Josh's Birthday

Josh turned 11 while we were in Tennessee so we had a small family party. He wanted a fruit pizza so that is what he got. We couldn't find any strawberries in TN guess they don't sell them there, heehee, so we put some of the blackberries on it with, Mandarin oranges, bananas, and kiwi, it was YUMMY! Man how time flies they grow up so fast. Crazy Uncle Jeff has to ruin the picture, love ya Jeff.

Trip to Tennessee

Just warning you now that there is a lot of pictures. We were gone a week to Tennessee for my nephew Tanner's baptism and we did a lot of things, but I tried to just do a few pictures of each thing. It was fun being with my sisters, and their families and my parents. I sure do miss being with them.
On our way to TN we stopped at Independence, MO and visited the church sites. This is the temple site where Joseph Smith stood and announced the spot for the temple to be built.
We visited the Memphis temple, it is one of the small temples, but like all the temples, BEAUTIFUL!!
















Ed signing the Elvis Presley wall in Graceland, TN























We went to a place called Mud Island in Memphis it is really a peninsula as there is one road onto it. It is an imitation of the Mississippi river and shows down to where it empties into the ocean, the kids had fun following the small river and then playing in the big waterfall area at the end, was nice to cool off in a hot, humid day.



Alycia loved picking blackberries and got really excited when they were really big ones. All the cousins had fun picking we got a bucket full then went home and made lots of blackberry jam, YUMMY!!
Zach loved getting into Aunt Raelyn's cupboards, but then he found one just perfect for him an EMPTY one he loved climbing in and playing peekaboo with someone, what a cute kid if I do say so myself.

For Tanner and Shea's birthday we went roller skating, it was fun to see the kids getting better on their skates, Alycia decided two skates were hard, so she took one off and did it that way, too cute.





On our way home we stopped at St. Louis at the Arch, WOW that thing is big.

CURIOUS ZACH

Alycia with Ed doing the driveway.

Our garden this year, we are starting to get produce, we are growing onions, peas, green beans (galore), tomatoes, bell peppers, green chiles, jalopeanos, habenero (for Ed), potaotes, cabbage, canteloupe, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, acorn squash, we had strawberries, spinach, radishes, and asparagus but they are done. We are having so much fun the kids love to go out and pick with me. Glad it is warm so the plants can grow seemed like it took forever, a littel behind schedule, but we'll take what we can get. We also have some watermelon growing up by the deck they are volunteer, we will let them grow like we did last year.





Ed and Josh on quad trying to smooth out the 5 tons of sand we had dropped off.


Zach is a curious one. Found him in the laundry room in the shoe bucket, oh the places they find. His favorite thing is the pots and pans, loves making noise especially when I am on the phone, heehee.

Aaron is 9

Aaron's birthday, He loved his karaoke machine, he is the singer in the family. We had a small party at home.














Zach on Aaron's birthday, loved the cake all over his face thought it was so cute.





Went to the lake for Aaron's birthday, that's what he wanted to do so we walked over and had a good time.

Zach

Zach Playing in the water at the lake by our house.

"ZACH IN THE BOX", he loves boxes, what kid doesn't even my 10 year old does.

Caught Zach playing the piano ths morning thought it was so cute, look at that smile.

Baseball

After Tyler's last game his coach had brought waterballoons, and they had a water fight, was fun that he just stood there letting each player take a turn at getting him wet, he was a great coach.

This is what Zach does during his brothers
games, he finds whatever is interesting and
plays with it, and he loves to wander around
and eat rocks.



This is what Alycia does during the baseball games, she finds a girl her age and starts to play, she says all girls are her friends and will talk to anyone, kind of scary, but she makes friends fast and then is OFF!





Josh Pitching, his team only lost one game.

Aaron running to second base.Tyler not paying attention.

I had three boys in baseball this year, seems like when one wants to do it they all want too, so I spent most nights at the ball fields. If I was really lucky I would only have games 3 days a week but some weeks it was all five days and when you have more then one game a night that makes it really fun and really late. We packed up the chairs, popcorn, sodas, dinner if it was going to be a late night, sunblock, bug spray (wes nile virus season), and off we went to the ball field. It is over now and I have more time, and now less trips into town that I have to make, which is nice with the gas the way it is. Tyler loved T-ball but mostly just kicked the dirt around. Glad I am not the only one constantly telling him to listen or pay attention, his coaches were constantly calling his name. Aaron was in coach pitch and is getting better at batting and catching the ball. Josh is now in REAL baseball and loves playing, he eats, sleeps and breathes baseball. He got to pitch a few games, and be catcher a lot and played 1st base. He loved that they could steal bases, and he got really good at it, even stole home. But in all truth had a great season and now glad it is DONE!

Steamboat Springs

Closeup of the falls , loved them.

Our family in front of Fish Creek
Falls in Steamboat Colorado, we love
this fall and visit it each time we go
to Steamboat, so BREATHTAKING!

Ed dipping Zachary's feet into the
creek that we hiked to it was called
Mad Creek.

Ed holding Zach while helping Alycia drive,
and Tyler, Aaron, and Josh enjoying the ride
on the Pontoon boat in Steamboat, Co.

Kids enjoying swimming in the hot tub, yes that
is a hot tub and the smaller of the two there.