woolley family

Look at me everybody!

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Macey discovered how to jump in the bouncer this week. It is hilarious. She jumps so much that she wears herself out. She jumps herself to sleep. Here are a few videos of her in action. She is growing up way to fast. She will be five months old next week. I know I have not posted lately, so there will be alot more to come. I am way behind once again.

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Macey in ACTION

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Bryce Canyon

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We went to Bryce Canyon with Steves family for a couple of days in July and had fun. Our kids love to camp and be outdoors. We saw lots of deer and even some pronghorn deer. The kids caught some lizards and Ryan wanted to bring one home,(but that didn't happen.) We hiked the rim trail along the top of the canyon on Friday. Saturday we did a REAL hike. With ten adults and thirteen children we hiked Navajo trail and Queens Garden. We saw the natural bridges on this hike. (there are pictures in the slide show) It was a great hike on the way down, but we had a great deal of elevation to climb to get back out. We all made it out alive though. I carried Macey and the backpack with all our drinks and food. But on the way up the steep trail I was dragging Ryan and Makenzie as well. They kept grabbing on to the backpack. Everyone was tired after that hike. We also hiked Mossy cave, which was a really pretty short hike. We all wish we would have wore our bathing suits for this hike. We didn't know that there was going to be a beautiful swimming hole with a waterfall. As you can see from the pictures though, it didn't stop us from getting in. We let the kids get wet in there undies or clothes. After our mossycave excursion we all loaded up in two cars, so we didn't have to take the motor home and drove out to see the rest of Bryce Canyon. Steve and Ed rode in the back of Matts avalanche with five kids. Scary I know, but that is legal in the state of Utah. We saw prong horned deer and a bunch of mule deer on our drive. It was a fun trip full of memories.

The mossycave trail with nice cool water running by.

This picture is on the Navajo trail.

We hiked all the way down there. And then all the way back up.

Katie took a picture of us driving through the tunnel on the way out of the park.

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Summer Vacation in California part II

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Having Fun at the Beach

Surfs up dude!
Katie and I decided to take the kids down to California in July for a whole week. We planned something everyday and had a blast. We left St. George Tuesday late afternoon, and arrived in California around midnight. This is how our busy week was scheduled. Wed-Beach and concert in the park-Thursday-Barnum and Bailey circus at the Honda center-Friday-the Aquarium of the Pacific and a boat ride-Saturday-Group pictures and pioneer dinner-Sunday-church

with Grandpa-Monday- movies to see Ice Age II and school shopping-Tuesday-Another beach trip of course and sadly Wed.-drive home to Utah. We got home Wednesday evening and had a day to pack the motor home for the next trip- Bryce Canyon with the Woolleys. The kids were tired because we were constantly doing something. Monday we were suppose to go to the museum in Orange, but they were tired and choose the movies instead. We had so much fun.

Rissy girl enjoying the beach.

This picture makes me laugh. I looked out at Ryan and his board shorts were falling off. The Velcro wasn't sticking. I had to take a picture. I asked him he felt a draft, but he just looked at me and said,"What are you talking about Mom?"
On Monday we went to Corona Del Mar and the water was cold. So on Tuesday we went to Huntington beach. The water was warm and the kids stayed in the ocean the entire time we were there. They were little fish in the sea. They weren't even afraid to go way out to where the waves were breaking. As long as Marissa had sissy's hand she was going to.

Group Picture For Grammy-All the Grand kids

WOW!!! That's all I have to say about this picture. Try taking nine kids to get there picture taken. After two hours at Jcpennys, we finally took and picked which picture was the best. Mom, Katie and I all went and we didn't think we were going to get a picture, but luckily there was this very patient photographer who was able to calm the crying children. They may not all be smiling, but no one is crying. That's all that matters.

Circus Time-Time to clown around !!

Getting ready to leave to the circus.

If you ask the kids what there favorite thing was from the circus, they will say the tigers and the elephants. Ryan loved the man jumping trough the ring of fire. I kept telling Ryan throughout the entire show, DON'T YOU DARE TRY THIS AT HOME. I think he got the point after the twentieth time I said it. He finally said, "o.k. Mom."

Watching the clown show before the circus started.

Summer vacation in California part I

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The Aquarium of the Pacific

All the cousins sitting on the shark that sprayed water.They were able to cool off in the water.I think we brought the St.George heat with us. It was hot and humid.
Everyone was afraid to touch the sharks. Ryan loves sharks I thought for sure he would touch them. He is so fascinated by them. They would put their hands in the water and when a shark would get close they would pull it out real fast.

