Last Weeks "FIRSTS'

1st Time for me to pay over $4.00 for a tank of gas - ugh!

1st Time for Tyler to get his Braces off!

1st Time for my First grandchild to have his First Birthday!

Jaxon loved his new lawn mower.

1st Time enjoying Taco Tuesday at Cafe Rio. (I learned it's $1.00 taco's after 3:00PM) Yummy!

(Because I went at 12:00, no deals on tacos, I had to get a burrito - and yes I took Kenny back for dinner and we got the taco specials, that's me-always going for the good deals!)

Jen's 18's Club Volleyball team won First Place in their last club tournament!!! Congrats!

Jen's eyes were closed.
1:00 AM - is the time I've been staying up til working on wedding invitations.

(This is one of the 3 boxes I have finished, I'm waiting on the ribbon to come in on Friday to finish up the next couple hundred of invitations - fun!?)

1st Customer at the Post Office to buy the new .42 cent wedding stamp.

1st Trip for Jessica with her to-be in-laws family.

Maybe when she gets back I can post a picture!?

1st Friend from Harmony Park (Jessica's age group) to get married.

It was such a beautiful reception!!!!!!

Those are a few of my "FIRST'S" - or sometimes anything to do with one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COURTNEY!!!!

Jessica and I made Courtney a Strawberry Cake for her birthday.

It was yummy!!!!

As a tradition, we go out to eat as a family on the kids birthday's. Their choice. Afterwards we came to our house to eat cake.

A SHOUT OUT TO COURTNEY TODAY!!!!!

Today is Courtney's 22nd Birthday!!!!
She was born on Memorial Day 22 years ago.

She's twinners with Marshall Hamblin.

(We were neighbor's w/ the Hamblins,

we ended up at the same hospital, same Doctor, same nurse.

Lori and I are both competitive and we were racing

to see who would have their baby first.

She won by an hourish.) Happy Birthday Marshall!

Courtney's Smile!!! At a young age, Courtney had her "camera smile" down. She's always happy and smiling. She is holding a puppy at her great grandma's house. She was naturally gentle and nurturing. She was always such a good "big" sister to her younger siblings.

Courtney's 1st Grade Picture. Courtney always seemed so grown up. She had a perm in 1st grade. She always looked so feminine and pretty. (It has always been fun to dress her up because she liked the girly stuff)

Like I said before, Courtney being the oldest was always a big help to me with her younger brother and sisters. She is a great "big" sister!!!! Each time I had a new baby, Kenny would take the other kids to the zoo. I was home w/ baby Tyler.

Courtney loves to play the piano. She was a dream child. I never had to ask or remind her to practice the piano. She just did it. She blesses many peoples lives w/ her talents.

Courtney had a very rough senior year. Her boyfriend died of cancer in Feb. of her senior year. What a GREAT example she was to all of us. She was so courageous! She faced her challenge straight on and never felt sorry for herself in any way. She endured faithfully.

She has always known what she wants. She met Jason and knew right away that he was who she wanted to marry. (Great choice) They are a wonderful couple who have their priorities straight. They are a cute little family!!!

She is a wonderful wife, mother and especially a wonderful daughter.

Thanks Courtney! I love you,

Mom

Jen's Allergic Reaction

Jen at Banner Gateway Hospital. I was impressed with the hospital. It was nice and new and from start to finish we were there only 3 hours. That was amazing. The Dr.s & Nurses were very nice.

Poor Jen's been pretty sick. She has been treated for Strep this past week and has been taking a high dose of Amoxicillin. Upon taking her last antibiotic pill, she started breaking out in a rash. I gave her benadryl and she went to sleep (or we thought she did). She woke us up at 3:00 AM and told us she couldn't sleep. She was climbing the walls, she was itching so bad. She was getting worse. I gave her more benadryl. Long story short, I ended up taking her to the emergency room, and they found out she doesn't have strep. She is having an allergic reaction to the Amoxicillin. I have never seen a rash this bad. I wish there was something I could do to help her be more comfortable.

The above pictures are her arm, her leg and her back.

I hope she can take her finals tomorrow??????

She probably won't be wearing her bathing suit to Grad Night. (ha, ha)

Prom Night 2008

Sisters helping sisters!

Courtney and Jessica getting Jenny ready for Prom - HAIR - MAKEUP!

Jen and her date Jake Young - Kodak Moments
So Cute!


Sisters checking on her as she's leaving. Are they holding hands????

And they're OFF!!!!

Jenny was sick that day, but she still looked beautiful. Jake had to bring her home early because she was not feeling well. So Sad!

I've been tagged!

1. You must post the rules on your post before you answer questions.

2. You need to list one fact about yourself using each letter of your middle name. If you don't have a middle name use your maiden name instead.

3. When you are finished with your answers, you tag one person for each letter in your name.

Fay

F}Fun - I like to have fun!!!! Fun to me is playing games, cards, going to ballgames, movies, going out to eat, and swimming.

A}Asleep - (I'm stretching this one) One of my favorite things to do is to crawl in my comfy bed at night and go "asleep".

Y} Young Woman's - I'm the Mia Maid leader in the Young Woman's program. I love the Young Woman - they help keep me young.

I tag Courtney Overstreet, Becky & Kali.

We spent General Conference weekend in Pinedale. We brought Kenny's parent's home.

They are so pleasant and sweet.

Hooligan's in the back seat.

The mountains were covered with wildflowers. They were so pretty.

Sorry about the bugs on the windshield. They were

also in abundance.

MORP! Jen and her date Nathan Smith are the Phoenix Sun's players at the left.

We had a busy weekend!

Jen being asked to Prom!

The doorbell rang. We found this note along with a big box with this THING under it. The turtle was covering the name (Jake) when we opened our door.
We sat there for the longest time trying to figure out who would touch the "turtle". We needed to move it in order to find out who was asking Jen to Prom. Finally we called dad to the rescue.

Jen's going to prom with Jake Young! She's excited.

Now what do we do with it????????