THE WEDDING

We are so happy the wedding was wonderful and we had a fun day with all the family.
Hans and Shelli looked so happy all day long, she wouldn't let Hans see her at all that day even before she put on her wedding dress. They are so fun to watch.


Ed gave a very sweet toast to the newlyweds. You have to know that it was 104 degrees that day and those poor boys were roasting but all managed to look wonderful



There were a couple of meltdowns but you notice it is a father/son problem. JJ had to lean on Ross to get thru and Jake was just tired of all the talking!!


The Bride and Groom were very nice looking but if you wanted to see the cutest people there, look below. These two are such good friends. They danced and CJ even twirled Jenni but she wouldn't let him dip her.

Hans and Jenni have a quiet moment before the wedding, Jenni loves Hans, but she has found a soulmate in Shelli.
All my beautiful babies, (yeah, I know they hate it when I call them that!!) They are trying to stay out of the way, the groomsmen are outside getting their picture taken!!

The Twins turn 4

The twins have turned four. It just seems incredible that they could be so old already. Four short years ago Randi Marie called to tell me her water broke, I wasn't very upset just concerned that it was very early (29 weeks and 5 days) When we got to the hospital they didn't seem too upset, until they had Randi hooked up to everything they could find. Then we saw her Dr (the head of the Neonatal trauma team) running down the hall. This was NOT good. Efrain and I were given scrubs to put on and told to go sit and wait for them to come and get us. We were asked if we had any questions before they took us in with Randi and the teams of Doctors and nures that were standing by to help with the birth of the tiny babies. It was so hard to see those little 2 lb boys being rushed away. But the best sound was their crying all the way down the hall, it wasn't loud but we could hear them!!
Now we see these big boys running around asking for birthday cake. That is their favorite food!! That and trains!! They had a train pinata and train cake, with two sets of tracks and trains that really moved on the cake. Everything was trains. It was so fun. They are healthy, happy and if I do say so myself, the cutest 4 year olds I have ever seen (well besides our CJ, he is the cutest also)

The last one!!

Tonight was the last "back to school" night for my children!! 22 years and 72 back to school teachers to meet with, and it is over. I was greeted with hugs and smiles tonight as I met with Allie's teachers, especially the teacher she TA's for, a nice tribute to Allie was part of the presentation of the class outline. I sat with Maggie's Mom and Tyler's Dad in one class. They all were in the same kindergarten class, we have delightful pictures of them holding hands as scared 5 year olds, and now as they get ready to go off to major universities, we remember how cute they were. (Tyler will get one semester in before his mission. ) These high school years were hard because I had to sit on the Blue and white side and try not to cheer for the black and orange. It was the hardest when I had a child participating wearing blue and white. Ross playing football and basketball and Petra in the band. This is certainly a milestone, I was so sick of going and sitting in classes to find out how busy the teachers were going to make my life each year, and this time I sat grinning. One teacher commented on it, I told him I was just savoring the moment because this child doesn't need the prompting some of the others have needed and this was the last time I would need to hear about homework deadlines and major projects. ahhh memories......

GIRLS CAMP - QUEEN OF THE ROCK!!

Girls Camp was so fun for Allie this year. She was queen of the rock, well until she had to climb down!! It was the last year for Allie and her friends they were the 6th Year YCL's.

They went several miles from camp to go repelling and found this wonderful water fall.



Jayme and Allie went down together, they were singing Disney songs to help them not scream in terror. They look so calm in the picture, but I understand a couple of minutes later the singing started!!
I like the cute bandanas, they were to keep their hair out of the ropes and not in the rocks.

Allie loved the rope swing, it is hard to balance and swing at the same time. By the time you are a 6th year you can show off to the younger girls. This was Allies last swing!! Bye rope swing!!






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Allie and Kristy shared an air mattress at camp. Jayme and Holly's air mattress had a hole in it and they ended up sleeping on the floor. We bought Allie a new air mattress right before camp so she could be comfy her last year. The 6th years have YURTs all to themselves. (YURT = a hut with wooden floors and sides and a canves top. There are wide cots and places for suitcases.)

The gangs all here!! Jayme, Allie, Holly, Kristy. They got to help run girls camp this year. The Stake leaders had them do pretty much everything. There was a bit of a problem with some of the other girls so these fun girls stepped up and took over!! (this kind of frightens me, I have seen these guys in action and putting them in charge is scary!!) They loved it and had a great year.

This is Sister Pickett, she loved her girls. She gave the megaphone to the girls to wake up all the younger campers. Of course this group was a little late but always happy to sing the other campers awake. I am not sure how the leaders felt about this wonderful song fest first thing in the morning. But Allie and her group enjoyed their task!!

So many wonderful memories!!

A Game of Memory anyone??

Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog thoseHere is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories memories

4th of July in Grandma Roskelley's front yard

Isaac, Lance and Jenni enjoy the fireworks in Gee Gee's front yard. The neighbors still had wonderful fireworks even thought Randy next door died this year, his sons took over. We can see the fireworks from the fair grounds even better now that one of the neighbors up the park took out a big tree.
Randi and Efrain were ready to enjoy the fireworks. Efrain was our lighter this year. He helped all the kids with the sparklers and set off all the big fountains for us to watch. Efrain was our master chef and ran the barbeque for the night. We had steaks, chicken, carne asada, and hot dogs. YUM!!

Randi's friend Kenna and her family came to have a barbeque and watch the fireworks also.

Jenni, Isaac and Isiah are waiting in line to get a sparkler. Isiah is a little worried about how bright they are.

3rd of July at the Ball Park

Ed and Petra got us tickets to a RiverCats game at Raley Field, on the 3rd of July they have fireworks also, it was a perfect evening with 80 degree weather. By the time we went home we all had sweaters on.

CJ has his glove and is ready just in case a foul ball comes his way. He had the glove on the entire night, he got so tired he asked Papa to hold his arm up so his glove was ready for the foul ball. It was so sad we never saw even one foul ball come to our section.

This is a blurry picture of what we could see from our seats. The office buildings of down town Sacramento. It was a fun night!!