11 years ago
Monday, July 27, 2009
A Quick Poll
I am taking a quick little poll. Feed back is appreciated. It's a simple "Yes" or "No" poll. The poll is whether or not if I should start a new blog that would be just pictures Jodi and I have taken over the years. I would like some feed back from who ever wants to comment. Thank you participating.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
24th of July Festivities
This past weekend we went to our yearly pioneer festivities for the 24th of July. This year it was held in Pima, Az. We left friday and traveled up to Thatcher for good old family fun with the Layton, and Claridge side of my family. We were able to see the progress of the new Gila Valley Temple, it is going up so fast, they already have one side of the wall done, and they are almost finished with the new church building that is going in right next to it. It is already gorgeous!!! We got to eat at El Charro, our once a year outing to eat there!!! YUM!
On Saturday morning the Claridge Family was taking family pictures before Clinton (the youngest kid gets his mission call and has to leave), so Scott and I went to be in the background taking pictures, while the professional photographer was taking pictures. Scott wanted to try out the new Lens that I bought him for his birthday! He took the above photo of my cousins, it turned out really well!!
I got to see my sister this past weekend. She is getting so big, she has 11 more weeks to go before little Peanut gets to come out. I also got to feel her kick Leslie. It is the coolest feeling to talk to her and have her kick at you. Leslie is getting so excited to become a mother!!!!
I sat outside with Kate and April to watch the storm come in on the mountain before we went to the parade and fireworks and entertainment. We had a lot of fun singing church songs. It is not a good 24th of July unless you get a storm to cool off the valley, so that the festivities are more bearable. This has become such an awesome memory for Scott and I every year. We love the small town feel that the 24th festivities have, and We get to see people that we both know from Mesa and in the Gila Valley!
(right outside my Aunt Marilyn's front door, a storm coming in on Mt. Graham)
On Saturday morning the Claridge Family was taking family pictures before Clinton (the youngest kid gets his mission call and has to leave), so Scott and I went to be in the background taking pictures, while the professional photographer was taking pictures. Scott wanted to try out the new Lens that I bought him for his birthday! He took the above photo of my cousins, it turned out really well!!
I got to see my sister this past weekend. She is getting so big, she has 11 more weeks to go before little Peanut gets to come out. I also got to feel her kick Leslie. It is the coolest feeling to talk to her and have her kick at you. Leslie is getting so excited to become a mother!!!!
I sat outside with Kate and April to watch the storm come in on the mountain before we went to the parade and fireworks and entertainment. We had a lot of fun singing church songs. It is not a good 24th of July unless you get a storm to cool off the valley, so that the festivities are more bearable. This has become such an awesome memory for Scott and I every year. We love the small town feel that the 24th festivities have, and We get to see people that we both know from Mesa and in the Gila Valley!
(right outside my Aunt Marilyn's front door, a storm coming in on Mt. Graham)
Sunday, July 19, 2009
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY
Happy 30th Birthday Jodi !!!!!!! She looks so cute with those little ones. Annemarie and Kendel are so cute too. Have a great B-Day.
30
So today is my 30th Birthday! Where has the time gone, it seems like only yesterday I was turning 23 and getting married! Nothing has gone according to plan for the two of us. Today is a somber event, as I sit here and write I ponder on the things that people take for granted in this life. Like starting a family! The two of us have wanted children for at the very least 6 years, but to no avail, we have none and the possibilities look slim. I ache each time I am told by a family member that they are expecting (it is because I want to know what it is like to experience what they are going through). So when my heart is in ache for a little one to love and hold and watch grow up, I am at the very least thankful for all of the people that are in my life that allow me the time for my brief grievance and then allow me to love all of their children as if they were my own! So thank you to all the mothers that I know for letting me get a glimpse of what motherhood would be like, I love your children so much!!!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Happy July 4th Celebration (a couple of days late)
Happy Belated Fourth to everyone!!!
