Step It Up

She dances to the beat of her own drum!

Dance

So pretty ballerina!

I don't know the name of it, but she's trying to copy the dance move she saw in a picture. The bush is for balance!!

"Stay on your blue tape!" (yeah right!)

Trevor's Birthday

First thing when he woke up, I told him to get dressed for school. He replied "So it's not my birthday today?" (Crap, I hadn't yet remembered, I was half asleep on the couch)

Sister Noa (primary teacher) came by to deliver his gift, which he loved, until she opened her mouth and began to sing "Happy Birthday". Something he apparently hates! He ran and hid and would not come out. Once she was gone, he opened the gifts, which he loved, and imagine that, he was happy again!!!

Trevor picked out what he wanted for a cake, nasty cupcakes from Smith's, and sparkler candles. Once they were lit he ran and hid because he thought they would blow up. See how happy he is!!!!

Once that trauma was over he "decided" to be excited for his present, which he screamed at moments before, still traumatized from the candles.

He picked Mini Grand Prix for the family to go to for fun.


After 30 minutes of refusing to ride anything, everything scared him, he decided to try out the cars, over and over againg. He's a great driver!!

The big "boys" of course had to take each other on as well.

When we got home, Grandma and Grandpa Rose had left a message for Trevor and yep, they sang "Happy Birthday". Once again he was in a dither and ran to the bathroom. I believe before he was actually in bed he was happy again, and all is well.

First Day of School....

Trevor's 1st day of school. Yeah, he was happy! It took a couple days for them to learn each others names, so Trevor would say, "I want to go to school and play with my brown friend." His friend would say "I want to go to school to see my friend with a lot of hair!"

Kids are great!

(he's still loving it!!!!!)

Camping

Finding Fish!!!!

Flirting!!!

Great Friends!!(the smiliest baby ever!!)

It's the women who wear the pants in this family! Digging and setting up tents for the men!! (Really! Tents only went up when the women stepped in)

From one second to the next, you never know. We've got some bipolar goin' on!

I love what the rain does to her hair! She does have curls, YEAH!!

My favorite spot on the mountain. Where the water comes out of the mountain through just a small hole.

Must be nice! Just go to sleep whenever and wherever you feel like!

Storyboards

My cousin, Veronica, posted some samples of storyboards she has done. They're such a great twist to arranging photos. Check 'em out on her blog: http://veronicaponce.typepad.com

Group Therapy

A couples only vacation, what a blast!

Wow!...This is how Chris and I spent the last 3 days!

The Butch Cassidy Hideout.............11 rooms, great food, at the heart of ATV trails!

I tried to duck my hair out of the way......what can I say!

From Circleville to Panguitch, prairie to mountains, pines and aspens to red rock........110 miles (8 hours). I never knew what diversity lay within the mountain ranges. It was gorgeous!!!!

And to finish it off.....River rafting!!!!!!

(click for a better look)

Ok! So I'm a poser!

Just an Idea

I found a recipe book when I was at Women's Conference that the kids have loved. It just has recipes for individual cakes you can make in the microwave! I'm not a microwave cooker, but this has been great.

You use either Betty Crocker or Kruteas(I don't think I spelled that right). Just put 1/2 cup of the mix and 1/3 cup water into a plastic bowl(the ones you can just throw away) and stir it for 1 minute. Microwave for 95 seconds and it's done. Frost however you want to. You can use spice cake mix and add diced peaches to the bottome of the bowl first and when it's done top it with whipped cream, like a cobbler. With a fudge cake mix, mix batter as above and then add 5 generous teaspoons of fudge to the middle, and cook for 95 seconds (longer if the fuged is cold). Then you have a molten cake. You can make such a variety, it's great.

My kids can do it themselves, my kitchen doesn't get hot or messy, and they love doing it!

Brian Head July 2007

I love it when Chris is in his element!

We spent a week in my most favorite place to be.....the mountains! It was heaven. A beautiful cabin, 4 wheelers, and great friends were the icing on the cake.

One of the days we went to see Cedar Breaks, a stop I've never made in all my years going up there. It was amazing! We took a trail down the side of the mountain and ended up at a big open area with a pond. I never knew the Cedar Mountains had such a beautiful area. It was like being in a tropical rain forest.


Frisbee golf was supposed to be a nice treat. We took the chair lifts to the top of the mountain, it was a gorgeous ride! This was the moment just before caos. Everyone threw their first round and walked ahead to get their frisbees, everyone was happy, having a great time, and then I hear screaming! Cameron had fallen, literally face first. He had a bump on the center of his forehead and a huge gash in one hand, with other small scrapes on the other. It was pretty bad. That was it for him, he was done! He stayed put while we played several holes and came back. It was a good time, and Cameron felt better once we returned.

Girls Camp 2007

Notice the ponchos?!! That was girls camp. The only rain Vegas has seen in months and it decided to come down on us! The first night our EZ ups flooded and one came down with the sound of a tidal wave. Luckily all the girls were at a musical event. Me and another leader spent the night tarping our EZ ups and tents, and gathering rocks to create a dry bed for our dutch ovens to sit on, since a river was running through our camp!

Now don't covet our outfits too much! We were themed in the 70's, so our attire consisted of cute baseball shirts, green and white, and hideous orange bell bottoms with a green flowered flare. Gorgeous!! Our theme this year was "Camp Confidence: I can do hard things!" Very appropriate for this year. The girls really endured hard things. Constant rain for 2 1/2 days, leaking and flooding tents, which we replaced while up there (we even had to dig trenches and build dams to prevent flooding in the tents: I was awarded the Curly Trench Digger award), standing in a down pour for 1 hour without shelter to experience an awesome event called "Life line", no dry clothes, wet and cold feet, and waking up at 4 am to thunder and lightening like I have never experienced before. It was literally directly above us and louder than any thunder I've ever heard. Cots and sleeping bags were drenched and had to be sent home to dry. We didn't have any dry chairs to sit on for 2 days either.

The girls also went through a coping course where they had to do hard things, relying on each other to complete their tasks. For this one they had to walk a distance on these poles without falling off. It was hard.

No matter what you experience at camp, good or bad, the what you take away is always worth it. Testimonies were built and strengthened, friendships were made, and the girls were always smiling. We did hard things.....and we did them well!!!!!