Blogger Failure

As any good blogger knows, you can't leave home without your camera. Well everyone except this blogger. We have had a few fun weekends, but did I remember the camera? NO!!!! So I guess a good description is in order. Two weekends ago we got to help with the BBQ at the balloon festival. It was fun to see the hot air balloons in Salina. Erick did get a few pictures on his phone, because I realized that I didn't have my camera. Then last Friday, we participated in the Relay for Life. It was a lot of fun and means so much to us. We got involved probably 4 or 5 years ago when one of Richard's co-workers wife, was diagnosed with cancer. She was such a great inspiration to us and we continue to participate to honor her, as well as one of the Firemen on the Salina Fire Dept. and one of my co-workers. Jordan climbed a really tall rock wall, and once again, no camera. Then Saturday, we went with the Young Men & Young Women boating. It was a lot of fun. Erick knee boarded for the first time. He went for quite a ways too, and of course the camera was at home. So as you can tell I am very disappointed that I missed some really great photo opportunities :o(

A-Z Now you Know Me

A-Z Now You Know Me- I've been tagged :)
A: attatched or single? Attached for almost 16 years
B: best friend? Betty
C: cake or pie? Both, especially if they are chocolate
D: day of choice? Saturday
E: essential item? Burts Bees lip balm
F: favorite color? Red
G: gummy bears or worms? Bears if they are cinnamon and chocolate covered
H: Hometown? Salina, Utah
I: favorite indulgence?Ice cream, almost any flavor
J: January or July? Is June an option??? January is too cold and July is too hot!!!
K: Kids? 2 -One son, Erick and one daughter, Jordan
L: Life isn't complete without? My husband, my kids and my puppies
M: marriage date? November 14, 1992
N: number of brothers and sisters? 1 Sister and 0 Brothers
O: oranges or apples? Apples
P: Phobias? Birds, they are just not natural
Q: Quote? "This too shall pass"
R: reasons to smile? My family
S: season of choice? Spring
T: tag 3 people? Tanya, Amanda, Janel
U: unknown fact about me? I think birds are really creepy.
V: vegetable? Peas, especially fresh from the garden
W: worst habit? Worrying about everything
X: x-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound, because babies are much better than broken bones.
Y: your favorite food? Mexican
Z: zodiac sign? Taurus

Girls Camp 2008

For the last 5 years I have had the opportunity to attend Girls Camp. Now sleeping on a cold mountain in a tent is not really my idea of a great time and unfortunately 4 out of 5 years I have come back sunburnt (yes, I got burnt this year). But I would not miss this for anything. It is such a great experience. You really get to know the girls a lot better and spending time with the other leaders is so much fun. This year was a little interesting, we had a few people get pulled over coming to camp and we had to have the ambulance take one of the girls down because of dehydration, but we all survived. No one got tickets and our girl is just fine. I am glad for the opportunity and am extremely thankful that it is over too :)

Rowdy

Rowdy, our chocolate lab is the funnest puppy. He is so laid back, he will chase Sadie around for a little ways, then plop down and wait for her to come back. If she does something that he doesn't like he will "tell her off" by barking this rar - rar-rar -rar at her. He is always picking something up and hauling it around the yard. Up until now, I haven't been able to get a really good picture of him because he always turns out dark. This one turned out pretty good and you can see what a cutie he is. Also, check out those paws, we call him our little bear cub because he has such big feet. We've come to accept the fact that he is going to be a pretty big boy when he's all grown up.

Me and My Big Ideas

I have a vision of a wonderfully composed picture with my two children smiling happily and my two dogs smiling happily... HOLD ON, WAKE UP, It's only a dream. First of all although I swear I've seen Sadie smile, I don't think that dogs really do smile that much. Secondly, I have a teenage boy and a pre-teen daughter. Erick hates pictures and Jordan thinks she is a diva always needing to strike a pose. So obviously this picture is definately in my dreams, but it never hurts to try. Even though you can see the garbage can , cars and the sprinklers in the background, I do have my smiling children and it really does look like Sadie is smiling :) I am also posting a couple of the other pictures that show what my big ideas usually turn out like.

Extreme Makeover - Jordan Edition

For months Jordan has been very upset about the current state of her room. In her words, "It looks like I am a baby!!!" " It was cute when I was 8, but I am NOT 8 anymore!!!" You get the picture, so we made a deal, if she could keep her room clean for 1 month, 30 days in a row we would paint her room. You do have to understand that Jordan has an aversion to picking anything up or putting it away, this was tough. You also need to know that my standard of clean is pretty high, so after 6 months of failures, I lowered my standards and she did pick up most of her stuff. Plus as darling as her room is she did have a point, I picked the decor, and she is growing up. To avoid having to redo her room any time soon, I let her have some say in the process. She has some pretty interesting ideas. Polka dots for instance. It has been an interesting process of compromise between the two of us. But, I think that it turned out pretty darn cute.

Before
During
After
It is definately Jordan's room now :)

Last Days

This week brought the end of an era so to speak for our family, the end of our days at Salina Elementary . Jordan participated in her last elementary school program. The 5th grade puts on an American History program. Jordan got a speaking part and looked absolutely darling in her way too big bonnet.

She went on the last elementary school field trip, the hike to Capitol Reef, by herself of course (she is very embarrassed by her parents being within 50 feet of her in public, especially when her friends are around) so I sent the camera with her. She did get some great pictures. The top one is of her friends Alica Beach, Kristen Coates and Kodi Curtis. The ones below are of the scenery that she took. It's hard to believe that she will start Middle School in the fall.