Christmas Morning 2009

Christmas Morning 2009! What a Great Christmas. We wished all the kids were home. We loved having Kim and Sean. We got to spoil Carter. He was so much fun. Santa was pretty good to him. We also loved having Grams & Gramps with us this year. Don't they look cute in their Christmas pj's? Thanks everyone for all the gifts, you all did way to much. We love you!

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North Carolina - Thanksgiving

I hope this works! I tried to do a collage. I wasn't sure how to move the photo's around so they got out of order. Oh well. We started our trip out helping Ryan and Starla move into their new house. The last photo should be the first. Scott is sleeping on the job. The washer needed to go up stairs. He was taking a break. Now go back to the top, it starts with Emma. Then we go to North Carolina. We went out to watch the kids so their parents could go play. We had so much fun. We pulled the girls out of school and headed to Virgina. We went to a civil war site. Appomattox Virgina. It was the place where General Grant and Lee made the treaty to end the war. Then we just saw lots of fun things. We drove the croaked road. (blue grass music is big all along the road). We went to Mt. Airy where The Andy Griffith show was filmed. I thought it was way cool. Kylie had no idea what the Andy Griffith show even was :) how sad.

When we returned home my Brother and his wife Marcy came to spend thanksgiving with us. It was so nice. It had been years since we had turkey dinner together. We prepared the dinner, then Stacie and Whit arrived home. So we all had dinner together. It was such a nice time.

The Friday after thanksgiving we loaded up and went to a tree farm and found the perfect Christmas tree. That was so much fun. We took a hay ride to the trees, past tobacco drying in a barn. This was the first Christmas tree we got to help pick with the kids since they moved to North Carolina. I'm so glad we got to be with them. It was really special. We had such a great visit.

Goodbye Big Blue

This is Big blue. The guy we bought her from about 6 years ago wanted to buy her back, so we sold her. We had a lot of good times on her. We both felt it was time to give her up. We had talked about it, then the original owner called. So we did it. Eric found another bike that he liked in Portland Oregon. So we flew to Portland to pick her up and drive her home. I have to admit I was a little nervous. The unknown was a little nerving. First of all the guy wanted cash. He said he would pick us up at the airport and take us to the bike. My thoughts were that he was going to hit us over the heads and rob us and dump our bodies over a cliff somewhere.
Eric reassured me that that would not happen. Anyway he did pick us up and he was very nice. He took us to his dealership and we picked up the bike. We loved it. We were both very excited about the bike. It needed a new tire so the guy followed us to the Yamaha store and we waited for the tire then we were on our way. We took a few detours through Portland. We saw some beautiful falls along the way. The bike ran good and we had such a good time. The first night we made it to LaGrande Oregon.
The next morning we both woke up early and we had the same thought that if we were going to be safe that day we needed to go to church. I didn't pack anything. I had to pack really light so we could put everything on the plane and on the bike. Our luggage carried our leathers ,a comb, tooth brushes, mascara, change of undies and not to much more. So we had nothing for church. We called Walmart and they opened at 6:00 am. So we got up and went shopping. (I know we broke the sabbath so we could go to church - funny huh?) I bought a skirt and blouse, Eric bought a pair of pants and a shirt and tie. I also bought a round brush, hairspray and a cute pair of sandals. We were set. We got ready and we were cute I wish I had taken pictures. We had to ride the bike to church. In my dress, yes it was sweet. (I also only packed long garments, I kept trying to roll them up) We made it though. We were going to sit in the back and enjoy the meeting and be on our way. When we walked in I ran into my old roommate from Ricks. It was fun to see her. She didn't recognize me though. It's been 20 years, plus I looked pretty cute. We visited after church for a minute and then we were on our way. As we were leaving the missionaries walked out and saw us on the bike in my skit. It was great. We did feel better about driving on Sunday. We went from there to Stanley Idaho. The weather was beautiful. The next morning we woke up to a heavy frost. It was coooold. We had to stop at a little cafe and warm up with a hot chocolate. After that it warmed up and we made it back home. We went 830 miles. It was great. We fell in love with the bike. Now that winters here we hate the thoughts of not being able to ride.

The new bike. She needs a name!

Eric and I at the falls.

Kylies 17th Birthday & Homecoming Dance

Kylie's birthday was the same day as the homecoming game so after the game a bunch kids came over for ice cream and cake.This is Kylie's date for the dance, Jentry Nelson.Chantelle came over to help Kylie with her hair. Love ya Chantelle. She is Kylie's Cuz. I'm so glad someone lives close to do her hair. I don't do hair! She looked so pretty. I can't believe she is 17. Where does time go?

Labor Day Week-end

We went to Island park and spent labor day week-end. We stayed in buffalo campground. It is one of our favorite camping spots. We took Kailani Klingler with us. She is our adopted daughter. She keeps Kylie happy. Grams & Gramps Cheney brought their trailer and camped by us. It was a very relaxing time.

We went to he play mill that Friday night. We saw Footloose. They sang to Kylie for her 17th birthday. She loved it.We found this fun spot that had a rope hanging from a tree where you could swing out and fall into the water. The girls had a great time doing it. Eric couldn't stand watching so he also joined the fun, Levis and all. I wish I had pictures of him. It was pretty funny!

Back to School

Where have the years gone? Kylie Started her junior year today. She was so excited. We had to do the traditional picture of the 1st day of school.

I found this one of her starting 1st grade, not much change!

Scott looks very excited :)

Anyway I thought it was pretty cute!

The Bike Ride

We took a few days and rode our bike through Montana and Yellowstone. We had so much fun. It rained (hard) for about 100 miles on us. I wish I would of taken pictures of us all decked out in our rain gear. It was pretty intense sometimes. We spent the night in Chico Montana at a little hot springs. The hotel was pretty cool. It was pretty old. All the rooms on one floor had to share the bathroom and showers. The room had a sink in it which was nice. Sounds kind of sick but it really was ok. The park was beautiful. It really was just a nice time!