A Day for Taggs

So, I am bored and after looking through several of my friends blogs, I've noticed there is quite a fun tagg going on, and although no one tagged me, I am doing it! haha I thought this tagg was different and fun, so here's mine!

The Rules:
NO CLEANING/CHEATING
What you see is the real thing!

#1-The Refrigerator:
I need to go grocery shopping, but can you tell that there is atleast Mountain Dew on hand?! haha


#2-the Kitchen Sink:
I still can't get over how wonderful a dishwasher is--hallelujah!



#3-the Toilet:
There it is in all its glory, by some miracle the lid was down!


#4-My bed:
those are Dave's clothes on the side of the bed! :)


#5-Self Portrait:
I know its bad, but it was the best I could get on my self-timer. oh well :)



#6-My favorite shoes:
I love shoes, and could NOT pick just one! :)
My new fav's--they're just so funky!

Pointy toed boots--they're a staple and I love them too!

I love these shoes! Chuck Taylor's--classic



#7-What my kids are doing right now:
Bethany, who can't sit still and eat lunch at the same time!

Maddie eating her lunch, a lone hot dog--what a bad mom I am!

Sam in his bouncy seat


#8-My closet:
The left half is David's, and thats the messy half! haha


#9-My favorite room in the house:
well, since there's pretty much only one main room in the house, my favorite is the living room, probably because the computer's in there! :)


#10-Someplace I'd like to go on vacation:
I would LOVE to go to Italy!!


I would also love to go on a Carribean Cruise!


People I'm tagging:
Kristie, Tamsyn, Debra, Shannon, and Julie!


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Tagg #2

The rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog.
5. Tag 5 people.



This book is Atonement. I just finished it last night, it was good but please don't read it--some language in there! Anyway, 5th sentence on page 123 is:

It came down to this: go in now and face her anger and disgust, give an explanation which would not be accepted, and most likely be turned away--unbearable humiliation; or go home now without a word, leaving the impression that the letter was what he intended, be tortured all night and for days to come by brooding, knowing nothing of her reaction--even more unbearable.

There it is! Now I tag:
1. Kristie
2. Kerrilyn
3. Laina
4. Tamsyn
5. Delee

Family Pictures

Today was Dave's day off, so we made some exciting plans! Well, atleast to me, probably no one else in my family was excited, but I was! So, since Sam is growing so fast and changing so much, I wanted to take some family pictures. We just went to a park around here, where I take a lot of pictures. It was still fun, and I really like a lot of the shots we got. Even though I took around 100 pictures, I still want more! haha So here are some of my fav's, I didn't want to put a ton up, but I like so many! Hope you enjoy!

Youth Conference '08

Well, another Youth Conference has come and gone! Since our stake did a big Youth Conference this year, we decided we'd just do a one day thing at Yuba, instead of three days like we did last year. Last year was so fun, but I can't say that this year wasn't awesome also! I was sad it was only one day, but we had such a good time, I just love our youth! It was a fun day of boating, eating, making sand "things" and hanging out! David had to work all day Saturday, so I made arrangements for the girls to spend the day with the Youngblood's and then they went to Aunt Kay's for awhile too! It was Kylie's b-day, so they got to go bowling!! How exciting for them, they loved every minute, they're still talking about it! (Thanks to Julie and Kay, I'm so grateful you helped me out, you're lifesavers!) So I did take Sam with me to the lake and he did awesome! He pretty much slept the entire day, but even when he was awake he hardly cried at all! The pictures crack me up, because in his little lifejacket he's just all snuggled up, like a burrito or something! I didn't get hardly sunburned at all, just a little on my nose and the top of my feet--weird I know! It was a long day though, and I was tired! But I did end up chaperoning the stake dance that night as well, a long day, but very fun!


Katie, Me and Annie--laughing yes, but also in pain from knocking heads together!


This is a common pose for Annie, she plays sports and is often seen showing her injuries, that are often in that exact same spot--she loves it!! haha


There's Kerrilyn, so cute!


Josh, Jessica and Steven getting ready to tube!



Lucas and Heather, Lucus was so adorable!


Making sand creatures!


Doesn't Rachel look so beautiful!?!



There's Sam in his life jacket--looks comfy ha?



I love that Beth, she is so wonderful!



Brad getting sprayed down with sunscreen--although he still burned! haha



Steven is the greatest kid!



Alice and the Bishop eating dinner--sloppy joes, a-slop sloppy joes yeah!



Lucy and Katie, isn't that so cute?!



Sam getting a bottle, Roshelle is so sweet to him!



Annie again!



Some of the boys digging themselves into the sand


Oh, beautiful Yuba, I miss you already!

How Do I Love Thee....

...Let Me Count the Ways!




Its David's birthday today, and I just wanted to make a list of all the things we love about David!

1-He's my best friend (from Bethany)
2-He's my best friend too (Maddie's very original!)
3-He helps me pick up my bedroom (Bethany again)
4-He puts on movies (Bethany)
5-He walks to church with me (Bethany and Maddie)
6-He tucks me into bed at night (Bethany)
7-He makes me hot chocolate in the mornings sometimes (Bethany)
8-He changes my diapers (Maddie, and I love him for that as well!)
9-He plays hide and seek with me (Bethany)
10-He holds me when I'm crying (from Sam, I'm writing on his behalf)
11-He is funny, a dork, but funny! (the rest are from me)
12-He provides for his family, be it a job, doing the laundry, helping out, whatever
13-I truly can tell him anything, even though sometimes he makes fun of me! :)
14-He never gets embarassed
15-He tries to do whats right
16-He loves babies, all babies, but especially ours!
17-He's fun to be around
18-He doesn't let other people bother him
19-He would do anything I asked him to, important things
20-He knows how to cook and does a lot of it!
21-He reads his scriptures
22-He gets along with everyone
23-He likes to shop :)
24-He is sporty (or athletic you could say)
25-He likes to camp and fish and be outdoorsy with me
26-He's involved, he'll take Bethany to ballet and go to appts. with me, etc.
27-He's excited about being a dad
28-He loves his family, extended and all of mine too
29-He tries! Even though he's not perfect and there's days he drives me crazy, atleast I know he's trying to be better and that makes all the difference!
Well Dave, on your 29th birthday I hope you know how much your family loves you even though we really couldn't celebrate. You're wonderful and we're lucky to have you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!



(this is the best we could get for using the self timer, but we're really trying to blow kisses to dad!)

Time to play a little Catch!

Well, David's parents had to get back to work and now its time for me catch up on what we've been up to! We had such a great time, and its hard to see them go, we're so happy they'll be back next month, that makes things so much easier! (although, Bethany seriously sat in her bed last night bawling for Grandpa and holding a shirt he'd given her because that's how she could remember him! She's so dramatic!)They got to come up this time for a nephew's wedding, but we secretly hope that was just an excuse to see us!haha We decided on Thursday we were going to go out to dinner for Dave's b-day and went to Tucanos. Fun experience if you haven't done it! Friday we went to Discovery Park and the Chuck-A-Rama, among other things. Saturday was the wedding, which was an all day thing, I think they left at eight in the morning and it was almost eight when they got back! WOw! Sunday was more casual, because it was Sunday! :) Monday they had to go, we ran some errands and relaxed and went out to lunch, it was a nice day. I'm skipping lots of little things in an effort to save time, but to sum it up, we love you guys and miss you, and are so excited to go to the Grand Canyon next month and for the family reunion! Yippee!



Thursday at Tucanos, the one of Dave is him eating his b-day dessert



Friday we went to Discovery Park, they love it there!





Isn't this picture sweet of the kids with their Grandma!