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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Marlee's Senior Pictures

Better a year late than never!

I miss this beautiful girl!!!

BFF Katie joined in the photoshoot fun.

And then another BFF, Michelle.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Ok, so my June photo-a-day was a bit of a failure. Pretty suckish, really. But I won't dwell on it. No time for dwelling.

So here's how the rest of June, 2013 went down......

After getting Max off on his 5-day, 50-mile-hike Scout Camp, and getting Marlee all packed up, I drove her up to Provo for Summer School.

She was SO ready.

Not a bit sad to leave.

Which is good. I guess.

We got her all set up in her Hinckley Hall dorm room.

I was flooded with BYU freshman year memories & was SO excited for her.

And then it was time for me to head back home.

And Mars headed off to a freshman mixer.

And I cried a little bit as I drove all the way back to AZ in my empty Suburban by myself.

And then I got kinda freaked out when I started getting texts from her about all of the RM's she was meeting & hanging out with!

Jake finally got his permit.

Caroline's bandaid fetish was still going strong.

And she grew more & more dramatic & hilarious with each passing day.

And then I ended the month with a little Scottsdale girls weekend with my two besties.

I love these guys!!

Then we were off to Coronado for the 4th, then straight to Montana, then an 8-day road trip on the way home.

Wish me luck on getting all of those pictures blogged!!

Sunday, June 30, 2013

June 19th

Trying to get this girl to stop watching Sherlock long enough to get her room packed up!

Friday, June 28, 2013

June 18th

My little ray of sunshine.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

June 17th

FHE at the lake.

And the last Family Home Evening before Marlee leaves for BYU.

We can't help pointing out all of the "last times" happening lately.

Like she's dying or something.

Lots of swimming time while we worked on getting the ski rope untangled from the prop. Hate it when that happens!

But overall, a great time.

Why don't we do this more often???

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

June 15th & 16th

We spent Father's Day weekend ditching the kids.

Had a little stay-cation at the Royal Palms. It totally rocked!!

Best Father's Day I've ever had!

We were back home on Sunday with plenty of time for the kids to show Daddy some love. Combing his back & his legs, and giving foot "massages".

Boy do we love this Daddy.

Happy Father's Day, baby!!!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

June 14th

For the last four months, Marlee's been training with Rob here, (whom we like to call Jason Bourne), in Krav Maga, which is "a tactical martial system developed in Israel that consists of a combination of techniques sourced from boxing, Muay Thai, Wing Chun, judo, jiu jitsu, wrestling, and grappling, along with realistic fight training. It is known for it's focus on real-world situations & extremely efficient and brutal counter-attacks." So basically, you don't want to mess with Mars. And apparently, she's quite good at it. She's almost done with her training to become a certified instructor in it, which includes sending a video of her to the top Krav Maga guys in the Israeli Defense Forces for approval.
They practice with fake guns & knives & even pens. Not just self-defense, but how to get the knife from the guy & then how to use it on him.
Crazy stuff!

It's so nice to not have to worry about her, especially as she goes off to college. Actually, I feel sorry for anyone who does mess with her. She almost knocked out a SWAT team guy she was practicing with the other day. For reals!!