In Memory & The Cowboy Poetry

Every year in Elko they hold the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Joann was very involved in it and enjoyed everything about it! She met so many wonderful friends and artist while being a volunteer. She did get me and Logan into it a little,though we are not helping this year do to the arrival of our son. Anyways the other day I was in town and went to pick up a packet for my mother n law and this lady Cleo stopped me and said how much she missed seeing Joann and this year just isn't the same with out her. She asked me if I had seen Joanns picture in the program book and I said no cause I'm not volunteering. Cleo told me to go see Vicki up in her office, so when I did Vicki handed me a book and said this is for you. When I got in my car, I read it and I started to bawl!!!!!!!!!! It is so neat that such a big organization recognized such a wonderful woman like this. A few months before Joann passed away I went and spent some time with her and she started crying, saying this is the biggest year of the Cowboy Poetry and she was going to miss it. I said no your not cause I know you will be there in spirit! By the way it is the 25th Anniversary of the Cowboy Poetry. So I wanted to share this with you all along with some pictures we have of her at the gathering.

Kids!

I absolutely love my life as a mother and wife! I couldn't imagine my life any other way. I am so blessed to be able to be a stay at home mom and raise my children and watch them grow and change in every way possible. As I have said in previous blogs, I was nervous on how Loren would act and treat her little brother. I have not had to worry about her one bit! She is such a wonderful big sister. If or when Jaxon is crying she goes and tries to give him his pacifier if I don't get to him quick enough. She is always trying to kiss him and she will touch him and say "soft". Of course the other day she did sit on him and than accidentally dropped the monitor on his head, but she did say "sorry" and gave him a kiss. Anyways I took some pictures to show how much she loves her brother and also to show how much are little guy is growing. I can't believe he is 2 months old!!

Best Friends are the BEST!!!

A couple of months ago we got the chance to go to the Salt Lake Temple and be apart of our best friends becoming eternal companions. It was amazing!!!! They were married a year before and to witness that ceremony and than the sealing in the temple was such a cool feeling! When we go to Utah and get together with Hope and Tom we have the most amazing time we laugh till our stomachs hurt and we all understand one another and its awesome. For Christmas this year they gave us a tile that says "Our Family" that I have placed on my mantle and than they gave us some picture of us at the Temple the day they were sealed. Thank You Hope and Tom (Buddy & Princess) for being such good friends!! You 2 are absolutely amazing and we appreciate everything you do for us and our family!! Here are a few of the pictures we received from them

My Husband, the dork!!

K, I was looking at some pictures on my mother n laws (penny) camera and there was this picture on Christmas morning of my dorky husband with his new Broncos blanket. I hardly get any pictures of Logan so when I seen this I just knew I had to post it!!

Aisle Surfing

When I was a flight attendant we would do the stupidest but funniest things. We would hide in the overhead bins and have the passenger ring for service and ask the NEW flight attendant to get a coat or something from that overhead bin and as the NEW gal would open the bin we would jump out and scare her. The passengers would get a kick out of it and it was a blast. One time we made fake throw up and had a passenger hold it till we got up in the air and had the drink carts out. We had a NEW, very ANNOYING, flight attendant from Boston trapped between the 2 carts, thats when the passenger handed her the fake throw up and we had her running back and forth for a good 5 minutes trying to get rid of it, it was soooo.... funny, even though she didn't think so. When nobody was on the flight, we would get to sit in the cockpit for the flight and that was the coolest thing ever!!! Just to watch everything they go through, its crazy. And if you ever have a chance, do it! Just never talk to the pilots the first and last 10 minutes, its the most crucial time. Anyways, other times when no one was on the plane but the flight attendants and pilots, we flight attendants would aisle surf! Thats right AISLE SURF. You stand on a card at the front of the plane and as it takes off and starts going in the air you let go of the seat and surf down the aisle. Well one time we had my little digital camera and 3 of us decided to do it at the same time, crazy, I know! Well I was first than my friend Chelsea and than Ashley. Lets just say none of us didn't make it down, but me, and I made it all the way down to the floor. I'll post the video and some pictures. Enjoy but don't laugh to hard

Father & Daughter

I thought this was some very cute pictures of Loren and her dad, I couldn't help but share them with everybody else!! It melts my heart when Logan walks through the door and Loren goes running to him saying DAD!! She loves her dad and he loves her more than words can say! I don't get many pictures of them together so I cherish the ones I do!

Spagetti Time

When Logan served his mission in Wisconsin, he had a family that was feeding him and his companion dinner one night. When they showed up all that was on the table was plastic wrap. plastic forks & cups and napkins. They took their seats and here came the lady with a pot of spagetti and she threw it in the table and dumped the sauce on top of that. She said "dig in and take what you want and put it in front of you". That was one of Logans most memorable dinners ever. So now when we feed the missionaries that is what we do and they LOVE it and get such a kick out of it. Last night we had them over along with our friends, Ben, Lisa, & Dette. The Elders had fun sitting in Lorens pink chair and eating spagetti and deep fried ice cream. Here are some pictures, the one Elder had fun taking pictures of himself.

Good-Bye 2008, Hello 2009

WOW! What a year it has been. We have had our ups and downs this year. Loren turned 1 in May and started running in June! We found out in late April, early May that we were Pregnant and we had a handsome baby boy Jaxon on Nov 29. We celebrated being in our house for 1 year and we have fixed and changed a lot of things. I was nominated to be the secretary of the girls softball board for Elko and Spring Creek!! Stupid I know. On the downside, I lost somebody very special in my life, my aunt Joann. She passed away from cancer on Nov 14. She was more like a mom than an aunt and I still find my days hard. I want to call her everytime Loren does something new and than I stop and remember I can't. I've had to help her son Troy evict some people from her house out here that she was renting and it was hard because there was kids involved and it was almost Christmas time. Thank goodness they got to stay till after Christmas was over. We had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year and we are really looking forward to what 2009 has in store for us!