The Lundell Clan

2011-06-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

I just recently finished my successful year of softball. Lucky Charms is my name and second base is my game. We got 5th place in the tournament ( out of 8 ,not very good)!! At least I got to play .

Okay no promises that i'm going to keep on posting.So here is the Lundell times. We got 2 weeks of summer vaca :(

I am learning how to sew from Granny Dinah,I take piano . Jett is in club baseball,plays piano ,and in 2nd grade.Roc finished foot ball and was quarter back,he LOVES wii,and graduated from kindergarden . Tate also LOVES wii,graduated from preschool,and and can draw like no other . Miley is well .... just Miley I guess.

(posted by Mace Face) peace hope love <3

Christmas (a little late)

2011-01-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

he always sleeps

Ok I got a very good Christmas present ....... drum roll........ A dog, a puppy!!!! I love him. His name is Scout he is adorable . Of course he pottys EVERYWHERE even ask Grandma Debbie she knows.I also got a DS I XL for those of you who don't know what that is it is a video game that is AWESOME!!!! I also got a lottttt of clothes and two designer kits.Well it has been a very good Christmas, all I know is that I am very blessed to have family.Merry late Christmas.

sorry!!!

2010-12-15T13:27:00.000-08:00

last year funnn!!!
here is us, decorating tree 10'

ok ,ok I know it's been a while since I posted. But just think it's Christmas time again, and I loveeeeeee Christmas time.Not because presents, because family is together. On Christmas eve at my dad's side we go over during the day, at night mom's side ,on Christmas Grandpa Ron come and watches us open presents in the morning, and then Aunt Tracey's house and eat breakfast ,and then... dad's side then mom's!!!!! wow that was a lot, holy cow. (I'm whistling ) ha ha . So that's why I absolutely love Christmas. These are past Christmas times... (at the top) cause I don't know how to put it on the bottom!!!

My birthday!!

2010-11-09T08:54:00.000-08:00

It's my birthday i'm going shopping with my mom and then lunch with my dad. I invited the whole family on my mom's side to join me for dinner at Joe's Farm grill,tonight at like um.... I don't know but you can call my mom. Sooooo much fun so thanks for everything!!!!

love,Macey

my birthday!!

2010-11-09T08:53:00.000-08:00

I love it!

2010-10-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

I'm on my dad's computer, so I don't have any pictures(sorry) but I love blogging so I might as well do it! Heidi, Lace spread the news of me blogging to all the family! Please!! Well my mom and dad are at dinner. I'm watching Miley. We are watching Little Einstiens. OHHHH, and the boys are at their friends house. Fun way to spend a Saturday night,right.

The new and improved Lundell blog -by Macey

2010-10-07T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yoyo!! what up? This is mace!!!! My mom quit the blogging business and I'm keeping it alive. So I need to make a couple rules here, leave a comment-you will receive (drum roll)............ nothing. You will just make a little someone happy!!!! So check the blog like every week (its a school project for journal writing).

Girl's Play Date

2010-03-18T22:39:00.000-07:00

I stole these pictures off my friends blog. These girls went to Activity Days and then spent the rest of the afternoon together playing pretend divas. They were all dressed up to the T so she couldn't resist asking them if they would be up for a photo shoot for fun. And that we did. Funny girls!

Meet Kelly Billion-Bucks, Yasmin Bling-Bling, and Khloe More-Bucks
"Riding a Rad Motorcycle" Shoot

Can't do without the diva headshots

Had to get a shot of all them wearing their shoe closet finds. They'll be borrowing my shoes in no time.

The joys of being 9!

My dad now!!

2010-02-07T20:37:00.001-08:00

My father fell off a ladder 4 weeks ago and got a bad infection in his leg. He is living with us for the next few months so we can help take care of him while his wounds start to heal up. These pictures are pretty nasty. I posted these mainly for you Lace!!!

OUCH!!

2010-01-10T22:41:00.001-08:00

Day 8

Day 4

My father fell of a ladder last Monday and shattered his heel bone. I had to capture a picture a few days ago thinking this was at its worst. Little did we know it has gotten a lot worse then this.

McCleve Christmas Party

2010-01-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

Every year we get together with my dad's side of the family of whom we don't see but at this party every year. Santa comes and visits the kids and each kid takes turns sitting on his lap. I have been so spoiled to have a sister who is amazing at taking pictures and if you ever find Tracey she is behind the camera. I don't even have to take my camera out with me anywhere she will be. She does not miss a beat. Thanks so much for getting all my kids. Tate was not around so he did not get in any of the photos.

Miles

Roc

Jett

Macey

All of my sisters

Me, Macey, Em bug and Tay

Christmas Morning

2009-12-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

We woke up and had the kids stay up stairs while we went to turn on Christmas music and get the camera. The kids came down and found a bike for Roc, pink car for Miley, baseball pitching net for Jett, blocks for Tate, and uggs for Macey. We then opened stockings and presents. We had been done for about 30 minutes when Macey came screaming into us that Santa had left a trampoline. We all ran outside and sure enough there was one set up in the backyard. We had such a great day hanging out with our family.

Christmas photos 09

2009-12-22T19:45:00.000-08:00

We had our pictures done this year with Dan and Steph's family. We really had a good time. Ashley Madsen did them for us and did a really nice job. These are just a few of what she captured. Macey and Jett are so lucky to have such great cousins surrounding them.

Happy 3rd Birthday

2009-12-21T16:08:00.000-08:00

Tate had such a great day. We made him breakfast in bed which has become a tradition in our family. He had his favorite cousins over for a little party and played some games for prizes. I made him a Christmas tree cake since his birthday falls on December 21st. I can't believe how grown up he is. He has become such a sweet little guy and makes me smile all the time. We were worried for the first 2 years of his life that he was going to be a difficult one. We love you so much Tate!!

CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY

2009-12-08T19:58:00.000-08:00

It amazes me what kids will do and to think I use to do these silly things!! Here are 3 warm happy kids in the hot jacuzzi while it is 40 degrees outside

Lundell kids on drugs

We were all enjoying the jacuzzi when Roc decides he wants to swim in the big pool. He goes and jumps in and then Jett follows. Of course, Macey had to get in on the action. I then told Macey to wait so I could get my camera. Jett and Roc had to jump in again to be in the picture. Such well behaved kids to jump in the freezing cold water a 2nd time so mom can get a photo

Running back to the jacuzzi

Narrating how they felt after the big swim(too Funny)

ThanksGiving

2009-11-26T20:38:00.000-08:00

We headed to California to stay at my parents house in Laguna. They left and headed to Hawaii to be with my sister who is going to BYU. My brother and his family came with us so we spent the week with them. We had such a nice time. We spent a day at Knott's Berry Farm and visited my grand parents. The kids just loved hanging out with their cousins. We went miniature golfing with dad. It was a nice relaxing trip.

Grandma and Grandpa Campbell

(90 years old)

The best grandparents ever

gotta love the log ride

Knotts Berry Farm

(notice the chips hiding my behind)

What a great time to ponder about the things we are grateful for. As I look at my life and many others in this economy I can't help but have so many things to be thankful for. My family like many others went around and told each other what we were thankful for. We had quite the list by the end. After looking over these lists I became more then anything grateful for the importance the gospel is to each one of our children and for their testimonies. It amazes me how little children are like little sponges. They soak up everything we teach and copy everything we do.

