First day of School

Brody was a little excited. Not a tear was shed on his part, and I'm proud to say that I held it together pretty well too.

Dannon really wanted to go too.

Raising money for Prop 8

We don't have extra money laying around but we really wanted to contribute to Proposition 8. So we had a yard sale. We still have quite a bit of stuff left. Hopefully it will all sell this coming weekend and we will have a decent check to give towards the cause.

Braves vs Giants

We were a little excited

Half of the group

The other half

I took this picture

Notice the placement of his hands ... his name is Butts

It was a blast! GO BRAVES!!!!

Marley

That's right, she's walking!

Tahoe

My Aunt Bobbie and Uncle Rusty came into to town to visit. It's been nearly 10 years since I last saw them, way too long if you ask me. Anyway, while they were in town we decided to show them our crown jewel ... beautiful Lake Tahoe.

Here my Uncle Rusty and Dad are getting ready for snorkeling.

The boys are getting ready to jump off a rock.
If you look closely you'll notice that Dannon has a lap full of chocolate pudding.
Matty and Jake worked on "little Stonehenge" throughout the whole day.

It was an exhausting day for Dad.
Dannon dropped his shorts a couple of times when he needed to go potty.

Quite the popular rock.
Brody was in heaven.
So was Marley.
We had a blast and can't wait to go back
Hopefully next time Chris will be able to come with us.

A Challenge ...

Some of you might notice that I posted my testimony on the side. I wanted to challenge all of you who view my blog to do the same, and try to encourage others to continue. In the Ensign this month it speaks of sharing the gospel through the internet. I think that this is a way that we can do so.

Remember ... he's only 4 years old!

We were a little surprised when he said "Mom, Dad, I'm going to do a backflip!"

Congratulations Tyson!

Tyson graduated from the CHP academy. We are very excited for Tyson and Ginger, even though we will miss them ...

The whole fam-damily

Some proud kids

Just about the coolest fast track car demonstration I've ever seen.

Jordon wasn't too enthused about the cars and helicopters, so she took a quick nap.

4th of July

Here we are anxiously awaiting the Roseville 4th wards parade to start. We love attending their annual breakfast and parade at the park.

This year they had face painting ...

Back in the wagon again

Afterwards we went to my parents house and all the neighbors came over for a bbq

Sorry, no pics of the fireworks ... I was too busy enjoying them

A few more pics of smokey Sacramento ...

The other day I had to go aside and face the smoke. It was amazing how smokey it got out here in Roseville. The weather forcasters had to make a new category of air quality because they have never before seen such bad air. Here is the beautiful galleria. In Roseville 2 of the machines that measure the air quality actually broke down because they could not filter out all of the smoke and particles that were in the air. Fun times, let me tell ya.