Not much of an update...

Haven't posted for a while, but I have a few seconds to put some pictures up. Abbie and Anna started preschool, they love it. Tanner is walking and will be ONE on Sept. 22, Toby is HUGE!! ALyssa has 4 missing teeth, we are calling her Jack, short for Jack O Lantern.

Lagoon, Lagoon, and more Lagoon.....

This summer we have been spending most of our days at Lagoon. We have been going sometimes as much as 4 times in one week. We are pretty close, and we have nothing better to do. Our favorties are the LadyBug Drop, the dinosaur Bob, Odyssey, and Rattle Snake Rapids. Two weeks ago I lost my cell phone (the only phone we have) at Lagoon. I gave it to Tanner when I emptied my pockets before Rattle Snake Rapids. I came back to him, and it was gone. The next day we went and got a new phone through Verizon. For a new phone and set up we paid $41 and some change. We got home the same day and there was an unexpected check in the mail for $42 and some change. The difference was .11 cents. Coincedence? Why did I give my phone to Tanner? Why did we get the check in the mail? We called Lagoon several times and it never came up, I guess we weren't meant to have it back. Now it's a matter of getting all the phone numbers back that we lost. It didn't stop us from going to Lagoon, I just keep a tighter hold of the new phone. Better go, we're off to Lagoon.....

Summer Vacation

We started the summer off by going to St George for a family reunion with Cass' family. We stayed at the WorldMark condo's. They were really nice, it was like a house, they were fully furnished. They had a kids pool that was 2 feet deep. Alyssa was a little fish, swimming under the water. Abbie got brave and learned to go under the water. She was so proud of herself. We had a lot of fun. We were there from (june 11-june 16th) On June 16th, we decided to head to San Diego California. Cass had the week off work, and we were almost 1/2 way there. Normally we go to Disneyland every year, but in the summer it's so crowded, and we decided to try something different. We started off by going to SeaWorld on Tuesday evening when we got into town, we watched the Shamu show and sat in the "soak zone". We got soaked!! My favorite thing to see are the Polar Bears. We were back at SeaWorld on Wednesday. We liked touching the star fish, Abbie really liked holding the sea cucumber. Thursday we went to the San Diego Zoo. They had a family of Orangutans that were having their morning breakfast. There were two polar bears that were playing in and out of the water, it was fun to watch. They had a hippo that was in the water, we call him MotoMoto. Friday we went to the Wild Animal Park. There were 3 lions, one "lion king", Abbie's favorite. There were animals roaming freely together. rhino's, giraffes (tons of them) antelope, it was as though it was really Africa. They had 6 gorilla's, they were being fed by the zoo keeper. One did the sign for "eat". They are smart animals. We ended our vacation today at the beach in the morning, and SeaWorld afterwards. . We saw the dolphin show, and touched the manta rays. It was a lot of fun this week being here in San Diego, we did a lot of things, and saw a lot. Disneyland is more our thing, there was so much walking at the Zoo and Wild Animal park, we saw mostly birds, monkeys, plants and trees. We are going to keep our tradition of going to Disneyland in March. We also stopped by the SanDiego temple, it was beautiful. Tomorrow we drive home and get back into real life. We'll pick up Toby, I'm sure he'll be a few more inches tall. It's hard to see the pictures, but you get the idea.

Puppy Love!

This is Toby, our 6 week old Great Dane puppy. Cass surprised the girls with him on Sunday. He is such a great dog. He is great with the kids. He is lazy, he sleeps a lot. He loves attention, and likes to be with us. He lays around where ever we are. Our only problem so far is that he likes to pee everywhere, and all the time. If you have any tips on house training, let us know. We want him to be an inside dog, even if he is going to be the size of a horse.

Missy our bulldog is fine, she is at the co-owners home with her puppies, in a few weeks they'll be sold, and Missy will be sold as well. The bunny died on friday, when I left her out in the sun too long. Yeah, I know, strike 2 for me with bunny's (my 5th grade class pet bunny died at my house during the summer).

Toby is our permanent pet. I was attatched the second I saw him.

Adventure at the Keyes house

Yesterday (Sunday April 19th) was a normal day, the girls and I went to church, Cass went to work. After church (4pm) we went home and let Missy out, let her back in and went to my parents house. Cass got home at 6:15pm to find Missy in her kennel with 2 babies. Cass had no idea what to do, Missy wasn't going to be having the puppies at our house. To make a long story short, by midnight there were 5 male pups. Missy wasn't doing well with them, she is very tempermental, and she was growling at them and acting wierd. So we decided to seperate them and take the puppies to the other people that have the male bulldog (they are part owners with us, long story). Missy stayed with us, we got everything cleaned up and fell asleep watching a movie. We woke up at 3am to Tanner crying, Cass heard a funny noise in Missy's kennel, and she had a GIRL puppy. They were able to bond and Missy did well with her through the night. Missy was reunited with all her puppies this morning and is doing well with them. We just heard a little while ago that she just had another GIRL! She is still having puppies!!! What?!?!?! They were thinking she was ready to have another one. We'll see. So far 5 boys and 2 girls. Crazy! The pictures aren't very good, but at least there are a few. I hope this all sounds okay and makes sense.

Missy is an American Bulldog. I don't recommend this type of dog if you want a good family dog (I hear the short fat bulldogs are good family dogs). Now that we don't have her anymore, my kids want a Great Dane. We'll see.....

Happy 6th Birthday Alyssa

Alyssa turned 6 years old yesterday. I am so proud of her. She is doing great in school. She is starting to read, her teacher says she is definitely ready for 1st grade. Alyssa loves doing arts and crafts. She learned to ride her bike without training wheels last year. Cassidy bought her a new bike for her birthday. The one thing that she REALLY wanted was a bunny. A real bunny. So I suprised her with one. We went to the country store on Saturday and she found one she liked. I told her I'd buy it for her when I had more money. Cass got the girls in the car and I went back in the store and bought it. I had it in a box at my feet in the car. I bought a huge bag of bunny food and told her it was fertilizer for the grass when I got it in the car. I gave it to her at her party on sunday, and she was so suprised. The bunny is so good, she plays with it non stop when she gets home from school. It just hangs out with her or hops around. It is fun having her birthday close to easter. We had a bunny party, and she got her bunny. I think it was fun for her. Happy Birthday Alyssa!

Being Crafty

I don't think anyone wants to hear about how sick we have been recently, so I thought I would post something crafty that I made. I love looking at crafty blogs. This is a bag in a box. It's very fun to give as a gift, and so easy to make. You can make it any holiday or any occasion. I've made matching mini cards to go with them. A friend made me a fun halloween one last year. I can post the instructions if anyone is interested.