Camp Deer Run

We just dropped Macey & Leah off at church camp. They are in cabin 3 this year. This is their first church camp with our church, Eastridge Church of Christ.


This is a picture of their cabin. The camp grounds are really nice with only the dining hall being air conditioned. We stopped at a super-walmart on the way out to buy a fan for their bed space & a mini-fan to carry with them...



They are really excited about camp. I'm sure they will have tons of fun!

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Family Vacation in Tennessee

So we took a vacation in June with some of friends, Collin & Holly Farrell. Their family has a cabinon a lake in Tennessee near Chattanooga so we thought this would be a great family vacation. It was!



Here is the kid crew from oldest to youngest...you should have seen the looks we got when we went anywhere. We had a great time freaking people out....



This picture is from Falls Creek Falls. It was beautiful scenery.... but it was quite HOT!


I will add more pictures later....

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Horseback Riding Lessons

Macey recieved a horseback ridi g lesson as a birthday gift this past January from her friend, Drew.



She was a natural! Her horse's name was Harry Higgins & he was a sweet horse...she did well riding & absolutely loved it....now she wants a horse for her next birthday...oh boy!






Kathyrn was really nice & her sweet daughters also took the girls to pick eggs from the chickens...



In all we have 6 eggs....guess it is time for some breakast burritos... :)



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Football practice?!?!?!

AJ started (flag) football practice this week. He is a bit taller than the average boy on team but he seems to fit nicely into the group. His football season starts soon so look for pictures from his games....


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Home Sweet Home

So I left Abq this morning at 7am, landed at 9:40am, grabbed lunch at Pei-Wei's and now headed home to drop dogs to get a haircut, soccer practice, VBS & somewhere in the day I need to find time to make 200 mini-projects for my promotional that I run each month.... I really would love a nap buy I'm thinking tht is so not happening today!


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Chillin' in ABQ

So I'm staying with my friend, Taryn for a few days to get some scrapbooking done. She had a card stamp camp last nigh & for the first time I got to be a customer, instead of the demonstrator! It was so much fun! We made 25 cards & the are absolutely too cute!!!

They have recently adopted 2 kittens, Lynx & Mustachio. Adventurous as kittens are, I have found them sleeping in some unusal places....






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ABQ get-away..

Normally this time of year, you would find me in Salt Lake City, UT at the biggest event Stampin' Up! has to offer each year. Unfortunately, after 7.5 years of being a demonstrator, I am choosing not to attend. Although I am sad, we just have way too much going on at this time. I did however find 4 days to "sneak away" from my life & scrapbook with a friend for a break.




We lived here for 4.5 years & loved it. The weather is a beautiful 73 degrees, and of course, the view is great!!!!

Off to run some errands...have a nice evening!!!


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Pedicures & Mohawks?!?!

We got a chance to get pedicures on Saturday...



This was lil' Miss Avery's first pedicure.



& we sent the boys for haircuts....
This is the last time daddy gets to take him to get his haircut....



Just kidding! He has been asking for months to get a Mohawk....isn't he just the cutest?

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Wedding weekend!

We are on our way home from San Antonio after a quickstop in West, TX for some of my favorite bologna...the wedding was beautiful!!!! My cuz, Alana was gorgeous in her wedding dress. she is a UT grad so of course, burnt orange & chocolate were her colors. Her dress had burnt orange weaves into the lacing in the back of the dress as well as the middle of her train. It was absolutly beautiful!!!
All the men in the wedding worn burnt orange ties...below is a pic of Leah wearing uncle Alan's tie.



It was great to see my family...it has been a long time since I have been able to visit with some of my cousins. I will definately have to work on getting together with them more often!
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Weekend in San Antonio

We are headed to San Antonio as I write this for my cousin, Alana's wedding. The wedding is tomorrow at 4pm so I'm looking to get some putt-putt golf & pedicures in before that.....we shall see!

Family Vacation 2009

So we survived..well, almost! I'm writing this as we are only 4 hours away from home. Driving thru the night has not been a common practice as of late, but so far it is working. Billy is listening to his books on his Itouch, kids are all asleep & I'm wishing I was asleep...oh well!

We stayed a week with some friends at their family cabin in the Chattanooga, TN area & had a great time.

There was fishing, swimming off the boat dock, eating ice cream at Clumpie's, & so much more. It was nice to get away to where there was no TV, Xbox, or computers..well, atleast I left mine at home. My poor hubby had to bring his to work some...not too much though!

Now I need a week to recover from our vacation....LOL! I will post pictures soon!

You're STUPENDOUS Mom!

How is that for a word?

That is what I got from my son, AJ when he walked in from school today.

I'm what?

You're a stupendous mom.

Where did you hear that?

It's a spicy word mom!

Oh, ok! Thanks!

First Day of School!

It's offical! We have a 3rd grader.....




2nd grader......



Kindergartener.......



& a Pre-schooler.......

WOW! where does the time go???

GO Texas Rangers!

We ended up with tickets to a Texas Rangers game on the day I flew back in from Convention yesterday! WOW! What an extremely long day, but TOTALLY worth it!
The kids had a blast! The seats were in row 10, right above 1st base...WHAT A VIEW! (thanks Uncle Aaron!) & to top it off, the TEXAS Rangers WON!!!!

Offer on Hearthstone!

We got an offer (finally) on our house. Wea re taking a loss but that is the way things roll I guess. We accepted & are set to close on July 11th so let's hope that Cartus will not screw things up. We have had many difficult issues with them for a relocation company, mainly they tell us one thing & then when we get to that part of the process, things are now different. Very frustrating!! anyway, keep your fingers crossed!

Soccer Camp 2008!!!

The kids attended a day soccer camp, or rather an evening soccer camp this June. They all had a blast including little miss Avery.

Macey was in the older division & is pictured holding a make-shift trophy with her teammates & the Brittish soccer coaches.

It was really warm but we managed not to get heat stroke or sick so we are thankful for that!

The kdis are already begging to sign-up for soccer camp next summer!

Macey taking a break!

Macey Classroom Award

Macey's teacher does a candy awards at the end of the year. I was amazed at this other woman who gets to spend almost as much time with my Mac as I do. She recognizes amazing traits in Macey that as parent, I tend to over look at times. I was totally beaming after this. I even let her cut class to go grcoery shopping with me for the rest of the day! We had Krispy Kreme Donuts & DP for lunch...

Closing Date...

SO we have been up & down since May about when we could close....we finally have a date! JUNE 20th! Which also happens to be Avery's 3rd Birthday so we are still working on that issue as well. She has been going on & on about her Birthday party at the pool so we will figure something. Life is crazy here so if you do not hear from me till July, you know why...Billy is gone for most of June so that leaves me relying on my friend, Shara & my family for all the help around close dates. Billy is here for 2 days after closing then off to work for Raytheon! BTW, have i mentioned how great a company Raytheon is???? Man, we have been so blessed to have a job with them. Nothing like the AF that is for sure! Gotta run! I have have alot of packing still to go!I will keep you posted!

Albuquerque House

Here is the link to the house in Albuquerque. We are lowering(yet again) the price of the house to $259,000. If you know ANYONE who is interested in buying or renting, please send them this link. We perfer to sell but are considering renting/leasing at this point. Thanks so much!

Starting to look like a real home...

So we have grass now...how cool is that??? The fence that you see is our side lot/yard & eventually will have an inground swimming pool. That is a few years away when all of kiddos swim like fish. We hope to close soon. (May or June timeframe) I will send out the new mailing address when we get settled.