One day when it was raining.... oh yeah... we had a lot of that in May and June =) We decided to go to Idaho Falls for the day because Michael couldn't work on the outside project (the swing set). This is a once a year event for our family (even though it is so close). Here we are at the Musuem of Idaho:
Brekka loved this dog by the garbage can so she had to have her picture by it.

Brody brought along his notebook so he could take notes and write down facts. Brae just loved looking around. Brekka just wanted her picture taken by everything.

Brae took our picture (this is the second one he took. I asked him if he got a good picture. He said "yeah, but I cut your head off".) Not the best picture of us but it is one of only a few.

Brody having fun in the cave.


Brae loves horse so we HAD to have a picture here.

Then we decided to go the Idaho Falls Temple Visitors Center to see the Awesome pictures. Before we went inside, Michael took a couple pictures of the kids smelling the tulips. I guess we will have to work on the modeling.


On the way home we saw this awesome site. If you look really close you will see a double rainbow over our Rexburg Temple.

As we got closed we saw the "True" pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

The kids took gymnastic in May and loved it. It was the first time for all of them. This is them at their recital. They did such a good job and learned very quickly. They were a little scared to get on the big stage but they did awesome.

I have video of the boys but not a very good still picture. Here is Brekka in the middle getting ready to do her hand stand.

Yeah School is out for the summer. Michael and Brody are home all day and we are trying to get the summer off to a good start. Michael is really looking forward to getting a lot done this summer..... Organize the "storage shed" so that it will be "the shop" again, finish the swing set for the kids, finish the kitchen after two years, and LOTS More. We will see. He has been doing good so far!

On Memorial Day we went fishing with his brother. It was a fun day. The kids loved it. After they finally caught some fish, we went back to Grandma's house to eat them. Brekka and Brae fell asleep before dinner was ready.... and my camera die so I don't have very many pictures.
The Kids getting ready to go

Brody waiting with Princess and Yeller

After just a half hour of being out of the car, Brae managed to find the mud.

The Family Fishing

The fish the boys "helped" Mori and Dad catch

How do you celebrate 45 degree weather in Idaho? This is what we do.


Ok. Seriously.....I can't believe my children. Brekka has gone out two different days in her swim suit. Today Brae decided he better try it out. They played out there for about 15 minutes. During the summer it isn't much more time than that. Wow! Bring on the Sun!



Brody wasn't so excited about the swimming so he made a boat to float in the pond

Joann.... this one is for you!
The other day while I was putting prices on some new beads, Brekka was out in the store with me and just doing her own thing. Next thing I knew she was all dressed up in my NEW, AWESOME, and jet lagged beads. Not just one or two, yes all 16 leis and 10 braclets. Lets just say we are starting a new fad.

I sent her in the house to show Michael and she came back only a minute later looking like this! Michael got these from one of the students in his class.

Gotta Love Life! Thanks Joann! You are soooooooooooooooooooo Awesome!!!!

OK so its been a LONG time since I have posted.... A lot has happened and we have been really busy. I will try to catch up on our lives for those of you that do check on us....

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Brody and Brekka have birthdays in October so when we went to Nana and Papa's for Conference, we had to have a cake. Brekka picked it out and the kids loved the frosting.

SOUTH FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL

Michael Started teaching Health, PE, and Weights at South Fremont High School this past fall. He is enjoying it and is finally getting the hang of teaching school. This job came at the right time and we felt this was the right thing to do. He is still trying to get over his injuries and I think for the most part he is doing better teaching school. He is having fun playing sports, working out, and lifting weights with his classes. He still gets VERY sore but he stills tries to be very active.

DAVID COOK CONCERT-Sept. 2009
This was SOOOO Fun! Girls Night out with awesome Friends! Can't ask for much more. For those of you who know me, know I love American Idol, when David Cook came to Idaho Falls, I HAD to go. Thank girls for an awesome night. Next time he comes we have to go.


We were able to meet him, well not me because I was parking the car and just as I got there, he left.

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This Video is Amazing!!!!

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H A W A I I

A few weeks ago I took a last minute trip to Hawaii with a friend. She had a Pediatric Dental Convention and she needed someone to go and keep her company so after watching for airline tickets for a week, she finally found a good deal and I bought it 4 days before we left. It was a crazy rush trying to get everything lined up so that I could be gone for a week but it was awesome. Thank you Michael, Cari and Tammy for taking care of my kids!!