Too Cute!!

There's Ella making a silly face for the camera with the sea otters behind her.

Some nice lady gave us her nectar(we weren't about to pay three dollars for the little cup) so I held it out and the bird landed on me and drank the nectar really fast. It was pretty cool to watch. But it was hard to get the bird off my arm when it was done drinking. A little freaky. Madison tried it,but got scared when the bird landed on her.

One of the many sea creatures at the Aquarium.

Almost everybody in this picture. Macey is in a different stroller.

Boy Ella sure is photogenic lately. Too stinkin cute.

The girls outside the Aquarium eating lunch.

After we were done at the Aquarium of the Pacific we decided to take a boat ride. We were

done at the Aquarium around four o'clock and decided there was no point sitting in Friday traffic, so we rode a boat around LongBeach. The kids thought it was pretty fun. We saw seals, the Queen Mary, and went past a cruise ship, and at that moment I decided we were going to take a cruise this March during spring break. Yup I already have it planned out. Mom is going to take a week off of work to watch nine of her grand kids and we are all going to go and celebrate our ten year anniversary on the Mariner of the seas(Royal Caribbean). Matt Katie and us are both celebrating our ten year this year. Finally a vacation. Something to look forward to. Hopefully Heidi and Ned are able to come as well. The more the merrier. So if anyone wants to come book it now.

On the top deck enjoying the cool ocean breeze.

The two girls laughing and having a good time.

The two boys a little to close to the edge of the boat.

After the boat ride it was dinner time, so we walked to Chilis and had dinner.

We got a lot of dirty looks from people, because of the number of kids.

I asked to sit out side, because of all the kids and shortly after people had the same idea. We tried to avoid traffic, but still hit some on the way home even though it was eight o'clock at night. Boy I do not miss the California traffic.

Having fun with Grammy and Grandpa

Everybody having fun at the concert in the park. It was country night, and the kids had fun dancing.

Grandpa and Ryan having fun.Grandpa laughing after Uncle Ned told Ryan to stick some ice down the back of his shirt.

Macey all bundled up at the concert. When the sun started to go down there was a cool breeze. Thats what I miss about Chino Hills. It cools off at night. Unlike St.George which only drops down to the high 80's at night.

Grammy and Macey.

Grandpa getting his come over from all his grand kids. Love the face Grandpa.

Ryan and Tyler love spending time with their Grandpa. He is always teaching them some new cool thing. Here he is giving them an archery lesson.

Ryan aiming for his target.

Marissa 3rd Birthday

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We had Marissas birthday at the park this year. Here she is with all her cousins. I can not believe that our little girl is already 3 years old. Where does time go? She acts so much older that she is. She is always looking up to her older sister,and copying everything she does. When she got to spend a week in California after I had Macey, the first thing she did when she walked through the door was run to her Sissy and give her a giant hug. She is the one that always has us laughing in our house. Whether it be something she says or does, she is quit hilarious.
I made her princess cupcakes on her birthday. Finally I made one of my kids a birthday cake and cupcakes. My kids always see me decorating cakes for other people, but I get lazy when it's their birthdays. How sad. Especially since I can cake decorate and have all the utensils to do so. I even taught a cake decorating class at my house back in April, so it would have been really pathetic of me not to make her a cake.

SUGAR! Marissa is worse than I am. I think I ate a little to much sugar when she was in the womb. That girl is always sneaking into the cookies or candy. So cupcakes is one of her favorites.

Happy 3rd Birthday Sissa Rissa!

Macey not liking the St.George Heat that has arrived.

What in the world are you doing Ryan?

Marissa even got to have a little Birthday in California.With her favorite cousin Ella Bella.

She got a big girl bike for her birthday like her older siblings, but

has not figured out how to peddle on it yet.

Diving into the GIANT cupcake. I'm telling you we have to limit this girl on her sugar in take, otherwise she might become a diabetic. Who am I to talk?