I LOVE MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!

Turkey Look-a-like

2009-11-22T15:52:00.000-08:00

Jett had to decorate a turkey for thanksgiving. He wanted it to be a baseball player with his name on it. We had lots of fun trying to decide how to make it look like Jett.

1 is FUN!!

2009-11-14T11:07:00.000-08:00

My LITTLE girl is 1!!

Well, Miley you aren't that LITTLE and you love to play with your brothers rough. When I found out I was pregnant with a girl I thought how great it would be to have the girly things around again. You are a true Tom Boy. It is hard for me to even see you in a skirt. You are so precious, but love to wrestle with the boys. Your smile is truly contagious. You make every one feel like they are special. Every where we go strangers think they are the only one that made you smile from ear to ear.

We had a Lundell Fun Day and celebrated your birthday along with Macey's. You sure made us laugh watching you eat your cake.

Anti Literature

2009-11-14T07:08:00.000-08:00

We woke up this morning to a man putting anti literature on our front door and throughout the entire neighborhood. It was a dvd on Joseph Smith and what the "LDS PEOPLE" don't know about their own church. Macey walked into the kitchen and told Mason and I that she is going to get her friend and go take it all down. She jumped on her scooter with Jett and they went door to door taking them. We only let her do it on our street because the guys delivering the literature were still out there and I wanted to be able to see her. Here are a few pictures of the event!!

Time Flies

2009-11-09T07:44:00.001-08:00

My sweet little girl is now 9 years old. She went back and forth on whether to have a party or a day about her. Last minute she decided to have a party. She wanted to do relay races and obstacle courses at the park so that is what we did. She is going to "So you think you can dance" this Friday. She again wanted to be surprised with her gift because she could not think of anything. This is what dad and mom came up with. We are excited to spend the evening with her. Poor Miley we will be gone on your birthday!!! We will make it up

She wanted me to make her a cake and this is what I came up with

Kathrine made it look like an ice cream parlor, but outside.

blowing out candles

Chef Mason

not a party without brothers

and more brothers

our little ice cream bar

The little Clan

egg race game with the spoon

3 legged race

each girl had to race to put on dad's clothes and stuff them back into the suitcase and zip it

Wheel barrow racing

We sure love our Grandma's

Up to Bat!!

2009-11-07T10:32:00.000-08:00

I wanted to get a few pictures of you Jett so you can look back to each season and see how much you have grown. Mom and dad really enjoyed going to your games and we are sad it's over. Good job pitching!!!

2009-11-05T10:02:00.000-08:00

I have loved my new calling as the Activity Day leader. It is so fun to have my daughter and all her friends over every 2 weeks. We had a Halloween photo shoot and made really cute frames to put their pictures in. The girls had a blast!!! We also decorated cookies and played "pin the nose on the pumpkin". I have such a great group of girls.

Another Great Halloween!!

2009-11-02T20:53:00.000-08:00

I sure love Halloween and wish we could enjoy it a little bit longer. The kids and I really took advantage of this month and did a lot of fun things. This month we were so busy I really don't know where October went.

I had family come over on Halloween for some yummy chili and bread. We made home made root beer and hung out outside as trick or treaters came by. Uncle Tim, Uncel Brian, Dad and Grandpa Ron took all the kids around the neighborhood. They had such a blast with all their cousins. Roc and Macey decided at the end of the night they did not want their candy so they both dumped their candy into Spencer's bag. I was sure excited to get rid of it!(sorry Audra)

3 generations, WOW my grandma looks good (91)

Nat and Macey as Harajuku girls

You can see on the right the candy Roc wanted and on the left is the candy he wanted to get rid of. ( Notice the apple in hand)

sorting out all their candy into piles

my sweet little kitten

spider man, optimus prime, pirate, harajuku, cat

This could not be a bmore fitting picture for her costume

My friend told Roc he looked cute in his costume the day of his school halloween party and with out him saying a word he went up stairs took off his costume and would not dress up. I don't think cute was the word he was looking for in his "Optimus Prime" Costume. I was shocked it affected him that bad!!

My SWEEEET Pirate

Tater-Tot

I had to throw in some decor

2009-10-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

Miley has been caught in some pretty scary falls. The last picture she fell off a little bike she tried to get on and scraped her face all up. I walked into the kitchen and playroom to find her like this.

Our little Garden

2009-10-27T12:57:00.001-07:00

I went to California for a few days and came home to this. Mason and the kids planted a garden with romaine lettuce, bell peppers, zucchini, carrots, and broccoli. The kids are so excited to see the vegetables. It will be awhile, but we cannot wait.

First Mini Meet

2009-10-24T20:24:00.000-07:00

Macey had her first mini meet and was very nervous. She did such a great job. We were so proud of her.

Sky and Macey after the meet

What a Champ!!

2009-10-20T07:57:00.000-07:00

Tate is the model patient for getting his teeth cleaned. They could not believe how well behaved he was for 2 years old. He loves to get his teeth cleaned. It is nice that they have not seen the other side of Tate yet. Ha Ha

My Father N Law Rocks!!!

2009-10-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, this Mason's first post. But I wanted to share how awsome my dad is. First of all last November, he competed in the Tempe Ironman and finished first in his age group (65 -70). He finished under 12 hours, which qualified him to compete in this years Ironman world championship in Kona, HI. I can't quite comprehend the exhaustion that he felt.

Growing up He often would wake me up at 5 in the morning to go on 50 mile bike rides with him. So I understand the pain involved in riding long distances, but what they do is unbelievable. First He swam 2.2 miles in the ocean, then biked for 11o miles, with extreme winds and heat in excess of 100 degrees, finally he tops of the day with a full marathon. I am so proud of Dwight for doing this, it makes me want to compete in some thing physical as well. Go DAD.

Getting Ready for the race.

Out of the water he was 26th place out of 35. But during the bike, which he dominates, he worked his way up to 10th. He had a strong run and ultimately finished 10th in his age group. Not bad for 65 against the best in the world.

Congratulations. Sharon was there for him the entire race.

Conference weekend

2009-10-09T15:28:00.000-07:00

Fall break for our school this year fell on conference weekend so we decided to take the kids to Utah and play for a week. We had such a great time hanging out with the kiddos with no tv and internet. It is amazing how much time we spent together and how many games we played as a family. We really enjoyed taking Macey( for her first time) to Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions of cenference. She really enjoyed it and wanted to go again on Sunday.

we went to dinner with our good friends Frank and Jaime Caliendo. We sure love you guys!!!

getting a quick picture in Park City in front of the Simas's condo

the kids loved the coaster ride

Jett was mad because Macey got to go first

Discovery Gateway Museum

The kids spent 4 hours at this museum and here they are performing a play for us

Rock climbing

Macey playing cashier

Macey's testimony

2009-09-26T16:29:00.000-07:00

Macey's friend bore her testimony on Sunday so Macey decided to go up as well. We are so proud of you for your continuing example. I'm so happy you chose to go up and went to get dad so he could hear you. You told me you felt the holy ghost!!

