Family Photos from the summer 2009

We took a bunch of family photos this summer up in the white mountains of AZ, up by big lake. My neice Sterling, took all of them and did an amazing job. Here are some of our favorites:

Hunter's 1st touchdown in high school

Hunter's first touchdown in high school as a freshman. It was so much fun to watch, I was video taping the game and it is so hard to watch and tape at the same time. The best part was that his Grandma Udall, Uncle Bobby, Aunt Marcie, Cousins Tona & Laci were here from AZ and was able to see it. The team won 60-0.

Where to begin......

It has been so very long since I have posted. We have been so very busy and had a fun, exciting summer. I will have to post more about all of that later. I have decided to just start back with school pictures and what we have been up to lately. It hurts my head to think about all of the things I could write about and tell about.

The kids first day of school pictures:

Jessica with her friend Andrea, who came from AZ to visit us for over a week was there still on Jessica's first day of school. This is them before leaving to go to seminary. Jessica is 16 and a Junior this year. She is on the Varsity Volleyball team and loving the sport.

Hunter is a Freshman this year. He starts high school and seminary. He is 15 and is on the freshman football team playing outside linebacker. He has grown to 5'9 this summer.

Spencer is 10 and in the 5th grade. He is currently playing fall baseball and loves it. Taylor is 9 and in the 4th grade. She is playing volleyball at the YMCA. She is the youngest and smallest one on her team, but everyone thinks she is so dang cute. I need to be better about posting and hopefully I will catch up more later, but for now this is all I can do.

Jessica's first Prom 2009

Jessica and a couple of her friends, Shae, Alyssa, and Chelsea all went and had a pedicure for the Prom.

Then my good friend Melysa came to the rescue and offered to do Jessica's hair for her. She did an amazing job. She looked beautiful.

Jessica all ready to go to the Mormon prom. Here they do a Mormon prom for nine stakes down at Georgia Tech University. It is just like any other prom, except you have to adhere to the youth standards. I love that they have this alternative for the kids here in the south. She wanted to get picture done at the Lake so we met her date there.

Her date Preston Burkhart putting on her corsage.

Jessica trying to pin on his boutonniere.

Going down to the dock to get some lake pictures. I just loved this pictured with her dress

Pictures down at the lake at the Gazebo.

They make such a cute couple.

Preston was such a gentleman helping her so she would not fall.

The whole gang that went to Prom was 21 kids. We all met at the church for photo's and then a few of us parents put together a dinner for them. They all wanted to be together and so we thought this was the way and so much cheaper.

Here is a picture of what the tables looked like. We tried to make it extra nice. I made the place cards with my Cricut!!! I love that machine. Here she is at the table with her date and her friends and their dates.

They even had waiters who are friends of theirs who are not old enough to go the prom yet.

Shawn, Dallan and Anna had it going on and were a crack up. We needed to drive the kids to the dance. So five of us couples drove the kids to the prom in downtown Atlanta and dropped them off and went to Atlantic station for dinner and hung out. It was a blast for us and nice for the kids. Here in Georgia, the law is that you cannot drive anyone else besides your family in the car for the first six months of driving. Only a few of the kids had there license that long. So us parents had the privilege of taking them down there. Finally reaching the dance. This is the only picture that I am posting of inside the dance, because it has taken me three days to post all of these pictures and I am tired of this blog.

I am alive, but tired

It has been a while since my last post, and I just have not felt like posting anything lately. Of course I have not felt like doing anything lately. I have been so VERY tired for the last two three months now. I had been sick with strep throat, double ear infections, double sinus infections, bronchitis, poison ivy and poison sumac. I have tried everything under the sun, change of diet, exercise, medications, homoeopaths, blessings, and prayers. My immune system just does not want to cooperate with me. The Dr's even wanted me to stay home from everywhere, even church. To me that is just not acceptable, and with my calling almost impossible. I have had a very loving and supportive husband through all of my sickness. I just hope that I am on my way back to recovery. They have tested my blood and said that my B6 and B12 levels were low, so I am on a supplement of both of them with a folic acid. It does not seem to be working though. I hope to get back to my normal life, cause I feel like it is passing me by. I just am so fatigued. :(