Gavin & I...

Gavin & I at the play If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.. being presented right now at the Scera. This play was adorable! I wish I could take the other two kids, but unfortunately it is sold out.



While I was at the school I popped into see Taya. She had just sat down to lunch and much to my delight...she was actually eating her vegtables! I actually have done something right as a mom.

You might be a redneck if...

...you recognize where this picture was taken!

K I just had to get that one dig in...but don't tell Cory!

So Cory is really into Nascarr. I mean...really...yea I still love him. But he actually said, "Hey why don't you post some of my Nascarr Pictures on the blog" and when he actually shows an interest in this blog...I am going to jump on it! (Even if that means boring the rest of you with Nascarr pictures)

He actually had a once in a life time experience. A good friend of ours, Chad, got him pit passes with Karl Edwards, who drives for Aflac/Kellogg's. (Thanks Chad!)

Now normally, our house is a Jimmy Johnson fan through and through...after all the guy works for Lowes, who else would he route for...but he was still really excited to meet Karl Edwards. He got to like "meet" him, like how ya doing, meet him. Then he got feed all his meals, got special box seating, took a "back stage" tour of the neon garage, pit road and all the other areas, that I don't know the name of. This was so funny for him! (Thanks Chad!)


Standing on the back of something, that I am sure I am suppose to know the name of.


Should I be jealous?


Touching a tire!!! OHHHH! Angelic music planning...



Hey good lookin'!


The reason Cory never has the camera on our family trip...this is the one picture of him and Chad together and it took massive editing for it to make it look this decent...seriously, who takes pictures with the sun behind them?


48, Jimmy Johnson's car...who he normally routes for.

Taya..... Baby!

Taya's Bday was last week. My Little girl turned 7!! It is hard to confront, but I am pretty sure that all birthdays from here on out will be hard for me to confront, cause she is just not my tiny little baby!!!

Star - Taya is the sweetest most well behaved little girl ever! I'm not just saying that because I'm her auntie! I love her sweet face! She's my home girl! I love teaching her new words. Oh and we look just a like!

Cory - I love her little toothless smile. I love it when she runs up to me after work, screams daddy and throws herself into my arms.


Nana - I love that she loves my rolls. I think it is sweet that she sleeps with one of my rolls!! That makes it all worth while making them every Sunday!

Gavin - She's cool most of the time.


Shilo - Taya is my sweet pink baby! I love that she is a girl, I also love that she does not so girl, that she screams at every bug. She completes our family so well.

Gunner - I like having a sister. We play DS together.


Teisha - I remember how cute and little Taya was on my wedding day. And she looked adorable in her little blue sunflower dress.

Lyndsy - I love that Taya and Bella are best buds! She is just so sweet with her.

Johnny - Taya is so sweet and loving. I love how she plays with Arbor. She takes care good care of him and he has so much fun with him.

Levi...your old!

Yup, turning 30 officially makes you old!! But we still love you....

Mom - When Levi was about 4 or 5 he loved Bert and Ernie. During one episode Bert and Ernie were fishing, they weren't having much luck. So they began to sing out "Here fishy, fishy fishy." And the fish would jump into the boat. Levi and Kevin were fishing at Rob's and weren't having much luck. So Levi began to call out "here Fishy, fishy fishy" waiting and waiting....

Gavin - He taught me how to fart and burp. And he is funny.

Starlee - Probably when he came home from his mission and he wore his flip flops in the shower, couldn't speak English and he kept asking for permission to do everything.

Dad - When he was about 7ish, we were in the locker room at the rec center. He turns to me and whispers "dad, that guys black." I am just trying to keep him quite, so I say "yea, shhh, yea" then he says louder "Dad that guys black!" "shhh, yea, well talk about it later." So then he shouts "Dad, that guys black!!" Luckily when I looked over at the guy, he just had a big grin on his face.

Gunner - He is funny!

Shilo - We are only 13 months apart and that made us really close! We grew up being best friends and doing everything together. When we were in high school, I would spend every Saturday night braiding his and all our friends hair into to teeny tiny braids.

Lyndsy - One of my favorite things about Levi is that he always listens to me and shows me he cares even if he doesn't understand.

Cory - We went to Super Cross and got to meet Karl Malone.

Teisha - The time he hog tied me, put my big toe in my underwear and then put me on the porch.

Taya - He's cool!

I am still waiting on one answer...but wanted to get this up for Levi. Since it has been a week since his bday! Happy Birthday you old man!!!

Itty Bitty Bruins Cheer Camp

Taya loves to participate in the Itty Bitty Bruins cheer camp every year. This year her cousin, Isabella was old enough to participate with her. The girls had a blast! And were so cute!
Her neighborhood friend, Kalie was also there to play and cheer with.

Don't beat a what?

This morning I was picking all the random stuff up off the floor. One piece of paper caught my eye. It had Gavins name at the top and the one that caught my attention was the one that says Don't beat a... Gavin had written in "kid".



Having peeked my interest, I abandoned the random stuff clean up and read through the list. Some of them he got right on, like the early bird catches the...worm, and others are pretty funny, Don't bite the hand that...or it might come off. And some are just down right logical, the grass is always greener...in the summer! Now why did I not think of that!?

Funny kids...

Talking about what Nana would make for my birthday dinner....
Me: "I don't know what to pick for my birthday dinner"
Gavin: "Why don't you just pick bacon, ribs and jello...that's what I would have"


While watching Say Yes to the Dress...
Me: "What do you think of that dress?"
Taya: "Not enough sparkles"
Me: "hmmm..your right"
Taya: "When I get married I am just going to walk in and say I would like to see your most sparkle, most puffy dress please!"

Talking about his extreme dislike of blood, guts and all other related items...
Gunner: "Mom? Do you think all girls want to have babies?"
Me: "Most of them, Why?"
Gunner: I just don't think I could handle watching my wife have a baby. Do I have to be in the room?"
Me: "YES! That's not really fair on her to have to go through that all alone."
Several minutes go by....
Gunner: "Mom?"
Me: "hmmm"
Gunner: "Do you think Rachel wants to have babies?"
Me: "I would think so."
Gunner, mumbling to himself: "I'm going to have to talk to her about that."
Me, thinking in my head: "NOOOOOOO you are to young, you are my baby, you don't like girls, stay small!"