NEW FAMILY PICTURES!

HE"S HOME!!!

so at 3 am thursday morning carson marched into goldner gym and was "officially" welcomed home! YIPEE!!! the kids ended up sleeping over at our friend amy's house. we wanted them to be happy during their first day with daddy so we decided that this worked out the best for our family. so i was the only one to welcome carson home at the ceremony, but it's all good. :-) so this morning i went and picked up the kids. they had no idea that daddy was coming home. and when they walked in the door i told them that i had a surprise waiting for them. they searched for their present and found it! and yes, i was camera happy for the first hour or so. can you blame me?!?!?! HE"S HOME!!!

i was just going through some old pictures of the kids. i thought that i would post a couple of really cute ones from WAY back. they grow up so fast!

joshua being a superhero when he was 2. yes, that is caryn's pink tights and pink headband!

and his first little boy snowman at 2 1/2.

caryn at 8 months. too cute!

and her angel costume for her fist halloween. still have this costume and i bet that i always will!

cristopher 1 week old. i call this look "the alien eyes." carson had the exact same eyes when he was born.

and cristopher at 8 months "pimping" it.+

the first picture of all 3 kids together. cristopher was a 2 weeks old, caryn was16 months old, and joshua was 2 years and 9 months old. my three under 3.

and now look at them! so big and so precious!

so i realize that it's been FAR TOO LONG since i've posted anything! i don't want sumar and kim to get on my case yet again. LOL. things here are going well. carson is on his way home. we're in the single digits til he comes home and we are sooooooo excited! i just wanted to say thank you to all of my friends for being here for me and supporting me throughout the past 12 months. i wouldn't have been able to do it without you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am truly blessed to have so many friends in my corner and supporting me and my family.

GRADUATION!!!

so my oldest child just graduated kindergarten!!! we are soooooo proud of him!!! Bishop school is wonderful and they've done such a great job at teaching him. he now spells the words he knows how to spell instead of saying it. "mom, my shirt is r-e-d." "the grass is g-r-e-e-n." he was very excited about graduation and even more excited that he has summer vacation! actually we are all excited about summer vacation. "no more papers, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks . . ." LOL

CHOPPERS!!!

so i waited on a guest at cracker barrel. her and her husband, bonnie and bill, tour around the country in their choppers (motorcycles) and show them off. what a wonderful way to earn a living, travel and enjoy a life's passion. anyways, they invited me to come and see them and as a special treat to take pictures on their bikes. wow!!! i'm not a biker chick in any way shape or form but even i fell in love. too bad that they cost over $100,000. carson's gonna have to wait a long time before he gets to have one of those!!! and of course the kids had a great time getting on them as well. i was a bit nervous though. don't scratch the paint, get your lolipops off the bikes, don't scuff the seat . . . LOL thankfully bonnie and bill were wonderful and they enjoyed having the kids there so much.