Our newest addition

We have a new addition to our family. SOPHIE the littlest chihuahua you have ever seen! we love her. We are all in love!!!!

this is A's bday gift. she was soooo surprised

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River and Sophie. he is so gentle with her.

this is where she likes to sit on me. she is so teeny tiny

halloweeeeeeeeeen 09

C went with his buddies a trio He was toad and they were mario and luigi from nintendo.

A was a cheerleader from High school musical ethan was a Cowboy ninja.

we had a fun halloween. It is not a secret that I am not a halloween fan, but i do try. we had soup and bread bowls, a sick kid, upset stomachs and 3 streets we knocked doors. it was a simple night with some of our favorite people...that is the kind of Halloween I like.

okay...okay

So okay here is a post to everyone that has asked me to post more. I used to be so good about it but things have picked up the no time for it right now. Here is an update of why I am not trying to neglect my blog.....

The kids started school the end of August and have 4 day school weeks. So long days but 3 day weekends. So we play for 3 days instead of 2 because the other four days. We don't have anytime for anything else because

C became a Webelo Scout and is learning the trombone and piano, not much time for much else

A is in Activity days and learning the piano. not much time for much else.


I got called into Relief Society Presidency, ( and I thought Scouts was busy).

I started back to work part time after 11 years at the school with the kids heading up the reading program everyday. AMAZING, i love it, but i am learning to manage my time, and slowly figuring it out.

I am doing Relief Society stuff and thinking I was finishing up a scout event I started 6 months ago. To find out, my scouting career is just beginning because they want me for good to help out on the district level. Which is way fun. I accepted. maybe I am crazy.

Dad is now the 1st counselor in the bishopric, same as the 2nd but still different. and he is one busy man! He has been busy loosing lots of weight.

and little Magee. He is cute as can be

So needless to say. Facebook, Blogspot.com you have to wait. I will try to keep up, but I am going to face the facts. I can't play with you as much as i would like.

Deal with it!!!

I know a celebrity...

in the craft world that is... My sweet friend Vanessa Christenson.. You may have seen her blog when you have blog stalked mine. She is amazing. I gave her a kitchen table once.. she turned it to a vintage amazing piece! She is talented in all that she does. When we lived in Provo she lived right by me and we went to church together. Stitched together, sewed together. Got Dr. Peppers together... our oldest boys were buddies. she is fun. take a look at her blog. she is a craft goddess

http://www.vanessachristenson.com/

as she is know better as V and Co..

happy blogging

little man

my sista's little baby boy S. Is he not the cutest little mohawk baby! he is darling!

News Flash

This just in....it isn't 110 anymore, like it has been for the last 5 months. It is gorgeous! Suppose to be like 87 today. David planned to work outside because it is actually cold out side. You know you are accustomed to the hot weather when you say I'm freezing when it is 87. here is the evidence

blessed

Is is sometimes not the easiest thing to come up with a new blog title. I have not been blogging for a while now. Busy is the key word. I love my busy life. But it is catching up with me. I am coming down with SOMETHING. I can't shake it off. for the last week I have been crazy busy and feeling off. I don't see an end in sight. so here is a run down of my last 8 days.

Dinner with some friends at yummy Texas Roadhouse.( we haven't been out to dinner for about 5 months, so that wa a yummy treat)

church, meetings, church. love it!

We actually had a package in the mail come that we were expecting! a miracle. we have had mail issues for a loooooong time. we send out stuff and it never gets mailed out, and C had a bday card sent to him in august with money...he never got it. that is the kind of stuff that always happens.

FHE with a group of friends to make some thinking of you letters for a sweet man at church that wasn't feeling so great. The ambulance had to come get him from church, not fun.

Busy day of shopping, and then church meetings, and slipped in the garage on some power steering fluid. I fell RIGHt on my behind and messed up my shoulder and side of my body. i hurt for days!

went to an early morning session at the temple and made a day of it! so fun.

church meetings ( i was called a while back as Relief Society Sec., I thought Cubmaster kept me busy. not even close! I am still working with the Scout district.)

card night with some girlies and actually skipped a church meeting to socialize.

Another day at the temple for stake temple night and it was packed. we have the BEST stake around. best ward, too. Love those people.

After a long day, and night at the temple a sweet treat at Bahama Bucks in Mesa, we just discovered this and it's incredible. then up at 5 am to attend an eagle scout project which was so fun and we all learned alot about concrete!

then off to the general relief society broadcast.

church and a new calling for Dave ( he was 2nd counselor in bishopric now he is 1st)

a busy day for him again and the week starts again. I am trying to stay motivated but I do not feel good. I am looking forward to another weekend of General conference. it is one of my favorite 2 weekends of the year. some family coming to town and get to hang out, if i am not still sick with this stupid flu thing. I don't do sick good because I don't stop to take care of me. Sad I can admit this but I still don't do anything about it!

David and Magee had it last week and Magee is still getting over it. Why me! keep your icky germs to yourself.

Well my worldwind week long activities of service, family, the temple, and a few treats were amazing.

I am blessed.

Good things

I had some energy to burn out on my walls and this is how they turned out.

Nienie and the Hot tamale

My hunk had left for church for his duties, I have my Sunday duties as the get everybody ready, on time for church with as little yelling as possible and everyone was almost ready. I had already been up for a while and thought "I am going to catch up my favorite read....Nienie Dialogues. Well I didn't expect to be so touched by her recent picture post of herself and her hunk. The picture of a woman so changed by a fiery plane crash which changed her outward appearance so drastically, but her eyes are still the same. Eyes are told to be the window to the world. Her world was changed a year ago, and I often think of her trials so big and Seemingly unbeatable when I am in my own frustrating moments of life and how I feel sorry for myself. Well I wasn't having one of the those moments, but I was crying. Crying for Nie and all she has had to endure. I was visible to my little Mageeman. Well I did one last check of everyone, hair gelled and brushed, ties on straight, scriptures in hand, sock on and

I said to my little Mageeman," you are one hot tamale" he smiled unsurely, and I said...Do you know what a hot tamale is?

his response.. Yep it is just like a Mike and Ike but not as hot, and spicy.

my response... You are right but it also means You are one handsome man who I love so much.

Still with tears in my eyes, I hugged my mageeman so tightly and kissed his soft cheek, which in return he kissed my lips that were covered in mint lip gloss and he said you are pretty mom.

I cried more. That went on all day at church and I was so thankful for the chance to hug and see my little children everyday and be a part of their life. I am so thankful for the things in life that make us stronger even when we get broken down sometimes. Sometimes we give to much power to others when our only thing we should be giving the power to is the Lord. He gives us all these things. He makes all these experiences possible. I am blessed.

Trip to Cali...Randoms

We had a fun filled week in Cali and some friends came down to hang out too. We did the beach 5 days out of 6 and we had a funnnnnnnnn time. We love to go down and see grandma & grandpa hoopes. My kids love to dig and dig and dig in the sand. They had a good time. We camped at the beach in Grampy's new RV. Went to Seaport Village, La jolla Coves, seal beach and chilled at Oceanside beach, we could have stayed there forever... We got to see nieces and nephews, especially the newest addition 3 weeks old! Uncle david always steals he babies.

.....10 words women want....

Respect
romance
time
dinner
communication
consistency
engagement
humility
humor
challenge.

what do all these words have in common? according to yahoo.com This is what women want. It always makes me laugh, their theories of what men or women want. anyhow. I lucked out.I got the man of my dreams and he consistently gives all of these. i am a lucky girl! and I am not afraid to say it.

Golfing with my love

My sweet lovebug and I had a hot date...literally a hot date at the Golf Course... 18 holes of golf, 4 hours together,a ride on a golf cart and 115 degree weather equals a fun time with my man

E's 6th bday

the cake HE wanted and helped decorate..... not our best work.


Breakfast in bed


His treats from his family.

Better late than never. Our littlest lovebug turned 6. We can hardly believe it. He is such a good kid. He is our romantic boy. He always has to be on my lap or kissing mommy or loving on dad. He has a tender heart, but he also can be fiesty. He loves his big brother C and they are complete opposites. E leaves his room a wreck while c is very tidey. Lots of battles are played out while cleaning their room. He will be a 1st grader and loves his friends. he loves anything camoflauge. He loves to wear his cowboy boots and he enjoys anything with sugar in it! He has a laugh that is just infectious and he smiles and you can't say no! I am so greatful my little sidekick is with our family. we have been blessed so many ways by him. He is

Ouch

So I lay here not being able to move well, as I threw my back out. I am hurting. I dont have back problems but today, I am sore. All because I pretend to be super human woman who can move any piece of furniture on my own. I really can, i just sometimes get hurt. So I wish I could help others out today, but getting off my lazy bum isn't really going to happen.. maybe better luck tomorrow.

