24th July

Okay so my sweet Zeke would not wearing anything but his Superman clothes. So instead of fighting him I just said strike a pose. Plus I was exhausted!

Zeke and my cousin Jacob. Whenever we get together they have the best time together!

The picture before this one was just a small group of us. This adorable chubby chubby is Madison. I just love playing with her and pinching her cheeks and legs! It was SO much fun having her and her Mom, grandma and aunt with us! Zeke and Jacob again. This really how they were most of the time at the parade. My cute Mom! We had so much fun together!

And this picture below is my fun sister Kara! I was so glad that she came!!!Okay so here is Ray. She came and watched the Parade with us, because Janice had to work. But we wonder if she really watched! My brother Ben and his Wife Kristi after up in the canyon My new pyro. He loved lighting fireworks and trying to play in everything. Or should I say that he was trying help out his Daddy and Grandpa!

So the last 2 pictures were of Ty, Kristi and Zeke. Watching us light off Fireworks!

Okay so everyone who doesn't know for our Family tradition. We meaning my Mom and Me go out on the 23rd in the early morning to save our spot for the next day. We save a big area for the 24th of July Parade. A few years ago I was resenting sitting there all day and night for our whole entire family, plus friends with very little help. This year I didn't care because I viewed it as hangin' out with my Mom and Zeke. It was a lot of fun. So on the 24th we watch the parade then our whole family heads up to City Creek Canyon and have a picnic. Play in Canyons for awhile. Then typically we go home and crash!!! Later just my family comes over and we eat, swim and light off fireworks or we go and watch them. This year we lite them off and watched the neighbors illegal ones. It was fabulous!!! I really enjoyed this years tradition.!

So Long to the Cabin

So last Thursday and Friday the 10th and 11th we were moving our things out of our cabin. So I saw this great opportunity to take a picture or two of course of Zeke out in our meadows. It is so beautiful there. For you who don't know where it is it's down in Brian Head.

It was sad leaving the cabin, but in all reality we are trying to simplify our lives now and we just have way too much stuff. We've had a lot of fun there and it was a great place to have, but we look forward to the future. We will be very excited and blessed for doing what is right for our family. We hope someday to have a cabin in Bear Lake. To which that is where Mark has a lot of memories with his family!

These past pictures are by our cabin at Cedar Breaks. The view there is spectacular. I know that these pictures don't do it justice but you can still see how beautiful it is there. Very peaceful at above 10,000 feet.

Our 4th of July for 2008

We went to the Zoo like a bunch of animals!!!! It was actually not that busy this year and we had a blast!!!

I do remember how to blog.

This is at the Santa Monica Pier in California Zeke had so much fun!

Zeke loving the sand by the Ocean Me getting attacked by the Ocean this was one of my war wounds from the ocean.

I think the ocean won! This place with Mark, Zeke and Janice was the best it was in Malibu. Janice looking so dang cute! Janice doing her natural pose for me as we go you'll see a different pics of her.

Okay so I know that it has been forever since I have posted something so here I go. We went to California the end of June and had a great time. We went to the Santa Monica Peir and to the 3rd street promenade. It was a blast to watch all of the talent there. We also went to the Beverly Hills Shopping Center and saw Tyresse (the actor) he is so gorgeous. We got his picture from behind so we weren't to obvoius, but Mark went over and shook his hand and got his autograph.

Mark and Tyresse - (he is the black bald guy)

We also went to the Wax Museum and the Ripley's Believe it or not museum.

The wax museum with one of my favorite actors

Sr. Anthony Hopkins from Silence of the Lambs

My dream to actually stand next to (in real life) to be next to Hugh Jackman! Yummy!!!

Cute pics of mu kids, Janice and Zeke in his new posing effrorts!!

Okay so anyway there is a lot of pics I better stop, but we had a blast! I feel very far behind so I might posts a few more. So on to the next.... Thanks for looking at our pics! We love our family!