The Posse Jake Shot with.

Jake shooting.

Jake's gang!!
Bordertown 2008

Here are some pictures from when Jake went to

Bordertown at the end of October.

I haven't put work pictures on my personal blog

for a long time because I wanted to keep things

seperate. However, I just wanted to let everyone know

that my dear friend Tiffany started her own little

baking business and is making the yummiest treats

just in time for the holidays! I helped her by taking

pictures of these goodies for her blog. Liz was

able to get in on the fun too. She was the "backdrop"

holder. Thanks Tiff for the plate of goodies too!!

http://tiffany-sweettooth.blogspot.com/

She features new items every couple of weeks. So if

you want to order some goodies for the holidays

she's the one to call!!!

Shadow's Makeover

Before

After

Shadow has been needing and trim and a bath

for awhile, and this morning I couldn't handle

it anymore!!! I called Petsmart and got him

in. Now he doesn't look so shaggy!!! What

a pretty dog.

Friday night Pizza Night!!!

YUMMY!

Well for Christmas Mom gave me some great Pizza

Pans. I haven't pulled them out to use yet, and later in

the year she sent me some fun flours to play with,

so we decided to finally use our Present and have

family pizza night.

The pizza turned out Great!!! The crust was awesome. The problem

is, was it the flour or the pan that made it so great..... oh well

we will find out when the flour runs out and we have to use

the regular stuff. We usually just order pizza on Fridays, but

we are trying to cut out needless spending, and boy, having

the kids jump in we had a great time and great Pizza!!

Yeah!!!! Visitors!!!!

We don't get a ton of visitors, and as a family we

get excited when someone comes to town.

Aunt Karen and Uncle Bruce were on there way to

a romantic weekend get away in Pinetop and visited

us for a few hours. We get to see Uncle Bruce atleast once

sometimes a couple times of year, because he has business

trips and he always drops in for a visit. Which we really appreciate

because we get lonely down here some times. This time we were

especially excited because Aunt Karen came with him. Luckily

I had a tripod and a timer on my camera so we were able

to get a family picture. We are planning on going to Washington

this summer and can't wait to see the rest of the family!!

PS. Thanks Jacob for giving them this fun vacation so they

could drop by and visit us!!

Halloween!!

Ok I was lazy this year. I bought a costume

for Liz and talked Sam into being a military guy

and just wearing Dad's cami's. Though this year

I have to say was pretty fun. We had a ward

trunk or treat party and Chili cook off. Jake won

the meatiest chili award. And I was able to be a judge

for the costume contest. And I have to say that

was a hard job, because all the kids were so cute!!

A couple of days before Halloween I walked fliers

around my neighborhood and invited parents to

bring their kids to have their kids come over and

get their pictures taken. We had several people

take me up on the opportunity. I set up everything in

the garage and as people were trick or treating I took a few pictures.

Thus the picture of Liz, she was my test shot!!

Liz went trick or treating with Jake, and Sam went

with his friends. Next year though I hope to

be a little better planned and let the kids have a

Halloween party.......

Relay For Life

Our Team!! (Jayden on the right is the Captain)

Jayden had a great idea to bring his guitar

and play songs to raise money. And it worked!!

Here are a few of the boys working the Bake Sale

Sam and Dax getting ready to make a few laps

on the Track! (Sam's funky hair is due to the

fact that he was dressed up as Wolverine from

X-men because we were super hero's)

We won the award for the Top Youth Team Fundraiser!!

Thanks to family and friends who donated money,

and thanks to Bashas and Shamrock farms who donated

a ton of stuff for our Bake Sale!!! Seriously.... Bashas a

locally owned Grocery store originally donated 10 dozen

donuts which was awesome, but when we got there they

donated tons of items from their Bakery!!! Then Shamrock

farms, a local Dairy Supplier donated 1000 cartons of milk!!

So our team over all raised $2003!!!

Here is everyone on the team in our Superhero masks.

Liz is on the right in the Bat girl costume.

Jayden and Ken Osborne!! Ken and I were the

chaperones who stayed the whole night!! We

each had to take a nap. We both commented

on how long it had been since we had each done

an "all nighter" and we were much younger then.....

Me and my girls!!!!

Tiffany Joyner (middle) and Jessica Osborne (right)

LOVE THEM!!!!

We had the wonderful opportunity a few weeks ago

for the kids and I to participate in the Relay for Life

with some friends of ours. It was a great experience for

the kids and I and we are all excited to do it again

next year. The kids had a great time. We showed up

at 5:30 to set up in the evening and got home the next

morning around 6:30. Our team was awesome. All the

kids participated helping to raise money and always

keeping someone on the track. Before the Relay, we

raised money from wonderful donations from friends and

family. Then that night we continued to raise money by

having a bake sale and a Pin the "S" on Superman game.

Our team was the Super Heros and we centered everything

around that theme. By the end of the night our team won

the title of highest amount raised for a youth team.

The great thing about that is that we also won a pizza

party with the kids.(So more pictures to follow).

I want to personally thank all our friends and family raise

money for such a great cause!

Ben visits the Boys!! Aren't these the best looking guys ever?

(besides the ones living at my house)
Ezra Wyatt
Sporting some "Winter wear"
Wyatt in the snow
Look at that grin!!
Looks like a snowball fight getting ready to
break out!!

Cute Ezra
Cute Wyatt
Great Brothers!!

Ben got to go see his boys last week, and took these

pictures. I thought I would post them so everyone

could see how cute they are!! Not that we didn't know

all ready. I am really excited because they are

going to come down for a visit for Thanksgiving.

I can't wait to give them tons of hugs and kisses.

Bad Teeth Day

So I woke up this morning and while still in

bed, one side of my teeth fell out. I'm thinking,

great, well I will just wait till Monday. Then I

eat a bagel for breakfast, yes from Einstein's/

And trying to be careful from breaking the

other side, I chew only on the side that is

still glued in. And I take a couple of bites of

my bagel and hear a crunch. And sure enough

the other side crumbles into pieces. So yes, I

am sitting here at my computer without my

teeth. Waiting for 12:15 to go to the dentist.

Anybody have a money tree so I can finish this

thing once and for all?

http://http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=44287812

My friend Tiff had this on her blog,
and so far this is the best of the trailers that
I have seen! We are all excited to see it,
even Sam is reading the books now.

Zoo Trip

The kids have Fall break this week.

So we decided to go to the zoo. We

haven't visited the Pheonix zoo since

we have been here, so we thought it would

be fun. Here are some cute pictures

from our day.

Sam made some homemade granola for the day!!

It sure was yummy


Nap time for the Tiger

Do you have your ducks in a row? We have

our turtles in a row!

What will they think of next? I mean really,

do I really need paper made out of Poo?

The great thing about the zoo is that you

are able to bring your bikes and ride on the

trails. We didn't know that until we got

there so we will have to bring our bikes the next time.