lake Powell

Ok, I told Kerry that I would try and post more pictures, she said to start with powell, so here are few from our trip to Lake Powell. Amazing doesn't describe the trip, we all the best time. Allison brought her nice camera and the pictures that she took don't even do the lake justice. I feel that everyone should make sure they take a trip up to that lake. We didn't even wake board very much at all. we all just wanted to explore. We would find a channel in the lake and go through it. Some would go back a little ways, while others went over a mile. Some were deep over hundreds of feet while others would get us in 10 ft of water. We would take narrow channels and had a "team building experience" Allison and I would sit in the bow on each side and Michael and Todd would take the back corners while Greg drove. The water was so clear, we would let him know to stay to the right or watch out for the rock to the left. At one point I was able to touch the 100 ft canyon wall with my feet while Allison was on the other side touching the other canyon wall with her feet. Then it would open up to a nice little beach area. Like I said it was amazing and I really recommend going. Absolutely beautiful. We also got to see one of the seven wonders of the world. Rainbow Bridge, it was way cooler than I thought it was going to be. We had a great time camping with all 5 of us. This will be a trip I will never forget! Thanks Jenny, Steve, Mom, Dad, kerry, Christian, Jessie Kevin and Tamara for helping us out with the girls, Indy and camping gear. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures.

May!! the month we didn't get to rest.

so May is probably the busiest month of the year I think. Aleast that's my excuse for not blogging anything!! Good grief. Here was our Month recap.
Mom had a bday! Then Greg and I had our Anniversary, we went to Applebee's for dinner with Julia, Riley, Morgan and Laney (it was very romantic let me tell ya) then we took the kids over to mom and dads and went to watch Wolverine (which by the way I thought was a good movie). Our weeks are always very busy with gymnastics, dance, basketball practice, soccer practices, and play dates. We had recitals for gymnastics which the Julia and Morgan were in along with Kenna, Camden and Logan. It was very cute. Julia has her back handspring now so everyone got to see it. Morgan was cute with her I Love Spot routine. She sure like the performing.
Riley's soccer this year was awesome! She became a much better goalie this year and her whole team played so well together. I always looked forward to watching Riley play soccer. Greg got to help out coaching this season which I know he enjoyed. He actually coached the last game of the season last weekend. He thought it was very stressful but really enjoyed it too. I'm sure he will help out again next season. The team has decided to stay together again and play together for a third season.
Julia had her second season with basketball. She did great. they didn't have enough girls to play so they played against boys all season. her team was all girls and they definitely kept up pretty well with the boys. I was happy that I got to be the assistant coach this season. I really enjoyed helping out, I even coached a game!!
Morgan had her first gymnastic class without mom! Camden was in it and Aunt Kerry coached it, but Morgan everyday (actually she still asks every day if she has nastics today, so I know she likes it.
The boat broke last month too, a few times. We replaced the starter and it worked fine, then the next trip out I was left dead in the water, no wakeboarding for us on a hot hot day. So Greg decided to just change everything. We replaced the fly wheel, the starter, the relay and the ignition switch. Luckily that stuff was very inexpensive. The boat has been working great ever since.
My car also broke down last month. We were on our way to preschool, school and work and it started shaking and died. I pushed it out of the way into a ditch by the olive mill. Christian the rescue to pick up Riley and Julia to take them to school. Then Michelle to the rescue to pick up me and take me to work and watch Morgan for a while. Greg and Christian towed the car back to the house and we worked on it for a while. It was my IDPM. we took it to the dealership and they charged a million dollars to get it fixed and then didn't even replace it right. So we had to take it back again for the third time for them to fix it. There was a bunch of other drama added to that whole story too. Greg and I are banned from any Power dealerships.
By the way if any of you are trying to loan modify your house make sure you get EVERYTHING in writing and you read all of it. Trust me, another long sad story.
We had a great Memorial weekend, we went boating (of course) and had a great time. Hung out on the docks at Tamara's boat and the girls made a new friend named JoAnna. Went to mom's house and went swimming on Memorial day. Last weekend we went out boating twice, super fun great times, the girls surfed with us and then Julia tried on her own, that girl is getting so good and confident behind the boat.
We went to Steve's 60th bday Party (Father in law). Had a great time. It was an astrology thing. They set up a couple telescopes and we got to see the ring around Saturn and its moons, double double stars, nebulas, and the moon obviously. Greg and Julia had the time of there life, they both really enjoy that stuff.
Now that it is June I thought our weeks would slow down and they kinda have. We still have a busy schedule with I think every weekend booked (don't tell greg or hell get angry) Right now we have one of Julia's friends over, she spent the night. Not sure how much sleep they really got, but they seem to be having a great time. And this weekend is Julia's first slumber party. Yikes she's getting too old.

A very Nice Weekend

Well, with the girls in all there activities we had a very nice, busy weekend. we started off the weekend with a soccer game and a basketball game. the girls games were at the same time. since I had to coach Julia's basketball it made it easy to decide. I went to basketball game and greg went to the soccer game. Of course it happened to be Riley's best soccer game ever!!! Hopefully she will do just as well this weekend when I go watch. And Julia did great at her basketball game too. After that Julia, Jenny and I went to a place called Orange Patch (I've heard of this place for years and always see the neat stuff Jenny and Jessie find there) I finally got to see what all the fuss is about. Its a really neat place that I sure could spend lots of money at. Then on our way home we saw signs that said trains, so we followed them. there was a house set up with tons of train sets all throughout there backyard and house. It was really cool, we tried to get Greg to bring Morgan over to look but couldn't convice him. then it was time to celebrate Jenny's bday! Logan and Jenny have the same birthday so it worked out real well to go out for Jenny's on Sat. We went to the Landmark. We've been there before, but we had a good time and the salad bar or should I say room is very yummy. After that we drove home and taught the girls slugbug, although Julia is still having trouble figuring out what a slug bug looks like, those PT cruisers are tricky. Once we got back to Jessie and Kevins we checked in on Indy and Har Lee (Kevins dog) they seemed to get along very well. We changed clothes and headed out on a bike ride/dog walk/heely's/park.

