Strawberry Days Rodeo

Our Family After The Rodeo

Smilee Brylee and Rudy Toot

The Girls Playing At The Rodeo-Kelbee was off playing with Branson and Wyatt the whole time, so that's why I have no pictures of her!!

The Cow Milking Winners-they look so freaky!!! Brad got hurt but "it didn't hurt at all"

Big Brylee Bear

I can't believe how fast our Brylee Bear is growing up. She has been walking along furniture for quite a while, but her latest thing is to stand up right where she is. She is so proud of herself whenever she does it!!

Todd's Graduation

I wish he was just a little happier!!

The girls giving Todd the candy lei's they made

They were so excited to see him after it was all done.

The extremely excited Couple!!!!!!

Our little family after the ceremony. Poor little Brylee was so sick, she had been running a fever of 102.7 that morning, but she was good enough so I could hear Todd speak and then I went out into the foyer. As for the other girls-all I can say is thank you so much to our families for their help!!

Kelbee's Kindergarten Graduation

Kelbee and her sweet teacher Mrs. Gustavson-yes she is old enough to teach

The kindergarteners in our ward. I think we made up most of the p.m. class.

Kelbee's class after graduation

Kelbee and her cute friend Tayler with their dipolmas

Brie's Graduation

The Family after Brie's Graduation (Todd had school)

The girls during graduation - I'm so thankful for a sunny day!!

Brie and all her nieces - except Lizzy and Abby

The little munchkins with Buzz during Graduation

Notice the "during" on most of the pictures. I am so grateful I was able to run in and see her walk and cheer for her-even though I didn't realize it was her at first because the man announcing it totally butchered her name. So poor Brie, none of realized it was her until she was half way across the stage-but then we let her know how much she is loved!!

Grovecrest Dance Festival

The dance festival was May 27, 2008 at Grovecrest Elementary. The kindergartner's were the first to dance. They did the Chicken Dance. It was so cute. Kelbee was concentrating so hard so she wouldn't make a mistake, that she forgot to smile. But she made up for it afterward!

RUN 4 RYAN

Asha, Cricket, Kelbee, and Tilly

Proud as a peacock Kelbee, Todd and Raimee

Jamie, Kelbee, and Brie after they ran the 5K

The Run 4 Ryan was on Memorial Day. We had an awesome turnout. It was so great to see everyone show their love and support for Katie and her sweet girls. Kelbee ran the mile with Todd and they finished in record time!!. Raimee needed to stay with me as she was still waking up, because it was so early. The girls were champs!! It was cold and raining most of the time but they always had smiles on their little chubby faces!!

Sand Dunes

We went to the Little Sahara Sand Dunes on Saturday May 24, 2008. It was a lot of fun. I have never seen anything like it before. It is about an hour and a half away from home, and as you turn the corner you see this little city of RV's at the bottom of sand mountain. As you get closer the hum of motors is all you can really hear. The girls had so much fun. Kelbee was out all day either on a 4-wheeler or the Prowler. Raimee liked it too, but she wanted to stay close to me. It was a really fun day in the sun-and wind!!!!

Our 1st Day of Summer!!!!!

We went over to Aimee Cox's house and let all the kids play in their water toys and huge backyard. It is the perfect yard for kids! Me and the two little girls were out for a girls day out, because Todd was studying, when Katie called and invited us over. It was so much fun to soak up the sun and let the kids run out their energy!

My Sweet Sweet Roo

Ok so Kelbee got a checkbook from Brie to "play" with. She thought that it was for real, but I didn't know that. I thought she was just playing around too. Well she wrote out a check to Jeff and Missy for our flights this summer and for some tu-tus. Then she wrote me this check so that I "could get a car or something that I wanted". I said "oh Roo you are so sweet, thank you so much" and hung it up as one of my most prized posessions. Last night at the bow party she started picking out what she wanted and got out her checkbook to pay for it. Which is when I realized that she thought that it was for real. I had to take her into the other room and tell her that it was just for play. She started bawling and said "that means that all of the other checks I wrote aren't real are they?" She was crushed. She thought that she had helped me and Todd out financially. Writing this is making me cry. I love her so much and hope she always knows that. Could I ask for a sweeter child?

4 Wheeling

We went to Josh and Aimee Carter's cabin for the day on Saturday. It was so much fun!! We just hung out, ate, relaxed and rode 4-wheelers. The kids played in the dirt all day and the BIG BOYS played with the fire! It was a perfect day!!

An Afternoon At Hogle Zoo

It was so much fun to watch the girls watch the animals. I think one of the funniest parts was that Raimee was convinced that they were all going to eat her-which made it a lot of fun when the Leopard kept pacing back and forth right in front of her with just the glass between them!!

My Girls

Ryan's Funeral at the Graveside

This was truly the hardest experience of my life. I have never hurt the way I have with the passing of Ryan. I will miss him so much - but whenever I think about Katie and losing the love of her life I start to cry because she won't be able to smell his neck, have his hand on the small of her back, hand a baby off when you have had it and all of the other everyday things I take for granted. I hope she knows how much I love her and that I would do anything for her!!! They had the girls send off balloons to Ryan. Asha kept looking into the hole and worrying about them dropping and hurting Ryan. She wondered if she should fill in the hole so he wouldn't get hurt. I am so thankful to have the knowledge that I do, for the innocence of children and that I can live with my sweet bug and muchkins forever!!!!!

Easter Pictures

We got their pictures taken and I always dread it. As we were leaving Todd said "Have fun" which definatley gave me a good laugh. The girls were good for about the first three minutes and then Raimee decided the lady needed to work on her patience or something. They turned out cute though and as always they are well worth the stress!!!!!!