Constitution Week Celebration

2009-09-21T15:16:00.001-07:00

We decided to go to Mesquite High School to celebrate Constitution Week. We had a great time and the kids enjoyed lots of fun games plus learned some history. They have done this for the last 8 years and we just learned about it this year.

Statue of Liberty(look a like)

Jett Roc Macey Cassie

Liberty Bell

Tate enjoying the firework show

Crazy Sock Day!!!

2009-09-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Every 3rd Friday our school does a fun thing where the kids gets to dress up. Today was crazy sock day. We had forgotten to do this and so this morning before school I got some of the boys baseball socks and we decorated them. It is so refreshing to have these dress up days, since they wear uniforms every other day. We are really liking the uniforms because I don't have to think in the mornings.

Girls Get Away

2009-09-06T07:04:00.000-07:00

We had a chance to get away for Labor day and head to Laguna. We decided to do a girls trip with some of my relatives. We had a blast!! It was so much fun hanging out with all the girls. We did a lot of shopping, eating and relaxing. We went to the beach every day and I even got in the water to play with Macey and Kiley. (this never happens) We had some pretty good laughs. I don't think there is anything more entertaining then being with my mother and her sisters. It was a well needed trip. Mom your the best host ever!!!

Thanks girls for such a great time

this is classic all of us sharing one drink

getting ready for a big shopping day

the 3 look alikes

Miley taking a bath in the sink because I did not want to miss out on anything

Macey and Kiley

Aunt Carolyn, Kathy and mom

another shopping day

enjoying the beach

we just got massages done

Boycott of Glenn Beck Show

2009-08-28T10:48:00.000-07:00

It is getting really ugly out there!!! It amazes me that so many companies are boycotting Glenn and will not advertise during his show because he is standing for what he believes in. I have no problem that people do not agree with him, but I have a serious problem when our freedom of speech is trying to be taken away from us!! We love Glenn and really appreciate the fact that no one or thing will ever change what he stands for!! We just emailed Vonage and Travelers insurance and let them know we will be canceling services due to their recent boycott of Glenns show. I told them this is not about whether we agree with him or not, but this is about freedom of speech. I know they won't care, but it is something I can do to make a stand. If we all stand on the sidelines and say I can't make a difference nothing will change!!

An advertising boycott against Fox News host Glenn Beck has succeeded in keeping most major sponsors from running commercials on his show even as the controversial commentator's viewership has grown.
Beck attracted 2.81 million viewers Monday, his third-largest audience since his show launched on Fox News in January, according to Nielsen Media Research data provided by the network. On Tuesday, nearly 2.7 million viewers tuned in, his fifth-largest viewership to date. And the conservative host got a plug from former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who urged people to watch his program in a post on her Facebook page.
“FOX News' Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House,” she wrote Wednesday to her 800,000-plus supporters.
Color of Change, an African American political advocacy group, organized the boycott last month to protest Beck’s comment that he believes President Obama is a racist. The group succeeded in securing commitments from at least 36 companies that have pledged not to advertise on his show, including Wal-Mart and Sprint. Some, such as AT&T and Procter & Gamble, were not Beck advertisers to begin with, but their ads had mistakenly appeared on the program. Representatives from those companies reiterated their request not to have spots during his show. Later today, Color of Change plans to announce six more companies that also are declining to be Beck advertisers.
As a result, few major businesses remain as sponsors of Beck’s eponymous 2 p.m. PDT program. On Wednesday, the only big companies with a presence during his show were Bank of America and the Wall Street Journal, whose parent company News Corp. also owns Fox News. The rest of the commercials included spots for gold seller Rosland Capital; Ashley Furniture Home Store; Empire Carpet; Liberty Medical, a diabetes medical supplier; Johnson Law Group, an asbestos litigation firm; “Shadow Government,” a new book critical of Obama published by the National Republican Trust; and the anti-tax group TeaPartyExpress.org.
Fox News insists that the boycott has not affected its revenue, because advertisers have just moved their commercials to different time periods. And for his part, Beck appears invigorated by the challenge. “Even if the powers to be right now succeed in making me poor, drum me out … I will only be stronger for it,” he said on the air Wednesday. “And I will use American ingenuity and my ingenuity to pull myself up, and I will find another way to get this message out, on a platform that will be a thousand times more powerful. Because of my faith, I know how this story ends. The truth will set you free.”
Since returning from a weeklong vacation Monday, Beck has not explicitly addressed the boycott. Instead, he has launched a weeklong series called “Reasonable Questions for an Unreasonable Time,” in which he has argued vehemently that the Obama administration is being infiltrated by radicals seeking to undermine the U.S. Constitution.
“I have demonstrated that these radicals are not only instrumental in shaping legislation that is being jammed through at light speed, they are also by invitation personally advising the president of the United States,” he said Wednesday, calling them “radical wolves that are about to devour our republic.”
One of his most frequent targets is Van Jones, special advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. In 2005, Jones co-founded Color of Change with James Rucker, the group’s executive director. Beck supporters have charged that Color of Change launched the boycott of Beck's show in retaliation for the host's criticism of Jones.
Rucker said Jones has not been associated with the group for more than a year and had nothing to do with the boycott. "I didn’t even know Van had been a subject of Glenn Beck’s sustained attacks until after we had launched the campaign," he said. "I can say absolutely there was no involvement by Van or the White House. Beck has made these claims that are not fact-based and he needs to change the subject, and that’s what this is all about."
Beck began railing against Jones earlier this summer, dubbing him one of 32 “czars” with unchecked power in the Obama administration. He has repeatedly called him a communist, citing a 2005 profile of Jones in the East Bay Express that described Jones’ shift from a radical-activist past to more mainstream politics. On Wednesday, he made reference to the fact that Jones named his son after African guerrilla leader Amilcar Cabral.
“Should you have a communist, self-avowed revolutionary who named his 4-year-old son after a Marxist guerrilla leader, should that person be advising the president of the United States?” he asked.
Jones did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through the White House. Earlier in the week, White House spokeswoman Christine Glunz said in a statement that Jones has been lauded as an environmental hero and that his entire focus at the Council on Environmental Quality is on “building clean-energy incentives which create 21st century jobs.”
[Updated at 1:33 p.m.: According to Color of Change, 10 more companies that have recently had ads air during Beck's program have pledged not to run any further advertising on his show. The latest businesses to distance themselves from the Fox News host include Applebee's, Bank of America, Bell & Howell, DirecTV, General Mills, Kraft, Regions Financial Corp., SAM (Store and Move), Travelers Insurance and Vonage.
Bank of America, which had a spot on Beck's program Wednesday, pointed the group to a statement it gave Media Matters for America stating that its advertising had been placed on the program in error. Travelers Insurance, Bell & Howell, General Mills and DirectTV also told Color of Change that they had already placed Beck's program on their "do not air" lists and any commercials that appeared during his show were in error. Applebee's told the group that it was now dropping Beck's program, and Kraft said it had decided to stop advertising "on the more politically extreme programs on all networks."]
[Updated at 2:15 p.m .: According to a Fox News spokeswoman, the network has not run Bank of America ads during Beck's show, so any spot for the bank that aired during his program would have been a local cable purchase. In addition, the network said that Bell & Howell was and SAM (Store and Move) were never Fox News advertisers.]
[Updated at 3 p.m.: SAM (Store and Move) is indeed a Fox News advertiser, a network spokeswoman clarifies. The company buys ads under the name Unigroup.]
[Updated at 4:43 p.m.: Beck posted his second-highest viewership ever Wednesday, attracting more than 3 million viewers for the hour.]