My lil Sis

My babe of a sister KATE THE SKATE had a bday today!


katy. kary. mom. kristy. kyley. kelly




sierra. mike and katy weeks from delivery





katy and her cutest friend ally.






katy sierra mike in dec 08


I am going to start a new tradition of writing lovely things about my peeps...on their big birthdays. So here is the 1st and it's special post will be on sweet little sister Katy. Katy is one of my favorite people. Katy just had a new little baby boy named Shane. We can't wait to meet him. Katy is 2 years younger than me. She has always been the laid back go with the flow sister. I wish I was more like her. She is a wonderful mom, sister, friend. She has the skinniest legs and they are long. She is a babe and when we were in high school we could go to filibertos and she would get us free food. She stole my student ID when we were in high school so she could get off campus to go to UPPERCRUST Pizza. She still loves that place. they do have the best salads and ranch. She and i are lots alike. She is the fun aunt that my kids just adore. I love her so much she is definetly a babe! happy birthday kate the skate!
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...lovebugs...

I have wanted to post about this many times and haven't. If you are around me for about 5 minutes. You will hear me say....Lovebug. the thing is I love lady bugs, always have.

I did not realize til a few years ago, how often I say it. All the closest people in my life, have caught on and many letters cards and gifts have something to do with a lady bug. Well today Dave and I were given these lovebug, ladybug cupcakes with the cutest little poem and letter attached so I knew I had to share.

For your FYI, my NANA always called me Lovebug. She was my favorite person in the whole wide world. Lovebugs are a bug in Florida( where they Lived), that are the male and female attached. They are born that way. Funny I know, but these bugs are horrible. They splat on all cars that drive in Florida, all over the hoods and are a pain to clean off, so thus came the nickname, maybe I was a pain too, but the nickname stuck. So Ladybugs aka lovebugs in our house a big part of me!

Random Snapshots

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We have been so busy and it sounds cliche because I am always busy but this week we really were crazy busy. We were lucky enough to watch our good friends kids and we got to stay at their home and play with the kids all week and swim. It was a fun week, needless to say! we swam and swam and swam.

Random Snapshots

A and her best friend M


My cutest sister Katy, Mike and S..I threw her a shower in Calif this last weekend and she is such a babe!



My cute man, and my favorite Uncle Jeff.


My gift to my sister Katy, A diaper cake that My friend Melisa helped me with. I have made a few of these but this turned out the cutest by far!

My 3 sand crabs. E was not happy to oblige to do this so we could gt a picture!

I love this

E on the horse miles by himself

Grampy and A on the quad

Grampy and C on the quad. They sure had fun!

Our scout outing to the lake, we had sooooo much...

This is some randoms, which are my favorite from the last 2 busy weeks of our life!Just a little look into our life.

swimming. swimming. swimming. Did I mention swimming?

c, a, a, and a. what a funny bunch they are! the best of friends

a's official swim picture. she is a cute little thing!

a diving off.

a coming in from her freestyle

3 amigos.

I love this pic. A AND A are cheering on c.

C's official swim pic.

C & A are in swim team in our town. They go 5 days a week and they love it. They are getting really good to..> C swam in 3 events 100 m relay, 50 m freestyle and 25 back stroke and came in 6 out of 8 in them. He did great. Especially for his first meet. A swam in 2 events and came in 6th of 8. she did great too. I was asked to record lane ordrs and it was fun but stressful! Only 1 parent got mad at us. All in all it was a great time!

Stolen Pics

This was from our Preschool End of the year celebration. Yippee! it was way fun! I had the best 5 kids this year and we had lots of fun!

Disclaimer, this pic is stolen from Zippy. I forgot to have one taken . thanks!

Summer has begun!

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Our summer officially started a week ago. No more school. We have a family tradition that we go to Sonic on the last day of school. We have done for 4 years now. The kids have kept busy. They started Swim team 2 weeks ago and go every day and they love it. We had our first Lemonade stand of the summer and A and A earned a whole 1.50. We joined the harkins 1 time a week movie program and we have already had lots of play dates, swimming, playing on the water slide and of course the trusty Trampoline. I am already tired. Not really but we are off to a good...busy.... start! Last year this same time, both the cute man and I were recovering from our mishaps and surgeries and did not get to play with our little chickens like we wanted to. I plan to make up for it this year. A friend yesterday said" I can never get a hold of you, you are never home" That is always true during the school year but even worse now. So call my cell or you are out of luck, and since my message thing on my cell isn't so trusty just keep calling and when I am not play ing with my 3 favorite little people, I will chit- chat but I am looking forward to lots of fun so if you want play just call!

I had to post this it is too funny. What are we all doing and who took this picture???

Bread....Yummo!

I love to make homeade bread, and this turned out yummy. French bread is so delicious!

Graduate 2009

We have a graduate! 1st grade here E comes.

My Bday of Cupcakes, Willow Trees and Flowers

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My FAVORITE things ( Besides my family and Church) are Cupcakes, Willow Trees and FLOWERS! My birthday was filled with all of these. A few church meeetings, my sweet husband and kids, and friends and family sending lots of well wishes via text messages, phone and email. It was the best bday I have ever had. No pressure and lots of fun. So my hunk baked me a cake, Bought me lots of flowers for the back yard, and is taking me on a steamy date tomorrow. I just love him. I had flowers and cupcakes and movie tickets and gift cards and an adorable outfit. Everyone who knows me knows that I love cookbooks, But I especially love Cook books about Cupcakes! I got one and it is just so cute. Fun day and thanks to all that made it special. Birthdays are not a big thing for me, but I was very humbled to be given so much love! thanks.

Sunday Seven

I haven't done my Sunday Seven post in a while. So here it goes. We have had a jam packed weekend and life (how come that never changes?) But we always have fun!!!!



After a long day at the World Wildlife zoo, Hours on the trampoline, swings and waterslide. Fun hours playing with some of the best kids around, A & A.

Fun on the water slide

Our new used swing set!

That is what it is all about.

Feeding the Giraffes

Rideing the air tram. with it being in the triple digits, it was a nice cool ride in the tree tops.

Hanging at the zoo on the FREE World Wildlife zoo on Cub Scout day!

Mother's day, Dave bought both A and I pretty flowers from the Young Women fundraiser.

Camping in Payson

We went camping in Payson this weekend, and what a fun time we had! We needed to get away. We slept right by the tonto creek and it was beautiful. We can hardly wait to go back! River jumped into the river...immediately! He brought sticks, and pine cones for us to throw into the freezing river the whole time. We made yummy Fajitas and sat around the fire.

Made My Day

So I get this strange package in the mail and it is this..for free because they published one of my recipes. Totally made my day! There is another gal from my stake too. way fun!

Magee's First Fieldtrip

Magee's kinder class went to the Phoenix Children's Museum.

It is a fun place for these little kiddos. It was not easy keeping track of all the little ones in a big room of lots of kids. Ethan's teacher is fun. All in all it was a good day!

Favorite Things Friday

I LOVE TEMPLES. I love to take pictures of temples. I HAve been having fun taking unusual pics and angles. I can't wait til I go down to San diego to get more pics of it.

manhattan temple

mesa arizona

Random Snapshots

Homemade STRAWBERRY jam. with help from my kids

Connor and His buddies A on the left & A on the right. HA-HA

Grandma & grandpa visited and I just love this. This will be a fun memory for them down the road. This is the reason that I hate... Loathe studio photo shots because they just dont capture the REAL shot you are looking for

I am not a fan of guns. That is an understatement. Anyhow, I do enjoy shooting them up in the desert by our house. These are fun pictures for my cute children.

Easter

I am so far behind in lots of things that I need to accomplish so I thought I would post a annual Easter Family Foto shoot. Aren't they cute??

Spring Camporee

I was lucky enough to work with this cute gal, My sweet friend Melisa on our Scout Districts Spring Camporee. We had a fun time, sunburns, dehydration and all. We have been working a few Months each work on this and with a great guy in our stake Allen proctor. What a great man! A fun time was had by all!

RANDOM

HERE IS SOME OF MY FAVORITE RECENT RANDOM SNAPSHOPS. i LOVE THE RANDOM BLOG ENTRIES eTHAN EATING AN ORANGE OF THE BISHOPS TREE

MAXWELL'S YUMMY 7 LAYER DIP.

dAVIDS DUTCH OVEN MONKEY BREAD

wHILE DAVID WAS IN CALI, MY FRIENDS ALL TOOK CARE OF ME AND TINK MADE ME A CUTE SIGN TO FEEL BETTER.

rIVER IS JUST BIG AND GORGEOUS AND FUN


pICKING ORANGES OFF THE ORANGE TREE FOR fhe ON WORD OF WISDOM

zIPPY'S YUMMY SPINACH DIP. WE ATE TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT

hIKING IN THE WHITE TANKS

OUR 3 LITTLE CHICKENS. THEY ARE CUTE AS CAN BE!

I heart NYC

TIMES SQUARE
CENTRAL PARK

JUST GEORGEOUS

Everyone who knows me, well...Knows that the only dream I have had in adventures. is togo to NYC. I loved it before I ever went, and I love it even more now! David made the dream come true. He took me on a romantic Getaway to Manhattan, WE HAD THE TIME OF OUR LIVES! US on top of the double decker bus

On the boat going to see the Statue Of Liberty

On the train from Long Island going into NYC.

We froze most of the trip, and i am never cold. We also took over 1000 pictures mainly of buildings. I loved the architecture

Poppy

My Grandpa as we call POPPY turned 80 and we had a huge party for him. This is a fun picture of all the grandkids and spouses minus MIKE AND MY KIDS. We had a fun time! Me and Poppy

My sisters from Left Katy, cute as a bug 6 months pregnant, me My mom, Kristy, Kyley and Kelly.

