THE PAST MONTH

We have been super busy the past month. Here are some pictures of what we have been up too.

THE ZOO!

We loved the penguins.

Deeds watching the Zebras.

Cute little Brooks!

Deeds posing on the Carousel.

Watching the Elephants.

Kenedee and Brooks.

The Kids were fascinated by these Lion drinking fountains.

BRIAN'S GRADUATION POOL PARTY!
My brother in-law graduated from BYU'S MBA program, so Rachelle threw him a pool party at this sweet pool.

Madeline, Mckinley and Kenedee.

Brooks loves the water.

Kenedee being sassy.

LAGOON!

Brooks wasn't so shure about this ride.

We couldn't get him off the car.

Dad and Deeds on the swings.



Kenedee was a little nervous on her first ride of the day.

Brooks loved the Dragon ride.

Our little Princess.

BRANDON AND EMILY'S WEDDING!
My little brother got married, and we are so happy for them

Madison,Kenedee and Ava.

As you can see our kids did not want their picture taken.

Cute little flower girls.

Nin,Colby,Kenedee,Ava.

Brandon and Emily. Congrats you two, we love yah!!

LAKE POWELL 2009

We had such a good time this year, it was a little bit harder than usual because Nate could only stay for two days. He planned a fishing trip to Alaska with his dad and it happened to land on the same week as Lake Powell, so 5 days by myself with 2 kids in Lake Powell had me a little stressed. My great mom and sisters helped alot with the kids and we had so much fun this year.

Brooks loved helping Grandpa drive the boat.


At first Brooks freaked out when I put him in the sand but ended up loving it!

Rachelle, Chelsea and myself on the tube.

Brooks loves riding in the boat.

Deeds spent most of her time in the sand building what she thought was a castle!

Kenedee was a little afraid of the water this year, and would only get in if I was right there.

The kids and Uncle Brandon jumping off a small cliff at the ruins.

Brandon's getting pretty good at Wake Surfing!

Tyler, Kenedee, Chelsea, Ashlynn.

Mckinley and Kenedee blowing bubbles.

Brooks was so tired, the sun just wore him out!

Our little princess in her cute Zebra suit

Kenedee loves Grandma.

Emily and Kenedee.

Colby, Kaleb, Kenedee.

Kenedee and Maddy.

I love to Wake Surf!

Mom and Kenedee.

We had such a good time this year. Lake Powell is one of our favorite places and we cant wait to go again!!!

FINALLY AN UPDATE

It's been so long since our last post, that I'm just putting the last couple of months into one big post. Enjoy!

For The Past 2 Years, We've Taken All The Managers, From The Greenhouse, And Their Spouses To The Cabin For A Company Retreat. This Year We Had A Blast At The Pickleville Playhouse, The Beach, & Playing On The 4-Wheelers

All The Girls @ Pickleville Playhouse

Marlee Jo, Me, Mom, & Autumn

Soccer On The Beach

All The Ladies

Kurt & Marlee Jo

Headed Out On A 4-Wheeler Ride

Rick & Trudy

QUICK TRIP TO THE CABIN FOR THE 4TH OF JULY

Our Skipper

Nin Working The Kneeboard

Brandon & Brooks

Emily and Deeds.

Me and Nin.

Chelsea and Ash.

Brooks enjoying his milk.

BOATING AT SAND HOLLOW IN ST.GEORGE

Me on the surfboard!

Mom and Brooks chillin in the shade.

Brandon learning how to surf.

Brandon was showing us his moves in his sexy new $5.00 swimsuit from Wal Mart!

Our Sweet little Kenedee!

Spring Break in St. George

So we headed down to St.George for Spring Break with all the girls and the kids. We had alot of fun going to the pool, the park, shopping and just hanging out at the house. We wish it would have been a little bit warmer but I guess 65-70 degrees beats the snow that we got at home. Kenedee had to get like 4 pairs of sunglasses and so Brooks thought that he needed some too. The kids had so much fun with all their cousins and we wish aunt Rachelle and her kids could have came too. We had a great time and hope to go again soon. Thanks mom and dad for letting us stay at the house.