We spent our fourth of July up at my mom's in prescott valley, we left on friday and decided to take the route through Payson, instead of the I-17. (something about the news of they closed the highway to get a chicken out of the road, and the 10-mile back up at the Loop-101 and I-17 interchange, just said if you are an idiot, please take this route up to your destination) We had smooth driving just up until 5 miles outside of Payson, then I swear every person that thinks that they need to camp with everything under the sun packed in their vehicles was on the highway, we went about 10-15 miles per hour until the light at the 260 intersection, everyone and their dog( Everyone practically had all of their dogs or what looked like dogs with them or in the back of their vehicles) turned at the intersection, We went straight and had no problem from then on! We drove through the beautiful rain, and saw the most gorgeous rainbow.
On the fourth of July, we went to the parade, it was so much fun to be able to watch a parade without feeling like you are loosing 25 pounds from sweating in the heat! John McCain was in the parade, that was hilarious to see all of the people watch him and his Entourage of people that were with him in the parade. Scott took this picture of the horses, he thought that it was a neat looking one because it has a blue eye and white eyelashes. After the parade ended we went to the bazar that they hold on the courthouse lawn, we watched people running on the road, and wondered what the heck they were doing, we came to find out that they were holding races of certain age groups of people who had to wear cowboy boots while running. It was hilarious to watch this because people actually dressed up for this event. After the bazar we went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, we chose to sit out on the patio seating. By the time that we were done eating we had moved our table in about 10 feet (upon receiving our food it started to pour like cats and dogs) we enjoyed the misting of the rain.
After lunch we venture back to my mom's and played in the rain. It was so much fun remembering about when we were children and played out in the rain. We hung out playing games and eating good food (we played Family Uno with my brother, he had to draw 46 cards in one hand, he was so mad at me for the 6 draw four's that I layed down in one turn, but it was hilarious to watch him trying to hold all of the cards at once)
We left about 30 minutes before the fireworks were to start, we played games and enjoyed ourselves. We enjoyed the fireworks that Prescott Valley had, My favorite part is hearing the sound that the fireworks make off of the mountains nearby. We think that we are going to try to make this a tradition of going to Prescott Valley every year, We cannot pass up the 70 degree or less weather!!!
(My brother Scott playing in the rain)
We spent our fourth of July up at my mom's in prescott valley, we left on friday and decided to take the route through Payson, instead of the I-17. (something about the news of they closed the highway to get a chicken out of the road, and the 10-mile back up at the Loop-101 and I-17 interchange, just said if you are an idiot, please take this route up to your destination) We had smooth driving just up until 5 miles outside of Payson, then I swear every person that thinks that they need to camp with everything under the sun packed in their vehicles was on the highway, we went about 10-15 miles per hour until the light at the 260 intersection, everyone and their dog( Everyone practically had all of their dogs or what looked like dogs with them or in the back of their vehicles) turned at the intersection, We went straight and had no problem from then on! We drove through the beautiful rain, and saw the most gorgeous rainbow.
On the fourth of July, we went to the parade, it was so much fun to be able to watch a parade without feeling like you are loosing 25 pounds from sweating in the heat! John McCain was in the parade, that was hilarious to see all of the people watch him and his Entourage of people that were with him in the parade. Scott took this picture of the horses, he thought that it was a neat looking one because it has a blue eye and white eyelashes. After the parade ended we went to the bazar that they hold on the courthouse lawn, we watched people running on the road, and wondered what the heck they were doing, we came to find out that they were holding races of certain age groups of people who had to wear cowboy boots while running. It was hilarious to watch this because people actually dressed up for this event. After the bazar we went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, we chose to sit out on the patio seating. By the time that we were done eating we had moved our table in about 10 feet (upon receiving our food it started to pour like cats and dogs) we enjoyed the misting of the rain.
After lunch we venture back to my mom's and played in the rain. It was so much fun remembering about when we were children and played out in the rain. We hung out playing games and eating good food (we played Family Uno with my brother, he had to draw 46 cards in one hand, he was so mad at me for the 6 draw four's that I layed down in one turn, but it was hilarious to watch him trying to hold all of the cards at once)
We left about 30 minutes before the fireworks were to start, we played games and enjoyed ourselves. We enjoyed the fireworks that Prescott Valley had, My favorite part is hearing the sound that the fireworks make off of the mountains nearby. We think that we are going to try to make this a tradition of going to Prescott Valley every year, We cannot pass up the 70 degree or less weather!!!
(My brother Scott playing in the rain)
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