Dear Santa...

My boys were all certain they had been good boys this year so we needed to get our letters written to Santa he knew what they wanted!! Jaygen did a good job writing his own letter. He was full of questions for Santa. He has been asking me lots of questions too. It makes me sad...I don't want my boys to grow up!!!

Briggs has been pretty worried about Santa's reindeer biting him I guess, because that is what he wanted to write in his letter to Santa...how funny!!! I have assured him that the reindeer will stay outside so he doesn't need to worry! :)

Pace said he hasn't just been a good boy this year, but a super good boy!! :) He knows for certain what he wants for Christmas. Every time you ask him he tells you the exact same thing and it sounds like a recording!

It wouldn't be Christmas if we didn't get to go to IFA to sit on Santa's lap. I think I love it so much because it is such a small town atmosphere...just look in the background at the rabbit food for the backdrop..lol!!! My boys totally looked the part too dressed in their camo ready to go duck hunting!

Jaygen told Santa he wanted a black angry bird. Pace told him he wanted hunting stuff, cowboy hat, and new tractor. Briggs told Santa he wanted a sucker...that one will be easy!!

To top it all off we get to go on a hay ride...the highlight for Pace, of course!! What fun memories!!

Pace, Jaygen, Briggs

Lights at Temple Square

We decided to head up to the lights at Temple Square this year. We met up with Mel and her kids and my mom. The kids always like to ride Trax to downtown so we did...but holy cow...it takes forever!!!! My boys love maps so they totally loved the maps on Trax. They kept a close eye on our route! And they carried their maps all over Temple Square so we would have the map for the ride home. It made me laugh...what funny boys!

It was FREEZING but so beautiful! You always have to fight through all the people but I love the feeling as you walk around looking at the lights. They are amazing! We all had a great time but for sure had to stop and get a hot chocolate as we were leaving since we were completely frozen! Briggs, Jaygen, Pace

Aunt Mel, Briggs, Jaygen, Me, Ty, Pace, Braylee, Grandma Marshall, Trey...Todd took our picture

Happy 3rd Birthday Briggs!!!

Briggs was so excited to have a birthday!!! For a couple of weeks before his birthday, he would tell everyone he talked to he was having a happy birthday! Then on his birthday he told me it was his happy birthday day! :) Briggs is so funny!! He was so happy all day so I know he had a great day. I think the highlights of his day were the simple things...getting birthday balloons and then going to lunch with Todd. Todd always takes our boys to lunch for their birthday and it is always their favorite.

Briggs got some pretty fun presents. It was funny watching him open presents because he was super excited about all of them and was going crazy!

Briggs had the hardest time deciding what kind of party he wanted but finally decided on a "Super Why" party. (Is that a sign he watches too much TV?!) I made some party hats and bought some birthday blow things (can't think of what they are called) and we had us a way fun time. We were all "Super Readers" in "Storybookville"! :) We started with a pizza party, then colored some "Super Why" activities I printed off, then had birthday cake.

Briggs was a little nervous about the fire on his candles but he managed to blow them out!!!

Really...my baby turning 3...this can't be happening!!!! Briggs is wild and crazy and I don't even know where to start with him. He truly has his own personality!! He is such a cute little guy that he rarely gets in trouble for all the naughty things he does...that is probably why he is so spoiled!!! He pretty much rules the roost at our house! Briggs is pretty easy going but also pretty stubborn. He has fun doing anything and is always making us laugh! Happy Birthday Briggs...I love you lots!!!!!

hAlLoWeEn 2011

I was stressed about Halloween this year because I would just be coming home from having my surgery and didn't want my boys to miss out on any Halloween fun. There was no need to worry though because it all worked out, mostly because of all the help from my mom...thanks mom!!!!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I think it is so much fun and I love to hear all the ideas my boys come up with for their costumes. This is what we ended up with this year......

Pace decided he wanted to be a firefighter. This was kinda a last minute decision but I am glad. All along he said he wanted to be a steer wrestler...yes really...but changed his mind a couple days before Halloween. We were in a Halloween store and I saw Pace checking out this fireman costume. He kept walking past it and totally checking it out. So I asked him what he was looking at and he told me that he wished he could be something else for Halloween. Of course I told him he could be whatever he wanted, so he grabbed the fireman costume off the hook as fast as he could. We know Pace is a true cowboy at heart so I am glad he was something different this year. He has been something to do with cowboys for the past couple years. He was a great fireman!!! Pace got to wear his costume to school and have a little parade but we didn't get a picture. I was still in the hospital from my surgery but grandma Marshall got him all dressed up and ready...thanks grandma!!

