Two Teenagers!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Christopher!!! I can't believe you are a teenager! We are so proud of you and the amazing young man you are becoming. We hope you had a great Birthday. WE love you very very much!

Happy Birthday Mason

Happy Birthday Mason Wow where did the last nine years go? We hope you have a great Birthday we love you!

Yuba-Sutter families honored | year, yuba, sutter - Local News - Appeal-Democrat

Yuba-Sutter families honored | year, yuba, sutter - Local News - Appeal-Democrat

Back to School 2010

Look out world we have a FRESHMAN!!! Thats right Isabella is now in High School, man there is nothing that makes you feel older then to say my daughter is in H.S.. She is very excited about being a Pirate at Wheatland High.

Christopher is in 7th grade and loving it. He is on the Cross Country team and loves it. I love that he enjoys something I enjoy.

Emily is is 5th grade and has the same teachers that Isabella and Christopher had so that is fun.

Mason the big 3rd grader is so lucky he has the same teacher he had last year and she is AMAZING!

Karlie is doing Preschool at home with me and gets smarter every day.

It is nice to be back in the routine but I do love having my kids home all summer when school starts it is always a bitter sweet.

Yuba City Stake Pioneer Trek 2010

Our Family (Chris,Izzy,Christopher,and I) had the most wonderful opportunity to go on this trek. It was three days and two nights. We got up at 5:30 thurs. morning to go and meet everyone at the stake center and caravan up to tragedy springs where we heard how it received its name. Then to the staging area to find our families and get our handcart. Chris and I were Ma and Pa to 7 wonderful Children who I think I will always love they were great! The first day we trekked 5 miles, were attacked by Indians whole stole my bucket of supplies and one of my kids belts. the best part was when they tried to take one of my girls for the Chief to marry but I sold her as bad meat and saved her. Then we had a wonderful program at our camp.

The second day was filled with challenges. We did a total of 7.5 miles and some of it was hard a lot up hill. The hardest part for me was when they took the Men away for the Mormon Battalion War which left us girls to pull the handcart. The men were away in the distance and watched as the women struggled to make it up by far the steepest hill on the trek. I think it was as hard for some of them to watch us struggle as it was for us to push and pull. It was so hard and we really had to help each other. Just as we were almost to the top and didn't think we could go any further Angels came and lightened our load, and pushed and pulled the rest of the way. What an amazing experience! after we had a 2hr break filled with games and crafts following lunch and the trek back to camp.

The Third day we cleaned camp and had breakfast and set out for our trek back to the staging area. It was a 3 mile trek back but by far the most physical day for those three mile seemed to be all up hill. As we were welcomed by friends and family there was such a sense of accomplishment and love for each other. I was so proud of my kids in my "family" and my real kids. It was an amazing adventure and such a faith and testimony builder I am just so grateful for the opportunity to go and thankfully for a AMAZING friend who watched my other three kids I was able to do it. It was the first time I have ever left Karlie over night and to have it be 2 nights I was worried but they all had fun and a wonderful time I dont think she even missed me so THANK YOU Alisa I love you!

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations Isabella Rose on Graduating with honors from eighth grade. We are so very proud of you. You looked so grown up and beautiful. Isabella we hope you have a great time in high school. Have fun! We love you!

Disneyland!!!!!!

So we just had the most fabulous vacation ever!!!! We took the kids down to Disneyland for a week and had the time of our lives. I have the most AMAZING best friend in the world who made Chris and I a super yummy anniversary cake and put us up in the in the Disney Paradise Pier hotel for two nights and then three nights in the Villa's at the Grand. Let me just say it lives up to its name it was spectacular! Thank you again Lisa and Brian we love you.

The Kids had a blast Karlie's Favorite ride was the Matterhorn and the go go gadget roller coaster. Mason and Emily's favorite was the Matterhorn as well even though it took some coaxing to get Emily on once she went she loved it. They also liked the Grizzly River run in CA Disney oh and you cant forget Soaring over Ca. Christopher was the only one who was brave enough to go on the TOWER OF TERROR with his dad and uncle Brian, poor little guy got so scared he passed out. Christopher's favorite ride was Matterhorn as well. Chris, Emily, and Mason all we in the Jedi training show which was a all time highlight.

Mason got star power for being in the High School Musical show as well which went over big with Jessie from Toy Story. She was cute and and teased Mason that they were in love.