2009-08-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

As I write this blog I'm sitting in shock!! I went to look for my sweet innocent little Tate, he was being so quiet. When I found him he had a permanent marker and had scribbled over about 40 feet of wall. He scribbled on doors, leather couches, my vaccuum and many more areas. The scribbling was not a little here and a little there, it was covering walls. If I took pictures of every spot he marked we would have about 20 pictures to show. These pictures do not even do it justice. He is sitting in time out as we speak and I'm not sure if he will be getting out any time soon.

1st and 3rd grade here we come!!

2009-08-05T17:33:00.000-07:00

The first day of school was a hit. The kids both loved their teachers. They are starting at a new school called ALA and we are really excited that it is so close to our home. We get to wear uniforms everyday which has been really nice. I have helped out and gone to lunch with both kids and really enjoy being able to be more involved with the school being so close. Macey's teacher is Ms. Clouse and Jett's is Mrs. Richardson!!!

Costa Rica

2009-07-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

Well I'm back full force!! My sister called me and told me she saw a blog printed into a book and how cool it was. Last year I tried to print out my blog and it would not work so I gave up on the whole blog thing..

I started doing this so I would have a journal and when I thought it was not going to happen I went back to the normal handwriting journal. I finally printed out my 2008 blog and I love it. YiPEE

My parents surprised us for Christmas with a trip to Costa Rica with all my siblings. We went in July and had the time of our lives. I've never laughed so hard except all the other times I'm with my family . Let me tell you how great it is to have 5 married siblings and 2 sisters; one still in high school and the other who is single at BYU. They had to plug their ears more than half the time. We really do have such a great time together and we have such amazing parents who still enjoy being with all of us. They rented a beautiful ocean front house for the first few days and during that time we played rook, 99 and read lots of books while enjoying the beautiful view!!!

We then went over to Mt. Aernal and went zip lining, white water rafting, souvenir shopping and attempted to see the volcano which was another one of those laughing moments..

Ready-Set- Take off

Lace n Ash on the Segways

All of us girls doing our souvenir shopping

Grandpa and Grandma having a grand time

more souvenir shopping

Sunday activity

This is where we ate breakfast, lunch and dinner

Tortuga Island

Zip lining

Enjoying the banana which brought back many memories

Here we are acting like we were 15 again

This is the house we stayed in

Our beautiful boat ride to Tortuga Island

Ash and Miles

Mason and Scott Zip lining

We were surrounded by these monkeys

view from our house with jaxson and Miley

jungle walk to see the monkeys

getting on our plane to go to Tambor

4th of July with Campbell's

2009-07-04T10:20:00.000-07:00

We had such a wonderful time hanging out with Brian and Heidi's family. Heidi is the best hostess and makes such amazing food. We went to the aquatic center to swim and then to a fire work show.

Jett's 1st missing tooth

2009-07-03T13:52:00.000-07:00

Kindergarten Grad

2009-05-23T10:39:00.000-07:00

Jett you sure loved Challenger Basic and your teacher Mrs. Whall. We will be going to a school closer to the house and we hope it is just as good.

Preschool graduation

2009-05-23T05:13:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of you Roc! You have become such a sweet little boy. You are such a great example to your siblings. We can't believe how fast you are growing up. You love to play blocks and swords with your brothers. Your favorite food is fruit. You love to tell dad and I we are the best parents. You always use your good manners and say "please" and "thank you."

Roc went to a preschool down the street from us

Miss Rinna

Macey's modeling shots

2009-05-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

Natalie and Macey playing with my camera. They love to take pictures

My birthday!!

2009-04-15T09:54:00.000-07:00

We were in California for my birthday. I had a really nice day. We went shopping then to lunch and then off the the Tea Party in down town Laguna. We had a great time and it was really good for our kids to see what was important to us. Mason took me to dinner to an Asian place that we both did not like too much!!

Ashlyn babysitting for us while we went out

Way to go

Macey waving her Flag to see who will give her the thumbs up

WOW!! There were some creative signs made this is just one of many

macey took this of Miley on my birthday

my birthday lunch with family

ouch

2009-04-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

I had to take this picture of my boys with scratches on both of their noses. Too funny!

2009-03-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

We had a really nice Easter in Laguna. The kids woke up as usual to look for easter eggs and baskets. They got new suits, books, candy and transformers. We had a really nice quiet day.

3 musketeers

2009-03-09T08:54:00.000-07:00

Mason came down stairs to get the boys to bed and found this. There is nothing that makes a mom happier than having your boys cuddling so close

Tate and Macey hanging out with the chickens

2009-03-01T10:20:00.000-08:00

Macey ad Tate hanging out with Ty and Kirsten's chickens

Happy 4th birthday Big Boy!!!

2009-02-18T19:21:00.000-08:00

Roc's new glider

Roc's buddy Daylan

Roc wanted a race car cake so this is what he got

My sweet boy

Dad made Roc breakfast in bed and he was so excited

Roc we can't believe you turned 4. You are such a sweet little boy. We love you so much and hope you enjoyed your day starting with breakfast in bed. It was so fun having all your buddies over to celebrate this day.

Miley

2009-02-17T19:48:00.000-08:00

My sweet little girl (3 months old)

I love U!!

2009-02-14T19:20:00.000-08:00

We had such a great valentines Day!! The kids came down the stairs and were surprised by all sorts of goodies. We made them candy grams and cards with coupons that let them stay up 30 minutes later, get out of chores, mom snuggles with them at night and many more.

Mason got Macey a sweet rose and she just loved it. He also made all of us biscuits and gravy.

The kids made us really sweet cards!!

The big 6

2009-01-12T16:56:00.000-08:00

Jett wanted to have his birthday at Bounce U this year... Of course that is what we did. He invited Ben, Mason, Spencer, Kaylea, and Daylan. Macey had Sav and Alexa come for moral support.. We had such a great time. Jett even got breakfast in bed!!

BLESSING-BIRTHDAY-BAPTISM Our 3B weekend

2008-12-21T11:29:00.000-08:00

This was one crazy weekend for our family. Not to mention Christmas was 4 days later. It's not very often were we can say we baptized and blessed our girls the same weekend. It was a very emotional time for us. We are so grateful for all of our relatives. They all came and supported us on Saturday and Sunday. It would not have been the same without their support. We had a luncheon Sat. after the baptism and also celebrated Tate's 2nd birthday. I made Macey a video of her life and put it to music and surprised her at the luncheon. She really loved seeing herself from baby to now. I love you and I'm so proud of your decision to get baptized.

BAPTISM

BIRTHDAY

BLESSING

Our family after the blessing

this is just a tiny bit of the family that stayed

MILEY ASH LUNDELL

2008-11-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is already 2 1/2 weeks!! She is such an angel. We are having so much fun with her. She was the easiest delivery yet and is very mild tempered. She sleeps 5 hours at a time.

Tate did not like the idea of a new

baby in our home for the first week. He has started to like Miley and wants to hold her often.

Macey has been such an amazing help. She loves to hold her and be her little mommy. Here are just a few pictures my sister took of her.

