The Walker 4

2009-12-23T21:24:00.005-07:00

So Ellie got the opportunity to dance at
half time at the Jazz game. It was so fun to
get to watch her, she is getting pretty good.
This picture was taken while she was
waiting to dance.

This is her dancing.

This is after they danced

This is me and all the teachers from our Stars and
some of the other teachers from the other stars in saltlake.

2009-10-30T16:10:00.004-06:00

I know I can't believe it myself. I
started up blogging again. I decided to
go take the kids pictures like I do
every year, and they were so
cute I had to blog them.I can't
believe Halloween is tomorrow.
Where has the time gone.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

My little princess

Arr- matey!!!

Jett's First Ski Day

2009-03-05T21:38:00.009-07:00

We finally was able to get Jett up Skiing, (I know this post is very late and I have been slacking).
Jett was so excited to finally go skiing and be like his big sister. The only concern he had was "I need some ski shoes.? When we got to the lift he was rather upset that Greg took Ellie up the lift first, but was soon skiing down by himself on the first run. However he became quite bored with the bunny hill after the first run.

As you can see Jett was having more fun playing in the snow than skiing. He was especially interested in eating the snow!

Finally we was able to convince Jett to quite playing and ride up on the lift and go on the big mountain. As you all know, what gets Jett motivated is speed and danger. All of a sudden this ski thing got interesting again. It only took once and he was addicted and wanted to keep going, I think we may have 2 kids that are addicted to skiing. Looks like Dad has his work cut out!

Everybody take a good look "Jett is finally wore out."

2009-01-23T18:23:00.011-07:00

Today is the big day Jett turned 3.

So I thought I would do a little

Birthday tribute to him. It seemes just

like yesterday he was still in my tummy.

He is so fun and so full of life. Here are some

picture of him growing up.

The day we brought Jett home from the

the hospital.

Our little princess!

Some of the cute words that Jett says.

slashlight (flashlight)
fify (fishy)
otercyce (motercycle)
wa wa (water)
be be (blanket)
me me head (meany head)
Biper (diaper)
critnumb (Christmas)
mapple juice (apple juice)

Happy Birthday Jett we love you!!!

Ellie's First Ski Trip!!!

2009-01-16T21:53:00.008-07:00

Greg took Ellie Sking for the first time.

She loved every minute of it. By the second

time down the hill she would not let Greg

ski in front of her. She told him she could do

it by herself. About half way through the day

she looked around and told Greg she was

the best Skier out there. Even better then him.

We now have a little skier on our hands,

because she hasn't quit asking to go.

We may be crazy but were going to take Jett

and Ellie next week. We will report later

on how that goes.

Christmas Tree

2008-12-22T07:58:00.005-07:00

This year we decided that the kids needed there

own tree. Greg took Ellie to the store to help pick

out the stuff. They had so much fun decorating the
tree. we strung popcorn on a string, put candy canes

on, and threw tinsil all over.

This is the tree before Ellie decided to add to it.

I went down stairs and Ellie was putting colored ball,

yes I said balls like the ones you jump in. they were all

over the tree. She told me Santa is going to love the

tree like this. I agreed! It was really cute.

Once There Was A Snowman

2008-11-24T16:08:00.007-07:00

A couple of weeks ago it snowed, the minute

the kids woke up they had their snow clothes

on and were out playing in it. Poor Ellie

wanted to make a snow man. She made a snow ball

she started rolling it, she was out there for

probable ten minutes. I looked out side and it

wasn't any bigger. So I went and put my snow clothes on

and we made a snow man.

This is the finished project.

Rascal loved the snow just as much as the kids.

Kids Pictures

2008-11-12T19:16:00.012-07:00

I took the kids out the other day and

took some pictures of them, before it got to cold.

They turned out pretty cute. Right before I took

my first picture of the kids, Jett decided to jump into a

big puddle. It's good to know I captured the true

Jett. These are a few of my favorite ones.

Having Fun in the Leaves!

