Happy 10th Birthday Adyson!!!

Adyson will be 10 on Monday November 3rd

Happy Birthday Addy.  We are so lucky to have Addy in our family.  She is very sweet, and a super hard worker.  She works hard at everything she does, including school, piano, running, karate, skiing, wake boarding, and chores.  She likes to do what is right, and we really appreciate her for that!  I can't believe that she is already 10, life goes by toooo fast!!  

Golden Gate Bridge

In January Justin and I went to San Francisco with our good friends Rob and Bethany Matthews.  It rained hard for 2 of the 3 days we were there, but we still had a great time! 

Pacific Beach July 2008

Amanda Surfing

Amanda wanted to know why there wasn't a picture of her surfing so here it is!  Both girls were amazing.  They stood up on their boards the first time they tried!!  Surf's Up!!

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

Skiing or Snow Boarding?

Winter is almost here!

It is getting close to ski season again!  Last year we let the girls snowboard for the first time.  We were hoping they wouldn't like it, but oh were we wrong!!  They LOVED it!  Our favorite place to ski is Alta, Utah and they don't allow snowboarders.  Sorry girls!!!  Maybe we can compromise some times!  

We love being able to go on ski trips and ski with all 4 of our kids, it is sooooo much fun!  Last year Justin and I were on the lift wondering were our kids went, when we saw the 4 of them skiing together under the lift.  It made all the years of teaching and learning worth it, just to see them together having a great time.

Cross Country

Cross Country is our thing! 

All 4 kids are running on the Marshall Ranch Cross Country team this year.  It is so fun to watch them run.  Sometimes my heart starts beating really hard and I get nervous for them!!  I must be too competitive!!   I even cried last Saturday when Addy took first place at the Cactus Invitational.  I know, I'm a goof ball!!

slide ride

for addys birthday our family rented a giant slide and all the family came over to celabrate and enjoy the slide. our cosine kiley spent the night and she and addy put their hair in curlers. this pic was taken the next morning when we all got up early to get our last ride befor we had to take it back. it was one of my favoret days.

sea world rope net

this pic is from sea world at the huge playground on the rope net. 

seg way trip

mom and dad(right) go on a seg way around san fransisco with some good friends.

rhino riding

 tanner and some friends(carter and garrett) go for a rhino ride out by lake plesant for a great day of fun!

Crazy tubing!

Amanda, Addy, and Whitney all on the tube when they hit a wave and went flying!

sea world, san diego

    JAWS! While in san diego we visited sea world and the shark museum to see all the sharks and all there teeth! We snapped this photo with a vary large jaw behind the kids. 

kayak

this is Alyssa, Addy and Amanda with some of there friends(Emily and Whitney) in the kayak.

skate boarding family fun

Heres all of us in San Diego. We all went skate boarding (in our jammies!) 

family fun

Hi this is Alyssa and this is all new to me sooo lets start with a little bit about each person in our family. 

Justin:He is in the prosess of going though all of our family photos and scanning them all into the computer so we can keep them forever. 

Melynda: she is busy being a mom to her 4 kids and haveing fun reading the twilight serise.She is reading breaking dawn (the last one)right now. 

Alyssa:she has started 8th grade and has tons of homework. she is reading the magk serise right now and enjoys them vary much. 

Amanda:she has just started 7th grade and has started the twilight serise recently. she is reading the first one. 

Adyson:has started 4th grade and loves her teacher. addy is doing well learing how to play the piano. 

Tanner: he has just started 2nd grade and is practicing the ABCs in school. 

so theres some awsome stuff about us and i hope you enjoy looking at our blog!