RUNAWAY TRAIN

RUNAWAY TRAIN--This is how my life has felt for a long time. That is why there hasn't been a new post for quite awhile. I even tried to get this one up and had to delay it. It's not complete, but here it is. If I try to complete it, I will never get it posted.

Rachelle had fun babysitting my nephew's kids Andrew and Sarah. They are such cute kids and so fun.

While Ryan and Rachel were in Utah we got to hike the Battle Creek Trail. It was beautiful. It was fun to have them here and wish they could have stayed longer.

TARA AND ANDREW

SARAH

RACHELLE

RACHELLE AND KAMI

GIRLS CAMPOUT at BIG SPRINGS

Me and my girls and Lady had a great time camping out for 2 nights and the first night my sister and her 2 youngest got to join us.

HERSHEY TRACK MEET: Kami made it to the Region Finals in the 100 and 200. Rachelle made it to the State Finals in the 100 and 200 and took 3rd there.

SULFUR CREEK in CAPITOL REEF--After having an adventureless summer, Nate drove Tara and I down to Capitol Reef to complete the hike that I wanted to when we were down there in the Spring. He took the youth group down this same hike earlier.

TARA & JENNI

SCHOOLWORK

END OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
TARA

KAMI

BEING GOOFY

KAMI

GIRLS SOCCER-- I was Kami's coach. She was MVP--voted by the players.

TARA

RACHELLE

ALPINE DAYS: Rachelle took 1st in the 100, 200 and 400.

KAMI & TARA were both successful at FIELD DAY!!

JOSH

80's CHOIR CONCERT

KELSEY A. AND RACHELLE

SPRING BREAK @ DISNEYLAND & the BEACH

Here's what happens when you put things on the stove that don't belong there. I was in the other room and asked Kami to turn the burner on for the potatoes. The wrong burner was turned on and we had a little fire. No one was hurt. This used to be my Bosch Mixer.

DRAPER TEMPLE

My older kids went to the open house with the Youth Group, so Nate and I took Kami and Tara today. They were so excited and loved it, but didn't like taking pictures after. They were done and ready to go at that point. (Nate had promised to take them to eat after.)

I loved all the paintings in the temple and in the reception area.

ARTWORK

Tara's artwork from school this winter. I love to save things, but hate to have them stacked up somewhere. My solution is to take pictures of most of them after they have been displayed for a few weeks and then I can throw them away without feeling quilty. Sometimes I will save one or two of the smaller ones. Kami's Artwork
Kami took an art class from Irina over the winter and these are some of the results. Kami did these with help from her teacher. Kami also doodles a lot and the birthday cake is one of the many random drawings she has done. I love what Irina has done with Kami and can't wait to get her going again.

UTAH SPRING

MY FIRST FLOWER OF THE YEAR!

On Tues. I was so excited to see the first hint of Spring and the beauty that I love. Then on Wed....

...There was snow. Utah's typical Spring. You never know what to expect from one day to the next. Fortunately the snow melted fast.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

I felt bad taking this picture, but oh well. The girls played a great game to get the to semi-finals in the tournament. Then in the semi's we were ahead and playing great the first half. Then for some reason the coach changed their defense in the second half from one that was working great. The other team started catching up and with 3 min. to go took the lead. We lost by 3. It was pretty dissapointing, but not the end of the world. It is always interesting to me to see how each person handles dissapointment or adversity differently. Rachelle was mad right after, slept on the way home and then was fine.

RACHELLE 7th grade club bball.Running the offense.

Off the steal, she gets a fast break lay-up.

Rachelle is a very quick on defense and a lot of fun to watch.

Kami demonstrating great follow through.

Even though this defender is taller, Kami made the short bank shot.
Kami and her cousin, Allie, who is in the same basketball league (3rd/4th grade). Kami is one grade older than Allie.

RACHELLE'S 13TH B-DAY

Feb. 14, 2009; Rachelle played 3 indoor soccer games bright and early on her birthday. Then Nate and I took her to lunch. We opened presents with Granny and Grandpa Carter and Grammy and Grandpa Warner.

Rachelle and Tara with their Grandparents. Rachelle is 13 now--my 3rd teenager.

Rachelle's cake (above). Karen's cake (below). Rachelle shares her birthday with Grammy Warner.

TARA the TEASE

GOOFY TARA

Tara is such a tease. The other day I had a snack by the computer with a cup of water that I put near my chair. She immediately reminded me that we are NOT to have food by the computer. Later that night we were all watching a movie when someone pointed out a spilled cup of water on the carpet. Nate's disciplining started to come out and Tara quickly chimed in, "Mom did it". Nate questioningly looked at me and wasn't too pleased. Tara was loving this (no kids got in trouble) and then, with a grin added "Mom brought soda down here too." Nate was getting more irritated. I had to quickly let him know that she was teasing. At that point she burst out laughing.