Angel Game on the Fourth

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The girls posing for a picture before we left to go to the Angel game.Grammy of course got all her grand kids cute matching fourth of July outfits.I made all the girls hair bows. One of my new craft projects. It's fun! Our favorite baseball team in action. Go Angels! What a exciting game. Angels werelosing,but came back and won. WooHoo. Macey didn't like all the cheering and yelling.She didn't seem to mind the firework show after the game, but us cheering she did not like at all. Macey a bit overheated at the game. We were in direct sun for the first couple hours. She is not a fan of the heat. She has eczema really bad and the heat makes it worse. Poor baby.

BFF cousins up to no good.
Here is a group picture of everybody. The best part about this picture is sitting behind Katies leg. We thought a bag of sandwiches had been left at home. Dad even walked way out to the car to make sure they didn't get left in the car. So we all shared what we had, and later discovered the bag was on the floor the entire time. And I have the proof. I still want to know who carried the bag into the stadium. I guess we will never know. With so many kids, we were more worried about keeping track of them. Oh good times right Dad? Thanks for the memories.

Fourth of July at the beach

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Ryan being silly in the sand, wishing that he had a boogie board.

We went to the beach on the fourth with all the Woolley's. We came down for a nephews

blessing, and had a very busy weekend. We spent Saturday at the beach and ended the night

at a Angels game. The best way to celebrate the fourth of July. So we spent the morning/afternoon at the beach, and an Angel game to end the night. We had a blast.

Everyone was really tired and a bit crabby at times, but it was all worth it. The best part

was we got to escape the St.George HEAT that was arriving the day we left.

Marissa playing in the sand. Our little ANGEL. HaHa

Daddys Girls!

Ryan was buried by all his cousins.

Camping and hiking in ZION

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We went camping in Zions in late June and could not have asked for better weather. We got there early Friday morning to get a campsite, and then went hiking. I can't believe how close Zions really is to us. We have lived here for three and half years and this is our first time going. Pretty crazy I know. Our kids love hiking and camping, it is one of our favorite things to do as a family. It was pretty funny at times. There were a lot of people from out of state or from different countries, and I don't think they had ever seen so many backpacks with kids in them. So every once in awhile someone would make a comment about the number of kids. There were four kids in backpacks and five on foot-9 Total. It was great fun! I wore Macey on the front pack

and the backpack with food, drinks etc. on my back. It actually worked better, because it made me more balanced. All the kids are troopers Steve has them all going on long hikes. In fact Friday they hiked 2.5 miles to hidden canyon, which says strenuous hike on the map. What an accomplishment.So far we have hiked, watchman, weeping rock,emerald pools, and outlook. More adventures to come now that we know how close Zions really is.

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Maceys Blessing Day

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Macey was blessed on June 7th 2009. It was a special day for us. We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl. She is very alert for her age, and is growing too fast. We are so grateful both grandparents, Aunt Heidi & Uncle Ned were able to come from California and be with us on this special day.

Macey Jean Woollley

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Oh this will be a blessing day we will never forget. The reason I say that is because during sacrament meeting all our children decided to bear their testimony.
It all started when Madison went up to bear her testimony, and cousin Ella joined her. Our families took up three benches so most of the time our kids were moving rows, visiting with cousins. Not reverent I know. Well as Madison and Ella went up there Marissa went running after Ella. I told Steve to go up and get her and before I knew it Makenzie and Ryan were up there as well. Poor Steve. Everyone knows how he trys to avoid public speaking, so he was extremely embarrassed. He helped all three of our older children bear their testimony and bore his. We all enjoyed each of their testimony's, but I will never forget how nervous I was when Marissa went running up there. She is our fire cracker there is no telling what that girl will do. The kids adore their new sister, and love her to death.

Marissa,Makenzie,Macey,Madison and Ella

It is always fun when family comes into town. This means going out to eat to our favorite restaurants. Here are some of the kids at Pizza Factory. Thanks everyone for coming to Macey's blessing. We know its hard to take off work and its a long drive. We love it when family comes to visit.

Lets play BALL!!

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Ryan loves baseball. This year he got to play on the same team as his two cousins,Tyler and Luke. Not only that his Dad and two Uncles were the coaches. They had a blast. Out of all the teams in the entire league ares had the most kids. So three coaches was a must. Auntie Katie helped with the batting line up, other wise it became a bit chaotic. What a fun season, and the best part was the weather was great up until the last game. It was not HOT in June like it can be. Thank goodness.
Best buds!

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Ryan slugging the ball to center field.
He always waits to see how far it went before he starts running.