Us Girls and Uncle J. He is the Hero for all of us growing up. He is the Best!

Green Eggs and Ham

pretty good pictures for last minute on my cell phone

We had a delightful breakfast with the most delightful friends, the Maxwells. We were invited for a yummy GO GREEN breakfast and, after M and I were able to accomplish a ton of scout stuff. We are co chairing an upcoming Camporee for Cub scouts. 6 Stakes and our entire district is involved. We have lots of meetings and I will just say that I havent seen a whole lot of my kids the last few months on a regular basis. It has been fun, but so much of my attention is being stretched. I have had a rough few months and I know the Lord will bless me for the things we as a family have been facing. I even feel overwhelmed at times, but life keeps going and going, and I am surviving. Tears, sleepless nights, meetings and lots of loving supportive kids hubby and friends, and this day was particularly special because it was a morning of just fun!

I love to sew, i love Aprons and I love this fabric. I bought a whole bunch of it, and have made a few fun things out of it.

This is just a few of my favorites. I have an addiction. Ashley & Ethan where them too.Ashley and I made her an apron. She actually helped me sew it. I love the apron so much that I actually where it sometimes.

Ashley took this picture of me one day. I actually where an apron most days. I love them. This is the most comfy one and it is stained and gross but soft from being washed a ton.

later

I have been bad and not reading blogs, commenting, I just need a breath. More later...

Sundays.

I have been wanting to post this for a long time, and today I am doing it. We decided a few years ago not to do the whole Super Bowl Sunday thing ...anymore. We always had a huge party every year when we were in Utah and a year or 2 while we have been in AZ but I have always felt like it is not the thing that we should be doing on a SUNday. I love Sundays. I love that we get to stay home. for many it is HAVE to stay home. We get to stay home. We rarely travel on Sundays, we don't normally visit family. We don't go outside to play or jump on the trampoline or such. We do take cookies and treats to people and write and craft and we don't shop. We never go out to get sweet treats or food and make someone else work. I love Sundays and can actually nap now and rest. I just love Sundays. Well we recently were told by someone that we should come to a Super bowl party and we said we don't do a big superbowl thing. For many reasons, but basically because we don't want to. WELL, today was Ward Conference and it was what I needed. The theme was KEEPING THE SABBATH DAY HOLY. It was brought up too many times to count that we should not be watching the Super Bowl. Yippee. Someone, actually many agree with what David and I feel is right. It was also said along with many other things that we should be focused on our family. There is so many other things to be doing. I am going to stive harder and harder to keep the special sabbath holy. I have a lot that as a mom I need to keep working on. But for my children's sake I need to be the example of what to do, not just preach it.

...happy love day ...

We had a really fun Love day as we call it in our home. We received lots of Love treats from our friends and Grandma & Grandpa Hoopes. We also got to give a bunch of them, too. We always spend the day together as a family and this year we got to watch some friends kids so they could go and spend time alone. The kids were so fun to have and we got to do a little love day craft. WE made love book markers for our scriptures. and the little girls gave some to their favorite friends.
David eating a chocolate dipped red hot pepper I bought him from the Chocolate factory I took my preschoolers on a fieldtrip to. It is an inside joke because I am extremely allergic to then. Tink tried it too.

Ethan Opening all his love notes from his school buddies

Connorhad so many treats it was sick!

I helped out with ethan\s kinder love day party and I was incharge of the game and i did pin the heart on the love heart. The kids thought it was so fun. I could not think of anything to do because I slept like 2 hours and we had Grandma/Grandpa Hoopes staying with us ( which was so fun, so we spent our time with them) and My brain was dead !

For Valentines I do a Love basket for each of my kids and hot love. The kids love it! this year they got blankets and gloves for our campout in the mountains and a candy bar and some craft supplies.

Tink also got a special necklace from dad and I.

My cute valentine made me the cutest basket of all! all my favorite things. Rolos, raisinets my favorite gum, Orbit sweet mint a candle and an Itunes card.

My Friend Melisa M. made 100 of these chocolate heart pizzas for her scout age boys to sell for a fundraiser, we were given one for love day! We felt so priveledged!

The girls and I making bookmarks on valentines night.
THanks to all the sweet people that gave us sweet treats. We hope everyone had a special day!

We had a really fun Love day as we call it in our home. We received lots of love treats from our friends and Grandma & Grandpa Hoopes. We also got to give a bunch of them, too. We always spend the day together as a family and this year we got to watch some friends kids so they could go and spend time alone. The kids were so fun to have and we got to do a little love day craft. WE made love book markers for our scriptures. and the little girls gave some to their favorite friends.

Projects

I have been a busy little bee. Lots of sewing projects with my new sewing machine.22 Red vests that Ashley helped me make one saturday night. We copied my friend Melisa's son's vest and cut them all out and sewed them all. I wish I would have taken pictures with her sewing on the machine. I made them for each of the little Cub Scouts I work with.

I did a makover on all of the pillows on my couch. I love the pattern of the fabric and I love all the colors.

I made each of the kids a travel pillow to bring down stairs when they watch a movie. Connor's Dalmations obviously, Ethan Camo print, duh, and Ashley a cute pattern with little owls on it. they love them and take them everywhere.

I was having a day on Saturday. Pretty much a break from life as Kary as you usually know her and I needed a change. which came in the way of redoing my ENTIRE kitchen. I took the doors off the pantry, and redid it all so that they can be open and organized. I love it! I am going to paint the inside of the back walls. any ideas on a color?

I look forward to a fresh new week!

Busy week

We started our week with some friends for Fhe. then 2 different days of Play dates, and ended the weekend with a hike . Here is some fun pictures.

The kids using my parafin wax on their hands. take a peek at our garbage and recyclin. Mr. Hoopes forgot to take our garbage cans out and we are to the max!

On our hike the Kids found a skeleton of a cow. The farmers always just dump the dead ones. So sad.

The weather was just gorgeous! This is why people live in Arizona.

She cracks me up.. She is just the cutest little thing. Today at church a lady said to ashley. are you really 8 you look 6. I wanted to say welcome to our world of little people!

David thought he was soooooo cool that he could spin it. He actually spun it for a bit too.

Connor on his 3rd play date of the week. His buddies A & A came to play, these are 2 of the best kids on the planet they are the youngest of 6 boys. their mother is a SUPERSTAR to raise 6 amazing boys with so much respect and integrity. We had such a fun night playing with these boys.

For FHE we played with the Maxwell family Dash out. It was fun running around like a bunch of chickens and nothing got broken.

Connor on the 1st Playdate of the week. With M they were riding bikes.

Tink thinks she is so slick. She actually is soooo good on those skates, she scares us. but she has really good coordination. it is fun to see her smile and no teeth!

We worked hard all week and our upcoming is even busier. You would not believe that every weekend in Jan, February we have had a scout training or church activity. We already have 3 weeks in March the same way. Yikes. Our babysitters are getting rich, and our friends have been so helpful to watch them.

sleep what is that?

the kids thought it was so funny because i was sooooo druged up for 2 weeks. I don't remeber taking these at all. thanks david

arent I so pretty??? NOT

I am an insomniac. bad. I can't sleep. it is 3:15 and I have to get up at 7 to get the kids to school and I am wide awake. So my gal brittany asked, or should I say Dared us ladies to post not so pleasant pictures of our selves, so here are mine. watchout

Dash Out

So we did a game night with our friends the M Family. They are the coolest Bunch! They have 6 boys. and 5 came, one is at BYU idaho. we all had a great time. One of their older boys A has decided she wants to marry a man just like him. Connor and their twins get along great! The funny thing is the older boys kept asking are your sure we won't break anything, and I was not clear as to how the game really went. That is until we played.It is called dash out and it is a hoot! So basically we all run around and you have to hit the game thing on these colored disks. We are totally buying the game. it is so fun. It is not a game where you can get great pictures at least not of me, because you are running around like a chicken, trying to find the right disks! We had some refreshments of the Chocolate fountain and spinach artichoke dip, and a fun time with some great friends.!

Blog worthy???

I don't know about you...but everything that happens in our house is blog worthy..or Not Blog worthy! This made me laugh because it is soooo me. How about You?

The Holy Grail of Races...The pinewood Derby

Connor had his 2nd out of 3 pinewood derbies and He won 1st place! We thought it was pretty cool. Connor was a very good sport about not rubbing it in. He did a great job. As the picture above. His car was totally GHETTO! he took one of my old phones and smashed it to pieces then collected all the pieces and put it together. The cars name was "no signal". He has a very creative mind. His best buddy who is a Wolf came in 2nd so Both families were pretty surprised because both had basic nothing special cars. all the other cars were way aerodynamic. Not Connor's....
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David & Brother S judging while the Bishop spoke to the boys about sportsmanship. We had some trash talking at primary the week before, and a couple mom's called so I asked the Bishop to speak to the boys.

the dorky Cubmaster...oh wait that is me with my dumb haircut. it is so short in the back.

connor excited for the races to begin

the week before the races connor was so proud of his card.

Thanks grandma & Grandpa Hoopes for the card. Connor loved it and made him feel very special. Oh the joys of having kids. I just love it!

Sundays.

