Jay

Today was my cousin Jay's funeral. Jay B was a great example to me growing up. I have many memories of our cousin adventures and I feel blessed to have had him in my life. His family is in our thoughts and prayers.
Jay, We will miss you!

Friday Fun

Friday we decided to have a cookout with hot dogs and marshmallows.

Its kinda fun to be able to do this in our backyard. The only thing that would make it better is if we had a finished yard. Next year hopefully!

It has been nice spending time with my family.

Kira and Erin found this pumpkin at the store.

Lagoon

Yesterday we took the girls to Lagoon. Kira and Carrie came and joined in the fun.
This pic is a little blurry but its the only one I have of Carrie and Lys.

Erin and Kira were willing to try every ride we suggested plus a few more.

We had mixed reviews on the Spider ride.

The Tidal wave is my least favorite so Rich was sure to catch a pic of me on it. I went on it for Erin and Kira since they were so brave.
Rich, Lys, Carrie and I all went on Wicked together and loved it.

So glad we went it was tons of fun and now we can start thinking about taking the girls to Disneyland again.

Papa and Mums Halloween Party 2011

Papa and Mums

Ashley and John

Miller Family

Bench Family

Stacey Family
The Emperor, Ahsoka, Princess Leia and Han Solo

Thanks Papa and Mums for the yummy food, pumpkin carving and fun!

Goodbye Starlight

This last week Erin said goodbye to Starlight. It was a tough decision to sale her, but we knew it was time. Luckily Rich works with her new owner and we can go visit her. She is now having a blast running in the fields with some cows. We are excited to see she will have plenty of space and get the training she needs. They even said we can come ride her when she is ready.

Thanks to Uncle Mark for teaching us how to care for her and giving her a place to stay.
We couldn't have done it without you!

Homecoming

Lys and her date, Josh.

Her date started by going to Toads in Ogden. Then he dropped her off to get ready for dinner and the dance. Here she is ready and waiting.

Her flowers. I didn't get a pic of them until this morning so the flowers turned a little.
I guess I am out of practice with this sort of thing because I totally forgot to order a boutineer.

This is my favorite part.
All these kids are 16 but none of them have their license so Josh's mom drove them to Ogden and to the dance. I can imagine how fun that was for her, but its a great way to keep an eye on them.

I was sure Rich was going to have his brothers come over so they could all be there cleaning their guns, but we were lucky to get him in the house just in time for Josh to show up. Although Lys informs me that Josh would have just joined in on the fun.
Isn't she beautiful.

My front door

Ever since we moved in I have had the ugliest front door you have ever seen. The painter did not want to stain it until the weather was better. So I waited and waited and waited. I was beginning to think I was going to be stuck with this ugly door. Finally, the painter came last week!
Here is the finished product. I am in love with this door! It is beautiful and exactly what I wanted.
Did I mention that I love this door?
Thank you Joaquin!