IT'S OFFICIAL

Congratulations to Jenny and Tanner. So now that Tanner will officially be a part of our family he gets to be blogged. So here's to you Tanner and Jenny. Jenny is one of my favorite people. I remember when you were just a little baby smiling at yourself for hours in the mirror. Here you are all grown up and ENGAGED! How exciting!!! We had a good feeling about Tanner from the very beginning. He is nice, considerate and treats Jenny like a princess. This will be a wonderful time in your life. We love you very much

Up Up and away

Jocie and Mason are off on an adventure. They flew to Arizona on Saturday. They are so grown up now! They are the funnest coolest kids ever. The house is usually full of kids, noise, otter pops, trampoline jumping, and laughing. I love it and miss it when you don't hear it.Everyone is telling us to go do something but all I want to do is paint, clean and work on the computer.

Dance Party USA

So this week has been so fun! The kids have had a lot of fun activities. Our house is full of kids all day and we love it! Jocie and some of her friends wanted to audition for a dance team. So after we got the music and the dance we got straight to work. We moved out the furniture and turned the family room into a dance hall. Over and over again we listened to the same two songs. "This is My Now" and "Misses Glass". I couldn't get these songs out of my head. The girls asked me to "Boot Camp" them. We talked about everything from facial expressions to jazz hands. It made me think about all of the cheesey chearleader things from long ago. So the good news is they all made it. Jocie on the Diva Ellites, McKennah on the Encores and Taylor on the Divines. It was so fun to be the team mom for the week. I loved it!

4th of July

Every year we get together with friends and family and have our firework derby. It is a really fun time. Everyone makes cars with fireworks on them to see which car goes the furthest and the fastest. I think the men enjoy it because they can blow something up. So this year Sterling built his best car yest. This car had hundreds of fireworks on it. He spent time painting it, cutting, arranging, making it just right. He made one for Mason as well. It is so funny to see how excited these guys get. I did not get the "cool wife" award this year! We had previously bought tickets to the Stadium of Fire so I insisted since it is a family occasion that we go. So next year I owe Sterling big time. He can make a car as big as a tank. He sat through Miley Cyrus and the Blue Man Group. Good Man! When all was said and done I think the boys had a good time. We got a phone call that Mason's car took first place. He was so excited!So here are the pictures of Sterling and Mason building and constructing the coolest firework cars.

ok don't laugh

So as I was searching and I mean searching online for some pictures of these exciting places this is all I could come up with. Some dude on a bike riding through Muddy Gap. LOL! Also, I was wrong. Maybe I was on the other side of town because I didn't notice a stop light. Yes, Muddy Gap has a stop light. Don't get me wrong... I really enjoyed myself. It was great singing to the songs I actually wanted to listen to. Driving and just being alone. It was nice, but lonely. So this gives you a visual of the exciting town of Muddy Gap.