I love sundays. It is my favorite day. I love having church and we never plan to go anywhere. Sometimes we have friends or family for dinner but it is always a day off!

25 Random things

So i have been tagged by 11 people on facebook to do this and I am finally doing it .

25 random things about me

1. My life's dream was to be a mom
2. I love my husband is my favorite person on the planet and would rather be with him than anyone..all day...every day...i never get sick of him.
3. I hate chocolate and peanut butter together. but seperate okay.
4. i value my friendships more than anything.
5. Church and our family of 5 are the most important things to us. Church and my families plans, trumps everything else or other plans.
6. i am an internet junkie. I love the computer, or should I say internet. I am a googlier. I blog stalk but don't blog as much as i would like to.I love to text on my cell phone but hate talking
7. I dream of going to NYC in the winter.
8. I love utah. everything about it.
9. I joined the church when i was 17 and most people think i have been a member my whole life( i lived like a member growing up)
10. When I take a shower (at least 2times aday) it takes me less than 2 minutes to shampoo, conditioner wash and shave. I am speedy gonzalez.
11. I hate my new hair cut. but I have never colored my hair.
12. I love to clean...everything.
13. I use to never leave my kids my kids with babysitters or friends. The guilt and everything. now. between david and I we have so many meetings for church and school, etc. they are left 2 much in my opinion. yikes. i hate it.
14. I loved nursing my 3 kids. 2 years for 2 of them and cried when I had to stop.
15. I am severly claustrophobic. and i am a forever insomniac
16. I have a weird thing with textures of food. I don't eat much meat because of it.
17. I am not a good disiplinarian. David is though.
18. I love to eat bean and cheese burritos.
19. I have some of the best girlfriends in the world and very good about keeping intouch. but in High school, I hung out with all the guys. Never dated any of them, but was part of them. I was a late bloomer with the dating scene and made up after high school.
20. I never smoked anything in my life and all my sisters and family smokes, so i am the odd man out.
21. I love to garden and do yard work, but hate doing it in the heat of the summer.
22. I can not wait to serve a mission and work in the temple with david someday.
23. I love to sew and craft but rarely find the time to anymore.
24. i constantly feel guilty what more I could do give service to the people around me. Including my kids and husband. I never feel like I have done enough.
25. I love yummy cupcakes and have lots of cupcake recipe books.

S/H Moving company

I had to post about this because it was just too funny to pass it up! We have been dejunking and simplifying. So we thought! We were given a 60 inch tv and so we had to get it up to our room. That was a project! So Jared, David and Our friend Tommy all moved the tv up, they did a great job with only a few knicks in the wall. Oh we laughed so hard with memories of PIVOT from the Friends episode. Oh we laughed. Poor Jared was slammed against the wall while they tried to get the Tv around the corner. Oh it was so funny.


Here in our room and the TV is humongous


So fast forward a few days later we got rid of some tv's and an a HUGE tv stand and the trick was getting it down stairs. So we called a bunch of families that came for game night for Family Home Evening and then we put them to work. The S, C, T families and thank goodness for Jared's truck the S/H moving company at your service.

Random Snapshots of our Crazy Life

The kids after church in timeout, and oh were they mad!


boring pillow
After: not so boring pillow

M's 8th bday. I made him a non dairy rice crispy cake!

David is 33. Holy moly his gets more handsome by the minute.

This 60 inch was given to us and it is in our room! it is way too big, but free!

FHe playing Wii, eating cake, making derby cars with the H and S families. Fun times were had by all.

David Got 2 cakes, 1 was a snickers ice cream cake!

I am all about the Random. aand this is one random after random.

TGIF

I am not normally happy for the week to end, but I am this week. I love my life. I love my cute companion and I love my 3 little lovebugs, but my plate is full. So much of everything in my heart and my mind this week.

I have a big x-large cup that runneth over with so many good people in my life! I have been blessed and I am thankful. Some people in our lives come and go and some come and stay. Thank heavens for the ones that stay. I love the sweet little people that stay close. The older I get the wiser I get and I am learning...very slowly learning.... to let things go. Life brings us sunshine and rain, although rain is my favorite thing. Metaphorically speaking we have to let the rain go away and look at the sunshine. If my itty bitty family weren't a part of my day, I would never be able to see the sunshine. So as much as I hate the heat, Let the sun shine down on me!

My not so sad story

So this is my not so sad story... I have horrible food allergies, and skin allergies.
I get hives and Anaphylasis if i eat the wrong thing, but my skin does crazy things. I every so often get these horrible skin breakouts, where layers of my skin under my rings, crack, and bleed and HURT! I was getting ready to post on the picture when I read NIENIE's blog about her burns and I have NOTHING to complain about! I can't imagine how much pain she is in, becuase my stupid little fingers hurt so bad when they are in this state. So the moral of the story is, when we are going through something, physically, spiritually, mentally, jsut remember there is someone going through it worse and we have no place to complain,,,and that is my 2 cents!

cute hubby tag

This is our wedding day with our parents

1.What is your husband's full name? David John Hoopes, or love or lovebug he will respond to any

2.How long have you been married? 10 1/2 years

3.How long did you date? a year and 3 weeks

4.How old is he? 33 on Tuesday he just keeps getting better, too.

5.Who eats more sweets? David.

6.Who said "I Love You" first? David, infact I didn't really talk to him for over a week because it freaked me out, and then I eventually said it too.

7.Who is taller? David

8.Who can sing best? David can sing but he wont admit it. I sing in the car awesome though! when I am by myself.

9.Who is smarter? We both are smarter in different areas. We have different things we focus our learning energy on. I am definetly smarter when reading people.

10.Who does laundry? I do, David is only aloud to take the clothes out of the dryer.

11.Who pays the bills? I do

12.Who sleeps on the right side?I sleep to David's left. so I sleep on the right side if you are looking at the bed. But it is the wrong side. I like the left, so when he travels I sleep on that side

13.Who mows the lawn? He does most of the time, but I wish he would let me

14.Who cooks dinner? We both do. He does all the bbqing though cause he is awesome at it.

15.Who drives? Most of the time David does.

16.Who's first to admit when they are wrong? Me, but he is always sweet with everything he does

17.Who kissed whom first? David kissed me first... We had been dating over 2 weeks. I still can't believe we held out so long.

18.Who asked who out first?I invited David to a Single Adult Dance and he came. I didn't know he doesnt dance.

19.Who wears the pants? He does.

Random Snapshots

We Have been blessed by good friends,good fun, and good opportunities, Good Learning this week.

Good fun...lots of Wii bowling with the S family and their kids when they had a work party Friday night. We love to hang out with those kiddos. D got the chance to play some Nintendo DS by himself. It was pretty funny. Normally Conman, M, Magee, and J are all connected wirelessly to their games.

Good Oppourtunity... I started preschool again out of my home. It is sooooo fun. I love it! I have a group of darling little lovebugs. My Dining room is a fun preschool room now!
and Tink got the oppourtunity to seperate our laundry. she actually likes it and she is good at it. She is a great helper, so I am glad that I gave her the OPPOURTUNITY to help me clean..he-he

Good Learning... Both David and I are serving in Scouting Capacities and loving it. There is always challenges but that comes with anything. I had 4 days in6 of meetings, and Both David and I went to a training for most of Saturday and it was very enlightening. It makes you realize all the other things in life just don't matter. Just raising our precious kids.

Good Friends...the kids have some great friends that came this week. Connor has a sweet spot for little baby A. she is the cutest thing ever and we love when their parents ask us to watch their little ones. we snuggle and love on her. M and J get along so good with our kids so it is great! they love to play games.... for hours!

tender mercies

I am so thankful for tender mercies from the Lord. My little kids that call me mom take better care of me sometimes than I do of them. I have not been feeling so great the last 2 weeks, flu, and then cracked my tooth and my tongue is all swelled up from rubbing against the sharp tooth, and they have been so sweet and helpful. I sometimes wonder why I have been trusted to take care of them? At any rate, I am sure greatful for them. They are so sweet and pure and lovely.

My sweet little Niece

I couldn't pass up this blog entry... My cute little Niece Sierra is a sweet little spirit. So my sister Katy called me to give me a heads up the gift from her sweet little girl. Sierra is the cutest little child and her and her mom, my sister, were at the dollar store one day. Well Sierra found this Picture (plaque) of the Virgin Mary. She informed my sister that she HAD to get it for me.
To make a long story short i was touched. Katy said I know you don't put up pictures or idols like that, but Sierra said it was perfect for me and she said Sierra saw me as spiritual. How cute is that! I will cherish it. Little kids are the cutest things. The things that they pick up on. Thanks Sierra for your sweet thoughts of me! Love you.

Friday Foto overload...Watch Out!

This is foto overload! this is the last 2 weeks of our crazy holiday break. New years, Christmas, Christmas eve, New Years, New Year's eve, Sea world, Ashley's Baptism,Lego Land, California Beaches...and lots more. We had a fun 2 weeks. Definetly with laughs, Family, tears, Friends, drama, but lots of fun! We had some tiring days and they caught up to Ethan on Sunday when he came down sick sunday and monday and it hit me thurs and friday. I have been home sick as a dog. I hate being sick! thanks for the kind calls and emails from loved ones. This was a busy time for us, but lots and lots of fun. Santa brought the kids all Nintendo Ds games, Kary got A real knife set and a pair of tenny runners, David got a whole thing of tools. We have been very blessed and we are greatful for all the time we got to spend with our loved friends and family.