EASTER 2009

We had such a great easter this year. We started off Easter with the annual easter egg hunt in Santaquin. We decided to take Deeds to that one because her cousins were going to be there.It was freezing cold and we could barely get her out of Nates arms to hunt eggs.

Then there was Easter Sunday. We woke the kids up to see what the Easter bunny brought, and then had to hurry up and get ready for 9 am church. Kenedee was so excited to see everything she got and Brooks just wanted the eggs that were balls because they are his favorite. Then we hit both the grandmas houses and the kids had so much fun with all their cousins.

...Are You Kidding Me?...

So Tuesday afternoon I headed home from work at about 4pm to meet a friend that wanted to look at our house. Nothing special about the day, just another day. Well, until about 30 seconds later.

I stopped at the stop-sign just on the corner of the property of the greenhouses, looked left, looked right, didn't see anything so I hit the gas to go across the highway and take the back roads to our house. A second later, DAMN! I didn't see car coming down the highway at 55-60 mph and I pulled right in front of her.

After impact, I spun a 180 and then rolled twice, (I think), I couldn't keep track with all of the glass flying all over the place and bouncing around the inside of the truck. I ended up in the passenger seat, sitting upright. No, I wasn't wearing my seat belt. I never forget to put the stupid thing on, but I was in a hurry and didn't remember. To be honest, I think that this was 1 in a million times when it was better that I didn't have my belt on. As you can tell from the pictures, the entire drivers side of the cab is crushed so I think I'd be a lot worse off if I was sitting in that seat the entire time.

After everything stopped, I climbed out of the passenger window as fast as I could to make sure that the other driver was OK. I was scared that I had just killed someone. I ran over to the lady's car and she was conscious and said she was OK, but she waited until the EMTs got there to move from the position that she was in.

All I can say is that I'm LUCKY! I feel humbled to be alive and not injured badly. All I got was a couple scraps on my face and some cuts on my hands. I haven't heard how the lady is, but I hope she's OK. Thank goodness for trucks. I've always believed that if you're in a bad wreck, you're better off in a big truck then a little sedan. I loved my truck, but I guess I'll have to start looking for a new one. Anyone know of a sweet deal on a new GMC Duramax???

My Sweet Boy's 1st Birthday!!!

I cannot believe it, my big blue eyed baby boy is ONE. Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday I held him in my arms for the first time. Brooks has been such a joy to our family, he is the happiest baby and he is so stinking cute. He is walking and has been since he was nine months. He is learning to talk and everytime I give him something he wants he says Thank You Mama. When he drops something he says Ah Oh, and when I say his name he says What. The past year has been so much fun with him and I love being a mom. I wish they could just stay little forever and snuggle with us. Happy Birthday Brooks we all love you so much.

We kicked off his Birthday a few days early with a combined B-day party with his cousin Linken at Grandma Barker's house where he loved the frosting on his cake.

On his birthday we took him to Chuch E Cheese where he was fearless and wanted to ride all the rides. He got lots of fun presents, and I think his favorite are his 4 Wheeler and his Lightning McQueen car. He had so much fun playing with all his little cousins and he gets so excited when all the kids get together. Thanks to everyone who came and made this day so fun for Brooks. Oh yah and along with the help of Aunt Summer I made the birthday cake. Not to shabby.

Finally pictures of Hawaii

Hawaii was a blast, it has to be the prettiest place on earth. We spent 10 days in Maui in 80 degree weather. We only got rained on the last two days and let me tell you it poured so hard we could hardly go outside. My favorite part was probably the Whale watching that was so much fun. It was peak season for whales so they were everywhere, one actually swam right under our boat. We ate at the best little cafe every morning for breakfast it's called the Kihei cafe so if you ever go to Maui and stay in Kihei you have to eat there. Our hotel was right on the ocean so we had a great view all the time. We had lots of fun and hope to go back someday.