Family--We just got back from Lake Powell(will post pix soon). We were there over Labor Day weekend with the Gronning families on a house boat. We can never go back to sleeping in tents at Powell!
Shellie is all teenager all the time- I think she texts in her sleep!! She got braces last month and should only have to wear them for 12-18 months. Most likely 12. So not too bad except for the price! Wow-can you say used car? Sorry Cody, you are still walking to school this year! Shellie had her 8th grade school pictures today. Can't wait to see how they turned out! She is really liking her last year of middle school. Can't believe she will be in high school next year! Where does the time go!
Cody turned 17 this summer and got his "real" drivers license after 2 tries at the driving test. Look out everyone! :) He went to Kansas City and competed in the Skills USA National competion and took 8 out of 40+ so not too bad at all! He will be in Skills again this year. Cody has a full schedule for his senior year. He is taking college credit Algebra-I wish him luck! He has been elected this years President of YES-Young, Empowered & Skilled. We are very proud of him! Cody is also taking Forensics and will travel around competing most likely in unprepared public speaking. Yep-doesn't get that from his mother! I hate being unprepared and hate public speaking. =O
Mike is trying to battle out a bad cold that is kicking his butt while getting ready to go on his week long elk hunt in Idaho. He gets real excited for this time of year. He loves spending time up in the mountains and needs that time away to unwind. Mike had a weird hamstring injury this summer that is taking forever to heal. Hope that doesn't cause too much pain hiking up those mountains! He is also getting an estimate and filing an insurance claim on the boat to repair the prop and other stuff on the motor that broke coming home from Powell. To say that he was mad when it happened would be an understatement! Wow what a long drive home that was!!
Dixie will be getting "fixed" the end of this month. We will never ever ever have a dog in heat again. Wow that was not fun! Do dogs in heat eat more, gain weight, bleed for 3 weeks and have PMS? The answer is yes! But she is still the cutest ugly dog ever. :) We love her!
Daisy just does whatever cats do. Sleep, eat, sleep, shed, sleep, chase the dog, sleep, sleep. Oh the life of a cat! How would it be?!
As for me-still working hard; currently reading book 9 of the Sookie Stackhouse(True Blood) books; trying to get through season 1 of Lost on Netflix(on 17 of 24); trying to get in bed before midnight(unsuccessfully) so I can be up by 5:15a; just started a Bunco group that meets once a month(first one was tonight-so much fun!); trying to not completely stink at being the HFPE leader(that's Enrichment Night for those of you not up with the HFPE lingo) by coordinating(and sometimes attending) once a month meetings of our Food Storage Group, Cooking/Baking Group and regular Enrichment Night; making regular & frequent trips to my fav place-Island Frozen Yogurt Bar; and whatever else I might have time for! Hoping to start going to either Belly Dance or Zumba classes again soon. I love both of those and have missed it since I messed up my ankle in June.
Hope that brings everyone up to date. There is so much I didn't blog this summer. Our trip to Georgia and my high school reunion was in July. Mike and I spent a weekend in Dallas at the EMSI National Conference. And a whole bunch of other stuff that I can't remember now!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Updates on us
Monday, August 24, 2009
Loser!!
Ok yes I am a loser! I will update this soon I promise. We have not fallen off the face of the Earth, just been really super busy. Oh and on a side note-our cute little girl is in heat. That would be the pup Dixie, not Shellie, for those of you that just got really confused! LOL
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Pix from our stay at Mandalay Bay 6/11-6/13
Courtnee......she's so cute!
Ahhhh.....this is the life!
People everywhere!
Shellie in the fast moving, not so lazy- Lazy River!
Cute girls-Callie and Shellie in matching suits!
Yes- my legs need some sun! I was trying!
Mat and Courtnee
Callie and Sadie in the lazy river! More Summer Pix-June 10th
Me and Callie
Mike and I and the girls at Tropical Smoothie-Cody and Shellie were at Mutual.
So stinkin cute!Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
If you are thinking....man that looks cold! You are right....it was about 60* and cloudy. We managed to stay a few chilly hours and then packed it up.
Monday-Six Flags Magic Mountain
Goliath-the 1st ride of the day!
Julie's kind of ride!
The girls had fun too!
It was 7pm and it was COLD! The girls had the ride all to themselves!
Above you can kind of tell that its Mike and Callie in the front row. Shellie and Sadie are just behind them. The old school coaster was the first loopy coaster built on the west coast.
If you are thinking Shellie is too big for this ride....you're right!
Look below and you will see $40 of food! They totally rip you off on the food at theme parks!
Below is The Terminator!
The girls trying to climb the rope ladder.
Superman-the ride! 0-100 mph in 6 heart-stopping seconds!
Mike and the girls rode it five(yes I said 5) times!!
YUM-funnel cake. The perfect way to end the night!
Our mini vacation to California
Here's how the day & trip started.
This is at our house Sunday morning. We went to church & then drove to CA.
Below is the last morning. The girls are just as tired as they were
the first morning of our little vacation. Such sleepy heads!
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