Z playing WII bowling


Fire pit with smores. It was a fun night and the weather was gorgeous!

Grandma & Grandpa Hoopes got a special picture gift from the grandkids, at the Hoopes party in Gilbert Aunt Bobbi & Aunt Becky 2 did a great job making it!

With my family I got 2 ladybug garden stepping stones. thanks mom

Connor out shooting his new bbgun on New years eve

Ashley and her cousin L singing karaoke Hannah Montana

Ashley and Daddy at her baptism. Ashley had lots of loved ones that came and shared in her special day. We are so greatful for her example to us and for her sweet spirit. thanks to all that took the time to share in her special day!

Ashley's new Baptism dress. She was the prettiest thing.

all the cousins on the Buettner side at our Holiday party.

In San Diego at Seaport Village

Christmas morning in Cali

New Jammies Christmas eve.

Seaport Village

Oceanside Pier. This is where David and I grew up.

Oh I love these kids. they are so good to be my photography guinea pigs

Ethan driving his own car at Lego land

6 of the Hoopes Grandkids, minus 4. what a funny bunch

Our newest little K. she is so sweet.

Sea World freezing our tails off. It was raining and cold. We only lasted 2 hours. But it was still fun.

Talk about photo overload, Huh?

Random Snapshots of our Crazy Life

We have been so busy with holiday parties and life.These pictures are from making cookies with Nana, and playing at the Mccormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale. That place is just awesome!r

Ward Holiday Party

Magee and Santa

Tink and Santa

Connorman and Santa

Some of my gals from book club. Z, me and N

We have the best ward. We sure have fun! We had a yummy ham dinner and lots of laughs!

Ashley is 8

Our little girl is 8, oh my. She is a cute little thing. She got French toast for breakfast, Her favorite Mexican place for diner, a Cake and nana and Poppy and Uncle rich to sing with all of us and Tommy. Gifts, Baptism shoes, and A new art center corner in her room, Followed by a night out with her favorite friends to see the movie Bolt, and dinner at Mcdonalds. Thanks to Aunt Kyley for her help too. A fun time was had by all!

My TINK..

She is a breath of fresh air in my day.

She is a sweet devoted sister to her brothers.

She is my side kick chef.

She loves to make homeade bread.

She is a tiny thing.

she Loves to color and create and is always cutting

She love to do laundry and knows how to sort all the clothes so well!

She loves snuggle.

She wants to be a Zookeeper when she grows up, and loves animals.

She loves Jonas Bothers, High School musical and Hannah Montana

She is very photogenic.

She is my favorite .... Daughter that is.

She will be baptized this month and can hardly wait, she talks daily about it.

She loves to shop,and got to Target and loves clothes.

She is a thumbsucker and loves soft blankets.

I could go on and on, she is my darling mini- me and I a so greatful for her. She is such a good exampleto our family

Boldy

BOLDly go where no woman has gone before....
BOLDly go where no woman has gone before....BOLD TAG.. bold the things that you've done before.
1.Started your own blog
2.Slept under the stars
3.Played in a band
4.Visited Hawaii
5.Watched a meteor shower
7. Been to Disneyland
6.Given more than you can afford to charity
8.Climbed a mountain
9.Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo. and I never will!
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14.Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty1
18 Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20.Slept on an overnight train
21.Had a pillow fight (is there really anyone who hasn't?)
22.Hitch hiked
23.Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (don't lie...you know you all have!!!)
24.Built a snow fort
25.Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung Karaoke..and Hated it
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant...many many times
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance )
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (my own wedding video...counts for me)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job..For joining the church, they were scientologists
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone ..only my thumb, and a fracture in one of my vertebrae
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant

SEVEN

SEVEN

Connor At golf practice. he has been going strong for over 2 years

This cracks me up, we were so tired and it was like 7pm while we were out doing a fire in the pit. We looked totally messed up.

With a rough little couple of days, My cute hubby bought me a dozen roses. He put them in my car while I was at a Cub Scout meeting and they were in my steering wheel. He is cuter than cute !

We can get our fire pit on again. We finally got a new one, since our other one was busted by the huge water slide that blew over and cracked the other one.. Fire pits here we go... All winter long...

We are decorated for Christmas. Inside and out.

The kids tree. I call it the UgLY tree. If you saw you would know what I am talking about!

The Pretty tree.

This is the SEVEN Good things in my week of my busy Household. I love all the crazy things that come up and I especially love, Random!

Random

I just love things that are random! SO here is the scoop. I love to blog stock blogs on pictures and photographym i found this gals webblog on a few friends blogs,and thought I should check it out. Well her name happen to be ALLIE HOOPES. So i have been checking out her blog for a few months,and thought I should write her and see if our husbands are related? Well she just emailed me back and.... we are family, somehow cousins. distant cousins. but related. Just too fun. I can't wait to find out exactly how. Anyway, I just love Random! It totally made my day, right when I was having a moment from another email I had received. I love little things in life that are RANDOM!

Thankful heart

I am so thankful for my many blessings.

- a husband who take me to Twilight...and likes it. ( he thought that it was really good and wasn't as romantic as he thought it would be..WHAT?) He is the nicest, most thoughtful guy on the planet. He is so much better of a man I could ever imagined I could be blessed to be married to. I definetly don't deserve him.
-kids who bring stories home that they made to surprise me.
- kids who just for no reason, give me anose wiggle and say i love you momma.
- parents that come to dinner and just enjoy being with us.
- a good group of girlfriends, who have your back, don't get offended at your many mistakes, love you unconditionally, tell you sweet things, go to movies with and just the thoughtful cards, treats, calls of concerns prayer and love! I love friends
- service. The act of serving people and receiving service. We helped some friends in our ward move last weekend, my mom watched the kids and we had such a great time! thanks for letting us serve
-my Bosch mixer for lots of yummy homemade rolls, cinnamon rolls, breads, and other things to add to my hips
-my granite countertops for rolling our all of my homeade bread,and putting hot pans right on. I don't know how I could ever go back.
-my wood floors, for helping my son and I with our allergies and making life more sneeze free.
-my garden.. for all the yummy organic things to eat
-our families, for all their love and prayers
-my Ipod for many hours of enjoyment
- my treadmill for making it so easy to work out when it is so stinkin hot outside and when my kids are sleeping so I don't have to go anywhere.
- for my husband's good job to help us acheive our financial goals, and putting food on the table.
-the gospel for making life so easy. The simple truths that teach us everything we need to know to get back to our Father in heaven.
- the missionaries that taught me because they help me see what I needed to see
-our callings. They sure bring us joy, and pain, but we always learn from them. We get stronger and better, and More compassionate having to deal with stuff you don't want to.
-the priesthood. I would not be who I am with out it, and would not understand the gospel near as much! I am so thank ful for it in my home.

Gobble, Gobble Gobble, Fat Turkey Day.

Flag football. His first attempt at anything with his new Achilles Tendon.

My Turkey. so juicy

David's SMoked Turkey.Amazing

David and His bird

The kitchen at 620 pm. 15 minutes after guests left. Yeah it is clean again

Jumping on the tramp with Aunt Kyley.
We have a good turkey day. Nana, Pop Poppy, and Uncle rich came over and it was the smallest crowd we have ever had, but it was great! Another turkeyday come and gone





Our spread. wich was really yummy

Connor sharing his Thanksgiving Story, he surprised us with! He is the most thoughtful kid.

8 Tag

I was tagged from a few friends

Eight shows I watch (no particular order)
1. Kbyu
2. Greys anatomy
3. House
4. The oFFICE OUR FAVORITE
5. America's Funniest Videos
6. General hospital, very rarely
7.Private Practice
8. The Unit
the only one I watch the night of is the Office. We are normally to busy to watch much, but I love reruns on Hulu and online

Eight of my Favorite Restaurants
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Taco Smell
3. Chipotle
4. Dieos in Downtown Oceanside, Ca
5. Red Robin
6. Chipotle
7. the cheepest dive mexican 24 hour place
8. Any salad bar place

Eight things that happened yesterday
1. Took pictures of Ashley
2. Went to lunch with my sister and mom and kids and cute hubby
3.Helped some of our cute friends move into their new house. We had so much fun!
4. Went to Twilight and Dinner with some friends
5. Got ready for Sunday, ironed folded, packed church bag
6. Got ready to sub for a primary class
7. Did scout stuff, which I do everyday, it is never ending!
8. Made a beautiful flower bouquet for my kitchen

8Eight Things on my wish list
1.To be able to sleep.
2. a good pair of running shoes
3. more time with david
4. gas to keep going down in price
5. my car to run better
6. Keep motivated for working out
7. our grass to grow to i Dont have so much stuff on the wood floors
8. the weather to keep getting colder

8 things I am looking forward to.
1. going to Sea world in December
2. Christmas at my in-laws
3. Ashley's baptism in December
4. The economy turning around for everybody we love who is stuggling
5. a 5day weekend with David, ( he has so much extra time off he has to use it up)
6. going this week to Twilight with David, so He can see what I have been dreaming about for a year.
7.Making thanksgiving dinner, and lots of treat for our friends and family for the Holidays.
8. Having lots of guests over for Thanksgiving and Tink's Baptism, and holiday parties. Yippee

sunday Seven

Here is my Sunday 7 for the week
Lots of cereal in food store closet. Yeah I love Fry's 1.00 cereals

Lots of food storage. Love food Storage

Good friends who give and give.... I will post my picture of other favorite frinds from Twilight Movie night. I am surrounded with the Best Gals around.


