Good Lookin

Was going thru my pictures and found this one......I love him in his uniform and the kids are SO cute!!!

July Events

July has flown by and boy did we have a month of activity! We got to go on a great family trip to Yellowstone with Evan's family. The kids had a great time and it was fun watching them see new things. Payson thought the geyser's were "SO amazing" and Aaron can't stop talking about the chipmunk that they tried to capture. All and all the kids behaved really well and we got to have a really good time with each other.

Aaron started gymnastics this month and is really really good at it. We are so proud of the way he is trying and making improvements every day. Devin and Travie start football this coming week. This will be Travie's first year so we will see how it goes. He really wants to do it so hopefully it will be a good experience for him. Bekah and Payson are still doing gymnastics and will do swimming lessons next month. Lexie is growing so fast! I can't believe how big she is getting and this month she started saying some new words. It's been a lot of fun.

Evan got confirmation that he will deploy the middle of November so we are starting to get things and kids ready for that. We are blessed that he has gotten a "easy" assignment and I am just relieved that he is not going to Baghdad again. He has been enjoying time with the kids and has had a little stress at work but surviving. I am still working with Probation and trying to finish up school. I am now doing my internship along with classes so I am gone a lot of the time. It gets frustrating, but I am SO close to being done!!!!

Sadly I do have to report that Kristie's (Aaron, Travis, and Bekah's mom) father passed away this month from a courageous fight with cancer. The kids are dealing with it fairly well and are glad that he is in heaven and feeling no more pain. Our thoughts are still with Kristie as she goes through this very difficult time.

With that all said I want to let you all know that we are thinking of you and appreciate your blogs so that we can feel like we are a part of your world! Under this is a slideshow of our fun trip. The kids help put it together and they are SO proud!

Love you all,
Tami

Yellowstone Family Trip

June Fun....

Well this month has been a month of running around as usual! We have had the opportunity to have Evan's kids come to stay with us full time for awhile which we are all excited about. Travis and Aaron are still going to school for a couple more weeks and the other kids are enjoying summer. We had a great father's day and the kids enjoyed spoiling Evan. He is such a great dad and they love him so much.

We also added a new family member this month. Clay and Kalli had a beautiful girl which they named Mayce Ann. Isn't she incredibly perfect?! We are SO excited for them.

I am still busy with work and school. I have started my internship working as a counselor for a small Counseling office. It has been very exciting and scary all at the same time. I have wanted this type of career forever, but nervous that I don't have the skills and knowledge to be really good at it!

The kids are having a good summer so far. Payson has been playing TBall which has been a lot of fun to watch. He is a character and can be so dramatic.

Devin is looking forward to starting Football and has been taking piano lessons (which he really is good at). Lexie is growing and really has a fun personality and is REALLY stubborn (have NO idea where she got that from.

Bekah starts dancing next week and it is ALL that she has been talking about. Aaron and Travis are trying to decide how they want to spend their time this summer. They are certainly going to keep us busy!! Hope all is well with each one of you.

Need your Email address

Ok so I think that I have found all the people that I was hoping to find and now we will be going to a private blog page.

So if you are a reader of our blog (esp if you NEVER comment......which you should cause the kids read it and love to see who is "checking' them out). Please give me your email address or log in name so that I can add you. I will need this before June 15th.

Thanks to all of you for being part of our life!

Family Fun!

Things here are staying pretty busy. The kids are out of school and have lots of "plans" for their summer. Last night we go to have Dad, DeEtte, and Clay's family over for dinner and play time. We enjoyed having them and the kids woke up this morning asking when they were coming back!

Here's some pictures tht I took:

Played some Guitar Hero with the "boys"

What do we do????? Kids.....HELP!

We then did a little Bowling tournament......Carson really had a "talent" for it.....it was fun to see Clayton and DeEtte really getting into it!

Then we ended with some boxing......Tagen and Easton were a hoot to watch doing this one!

Had a great time, but MISSED Cindy and Brett's FAMILIES!!!!!!

Hope all is going well with each one of you. Love Tami

BuSY BUsY BUSY!!!

What an amazing crazy life we live! So I started my job that I LOVE! My boys are now in TBall, Piano, Scouts, Gymnastics, and can't wait to get out out of school. Evan has been traveling for work, he is currently having a once of a lifetime experience in Israel! Travis, Beckah, and Aaron seem to be doing well also. Lexie had a week of sickness that was awful, but is now back to herself. Evan and I thought we would try out for "Deal or No Deal" (check out the pictures below....almost 10 hours in line!!) We took the older boys to a fancy restaurant and we had a great time. I am posting some fun pictures of our last couple of weeks. We love you all. Enjoy!

Aaron the "cool" guy!