some serious competition=BLONDE BOMESHELLS!

Madee getting ready for the start of a game.



Dribbling the ball down field.

My beautiful Madee.

Saturdays have consisted of soccer, soccer and more soccer. Both Jenna and Madee had a great season and have really enjoyed this year. Madee was on a team of all BLONDE GIRLS!! So, they dub'd themselves the Blonde Bombshells. Funny ha.
Madee was a little timid at the start of the season, but by the second to the last game she was on FIRE! Her last game she scored 4 goals. Now that was the Madee we knew from last year!! Their team went UNDEFEATED!!!! She got the award for Best Ball Controll. Good job MADEE!!!


****I am waiting for some special pictures of Jenna and will post about her team later!

Jenna's Cheetah Girls

Jenna's 5th year of soccer.
Jenna throwing the ball in bounds.

This was my FAVORITE picture this year. Look are the form!! I blew it up for her room and put it in black/white. Jenna's team this year played positions. We thought that it would put them ahead of the game for next year....and it did. The start of the season was a little shaky because of the confusion of positions, but by mid season they had it down and did amazing. I am so proud of Jenna this year. She really took up a pretty hard position and mastered it. She played stopper which is a defender position and still managed to score 2 goals. Jenna was awarded "The Anchor" & MVP of the Year!
She really was the glue that kept the team together and we found several games that she never came out. Good Job Jenna

Halloween

As usual.....we had a blast on Halloween. We had our school parade first thing in the morning, then off to class parties we went. Tucker and all!! Then that night we had about 30kids *or so it seemed* on 2 trailers and has a really good time. The weather was beautiful. Tucker didn't want any help this year. Couldn't hold his hand or his overflowing bucket. He is a big boy and was really trying to pull his weight, or should i say carry his weight in candy. The kids got lots of fun treats.

Diamond Valley School Halloween Parade. Jenna with her classmates. She was a vampires.

Madee with her BFF Anna. Madee was a pretty scary witch!


Little Tuck was Batman! He wanted nothing to do with the camera though.


Or his sisters. I think they scared him! LOL

Jenna

Madee

Me & Kathrynne Brewer!! She dressed up when we went Trick-0r-treating. I had been dressed up all day for school parties. I was not doing it again!

KAUAI.......ahhhh

This year for our Mommy/Daddy vacation, we went to Kauai. It was very different from Maui and we were having a hard time the first few days. First, we felt guilty for being able to go on a nice vacation when so many of our friends are struggling financially. It seemed to affect us more then we thought it would. Second, the weather was not real good for the first 3 days. It rained everyday, all day. We still did some fun things. After the sun came out and greeted us it allowed us to see the beauty of Kauai. That is when we finally relaxed!! The first day we just drove around and tried to see the different towns on Kauai but was soon lost. It got dark about 1 hr after being there. We both enjoyed massages that were amazing. Some of the other activities we did were.....snorkeling in many different areas, driving the island, zip lining through the jungle, hiking to waterfalls, nice dinners and most of all relaxing and loving being with each other. We had a blast once we let everything back home go.........it really is a beautiful island.

Our room was on the ground level with access to a small beach. This was the view outside our Lanai.

This was part of our beach

Our little friend that came to visit on 2 different days. Brandon took this picture to see if the kids would think he was really petting her. He was really standing about 5ft from her just below a shelf of sand.

This is part of the Grand Canyon in Kauai

Another view.....hee hee

Zip lining

Yep...i really did it. I cried on my first one.

We went on a zodiac boat tour to the Napali Coast. It was breathtaking. We encountered tons of dolphins on our way. They were jumping and playing all around us. We wanted to all jump in and swim with them.

This was the Napali coast

Another view of the Napali coast. Sorry the sun was so bright. There were some amazing waterfalls. Our tour guides took us into Pirate caves with our boat and we were greeted with some amazing waterfalls falling onto us. SO FUN!!!!

Ms. Olympia 2008!!!

