THE 2 WHO ARE LEAVING

Had to post some of Kaits senior pictures. She was so much fun to take pics of. I could have shot all day and I think she could have lasted all day. I think she might have had more fun than I did.


Ya, she's cool, no, I mean sick. So sick!
If a personality can be described in a few pics, these are they.

She also went to prom. It was kinda fun for all of us. She was excited. Had a really great time. I know I'm the mother, but....she looked beautiful.

And, she graduates. Did an awesome job conducting the commencement exercises. Her speech was funny and witty and smart and darling. Glad to have family and friends there. Thank you.
If javelin was ever exciting, this day was one of them. She will be attending University of Utah on a 4 yr academic scholarship. Coach Kuusela was able to get books for her, so she will be considered a scholarship athlete and all the "perks" that come with.
Kait on the big screen, instructing the class of 2011 to adjust their tassels to the graduated side.

So many pics of the girl and just this one pic of the boy who is leaving TO RUSSIA! He was being funny. He is funny. We love him so much. We love the girl too. They will leave a big hole in our hearts and our home. Please do not call the number above, I should have blurred it. We would never sell him. They are priceless.

The greatest gifts you can give your children
are the roots of responsibility
and the wings of independence.
-Denis Waitly LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »

Been palyin, tooooo much......

at the ponds, on the swings, with The Wells and Colleen Hayes family all the way from Clayton, NC. Its been 12 years, yet it seemed like yesterday.
at the Manti pageant. Have to say it wasn't really our cup up tea but worth watching especially with good friends.
in Moab with the Benjamin 1st ward young ladies. Matt and Bret where gracious enough to come along as our priesthood leadership. They were the best, and good sports for doin' the jump thing!
hiking to the delicate arch.

Siamese dandelion, lions??
at the Hershey track meet, littler ones running their fastest.

Happy people learn that happiness, like sweat, is a by-product of activity. You can only achieve happiness if you are too busy living your life to notice whether you are happy or not.

~ Frank Pittman III

Just a Few

spring photo shoots......... thank you spencer and max for trusting me to prom and all your wonderful friends.

....and these fun seniors were absolutely the best. had so much fun! thank you.


...some pictures can simply not be taken, they must be gently borrowed

I am in a LOVE HATE relationship......

.......with SPRING!!
my tomato plant thinks it's spring.
the little cactus bud thinks it's spring.
tiny purple weeds think it's spring.
roundup killed the weeds that thought it was spring, now they are dead and snow covered.


will someone please inform dear Mother Nature it IS spring, bless her heart.

snow on the fenceposts.
snow on the lilacs.

I LOVE OUR OLD RUSTY MAILBOX.
do not love the snow on it today.

...and I was going to put these muck boots away. guess not.
SNOW on the alfalfa fields, and the princess Timpanogos.
glad I can come back inside to this cozy warm fire that's burning brightly because, obviously, it is NOT SPRING YET.

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain

I'm hating spring, ....but I love it so much. :)

Since December

.......not a lot has happened, but wanted to blog a few things. Not in any particular order.


This girl finished up a nice basketball seasons with a couple really great games and one not so great but we sure do love watching her. After all the complaining Matt did about having to watch GIRLS play ball, he thinks he might have to support some of junior girls from this year by attending a few games next year :D
Her game day dress. Custom hand painted Vans, customized by the girl herself. She just started track and with some tips from her dear old dad threw jav. 120. Has a two year scholarship offer to Utah State. Would like to get a 4 yr. offer from UofU in track and field. Will be busy planning prom and preparing her graduation speech.
This boy just turned 15 and can now officially drive with an adult, IF, he passes the test which he has failed twice. Will be back next week for a 3rd round. Good Luck Chuck! He eat drinks and sleeps football and can hardly wait for summer to come to start workouts. We think he kinda likes girls too. He is the perfect gentleman.
This boy had a special birthday and just turned 12, went into the Young Mens program and received the aaronic priesthood and he's handsome. He is his mothers volunteer test pic model and does a fantastic job. He's working on being a gentleman but sometimes it hard with a little sister.



Welcome new Baby Texie. Leslie's sis Laurie had her 4th a couple weeks ago and for her b-day she and Addi flew to the big ole' Lone Star State. For the record, she is named Texie after a dear friend of theirs in Oregon, not after Texas, that would be dorky :) Had a fabulous time. Kudos to their ward for immediately makin them family where they had none. The church is a truly marvelous.

What would a blog be without girls and ponies. This is their weekly trip around the block to and from piano. We have also been going to 4-H weekly and the girls are jumpin their little ponies. So much fun. Do we say that every time? Pictured below is Ads n her cousin Camrie. The Coontz fam did party hard with us over the New Year(along with many others we love) and we had so much fun, someone hid their keys so they couldn't leave. Oooooh! Good times.

These handsome young men are the priests in our ward, who will all putting in mission papers very soon. Tyler, in the blue hoodie just received his call to Norway. Awesome. Cooper is filling his papers out now and will turn them in the first of April. He is busy with work,college, and basketball, and happy to say he's been on a few dates :)
Here are some so so really cute little boys. They are cousins. We like how they are all standing in the same order, now as handsome young men, priesthood holders who will all be serving missions very soon. Porter and Mason have already received their calls. Guatemala and Boise. They will report in June and July. Waiting on Zac and Coop. So excited for them. We think it is amazing.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done,"
and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

C. S. Lewis