Fall is in the Air????

It is the end of August.....I registered the kids for school this week.........Griff and Austin have been practicing football for weeks......Austin's first game is tonight and Griff's is next Thurday.....but the temperature is near 100 degrees everyday!  Everything adds up to fall and football except the temperature.  I am very excited to start football season.  I have to insert a little story here:

    One day in Sacrament Meeting, Brother Hill got up to bear his testimony.  He said that he had been talking to a friend at work that was married with no children.  The friend and his wife had chosen not to have children because they loved to do things together outdoors, especially to climb mountains.  They had just climed a big mountain that took a lot of training and that was a huge accomplishment.  The friend told
Brother Hill how wonderful it was to stand on top of the mountain with his wife and know that they had reached a very hard goal.  Brother Hill listened and then said, "Do you know what would feel 100 times better than that?"  His friend excitedly said, "No what!" Brother Hill said, "Watch your child do it."

Is that so true! I love to watch my children partcipate in activities they love and accomplish goals that that work so hard to achieve.  Whether it's sports, school, scouts, etc.   They all have amazing talents and they are amazing children.....I am so BLESSED!

Thirty-one(derful) Years Together

Bill and I celebrated 31 wonderful years together on the 31st of July.  For the past few years, we have gone to Salt Lake and stayed at the Grand America for a couple of days.  I love it.  It is so relaxing.  The rooms are beautiful.  They have a really nice spa and we always enjoying working out together.  I am so grateful for the amazing husband and father that Bill is.  We have grown so much in the last 31 years. We are truely best friends and would like to be with each other more than anyone else.  It has been an awesome adventure and I am looking forward to the next 31.  I Love you Billy-boy!

I Love My Birthday's Everyone!

 I love a party....especially if it's mine! Rhonda and Mom are always so kind to have a birthday dinner for me.  I have the best family ever.  Every birthday means another wonderful year with them.  The best gifts I have are them.....Oh how I love them!

Kira helped me blow out the MANY candles.

My mom is amazing...I love her so much!

                           
Kalli is excited to be at the party!

The whole gang....Jordan (go Utes!), Cait, Ryan, Kalli, Rhonda, Kirstin, Josh, Mom, Me, Kira, Austin and Erin (another excited partyer).

*Fun in the Sun*

I LOVE summer.  I love the kids home from school, no schedules, warm days, cool nights and lots of sun and water.  We went to Raging Waters in Salt Lake for the day.  I had to wake Jordan up to leave so he didn't get any breakfast.  When we got there, he was so excited that he grabbed a tube and was off.  I didn't see him until 2 p.m. when he was starving.  For a boy who eats constantly, that is amazing!

Griff and Whit met us here and Majerle Morgan came with us, too.   It was a BLAST!  

Whitney and Majerle racing down the slides.

One more to go....

Griff and Ryan pulling each other off of the tubes in the wave pool.

Did Jordan win king of the tube?

Erin made it through the rough waters.

Yes, Jordan's shirt was in one piece when we started the adventure.  It kept tearing and Griff kept tying it together.....

Erin posing with Mr. Dino

Whit, Jord and Griff after Griff repaired his shirt.

Jordan setting Griff straight...

Yes, even Kalli came....Cait, Kalli and Rhonda enjoying a good book.

Griff and Whit relaxing in the sun.

Majerle and Erin enjoying the wave pool.

Oh No...here comes trouble...the two amigos.

Griff's loving a little attention from Whit......

This was the scariest thing I have ever done in my life.....the blue slide...

Ryan and Cait modeling for the camera. 

Whitney survived!

And do did I!

Here come the monkeys.......Cait & Ryan

Scouter Josh....

This was Josh's first year to go to scout camp and was he ever excited.  He loves to camp and do scout things.  He had everything ready to go a week in advance just so that he would be ready.  He had a great time, learned so many things and got just a little homesick to make his mom feel needed.  A big thank you to all those wonderful scout leaders that take time out of their families lives to make a little boy HAPPY!

All ready to go.....and the fishing pole was the most important thing.

Kalli & Cait

It has been so much fun watching Kalli grow.  We don't know how long we are going to be able to have them so close since jobs are not easy to come by and Ryan is looking all over the world for one! :)

Caitlin is such a good mom.  Oh, how we love our babies....big and little ones.

Kalli loves to snuggle....especially with her mommy!

Aunt Manae made this precious bracelet for Kalli.....