Jason mostly liked to play in the sandbox, but here he took a moment to talk with his dinosaur he won at the fishing game.

Joey laying down on the job, looking for the money in the sandpit. He still managed to find quite a bit.

Zach digging in the sandpit Aunt Alice put money in the sand for the kids to find. Zach being so diligent, found a whopping $37.25. Very impressieve buddy!

Allison swinging on the swings at the reunion this last weekend!

Happy Birthday grandma Heaton!!!

We all enjoyed celebrating your birthday with you. We love you lots!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Here is Alli posing for the camera right before her first parade this month. After this one, there are 3 more to go.

Lookin good!!!!!

Here's the 'girls' hangin out at grandpas

Heidi, Emmy, Kristie, Jonni, and Alli

Joey at grandpas birthday party

Zach and Jason goofing off at Grandpa Carrolls 70th birthday party!

Jason checking out his new bike. (it was bedtime so he had to ride it in the house I was afraid if he knew he could take it outside I would never see him again!) He loves chasing 'the brothers' and Alli around the house on it.

Summer fun! Splashing around in the baby pool.

The little moments!

When the world is just not fair. And you have to hang your head and take a deep breath.

Alli posing for the camera.

Jason and Joey rockin on grandpas porch swing, it sure looks like they are about to cause some trouble to me.

Too cute,

My sister Melanie aka Lanie sent me this shirt that she found to remind me of our youth. Those were the good old days. Alli is already planning when she gets the shirt from me for herself.

Zach, Alli, and Joey, learning how to jump on a pogo stick at grandpa Roy's. It took a few tries, but the boys got the hang of it pretty fast. Alli on the other hand doesn't weigh enough to even get it off the ground so dad had to help her out a little bit.

Alli's performance at Lagoon won them the 3rd place prize! They did great. We all had fun watching her perform. Great job Alli!

Brian and Allison on the day of her baptism. We want to thank all of you who were able to make it for Alli's special day. And especially those of you who helped. Tyler and Grandpa Carroll for giving talks, you both did a wonderful job. Kristie for leading the music, Chase, Kayleb, Saydee, Zach, Joey and Jason for singing, that was very memorable. And grandma Sally for helping with the lunch. We have a wonderful family and we want to thank all of you for your love and support.

Our beautiful baby girl is 8! Wow how the time flies. This is the morning of her baptism.

Happy Birthday Allison!

Here is Alli on the morning of her birthday checking out her new bike. She had outgrown her old one so its a good thing she asked for a new bike!

The Biggest loser!
Well it is going slow but sure. I am down a full pound this week. That makes a total of 1 1/2 wow. This may take me all year to lose the weight, but when I do look out! If people would stop having birthdays it would be a lot easier on me. hahaha Anyway keep wishing me luck I need it!

Happy Mothers Day!

These are pics of the earings that my kids gave me for mothers day. They have great taste!! Thanks to the best 4 kids any mom could ever have! We had a pretty good day, mostly recouperating from our day at lagoon on Saturday, which totally wore all of us out. I will have those pics up later, I forgot my camera so grandpa Roy had to take the pictures. Have a great mothers day everybody!

THE BIGGEST LOSER

Ok, So I decided that it is time to get serious about losing a couple of pounds that keep sneaking up on me. So Myself, Kristie, and Lori are doing our own version of biggest loser! I am starting with 19 pounds to lose, so wish me luck I will let you know how I am doing at the end of the week!

After the hard work of grandma, grandpa and dad blowing up balloons, Jason thought it was real funny to take them outside and throw them on the grass to watch them pop. He loved it. Alli tried to catch it before it landed, but she was too late.

Joey and Tyler hanging out at grandpa and grandma Carroll's.

DOGGY PILE!!!

Everybody on, and notice how Joey is at the bottom of the pile still playing a DS game. Crazy family!

Spring break

Well Spring break is here, and we are having a blast. The kids are loving not having to go to school. They like the fact that they have a little more freedom to do whatever, or nothing. On Tuesday we went to see the new movie 'Horton hears a hoo' . We all loved it. Jason even managed to sit through most of it. Then today I decided to take the kids rollerskating. Wow it has been a long time since I have done that, and I will have the sore muscles tomorrow to prove it, but I managed to stay on my feet. Although all the kids did great and had fun, I was really impressed that Jason actually figured it out. He was a skating fool once he stopped laughing so hard. Alli liked staying close to the edge where she could hang on. And Joey and Zach liked going right down the middle, although I am not so sure it was the best idea after I saw them biff it constantly. But they enjoyed it and that is what counts. Well it wasn't a wild and crazy spring break, but it sure has been a fun one! Here are some pictures of our skating adventure.

Alli and Sam at Joeys Birthday party. The girls have to stick together.

Happy Birthday Joey!!!!!!

Joey showing off his new 'cowboy' outfit.