I'M STANDING ON A SOAP BOX RIGHT NOW SO BARE WITH ME!!!!

I know my blog is my form of journaling and scrapbooking but it also a way to network something and get the word out when needed. Thus the reason for this post.

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There, I'm stepping off my soapbox and thanking you for taking the time to listen to me! :)

The Good Gomer at his BEST!

How many women wished that they were married to a "Jack of all trades". Lucky me, I AM!! My good gomer of a hubby can do it all. Lately he has been into making apple pies and each week when he is home he perfects his recipe to an even more perfect version. Last night after he worked most of the day on a big work project, he couldn't wait to just get in his jammies, build a fire and lounge in his chair watching a good western movie. I knew that wouldn't last long for him.....he's not known to sit still for too long. And I was right, not too long into his lounging by the fire, he announced he was going to go mess around with his pie recipe. He is wanting to have the perfect pie by Thanksgiving. Trust me though, each pie he has already made has been perfect to me, especially the one with the entire bag of kraft caramels in the apple filling...YUM! He told me this one will be the best and I have to admit, I think it is the prettiest one so far. It is very puffy and looks perfecto!!! We're going to dig into tonight for dessert and I can hardly wait!

I love my Good Gomer!!

Cross Country State Champions

This past week we attended a banquet for Taylir and her cross country team who ended up taking the State Championship with both the girls and boys teams finishing in first place. Taylir had a great year and is looking forward to the last big race of the season that is called, "Footlocker" and is held in California the first weekend in December. She has been extremely busy training for it and going door to door in our neighborhood selling pies for the fundraising event. Anybody want a pie???

Way to AF Cross Country!!!!

Kylie???????

Is this my little Kylie??? It can't be.....her hair is all curly and in an up-do.....and look at the sparkly jewelry......and look at the makeup.........BUT IT IS MY KYLIE!!!

Kylie's best friend Kenzie got married Thursday and she was one of her bridesmaids. Anyone who knows Kylie knows that she doesn't like to fuss much with hair and makeup or anything girly girl. Prom didn't even get her in an up-do. But wanting to be a good sport and support Kenzie on her special day, she didn't put up a fight when Penny, Kenzie's mom started foo-fooing her all up. In fact, she said she kind of liked it and she felt so pretty.

I think she looked beautiful and it was so much fun seeing her all done up like this! Something tells me though that we won't see her like this again any time soon.

AF CAVEMEN WIN CHAMPIONSHIP....2 years in a row!!!!

I am so excited this morning!!! Carson and his football team won the championship last night against Lehi, 35 - 14 with Carson scoring two touchdowns, one extra point and a two point conversion!!!
The game was pretty intense with everyone extremely pumped up! Even the weather was great for the game. Carson made the first 15 points of the game and this mommy was pretty thrilled!!!
Kind of bittersweet though because now football season is officially over. No more two hour practices 3 times a week for Carson, which I think he will be okay with truthfully.

He's made some pretty awesome friends from the team and I'm hoping we'll keep seeing them. We're now taking a two month break from sports until baseball starts up again in January!

Thank you to all the wonderful coaches.....you guys rock!

WAY TO GO AF CAVEMEN!!!!!!

HALLOWEEN 2009

For Halloween this year it was pretty low key at our house. The kids are getting older and nobody went trick-or-treating this year for a first! Kylie and Colton dressed up in all black and went to Doug and Kristi's house to hide in the bushes to scare the trick-or-treaters. Taylir dressed up as an 80's girls and went to a party. I can't believe how cute she looked.........I think the 80's were awesome for fashion and so frilly and feminine. Carson didn't dress up this year but went to his first boy/girl party.....woo hoo Carsy boy!! Mark and I stayed home and passed out candy, although we didn't have as many trick-or-treaters as we have in years past. We've still got 4 bags of Kit Kat's leftover! But what we don't have is tons of candy from the kids' stash. It was kind of strange not having to go through their bags to safeguard them this year. Wow, we must be getting old! Halloween is over now, and we're three weeks away from my favorite holiday........THANKSGIVING!

PARTY MONTH!!!