Okay this is where I'll admit that I'm a bad parent. Julia doesn't know how to ride a bike yet, so we taught her this weekend. In our defense we have no sidewalks in our neighborhoood and people are crazy drivers for the street. So, I knew that she was able to ride, she just had to learn for herself that she knew how. she did great. She offically knows how to ride a bike now!!
We stayed and played cards that night over there (which I won both games!!) the next morning we decided to go to the lake since it was supposed to be 90. We got a new tube from Tige thats a UFO, really cool. So we head out to the lake. We blew up the UFo tube which all of us were really excited about and only went about 100 yards and the boat broke. the starter blew. So we had to get towed back in. Sad.
This parts wasn't the nice part of the weekend. As we get swung into the dock greg jumps off to catch the boat and slips on the dock (again). He didn't quite get there intime and took a chunk of fiberglass out of the nose of the boat. His shoulder is still hurting him today too. Its pretty windy so Greg stays to hold the boat and I go up and get the truck. There are lots of people around and no one is helping and its just us Farmers. I came up with the trailer and did the most awesome backing up manuver of my whole driving career. (you can even ask greg) Then greg tries to pull the boat in and slips into the water (poor guy) We finally get everthing set and head home.

We called Mike the boat guy on our way home and he said our chances were 50/50 on whether it would be expensive. so once we are home Greg opens up the boat. Sure enough it wasn't good. so we back in the boat in the garage and start working away looking for the parts. Our cool neighbors come over to help. they are all car guys and one even owned a tige a couple years ago. they pulled out the part that was needed and saved us aleast 1500 bucks!!! that was soooo nice. And one of his buddies owns a fiberglass shop and said he would repair it for free!!!

then we hurried up and put the boat together to leave for Logans bday party at the lake. The kids had a great time. they played on the play ground and ate pizza and cake. we also got to play in the sprinklers. that was a blast. Camden asked if I would go with him so I couldn't say no, so even I played in the sprinklers!! We got home and packed up Greg and went to bed early.

That was our Very Nice weekend.

I'm trying to win a blower!!!

So my titles are still all goofy!! But I'm trying to win a Green Lawn mower, actually I would like the blower. but I get extra credit for posting it on my blog.

So here it is!!!




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The Newest Member

We adopted a DoG!! His name is Indy. He is 3 months old and is a mastiff. Greg and I have been talking about dogs for a while but never thought we would be ready to have one. Now that the girls are older and can have more repsonsibility we decided it was a good time. We both like big dogs, but wanted one that was pretty mello. I found a boy and a girl mastiff up for adoption on petfinder.com. They were the only baby mastiffs in AZ and the rescue just happened to be in Queen Creek, what are the odds. We did our homework and researched Mastiffs. They are great family dogs. They also have many other great qualities about them too. We have had Indy for over a week now and the whole family just loves him. I keep thinking that he is tricking us because he's been so easy and wonderful. I know the days will come where something gets chewed up and ruined. We definetly have to change our lifestyle around a little now that we have him, but its def. worth it. Julia is so wonderful with animals, she has been so helpful and even offers to clean up the yard!! (Not sure how long thats gonna last) The other two are just as good with him. Even Poker is Okay with INdy, She doesn't want to play with him just yet, but I know soon that day will come.
I think most everylittle kid needs a dog growing up, and finally after getting asked billions of times for one we adopted a doggie, and a great one at that!

Julia's Basketball Season

I apologize, basketball has been over for 2 weeks and I never posted anything on Julia's basketball season. Her team name was the Firecrakers. There were 8 girls on the team. Julia was one of the youngest because it was first and second graders. she started off as one of the most inexperienced players on the team. Over the 8 weeks of one practice and one game a week, she improved Sooooo much. It was very fun to watch those games. Once she caught on she became aggressive. We try and practice, but with all the other activities we have its hard to find time, but we do our best with the practicing. Julia did decide she wanted to play another season so in a few weeks we will start it all over again.

Morgan's tonsilless

A few pictures of little Morgan.
Mo got her tonsils out on Thursday! It went pretty well. we went in early Thursday morning and stayed in the hospital till Mid afternoon Friday. She had a few issues along the way but nothing major. And now she is trying to run around and play, and she isn't supposed to be doing too much.

Her voice is so high and cute. She sounds soooo sweet right now. She is eating very well. Her food preferences are Cereal, mac n cheese, yogurt, bananas and ice cream. Lucky little girl. I still feel bad for her though cuz her sister was eating a pop tart and she wanted one. She said her throat didn't hurt at all, and she didn't understand when I told her no, but then I offered her Boston cream pie yogurt and she was much better.
Her sisters have been very good to her (I knew they would) and have made sure she isn't over exerting herself. And Greg is back! Yay! He came back last night and should be here for awhile.