Summer 2011

Summer 2011

With all three of us going to school there wasn't a lot of time for a lot of anything else. We tried to do some things though. Sometimes the simple things are the best.

We spent one day at the lake. It was nice to freeze time for a moment and enjoy time together.

Floating on the lake.

We tried to see if we could use every block we owned to build a castle.Lots of sleepovers.

We built a chicken coop to house our 8 chickens.

We played at a new splash pad a few times. (My sister Summer and her sweet family was able to play with us a couple of those times).

Landon on a giant swing.

The Three Musketeers

train ride at Macey's

Horse rides

Just a little behind :)

Gavon gets his body cast off. We are all happy but I'm sure no one is happier then Gavon

I think it was when Me, Madison, and Landon started our CNA class over the summer that some things (the blog) got put on the back burner. The CNA was hard yet fabulous and I'm happy to say we all passed. it was a great experience to take the class with Madison and Landon. I will cherish it forever. I learned a lot about myself, others, and my two amazing oldest children. I loved this experience and with never forget it. --I will attempt to catch up:)

This is what I did for my birthday..........a 6th grade, end of school year, Justin Bieber party. I think they all had a lot of fun.

Brooklon and Allie-her good friend. This was an exceptional year. This 6th grade class was so great together. I think it was really good for Brooklon. She has made some wonderful friends.
We played some minute to win it games. They were really fun. I had never seen or heard of these. We'll have to try some of these again.

We played "Baby do you love me?" I guess they play this in Brooklon's class all the time. The kids love it.

We played fruit bowl.

Had pizza and treats. And we watched the Justin Bieber movie all at the school thanks to "The Principle"- we have connections :)

They had a really fun time. It was fun watching them interact. They get along so well.

Crazy Hair Day! On the last day of school Maron's class had a crazy hair day. Maron did a Cindy Lou Who Do :)

June 3rd-My birthday

Since I can't do 41 things of "What we adore and love" about myself I decided to do 41 things of "What you may or may not know" about myself instead. I may be boring.

Here goes.....

1. I was born in Twin Falls Idaho but I consider myself a California Girl. I spent a good portion of my life in California. I love the sun, going bare foot, and the beach sand then I do snow and wearing layers. Utah is beautiful though.

2.I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters and I am the middle child.

3. I skipped 6th grade. Not sure that was the best thing for me but none the less here I am.

4. I went to something like 14 different elementary schools.

5. I have lived in Idaho, California, Washington, Wyoming and Utah.

6. I have been to Idaho, California, Washington, Utah, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, New York, Maryland, Oregon, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Germany, and Switzerland. My favorite by far was Switzerland. I would live there if I could.

7. I met my sweet husband In Utah. We lived in the same apartment complex. Same family home evening group.(I really worked hard on figuring where to live in Utah and felt prompted to move there. I now know why.

8. My roommate thought I should meet Christian Wray. I thought she should give this other guy who lived in the same complex a chance. They just seemed a lot alike. We both married these two.

9. In December I will have been married 20 years.

10. I have 8 of the best kids ever. (I have had 5 miscarriages)

11. I would love another baby

12. I live in American Fork Utah. I wouldn't mind moving but that's not in the cards right yet.

13. I have some of the very best friends. Friends have been a huge blessing to me.

14. I'm starting school on Monday to get my CNA license. I'm excited to see where it takes me. (Maybe the labor and delivery/nursery to hold babies:) )My job will always be mom first though.

15. My favorite color-I don't really have one. I like most all colors.

16.My favorite type of food-Mexican by far.

17. I like to sew. Mostly with my girls.

18. I like to read. Favorite book=Book of Mormon.

19. I enjoy all types of music. I love to listen to the words to songs. Music can be so powerful.

20. Favorite treat=by far cookies. I'm trying not to eat sugar/treats all summer though so don't bake any.

22. Herbs interest me and the things they can do.

23. I love to cook and try new foods. I'm trying to change the way I cook though from a "Mormom Mom" cooking style to a more "healthy" style. (No white flour or sugar, less meat, more fruits and veggies-actually this summer I'm trying a 90% fruits and veggies type diet. No dairy. More Exercise. We are trying some raw food meals too. Ask me and I'll tell you how it's going.

24. I would love to be better at gardening veggies and flowers.

25. I've always wanted to be a runner since I was little. I need to lose some weight but I will hopefully soon.

26. I have never broken any bones but my kids have unfortunately.

27. I was married in the Provo temple. We were scheduled to marry at two different temples 1. Manti 2. Provo. The road was closed to Manti so we married in the Provo temple. I drove by the Provo temple the other day and it was absolutley beautiful tucked back in the mountain.