He loves sliding home. I caught him one day at a game putting red dirt all over his knees. I asked him what in the world are you doing, and he said he forgot to slide home, so this made it look like he had. What a silly boy!

The End of a School year

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This was are first school year and it flew by. We had so much fun teaching these kids this year.I can't believe how fast these kids learn. When we finished the alphabet, at the end of April we still had alot more to learn before the school year was over. All of the four year old class was reading sight words on graduation day. What a accomplishment. It was so exciting as a teacher watching all the kids slowly, but surely begin to read. Our goal was to have all the kids know the alphabet, the sounds each letter makes, shapes, numbers and have them reading at least fifteen sight words by the end of the year. Many exceeded our expectations. Some of the fun things we did the last month of school included: watermelon day, Pirate day,Chickens- we had an incubator and hatched chickens in the classroom it took twenty-one days and both classes got to see a chick hatch, we also planted seeds and watched our watermelon and sunflowers grow. That

last month went by super fast, but was filled with lots of fun. We had eight students graduate from our four year old class on May 22nd, 2009.We will miss you guys next year, but all of them are ready for kindergarten. I can't wait for a new school year.

Ryan on pirate day. Each student made a treasure map. At fifteen different areas on their maps they had to gather their sight words. At the end of the treasure hunt, they had to read all fifteen sight words to a teacher, and then were able to pick a BIG prize from the tresure box. We told them earlier in the year that they were going to be having a treasure hunt and a prize would be involved, if they read their sight words. It was great motivation, and all of them couldn't wait for PIRATE DAY.

Our Graduating Class

The treasure hunt. Looking for those sight words.

Having fun in the classroom during music time.

Soccer TIme

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Makenzie and Madison decided this year to play soccer instead of dance. Boy

did they have a blast.They were so serious about it. Makenzie would practice

playing in the backyard. She scored alot of goals through out the season, and was excited each time she did. There team ended up being undefeated. Way to go girls!!!It was fun watching them play, we would get so into the game it was hilarious. I think Katie, Heidi,Mallory, Madison and I were screaming and cheering a little to loud at times. Oh well it was fun. Mike Lawes ended up being the coach of the team. We know the Lawes from California. They lived in Chino Hills and then in Fontana when we did. So it was fun having their daughter on the team as well. Abby is a crack up. She had us laughing all the time. Too bad you guys are moving back to California.

The girls in ACTION

Makenzie and Madison walking up field, after Makenzie had just
scored a goal. The smile says it all.

A little pep talk from coach Mike. With bunny ears on his head.
I wonder who that was? That has to be Marren MacLellan.

Makenzie just scored another goal. You GO GIRL!
GOOD SEASON GIRLS!!!!

Makenzies Baptism

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We are so proud of Makenzie and her decision to be baptized. Makenzie has such a sweet

spirit, and can be very shy when it comes to sharing her feelings. On her baptism day she was

so excited to be baptized and to receive the Holy Ghost. She shared with us the feelings she felt that day. She said, "she was excited, had a warm feeling and felt safe." She wrote these words in her book of remembrance from her baptism day. We love you Makenzie. You are such a good helper and example to your younger siblings. Ryan was very proud of his big sister on this special day.

Great Granny was able to come to Makenzies Baptism and visit with us for
a couple days. Makenzie adores her great Granny and loves every opportunity we get to
visit her. She is always making her a special card, or picture telling her how much she loves and
misses her. She lives to far away.

Steve and Makenzie on a very special day

Makenzies 8th Birthday party

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Happy 8th Birthday Makenzie!!
We had a Birthday party for Makenzie this year and she was super excited.
She hasn't had a Birthday party with her friends since we have lived here. We had a blast. Auntie Katie helped with the party. We played games, ate pizza, painted finger nails, and jumped in the bounce house .

All her little girl friends having fun, and laughing a ton. When you get a bunch
of eight and seven year old girls together there is lots of noise.

Where do I start?

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So there are several important milestones that have happened in our family over the last several months, and I have been soo... crazy busy that I have not been able to post them. Now that life is a little more calm I am going to do several posts that are from a few months ago. I am doing this for our own documentation because I would like to turn my blog into a book every year.Does anyone know how to do that, or has done it?If so PLEASE leave a comment. So bare with me as I catch up.

No more FUSSY baby

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Macey started to get colic when she was almost two weeks old. It started at about mid-afternoon and I couldn't get her to calm down until midnight some nights. Some days the colic would be all day long, making the days very long. Not only were the days long, but my poor baby looked like she was in pain. I tried everything. We switched formulas and even tried soy. NO Success.