Taking Pictures of Ashley. She sure is a pretty thing....

I came down Stairs and the kids were all playing cars so nicely, It is always so fun to see them so sweet with each other.

A new do. I feel so much lighter, now what can I do to get everything off the Hips??

Here is my Sunday 7 for the week

Family Tag

Family Tag

1. How many people are in your family? 5

2. When did you get married? June 20, 1998...10 whole years already....where did the time go?

3. Are your children boys or girls? boy, girl, boy

4. What do you do for fun as a family? watch movies, watch americas funniest videos, do fire pits in the backyard, go to Cabelas, go hiking, go fishing

5. Is your family complete, or are you planning on having more children? The ship sailed in april for me to have any more children, but we have always planned to adopt. We will see if the Lord has that in the cards for us.

I tag anyone that wants to do it, It is a short one

Locks for Love

Well my hair has been growing for quite some time and got past the point of no return and kept saving them for locks for love. Well I found this fancy salon in phoenix and 2 of my girlfriends said they want to do LOCK FOR LOVE too so they went with. We had been planning this for a while, and it was great! we got free haircuts too! Here is the results...this is beforeThis is after
End result. I am very happy. it turned out cute and I love it! My hair is so much darker, too because all the long light colored hair is gone!

weekend update

We had a great, fun busy weekend. We never stopped and we had a great time! We had 2 weddings receptions, a sealing, a 3 mile walk for charity, a family dinner and baby blessing,and lots of driving! We sure had fun though. Then for Family Home Evening we had a fire pit and roasted marshmellows and then grandpa and grammy showed up to spend the evening with us. We had lots of fun.




Our cute sister inlaw and her girls and our family all walked in the PHOEnix MS WALK. We met so early and we were tired from a late night, but it was a great time

Cousins dancing and putting on a show from High School Musical

Roasting marshmellows with grandpa

Ethan Playing all at Aunt Bobbi's

Yeah we are done with the 3 mile walk, and these are the free tshirts that we got!

Have you voted??

We did and it took 5 minutes tops. Sorry to anyone who had 4 hour lines!!!

Our Garden Update

We all were asked in our stake to plant gardens and eat and store from them. After much labor we are beginning to see the product of our labors and it is really exciting!

sweet baby carrots


Radishes. Yuck, but Uncle Rich and David love them so I always plant them!

Tomatoes

Corn

Romaine lettuce and spinach lettuce

Tomatoes

Cantaloupe

Honeysuckle we planted to bring the bees in to pollenate our garden. We planted 4 of these and we love them!

We have lots more planted but this is just an update

Halloween

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We have really tried to stay low key lately, because alot of things come up spur of the moment and we have to readjust our plans. We like plans way ahead in advance, but we are adapting. but here is some fun pics from the last week of us. We got a new camera. The camera I have waited my whole life for . the real deal photographer kind. Here is some fun, way clear pics from the new camera...

Here in town everyone trick or treats the night before halloween because the town has a huge halloween party , so we got trick or treaters which is just weird!We even trick or treated at poppy and unce rich's house. Nana and kelly gave us candy at their house. we had a fun night, but boy were we tired.

these are random snapshots, with my favorite new toy and we have had fun learning how to use it.

We had 39 of us the other day for Baked Potatoe bar and potluck desserts. We had a great time . We have a wonderful ward family! thanks families that came and shared in the laughs.

My companion

I saw this on a couple people's blogs so I thought I would join in!

1. Where did you meet? ~I was in the same ward as his parents and the bishop asked us to write all the missionaries. We had 11 missionaries in the ward at the time, so i sent christmas cards. he wrote back while on his mission and we met after he got home, and we have been together, with a few breaks inbetweeen. the rest is happy history!

2. How long did you date before you got married? ~June -february, engaged from early February to end of june. Married june 20.

3. How long have you been married? ~10 years plus

4. What is your favorite feature of his? ~he is not judgemental, actually probably to nice.

5. What is your favorite quality of his? ~He is a great father. He still romances me even with our little bit of time we have together sometimes

6. Does he have a nickname for you? ~He is cute. sweetheart, honey, lovebug, which is my word from my grandmother.and I hate it when he calls me kary

7. What is his favorite color? ~blue.

8. What is his favorite food? ~steak potatoes, meat

9. What is his favorite sport? ~Chargers, and any football.

Lakers and any basket ball. Golf, we watch it all

10. When and where was your first kiss? ~June 18th on a water seadoo, in parker az on a young single adult activity.
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? ~ Go to the temple. We both like to watching a movie or one of our favorite shows. We very rarely go out though.

12. Do you have any children? ~3 Connor 9 Ashley almost 8 and Ethan 5 1/2

13. Does he have a hidden talent? ~he can tie flys for fly fishing. he can sing but he says he can't. he's not fantastic but good

14. How old is he? ~32 til january 13

15. Who said "I love you" first? ~He did. I actually was very reluctant to recipricate and didn't for about a week.

16. What is his favorite type of music? ~he is not a big music guy. but josh groban and country.

17. What do you admire most about him? ~I like that most of the time I don't have to ask him to help out around the house. and the backyard he just goes and does it! He always takes care of his church responsibilities as well. He is a busy guy and balances all of it pretty well. I appreciate that he takes 50% of the load of me and we are an equal partnership.

18. What is something you would change about him? That he would be less quiet. I always have to get him to open up. Only about things that are important to him will he stand up for something.

19. What is his dream car? an Infinit g35 or Chevy pickup. someday he will get them

20. Does he enjoy his job? He does. He is really good at it too! He is the hardest worker I know!

Twilight movie

Well it is official my friends who I love,

Twilight the movie starts in 21 days. It premieres November 21. I want to get the tickets bought ahead of time and there is many of you already interested, so let me know if you want to join a big group of us and go and do the whole Major Fan thing! I was thinking about maybe Saturday Matinee?Invite your friends and family too! Mark your calendars, and send me an email if you want to join us. We have been waiting a long time for this.YIPPEE!

the more the better!

awards show

Well Connor and Ashley both made the Honor roll this Quarter, Kinders don't get them I guess. They were so proud! Good little lovebugs that we have.

Ethan going back to class

You can't tell, but today was backwards day so their shoes pants and shirts are all on backwards!

Lots of fun events

We have been so stinkin busy for pretty much the last few months, and I don't see any sign of it changing. I get a little overwhelmed sometimes, that it is soooooo busy! Well Connor and Ashley were asked to be in a Fireside for a theme of "Our Responsibility for the Children of a Noble Birthright" It was awesome! the kids practiced for the last 7 weeks and sang this beautiful song with women and girls of all ages. there was only 30 people asked from the whole stake, so it was a great Honor for the kids. They aren't great singers, but they did awesome. You could hear Connor's sweet voice the whole time. Tink was cute as can be. My mom came, which we were so happy to have her. Thanks Nana for coming to all the kids things that you can. We feel very lucky to have such great kiddos. They are the cream of the crop!

Our stake pres. Brown said somthing that has always been a discussion in our home, that you should not have to many other extracurricular SPORTS on your kids schedule. I totally agree. He says the focus of the family gets interupted. I totally agree. Piano or Musical lessons, scouts, acheivement days ( which ashley is already attending sometimes) and Fhe should be the family centered activities. We do all of those and I am thankful we haven't gotten the kids into all the stuff that isn't necessary. David thinks sports are important, I just feel like they shouldn't be the focus. Anyway. It was a wonderful fireside and many things were learned and taught to us and I am greatful for the church. They give us so many tools to be better parents and better friends, and better Christ centered people ! ETHAN CONNOR AND TINK AFTER CHURCH ANd they still looked decent

Our week

We have had a very eventful week.

Friday night we went to the fair.

Saturday, we ripped all the carpet from downstairs out and put laminate in. Thank goodness for some of our favorite people, Sean and Michelle. They Helped out Saturday, all day and then all Day monday. That was our families FHE, even though FHE should be with ONLY your family. They are like family! WE ADORE Your guys and your help.

Sunday, David got called into the Bishopric, which was reorganized, and We are excited for the oppourtunity to him to learn from Bishop Bourgeous. He is a great man. WE love our ward. This is the best ward we have ever been in.

Monday, We worked for a good part of the day and finished the flooring. Thanks again to our buddies for their all day help.

Tuesday, David's mom and dad ran in to town with only 1 day notice to have David's dad ordain him to a High Priest. We had Ice cream sundaes when we got back. We only got to see them for a few hours on tuesday and they helped carve pumpkins with the kids and then Early Wed morning they were gone back to California! Thanks sooo much for the making the time to come for Us.

Wed, the kids had a bunch of friends over to watch Camp Rock, and Dance our hearts out, while their parents got to go to dinner. Yeah, it was fun to dance with them, and boy was I tired.