Cosmo...where did this come from?! Jaygen was so excited to dress like Cosmo, BYU's mascot. We aren't even really BYU fans but Cosmo came to Jaygen's school a while back and he has loved him ever since. I didn't know how I was going to pull off a cougar in a BYU jersey but it turned out pretty cute. Grandma Marshall came to the rescue and sewed the hat with ears and it completed the outfit!! I thought Jaygen looked awesome and he did too...he loved it!!

Last we have Papa Smurf. Briggs is so funny!!! When Briggs finally decided he wanted to be Papa Smurf I jumped all over it. All his other ideas had to do with princesses and dresses!!!! He was the cutest Papa Smurf ever. He wore the costume for days before Halloween and for days after Halloween so I am pretty sure that he liked the costume!

Jaygen also got to wear his costume to school and they had a costume parade. He was so shy I couldn't even get him to look at us. He loved that he got to be Cosmo at school!!

One of Jaygen's highlights from this Halloween was that he got to go trick-or-treating alone with a friend. I hate that my boys are growing up so fast but at the same time I love watching them go through all the different stages. All the boys got lots and lots of candy and had a great time trick-or-treating. I have had a great time eating most of their candy!!!!

tHe BiG rEd BaRn

A few weeks back we headed out on our annual trip to THE BIG RED BARN. We started this little tradition a few years back and my boys now look forward to it every Halloween. Not only do they get to hunt for their perfect pumpkin, they also get to go on a hayride!!!

I was totally kicking myself because just as we were leaving town, I remembered that I forgot my camera. We decided that it was fine and we would just use our phones to take pictures but now I wish so bad we would have went back and got it. I only got a few pictures and they aren't good...oh well...we had a super good time and that is what matters!!!

I really need to look back at our pictures from last year because I dare say that Pace has on the very same outfit. You say the word barn or tractor or anything to do with cowboys and Pace gets into full character...I love it! This year he left his chaps home, but he was decked out in all the rest of his cowboy clothes. Pace and Briggs on the hayride. Jaygen was either being grumpy or too cool and didn't want to get his picture taken.

Briggs, Pace and Jaygen standing in front of the little maze they have at the pumpkin patch. My boys had a blast in the maze. I lost count of how many times they went through it. Todd and I had fun with it too!!! We all kinda played hide-and-seek from each other...way fun!!

Pace, Jaygen, Briggs

Jaygen really wanted to take a picture of me and Todd poking our heads through the holes...he barely got me in the picture:)

Well, and that is it. I am bummed I didn't even get a picture of the boys with their pumpkins they picked. I laugh so hard every year because it is the hardest thing for them to decided what pumpkins to pick. I mean there are only hundreds of them and they all kinda look the same!! :) After a lot of debated and going back-and-forth from pumpkins, all the boys finally picked the perfect pumpkin!

The pumpkin patch also had an old tractor and truck they got to play on and a big stack of hay bales that they had fun climbing on..well Briggs danced on!! We had a good time together as a family and we got an apple cider doughnut on our way out to top it off...yummy!!

"BIKER DUDE"

No, he is not potty trained yet, but he is now riding his bike...yea!!! Briggs kinda likes to do things at his own pace whenever he is ready. All summer long we tried teaching him to ride his bike so he could tag along with his brothers but he never really wanted to try. He would rather just run down the middle of the street instead. I even told Jaygen and Pace I would pay them $ 20 if they could get Briggs to ride his bike. Nothing helped!!! Well, the other day I was cleaning out my garage and there sat Briggs' bike. I thought why not try one more time before winter comes and it is too cold to ride. What do you know...he climbed on and took off?! I guess he decided he was ready! Briggs hasn't wanted to get off since and it is so fun watching him ride with the other boys. Good job Briggs...you are a cool "biker dude"!!!

I am keeping my fingers crossed that he will finally decide he wants to be potty trained now...but I won't hold my breath!!! :)

The Hunt!!!

