My Side of the Family

I love my family! I do, I do! I love to go home to Marysvale. It was such a great place to grow up and a great place to be from. Easter weekend, my whole family was in town. It was great. The only one I don't get to see often is Danny, but it was fun to have all of us together.
My whole family. This is the first time we have all had a picture done in years!

Grandma and all her grandkids!

We had a tetherball tournament. I lost. I was the first one out. I think I want a tetherball post in my yard now. Apparently I suck, though. So maybe not.

Watching Sherry and Austin play was hysterical! He's like a foot taller than her!!

Ah, Dahni! Love you all!

Easter Hunt, Marysvale Style

I am getting so behind on posting pictures! Here are some of the one's from the Marysvale Easter Egg Hunt,
This was actually after it was all said and done. Piper was in the back of the truck with all the baskets. Mom and I looked over and she had unwrapped a whole package of bubble gum and put every piece in her mouth! It was hilarious. The picture does not do it justice!

Piper got some fun toy's and tons of candy.

Sherry is in charge of the Easter Egg Hunt and so we got to go down and help hide the candy. It didn't help us any in the end, because I think we only found 2 pieces that got missed. And we had Brannigan and J.D. hiding in the older kids, so they wouldn't be the ones hiding their own candy.

Tyson actually did help me hide candy in his age group! But he's the youngest of that group, so he only got a few pieces anyway.

Ashton wants a Hula-Hoop!

Waiting so patiently!

Have I mentioned, I LOVE Marysvale!

Easter - part 1

I have oodles of pictures! I'm going to have to break this down into a couple of posts. We spent the Easter weekend in Marysvale at Sherry's house. The kids had a blast. They alway's do.

Here we are coloring Easter Eggs. It was a bit chaotic with 6 little kids and 7 adults all trying to color eggs, but somehow we managed.

Grandma and J.D.

The hunt was on! The Easter bunny did a great job hiding the eggs! Twoards the end she got a little cold and just put them all over the lawn, butt was great for Piper and Riyo. Smart Easter Bunny!

Piper got a horsie in her basket! And some chapstick, of course we couldn't forget the chapstick!

J.D. was more intersted in the eggs that he could see out the kitchen window, but he got Lego Indiana Jones for the DS.

Tyson got a Cars DS game in his basket. He was super excited because this is the first DS game that is actually his and not J.D.;s.

Suprise

So, this morning I tried to call Sherry. I do that every morning and the phone rang and rang. I thought that was odd, but maybe she had went to Richfield. About an hour later she called me back and we talked for about 10 minutes. I was out working in the yard, so I told her, I'll call you later I've got to go and get a few things done.

Well about 5 minutes go by and I see this jeep pull up in my yard and I see Austin. Weird, I just talked to Sherry and she hadn't mentioned he was in town and then the whole family piles out! YEAH! They totally surprised us. It was freakin' awesome! It's been about six weeks since we saw each other last. That may not seem like a long time, but for us it is. They just spent the day with us, playing basketball, shopping, and crafting. It was so much fun.
My kid's seriously love their Uncle Austin.

Tyson especially loves him. It's a love/hate relationship. Depends on the day.

This is what happens when you pout.

I went and checked J.D. out of school and I told him I had a surprise for him. He thought it was dove!!! Weird, but he really wants on, but only because Baylee has one. Anyway, I took Brannigan and Ashton with me and they hid in the car. They popped up and J.D. said, "Cousin" and then he leaped over the seat and tackled him. They really are the best of friends.

Thanks Winckel's for giving us an awesome surprise and fun day!

Piper n' Riyo

These two fight like crazy. They are six months apart and the best of friends!
Here they are as twinners in their fun purple dresses. I saw a good deal on these at Target and had to buy them for the girls.

Making m&m cookies on a Sunday afternoon.

Tea Time! The girls had so much fun playing tea party.

They ate m&m's and potatoe wedges.

I hope they alway's will be the best of friends.

Cousins

We went to Marysvale last weekend and stayed at Sherry's while Josh and his dad went hunting. We alway's have a great time when we go home and the kids love top play with their cousins. On Saturday, we went to the pumpkin patch in Joseph and then played their in the little park. It was so much fun. They had teeter-totters!! You don't see those very often anymore. Mom, Sherry & I all had to take turns with each other. It was a lot of fun!

Fish Rodeo

Never been to a fish rodeo? Well in Marysvale it's a tradition. Every 24th of July they fill up the old dance hall with water, turn loose a thousand or so trout and sick hundrends of children on the poor unsuspecting fish. It's a riot to watch and one of the very reasons we go home every year.

Here we are hanging out on the back of the fire truck waiting for the rodeo to start. My sweet hubby is a fish cop every year. And Austin is on the fire department. It helps to know people in high places!

Flint went with us this year and he got to help. Lucky him! He looked a little confused at the whole concept.

In the midst of the filling of the dance hall a call came in for the ambulance. Sherry handed Riyo to me and took off running. It was the Barbens and they had been in a wreck at the Cottonwood Rd. turn..... Well, luckily they were all okay, but they called for the ambulance because Jordan's wife had to be cut out of the car. So off went Austin, Troy and Clay, which left Josh and Flint the only guys there. Imagine our suprise to see the Wilde's (used to be our neighbors) in Marysvale. Luckily Tina was waiting by us and she took Piper off my hands until my mom could come and get Riyo. HECTIC!! Thank Heavens everyone was okay and the fire truck came back pretty quickly.

My desert dwelling children freezing to death in the 80 degree weather.

Brannigan did not want to go in the water once they released the fish. He was perfectly happy standing on the sidelines.

My husband in his sexy fish cop shirt!

One fish, two fish, rainbow trout fish......

On the hunt.... The kid behind J.D. was ruthless.

It doesn't get any better than this!

Wanna come next year????

Fireworks

Hanging out with the cousins on the 24th of July. We watched fireworks on Thursday night down at the park. Josh loves the 24th for the one reason that he gets to go and set off fireworks with the fire department. The kids were so noisy sitting in the bed of the truck. They had a blast. On Friday night, we watched fireworks at Sherry's house in the front yard. You get a lot of OOH's & AAH's no matter if they are big fireworks or little ones at home. It's always a good time!