Thursday, 14 jars of raspberry jam, made, Downstairs cleaned and rearranged furniture. Done!

My house had never been so messy before!

Busy, busy.

Connor and ashley braved this rollercoaster, they did it last 2 years as well.

Well this week and weekend was as busy as usual. We went to the Arizona State Fair on Friday night. We always go on opening night because it is $1.00. The entire night's expenses went like this. Dinner at wendy's in the car. 11.00 for the whole family. Gas.... More than we like to talk about. Entrance to the Fair. &4.00 for the WHOLE Family. David's staple at the fair, Funnel cake $6.00, and 4.00 for Cotton candy. An entire night of family fun.....$25.00 Now that is a bargain!!!!

Connor's Belated bday party

Connor turned 9, almost 2 months ago, but we have had NOOOO time to do a party, we have postponed it a few times, so we decided last week to set the time and did. We mailed out invites Monday, hand delivered in the neighborhood on tuesday, and tonight was the night. We actually had quite a few friends that came, most of our family is far and it is short notice and lots of cool moms and dad helped us out with all the kiddos. We had nachos, hotdogs, snow cones, cupcakes a treasure hunt, rice crispy treat cake, and a lot of fun. Connor requested a lightsaber cake, so I did it with rice crispies and frostin. Thanks to all that came and we got to enjoy Connor's celebration together. Well, now we can move on to the next celebration....

Lots of reading ahead, so keep scrolling down, down...

Team Hoopes

So my sister-in-law signed up to do the MS walk in the phoenix zoo in November. She wanted any and all participants to come join in the walk donate, etc. Well we signed up that day. We are very excited to take part in it, and she had a goal to raise $100.00 then raised it. Well, she is way past that. So if you would like to participate and join us, come along Nov 8th or if you just want to donate, any and all donations will be accepted!

http://walkaza.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WLK_AZA_homepage
this is the web page you can donate to!

My Favorite things....

My Food saver... self explanatory Inside greenhouse... to start my plants inside and get them hardy before planting in the garden. Love it!!!

Fettuccine, Garlic bread with Johnny's garlic spread and My homemade Parmesean asiago cheese crusties, ( there is a story behind this. I made dinner recently for all of our family and some friends, and they all asked me what are these yummy parmesean things. i said" Parmesean crusties" and they said " it sounds gross when you call them Crusties, But I don't know what else to call them? All I know is they taste Delicioso! We eat this meal about 3 times a week. It is a great meal of a very tight budget!
My Magee, he is silly and fun and darling and throws the cutest tantrums and I just adore him. Magee is the sweetest 5 year old. He has the most infectious laugh and loves his momma. He has OCD bad about little things, like his shoes and socks have to be on just right. No one can touch his food and many more things. His best friend is Landon and he loves to have playdates. He doesn't get to take piano lessons yet but he sure loves to play on piano and mimic his big siblings. He is truly a 3Rd child. neglected in someways and overly spoiled in others. He is also the baby of the family so we have let him run the show a bit and we are paying for it now. We just can't imagine a day without his hugs and nose wiggles. He loves to get in the shower. He would get in 5 times a day if i let him! He wants to play soccer in the spring and I bet he will be really good at it. He is a slob in the room, Connorman is very tidy and hates magee's lazy ways! He was the perfect way to round out our family to 5. We love you Ethan Magethan

Little Lovebugs Preschool

-I am going to start teaching Preschool again.

Yeah... I have the perfect setup for it this time. I taught for 2 years before. Once at a friends house and then a year in my Very small Chandler home. Let me tell you ,it was small so it will great to have lots of room to read, learn and play!

Every Monday & Wednesday from 9-11:30.
We will work on Phonetics of all the letters and numbers and colors, among many other art projects and fun stuff!.
If you are interested or know anyone else please pass the word along

November 3 classes begin at 9 am. If you have any questions let me know.

A Day Off...

*** Alert*** I have had a great day, with a few minor bumps, but I am actually in a good mood, sorry if it doesn't sound like it.****

The kids have half day every wed, so they have piano and then we head to phoenix for golf lessons and today, I am not going to lessons, we will take connor on Sat, because I just needed a break from my reagularness ( I love my Regular routine, so that is big I actually need a break)

Have you ever wanted to slip away from your life. I often think of how nice it will be when we are dead and in the ground and not dealing with this thing called life. I have sure thought how much easier it will be. I get tired of the same monotony that complications in life give us. In our stake they have told everyone " Be not Offended'. I sure feel like that statement should carry on to the whole church. Keep your crummy comments to yourself and get over it. Just last week I was talking with a friend and she said, some people just need to get there panties out of a bunch. I feel like we are on the right track and then it takes one person's twisted view of you and BAAAAAM all out the window.

At womens conference we were told to love one another , and I do that. I love everyone. There is no one I don't like, sure there I people I keep away from but.... I love, care and serve everyone I can! I just received a letter the other day from a sweet friend, and then the next day an email from another that they appreciated my help love, friendship and service on their behalf. I can tell you that if you come across my path, I will help you. That is if you will let me! Since my little man went to Kinder I have but aside alot of time for my loved ones to help them out! If you are in need. Call me, and I will be there. I on numerous occasions get screwed up on spending too much time doing too much, but I can't help it, I am always busy. The bottom line.....
- I love my cute companion and kids
-I love to serve and help others.
-I too have frustrating days, not many, but I do have them
-I have wonderful friends and they truely know me.
-I know that I take on too much and I know it, but "trying" to be super mom can be rewarding sometimes!
-I love callings in the church to challenge us
-If I have offended you, know that it is NOT INTENTIONAL. Please don't bottle it up inside communicate whether you like to or not. Talk to me. I am human and need to be forgiven for my short comings as well.

peace out!

Random Snapshots of our Crazy Life

My Favorite song is EVERYTHING BY Michael Buble. One of the lines of the song says, In this crazy life. That is us, a fun But crazy Life.....but it is our life and here is some snapshots when I downloaded the camera today.

So apparently Sunday while I was taking a nap, Ashley got busy fixing up dads hair, can't you tell he was thrilled, but a trooper! Love my New Food saver....

After school snack today. Hot chocolate chip cookies and apple slices and caramel. Yummy! I am so greatful to be home to be able to make the kids an after school snack.

Friday night while the guys were out at the campout in the mountains, us 4 ladies and ashley painted nails and toes, mani pedis. I was in much need of it. thanks ladies it was alot of fun!



David caught his First bass and it actually tasted pretty yummy!

OUR NEW GARDEN! YEAH

Cucumbers Tomatos
Squash

Some of our veggie starters in the kitchen
We are busy. That is all I can say

Relief Society Conference.... General Conference

I love this time of the season when we get to watch broadcasts from SALT LAKE. I love it!!! Bi yearly I go up to the church to watch the RS broadcast with my fellow sisters of the stake and my friends. I can not remember the last time I missed one. Our stakes that we have been in have always encouraged the women to go up to the church not just watch it from home,, and It is more of a pain, but always sooooo much better! I can't wait for this weekend to sit and watch it. We have friends coming over Sunday to eat, listen, play and be in our jammies. It will be fun to hang out and get spiritually edified! So tune in, we are a blessed people to have living prophets!

Fun Tag

1. Where is your cell phone? Kitchen Counter
2. Your significant other? My best friend next to me on the couch
3. Your hair? light brown with red
4. Your mother? Hard worker and a smart cookie
5. Your father?Passed away
6. Your favorite thing? my husband ,my kids, my ipod,friends, my garden,who said there is just one thing!
7. Your dream last night? adopting a baby
8. Your favorite drink? Water with lemons
9. Your dream/goal? having all my food storage and living outside of the desert
10. The room you’re in? family room
11. Your hobby? food storage, gardening, organizing, taking pictures
12. Your fear? not raising our kids to their fullest potential, and that they are self sufficient and smart about life
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? 37, finished with school, with a glorious garden and lots of fruit on my trees to can and preserve, hanging out with my favorite people, hopefully somewhere cooleror maybe with a boat to stay in the water to stay cooler
14. What you’re not? selfish, self centered
15. Muffins? Blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? a professional camera, which i should be getting in a few weeks, Yee-haw, I have been waiting a long time for this!
17. Where you grew up? Oceanside,California
18. The last thing you did? Took a shower after running on the treadmill
19. What are you wearing? Comfy clothes
20. Favorite gadget? laptop or Ipod, that is a tie
21. Your pets? Piper O'possum,and River Jake, our dogs
22. Your computer? Always being used, and a piece of junk
23. Your mood? Comfy relaxed and overwhelmed abit by our busy life, it is nice to sit down and watch some of the boob tube.
24. Missing someone?My sisters in cali, I wish they were closer, my mom is close but we dont have any other family close by.
25.Your car? In our garage, and has had something wrong with it since april and it really bugs me
26. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
27. Favorite store? Target
28. Like someone? My cute hubby
29. Your favorite color? Red and brown and black
30. When is the last time you laughed? Today, my kids are funny funny
31. Last time you cried? today, that is an every day thing!

Peaches, peaches, peaches...

Peach preserves, peach jam, frozen peaches, peach juice... My girlfriend Michelle, and I spent about 5 hours doing peaches. It was fun. I am hooked now. I just have to get all the stuff to waterbath can! There is something fun and rewarding about doing the things we are asked to do for our families home storage!!!