Well, we wish that we were deer hunting but since we didn't draw out this year, I guess the next best thing is duck hunting!!! :) We took the boys out west to a good spot for them and Todd shot us a duck. When Todd shot, there were more than a hundred ducks that flew off the water but some how he only got ONE...ha ha!!! I couldn't shoot because I didn't have my duck stamp but I am sure I could have landed more!!! :) Once the ducks flew off, we never had anymore come into our decoys. Oh well, the boys were tickled pink with the one we got. They helped Todd clean it when we got home and had fun with that. Then Jaygen and Pace both wanted to keep one of its feet, so Todd cut them off for them. They bathed with them that night and then slept with them...gross! They love it so whatever!! We had a super fun time together and I think my boys look so cute in their camo!!! We need to head out again to see if we can't shoot more than one bird!!! :)

Jaygen, Pace, Briggs

Feel the THUNDER!!!

My boys are totally all about football right now. They are always wanting to watch it and play it...well Brigg's is their cheerleader, but anyway they are loving football season. Well, Jaygen's teacher's son plays for the SUU Thunderbirds and so she is always talking about him in class and has pictures of him hanging up in their classroom. Jaygen thinks it is so awesome and always talks about him. He kept telling us how bad he wanted to go watch him play and one day he even came home with a little scrap piece of paper in his pocket with her son's number on it so we would know for sure which player he was. So, how could we not take him down to a game?!

Briggs decided he wanted to stay at grandmas and play and we took grandpa with us to the game. It was so fun!!! Jaygen and Pace both wanted a T-bird shirt and the boys got some little SUU megaphones to yell through. We looked like the #1 fans!! Grandpa kinda took over one of the megaphones and was totally cheering like crazy. I almost had to take it away from him!! :) Grandpa Marshall, Jaygen, Pace, Todd

Well, the T-birds didn't win but it was a good game. We had the best time...my boys loved it! We were totally feeling the THUNDER! :) Jaygen and Pace both know what position they want to play when they play for the Thunderbirds! I told them I will be their #1 fan! :) We took Briggs a shirt home too so he didn't feel left out...yes a t-shirt, not a cheerleading outfit!!!!

Happy 7th B-day Jaygen!!

Holy cow...I can't believe Jaygen turned 7 years old!! He was so so so excited for his birthday because he has been asking for a new bike all summer long. He didn't want just any bike...he wanted it to have trick bars, brakes on the handle bars, a kick-stand, and be able to pedal backwards. Well, I think we found one good enough because Jaygen absolutely loved it and has been riding it ever since! Yea, I am glad he was soooo happy!!!


Jaygen got to take treats to school on his birthday and was excited because his teacher even gave him a little present. Todd was out of town on his birthday so Jaygen had to wait a couple of days for his special birthday lunch with Todd, but that is ok. It just made his birthday last that much longer!

I have decided that since my boys birthdays are so close, they will get a big party every other year. On their off year, we will just do something low key. So Jaygen invited a few of his friends over to have a birthday cupcake and then we took them to the movie. Jaygen wanted a pirate themed birthday so we had a pirate patch and pirate tattoo for all the boys before we headed to the movie. It was pretty stress free and we had a great time!

Pace, Marcus, Jaygen, Cody, Briggs, Gage

Jaygen is such a good kid! He is the best big brother to Pace and Briggs. Jaygen has a super soft heart and wants to please those around him. On the-other-hand he makes sure he gets what he wants and is a pretty determined kid. :) Right now Jaygen is totally loving football, playing the wii, playing his DSi, and playing with his friends. Jaygen is a great student and does well in school. He is pretty easy going and gets along with everyone. He seems to be friends with everyone and will play with anyone at recess that is playing some sort of ball (soccer, football, etc). I hope he always stays the same and is confident with who he is!! I would have to say his best friends are of course his dad and also Grandpa Marshall...they are best buddies!! Jaygen is growing up fast and it is killing me, but I am loving every minute of it. Jaygen is a fun boy!! I love you Jaygen...Happy 7th Birthday!!!!

The Birthday Cakes!!!!

Jaygen and Pace's birthdays are only 5 days apart so Grandma and Grandpa Marshall came over this weekend to bring more presents and have birthday cake with us. Thanks grandma ad grandpa...it meant a lot to the boys!!!

Jaygen isn't having a big friend birthday party this year but he still wanted a pirate themed birthday. So, I got his cake whipped out! I made him a pirate's hat cake. It turned out ok. Jaygen liked it but wanted to know where the gold coins that went around it were. I agree, it kinda needed something else. But oh well, I wanted him to have his cake when grandma and grandpa where here so he could blow out his candles too. I won't explain this picture of the boys by their cakes. Their expressions say it all...ha ha!!!!!!