Isabella had a good time and would go off by herself with Emily or one of the other kids for a ride or two. She is becoming such a young woman it scary how fast time goes by. Her favorite ride was also the Matterhorn. The kids were all sad when it was almost over, we told them we would try and come back in two years. Izzy tried to give me a heart attack when she said we can come back in three more years for her eighteenth B-day. Its crazy that in just a few short months she will be fifteen already. Then three more years she is eighteen. Time flies when your having fun I guess.

As for Chris and I our favorite ride was CA Screamin' he finally got me on it the last day we were there and it was soooooo fun I wish I would have done it sooner. Our first two days in the park Lisa and Brian were able to come and be with us it was a lot of fun spending time with them.Sunday the park was open till midnight so they were so sweet and took the kids back to the hotel at nine and Chris and I were able to have a few hours to play alone. We had a amazing time and it could not have been better. Thank you again Lisa and Brian for all you did! it was really fun spending time with you guys too. Here are a few of the 800 pictures I took.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! We had a quiet Easter, this years General Conference was really good with some Easter egg hunts between sessions. The kids all had a good time and the Easter bunny brought them cool baskets. Karlie was super funny skipping all the easy eggs and only looking for the eggs that were hidden harder for the older kids. Isabella didn't want to hunt eggs this year its not cool when your a teenager you know. (It's a good thing I never grew-up I love looking for eggs! hahaha) Well we love you all and hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

Happy Birthday Emily

Happy 2nd Birthday again my little Leap Year baby! Emily turned 10 this year, she is growing up so fast. She waited till last minute to decide if she wanted a birthday party this year but then a few days before decided yes she did. Its a good thing she has good friends. She invited four little girls from school and Lindsey, Mia and her two sisters. We went down to Sunrise Mall and went to the movies to see "The Princess and the frog" which surprisingly only one of the girls had already seen. Grandpa and Grandma met us there it was a cute movie.All the girls had big things of candy during the movie so we all left with a sugar high. After the movie we got Pizza came back to the house for dinner and cake and ice cream. We all had a really good time. Happy Birthday Emily we love you more then you will ever know.

Look who is Three

Man it is hard to believe that my baby is three already time has gone by so fast! Karlie has been such a joy in our lives. She keeps us all on our toes. Karlie is so smart and so fun to play with she says the funniest things all the time. She is still a total momma's girl and holds her ground. Her favorite game to play with her Dad is one that she made up called "Go to sleep Pig". Karlie loves learning and loves playing games, play-dough, and coloring. For about a month before her birthday she kept talking about her Birthday and her friends coming over and what she wanted for her Birthday her ears pierced and a ZuZu pet. You could ask her a hundred times and her answer would never change. Well she had a little birthday party she invited her little friends Lindsey, Logan, Braden, and Viviana along with their families. Auntie Sheri and Uncle Eric came with Jacob Ethan and Kaylie. Grandma and Grandpa also came with Haleigh. WE had a great time we went fishing for prizes and had a Mermaid cake and Cherry cupcakes which she begged to have off the flour bag. Karlie got her ZuZu pet but mom is trying to work up the courage to take her to get her ears pierced which she still asks for almost daily. We love you Karlie Happy Birthday!

over the handle bar club

So another funny laugh for you all. Chris wanted me to go with him and this group he joined for mountain biking so I did. All was good we were having a great time, it was a cold day but you can't go wrong when you are out enjoying God's creations. Well we rode five miles into Folsom, then on the way out I thought it would be fun to try and kill myself. Chris was ahead of me I was the trail sweeper. (I don't like anyone behind me) So anyways I was going up a very small hill with a S turn when I clipped my front fork on a fallen tree log and did a AWESOME flip over the handle bars. It hurt sooooo bad but it was a laugh or cry situation so I laughed till it was hard to breath. Chris was such a good guy he didn't even laugh till I did, and even then I think he was to worried to really laugh. So we finished the ride well sort of, we took the paved trail back. My shoulder was hurting so bad it was hard to breath. When we got to the car Chris asked if I wanted to go to the ER. But Hello we are talking about me I said no I am fine. Well Sunday I couldn't do anything with it, it hurt so bad I had to use my left hand to put my car into gear. So Monday Chris took me to the DR where I got x-ray's and they said it was not broken, I must just have really bad deep bruising. Chris was great he worked from home for a few days to help out with Karlie. He is the best. So now almost two weeks later I still have a scab and bruising on my leg from my bike and my shoulder still hurts a little. So if you ever think about joining this really cool club DON'T!