I started labor around 7:00 at night after taking castor oil around 4:30. We called Mason's mom to come over around 10:00. We left to hospital around 11:30. I walked around a bit and my contractions hurt so bad I could not walk anymore. I finally got my epidural around 1:30-2:00 and never felt better. Dr. Wilson who was not on call that night came in to deliver me. He was with us the whole time and was so kind to wait for my family to get there. We ended up having her at 3:00 am. He was the best!! He delivered my sister's baby and was amazing

She has ARRIVED.......

2008-11-13T16:23:00.001-08:00

Safe and Sound....

Baby # 5 arrived this morning @ 3:14 a.m.

weighing in @ 7lbs 3oz.

she still has no name

and is a deep shade of red all over her little body

and of course is as cute as they come!

Carrie did an amazing job (she is the baby machine) and you would have never known she just gave birth... she looks as beautiful as ever!

Oh and Carrie's blog is being hacked by her sister Tracey!

We welcome BABY LUNDELL to the family

More details to come......

from Carrie!

My Baby turned 8!!!

2008-11-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little girl is 8. It is so sad to see her grow up but exciting at the same time. She had a great week starting off on Monday going to High school Musical with her cousins. We left there and headed to Amazing Jakes for a great evening with the Brooke's. Macey has been saving for a Wii or Nintendo Ds for a year and her grandpa decided to take her to get her Ds. She paid for half of it and it made her feel so proud that she had saved $65.00. She has also been asking for her ears to be pierced since she turned 7 so off to the mall we headed. She was not scared one bit. She sat there and just smiled . When they were done she said" that did not hurt one bit".

So today was the big day and we had her cousins all over to play a gift game. We bought about 30 gifts and they sat in a circle and rolled dice. If they got doubles they get to pick a gift from the middle and open it. They had such a blast. I have grown up with this game with my own family. We do it every year at Christmas with adults so it was so fun to see the kids really enjoy it. I hope they carry on the tradition with their families.

Thanks so much to all Macey's cousins for coming and making her day!!!

We now will be waiting for December to come so she can get Baptized. We had to change her date because mom will be either in hospital having baby or have just had it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!

Another Great Halloween!!

2008-11-04T13:03:00.000-08:00

We had such a great Halloween. We had the Campbell's and my dad over for a barbeque and homemade rootbeer. It was really nice to have Tim because Mason and I did not have to even go trick or treating. I'm still not sure who likes Halloween better Tim or the kids. He took all the kids out and we stayed home to pass out candy.( Thanks Tim for being so young at heart). The kids sat around and traded candy at the end of the night, but the best part was when Tim and Audra took all the kids to their house for a sleep over. This Dumbo costume has so many memories because every one of my kids have been Dumbo and they all have hated it. Tate lasted just for the picture!!

My kids and cousins

Tate as Dumbo

Roc Baseball Player

Macey as a Gypsy and she even put it all together without any of my help(I love girls!!)

Jett Karate Kid

Be Careful What you vote for!!!

2008-11-01T14:24:00.002-07:00

I found this on a friend's blog and thought it was hilarious!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-10-30T12:59:00.001-07:00

Roc so proud of his creation

Macey and Sav carving pumpkins at Grandma Dinah's house

The kids really enjoy making these cute faces every year and their mom and dad enjoy it even more because we don't have to carve the pumpkins.

Grandpa Ron bought the kids this fun cookie decorating kit. We had such a great time. It is so funny to see how each of my children did a little better the older they are. Tate is a classic 2 year old. Let's see how fast he can eat the cookies

PUZZLES, PUZZLES, AND MORE PUZZLES

2008-10-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

Sponge Bob 100 pieces, Scooby Doo 100 pieces, pirate 100 pieces, dinosaur 80 pieces, Thomas the Train 40 pieces

Jett has been obsessed with puzzles as long as I can remember. We have so many puzzles and he can do them over and over . It amazes me how good he is at putting a puzzle together. We have bought him 150 piece puzzles and he can put them together better than his dad. Roc loves to do them with Jett so Jett chose easier puzzles so his brother could help.

GOOD SPORT!!!

2008-09-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

Jett went to his follow up appt. with the doctor and we found out he needed a cast. He has been such a good sport. The hardest part of all this is that most casts can be walked on, but where he fractured it he can't put any pressure on it all. He will have it for 3 weeks and they will check his ankle. We are getting him some crutches, but are having a really hard time getting them that small. It is so sad to see him sit in a chair during recess and watch all the kids run around. His favorite thing to do at school is play at the playground. He chose a red cast, it looks so cute on him.

Poor Jett

2008-09-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

Friday morning Jett woke and jumped up to put his clothes on for school and fell to the floor and said," I can't walk my foot hurts" we tried several times to get him up and it was not happening. He mentioned he fell off the playground and it twisted Thursday at school. I love that he ran on it and never told us until Friday morning.

The weekend was so much fun carrying him everywhere we went. We are so bummed he missed his first baseball game and who knows how many more we will miss. He needs all the practicing he can get because he is on an 7-8 year old league. It is pretty serious with 2 practices and 2 games a week.

BUMMER!!! This is for you Lace

Another Laguna Beach Trip!!!

2008-09-08T20:55:00.000-07:00

Well, anyone who knows Roc can only guess why he is not in this picture (just did not want to be at that moment)

Well, I guess he was in a different mood for this picture

Macey driving the cars

YEAH FINALLY OLD ENOUGH TO RIDE BY HIMSELF

We even did the Merry Go Round as a family for Roc

We decided to take the kids out of school for the week of Labor Day and drive to Laguna beach. We had such a great time. It is really hard being back to Arizona. We were so lucky to see my little sister off to BYU, she drove up Monday morning and really had a hard time when she got to her apartment. I think reality was setting in when she saw her little apartment. (I would have a hard time leaving an ocean front home) She is really liking it now and I know she will have the time of her life. My camera is broken so I did not get many pictures of our trip, but we went to Disneyland and I borrowed my mothers. We had such an amazing time. We left Tate at home with Grandma and we for the first time could all ride all the rides. Roc rode almost every ride there including "Tower of Terror." I was so proud of him and he loved all of them. We had no crowds the longest wait was 20 minutes and that was for Peter Pan which Jett insisted on riding.

We relaxed quite a bit and enjoyed the Republican Convention every night. We hit the beach a few times, played Rummikub, which Jett can beat us almost every time, ate good meals, and enjoyed just sleeping in.

Temples to shut down in California?! Is this a Reality? read on...