Good thing I took a picture of Jaygen by his pirate cake, because he won't have it on his birthday. It fell over that night and was ruined :( We will have to do cupcakes on is real birthday.

We had a great time celebrating and singing to both Pace and Jaygen. Now we have a lot of cake to eat!!!!

hApPy BiRtHdAy PACE!!!

Pace was so so so excited to turn 5. A couple days before his birthday he told me he had never been this happy. I asked him why and he said," Because I have never been 5 before!" :) When we asked Pace what he wanted for is birthday he said all "baseball stuff". He loves loves loves baseball!! Pace got his own bat bag, t-ball bat, t-balls, and batting gloves...he loved it all. His brothers gave him some fishing stuff and an umbrella.

Pace got his first friends birthday party this year. Of course he wanted a baseball themed party. He also wanted to invite some girls, which totally surprised me since he is usually anti-girls!!! All the cute kids at the party!

We played a few baseball relay games, had a pinata, opened presents, blew out his birthday candles, and then ate some baseball food...hot dogs and nachos!

The cake...I attempted to make a baseball hat cake. I think why do I even attempt?! Then when it is done it doesn't seem so bad and Pace loved it! I made some cupcakes to put the candles in and for the kids to eat so we could save the cake for the family party.

Pace blowing out his candles

I think Pace had a great birthday! It was a special day for him. He opened lots of presents, went to lunch with Todd, had a party, then got to go to the football game. What a fun day!!!!

Pace is an active kid. He is always moving...playing catch, riding his bike, playing "cowboy games", golfing, and running around with his friends. Rarely do you see Pace sitting down. He is always on the go. Pace is such a sweet boy. He gives the best hugs and always has great compliments for his mom! :) He totally has a love/hate relationship with his brothers. He looks up to Jaygen a lot but fights like crazy with him. He is a sweet older brother to Briggs and always takes care of him but then tackles him to the ground to duke it out! Pace TOTALLY idolizes Todd. Pace thinks his dad is the coolest ever!!!! And he is...Todd is a great dad to my boys!

Happy 5th birthday Pace! I am glad you are so happy! I love you lots!!

Briggs...

Poor little Briggs has been having the hardest time adjusting to having his brothers gone to school. They played together all summer long and now he is left with just mom. He misses his brothers ALOT!!!

Well, on the first day of school I could hear Briggs in my bedroom playing. I couldn't tell what he was up to until I heard him cheering "Go Delta, Go Delta!" I went in my room and there was Briggs...wearing my skirt, using my duster for his pom-pom, and cheering!!!! I about died!! After I realized it really was happening, I grabbed my camera and told him to keep cheering and twirling so I could take his picture..ha ha! Then I said that was enough and there would be absolutely no more wearing my skirts and cheering. :)

...ENOUGH SAID!!!!!

Pace and Preschool

So, Pace has been in preschool for over a week now but I am just getting around to posting it because I have had one of the worst things ever happen...I lost my camera!!! Well, I guess I didn't actually lose it because when I finally found it, it was right where I remember putting it so I would know where it was...ha ha! I was totally freaking out because I have over 2000 pictures on my camera...yes 2000! I have some of them printed out but none of them are saved anywhere else. If I ever really lose my camera I will lose all the pictures of my life over the past couple years!!!

Pace is totally loving preschool!! He was for sure done with all the "home preschool" stuff and ready for the real stuff! His teacher is Mrs. Edwards. On Pace's first day of preschool he was up and dressed with his shoes and backpack ready to go at 7:00 a.m. Since his school doesn't start until 11:30 it was a looooong morning! He was just so excited he couldn't wait to go! When it was finally time to go he told me I could just drop him off out front of the school and he would walk in. I told him sorry, but I would walk him in on his first day. What is it with my boys wanting to be grown up and independent?!

Pace has so many cute little boys in his class and he is having a blast with them. I feel sorry for Mrs. Edwards though...I am sure they are a handful! Of course Pace's favorite thing is recess and tells me all about it everyday. This kid has always liked to be active. He has never been into watching movies or playing video games or anything like that. He wants to be running around and bouncing or catching a ball all the time.

