Wichita beat Sienna this morning. It was a great game!
Wichita was behind most of the game, but in the end we won by 2.
Great game Graham!!!! (say that fast 3X).
Wichita will play again Sunday 12:30 Florida time. I think that's 10:30 AM AZ time on ESPN.

I'm Thankful!!!

I love this time of year! We reflect and ponder our many blessings.
Some things I'm thankful for:
The bright warm sun.
Great neighbors.
My wonderful family.
Our home.
Kenny's job - in today's world having a job is a great blessing.
I'm grateful that I have a job that I enjoy.
The gospel.
The YW who got up so early this morning to go to the temple. (4:40 AM)
The YW leaders I work with, they are so fun and so diligent in their service.
My grandson Jaxon - he is such a little boy now. He's fun to interact with. We love him so much!
My children. They bring me so much joy. It's fun to see who they are becoming. They are good examples to me.
My in-laws. We'll be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary this Thanksgiving Season.
Good health. You never know!!!!
I'm very thankful for all these things and many, many more.

Happy Birthday Jessica!!!!

21 Big Ones Today!!!

Jess is our party girl. She has always liked to have a lot of friends around having a PARTY.

We missed partying with you on your birthday today. We're so grateful that you had good people in Kansas helping you celebrate your special day today.

Jessica's personality has been one that brightens a room when she enters it.

She likes to have Fun with a capital F.

Jessica is a good friend and she has been blessed to have wonderful friends.

(Jessica was a poodle in "How much is that doggy in the window" for a dance recital.) How appropriate because she has always begged to have a puppy.

She has always been very active, running, jumping, skipping, turning cartwheels, round offs, back bends, back walk overs, dancing. In VB - she runs, dives and rolls. In softball she was quick around the bases. She was the player who was brave and fast enough to steal the bases.

Most important - she has a big, soft, kind heart. She loves and supports her family and friends. She would do anything for anybody at the drop of a hat. She has a strong testimony of the gospel and the YW in Kansas are lucky to feel of your love for them and to know of the love you have for your Savior.

We love and miss your sweet smile.

We'll see you in a month!!!

Happy Birthday!

Love,

Mom

Proud Moment!

Jen won a pie eating contest at the Halloween party she went to. She won the 3 guys she competed against. You make me proud Jen.

The contest was whoever ate the most pies in a certain amount of time was the winner. You can see the small little pies at the bottom right hand corner of the picture. Jen was dressed as a baby. Maybe the reason they picked her to represent the girls was she had a bib on!? I asked her what she had on her head - she said it was her baby bonnet. Go figure.

I think she ate 5 of those little pies. WOW!

Homecoming..................

Taylor + Overstreet = Homecoming 08

In the above picture, Courtney is helping Jen get ready.

Courtney was such a big help - I don't know what we would have done without her. She helped pick out the dress, she bought the shoes and the jewelrey and then did Jen's hair and make-up. Whooo - she did it all. Thanks Courtney.

Side note - the whole time she was working on Jen's hair - she kept saying "Where's Jess?" Jessica usually jumped in and did the hair when she was still here in Mesa. Courtney jumped right in and did a fantastic job.

This has been a different experience getting ready for this. Sorry Court & Jess, but you two used to get so stressed about hair, make-up, etc. Jen doesn't. I stress because she's not. There were no tears. What's up with that?

Jessica wanted to know what Jen's dress, etc. looked like. Here are some photo's I took as they were leaving. Callie was taking their group pictures in the Overstreet's back yard, in front of their big trees. They should turn out nice.

This is Jordan Overstreet and Jen. Don't they look cute.

Our families have been friends for quite a while.

And.... Jen's oldest sister is married to Jordan's oldest brother.... go figure.

Whenever we have a party with the Overstreet's Jen and Jordan have been each other's competition. They're both really good at Guitar Hero, Rock Band and card games. They give each other a run for their money.

After the dance tonight, their fun group is heading back to Overstreet's to play some games. Let the competitions begin!!!!! You go girl!!!!!!!!

Get er Done!.

I made myself a list of "Things to Do" - during my week off from work.

This was on my list.

Get Flu shot

Got er done.

They are giving them at the Fry's on Baseline and Val Vista this

week - end.

On the list........

Plant Flowers.............

Got er done!

On the list......

Plant garden (tomatoes and jalepenos)..........

Got er done!!!!

The weather was so nice (Sunday night)- we played outside w/Jaxon. - Jaxon loves to play outside and "kick" the ball. We also went to the park on Thursday....

On the list.....

Spend time w/family.........

Got er done!!!!!!

The list........

I'll never know if I completed all the things on my list - why? Because I lost my list.

I'm getting old!!!!!!!

Strolling Down Memory Lane

Kenny and I went to get some Mesa Fro Yo after Mesa Highs Football game on Friday and we ran into our previous neighbors who lived next to us 20 years ago. It was so fun to see their kids now grown and married, chasing their little ones.

Running into them made me ponder on the past.
Some of the changes in the past 20 years are:

4 different neighbors in the house to the North of us.

3 different neighbors in the house South of us.

and more in the houses around us. We love our neighbors and our wonderful neighborhood.

We cherrish the memories of then and now!






The kids then--->










The kids now----->

Our family then........

Our family now...........

The many swimming parties we've had.

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Many friends parties.........

Many first days of schools.....

Our front yard holds the most fun memories for my kids. They played many games of football, baseball, soccer,hide-n-seek, kick the can and whatever else they did in our front yard.

(This is the only picture I could find of the kids playing in the front yard(sad) - it was Jen's 11th birthday party)

We're thankful for all of the Great Times we had then and are very thankful for the Great Times we're having now.