2008-08-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know, there is a huge issue occurring in California right now. Proposition 8 will appear on the November ballot that states, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in the state of California." I tell you this because if this does in fact fail, it will spread across the country, and Arizona is next. I am playing an active part in the protect marriage campaign and have been really studying this out and have come to the realization how much this will truly affect and significantly change society. There are many people who say, "well why do i care if two gay people get married, it doesn't affect me and if they truly love each other, then what is wrong with it!" This is not even about two gay people getting married, not at all. This is a battle on religious freedom. Religious people of every denomination will lose countless numbers of freedoms, you can't even begin to imagine. There are hundreds of lawsuits going on right now for this very reason. One, for example, in Massachusetts right now, the Catholic church was forced to shut down their adoption agency because two gay people wanted to adopt a child and they wouldn't allow it. Well, they sued and won. A gay couple walked into a photography company and wanted to get their wedding pictures shot by them. The company said sorry we don't do homosexual couples but we can refer you to a place that does. Well the couple sued and won. 7 out of 9 judges say that if this fails, every lawsuit to do with gays against religion, the gays will win every single time. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of examples happening right now! In England right now, mormons have to get married civilly first with a state representative present and cannot get married in the temple because it is "discriminating" against homosexuals. The mayor of San Francisco actually said that Christians have no place there. This just shows how sick our society is becoming and how their ultimate goal is to make the United States become a secular society. Homosexuals already have all the "civil rights" that they want without validating marriage. They are trying to devalue marriage and eventually destroy the family. Doctors will be forced to perform in-vitro fertilization procedures on gay and lesbian couples or they will lose their licenses. Bishops and pastors could be arrested or sued if they mention that homosexuality is an abomination to God, it would be considered "hate speech". And the saddest thing, temples will be shut down because when gay people can't get married in there, they will sue and win. And we will be forced to shut them down and we will have to get married civilly. I haven't even mentioned about what the schools will be teaching our children! The prince can marry the prince or the princess. Right now, they are taking out the word "mother" and "father" out of text books in school because it discriminates against homosexuals. Also, in California, they are trying to make a legal holiday for gays and lesbians. Our children are going to have to learn that gays and lesbians are supposed to get married, its "normal". It just makes you sick to think of everything that will happen, things you can't even begin to imagine. The more you research about this, the more it becomes very scary. President Monson has actually asked that we do everything we can to donate to this. www.protectmarriage.com

Canyon Lake with the Macdonalds

2008-08-09T17:43:00.001-07:00

Our friends invited us to the Lake this Saturday and we had such a great time. Macey and Jett learned to knee board and always enjoy air chairing with dad. Tate just loved the boat ride that eventually put him to sleep.

Tate mad at one of his siblings

Macey and dad

Jett with his goggles on so the water does not get into his eyes (CLASSIC)

He got up his 2nd time and stayed on through some big waves

Jett trying to stay on

It's been a long day

Roc chillin like a Villian

Tate was begging for a ride with dad

Erika, Nate, and Roc getting ready for the big ride

First Day of School!!!

2008-08-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

Well, those of you who know I have always home schooled Macey will know this has been the hardest day for me. I have sent off 2 kids for the first time ever. I cried and could not sleep the night before. I thought I was doing really well the morning of until I walked out of Macey's class. I hope this gets better because I did not like them being gone that long at all. If it was not for getting pregnant again I would not even be putting them in school. I just knew I could not have a baby and be a good teacher. Hopefully this baby will be a gem and I can home school next year.(that will be the day)

So the plan was to wake Macey up a little bit early so we could blow dry her hair and make it really cute. I walk into her room at 7:00 am and wake her up. I tell her she needs to get up so we can do her hair cute. I could tell she was not liking the idea so I told her if we put it in a pony she could sleep another 15 minutes. YEP you guessed it the first day of school and Macey chose to get an extra 15 minutes of sleep. Macey and Jett both had great days and loved their teachers. It was all perfect just too long.

They were both exhausted and we don't even start all our activities for another 2 weeks. SCARY

SunSplash Fun!!!

2008-08-05T17:35:00.000-07:00

Mason decided to take the kids somewhere really fun the day before school started. He of course did not get many pictures, but they had such a great time. Mason took my sister Ash, and cousin Natalie, Savy, Austen, Dylan, Jett and Macey. Jett was so excited he was tall enough to ride almost everything

Jett and cousin Dylan

Jett coming down a slide

Macey and Sav

Claires Blessing

2008-08-03T17:00:00.000-07:00

We went to Flagstaff On Saturday

to be with Brian and Heidi's family for Claire's blessing. The blessing was beautiful. Brian and Heidi bore their testimonies. They both were very emotional. I sure love my family! We all stayed at their house and had a gre

at time. All the adults went to dinner that night and laughed so hard. Heidi is the best hostess!!

Happy Birthday to my sweetheart!!!

2008-08-01T07:40:00.000-07:00

Well Mason I know you don't read my blog, but when I put this into a book you will appreciate this tribute to you. I can't believe we are in our 30's you approaching mid 30's. I still feel you are so young at heart. I love you so much and hope we make your day a special one. Thanks for making me so happy and being the perfect example of letting things go and not letting anything or anyone make you mad. You always find the positive in every situation. You have truly helped me to see life so differently and to let things slide and not get so upset. You are the BEST. I could not imagine a day of life without you apart of it. You are such an amazing father and each one of your kids love you so much. Have a Happy Happy Birthday Babe!

Princess Cruise Sept 06

Princess cruise picture the ship takes

New York, Palmyra 07

Park City 08

Mason loves all of his nieces and nephews.(Disney World 03)

Laguna Beach 06

Halloween 05 Mason dressed as a fat man

Disney on Ice 04

Costa Rica 06

YEAH ROC!!!

2008-07-28T22:36:00.000-07:00

Well Roc finally faced his biggest fear in our pool. ��The kids have been jumping off our Grotto all summer and having a blast. ��Roc would not get near that thing. ��Mason decided to throw Tate (19 months) off of��it by himself. ��Tate bobbed right up and had the biggest smile on his face and wanted to do it over and over again. �� We were all clapping for Tate and so proud of him. ��Roc walks right up to the top and said" watch what I can do mom." He jumped off and has not stopped since. ��He loves it and now goes down the slide.

HERE WE COME ROSARITO MEXICO!!!!

2008-07-20T20:13:00.000-07:00

We had some good friends the Gwilliam's invite us to their beach house with some other friends of ours the Brooke's. ��We had such a great time hanging out at the beach and heated pools. ��We were in Laguna for 3 weeks and my kids never tried to boogie board, they both learned while we were here for 3 days and never wanted to stop. ��Mason got the flu the first day and��was sick until the day we got home.(that was a lot of fun) ��Here are just a few pictures we were able to take before I dropped my camera in the pool to save my son from drowning. ��The worse part of the trip was on our way home I got pulled over and received a ticket for going 23 miles over the speed limit. ��I now am only 7 tickets away from my husband. ��I luckily can go to driving school.

Roc jumping into the water like it is 15 ft high. ��He did this for hours

Jett trying to balance on the boogie board

Mason and Brad playing a game of horseshoes before he got sick

All the kids out shopping with us and we are talking great shopping in Mexico

Macey got her hair braided and loved it until last night when I had to take them all out

Roc is so scared of the water he thought he was so brave to have one floatie on and let me tell you the toddler pool was only 18 inches deep

More Beach Fun

2008-07-05T00:12:00.000-07:00

These are just a few of the many beach pictures we took while in Laguna. ��

Grandma and Macey

I love this picture with Auntie Ash

Ashlyn without her braces

Ash took all my kids to the beach and took these pictures

Jett buried in the sand and cousin Cannon helping

The kids wanted to bury mom

I love AMERICA!!!! HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

2008-07-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

We had the best 4th of July!!! Mason and Scott woke up at 5:00 in the morning to save our spot on the beach. ��It was one crazy busy beach day. ��We are so lucky that we have Scott in our family who has the take charge personality. ��He does not mess around with anything. ��We had everything we could possibly need with us. ��We barbequed and just hung out and played all day. ��The kids had a blast with the with their cousins and grandparents. ��We sure our grateful for this beautiful country we live in and for our freedom. ��When you are at the beach is when you really look at how gorgeous and blessed we are for AMERICA. (and for parents who live on the ocean) After the beach we went to my parents balcony and watched as three arch Bay put on a spectacular fireworks show.