Besides being so excited to go to "real" school, Pace was most excited to get a Boston Red Sox backpack. Once I ordered it, he would run out to the mailman everyday to see if it had come yet. Pace thinks his backpack is the coolest thing ever!!! Pace is such a fun kid and I love him tons. I hope he has a good year. Oh, and was I sad to send him off to school...not at all! He is only gone for a couple hours and that is not hardly enough time to miss him!! It is alot different than first grade! :)

Jaygen's First Day in the FIRST GRADE!

Oh, I can't believe this is really happening...Jaygen going to first grade!!! I guess I have just assumed that my boys would be my "little boys" forever! This year is a big milestone for Jaygen because he now goes to school all day. His teacher is Mrs. Nissen. I thought this day would never come...but it did!

Jaygen said that he wanted Todd to take him to school today...and I thought well that is rude...but oh well, I am coming too, ha ha!!! So the whole family took Jaygen to his first day of first grade. I needed to be there to see that my little boy got settled in ok in his class...and he did! Jaygen is getting to be such a big boy and more handsome everyday. He is a good kid with a huge but soft heart. I love Jaygen so much!

I was trying to prepare myself for today so I wouldn't cry my head off all day. When we watched Jaygen walk in his classroom I could feel tears starting to fill my eyes and then I looked at Todd and he gave me the look like, seriously?! So, I held the tears back and by the time I got home I was good. I was kinda excited thinking about what I was going to do all day. Then before knew it, it was time to go get Jaygen and I didn't get done half what I wanted to...including my nap I didn't get! Now I am thinking that the school day is just not long enough! :)

When I picked Jaygen up he was all smiles and was telling me everything about his day...he loved it. He said that his favorite thing about the first grade is all the recesses...surprise, surprise. He was also super excited that they get their food on lunch trays, not just plates!!!

Good Bye Sassy Socks :(

Oh what have I done?! I gave in a couple weeks ago and let the boys get a kitten...I knew I shouldn't but I did! Well, I had just had enough!! I was so sick of everytime we open our door she would run in our house, or everytime we were outside she was climbing all over us, or the very worst is that we now had a stray cat living at our house eating Sassy Socks food. I know it is selfish but I had had enough. I am so proud of Jaygen with how responsible he was with her. He went out and fed her every morning without me even having to ask him. And I am so proud of Pace with how brave he was...he was still the only one that dared to chase her when she came in the house and carry her back outside...ha ha!!

I told the boys one night that I thought Sassy Socks would be happier living on a farm where she would have lots of other farm cats to play with and lots of room to run and play. It totally broke my heart when Jaygen broke down and started crying. Pace on the other hand was ok with it and wanted to know when we could get a dog. :) Jaygen begged that we could keep her at least a couple more days so I said we would keep her until Sunday and then go find a nice friendly farm for her to live on. So on Sunday afternoon, we loaded up in the car with Sassy Socks and went to find her a new home. The boys all acted totally fine saying good bye to her and I thought it wasn't going to be that big of a deal. That night we tucked all the boys in bed and nothing was said about her and then about an hour after Jaygen went to bed I heard him just sobbing in his bedroom. I ran in there and he was so upset about Sassy Socks...he could barely get any words out. I held him forever trying to comfort him and then Todd ended up sleeping with him. The next day Jaygen was a lot better thankfully and the other boys act like they could careless.

I know, I know it is all my fault. I have broke my little boys heart!! I need to really think things through before I make a decision like this again. I thought I would be a good mom to let my boys get a kitten but instead I am a bad mom for dumping it off somewhere!! I am just not a cat person and never will be!! :) I keep reminding Jaygen that he does still have his fish, Long-hair Wally!!!

THE MULLEN FAMILY CAMPOUT!

Last weekend we got together with the Mullen Fam for our annual campout. We went up and camped at Newton Dam. Who knew you could have so much fun at Newton Dam!!? :) Newton is where Todd grew up so it was fun for him to go back and visit all his childhood memories. Todd was telling the boys all the stories of him growing up...where he hunted, the ditch he had a bad bike crash in, the fields where he moved pipe, the trees he used to jump over, where he played baseball, etc. It was so fun to hear all the stories and see how happy Todd was thinking back!!





I am hesitant to post some pictures because of all the bald heads and super bad farmer tans. But I will anyway because they show how much fun we had together! ha ha :)

Well, were should I start? Ok, I guess I will start with this awesome picture of Todd's brother Jim..ha ha!! There were some rope swings at the reservoir that we decided to try out. Well, one of the rope swings didn't last long. Jim was taking a turn on it and as he swung out over the water it totally broke. I am sorry Jim, but it was really funny! I am glad I had my camera to catch this moment!!!! :) There was another rope swing so we all still got a chance to try it and it lasted through all of us!

