More Lake Powell Pics

Jon crashed out

Dad with kiddos on boat, about to be thrown off the tube....Haha! Thanks Dad!

Addison's favorite place, under the coffee table.

Heidi, Kylie, and Jonathon

Geoff and Meg

Lake Powell

We went on a houseboat trip with my Dad to Lake Powell. We had a blast! I was a bit nervous with the kids around water all day but they all survived! It was nice to get to know my step brother and sister better, since I really have no contact with my brother Mike. We had a great week of jet skis, tubing, horseshoe and lasso golf tournaments. We hope to make it an annual trip.

Clayton's first home run!

Clayton played his first year of kid pitch this year! It was a very interesting one... we weren't a huge fan of his coach. I willl leave out the details, I am moving on. We couldn't have ended the season better. During the last game that Clayton would be in, he hit his first in park homerun! When we talked to him about it and congratulated him he said, " I wish my home run hit my coach in the head!" But, that is another story!! He may look like me, but he inherited his dad's anger issues! Way to go Clayton! I hope you hit a few more next season!

Sadly, these are all pics from 2 years ago. This year he played for the White Sox and Russ kept score while I attempted to keep Addison entertained! So the camera never became a possibility!

Jonathon's last day of school

All the kids are finally out of school! Jonathon is moving to another school again! This will be his third preschool in three years. Good thing he is social like his dad! Here are some pics from his last day including his best friend Tyler!

Hip hop pics

We missed Celeste's dance recital last weekend but I have some pictures of how cute she would have looked! This is Gabby and Celeste and their pictures before pictures after full hair and make-up. Thanks to Debbie for getting them ready and so beautified!

Day of Fun

Nice family pic huh? Mom is choking Jonathon.... actually she is trying to turn his head to face the camera! He was doing everything he could to get out of the pictures!

Can anyone smile at the same time?

Really?

(Through Celeste's eyes)

Today, our family went to check out the new Wildlife Zoo & Aquarium. There were soo many animals! The kids had a blast looking at all the different animals. Before looking at the pictures, let me just tell you it took us a long time to get one good family picture....but we got one! Enjoy the pictures!

Addison is completely oblivious to the crazy family she became a part of!

Thanks Jen for help with captions....now if I could only figure out how to edit the others without deleting.

Time flying by

End of Flag football season. 3rd place!

(Our friend Ni took this picture of Addison, and I love it)

What is it with girls and these silly lips

( Celeste with the camera and her mirror twin!)

I was reminded today that I never update me blog! I try, but how can I do that when I rarely do the laundry!! Plus, my wonderful daughter, also decided to let me know that Clayton and Jonathon have more pictures on this than she does so I will have to just submit a picture for every gray hair she has given me.

Tax season is almost over...thank goodness. I know Russ is busy during this time and I hate that he has to work so many hours. However, how can I not feel sorry for myself during this time! I'm selfish, I can't wait for it to end! I feel like during this time I have a decent understanding of what a single mom goes through! I feel like I have 100% more work and half the time to do it. Woe is me.

Moving on...Celeste is still an amazing teenager! Not giving me an ounce of trouble. (HAHA!) Loving junior high. Loves her dance class too! Although we are not allowed to watch her EVER. We are going to have to hide in the audience for her recital.

Clayton is in his first season of kid pitch baseball. We think he will be pitching his first game on Friday. I may have to cover my eyes, and not sit with Russ! The games are nerveracking. What am I going to do when he is 16?

Jonathon is still in speech therapy, I think he is doing so much better! He is such a trooper getting drug all over the place taking kids to school, to practices, or just staying out of the way so I can take care of Addison. He is a pretty sweet kid although, has a mischevious side. Mother's guilt usually plagues me at the end of the day when I realize I didn't give him any one on one time. I need to do better!

Addison is starting to crawl. She is finding all kinds of goodies on the floor. The other day, she found a nice pumpkin seed in the carpet. NICE! She sleeps through the night... which is more than I can say for the 4 year old mentioned above!

Please don't proof read this, just be happy it's posted!