Our shopping spree in Park City...

Our trip to Park City
Don't our pedicures look cute?
Out to dinner in Park City with me, Mandy, Marcie, Misty, and Marin

I miss you all.........

New cuts for the kids...

A flip for Sadie....
A bob for Haylie
A spike for Carden

Family Pictures Fall of 2007

Mike and Marcie and Devan and Austin
JR and Marin
Dan and Misty and Mason, Merrick, Mcky and Marcus

Jon and Mandy and Carden, Ali, Sadie, and Haylie

Random pictures of Mandy's kids....

The poser...
Yea, I'm cute..
My secret pirate life...
Contemplating the pirate's life....
At the splash park

Photo shoot

Yesterday Mandy and I went to a shoot for the Backyard Adventures catalogue. They make outdoor playsets for kids with swings and climbing walls and slides and all sorts of fun equipment. Mandy's 3 kids were in the shoot along with a host of other kids and stage moms. It was from 2-5 in the afternoon but the shooting has been going on all week from 9am to 7pm. It was fun to watch her girls in each shoot. Carden was in some too but since he is only 41/2 he had trouble taking direction and would either move about the equipment too soon or not do what they wanted. He also slipped in the mud right after the first shoot and Mandy was scrambling to clean him up before the next shoot. It was a long afternoon but the kids did really well. Mandy wanted to take some pictures of them while the shoot was going on but chasing after Carden and Ali was about all we could manage. I hope to take them to Gardener Village later today but I'll try to find pictures of them to post. Mandy got all their hair cut. Sadie's hair is just above her shoulders and flips up just like I wore mine in high school. Haylie's is in a cute a-line bob and Carden's is short and spikey. Ali's is still long but trimmed up. They were the cutest kids there! Mandy definitely doesn't want her kids in modeling, too much work keeping them clean and constantly smiling. I took Sadie and Haylie to play tennis the other day and they did really well! Sadie and I hit the ball aback and forth 24 times before I finally missed. They're pretty good!

Wheeler Farm

Wheeler Farm was fun but hot and (unusually) humid. AND we forgot water! Climbing in and out of bushes and stickers was a bit sweaty but we still had fun and met a family from Louisiana letterboxing also. They belong to a club and exchange info, much more involved than us so it was interesting to meet others. After, since we had Misty's 3 boys we decided to give each of the 7 gr.kids $2. to spend at the Farmer's Market to see if they couild pick out a healthy snack. Mason chose yogurt, Sadie - popcorn and fruit leather, Haylie - fruit leather and she gave Marcus some of her money to buy chocolate and yogurt covered pretzels, Carden and Merrick each chose a banana and a vitamin drink, Ali chose animal crackers, Mandy - peaches and I chose Cherries. It was a bit hectic with Carden and Merrick tearing through store but the others were very good and I would do it again. Mandy on the other hand said she was definitely not having any more kids! Later that evening we went to our friend Brecken's house for a BBQ and farewell party for both Mandy and Misty's B- ball coach Becky Anderson who is retiring from Murray School District. It was great fun and their backyard is 1/2 acre with a slide, tramp and they blew up the raft the teams used to go down the river in and all the kids had a great time jumping on, over and around it. We ate on the deck and the kids just played and played while we all renewed old acquaintences. A fun-filled day!