Reflecting on 2009

I heart baseball . I love watching my boys play, grow , learn, laugh and sometimes even struggle. I heart the people you meet, being outdoors, eating icee's and having family and friends come together to cheer my boys on. I love it ! It is my favorite time of year and it's coming up quickly. I'm excited for the new season.

2009 was the year of running for J and he did outstanding ! I think he placed in the top 3 in nearly every race he competed in. And he's planning on doing the SLC marathon this April. After that he says he's retiring.

Little getaways to the Hilton with the boys is one of my fondest memories this year and something we will continue to do with the boys. Because everyone needs a night to just be silly and take a break from life as we know it.

Cole was baptized and now has something in common with mama . We were both baptized by Grandpa Syme. Cole such a good boy . Love him .....

J with his brother in cabo . They are so HOT !!!!!!

Cabo feels like forever ago . I can't believe that this vacation was in 2009. I need more of them , I love traveling and hope it is something that will become a bigger part of our life's. It's not looking to promising this year. But I do love it and hope that soon it's some thing we will be in a position to do more often.

Heather's hemp tattoo .. there is a freckle right under Tinks bum looks like she's poopin. We laughed for hours about this .

Playing on the beach ... nothing makes me feel like a kid again like playing in the water and being swept away by the waves. Constant laughing. I heart the beach.

Oh we are so cute. 1 hot couple !

My baby sis getting married. After years of saying it was never happening, it did . And I think she's pretty dang happy and I'm happy for her.

So that's it 2009 in a nutshell . I usually set goals and nothing comes from it. So this year I decided just to focus on things that me happy or have the potential to make me happy. If I'm doing the things that put a smile on my face I think I'll have a amazing year in 2010 ! And I hope you do as well ! love ya !

How cute is this ?????

I absolutely love this. How fun would this be for a Mother's day gift. This is definitely on my wish list. Anyway she has the cutest jewelery. If you need ideas for your moms you should check it out . A little pricey but seriously cute. http://www.lisaleonardline.com/

V.I.P and Another Birthday .....

Sorry I have been M.I.A for awhile. I haven't been motivated to do this blog lately. When i started this blog it was for the benefit of my family that was out of state. Well now my older brother and his family are home from N.Y. and here to stay ! YEA ! I couldn't be happier because I love his family so very much. And my other brother who lives in Mississippi has given up on blogging and switched to facebook months ago. So it leaves me wondering who the hell reads this anymore. Anyway, I think I've decided to stick with it because it helps me remember things I would other wise forget. It's a little journal I guess and good to look back on when I'm scrapping. So I will continue but, it might not be as often as it once was.

Here are a few pics. of Jason's Birthday , and Cole's very special V.I.P day at school .

V.I. P day for Cole was great for me. It was a day for us to tell Cole's class stories about him but I learned a lot about cole from his class and teacher instead. This is what the kids said about Cole 1. Cole is friends with everyone . 2. The girls think he is super handsome. 3. He is the king of soccer. 4. his teacher said she was impressed with how humble Cole was when receiving so many great compliments from the kids. (I guess most boys flex their muscles and act all cocky. )Anyway I was glad to hear that Cole is kind to everyone. It impressed me that he never excludes any of the kids. The girls liked him because he let them play soccer with him . Even though they can't beat him. And they weren't shy about telling him how cute he was. ha ha so funny ! Cole hated the girls saying he was cute because he thought it meant they wanted him to be their boyfriend. Funny stuff !

the boys love the bumper cars !

Joe riding his bedazzled horse ! W T H ?

Jason and his parents.

The big 38 2 years tell 40. I'm a little scared . He is a big kid though so I think we'll be alright.!

Us on a super scary ride ! NOT !

Let's play catch up...

Cole turned 8 on the 28 th of September. We had a ice skating party for him and his buddies from school. Only 1 of them had ever been ice skating before so they were a little scared at first but , after a few falls, a couple pep talks and a minute of hanging on to me or Cole they seemed to get the hang of it. I was impressed !


Cameion,me,Brenton,cole, Jason ,Josh , Skyler, Joe and my Dad

These little guys were so cute . I was relieved we left without any injuries !

Jason competed in another race at Snowbird ..4 grueling miles up a steep mountain. It took him a little over an hour he placed 15th overall and 3rd in his age group. I was grateful to take the tram to the top. Afterwards we hung out at Octoberfest and the kids enjoyed an all day pass for, The Alpine side, rock climbing, zip lines, and trampolines. It was a good weekend !

Besides that I've painted both the boy's room and I think they turned out pretty well . Now I just need to decorate . I'm working on a scrapbook project for my MIL. And hoping it will turn out cute . I'm also thinking I should send some more pages in to Creating Keepsakes . One of these days I will be published . I can achieve the impossible right ? : ) And I've been reading some books in photography .. I want to take better photographs , I love pictures ! One day I'll have a kick a.. camera and fabulous photos of my family and friends. While I'm dreaming I'm going to open up a scrap book boutique. ( Jason thinks I'm ridiculous but a girl can dream right ? ) Anyway enough rambling about nothing .....

Camping Pictures

This was a brilliant idea ,jumping shots rock ! I will be sure to do this again.



We had a great time camping, the fries at Defa's were so yummy , the boys spent all day shooting BB guns and me and Kelly laid out by the river bank. While the boys went fishing we spent an hour or longer taking pictures mostly of us jumping . And a few model shots of me and kelly....watch out wilameana were going to be your next top models . ( Right Kelly ) HEHE ! Totally kidding but, we did have to much fun taking silly pictures.

My model shot !

Me, Jason, Kelly, Neil

White Trash & Red Necks .....

We are all so very hot ! I think this may be my new look ! Hottetst red necks ? Yes Sir, No Sir, Maybe

He really is so talented !



The guys !

All the buds at the pool.

The Birthday Boy and me.

THE GALS !

makes for an excellent theme party ! Our friend Brett turned 36 last weekend and had a fabulous red neck/ TPT party. We had so much fun shoppin at the D for our outfits ... I seriously hate the D, it makes me nauseated but J was entertaining trying on overalls that were not at all flattering . I won't go into detail ...you don't want scary images stuck in your head. Anyway we came up with some pretty ridiculous outfits ! What do you think ? Aren't we super hot ?! I think J is the best not being biased or anything he just really put himself out there . So much fun !

We went swimming with J's work buds on Saturday as well . Another fantastic weekend with over the top friends . Tomorrow we are going camping with J's family, I'm excited. Unfortunately we haven't done alot of camping this year. So I'm overly excited for yummy breakfast's in the morning, late nights around the fire playing charades and fries from Defa's cafe. I'm a camping girl !

Have a great weekend !

Back to School

School 's in session and so far everything is going well. Joe really likes his new teacher and is loving that they switch teachers for every subject. I paused for a minute when he said they were doing this and realized my gosh they are getting him ready for Junior High. I seriously can't believe I have a fifth grader . I'm so not ready for him to grow up . I wish I would have realized how fast the years would pass by from babies to pre -teens UGH !

He really likes his math teacher and I'm hoping that will be a good thing since he struggles in math . Unfortunately he took after his mom in that subject. Don't you wish we could pick only the positive things we have to offer and pass those few things on only !

Cole I thing would have liked to have another month as a street rat , running and playing with all the neighborhood kids. He doesn't seem to be a big fan of school . But he says his teacher is OK . He enjoys P.E. , playing soccer at recess and Art. Hopefully he'll get more enthused as the year goes on. Here's a few pictures !

Second Grade

Fifth Grade