Todd taking off to make his big splash.

Ouch!! The little splash in this picture is Pace and you can tell by everyone's reactions that it didn't go to well. Pace wanted to try it so bad but was kinda hesitant. When he finally did, he let go of the rope a little early and barely landed in the water. He got a good scratch on his belly but was ok. He came up smiling and said he liked it but he for sure didn't want to go again!

It felt like an eternity that I stood on the stump holding the rope before I finally dared to let go. There was nothing pretty or graceful about my swing, but it was a blast!!! Even though when you landed you could just stand up in the water, Todd still had a noodle ready to throw me to save my life. I am not that good in water!! :)

Briggs cooling off with a popsicle and adding some sticky to all the dirt on him! :)

Todd, Pace, and Jaygen

We had a couple fishing boats there that the guys took out fishing and the kids loved to just go for rides in them.

After all the exciting swimming, we went to the gun range and had a little family shoot-around...lots of fun!

Jaygen shooting his BB gun

Todd is a super good shot!

I got 3 out of 5 when it was my turn...not too bad!

It was such a hot day and we had kept really busy, so i finally got a chance to just float on the water in a tube. Well, it didn't last long. All these cute little kids started splashing me like crazy. It was me against them so I had no chance!! :)

The last day of our get-together was Newton's 24 of July celebration so we decided to join in on all the fun. The celebration started with some fun runs. Some of the grandkids ran the 1 mile and some others ran the 5K. Candace, Melissa, and I also ran the 5K...fun, fun, fun!! The rest of the fam was there to cheer us all on.

Pace did so good running the 1 mile run! Todd rode his bike and kinda followed along with Pace. While he was running, Pace told Todd that is was taking a really, really long time. He did awesome. It was a long way for such a little guy!!

Jaygen was amazing too. He ran the 1 mile in about 9 minutes which I think is so good for a 6 year old! Jaygen is really liking running in these little races...yea!!

I made a PR running the 5K. It was down hill but who cares, right?! I still did it and that is all it took. I have the running bug back so bad now I can't wait for my next race!!!

All the family members that ran a race...good job everyone!!!

We couldn't miss out on the Newton parade. If we would have been late we would have missed it, but that is just the perfect length. They threw good stuff too!!

The kids were having a great time!

After the parade, we headed to the park to get in on all the festivities there. It totally reminded me of Delta but much smaller. I was loving it!!!

No, this isn't a picture of me bossing someone around because I never do that (ha ha) but it is a picture of Briggs getting ready for his little kids race. It was so fun watching them. Briggs didn't really know what was going on, but oh well. None of the kids did!

Pace's turn...the older the kids got, the more serious it got. Pace totally took off!

Jaygen's group was even more serious. Jaygen was totally in it to win!!!

The boys got a little something painted on their faces. Pace wanted a baseball, Jaygen a snake, and Briggs wanted something pink. I whispered to the girl painting that he would just have a basketball...he was not going to have pink. So we just pretended and Briggs thought he got something pink! :)

They had a great big slip n' slide there that Briggs and Pace had a good time on. You can see them both there with their pants falling down..ha ha!

The park had lots of stuff for the kids to do. Jaygen took off and did some things on his own. I know he did a sack race because he came back with a ring pop and said he won it in a race. Who knows what else he did but he had a good time.

That morning we made a spontaneous decision to sign up for a volleyball tournament that day. Our team consisted of Todd's siblings and some of Todd's neighbors from growing up, Todd and Susie Maughan's kids. They were the nicest people ever and I loved getting to know them. I think we all thought we were going to just get beat out because our first game was kinda a disaster but then we won our second game and that changed everything. After that we kept winning! I wish I had more talent to contribute but instead I just kinda pretend I know what is going on. It was double elimination and we finally got beat out and took 3rd place I think. I felt bad our kids were stuck in the heat at the park all day watching us play but it was so fun!!!

Tana, Jim, Ben, Kevin, Todd, Me, Brody, and Tracy...the volleyball rockstars!!!!

I was sad that our reunion was over. We all had a great time! It was really fun getting out and doing all these fun things with Todd's family. Thanks to Kevin and Candace for putting together so much fun!!!