FiRsT Day of 5th GRadE!!!

Ever since Savannah has gone to school we have taken a picture on the first day of school with her holding up fingers for the grade she we will be going in!!! What will we do when she is a Junior in 11th grade?? CRY!!!!

Running for the bus!! It was a bit "CHILLY"!
THE BUS/Wyoming Limo, as I call it!!! The busing system in Wyoming is AMAZING!!! The buses pretty much will drop your kids off where ever you write them a note for, wither it is Achievement days at the church, and friends house or they forgot a note and the bus driver lets them use his cell phone! I always give Savannah's bus driver presents the same time I do gifts for teachers!!!! He is the best! We love ya Ron!!!!
Homework on the first day!!! YES!!!

Hmmm... Big is beautiful ...when you have enough room!!!!

BEFORE!!!!
This is an x-ray that some may see and know the problem RIGHT OFF but for those of you that may not see the "BIG EMERGENCY" for braces, if you count over 5 teeth from the left you will see a tooth that is TRAPPED, as in not moving, not coming down in to right space, NEEDS ROOM!!!! You know that being in the dental field as long as I have I knew when I saw this x-ray what was going to have to happen!!! I think I said something like OH GREAT!!!!
I LOVE this picture because while I was taking this picture Savannah was saying"MOM STOP taking pictures of ME"!! Ha HA, not one thing she can do about it! She is a little TRAPPED!!! HA!!!
This is Savannah and Dr. Hilliam!!! He is so awesome!!! HE told Savannah he had to make sure she had a pretty smile so that when she played in the "WNBA" he could brag and say that he is the one that gave her that beautiful SMILE!!!
AFTER!!!! Little cutie!!! Love this daughter of mine!!! She is such a blessing in my life and in our home we have so much fun with her and she is such a GOOD GIRL!!!! What a blessing!!! LOVE YOU BAN!!!!

New Member of THE FAMILY!!!!

Meet "TIGGER"!!!! And yes he does BOUNCE!!! Hopefully he and Sadie will one day be friends!!! They are getting better than at first when Tigger want to scratch and claw us all, but mostly Lane since he was the one holding the CAT in front of the DOGS face! Love at first sight was not so much the story with these two! It is more of a "You will grow on me relationship!"
Savannah loves her new kitty! Thank you Grandma Marie!!! We love adding animals to OUR ZOO!!!

Cedar CITY!!! GiRley Trip!!!!

Ok! I was so bad at taking pictures when we went on our ANNUAL VERY Traditional Cedar City trip, BUT the one I did take are GOOD!!!!
These are MY VERY cute Nieces as they prepare for the "Lip sink" Concert!!!!
This would be Kyrstin!!!! Need I say MORE!!! (Where the crap did she get these pants)
This one is my favorite of all the girls in there NEW "BIG STAR" jeans!!! Savannah is getting so big and grown up! They are all getting so BEAUTIFUL!!!!
So yes we did see "Shakespearean plays" and spent more time with lots of fun cousins but, like I said I was having to much fun to remember to take a picture! I will do better!

STOP!!!!! It is going TO FAST!!!!!

Summer it seems is going so FAST, so Lane and Savannah both WORK HARD.....and
PLAY HARD!!!!!! Savannah has been trying to earn extra money working with Lane. After the first day I came to realize very quickly that she was going to have one pair of work clothes she was going to wear every day because I was only going to throw ONE outfit away instead of FIVE!!
Fun things we have been doing this summer is BOATING we have for sure used the boat a lot more this summer than last and I'm sure it will continue!! We have had many good times! In this picture Lanes mom and cousins that came to visit from Minnesota!
ALL the FUN cousins SWIMMING!!! Even thought these cousins only see each other every other year and this is only the second visit, these girl cousins LOVE to be with each other!!!
MORE TUBING!!!
Savannah is such a fish! When all the other kids are DONE and COLD and TIRED I still can not get her out or the water. "One more jump MOM" are her famous words!!!
Savannah has really done well on getting to know her horse better. She was pretty timid at the beginning of the year but is really trying to do better. She has learned she has to be VERY FIRM with him!
More work.... HA!!!! She loves to mow the lawn when she gets the chance!!!! FUN SUMMER TIMES!!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE!!!!!

Going for my run thinking "I AM BLESSED!"

The other day as I was running and looked in every direction and thought no matter where I looked all I saw was "BEAUTIFUL!"
This is the view I see every morning looking out my bedroom window. When my family came up over the 4th of July my brother-in-law said several times that our view reminded him of a postcard!
This is one of my neighbors garden that I WISH was mine! He is a really interesting man. He is a very nice, he and his brother take care of there elderly father. They both look a little like ZZ Top band members, but boy do they have a green thumb!!!
This is my FAVORITE "Killer" hill that I run up as fast as I can and than feel like I am going to die on the way down!
Coming down feeling that want to puke feeling! Good thing it is so pretty!
This house is being built by a 2 people, A HUSBAND and a WIFE!!! Just the 2 of them!!! Oh MY!!! I really like them and hope they are sill married when they are finished cause I'm excited they will be in our ward!!! ( They will this is there 4th house, CRAZY but COOL)
Sadie in the sprinkler Hot and Tired!!! She is a good running partner.
This is my neighbors wood pile I am THANKFUL I don't have anything to do with this! Lots of people heat there homes here with wood burning, glad I don't!
Almost home!!! Last hill to run up as fast as I can!!!
Like I started post with I feel so blessed that I live in such a BEAUTIFUL valley BUT our summers are short so I am thankful for my GREAT home guy also. Lane did a re-model for me this spring and I am grateful for both!!!

WOW!!! WHAT a WEEKEND!!!!

OK..... So I was going to do this way cute "Family Reunion " post and YES, I do have lots of great pictures but they all posted in the wrong order, and after the weekend that "WE" all had and me trying to get ready for another 3 night of no sleep at GIRLS CAMP, I'm NOT going to try and re-down load all these pictures! So you get what you get! :)

The girls playing a fun cup game I HAVE to learn before camp!





Another game, called "ZIP-Bong"! Very fun!









Grandpa was a favorite! He
is the one putting all the kids on and off the horse!













The 4th was such a great weekend! There was A LOT of work getting ready for it, but it was so worth it!!! I think everybody had a good time! It rained at least 2 times every day, but it was those storms that come and go! My family commented a lot about how fast the weather changes in Wyoming! We stayed busy eating, jumping, riding horses, riding 4 wheeler, eating some more, laughing, playing night games, going to parade, going to firework show, visiting, eating some more, taking kids to hospital, water fight, playing basketball, going boating, going fishing and eating some more!!!!