Gas drops didn't even help her poor little tummy. I thought we were just going to have a colic baby until she grew out of it. I was just grateful that the colic was not during the night, just all day long. Other wise I would be a walking zombie. I wouldn't be able to nap with three others to take care of. Pictures have been near impossible with her. She cries in almost every picture

and is not happy. But my good friend is a life saver. She bought me some GRIPE WATER a week ago, and I have a new baby. Wow what a difference. Finally something that works. So if any body has a fusssy baby try gripe water. You can get it at most pharmacies. Now we can finally take pictures of a happy baby.

THANKS AMBER!!!!!!!!

Our Little Cutie Patootie

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We are so happy that Macey is finally here. It was a quick labor. All I needed was a little medicine, and she came fast. They started the pitocin at 4pm and then my doctor broke my water. I knew I was in trouble, because they hadn't given me a epidural yet. When the anesthesiologist was giving the epidural I knew she was almost here. It took him forever. He hit a nerve which made my leg go flying, and it didn't work. (He was not a nice guy.) I asked if he was done, and he said yes, but I can try it again. I said no thanks she is here. The nurses didn't believe me. I told them to check me and sure enough I was a +2. They called my doctor, but he was in little valley taking his son to a baseball game . He thought he had plenty of time. I told him when he broke my water it wouldn't be long. The nurses asked if I could wait. I said no I'm pushing now.
With the epidural not working I wanted to get it over with. They called in another doctor, but mine came running in as I began to push. So at 5:24p.m. Macey was born. She is the biggest baby I have had. All the others were 6 pounders. We are so glad she is here and is healthy.

We all love her, and can't hold her and kiss her enough. Marissa loves her a little too much though. We have to lock the bedroom door otherwise Marissa is stopping the swing, swinging the cradle super fast or sitting on top of my bed almost on top of her.

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Easter Sunday

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It didn't take her long to open eggs one handed
All the cousins after the easter egg hunt.
Most of them were busy opening eggs and eating
candy during this picture.

Bad Parents AWARD

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So over a week ago Marissa jumped off a bench at Costcos food court and some how got her arm stuck in the cart when she did it. She cried for a little while and then acted fine. Steve looked at it and we both thought it was fine. Over the last couple days she has been crying when she lands on it, or puts a lot of pressure on it. You know the cry, like she was still in a lot of pain. Well I called Steve today and told him I made an appointment. When we got to the doctors The NP had her giving her high five, put pressure on it and Marissa just sat there and laughed. She gave me an order to get an X-ray so RELUCTANTLY I did. Only because she didn't act like anything hurt when the NP checked her out. Sure enough it is broken just below the elbow. And still bad ashamed to say nine days later. Boy do we deserve the Bad Parent Award. With kids you never know. She is definitly our accident prone child.

Camping in Our Backyard

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The girls having fun.

We took the motorhome out behind our house and went camping. It was fun until the wind picked up and we couldn't even enjoy a camp fire. We love to go camping and having the motor home makes it easy to just take off on a Friday night and drive ten minutes away to create family memories. It literally is right behind our house. For those of you who have been out to the dinosaur tracks with us, thats were we camp. Alot of people are out there camping and riding quads, it's a blast. Here is everyone gathering rocks. Makenzie is learning about different rock formations in school right now.

Marissa hiking around camp with her litttle jug of juice.

It got reallllly cold in the night, we have a heater in the motorhome but I wanted to make sure Marissa was warm so we layered her good. She is wearing a sleeper with a sweatshirt and Steves big thick socks on the outside. She looked pretty funny.

Family Time

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Hiking in Snow Canyon with the family. The kids love to go hiking.

Makenzie and Ryan having fun.
Steve climbing rocks with the kids.

I did not go on this hike, so Steve did double backpack

duty. At least he looks balanced. I'm sad I missed this little

hike, but this pregnancy is the pits. Too many contractions already

I'm miserable!

The Grand Canyon

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Wow what an amazing view right? I wish I was thinking that when we were standing at the top of the Grand Canyon. I was just a NERVOUS wreck. With three little kids of my own plus all the cousins around it was nerve wrecking. Especially since our tour guide kept telling us repeatedly to watch our children closely. The way he kept saying it, I knew someone must have fallen to their death recently. Sure enough once we got back onto the bus he told us that someone had died a couple weeks prior. The young man slipped in the icy snow and fell to his death. So even though I was not able to enjoy it as much as I would have liked to, it was still an amazing sight to see. Next time I will be taking a rope to tie around each child and then to me.