Jett, Cannon, Roc

grandma, grandpa and cousins

some of Maceys favorite cousins and Auntie Ash

5 months pregant

Jordan and Lacey

Tates favorite thing to do on the beach was eat

looking at all the sand crabs the kids got

kids playing in the big whole they helped dig

Ash with her best friend Bear

Grandpa and Grandma of 20 grandchildren ��WOW!!!

Swimming at the Marriott in Newport

2008-07-03T06:23:00.000-07:00

We spent one day swimming at the Marriott with ��more of our cousins. ��Our kids have never had so much cousin time and now that we are home they are still wanting cousins. ��We are so lucky they all are so close and love to be together. ��

Macey and Cannon

Ava Sophie Jett and Roc

Scott enjoying his pool side food service

Me, grandma, grandpa, and baby Elsie

Hottie with a body!

Wild Rivers Here we come!!

2008-07-02T22:35:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time going to Wild Rivers with most of my family in Laguna

Ashy and Melissa

Melissa having a good time

Little ladies enjoying themselves while kids are all out in the water

Jett,Roc,Trenton, and I

Daddy and Tate

What a model!

Taylor, Nat, Macey

Roc's favorite slide at Wild Rivers��

What a Babe!!

Brian so excited to get his food after waiting ��1 hour

Tate and I in the wave pool

Laguna Beach Fun

2008-06-28T23:36:00.000-07:00

We were gone with so many different family members in Laguna and did so many different things

5 months pregnant

Jett was showing all of us how grandpa's where there pants pulled up to their belly buttons. ��He sure is lucky all his grandpas are stylish and don't do that

��Elsie and little Bear

Lacey playing paddle ball

Jett playing paddle ball

The boys sure loved when cousin Spencer was in Laguna

Ash and Austin are so dang cute

I love this picture of my nephew(he's so handsome)

��We have 4 cousins all going into kindergarten, ��Kaylea, Sophie, Ava, and poor Jett the only boy!! He will be lucky one day with all their friends

Aunt Tracey always posing kids for pictures. ��These were the ones she could get together at that time

My little Tate

Macey Ava Sophie

Taylor and Macey taking ��beach break

My darling nephew Cooper and Lace

Cannon and Jett

Roc modeling for the camera

What cute kids they are

WE LOVE YOU LACE!!!

2008-06-19T21:58:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time at Lacey's high school graduation. ��I cannot believe she is finally done with high school. ��I'm so proud of my little sister she is an amazing example and has such a strong testimony for such a young age. ��She would wake up every day at 5:00 am for seminary and I know it has blessed her life because she made such a sacrifice. ��We are proud of you Lace and hope you continue to make good decisions as you go away to college. ��

Swim Lessons in our backyard

2008-06-12T22:57:00.000-07:00

We put the kids in swim lessons at the beginning of June and the youngest 2 kids hated it. ��The water was still to cold. ��We loved their teacher who came to our house twice a week. ��These are just a few I got on the last day

We are having a baby girl!!!

2008-06-07T10:48:00.000-07:00

WOW!!! ��Macey and I went to the doctor yesterday and I was measuring 7 weeks bigger than my due date so the doctor decided to do an ultrasound. ��The baby was measuring perfect for my dates. ��The doctor could right away tell what the sex was so Macey talked me into finding out. ��We were going to wait until I delivered. ��That did not last long. ��It was definately a girl. ��Macey will finally have a little sister. ��The baby is due in November around Macey's birthday so she told me before we found out that if it was a girl that's all she wanted for her birthday. ��If it was a boy she wanted presents. ��That sure will make mom's life easier. ��We are so excited to add a little girl to the mix of all our boys. ��We waited to tell everyone until I was 15 weeks. ��I have never been so sick in any other pregnancy. ��I finally around 14 weeks started to feel better. ��

My sweet little niece

2008-05-31T12:09:00.000-07:00

Macey loving the new baby

We are so lucky to have come to Flagstaff this weekend to see our newest little niece. ��She is so beautiful. ��She looks just like her older brother Zane. ��She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. ��Heidi is doing well and we are waiting for her to come home so we can see Baby Claire again. ��Brian swears that's the name and Heidi is still not sure. ��We can not wait to hear the final word. ��The kids have really enjoyed being with their cousins. ��We are so happy we could come and help Brian and Heidi. ��Congratulations We love you guys!!!

Preschool Graduation

2008-05-30T22:28:00.000-07:00

WOW!! Jett made it past preschool. ��(ha ha) Lil' Einsteins Preschool made the kids feel so special by making a darling video and giving them their diplomas one at a time. ��It was really long for just preschool

Macey's Dance Recital

2008-05-20T22:51:00.000-07:00

Macey took dance from Crystal Bowman for 5 months. ��She really enjoyed it. ��They did tumbling and cheer. ��They had a performance at the end of it and Macey was so nervous she started to cry and told me she would not do it. ��Everyone was waiting for her to come out. ��She has such a fear of performing in front of people!

Happy Easter!!!

2008-03-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

We had such a great Easter. ��We went on Sat. to Freestone Park with Mason's family and had a egg hunt and just enjoyed the nice weather. ��We woke up Easter morning and ate pink pancakes and the kids played hot and cold to find their Easter baskets. ��Roc and Tate are wearing the same shirts Jett and Roc wore 2 Easter's ago. ��Mom was not on the ball this year with the Easter attire. ��Macey woke up and said," Mom you forgot to get me an Easter dress and it was sad because I did not forget I just thought an old dress in her closet would do." Mom and Dad wrote each child a sweet card that they will cherish. ��Macey being 7 really loved the sweet words we wrote. ��We then went over to Scott and Tracey's for Easter dinner. ��We had another egg hunt that ��"cousin" Taylor put together. ��It is so nice to have older kids to do that stuff. ��We ate yummy food and just hung out. ��We missed not having grandma, ��grandpa, Lace, Ash and the rest of our cousins. �� It was so fun with the newest addition to our family their Elsie Rose, which makes 19 grandchildren. ��She is beautiful and of course her mom had her in the most adorable Easter dress. ��

Park City Ski Trip

2008-02-21T14:26:00.000-08:00

�� Mason �� and Macey went skiing in park city. ��I��

surprised him with the trip for Valentine's Day. ��I never like to go skiing and know he loves it. ��My parents and sisters were going skiing around the same��time so it worked out for Macey to hang out with Ashlyn. ��They had such a blast and Macey��did such an amazing job for her first time. ��She was going down blues by the end of the trip.

Happy Birthday Roc

2008-02-18T16:11:00.000-08:00

My sweet little boy. ��We had a small party at the park with Roc's family. ��I can not believe you are 3. ��You are the sweetest 3 year old ever. ��I love how you always tell me you love me. ��You are such a great boy and Tate sure loves playing with you. ��We had dippin dots and you were so excited. ��Your uncle Ira sure loves you and you love when he comes over.