The busy party month of October has come and gone. Taylir and Carson both had big parties for their 13th and 16th birthdays. The house was full of teenagers two nights in a row......What a fun time we had!

This is Taylir's "Sweet Sixteen" party

Carson had his party the next night and he took his friends to a gym to play around in. Afterward, the house filled with teenagers to eat cake and open presents.

What a fun couple of days we had!

HE'S A TEENAGER NOW!

I can't believe my baby is now a teenager.....WOW!! Time sure does fly. I am so proud of who this boy is becoming - he makes his mom smile! Currently he is in the 7th grade and has straight A's with the end of term being yesterday. He plays running back on his football team who is undefeated going into the playoffs this next week. He also plays on several baseball teams and plays the position of pitcher and short stop. He still loves his mom and isn't afraid to show her affection in front of his friends.....that's my boy!

Tonight we are having a big party and have rented out his favorite gym for him and all his friends and family to run around in. We had Taylir's Sweet Sixteen party here last night and had a houseful of teenagers - it was so awesome!! But we're ready to party it up again tonight!

I LOVE YOU CARSY BOY AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY SWEET SIXTEEN TAYLIR!!!

Taylir is that awesome age where she will tell me she is going to "absolutely die" because I posted all these pictures of her on our blog. Isn't she a cutie???!!!! She is such a perfect daughter and such a joy to have around. She is super busy these days and such an over-achiever. Yesterday her cross country team took first place at STATE!!!!! Both the boys and the girls team placed first. Besides cross country, she is still taking violin lessons and playing in the orchestra at school. In her little spare time she is usually with her friends and doing the typical teenage girl stuff. (BTW, her bedroom cleaning skills are improving!)

Happy Birthday Tay Tay.............WE LOVE YOU!

Region Cross Country

Yesterday Taylir competed in Region Cross Country and she did FANTASTIC! She placed 3rd running for the Junior Varsity Team out of approximately 150 girls. She was very pleased with her time of 21 minutes, 31 seconds. This course is a very difficult one with a lot of grassy hills and she beat her time from last year and the other time from earlier in the season.
Tay is loving cross country and the kids she associates with. She has made some really good friends and we have had fun ourselves getting to know them all.

Here she is coming across the finish line.............YEA TAYLIR!!!

UTAH VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Colton tried out on Friday for a spot on the Utah Valley Youth Sympthony Orchestra and MADE IT!!! We are so proud of him and look forward to the wonderful experiences he will have over the next 7 months. What an awesome opportunity!

WAY TO GO COLTON!!!!

Conference Weekend

Our family spent Conference Weekend at my parents house in St. George. We had a great time and loved being with each other.

On Saturday evening the boys in the family attended the Saturday evening session at my parents Stake Center. Afterwards the girls joined in with the boys and got together with my Uncle Bill and Aunt LaWanna and their family for ice cream.

Sunday we all enjoyed laying around the house and listening to the sessions in jammies or comfortable clothes instead of being all dressed up in our sunday best. Gotta love conference attire!

While in St. George, of course a visit to the Narrows is always a MUST!

Anytime Mark and I tried having our picture taken, the dogs wouldn't stay out of the picture and we were always telling them to get out! It's great to be loved so much but not when it comes to being alone in a picture with your honey!

What a wonderful Conference Weekend! Thanks Grammy and Papa for being such awesome hosts!

A Great Night With a Great Friend

Last week me and my girlfriend Sandra went to the Utah Jazz' first pre-season game against the Denver Nuggets. I hadn't been to a Jazz game in a few years and was looking forward to going, especially since it was with one of my most favorite people. She is one of "THE SMITHFIELD GIRLS" that so many people hear me talk about. I love love love her and she is so much fun to be with. She is and will be a life-long friend!

We were really excited to watch the game but even more to visit and catch up since we live a few hours apart from each other and don't get together as often as we would like. Even though we did watch some of the game, when it was over we asked each other if there had been a basketball game going on????? We both love to people watch and just talk talk talk and there was a lot of both going on. I did take a few pictures of the game for the kids' sake and thought I got a pretty good one of Boozer taking a shot.

What a fun night I had............Love ya Sandra!