Oct 28, 2008


Ahhhh.... Sleeping children! It only took about 5 min. for all the kids to be out when we came back to the hotel after a day in Disneyland!

Mitch was in a Football league this fall, he loved it! The teams were from Duchesne, Altamont, Roosevelt and Vernal. He says this is his Fav sport! He played free saftey, and reciever. He is pretty proud about the quarterback fumble he had in the winning game! His team was undefeated most of the season, except for 1 game. Then they won the Superbowl!!!

3rd & 4th Grade 2008 Football Camps!

Oct 8, 2008

This kid is such a Nut, He kept saying " take...a...piktur" He loves to be the center of Attention! Weird huh?

"Mom you mean"

Nate's newest phrase is "mom you mean" In this picture I am getting the evil eye, because I made him sit up to the table for dinner, and he did not want to! You know it's the baby of the family when they are naughty and everyone thinks it is so cute! Look out world.

Mitch and his buddies

They were fine around the Witch as long as they weren't left alone!

Kortlyn and The Scary Witch


This is our scary witch, she is motion activated, she says scary things, and stirs her big black pot,that steam comes out of, and her eyes light up. You will never catch Nate anywhere near her, he hates her, and if he get left alone downstairs he cries and cries, "get me, I sceered".

Nate the blue haired pirate

Pirate Party


Mitch Birthday Party, he had a Pirate party, he is the one in the middle with the scary face paint.

Oct 7, 2008

Birthday Boy!


Ok I can be called the Blogger Slacker! I haven't blogged for a while. October is here and almost gone again! Well my big boy turned 9! I feel so old. He is such a good-looking Dude. What a guy, he is the oldest 9 year old I know. He is such a huge help to me and his Dad. He is such a hard worker, and he loves to be working. Just ask Grandpa P., Mitch is one of the first guys Grandpa wants on the job. If he has to choose between playing with friends, or working in the yard or on a project, he chooses work!(he must take after me, hee hee)He loves to be organized, from his tools to his bedroom closet (again takes after me, maybe he will rub off on his Dad) Mitch is so sweet to his sisters and little brother. He says if we move to a bigger house he still wants to share a room with his little bro. He is a lady killer, the ladies at school think he is something else. His class wrote little notes to him for his birthday, I had to choke back tears because the things they wrote about him were so sweet. He got a Honda Dirt Bike for his Birthday! I am not happy about this, Daren talked me into it promising Mitch will always wear all of his protective gear, and believe me he is fully protected, he can hardly hold his bike up to start it with all his gear on. He had been working mowing lawns, and picking up trash to save enough $ to buy this bike, he earned $400 from all his jobs, so he gave his stash to Daren, and got his bike and all right before his Birthday! I am so proud of him, he is my little man.

Aug 27, 2008

August 2008

August flew by us. We have been busy and trying to enjoy the last few weeks until school started! Kortlyn's 6th Birthday was on the 5th. She invited her friends to the splash park. and they had tons of fun, water fighting, and spraying each other.
The party theme was Hannah Montanna of course! She had a great day!
On the 15th Daren and I had a wild hair and went out to the Parade of Homes! We saw some beautiful homes, and I would have been fine to stop after about the 4th house,
but surprisingly Daren wanted to keep going. He enjoyed it more than he thought he would.
besides who doesn't love looking in people's closets?
I also enter Nate in the Uintah County Fair Baby Show. Just because he's so darn cute. The theme was down on the farm, and they had to dress in swimsuits. He was so shy, and wouldn't sing old McDonald had a farm with all his cute animal sounds. He only muttered uhuh...uhuh to everything the judges asked him, so I was really surprised when he won 2nd Place!! He thought he was pretty hot stuff, he got to go on stage, and get his trophy, cowboy hat, and box of toys! I couldn't pry those things out of his hands for the rest of the day!
They took his picture for the paper.
On the 21st we loaded up all the kids for a weekend trip to Park City! We stayed at a town home, with our friends Garrett and Zinna Eaton. We did the Alpine coaster, and went on the ski Gondola, and ate lunch at the top in the lodge. We did ton's of School Shopping, and ate awesome food all weekend. but the real reason we went was for another Tri-Athelon. The Jordanelle Tri was Sat. Garrett and Daren were pumped up and ready. They both did great. To see them come across the Finish Line, Zinna and I had to hike about 10 miles, it was about 97 degrees, and we had 3 kids with us (we left the older one's at the house) Zinna is 7 months preg. I had to carry her on my shoulders and push the stroller with all 3 kids in it, uphill both ways we had quite a workout, I think Zinna and I were more wore out than the guys! (I'd like to see them hike in there with 3 kids in 1 stroller) It was worth it to cheer them on!
This isn't the right time to ask me how many more Tri's Daren is planning this year.
Speaking of totally ripped Daren, in the best shape of his life, his 38th Birthday is on the 29th.
So Happy Birthday Daren!!!!We all love you so much and are so proud of you!


I forgot to mention school started on the 25. Ugh. It has been crazy, Ashley is loving middle school. She has 6 different teachers, and classes, the school isn't completely finished from a remodel that started about 2 years ago, but she is hoping to have a locker by Christmas! Mitch is loving 3rd grade is has a young new teacher and he even told me "mom, she is pretty" so that helps to get him up in the morning! Kortlyn Starts Kindergarten next week I wish someone would explain to me why they make the Kindergartners wait 10 days after the other kids start. It's sheer torture for her and ME! She can't wait to go to school because she gets to ride the bus, and put her backpack in a cubby. She just did her testing and when her teacher asked her to name the days of the week she said "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday........ churchday! and when she asked her if she had 3 pink balloons and 2 green balloons how many balloons would you have? She said "you would have 3 pink balloons and 2 green balloons" duh!