Ashley turns 15

Ashley is 15 years old!

She is simply Amazing.

We Love Her!

Ruby comes to get Ashley to take her to her Surprise Party!

Shonnie's Birthday 2011

Getting my hair cut and styled was a great way to start off my Birthday!

Then we all headed over to the Ivy Bake Shoppe for Lunch



I was so greatful for so many people to come to my party and give me such great Birthday Wishes!
Linda was camera shy and was not in the photo.



Great Friends and a good time was definitely on the Birthday List....Check!

The Ivy's Carmel Apple Tart was the birthday cake of the afternoon.  Yumm-Y!



Time to make my own wish - May It Come True...Please.




Yummy Carmel Apple Tart




After Lunch and a nap, it was time for more pampering by getting
a pedicure from Heather.



That Night was Card Night at Lori's/Birthday Dinner

Lori made me a great Birthday Cake, it was so moist.  Loved It!

A great way to end the day....Pam changing the numbers around on my cake.
Now that was a great Gift!!!

Birthday are so much fun. 
They should be celebrated and enjoyed.
Thank you to all who made my Birthday great, and
for the many wishes from near and far.

My Friend Angie's Birthday

Nancy Campbell and I visit teach Angie.

She is a sweetheart

Nancy put together a special party

just for her.

Angie in her new jewelry

Blessed to be Angie's Friends

Angie was so happy to get new jewelry from Susan.

10 pounds of grapes, waitin' to be stomped!

Trying to smile while the grapes are all squishy on my feet.
Stomp, Stomp, Stomp

At least my toes look good!

The "Mommy Mashers" grape squashing experts!
Before photo

After the strenuous activity of stomping all those grapes together.

Fruits of our labors.
Grape Juice for the contestents!
It was really good.
Thank you Baxter's Vineyard for
providing such fun at Grape Fest!

Court of Honor - August 2011

The August 2011 Court of Honor

for Boy Scout Troop 107

Joseph Welcome's and Conducts the meeting

Joseph worked hard on merit badges these past few months
and also participated in Summer Camp and the
result was a lot of new Merit Badges.

Go Joseph!



Robby finally got the Golf Merit Badge
he earned some time ago.
Robby has been busy working on formulating
his Eagle Scout Project.
Go Robby!



2011 Nauvoo Pageant

2011 Red Cast Pageant Photo's

Day 1

Clothing, Welcome and

Practicing Finale on Stage

Alexis Anderson was part of our family for Red Cast. 
She and Ashley wait with their "ditty bags",
ready for Claudia to get them some fancy
pioneer dresses, petticoats and fancy bloomers.



Joseph looks great in his costume.



Quick photo with Claudia as she gives me my big fat rasberry dress.

Susie makes adjustments for Ashley's dress bodice.

Welcome and General Information Meeting.

Practicing the finale on the Outdoor Stage.



JULY- PAGEANT PAGEANT PAGEANT!

What an uplifting, inspiring and spirit filled opportunity

to be set apart as a missionary for the duration of Pageant this year.

Incredible experiences for my lifetime in just two weeks time

and the rest of the month as we continued to watch

and love the 2011 Nauvoo Pageant.

Here are some photo's of Ashley and Joseph

and I all Pioneer-ified.



Happy 17th Birthday Robby!

Robby turned 17

while we were on our

family summer vacation

We celebrated his birthday and Nana's too,

her birthday is two days before Robby's.

We Love You Robby,

HAPPY 17

Branson Vacation

Our family took our

Summer Trip to

Branson, MO

We saw some great shows and

went to Silver Dollar City Amusement Park

and the Water Park as well.

Everyone found something they

enjoyed during the week.

My favorite thing was flying through

the air in a harness at the

Ozark Mountain Skycoaster.

100 feet in the air!

It was Fabulous.  What Fun!

Buckets N Boards

This show was percussion drumming and

tap combined for a great performance.

These guys were fun to watch and

were comical too.

Joseph bought a pair of autographed drum sticks

and had fun with the guys after the show.

Living Legends was
a great Beatles Show!

We couldn't take photo's

during the
Shoji Tabuchi Show,

but their restrooms

were worth some photo's!



The Men's room was decked
out too, with a billiards table.

The Roller Coasters at

Silver Dollar City were amazing.

 Barn Swing

was another great ride was the

 that went 81 feet in the air

and 55 miles an hour.



Some of the other neat things

we saw while driving around

was the Table Rock Lake and dam,

and the beautiful sunset with a steam boat.

As Yakov said, "What a country"