YEAH.....she did it. Jen Hendershott is the new Ms. Olympia 2008. Kat & i were able to attend her PHAT CAMP she and her crew put on in May in Vegas. Classy lady! I wanted to be there so bad. Not like she is my best friend or anything, but Kat and I really wanted to go. It is always held in Vegas and next year is a MUST lady!! Hopefully she will pull if off again! YEAH......congrats!

YEAH.....THEY'RE BACK

THEY'RE BACK!!!!! My parents are home from their mission from Quito Ecuador. I couldn't be happier! I took the kids out of school and traveled to Vegas for the day. My kids didn't get to go to drop them off at the MTC, so I made sure they had the opportunity to see them come home. It was so much fun waiting for them in a big airport too. They had never been in an airport either, so it was a real special day.
We waited and waited and waited for them to come down the escalator. Tucker saw Grandma right away and ran for her. I found that interesting because he was 11months old when they left. I guess I talked about them and showed him enough pictures for him to pick her out of hundreds of people like a needle in a haystack! The girls loved coming home and listening to Grandpa play the piano and guitar. Jenna especially! So, we had a great time and are sooooooo excited they are home safe. Can't wait for them to come visit now!

This was Madee's poster she made. It said "WELCOME HOME"

Jenna helping me with Tucker. He kept trying to climb on the luggage carousels.

This was my Dad's friend Don who dressed up like a driver for them. It was funny.
This was Tucker running to Grandma

The girls finding Grandma & Grandpa

Lovin' on Grandma and belly zurberts for Tuck

YEAH........I love them!
Just as we were leaving. Great picture huh!
My amazing parents!!!

A day at the station

Today was a rare occasion. We had the opportunity to visit Brandon's station for more than 5 min!! The last picture I have of Brandon and any of my kids at work was when Jenna was 2! SO, I knew I had my camera and decided to take full advantage of some time. What an experience we had. Kyle, the engineer, asked the girls if they had ever used the fire hose. They both responded with a "NO" and he said "well there's a first time for everything....lets go." Their faces lite up as we headed to the bays where the rigs are kept. Brandon got Tucker on the Engine and he was in heaven. When you ask him about where daddy is......is makes the siren sounds and says "work." Kyle asked Brandon if he wanted to take the kids around the block......so I jump in! I have never driven in the engine either so for me it was a real treat. I got front seat! The kids were so giddy! Tucker kept making the siren sound........so Kyle sounded the sirens. Tucker's little face was priceless. Jenna & Madee were pretty excited to be driving in the BIG truck! Once we got back the guys pulled the hose off the engine and started the water pressure. They has so much fun. Thank you so much honey, they were like kids at Christmas! Oh' and thank you KYLE!!

Trying to imagine his career!!

Pulling out. They were so giggly!

Madee taking her turn at the nozzle

Jenna next
Tucker was a pro. Brandon told him to shut it off and he knew exactly what to do.

He was mad when Daddy said he had to put it away........LOL!!!

Just a cute one on the back of the rig

This was the last picture of Tuck in the rig. I thought is was cute because he just sat there staring in the air.......kind of like hmmmm........maybe one day!

After a fun day..........8 yrs of service and my first family picture in front of the rig!

Not a bad picture either!! haha

birthday fun/ friend frenzy

We went over to our community park for a birthday party for Averie Brewer and get together with friends. The kids had tons of fun on the bounce house and sliding down was a blast.

Miss. Brewer is 5!!

The GIRLS!! (missing Tracy & Julia)

Little Man loving the slide

Sisters!

Our tether ball game......

BUT.........the funniest part was the tether ball game we were blessed with.

Marla & her son. You know you have a competitive PROBLEM when you fight over a ball with your 12 yr old son!! it was so hilarious!
THEN........

This was Marla after she won the fight!!! LOL

Kathrynne said she's not scurred Marla....

It really was fun to watch 3 adults and 1 child go all out on a game of good ol' tether ball! Thanks guys!