

You should have seen Shelby face when she saw the monks on the boat. It was priceless!

misson beach

The Beach was so awesome I remember going when I was in junior high. Derrick was born as a fish. Shelby on the other hand, she is a little bit weary. She didn't like the sand in her feet. She was afraid of the sea weed. At first she didn't like the water. It took an hour to get her used to it then we couldn't get them to leave!

This is what it is all about!

How well do my sweetums know me.

Hey Dev, I am totally copying!!!

1. What is something mom always says to you? Sweet Dreams.

2. What makes mom happy? Being nice to each other.

3. What makes mom sad? Derrick says crying.

4. What makes your mom laugh? Loosing teeth (Derrick)

5. What was your mom like as a child? Shelby says funny.

6. How old is your mom? 30 They both know Drats!

7. How tall is your mom? 10 lbs SWEET!

8. What is her favorite thing to do? Color yes my secret is out.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? usually sleep I wish

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Rock star Rock on my people.

11. What is your mom really good at? Drawing no way

12. What is your mom not very good at? Driving dads jeep

13. What does your mom do for her job? Tags

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Pizza and corn on the cob so they say

15. What makes you proud of your mom? When she takes us swimming

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? bugs bunny

17. What do you and your mom do together? we go to jb's without the boys

18. How are you and your mom the same? Same hair but its a little different and weird

19. How are you and your mom different? We were born from a different mom

20. How do you know your mom loves you? hugs

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? Uhh I don't know

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? Shopping at the clothes store

23. What is your favorite thing about your mom? she tells me I am a beauty every day

24. What does your mom do that is silly? dance when every one is watching

I lost you!

Amanda when you read this I updated my blog and lost you in the process. Please come back I miss you.:)

SO SORRY!

I am so sorry for not being loyal to my blog. I have been busy and some days frankly I feel like POOP! I still don't feel well all the time, which is part of my problem. When I do feel good my good days are usually with my family. Upcoming events are I have an appointment on the 11th with a new doctor up in Provo (Dr. Groves) Wish me luck. I have my good days and I have my bad days. I have learned to tolerate the pain more, but I just want to be myself again. It sucks knowing that I am not 100% me. If anyone has time my family thinks I might have what is called TrigemenialNueralgia also known as TN. Look it up see what you think. Scary stuff. I might have spelled it wrong but tn should come up. On the upside we leave for Disneyland on the 20th so I may need a sub or subs hint hint to anyone. Also this month on the 12th is our TEN year anniversary. So you all better remind Cody to get me something special. J/K! Also Derrick turns 5 on the 26th. Wow my baby will be not 4 anymore how sad. 5 seems old. I probably won't post any pictures but I will catch up some day. September is a crazy month. It was good to say Hello anyway. I Thank You all for being our friends and family. We appreciate you being in our lives.
Heather:)

Our friends of many faces!

We are so blessed to have such great friends in our lives. I just wanted to say THANK YOU! Thank you for being such a great asset to our family. I am an only child and I love to get together and have all the kids just running around causing chaos. Life would not be complete without a little chaos. I love the noise. I love my family. I love my friends. I love that my friends are family.

WII are FAMILY

What family fun we had this night playing the WII.We even got Nana to play.