An evening at the lake

We are very planned out people, but when the oppourtunity came early in the afternoon we took in, and hoped in the car to take a break from our busy weekend.

For weeks a few families in the ward and us have been planning out our gardens and getting them ready to plant, till, and shovel in 5 tons of Soil and manure. All day friday and sat we did that, and what a fun time we had. Tireing but fun.

After much hard physical labor, our bodies were tired from building our new garden ( many weeks in the making and lots of dirt and cow manure later, we went to Lake pleasant with some friends to relax and fish, and eat.) David caught his first Bass, and the kids and I rode the wave runner. It was a very pleasant afternoon at Lake Pleasant

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Allergies are not a picnic

2 minutes in to the test 15 minutes and itching like crazy, Ashleys you could barely see. Poor guy!

While our medical deductible for the year has been met we decided to go get allergy testing for us all., because it is not cheap. So till december it's free. I already had my turn and was allergic to Dogs, yes we have 2, all the trees and bushes in az, and food allergies, i have alot of them but not as much as my little man. Today was Connor and Ashley's turn. Ashley came up fine, minus hay fever stuff. Connor on the other hand is in BAD shape. they tested 41 normal things and he was allergic to them all! Not just allergic, severely! they want him to do the allergy shots for 3 years, 1 shot a week, wow, that is alot. They want us to get rid of carpet in our home, no shoes in the house, because of the outside world it brings in, Hepa filters in his room, we are going to have a major lifestyle change! anyway ethan and d go next week and we will see how that goes. Connor as the lpictures show, had huge hive looking reactions! He was a trooper and went back to school though.

Yes for Marriage

I am a volunteer working on behalf to get this Propostition 102 PASSED. We were asked to get people registered to vote within 2 weeks. To vote in the November primary election you have to be registered by October 6th. We need to protect the institution of marriage. We all know we don't want to get in the mess California is in.

Please log on to:
http://yesformarriage.com/
and register for your early ballot to come in the mail by Oct 6th, and your early ballot will come in the mail. My family votes every election and it is important to do your duty. This is one of the rare things that I would actually vocally support to my loved ones and pass along. The entire prop says" Marriage between one man and one woman." Please pass along to all the people you care about as well. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Family Home evening

I love Monday nights. I love FHE each week. This week our project will be building a garden box tonight. We were suppose to go to Chandler for a "Family thing," but that didn't work out because David decided to go and get a virus, which has manifested as a rash over a week ago and wont go away. I feel so lucky to have such great people around us in our town. We havent felt so at home since UTAH. We have no idea how long we will be in the brown state of AZ but, we sure are trying to make the best of it. Our stake president asked each of our families to do a few things for the month of August, which we did.

1. cook your family breakfast lunch and dinner. a hot breakfast aka pancakes, eggs, etc. EVERY MORNING. i thought that this task would be really hard, but it wasn't and we have kept it up! and don't go out to eat ( which has been easy because we have been living on very little moola for a few months now) our kids love it and we love it.
2. keep track of your expenditures. List wants, needs and savings. WOW was that eye opening!then total the numbers and turn them in to the bishop, totally anonymous.
3. Plant a garden. Which we did, but we are doing a bigger and better one. There is 4 families in our ward and we are all working together on all of them this whole weekend. Fun project, we are looking forward to.

We did all of these things and it is great to get your affairs in order! I appreciate having so many great friends around to help support oneanother in these tasks! I will post pictures of the garden later!

Saturdays

I love saturdays, Well sometimes. Today was an especially BUSY saturday. (Our whole existence is just so busy right now), but today was crazy. I had a stake activity i had to be at, at about 8. But I woke up right before 5, Worrying about well....everything, that is just what I am known for. The "worry wart". David and the kids had to leave at 740 to get Connor to golf lessons. I got home after 12 and they were all exhausted. We went to a friends an hour later to swim and help them pass out some neighborhood flyers.That was fun and we got some good exercise, of to Walmart to buy sundays dinner, which we will have 17, get gas, which we always do on Saturdays. Home to make dinner for us and the Missionaries, DAVID is the ward mission leader so we get to feed them lots), and off to a ward activity. Wheeew. Exhausted and D has to get up at 530 for meetings in the am. I love sometimes when saturdays are over , because then my favorite days Sunday and Monday come! Happy Saturday!

Like Father Like son

David is gone each sunday morning at 6:15 now and he left before we were all up. Ethan comes in to get his hair gelled, and is dressed just like David for the day, gray slacks, Blue blazer, black shoes, and he dressed him self!! I couldn't resist taking a picture, because they already look so much alike so it was cute as can be.

This is why I love Sundays!!

Sundays are just the best. wehave church really early this year, and so we have the whole day to lounge, rest, and plan for the upcoming week. So I never used to nap, well i am able to on occasion now,and this past Sunday I got 3 hours!!!! Holy crow I couldn't believe it. Our best friends the Thompsons' come over and we eat each sunday and lounge around nap, Play games and just hang out. This has become a fun tradition For both of our families, anyway, Ashley aka, our family photographer, took pictures and of course plenty of random ones too.

2008 getting to know ya

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends. 'Press FORWARD'then change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to yourfriends including the person who sent it to you.The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friendsthat you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? I got up at 6am couldnt sleep

2. Diamonds or pearls?both

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? indiana jones

4. What is your favorite TV show?greys anatomy, the office, too many others to name
5. What do you usually have for breakfast?banana and glass of water or Dr pepper

6.What is your middle name? Ann

7. What food do you dislike?brussel sprouts - they make me GAGso there with you leslie

8. What is your favorite CD at moment?Joseph smith tribute band

9. What kind of car do you drive? Nissan Quest minivan...

10. Favorite sandwich?Turkey bacon avocado on plain bage

l11. What characteristic do you despise?Liars and hypocrites and laziness
12. Favorite item of clothing? flip flops!!!!!

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? europe or somewhere in the carribean

14. Favorite brand of clothing? old navy

15. Where would you retire to? I just want to serve missions and play with my grandbabies hopefully

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?I hate my bday

17. Favorite sport to watch? Football basketball, golf

18. Furthermost place !ou are sending this? on the blog so ....far

19.who will send it back first????????

20.When is your Birthday May 12

21.Are you a morning person or a night person? both

What is your shoe size?4 in kids 6 in womens

do you have Pets?I have 2 Dogs.

24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? My garden is poppin up!

What did you want to be when you were little? mom, Chiropractor

How are you doing today?Good. Ankle still hurts, but i can excercise and do my daily things, all is good!

What is your favorite flower? Gerber daisy, tulips, anything but roses and carnations

Holiday you are looking forward to.Thanksgiving

favorite past time? gardening, reading, blogging

what are you listening to? my kids fighting as they put the dishes away.

What was the last thing you ate? Raisin oatmeal granola bar

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? black or read

what is the weather like Now? Hot! not utah nice fall. oh i miss that

who was the 1st person you spoke to on the phone today?

Michelle & sean

Favorite drink..Water and Dr pepper

Favorite restaurant..red robin.

Your natural hair color? What it is now, I have never colored it!
41. Summer or winter?Winter I love to be cold

42. Hugs or kisses?Both. But i love to hug

Chocolate or vanillavanilla

Coffee or tea?neither

45. Do you want your friends to email you back?Yes!!!!

46. When was the last time you cried? today. i cry almost everyday good and bad

48. What did you do last night? Went to scout meeting, watched the office

What are you afraid of?Something happeing to david and the kids. and the dark.

Salty or sweetsweetow many keys on your key ring?

52. How many years at your current job? 9 1/2 as a mom

favorite day of the week, its a toss up between sunday and monday

how many place have you lived? 15 that I can think of, but I am sure there is more or more.

Do you make friends easily? Yes, but it takes a while for me to trust! Boy Have i been burned, but then you are my friend forever and ever

Thompson- Hoopes Staycation at the Hilton

We got away for a night, courtesy of David Hoopes' Hotel rewards points. so our night was FREE! We brought along some friends, and we all needed a much needed get away! We had the time of our lives, and here is tome proof! we got hometo the Thompson's had lunch, and we all napped on the couch! We partied hard. Swimming at the water park... Tinky taking it easy

We are a crew!!!!
So tired On our drive home

Boys will be boys
and Men will be men!!!
Michelle and I laughed so hard we were crying, I could barely get these pictures! They were cracking us up

Sean getting his hula hoop on

Shout out

Yeah the Scheier family got their 3rd addition to the family! Natalie Ann. Congrats Scheier family. We wish we were closer! We received a picture of her and cute as a bug.

Congrats....

Random Snap Shots

Connor, Max, Alex and Ethan playing this math came via the web. They play for hours like this, watching 1 person play and the others just sit and watch. they laugh. It's the weirdest thing! Connor was practicing the piano and then started practicing with his tongue. He didn't know I took the picture. It was pretty funnny!
I am the Cubmaster, Connor is a bear, and Ethan is wearing David's scout shirt. How fun is that!

Connor earned his religious knot. The cub scouts roasting marshmellows, Pack meeting was at our house this month.
Family Home evening on monday Was building our own pizzas before our lesson.