Well its that time of year again!!!

Here is a update of what we have been up to lately. Porter, Ryder, and Kinyon went to a shooting competition in April. They did really well. Porter placed 2nd in rifle, and 8th over-all. Ryder placed 3rd in muzzleloader, and 9th over-all. Kinyon placed 10th in shotgun and beat both of his big bothers in that event, he was really excited about that.

We got the kids lamb early this year for 4-H. That made them all really excited. No really, just Kaitlyn and Cheyenne. They both love animals, they go out almost everyday to catch them so they can pet them or walk them. They are the ones that tame those buggers down.

Well baseball season has started again. I told myself at the end of last season that I would not run concession stand again. So they came up and ask if I was interested in doing it again. So I said well that depends on how much your going to pay me. So they said they would talk about it and let me know. So they ended up giving me a raise so I took the job. I couldn't really turn down a raise. So now I go to work at the Middle School until about 12:30 then I'm home sometimes for 2-3 hrs. Then I head over to the park for baseball until around 9. Then I have to make sure the kids homework is done and corrected, make sure they have ate, then get them to bed. Then I'm so tired that sometimes I get the dishes done then other times I just go to bed around 11-12 before the alarm is going off by 5. It sure will be nice when school is out.

The girls had their clogging competition at Lagoon this last week end. Nikkelle team took 1st over-all. Kaitlyn also took 1st over-all, then Cheyenne team took 1st over-all Grand Champion. They had fun, but not such a nice day to be outside. It rain all day. We were all wet, so between Cheyenne's dance and Nikkelle's we had about 3 hrs. So I took the girls to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3-D. Cheyenne laughed she thought it was funny, she would say " Oh my gosh I thought that rock was going to hit me." We didn't get that warmed up, the theater was on the chiller side. Cheyenne wasn't to happy when I told her she had to put back on her wet socks and shoes. But over-all we had a fun day despite the weather.

Nikkelle hurt her arm at drill practice on Wednesday. The doctor thinks she dislocated her elbow the put it back in. So he put her in a sling. He told if it wasn't feeling better by Monday that we should probably do a MRI to see if she has torn tissue. Her arm is still really sore. So we are going down for the MRI on Wednesday morning at 7:30. So hopefully we find out what happened and we can get if fixed. She does not like to sit out at drill. She said "it makes me feel Lazy and I just want to dance." She got her driver license this week too. She is really excited about that she says "Now I feel FREE!" She likes being able to drive to her friends without relying on me.

This weekend I've been trying to get my yard ready so we can get our garden in. I love this time of year and I like to spend time working in my yard. For Mother's Day Shane gave me a gift card to Valley Nursery so I can plant more flowers. Well I hope that you have a Happy Mother's day.

Little Benjamin updates

Here are some newer pictures of Little Benjamin. He is grown so much this last month. Shawnee told me today he already weighs 9 lbs. Lucky me, I get to watch him on Wednesdays. I get Ethan and Ben for 2-3 hrs. Thats enough time to love him and get all the baby oohhs and aahhhs out. Then let his mommy take him home.

Nikkelle's Girl ask Boy dance

Nikkelle turned 16 just in time to ask Colby to the dance. There was three couples Nikkelle & Colby, Kadee and Brit, Aubrey & ?. This was a all day date. They started by going to the boys house at 6:30am and taking them to Kadee house for breakfast. Then they took them home and let them get dressed. Then they went to the Gateway Mall and did this picture treasure hunt. They had a lot of fun, but didn't make it all the way done with the list. Then they went to the Mayan for Dinner. They came back watched a movie then got ready for the dance. The dance was lame so they left and went and watched another movie. Looks like she had a great time. Here are some pictures.

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~The Girls Being Silly~

They other day I was down in Nikki's room talking to her while she was getting ready for her date. The little girls were in there with us, dancing to the music being silly. They had us laughing at some of their moves, but they were so cute I thought I would share with you.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

When is the bus coming

Nanny called me about 1:40 yesterday after I got home from work. She said well we have had some problems today. Oh whats that? Well she was busy doing stuff around the house, I can't remember what she said. So she sent Cheyenne out to catch the bus around 12:10. I said "okay". Well she didn't catch the bus, she has been standing outside waiting for it for 1hr and 10 min. Cheyenne finally came back to the house after the neighbor came over and told her to come back. She said that freaked her out. She had been crying. Nanny asked what happened Cheyenne said "the bus never came". I've been calling for my mom. She was cold and wet from all the snow melting and the puddles down their lane. So Nanny hurried and put her pants in the dryer for a little bit, then ran her to school. She then calls me and tells me everything that had happened. When she went to take her into the school they couldn't find her Minnie Mouse ears for hat day. Poor kid had a not so fun day. So I ran over to the school with dry pants, socks, and another Minnie Mouse ears. I forgot to get shoes. When I change her socks her shoes where wet. So the teacher just let her keep her shoes off. Nanny felt bad but everything is fine and I hope the next time she misses the bus she don't stand outside for 1hr. What a Silly Little Girl

Oh yeah, the Saint Bernard that ended up at Chandra's house, that ended up missing. Came back to her house on Tuesday night after a week. Her kids are way excited, and mine can't wait to go back up to play with him again. I never knew that a stray dog would end up being so loved.