2008-11-10T21:01:00.008-07:00

Every year we get so many leaves in

our back yard. The kids wanted to jump in them,

so dad helped them rake the leaves into a big

pile. I remember doing this a a kid and having so

much fun. My kids thought it was great.

Even Rascal had fun.

Where did Jett go?

Oh there he is!!!

Ellie's Hair Cut

2008-11-04T20:45:00.005-07:00

I cant believe it! Ellie decided she

wanted her hair cut short. I know it's because

her best friends hair is short. Dad didn't really

approve, he thinks all girls should have

long hair (dont they all). Ellie has never had her

hair cut more than a few inches. So I thought

why not. This is Ellie befor the hair cut. Now she

is mad because she is getting her pictures taken,

not because she's getting her hair cut.

Look at all that hair!

This is after her hair cut. It really is a lot cuter but

she was in hurry to go play. She looks about three

years older now. Every time I look at her I

wounder where my Ellie went.

Halloween Night

2008-11-01T21:23:00.007-06:00

Halloween it is always so much fun.

Now that Ellie is in school it's great because

there is so much going on. We went to her

Halloween parade, all the kids in school get

to show off their costumes. For the parents

and the outher kids.

This is Ellie's Teacher Miss. Miller

Then Ellie's class Had a little Halloween party.

I got to be over it because I am one of the room mothers.

Finally It's time to go Trick-or-treating.

This is the kids and their best friends.
Jett, Alix, Nan, And Ellie

Dance Party!

2008-10-31T21:52:00.003-06:00

I started teaching dance this year. It is so fun.

These are my three classes I teach. We had

a little Halloween party and they got to dress up.

Witches Night Out

2008-10-31T19:24:00.004-06:00

Every year my mom, sisters, and I

go to Gardners Village. They have witches

night out. Every body Dresses like witches.

It's great fun, with games , food,

and shopping. What more could you want.

Pictured left to right.

Me, Tricia (my sister), Joquel (my sister),

and my Mom.

Red Ribbon Week

2008-10-23T12:18:00.007-06:00

This week was red ribbon week. Each day

the kids got to do something fun.

Monday was wear red or purple day.

Tuesday was crazy hair day. Ellie and her best friend Nan.
Boy was it crazy!

Wednesday was silly sock day.

Thursday was P.J. day.

This was such a fun week for the kids.

Halloween Pictures

2008-10-19T20:37:00.008-06:00

I decided to get back into photography

again. So what better than to start back with my

own kids. This year was fun because the

kids are finally old enough to tell you what

they want to be. Jett wanted to be a piate

(pirate), and Ellie wanted to be a ladybug.

Now the only reason Ellie wanted to

be a ladybug , was we saw the cutest outfit

on ebay. We bid on it and lost it by one dollar.

Yes it made me made. I decided to make it myself.

So hopefully it's not to bad.

Here is my handsome (piate)

Even though her outfit is homemade,
she is the cutest ladybug I've ever scene.

Happy Halloween!!!

Fall Fun

2008-10-10T18:40:00.006-06:00

So it's fall and every year I find pumpkins,

and throw my kids in them and take their pictures.

This year happened to be at Smith's. Yes, I get some

pretty weird looks. I don't care because they

turn out to be such cute pictures. The kids think it's pretty

fun to sit on the pumpkins.

Jetts Bad Day

2008-10-06T17:22:00.000-06:00

Yes believe it! I am blogging twice in one day.

Last night Jett decided to turn the treadmill

on high. It burned his hands, his chin, and

his neck. It was so sad, he cried for hours.

Needless to say we had a long night.

He is doing much better today.

jumping jacks

2008-10-06T09:47:00.000-06:00

We took the kids to jumping jacks on
Saturday. They have been buging us to go,
and scence it was raining we gave in.

Yes this is our Jett going down the big slid.

He started head first and ended up sidways.

Yes this is Greg.

Payson Lakes

2008-09-27T21:10:00.000-06:00

Last sunday we decided to go for a walk around

Payson Lakes. The kids had a blast , and Rascal

was in heaven. Every two seconds we would have

to walk down to the water and throw rocks in.

