Awww... The Memories! Why can't they just stay little?

Feb. 2005~ Dillon almost 5 and Kate 8 1/2

(wow, that is the ages of Dillon and Lexie right now)

Aug. 2004~ Kate 8 years old and Lexie 9 months old

(Aww... Sisters! They were so tan.)

Dillon 3 1/2 years old and Lexie 3 1/2 months old

(Awww, how cute!)

SoMe Of My FaVoRiTe PiCtUrEs Of My 3 KiDs ToGeThEr!

Carmel Feb. 2005 Kate 8 1/2, Dillon almost 5 and Lexie 15 months old

Lodi Lake Nov. 2004 Kate 8, Dillon 4 and Lexie 12 months old.
Lodi Lake Oct. 2006 Kate 10, Dillon, 6 and Lexie almost 3 years old.
Lodi Lake Nov. 2004 Kate 8, Dillon 4 and Lexie 12 months old

WOW...Kaitlyn Is Eligibile To Participate In The Catalina Island Field Trip In 8th Grade

Kaitlyn was so excited when she came home from school today because she received a paper saying she gets to go to Catalina Island in the 8Th grade as a special award for those with high grade point averages. She has been working hard so she could qualify for this trip.
It is a week long vacation with others kids that are eligible too. The cost is around $700.00. Wow! But they do fundraisers and I will learn more at the parent information meeting next week. I really don't think that she is going to go, not just because of the money, but because if I was going than that is one thing, but she is going to be by herself. Sure some teachers are going and her friends are eligible to go too, but come on...........On an Island hundreds of miles away. I don't think so. Maybe if she was 18, but she will only be barely 13 when they go in August. She will be gone for a week. Going to girls camp is one thing, but this is totally different. They should do this for high school kids. But how fun would that be to go to Catalina. What an honor!!! I could always go with her as a chaperon but than that is another $700.00 for me. I would rather use that money and take all of us to Disneyland. She is just really honored that she qualified for this and we should just do a fun family vacation for her. We will see. Good job Kate. We are proud of you. Only 140 kids qualified for this and I think there are around 400 7Th graders. But only 85 get to go. I am sure many kids parents won't let them go.

Lexie riding her new bike from Santa

She likes riding bikes with Dillon.

She really wanted Santa to get her a bike for Christmas. She was so excited Christmas morning when she saw her new "Little Mermaid" bike in front of the Christmas tree. It was really cold and rainy Christmas morning so she rode her bike back and forth in the kitchen. Poor thing! So these pictures and video were taken a couple days after Christmas when the sun finally came out.

Christmas 2008

Wow! Christmas came and went so fast. Here are some pictures taken at our house with the kids in front of the Christmas tree, pictures from Christmas morning at our house, pictures with the Hooley cousins taken a couple days before Christmas at Jason's parents house and pictures from Christmas day with my mom and Stan. Jason's parents and my parents went in on a present together for us and got us a new digital camera. Just in time for all those Christmas Pictures. Thanks guys so much, We love it!!! Carefully touch the pictures on the slide with your mouse, but don't click on it to see what the picture says.

Kenzi's 3rd Birthday Party

Those of you who don't know Kenzi, she is my brother's daughter. She had a great party. Annie (brother's girlfriend) did great at planning the party. You would of never known this was Annie's first party she ever planned for a child. Good job Annie! The party was at my mom's house. My kids and my brother's kids played pinned the tail on the donkey, hit a pinata with lots of candy, ate dinner and had a yummy cake. We all laughed and had a good time.

Don't they make a cute family? You would never know that she wasn't Larissa and Kenzi's real mom.

7th Grade~ 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

Way to go Kate on your 3.4 GPA again.

Kate's Children's Choir Solo At Her Concert

She looked so pretty. She sounded like an angel. She is so brave. A few weeks after this solo, she sang this same song in sacrament at church. She did so well.

