Running Club

Kyleigh is in the school running club. They run two days a week after school. They have 3 races that involve other schools. Today was the first "race". Kyleigh was the 139th girl to finish the race. She placed 4th in the Kindergarten girl group. Kyleigh you did a great job. Keep up the good work. We are proud of you.

Like Father Like Son

Zachary, like his Dad loves to do yard work. Whenever Marlin is outside, Zachary is outside. He is a really big help.

Zachary will follow his Dad the entire time to takes to mow the yard.

We just hope he continues to love yard work into his teenage years. He told us this morning he wants his own lawn mower for his 8th Birthday (only 4 more years to go).

Birthday Bowling

For Marlin's birthday we took Kyleigh and Zach bowling. We all had a great time.

Kyleigh did pretty well. Her second game her score was 62.

Zach was so cute rolling his ball. It took forever for his ball to hit the pins.

Happy Birthday Mom

Happy 66th Birthday Mom

Thanks for being the such and loving and giving Mother. You would always make sure we had everything we needed and wanted. Even if you had to do without for yourself. Thanks for working 12 hour night shifts so that you would be home during the day when we got home from school. Thanks for always coming to ALL my softball games. Thank you for helping out with our kids when we needed you.

We love you so much. Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Happy 39th Birthday Marlin. There are hundreds of reasons why we love you. We are just going to name 39 of them. We hope you have a wonderful day.

These are 39 reason we love you!

1. You always play with me (Zach)

2. When you don't go on trips (Zach)

3. When you play golf with me (Zach)

4. That you take great care of our family
5. That you take pride in your landscape

6. That you run to stay healthy

7. I love that you play PS2 with me (Zach)

8. You let me follow you when you are mowing the back yard (Zach)

9. You always tease me (Ky)

10. You read books to me (Katelyn)

11. You feed me (MP3)

12. You wrestle with us (K Z K)

13. You always have the kitchen clean

14. You always tease me (Chris)

15. You always find my blankie (Katelyn)

16. Bring me water every nite

17. You are a great dishwasher unloader

18. You are a Priesthood Holder

19. You were there for all the births of our children (barely)

20. You are a great brother

21. You help clean my room (Ky)

22. You are great at putting things together

23. You will help anyone in need

24. You are a ASU fan

25. You are good at math

26. You share your ice cream with me

27. You put up with me cooking

28. You are a neat freak

29. You have patience

30. You are a good teacher

31. Patience is on of your virtues.

32. You love us (K Z K M)

33. You always say I love you

34. You give great hugs (K Z K M)

35. You are super smart

36. You go grocery shopping for me

37. You love the mountains

38. Family is important to you

and

39. You watch our children every weekend while I am at work.

Loose Tooth

Kyleigh has her first loose tooth!! (On the bottom left). She kept asking when she was going to lose her first tooth because several kids in her class have already lost some teeth. We took this picture so we could remember what her pretty baby teeth looked like. Its hard to smile and show your bottom teeth. How long do teeth stay loose before they fall out??

Random Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of the kids.

Marlin 4 months old

Katelyn riding her bike.

Zachary (saying...Mom why do you always have to take my picture)

Happy Birthday Dad

On this day in 1943 in Erie, PA my Dad was born. Dad you are such a great example of what a Dad and Papa should be. You are always there for support and to give to others. We hope you have a great day. We love you!

Things I remember about my Dad growing up: He made a bike for me out of spare parts from the other kids old bikes. I loved it. Making bunk beds for my dolls. Camping and fishing at Lake Pleasant. Whenever the power went out during a monsoon storm all us kids would be sitting waiting.....we knew Dad was going to scare us....we didn't know when...but we knew he would and most likely with his gorilla mask on. His cowboy boots and helping him get them off. Thanks Dad for the great memories. Happy Birthday.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Lil Mar turned 4 months old on the 28th of December. We were just talking about milestones of the other children (rolling , crawling, talking) and I said I don't think Marlin will roll soon because of his chubby legs. Well....today I put him on the floor on his mat with hanging toys. I walked away to answer the phone and when I looked over at him he was on his stomach. I MISSED IT!!! I will post a video when he decides to roll over when I am watching.

Front Yard

This past summer we finished our front and back yards. For those of you who know Marlin you know how meticulous he is about his yard (notice the stripes in the grass). He is proud of this photo.