Needless to say it took a while to get all the way

around, but it was still fun. All the leaves are

starting to change colors, it was so pretty.

Jett would not look at me for the picture.

For those of you who have never meet our dog Rascal

this is Ellie holding him.

the kids were having so much fun with there dad

from jumping off logs, to throwing rocks, even flying

like superman.

THE BIG 30!!!

2008-09-21T21:09:00.000-06:00

It finally happened the big 30!
I keep telling myself your only as
old as you feel. For my Birthday Greg
flew me to New York for 5 days. It was
a blast! I actually got there on September 11.
A little frightening but I survived. We went
to see where the twin towers were. There
were bag pipes marching up and down the
street, and the firefighters were dressed in suits.
It was so neat it gave me the chills.

This flag was hanging over where the towers

were.

Greg and I were walking around and saw this

street sign. I thought it was pretty neat.

We stayed in the Trump Tower.

Right out side our window on the 37th

floor was Central Park, and Columbus Circle.

I especially can't forget about the bodies

exhibit we went to. It was very cool.

This was taken in Central park.

When I got home the kids made me a cake

and we celebrated my birthday since I was gone.

It was great.

I guess turning 30 wasn't that bad after all.

A Day With the Kids

2008-08-31T19:39:00.000-06:00

Last week Ellie came to me and asked if we could make sugar cookies,
so of coarse you know what my answer was.

We had so much fun making cookies, but it was a mess.

These are some pictures off their decorated cookies.

After making cookies the kids wanted to do my hair.

I am just warning you it is BEAUTIFUL!

This is the finished look. You can tell we had a great day.

It was fun spending quality time with the kids.

Ellie's first day of school

2008-08-27T13:04:00.000-06:00

This is my little girl all grown up. It seems like just yesterday I had her and now she is going to kindergarten. I'm not going to lie I was a little excited for her to go, but the closer it got I was sad. Last night Greg and I decided we are not ready for her to grow up yet. I was so excited to get up and pick out her outfit and curl her hair all cute. She already had her outfit picked out and would not let me curl her hair "that hurt".

I decided to do a little reflecting back from the time she was little until now.

In Granpa's Honor (Our First Post)

2008-08-18T18:50:00.002-06:00

Our family vacation to Hawaii!!!

Greg's work sent him to Hawaii for three weeks. The kids and I came out for 12 days, worked out to be a great vacation We spent most of our time playing on the beach, building sand castles, looking for sea shells, (by the way we didn't find many and ended up buying them), chasing crabs, and swimming, swimming, and swimming! We did so much swimming that Ellie's hair turned bright green. I told her that she should of born a fish instead of a girl, "she laughed". We love spending time as a family, so being able to come to work with dad is great!

We went on a 2 mile hike to a beautiful waterfall. We saw lots of pretty flowers, trees and birds. Of course Jett wanted to kick the birds.

The best part of the waterfall was watching the kids swim in the cold water. Ellie wasn't sure about swimming out to the waterfall at first, but with a little coaxing from her dad she went. She swam all the way out by herself.

Now Jett we couldn't get him out of the water, and of course I was the photographer.

The highlight of the trip for Jett was that he finally got his train ride. All he wanted to do was ride the choo choo. We took a train ride through the Dole plantation. It was the first time Jett sat still the whole trip.

"Jett new face of the Month"

The kids loved playing in the ocean, they would run in and out with the waves. Dad talked both Ellie and Jett into body boarding. They loved it until both of them got rolled. The last day of the trip however, Ellie got stung by a jellyfish. She screamed for 30 minutes and than took it like a champ. However she would not go swimming in either the pool or ocean until right before we left to the airport.

Of course the winning activity for the trip was been thrown in the air by Dad in the swimming pool. As jett would say "go high in the wa-wa."

2008-08-18T13:49:00.000-06:00

We have finally started, and gave into outside pressure.