Eight Is Great! But Nine is Better: 08/03/08

I think my blog is somewhat caught up. I hope I did'nt forget to add too many things. The end of the summer is coming quickly. Life is already starting to speed up. We have started into soccer (Trenton and Brooklon) and football (Landon). We have really enjoyed summer time, our many adventures, and just spending time together. I'm not sure we want summer to end but are looking forward to sporting events (soccer, football, and BYU football), school/friends, and maybe a more normal schedule. Stay tuned for soccer and football scores, pictures, etc.. and first days of school.

My sister Summer and her two children Natalie and Russel came to Utah for a week and a half. We had a great time. It was a lot of fun to see her and her family. We made hair bows and played, played, played.

Jenson sure enjoyed having Russel. We just wished that they lived closer. Jordon enjoyed playing dolls etc. with Natalie. For a couple days after they left they would wake up and ask when their friends were coming to play. We miss them already.

Christian and the boys have been working on our yard. We are putting sprinklers in. It is a slow process but after all it's not about growing yards it's about growing family.

Happy 65th Birthday Mom/Grandma!

My mom had her 65th birthday this July. All of her kids and their families pitched in to buy her a cool new red bike. I think she was surprised. She said she hasn't rode a bike for a long time and she was a little worried if she even could ride anymore. But from what I understand she gets up every morning or goes out in the evening and rides. Also from what I understand is that she (Mom) has a lot of onlookers. These onlookers say to her " When you go out to ride your bike, let us know we'd like to watch. Oh to be a kid again with a brand new red bike. We hope she enjoys riding her new bike. We love our Grandma!

On our way home we stayed a motel that had a cool water slide. It was a lot of fun. At one moment it became very scary. It's all fun until someone gets hurt. Jenson got hurt so bad and scared me so bad. I'm so thankful for Heavenly Father being with us that day. I'm so thankful for my family. We love spending time together. Christian and I love our group so much.

Madison and Maron. Madison is such a great swimmer and always so willing to help brothers and sisters.

Everyone loves when dad catches you when you come down the slide. Makes you feel safe.

Just kicken it.

Super Landon!

Jo Jo and flipper.

Such a posser!

woowho

Cute Girl!

I love this slide.

Albuquerque Temple (Small version of Mt. Timp.)

Beautiful!

Jordon and his traveling buddy. Chucky

As we were driving home you see this mountain out in the middle of no where. You may have seen it. They call this mountain Shiprock. It's very cool! There is some legand that it (Shiprock) is actually the ship that the Indians sailed on.

One of the places we wanted to see most was the Four Corners. We were so sad to see that they had closed and locked the gates 22 minutes before we got there. Next Summer hopefully we will be able to make it there. This will give us something else to look forward to.