sledding fun...

we decided to go and visit Grandma Debbie, and we took our little sleds with us...the girls had so much fun going up and down the little hills around Grandma's house, until Samantha took a pretty good tumble. She was so covered in snow that she couldn't see anything, and Adrie kept telling us that she wanted to just get warm and then go back outside because the snow is so much fun. They were so cute!

my girls decided that jessie was cold the other day, so they gave her a shirt, then some shoes...and a hat. but they thought that her mouth was cold, so they made her a "heffalump" it was so funny that i just had to take some pictures of them. thank goodness that the dog is so good spirited with children!

Chris's Crazy Contraption...

My husband had to build this contraption for one of his engineering classes last year, but it didn't do well then, so after a lot of tinkering and changes in the engineering, he and his friend Brian made it into a pumpkin launching crazy machine! with help from Chris's brothers this trebuchet launched a pumpkin over 750 feet! They had a few problems at first, but on game day it worked like a charm. They were the only team that showed up for the Emery County Pumpkin chunkin party, but nobody could have beat them anyway. Their machine launched pumpkins farther than it had counter weight on it, and that is outrageous and crazy!!! GOOD JOB BOYS!!!

grandma and grandpa

busy carving pumpkins

Kenny, Elisha, & Tyler

Josh & Angie

Steeny, Maddie, MeyRick, & Cov...

Halloween Party!!!

this year was really fun except I got sick the day before the party so grandma laurie was nice and had it at her house.

Halloween 2008. Our 2007 party is still on someone else's computer, but anyway at this party, Grandma Laurie made "witches brew" and it was the hit of the party... i wonder what she will come up with for this year... by the way our party is on Oct. 24 at my house...happy haunting!

Halloween 2006, our 1st year of pumkin carving...Adrie, Sammy, Maddie, and Kade, with Grandpa Kent...

This girl likes dirt...

Adrie has always liked dirt and water, so what is more natural than putting them together. She was having the time of her life at grandpa's house, and she dug a huge hole and made a mud hole right where he had just planted his potatoes...ooops!!! Sorry Grandpa! She was so covered in mud that she ditched her clothes and just played in her underwear...what a mess, but it was so funny!

the Sam-Sam...

Adrie, Adrie, Adrie...

the girls and their daddy...

My silly dog Max...

Max is so funny sometimes! He loves to run and play, but especially if it is HIGH ENERGY!!! He is so weird because he hates men...it took him days to finally quit growling at Chris and let Chris even touch him. But on the other hand, he is my little shadow. He won't even let me go to the bathroom by myself! Talk about a watch dog!!! Max loves to be loved and he loves it when someone gives him all their attention. The other funny thing about Max is that he loves to ride 4-wheelers and lawn mowers, and pretty much anything with a motor that will go reasonably faster than he can run. What a silly dog!!! But I love him!

My little girls are swimmers...

It seems like as soon as summer comes, Adrie and Sammy practically live in their bathing suits. Every day rain or shine, they want to "swim" even if it is in the bathtub. They especially love to go to the pool with their life jackets. But even if they are only running through the sprinkler, they just love it. Yesturday, we put out the slip n slide, and what a fun time they had! Max (our dog) loved it too! He would chase them with his toungue hanging out and barking and jumping...it was really quite a sight with all of them running and running. They even talked me into sliding too, and wouldn't you know, I forgot all about the poor cell phone in my pocket! It went a little funny for a while but it is back to almost normal...I hope. But I was thinking to myself, what a fun memory for us. There is nothing like playing in the water!!!!