Family Winter Trip

Nikkelle got a new camera for her birthday. I gave it to her the day after we got up there. So the first thing the girls go do is start taking picture with all their silly faces.

Here are some pictures of us outside playing in the snow. The kids all had fun even though some of the kids toes about froze off. We had sleds, snowboards, tubes, and snowmobiles to haul the kids back up to the top of the hill.

While we were up in Ashton, Nikkelle had her sweet 16th birthday. I can't believe she is 16. I remember when I turned 16 and it doesn't feel like it was all that long ago. She had fun having a lot of her cousins, family, aunts, uncles, and grandparents there. Thanks for all the kisses, a least now she can tell people her first kiss was from family.

Then there was a hot tub, air hockey, ping pong, cards, pool, and then the theater room. Their was always something for everyone to do. The cabin was big enough that it really didn't seem like there was 21 kids running around. We could all spread out and it was lots of fun to be with everyone. We talked and laughed about old memories and made some pretty funny new ones. The kids will remember this for the rest of their lives and that is what family is all about. Thanks for planning the trip Brandon. Lets do it again.

Last week we went up to visit family. I had told Chandra I wasn't coming because it had been snowing all night and into the day. The roads where covered in snow. So I went downstairs for awhile. Then I came up about 4 and looked outside. The sun was shining and the roads where clear. So I told the kids hurry and get pack we were going. We had everything packed in about 1 hr. I decide not to call and surprise Chandra and the family. We got there about 8. I saw the TV on so I thought we had enough noise to shut doors quietly. Well Chandra was sitting at her computer right by the driveway so she heard us pull in. So they gathered their kids together and met us at the door. When they opened the door they screamed surprise and we did the same. It was pretty fun. Then we took the kids to DQ to get ice cream for Valentines Day. Before we had got there someone had dropped off this Saint Bernard. He is very friendly and the kids had a lot of fun with him. Brandon said he was going to keep him. But he is gone now they are all sad. Here are some pictures to remember him by.

A new member of the Family!!

Shawnee went down to the hospital Sunday Jan. 25 to see how much further she had progressed. They decided to keep her because she was having contractions and the roads where bad. The doctor came in around 8:30pm and then things started to happen. Nikkelle, Porter, and I got down there about 10:30 and at 11:30 Benjamin was born. He weighed 6lbs. 15ozs. was 18 1/2" long. He is so cute. I'm just glad it was Shawnee and Ryan and I can just hold the cute little guy. You can sure tell that Ethan and Benjamin are brothers. They look a lot a like. If you ever need to rest just call and I'll be glad to come and get Ethan. He likes to come over and play with his cousins. Congratulations!!!

2008-2009 Region Drill Competition

Last weekend Chandra, Miles, and My Mom came up to watch Nikkelle Dance at the Region Competition. They competed in 3 different dances, Military, Dance, and Prop. I think this was the best they have preform the Military Dance. They placed 2nd in Military, 4th in Dance and Prop. Then they placed 4th over-all so now they are headed to State Competition this weekend. Nanny, Porter, Kaitlyn, and I also came to watch her dance. I will be going to watch her at State, then we will be done for the most part with Drill, until next year. Thanks everyone for coming Nikkelle really appreciates it.

New Laundry Room

So for Christmas, I asked Shane instead of giving each other gifts this year. How about finishing the other Bathroom that is now our Laundry room. Having two bathrooms seems like it would be a luxury. It never fails when someone is in the bathroom, someone else needs it really bad. So he agreed that would be a good idea. So the first thing we needed to do was finish where the laundry room was going. So we get started and it took more money then we where planning on so now we only get the new laundry room until we have enough for the bathroom. I really like it, it is big then where we had it. Now that we have move it downstairs Nikkelle, Porter, & Kinyon have been doing their own laundry. With that comes problems with the washer, but I'm sure they will all get the hang of it. I still need to finish a little bit, we had it done but when we went to turn on the gas for the dryer there was a leak so Shane had to undo somethings to get that fixed. He found the leak and now everything is up and running. It sure is good to have a washer and dryer back after a week.


Shane pouring the self leveling cement that doesn't work. Don't ever waste your money on that stuff.


I had Shane build me this stand to put my washer and dryer on. Hopefully that will save me on my back. So far I really like it. I think it turned out really nice.