You guys are awesome.

A L O H A from H a w a i i

This is the first view of Ohau, the island where Honolulu is and where we stayed.

Our hotel was sooooo cool and had lots to do.

The night we got there they had a HUGE luau (at this point we were still still trying to get the room situation figured out but I won't go on about that...)

After we got into our room, ate dinner at IHOP =) because it was close and we had been traveling ALL day, we decided we better go put our feet in the ocean because we WERE in Hawaii. Notice the long pants.... I guess only a girl from Idaho would have her jeans on in Hawaii in MAY. It was cold when we left Salt Lake City and the airplane is always cold.
These are some of the views and things we had at our hotel.

This is the view out our hotel balcony.

The enterance to the hotel was beautiful.

I only have a few of the pictures because Meredith has the rest on her NICER camera.

I loved the vegetation!

There were turtles,

penguins, (yes we were is Hawaii not Antarctica)

and Flamingos.

CHEESEBURGERS... We found the COOLEST restaurant! The name of it was Cheeseburgers. They had live music as we ate outside. We found it just a couple blocks from our hotel as we were walking and exploring the city. We liked it so much the first time we went back again. Yes we ate there twice. I know the pictures are NOT good but it was soooo good.

Here are the pretty mountains

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center aka the PCC. It was so cool to see all the different cultures. Ok so I will have to admit that I was VERY upset because the first hour we were there it rain HARD! After in Finally quit it was AWESOME. We ate some cool food, even purple dinner rolls, and a pina colada slushie at the luau with ALOT of people.

Our last day there, we just had to rent the mini coupe. It was so fun and I loved EVEYBODY staring at us. It was a three wheeled little car thing (a cross between a 4 wheeler and a moped.) We drove around the city.... very slow because the mini coupe could only go 35 mph.
The day I got home my sweet Brody put this together for me on the coffee table.

Thanks Brody! I love you and missed you all.

Cub Scout Day Space Camp

"The Final Frontier"

Brody had his first "Cub Scout Day Camp". Lucky for both of us, I am the den leader so I got to take some pictures. He had a lot of fun. Here are a few of the activities.

Opening & Closing Ceremonies

Frisbee Golf.....This was the first station we went to. The boy in charge was giving the boys instructions how to play and then he says (in the same tone of voice), "They said there is a moose and her baby out here in the trees. If you see them, turn around, walk away, don't look her in the eye and go to your leader." The three of us leaders looked at each other....and said to each other "don't hide behind me". It was sooooo funny.

This was the coolest game...The boys had a lot of fun working together
Lazer Guns....aka BB Gun shooting Space Rockets

Thanks for going and having a great time Brody. You are an Awesome Son!

This is such a typical picture of my outdoor kids. Brae and Brekka decided to unload the wood pile inside the little building. I asked them to please put it back where is was supposed to go so it got half way back to the orginal destination, but I don't think the slide is the best place for it. They did get it put back after a few destractions. I always think it looks so funny when Brekka is out with Brae in her cute clothes. It just doesn't look right.... but she loves it.

Here are the pictures of Michael removing the button from Brae's nose that wouldn't load awhile ago. Amazing what the Easter Bunny prepared us for.

So I still can't upload pictures.....who knows whats wrong but I wanted to post this anyway.

Brae had a couple funny (now they are funny, not at the time though) things happen to him. He decided to stick a button up his nose. So far up that while Michael was trying to see if it was really there, he couldn’t see it. Brae kept saying he did stick it up there but it wasn't visual. Finally Michael could see it. Michael didn’t want to take him to the Community Care and pay them to remove the button, so he starting looking around the house to see if he could find something. Then he thought of the water squirter that the Easter Bunny had left. Michael used it as a syringe and sucked it out. Amazing! I am glad that my husband is creative. It saved us at least $100 that day.

The second: The monkey pajamas! Brae LOVES these. I am not sure why but they are TOO small and he still wants to wear them. He will wake up in the night crying because the feet are too tight. We will have to take them off of him so he will stop crying. So the other night Michael decided to cut the feet out WHILE Brae was sleeping. Not such a good idea. Brae cried for at least a half hour when he woke up. Then he got over it.

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St. Patrick's Day

My sister and I love to have a party for anything...Even St. Patrick's Day. I mean come on, green clothes, food, drink, and decorations. I am still not sure if the kids like all the parties more than Cari and I but that is fine. They don't complain and even if they do, they will get over it soon.