Katie and her heart stopping week!

We started off our Sunday morning with the sound of Craig's treadmill turning on at full speed and hearing Katie scream as she was thrown into the wall. She was then turned over and over again until I (Debi) could get to her running at full speed in my high heels. To say the least we were all very shaken for a while but she luckily walked away with only a minor scrape on her cheek and elbow.

Now she topped that one today!!!

The wind has been blowing like crazy here for a few days and we had some shingles come off. Craig our hero/handyman went up on the roof to fix them.

Craig had gotten on to the roof through an upstairs window but had closed it almost all the way. Katie decided to try to follow Craig. She pushed a chair up to the window and proceeded to shimmy the window open till she could squeeze through. Craig is tied to a rope so not really able to get around quickly. I was in the kitchen and I heard this in a very loud voice," Katie! Stop! Noooo Stop!" I ran up the stairs to find her but somehow Craig had gotten there like superman!

He ran across the roof after somehow uniting himself to get to her within a few seconds. When she had gotten on to the roof she was on the part that is only a little steep but then decided to try to get to Craig by stepping onto the very steep part. About like this slash /. Craig looked over and saw her start to teeter towards the edge and when he yelled she turned to look at him and it made her fall towards the window area again. So when she landed she was sitting with her feet out in front of her on the part of the roof that is not very steep.

She did scrape up her leg a bit but she most assuredly has an angel with her because she did not fall. We are counting our blessings right now because tonight could have gone very different.

Still Shaking over that one!!!!!!!!

Zions Spring 2009

We went to Zions again. It is so nice down there that it makes it hard to come home. Even with the wind and bit of rain we got it was still so green and pretty that we wanted to stay for a week. But we missed the girls so we hurried home anyway.

Middle Emerald Pool

Upper Emerald Pool


Back at the campsite.

Me next to a really green rock that does not look very green in this picture.


The view from our campsite.




Middle Emerald Pool


Hiking trail from the pools.

He Loves Me!!!!!

I came home today to find these on my counter.

!!!!!!!!!XOXOXO!!!!!!!!!

Katie's first 7 years!

This is a very long slide show. It lasts about 13 minutes. I put it on here so that my Mom could see it. Remember it is of pictures over the last 7 years. I made it for Katie's Birth Grandparents for Easter. I sent them a CD of it. Anyway, hope you enjoy!

Smarty Pants!

It's the end of the third quarter and Alexys finally got beyond the 3.9 mark. She has been trying for a 4.0 so she could get a lap top. We are so proud of her. She always tries her hardest and we couldn't ask for more than that. She is a good person and deserves it. Way to go Alexys!

The Play Mulan!

Alexys had the chance to be in the play Mulan. She played Mulan's Mother

This picture is of her and the girl that played Mulan and Mulan's Grandmother.

This scene is when Mulan is getting ready to meet the match maker and she is late.

This is the first big scene with everyone on stage.

Alexys is in the middle right of the pic, you can only see a slice of her face.

This is the final scene. The big ending song and dance!

Alexys and Suzie at the end of the play when Mulan returns home.

A few of Alexys' friends after the play was over showing off there best stuff!

They do have fun together!

Jump into Spring!

As soon as the snow is gone

Alexys is ready for the trampoline.

It's not completely gone but it is getting closer every minute!

Alexys and her friend Alyssa setting everything up.

Freezing cold hands!!

Always the comedian!

Katie has a bad cold so she has to look out

from the dining room window at all the action.

She can't wait till it warms up more today!

Birthdays!!

Alexys turned 14 on Friday!

It's is crazy to think how fast it all goes,

but I do hope I always to remember the little moments

that make it so much fun!

Alexys got a blender for her birthday.Ha ha! She was excited about it but we also decided to take for a day of shopping on Sat. and let her pick out her own clothes.

I think she had a good time.

(No, we did not buy the hats, it was tempting though!)

Alexys & Kaeli have been friends since they were 4 and they always have so much fun together.

This is what they do!

Always the Divas

This is from way back in January on Katie's Birthday at Cold Stone

The Tetons on a beautiful winters eve!!!

I Love Old Barns!

These are some old barns I found around Fremont county. I just love to think of all the years they have seen.

Our Afternoon Together!

We had such a good time up at Harriman State park on Wed. We knew it would be the last beautiful day before the clouds moved in so I asked Craig to take me cross country skiing. We have not had a chance to go up there this year and I'm so glad we did it. The weather was warm and the swans and ducks were everywhere. I am a little sore but not as bad as I thought I would be. What a beautiful world we live in!

Kaite's Birthday!

Katie turned 7 today! She got dressed up with her birthday crown and is having a great day! She was excited about her birthday breakfast that her sister Alexys prepared for her. A pancake shaped like a bunny w/ chocolate chips and whip cream on top. After that she opened her big gift. Her roller coaster! She loves it. She had to take her balloons for a ride! So much fun!!!!!Happy Birthday Katie!

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a great New Year Celebration. We had some of our friends over. We didn't do much more than just eat good food and talk. We did play a few games. We had some fireworks that we set off at midnight. I think it was a good evening. We spent a few nights at our friends cabin in Squirrel up past Ashton. We had fun even though the weather was nasty. The wind blew so hard that you could see the wall move. We spent most of our time inside playing the Wii or other games. We stayed busy the entire time. Craig did make a sled trail to go on. He took the tube down again the day we left and it popped on the ice. All that wind caused a layer of ice to form on top of the snow. We then went up to spend Saturday in Island Park. We went sledding and Snow machining. I took a bit of a spill on my machine but walked away fairly intact. My helmet flew off and the machine was about thirty feet away but no broken bones. My nephew Cameron said he saw me in the superman position when he first turned and looked back at me. Pretty fun stuff! Overall we had a good time this New Years. We send our love!