Sounded like an angel again. She got a lot of compliments and they want her to sing again in sacrament. This is the whole choir. The older kids are in the back and the younger ones in the front. They had many weeks of practice and they sounded so good. The younger kids are so much fun to watch. They didn't have uniforms to wear because the uniforms were lost some where on a truck that was shipping them. We were told this 4 days before the concert. so everyone had to go out and buy a christmas outfit to wear. No big deal since everyone needed a christmas outfit to wear for christmas anyways. They still looked nice and sounded great!

She sang, "What child is this?" Can you believe that she didn't complain about being nervous. She sang in front of about 200 people. Wow! This is her 5th year in the choir. She did it 1st in Kindergarten and then in 4th, 5th, 6th and now 7th grade.

Here is the solo! Sorry it isn't a very good recording. My digital camera was broken at the time and so I recorded her on my camcorder. But now I have a new digital camera and I played her solo on my T.V. here at home and recorded her on my digital camera. So this is a recording of a recording. Also I was hanging off my seat to get around the guys head in front of me at the concert.

These are the older kids singing from the group.

Christmas........What.....already???

I was trying to use up the pictures in my disposable camera, so I took a couple of pictures of the Christmas decorations and my tree that I put up. Yes, everyone knows that I love Gingerbread Men and my house is covered in them and candy. I didn't take a picture of all the decorations but you get the idea. Not really in the Christmas spirit yet, as Jason has been laid off from work (thanks to our lovely economy), but hopefully it won't be for long. Just keep us in your prayers. Thanks!

Dillon won the Pinewood Derby!!!! Can You Believe It???

Dillon Our Pinewood Derby Winner!!!! Jason and Dillon put a lot of time and thought into the car. Dillon drew up what he wanted it to look like and Jason cut it for him. Dillon sanded it and then Jason and Dillon both painted it. They were so proud of the car.
Taken before the races started.

Dillon and his dad waiting anxiously for Dillon's turn to race.

This is Dillon and Derrik waiting at the end of the track for there cars. Dillon had won every race and so had Derrik Weeks. So, after everyone had raced each other, it ended up being that Dillon had to race against Derrik, the other boy in 1st place. This was to be Derrick's last time doing the Pinewood Derby, as he is in the 5th grade and also his dad's last time too, with Derrik being his last son to do the Pinewood Derby. So his dad really wanted to win and they told Dillon that he was going down at the begining of the race. Dillon was funny and just said, "We'll See!" So this is the 1st race against Derrik and Dillon won. Then Dillon and Derrik had to race again and switched tracks.

And Dillon won Derrik again and then the Pinewood Derby was over and Dillon was the Big Winner!! We couldn't believe it. This was our first time doing the Derby and I thought it would be great if he could win at least one race, but didn't except him to win every race. I'm not sure how many boys he raced against, but there was about 10 races or more that he raced in. He was so excited. Now he gets to go to Nationals in February and race against the other 1st and 2nd place winners in the area. He can't wait!

Thanksgiving Feast at Lexie's Preschool

Lexie was an Indian! All the girls were Indians and the boys were Pilgrims. She cut out her own hat. They had a Thanksgiving Feast at school. Jason and I went and ate with her at her preschool with all her friends, all the parents and the teachers. It was so crowded so I didn't get any pictures of the feast. We had a good time though and she was happy to have both of us there.

Lexie was the line leader that day at school. What a happy girl! Her teacher, Mrs. Susan, was trying to avoid being in the picture.
See Lexie at the end? She did so good singing and doing the hand motions to the songs. She was the best of course!!! Before we ate our feast, the kids all sang songs that they have been practicing. I was so sad because my camera broke the day of Lexie's birthday party, but I was lucky I was able to download the pictures of her party onto my computer before the camera completely stopped working. So I had to get a disposable camera for her feast and I didn't bring my video camera to record them singing. But at least I got some pictures.

They were so cute! Notice how tall Lexie is? The tall Indian hat didn't help either.