My poor baby

2008-02-09T12:31:00.000-08:00

This was back in february, but wanted to get it on my blog so I would not forget it. ��This was such a horrible week for my little Tate. ��He had been sick with a cold for several days and I had been sick in bed so Mason had been taken care of him for the past 2 nights all night. ��I felt so bd so I decided to go in around 6:00am and relieve my poor husband. ��When I got to him he looked so bad. ��His stomach was retracting and nostrils were flaring. ��I got pretty concerned about his struggle to breathe. ��I called the doctor at 8:00 am and told them my son was not breathing well. ��They got us in right away and took one look at him and sent us to the emergency room. ��The Er was packed, but because of his situation they got us right in. ��He ended up in the hospital 5 nights with pneumonia and RSV. ��He got even worse before he got better. ��It broke my heart to see him like this. ��Grandma flew in from California to help us out. ��She spent the nights with Tate so we could go home to the other children. ��I could not have done it without her. ��Tate had many visitors. ��His Aunt Stephanie, Marlo, and Tracey . ��His grandpa Dwight and Grandma Dinah. ��Our bishop Butler and Rick Wilson. ��My vt Suni Taylor. ��He also had many phone calls from the rest of his family. ��Thanks so much for all their support. ��It is times like this when I realize how important friends and family are to me.

Hannah Montana Concert

2008-01-21T23:29:00.000-08:00

We surprised Macey with tickets to the Hannah Montana concert in Jan. ��She was so excited, but we were bummed we were n the 2nd section up high. ��The day of the concert we decided to look on ebay to see what we could find and we found hours before it started front row seats. ��They were perfect. ��We bought them and sold ours. ��We had such a blast!!!!

Cancun Blast!!!

2008-01-17T13:52:00.000-08:00

Mason and I have been in Cancun for the past week and have had a blast. We highly recommend this trip and want to come back with our kids. The food has been excellent. We went sky riding, zip lining, and on a boat that spins super fast called the aqua spinner. We have had non stop fun. The only problem is Mason lost our camera and now we have no cute pictures to show for it. This was a well needed trip. I have enjoyed every minute with Mason. We went sailing last night on a pirate ship and danced the night away. Reality is hitting in real fast home sweet home tomorrow!! We are very excited to see our sweet children. We missed you guys

Jetter's 5th birthday

2008-01-12T20:40:00.000-08:00

WOW!! It has been over a mmonth since I have posted and it is not because my life has been uneventful just busy. I could not go with out telling my litle boy how much I love him. Jett keeps very busy with T-ball, karate, and preschool. He is a great example tonot only his brothers and sister but to me. He already says his personal prayers without being asked and always reminds us. He is very easy going and makes friends very easy. We love you Jett and hope we made your day special. Thanks to your Aunt Heidi and Audra for giving you a sweet tribute on your big day. Your the best!!!

Jett playing T-ball

2007-12-07T16:30:00.000-08:00

We sure enjoy watching Jett play t-ball. ��He was on a coach pitch team and after 3 pitches if the kids don't hit the ball they go to a tee. ��He is naturally so athletic. ��Jett was hitting a pitched ball since he was 18 months. ��He played on the same team for 3 seasons in a row. ��He was by far the smallest and youngest. ��

40% off Boutique Sale!

2007-12-03T21:54:00.000-08:00

Come check out this awesome boutique! One time only.... 40% off!!! Get your Christmas shopping done! You won't want to miss this!!!!!

Happy 18th Lace!!!!

2007-11-30T08:50:00.001-08:00

Your 18 and I'm almost 8!!! I have a lot to learn from you. Sure hope you get into BYU Provo. Then I will come visit you any time and we can go skiing and build snowman. I love you Auntie Lace

Hey Lace

I can not believe my little sis is already 18!!! Now you can get a real job and check your self out of school! You can even access your own bank account trust Funds now. YUPEE We love you and hope you have a wonderful day. Happy Flying!!

2007-11-23T13:49:00.000-08:00

Macey 7 years old going to her cheer recital

Happy Birthday Natalie

2007-11-18T21:23:00.001-08:00

Natalie is our little niece that Macey loves so much. We are so lucky to have her in our family. She is always thinking of everyone. She even used her own money to get Macey a gift for her birthday. We miss Natalie so much and wish we could have been with you on your special day. I can't believe you are 11

Macey's special day with mommy

2007-11-14T20:45:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Macey right before going into the play Snow Queen at Mesa Arts Center. It was a lot of fun. I'm sure it did not quite match up to the Hannah Montana concert that Macey wanted to go to so bad, but she still had a great birthday.

Macey and her cousin Jessy eating dinner after the play Macey with the Snow Queen character

Mommy and Macey eating at cheesecake factory and she thought she would be funny and put whip cream in my nose.

Macey getting her hair done at Glitter Box

Daddy bringing Macey breakfast in bed

Happy 7th Birthday!!!

2007-11-09T07:29:00.000-08:00

Today is Macey's birthday and I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday about 2 weeks ago and she said. "I want a mother daughter day". Macey completely melted my heart when those words came out of her mouth. I have to cherish those moments because they probably won't last long. I asked her what a perfect birthday would be? She went on to say breakfast in bed from dad with a toaster strudel and 2 pink flowers. She then wants to go get pedicures and her ears pierced. After all that she wants to get her hair done and go pick out a dog and clothes and toys. Mom will probably be disappointing her on some of those things. I love Macey so much. She is my side kick. I can not imagine life with out her sweet spirit. She keeps us on our toes. She has such a beautiful testimony that gives me chills whenever I hear it. Macey is truly an amazing sister to her brothers they love her so much and always ask where she is when she is not around. She continues to make us laugh at all times. We love you girl!!

TATER TOT

2007-11-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

This is Tate at 10 months doing what he does best. Sleep, Eat, get into the dishwasher, and lately getting teeth!!! Tate brings so much joy to our family. The kids fight over who gets to sit by him because he loves to watch and do as they are doing.

Trick or Treat

2007-11-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

Well here it goes!!! I know you look at the picture of my 3 kids and think oh, how cute. Well it's funny what pictures can do for a family. My kids were faking it really well(ha ha) Roc begged to be a ninja turtle for Halloween that he refused to wear for the past 3 Halloween parties we went to. I wanted a cute picture before we all went trick or treating. He finally would wear it because we told him that was the only way he could trick or treat. Macey had lost part of her costume which she could not figure out why I cared so much because she didn't. I know everyone reading this relates completely. It reminds me of when you see all the cute family pictures at Christmas and we think what a cute family, but we missed the hours before preparing for the pictures. I would love to be a fly on every ones wall. Then there is Mason saying Halloween in suppose to be fun just relax. We ended up having a great time as soon as I just let everything go. I know I've chilled out a lot when I don't even bother to put Tate in the picture. When I had my first , second and even my third I could not wait to find them a costume. This year when anyone would ask what Tate is going to be I would say "Tate! I will be lucky to get my others ready. Mason was a fat personal trainer and I dressed up in black and painted my face black (I just thought it would be fun to have a black face-random)I did get festive and we put black roll of paper around my whole coutryard with luminaries. We made dry ice smoke