Mowing the Lawn.

Kruz, Kolby & Mom mow the lawn. The boys really enjoyed it. As you can tell, they are really great helpers. At one point Kolby even fell asleep. It just proves that we can have fun doing chores.

Our 1st Day of School

Jalynn & Kortney. (new clothes)^
Cambridge kids are ready to go!^
Kortney & Kruz.^
Jalynn all grown up.^
Kruz is excited to go to Joan's...^
...So is Kolby!^

The girls were excited about going back to school and getting to see all of their friends. Kruz and Kolby wanted to be in the pictures too. I took a few pictures of the kids on different days, because I like to see them dressed up. Kruz starts school on the 2nd of September. I will take that day off to be with him. I get 3 days off in a row! I made the calendar behind Jalynn and Kortney.

Kelly is home, safe & sound!

The backdrop to their beach camp.^(And he calls this work.)
Kelly holding a endangered Razorback Sucker.^
Kelly & Mark checking out some old ruins.^
Steve on the duffle raft. It holds all their supplies.^
Kori standing in the cage, netting the shocked fish.^

Sunset and their camp on the beach.^
Kelly "Thunder" Cambridge!^
Pretty Scenery.^
Kori takes a "shower".^
Jay rowing the raft.^

Kelly is off the river and he's safe. Being the worrier that I am, I worried every day. I was hoping all would be okay and he was. He took a lot of great pictures. I wish I could put them all on. We have a video of Kelly on the river. He was on a raft with his cousin Jay and they hit a rock and almost flipped the raft over. I would post it, but there are a few bad words on it. They got stuck on several rocks and were extremely lucky they didn't flip. Kelly slept on beaches at night out under the stars. (Because he forgot his tent.) The kids and I missed him, but we made it through a crazy, busy week.

My Art on Close To My Heart

I have finally started posting my art on my CTMH website. It's not full by any means, but it is a start. I have had a lot of fun doing these pages. I will have some more done in the next few days.

I thought this was cute.

Kruz was crying and didn't want to leave Ben's house. Kolby got fed up with it and plugged his ears. How cute is that? Then when we were almost home, we saw the sunset. Pretty. The rainbow was at Emily's birthday.

Emily's 3rd birthday party.

We went to Emily's party and got lots of cute pictures. We roasted hot dogs, ate salads, cookies, ice cream & s'mores. Emily was cute because she kept saying that she is 2, not 3. She was excited about her new gifts. David was quit popular. The kids all chanted his name and tried to get him to play with them. The weather didn't cooperate very well, but part way through the party, we did get a rainbow.

Summer coming to an end :-(

We are sad that summer vacation is coming to a end for us. Jalynn goes back to the Jr High for 8th grade. Kortney goes back to the Middle School for 5th grade. Kruz is going into Head Start. He has no idea what that is. I remember the girls being sooo excited. Kruz couldn't care less. I have heard that that is just one of the many differences between girls and boys. Kolby is going back to his old babysitter Joan. (yay!) And last but not least, it is official, Kelly is headed back to school. He will be attending the Extension. He is working towards His major, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries. He will be starting after he gets back from his trip. I am the only one without a change. Still working RR4!

New Camera, Kelly headed out...again.

We bought a new camera. It's a "blogging" camera. I had never heard of such a camera. A lady at our ward swim party showed it to me. It was just a camera small enough to fit into her pocket. She takes it everywhere. You never know when you will have a blog worthy moment. Kelly is going rafting down the Green River through Desilation Canyon. They are shocking fish. He wanted to take his work camera, but it is so BIG. It fills an entire back pack. So we bought a small camera that he can put in a water proof bag for the trip. There will be tons of great pictures to share when he gets back! He's gone Monday through Friday:-(

These pictures are just us messing around with the new camera.

Jalynn's Pages

Jalynn's pages.^
Both of Jen's Pages.

Jalynn got to do some pages too. It has taken me a while to get these posted. I think she did very well. I have started a scrapbook just for their pages. I am starting a group that meets once a month and we'll do pages. I will let the girls do them too and then add them to their book.

My 1st Close To My Heart Party

Kortney's pages.^
Jen's pages.^

The party was a small one. I'm not kidding. I had four guests. Kortney, Mom, Alice and Janell. I was able to get outside orders and it was really quite enjoyable. I'm not sure if I am cut out for this. I will hang in there though. Kortney is a natural. Here are pictures of our scrap pages. Mom's was like these except in blue. In case you are interested, CTMH is adding more items to their August Sale. They will be available on Aug. 19th at 9:00am. Just check it out on my website! www.jensgems.myctmh.com

Melanie & Emma come for a swim.

Melanie brought Emma over to go for a swim in the pool. Emma didn't mind the big cold pool, but we put her in the small warm one and she liked that. They look at each other and splash a little. Emma gave the boys a few looks that say, "Hey watch it!" It was fun to watch them play.

Happy Birthday Grand Perks!

Happy Birthday to Mom and Dad. Dad on the 5th and Mom on the 16th. Hope your birthdays are/were great. Love you lots, more and more each year! :-) Thanks for all you do for us. We really appreciate you. Here is to at least 50 more!

Ward BBQ & Swimming Party

Our Ward had their BBQ and swimming party tonight. We were running late and missed the BBQ. That was okay, I wasn't looking forward to it anyway. The girls swam and played with their freinds and had lots of fun. Kruz was asleep so Kelly stayed in the car with him. Kolby and I hung out at the side of the pool with friends. All in all it was a good evening!