Little Orphan Annie

Our beloved cat Annie died on Sunday. This was really sad for our family, but I think saddest for me. I really loved my cat. I am not a huge animal lover, except for my animals. She was the sweetest cat ever. She was around 15 years old. We had her for 7 years and wish we could of had her since she was born. She loved her tummy rubbed (which not many cats do) and she could never get enough attention (love). I truly believe Heavenly Father gives us these special animals to love and for them to love us in return. My brother gave us her when Kate was in Kindergarten. We weren't looking for a cat, he just came across her and asked us if we wanted her. Here is the interesting story of how my brother found her..................................

My brother was working on a building not far from our house and the people working in the building were complaining of a loud noise up in the attic. So, my brother went up into the attic and really thought there was a bobcat living up there. It was dark and all he heard of a load "roar" and she tried to attack my brother. My brother was really scared and he isn't easily scared. He ended up seeing that it was just a cat and then caught her. He took her to the pound and they gave her some shots, noticed that she had been fixed before, and checked her out to see if she was o.k. The pound was pretty full with cats and they asked my brother if he wanted her. He really didn't, but took her anyways. He then called us and told us what had happened and asked us if we wanted her. I was kind of like, not really, but o.k. We had just gotten rid of a dog because we didn't have time for him. But I thought, o.k, since a cat is less maintenance. When he brought her to us, I thought, "this is the saddest looking cat I had ever seen." She was skin and bones, her fur was dull and dirty and she needed to be brushed. She was dehydrated and couldn't meow. So since she couldn't meow, she must of sounded like a bobcat to my brother. I really didn't think it would work out with us keeping her. She was really scared. She had a huge scar, about 1/2 inch wide, that almost wrapped all the way around her neck. Her ear was chewed up too. We were really careful of her because my brother said she wasn't very nice. It only took about 2 days of her being with us and she was the nicest and lovingest cat ever. She really knew that she had gotten herself into a good thing and wasn't about to mess it up. Anything is better than living in an attic with no food or water. My brother said that there were bones up there in the attic, that she had caught to eat. We named her, "Little Orphan Annie." But just called her Annie. Every time my brother would see her at our house, he was amazed at how nice she was. And she was. We got a new cat, Molly, 2 years ago and Annie accepted her and treated her like it was her baby. She would clean her. It was cute. She wouldn't hurt anyone. She was the lovingest cat you ever saw. I am glad she was a part of our family. I will really miss her. It isn't the same without her.

Happy 5th Birthday Lexie!

My baby is 5! Here are some pictures of her with her family at her birthday party. She had a great birthday. She had a princess cake, which her Nana made her. It was Lexie's request. She wanted a strawberry cake with princesses on it. Lexie never eats more than one bit of cake, but she ate the whole piece I gave her along with her strawberry ice cream. If you know Lexie, you will know that Lexie LOVES strawberries. She will eat and eat strawberries all day if I would let her. She has always been that way. So that strawberry cake was perfect for her.

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween My kids had a great time and got lots of candy. After getting done with trick or treating, we were approaching our house and it started to sprinkle rain. We were so glad it held out until we were done. It's finally starting to feel like Fall. My favorite time of the year. Yeah!!!!
Aren't they cute? Larissa and Kenzi came over so we could see them in their costumes and we took their pictures with my kids. They were so cute! Kenzi wanted Annie to have a picture with the kids too because she was scared of Dillon's costume, even without the mask, she was still scared. Poor thing. So she stayed far away from him in the picture.
Fashion Disaster Kaitlyn

The Bones
Princess Alexis

She really enjoyed being a princess. She made such a pretty princess too. Her birthday is coming up and she wants a princess party. What a surprise.

Kaitlyn got Honor Roll!!!

Congratulations on your 3.4 GPA!!!

Kate at her Honor Roll assembly.

5 Little Pumpkins Sitting On The Porch!!

We all had a really fun time carving our pumpkins. We had been looking forward to it, ever since we got them. We made some fun memories! After we were done, we made pumpkin seeds. We all look really tired, as it was almost bed time, but we are so glad we took this family time together.