Thanks to Steves Grandma Honey we were able to go on this amazing trip. She took about seventy-five of us in all to Williams Arizona. It was cold and stormy when we were there. We arrived on Friday and had jam packed fun. Saturday morning we rode on the Grand Canyon Railway for about two and half hours till we reached the Grand Canyon. When we arrived there we had tour buses waiting for our group where we nervously enjoyed the amazing views of the Grand Canyon. We then returned back to the train for the ride back to Williams. The kids loved riding the train. Makenzie just kept looking out the window for wildlife. She loved seeing the different animal tracks in the snow. Once we returned to Williams there wasn't much time till our next adventure. We got to ride on the Polar Express that evening. Honey had pajamas made for her and all the Great grand-children. They loved it, even though they were extremly beat by that point. Ryan fell asleep, but we woke him once Santa arrived. It was an adventure we will never forget. The ride home was a little scary because of the weather conditions. The roads were icy. But the ride home for us was better than the ride there. My two girls get car sick. On the way there Marissa bagan to act funny, and I knew what that meant . Thank goodness we had a cup in the car, she managed to keep it ALL in the cup. Pretty good for a two year old. Here are some of the pictures from that weekened. And as always there is Steve in his APM clothes. Seriously Steve can you wear something different? If he said it was for advertisment purposes I would be O.K. with it, but he just had more shirts made and he didn't put the company phone number or anything to advertise the company on them. Just the company name.

Our Grand Adventure

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Christmas Morning

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Snow day NO SCHOOL

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We finally have the internet. I can finally post new pictures and update everyone. Steve and the kids had fun making a snowmen family. They made five just like our family. If you look closely one of them is supppose to be me. The kids thought it was hilarious. Not me. Makenzie was excited that school was cancelled due to the snow. Preschool wasn't though, so she was excited to be able to partipate in one of our classes Christmas party.

Busy Bee Preschool

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Well I finally did it. I opened a preschool in our back garage. Busy Bee Preschool. We have two classes. There is such a demand for preschools I decided to open one up. The week before our open house I took one last summer get away with the kids. It was crunch time when I got back.

Katie and I worked hard for two days straight. The bulletin boards is what took forever. We are having so much fun. Our kids love it, and think it is the neatest thing. Well maybe not Ryan. He thinks that since Mom is the teacher he doesn't have to listen to Mrs.Amy. Mrs.Katie keeps him in line.

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Makenzies first day of school

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I can not believe that our little girl started second grade. Where does time go?

Makenzie loves school. This year she decided not to take dance, just piano.

School starts at nine and by the time she gets home off the bus it is already four o'clock. I wish it started a little earlier.

Fun at Disneyland!

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The gang at Disneyland. Grammy gave us passes for Christmas. It sure is nice having a pass. We can leave when the kids get tired and not feel guilty about leaving, because we didn't pay BIG money to get in.

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Our last summer get away

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Marissa loves the beach, especially the sand. I took the kids on one last summer trip the week before school started.

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Yosemite

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Yosemite Falls

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Makenzie hiked to the top of that!

Makenzie hiked to the top of Ysemite falls

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Steve hiked to the top of Yosemite falls with

Makenzie. She is sitting to close to the edge Steve, good

thing I wasn't there.

Uncle Ned came to visit

2008-07-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

Child Abuse?????

2008-07-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

Accidents happen. Big sis was hitting the baseball

off the T and Marissa was in the wrong place.

She got six stitches.

Makenzie and Madisons Dance recital

2008-07-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

Ryan on the Orioles

2008-07-28T19:54:00.000-07:00

Ryan had so much fun playing t-ball.

He just wished he could have been on the Angels.

Ellas Birthday at Disneyland

2008-07-28T19:45:00.000-07:00

We wish Ella Bella lived closer to us.

Fun at Disneyland.Thanks to Grammy

The 4th!

2008-07-05T09:02:00.000-07:00

Cousins

Tyler, Makenzie, Luke, Marissa, Madison, Mason, Ryan, & Seth.

Makenzie, Madison, & Ryan

Makenzie

Marissa

Ryan