Daddy sent us pictures of what he looks like and what we look like to him in the Philippines.
I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!
Daddy after a day at the SPA and a hair cut-SOOOOO HANDSOME!!!
We miss him so much as always !!!
My Love has wanted an electric guitar for a long time now and here it is. He bought it for $150 normally $300 because it had a small scratch on it. It had been in the car when the owner of the store got in a car accident. Well, it turned out that the neck had been damaged and My Love got a brand new one to replace it for the same price. He is so excited!!!
We had our normal dinner before The Amazing Race tonight. It is so fun getting together with everyone at the beginning and end of each season.
Voting Time!
All the cousins sang at Tegan’s baptism. It was super cute! I felt so bad for Troy and Daph because every baptism their stake screws it up somehow. This time they mispronounced Tegan’s name twice. For Madi’s they didn't even have her on the program. For Ashlynn’s a missionary spoke instead of someone from their family. Honestly, our ward and stake is the best!! That’s why Aubree’s was perfect since she and Paris had it in our stake.
We all went for lunch at Troy and Daph’s. Tegan looked very handsome in his suit unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of him.
Paris was so excited that Aubree was able to come to her school’s skate night. The skated for 3 hours, bought junk to eat and had 15 minutes in the bubble pit. My Love and I just hung out talking to Terri, Silver and Emma’s parents. It was fun for all of us! Tristan & Esher were at Tegan’s birthday party.
These girls did so good this season. Daddy helped out a lot during the season. They all had so much fun.
She is such a happy girl!
Esher just loves to play soccer especially as the goalie. He did amazing out there. Sadly it is their last one of the season.
They love being on the same team together!
Sebastian had an accident in the living room so tomorrow they are coming to clean the carpets. Everything from the living room had to go in the kitchen. The kids were so excited. They really wanted to sleep on the couch in the kitchen. They hauled all their stuffed animals downstairs and slept there for 2 nights. It was adorable!
Today we went to buy the kids a guitar so they can learn how to play it. I wish it was a piano but we just can’t afford one so this will have to do for now. All of the kids are very excited about it. We can’t afford lesson either so daddy is going to try and teach them.
I have never seen so many peaches in my life. Our ward went to can peaches today and we went along. It was so much fun because My Love and I got to work right next to each other. By the end our backs were achy but it was really a lot of fun!
I’m so glad we had aprons to wear- seriously who wears a white shirt to can sticky messy peaches. It’s as bad as going camping in white pants, right Jo Ann?
We had no plans for this Friday night so we decided to spend it with the kids. We went to Chuck E. Cheese and brought Emma along with us. I love going to Chuck E.’s because My Love and I get to play cards for hours. We love bringing Skip-Bo and Phase 10. Tristan was at a birthday party.
We all headed for The Chocolate for some yummy dessert!
She braided her hair last night and my love took a picture of it so I could see it. I leave 30 minutes before they wake up so I have no idea what they look like in the morning.
I love the boots with this outfit. That’s our fashion girl!
Grandma had an emergency preparedness lesson today for Family Home Evening. Paris was in charge of the dessert so she made a twin tower cake in memory of 9-11.
Kyle came by to give Paris a ride on his new quad. It was so strange to see her on it with a boy. Kyle was very kind and told me he wouldn’t go faster than first gear. It was so slow I told him second was fine.
Have I ever mentioned that we live in the coolest neighborhood!! Janette organized this baseball game for all the kids and adults that wanted to play. After the Cascades we all went over. It really was tons of fun. There is so much more to life than a big house and in this neighborhood we have found it-The best people ever!!! There have been a few times we have thought of moving in the last 9 years but thinking of being away from all our neighbors has always brought a sick feeling to my stomach. We might be able to find a bigger better dream home somewhere else, but I know we will never ever find better neighbors!!!
I have always wanted to go to these springs and we finally did on Labor Day. This is probably the very first Labor Day my sweet love has taken off in 10 years. IT WAS SO NICE SPENDING IT WITH HIM!!!! Sometimes being completely in love with your husband is a downer-like when you want to spend every holiday (okay, who am I fouling it’s actually every second) with him but he has to work!
The drive was just gorgeous!
My Love had the kids do Speak, See, and Hear no evil. We have actually been to the temple, in Japan, of the monkeys who are carved out doing this.
I just love that Esher is peaking! That boy is so funny!!!
Sebastian was so happy to be there until we found out he had to be on a leash because there were so many people and that he wasn’t allowed in the water. It was torture keeping him out and a couple times we failed!
It’s a small place but we still had fun.
These walking sticks are so funny. Paris found the first one and from that moment on they all wanted one. Tristan was the last one to find one, actually Esher found it for her. He walked two steps with it and said ‘Yep, Tristan that is a real walking stick!” My Love and I laughed so hard