28. I was turning my papers in to serve a mission when Christian proposed. I'm somewhat jealous of girls who served a mission.

29. My family joined the church when I was 7. I watched my Dad, Mom, Older brother, and older sister get baptized. We are the only members in my extended family. I'm somewhat jealous when people have pioneer ancestor stories.

30. I only have one living grandparent. Grandma Graham, my moms mom lives in Redding California. She was to me what a Grandma should be. I loved to visit her house. I have such fond memories of my grandma and her house. I hope to be a great grandma like my grandma.

31. I love traditions. Traditions are what brings family back together.

32. My favorite holiday =New Years, Valentines, St. Patricks day, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas-I love to celebrate just about anything worth celebrating. We are going to celebrate when Gavon's cast comes off. :)

33. When I was little I thought I wanted to be a truck driver ( go figure :)

34. I went to Ricks College after high school. I absolutely loved it. I was there the same time as Christian but never knew him.

35. I once ate a squid while I was dating Christian. It got stuck in my throat and I thought I might throw up. I wanted to impress him so I managed to swallow it. I will never do that again!

36. I don't like amusement parks. I don't care for roller coasters. I'd rather get a root canal.

37. I'm not a real animal lover. I could never be a vet.

38. I wish I could play the piano. I think it would be relaxing.

39. I use to rock climb.

40. I love my family.

41. I love my Heavenly Father.

Wow! That was harder than I thought.
I wasn't sure I was going to make it.

One long feild day post

Field Day 2011

Bonneville Elementary

Jordon loves the monkey bars and is really good at them. We had to visit the monkey bars several times during the day.

This is a portion of Brooklon's great girl friends

Allison, Kyra, Jessica, Tia, Maggie, India, Brooklon, Emerie, Bekah,

Bailey, Allie, and Becca.

Caleb, Joseph, Dillan, and Jenson

(Some of Jenson's friends eating lunch outside together)

Jenson throwing the javelin.

Jenson dribbling the soccer ball around cones.

The two headed race with Jenson and his friend Caleb.

Jenson and his friend Caleb holding hands waiting for their turn at the two headed race. (Cute)

What time is it Mr. Fox? (Jenson)

Jenson doing the baton hand off.

Sponge/water race-Jenson

Sponge/water race-Maron

Maron and her good friend Makenna

Maron and Makenna doing the three legged race

Nanette, Mrs. Mason (Brooklon's awesome sixth grade teacher), India, Brooklon, and Emerie.

Brooklon and Emerie. It's not often you get to be in the same class as your cousin

Brooklon and Nanette

Brooklon and Josh. (all of the boys in Brooklon's class minus one have been really cute, kind, and like a brother to Brooklon. The minus one boy is a whole other story- we'll talk about that later.)

Brooklon and her good friend India

Brooklon at the sponge/water relay race

Brooklon-relay race!

Brooklon and Emerie

6th graders against the faculty. Score 19 to 15 faculty :(

A portion of Brooklon's class doing a silly picture.

It was fun to spend the day watching the kids participate in field day. What a fun year this has been.

Relief Society: Something Extraordinary

Happy 16th Birthday Landon

*Sorry the pictures are backwards

Maron, Brooklon, and Emerie had their own little get together during Landon's party. They sure have a fun time together. Can I just say one more time how sad I am that Brooklon and all of her cute cute girl friends will be split next year. I'm hoping to have them still get together often.
It started raining hard while at the park. Thanks to Grandma Brooks we were able to move the party to the great room at Grandma's. We watched a movie (Despicable Me) projected on the wall and ate ice cream. Landon has a nice group of friends. Kids came and went steadily all night long.

We rented a huge game of Twister at BYU and played it at the party before it started to rain....hard.

I think the Twister game was a fun thing to start off with. As more showed up they just jumped right in.

They listened to music as they visited and played.

-We barbecued hamburgers, hot dogs with chips and soda.

-We had a table set up with a paper table cloth so everyone could write birthday wishes to Landon.

-Landon did a little show with liquid nitrogen. I think the kids enjoyed this more than anything. Maybe a little too much at times! (Some kids/kid!!! got a little too crazy.) All in all it turned out good thanks again to Grandma for helping us out when it got really wet out.

Gavon is a full time job. We'll leave it at that.:)

I am going to be so excited when they cut this cast off. You have no idea. (It's starting to stink...bad!)

I'm sure no one will be happier than Gavon though. He is being such a trooper. It's not easy being stuck in that thing.

The other day was "Beach Day" for Brooklon at school.

Maron thought it was Hippie Day until she got to school and realized it wasn't anything for her class. The peace necklace and cool head band came off real quick. She still looks cute though.
Feild day is tomorrow. I'm hoping to get up to the school to get a lot of pictures.