So here I go……

Yes! I am THAT far behind on my blog!!  I won’t make excuses BUT live is busy BUSY!!   And also I am one of those people that gets behind, then overwhelm, then behind again, then….OH CRAP!! Is this how hoarders get started too?!!!  Shoot!  Well maybe that explains the not so clean house too!

Well I am gonna bite the bullet this time!…..maybe starting tomorrow….

Right now I am working on putting things together for the Relay of Life to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. We have put together a team this year in honor of Jeff who was a great example to everyone. I have been so humbled by his family’s experiences and the generosity of people to them and also in support of this event!  My team ROCKS!! We have almost made our goal!

Right now I am also taking the wild land firefighter course.  Not too bad.  It’s only a 2 week course.

My sis left to go back on her mission Wednesday!  I will miss her but I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see her feeling herself again!  She is also a great example!

10 Years!!

(picture of us one year ago)

Today is Curtis' and my 10 year anniversary!! It's amazing to think it has been that long! I guess it's good that it seems to have flown by so fast because it is only the good things that do. :) So here we are 10 years and 3 kids later and life is good! I love him more now than the day I married him and we are the BEST of friends!

We are celebrating by going on our first cruise in March!!! SO EXCITED!! :)

LOVE YA BABE!!

October Overview

It's been awhile since my last post, so I decided to cram all of October into one post. :)

It's been a busy month for our family. Curtis and I are now going to class twice a week for our EMT Intermediate. Nothing like sticking each other with needles! Lol! We do love being part of the department and are trying our bests to learn all that we can.

This month Sammy and Austin finished their soccer season! We were so lucky to have NICE weather for the WHOLE season! :) They did a great job and love playing!

On the 18th Trav and Heather had their little boy, Grayson! We are so excited for the new addition to the family! He is such a CUTIE! :) Congrats Heather and Trav!

A few weeks ago our friends that have great access to a pumpkin patch invited us to go out with them so we could pick out our own pumpkins! It's so much fun! The kids would seriously take them ALL home with us if they could! It's so funny how they seem to always go for the biggest one they can carry. :) Fun times! Thanks Heidi!

My friend Rachelle LOVES Halloween. So she has started having a party every year. (And hopefully every year to come! ;) ) Before she started having her parties, Curt and I never dressed up, but now we have been sucked into the Halloween fun! :) The party was a blast! Here are just a few of the pics from the party and the photo scavenger hunt.

Thanks Rachelle! So much fun!

Friday the kids get out of school early so we decided decided to carve out pumpkins that day before going to the PTA carnival. We have really learned to like doing this as a family-Oooy Gooy mess and all! Even Taryne dug right in and did her own! She even cut out a lot of the face herself! (With supervision of course!) :) Then off to the carnival for a fun night of games and food! Austin even won the door prize! A big bucket of Halloween goodies! :)

(yes, I did notice I spelt pumpkins wrong!...will fix later....maybe....)

Then on Saturday Trav and Heather came up so we played with baby Grayson and then went home and got dressed up for Trick-or-Treating! Followed by friends and fun! :)

First Day of School 2010!!

It finally came today! The first day of school! I'm not gonna lie-we were ALL anticipating this day! Back-to-School night was Tuesday when the kids found out who their teachers will be, and we are excited about the coming year! And what kid isn't excited about the first day of school? Heck! They get to wear their brand new clothes! It is crazy how fast they grow up tho! I mean really! Sammy is in FOURTH GRADE!!!

Austin cracks me up! Recently whenever I go to take a picture of him, he tries to bust out his tough guy image! Lol!

EMS Cookout

The day before the Pioneer Day parade, all the EMS gang and their families get together to wash the fire trucks and ambulances, and then of course have a cookout! Always a good time! The kids love to play and climb up on the trucks! And I, personally, like the yummy food and good company of course! Curtis was even our chef this year! :)

4-wheeler Picnic

Also in May a couple of friends and I took the little kids on a 4-wheeler picnic while the older kids were in school! We rode up in the North Hills and had a nice long ride and then stopped to have lunch. :)

And the Updating Begins.....

Back in May we were invited to go 4-wheeling with our good friends! We loaded the 4-wheelers and took them up to the reservoir. There we unloaded and went for a nice ride! We seen some deer too which the kids always love! Then we found a spot to roast our hot dogs and marshmallows! The weather even stayed perfect for us until we got back to the trucks to load back up! We had so much fun!!