24th of July

Monroe Utah has a big town celebration for the 24th of July. Our friend Jenna is from there and told the guys about a 3 on 3 tournament so they put a team together. They close down the mainstreet and put up basketball hoops and they play a night tournament under the lights. It's pretty cool. Jenna's mom adopted some strays and kept us for the night. She fed us chocolate pancakes for breakfast that were amazing. We stayed for the parade and it made me want to live in a small town even more than I already do.





at the parade in Monroe on July 24th, the Ledbetters, the Dye's, and the Fosters
playing in the tournament at night

our tough lil 3 on 3 team: Forrest, Colton, and his friend Jake he works with

How we should treat our families

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
'Oh excuse me please' was my reply.


He said, 'Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you..'


We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.


But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.


Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.


When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown.


He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.


While I lay awake in bed, God's still small voice came to me and said,


'While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.


Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.


Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.


He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.'


By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.


I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said.


'Are these the flowers you picked for me?'
He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.


I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.'


I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.'
He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway.'


I said, 'Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'


FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.


And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?


Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

GRADUATING!!! and camping and my little brother graduating and his state track...

Camping up past Navajo Lake with the Bracken's and the Torres' last weekend, it was great!

My parents and us at our graduation

Being the poster children of SUU

Colton's eye's closed #1


Don't know why our family made us pose like wedding pictures again, eeewww! :)
we did it!
I didn't even get a picture of just them and me...they really do love him more than me lol!


Colton's eyes closed #2 (I didn't include Colton's eyes closed #3 and #4 because I was getting tired of uploading all of these pictures. Let's just say it's a good thing we took a lot so his eyes are open in a couple of them!)


Picking on Taryn as usual :)

Walking to get my diploma
President Monson was the honorary speaker at our graduation! I'll try and get pics from my mother inlaw as soon as I can!
my family at Kanden's graduation BBQ
yep...I claim them!


walking to good ol "Pomp and Circumstance" from the High School Band
Coach "sis" just preppin the star at his senior state track meet, showin the *bling*
He didn't jump as far as he should of but he did really well still! I'm proud of him!




Last phase of trimple and coming into the sand
Kanden doing run throughs

I'm selling Mary Kay! Need a Consultant?

Other than graduating from SUU this weekend (wooohooo!), the new update in my life is I am a glamorous, hoppin Mary Kay Consultant! I've been doing this for about a month now and honestly, I LOVE it!!! If anyone needs a consultant, I am your girl. I don't want to steal you from anyone else, unless your family. If your family and you like me :) then most consultants understand the switch over. I'm not allowed to use the "D" word (you know the one where you get amazing deals because you know me, they are often a number with a % attached!), but if your a friend or family leave me a note and I'll tell you about those special "D's". Especially if your family, because I would love to take care of you! It's been so fun pampering those I love!

A little about me...

A little about me...

I tag brea, tamaran, holls, amanda, and anyone else

ABC Tag:
A: Addiction ~ milk, weird I know
B: Breakfast (what you eat) ~ leftovers, yogurt, frozen waffles, english muffins, cake, ...nothing is really off limits :)
C: Chocolate or Chips ~ chips, i would rather eat a whole bag of chips n dip than chocolate, even though I do like chocolate
D: Dessert or Appetizers ~ probably appetizers but why not both?!
E: Essential Items ~ hoodie, i'm actually pretty content when i intentionally forget my cell phone
F: Favorite Color ~ lime green
G: Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms ~ yummy if their soft
H: Hometown ~ Rangely, CO
I: Indulgence ~ martinelli
J: January or July ~ July! I think January is one of the most awful months of the year because there's nothing special about it really, New Year's feels more like a December holiday.
K: Kids ~ dilemna within
L: Life isn’t complete without ~ Colton, and sports
M: Most exciting memory ~ my cruise with Colton
N: Number of brothers & sisters ~ 3 younger brothers with one celestialized already-lucky duck!
O: Oranges or Apples ~ depends on the mood, i like to mix it up with food
P: Phobias or Fears ~ the dark-i've had nightmares of scary men my whole life, and spiders-even the non poisonous ones!
Q: Quote ~ I want to come up with a favorite quote that sums me up and is all mine...but I haven't found one yet...:(
R: Reading currently ~ text books for school, i would kill to read for pleasure these days
S: Summer or Spring ~ both as long as it's not snowing in the spring, i like all of the seasons except winter
T: Tag 6 People ~ brea (cus she hasn't updated her blog in weeks and maybe cyd and i can gang up on her!) tamaran, amanda, holls, and whoever else wants to
U: Unknown fact about me ~ i sleep with a stuffed frog every night, colton is jealous of my frog
V: Vacation I want to go on ~ anywhere with tropical anything-cruises, palm trees, beaches, etc.
W: Walking or Running ~walking...i hate running
X: X-Ray or Ultrasound ~ dumb question
Y: Your favorite Food ~ probably the american cowboy steak house food, whatever category it would fall in
Z: Zoo or Bowling ~ Zoo..."Take her to the zoo. I hear retards like the zoo!"

The REAL reason for Christmas-in April!

Do You See What I See? from Mountainview on Vimeo.

This is my friend Drew from high school. I thought this was really neat, even though he isn't a member. It made me think a lot. I guess they did one for easter too, that will be interesting to see when they get it up.

EXPLANATION

I have about 300 pictures on my phone from the last year. I decided to finally sit down and put the ones I wanted on the blog. My last 4 blogs are updates of old stuff first up to Valentines. Maybe someday I'll just keep up with it instead of waiting a year! hmmm...probably not