Gaylynne has been tutoring me on posting pictures in my blog so that it will stay in the archives. We are on spring break, but it feels like winter. Alyssa is going to basketball camp all week and then going up to Whitney's Birthday Party, so she's having a fun week! Tara has a friend named Sam who will be playing the drums for her album that she is making on Thurs. Trent also has this week off. Hopefully will get a garden in. He's also pouring a foundation for the shed. It was on wood and rotting with termite's. When he pulled off the wooden foundation we found an uninvited guest that made all the kids come in screaming. Can you guess? Yes it was a rat. Brianne said it was as big as a bunny. I went to look at it, after Trent killed it and it was big, but more like a baby bunny. The picture above if you dont recogize her with all that dark hair is Alyssa being a witch for a school play.

Winter Act.

We now have high speed internet as of March 12th. Mark your calendars we will be having a party tonight!! I was so tired of everytime that I picked up the phone I would get an internets sound of the kids on the internet. You can call without getting a busy signal!! I've downloaded the pictures in a few minutes instead of 45for each one, Yes!
Well some of the things that we have been doing for the past few months, Spencer had his 7th Birthday Party, his theme was pirates!! Talk about some wild pirates at our party. We made a pirate ship in the back yard and his friend Lance made one also. We walked the plank. We hunted for clues for the pirate treasure and then broke the treasure chest pinata. Tara went to the Winter Formal with a friend (Tony Walsh). Tara also wrote a song and tried out for the school talent show and will be performing this next week Alyssa had her 12 year old pictures finally taken and is playing basketball every morning. Brianne is taking voice class this semester and really enjoying it. We plan to take the kids horse back riding for rodeo vacation and then Brianne and Tara will be doing a pioneer trek this month. I'll update some pictures next week.'

Look at these cute pictures of Alyssa!!

Fall Activities

Life is picking the pace up with all the school activities and extra curricular. Tara placed 8th place in her butterfly at State in Phoenix this past October(GO TARA!). Brianne is in a Theater group and Alyssa is doing basketball at the Y. We had the fun opportunity to take all the girls to EFY up in Phoenix for the weekend. We got to hear John Schmidt perform. (Wow is he a good pianist he even played a song upside down!) The girls were really impressed Tara had to try this when we got home, you turn the bench sideways and lay your back on it with your head hanging down and then put your fingers on the keys and start playing. I prefer the other way. I'll be having my piano recital this weekend. I now have 15 students and taking no more. As for Spencer he is growing up even when I tell him to stop. He lost two baby teeth this past Oct.

Well we have had a crazy month I don't know if that was the right word but anyway I'll describe the events. Trent was in an accident at work in October and they fired him right on the spot. We were shocked! They told him he would have a hearing before it was final and that it would be two weeks before the hearing. We were so blessed to have saved some emergency money but still very stressed regardless. Five days after he was was fired we got a call from UPS that they were going to have the hearing tomorrow. I could not sleep all that night. At the hearing the union was there and said that we think he should not be fired for the accident and then the bosses said, "we will reinstate you without pay for the missed work will you accept this. Of course he said yes. We received a letter from Ups stating that the termination had been down sized into a warning . So its not even on his record now. Then the next week our pump for our septic tank went out, all our bathrooms and laundry drain into this and then the pump pumps it out into the sewer. Trent always said that when the pump went out he did not want to do that job. Guess when the pump went out on Saturday night. We could get no one to come in on Sunday for all the Plumbing Stores closed. So Trent ended fixing it himself. Have you heard the saying 'My Ox is in the Mire" We were really in the mire. Trent found a pump at Loew's and worked all Sunday so we could move back home. Thanks mom for letting us camp out at your place. Trent your my Hero! Then Spencer threw a rock the next week and broke the dining glass window, then we found termites in Brianne's room and yesterday I discovered the 4 yr old refrigerator was quiting on us. I need this month to Stop! I dreamed last night that every room in our house needed repairing! I guess we have months like this sometime to appreciate the rest.

We hope to see you in December we send our love

Back to school

Well the kids are back in school. Tara is in the 11th grade and is busy with (AP) classes, swim team and life guarding. She got a job at the Y for the fall/winter as a sub and as a bonus gets free membership. Brianne is in 8th and is squad leader at her school. Alyssa is in 6th and Spencer is making the adjustments. After his first day of school he asked, "Do I have to go back tomorrow? Not wanting to be a mean mom and say well kid its just like the rest of your life, I told him to give it a week and not quit the first day. We've been back a month now and he's no longer telling us and trying to convince us on Thursday that its Saturday.

During the summer the kids all medaled on swim team and even though I took off piano lessons during the summer we still didn't get everything done. This year I have 13 piano students and even with all the kids in school you would think I had oodles of time to do this blog, it goes so fast. After Spencer went to school the first day, lunch was a little quiet so I had to call some one, but since then I've made the adjustments!

Trent has a new route over in Picture Rocks and is not sure he made the right decision. No one marks their homes. This month he's been out late. Well have to Waite and see

Vacation June 2007

We had a great time on our vacation. We went to Zion's National Park. The kids loved hiking the narrows and hiking through the water. They were the wettest hikers in the park. Tara said it was the best hike she ever did. They decided to wear their swimsuits the next day. After Zions we traveled to Manti to the Pageant. It wasn't very crowded for a Thursday. It was nice to take the kids, it had been a long time since I've been to the Manti Pageant. We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast Inn one block from the Temple. Friday we traveled three hours up to Morgan to Trent's Parents Reunion. We had so much fun, water parks, lakes, playing with cousins we extended our stay by an extra day. It was a 14 hr drive home so we are exhausted(Trent & Lisa) not the kids they slept most the way home.

I will post some of the pictures I took of our vacation with my new camera when I figure it out.