God is good

I am so excited! Recently Greg got pulled over for having expired tags on our van. When the officer asked to see his liscense he didn't have it with him. To make a long story short, the tickets were to be around $720-750. Today he went to his court hearing and the judge cleared all of the charges!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QT with the Fam

My Sister and I
Kay and Joe
Sedona Red Rocks
Dylan Climbing the Grand Canyon
Dylan, Dad and Zion at Slide Rock
What a great week! Although I was sad to see my sister, Kayla and her hubby Joe leave today we definately wasted no time at all. We left Thursday afternoon and drove to Prescott and had dinner at the Prescott Brewery Company. They have the best Tomato Mushroom Bisque with Beer bread in the world!!! Next we drove to Williams where we stayed the night at a hotel and swam in the pool before going to bed. We got up early the next morning and had breakfast. We had a 58 mile drive to the Grand Canyon. Greg and I were there in December of 2006 but it was cold, snowy and not very enjoyable, however still beautiful! We took the boys too and they had never been either. We hiked Bright Angel Trail , took lots of pictures and shopped at the general store. Next we drove to Sedona. We stopped at Slide Rock for a little more hiking and swimming!! We then drove to historic Sedona and ate dinner, got coffee and shopped some more before driving home. What a great adventure!!!

Time of my life

There is nothing better chillin' with family. Shopping, walking through the desert, sharing meals, playing darts. It has been such a blast having my sister and brother in law here. It is flying by so fast!!!! Tomorrow we are going to the Grand Canyon for an overnight trip with the boys. We are pretty excited about it. The Viscomis and our boys have never been there. Pictures to follow!

Busy Weekend

I am sooooo excited to see my sister(and Joey) only two more days and she'll be here! I wish I could see everyone else too, but this will give me a fix. Today I got to go scrapbooking with my favorite gals from AZ. The new CTMH fall catalog came out but we can't order from it till Sept 1. And their clearance sale is starting again Tuesday morning!!!!! YEA! After scrapping I went and signed up more people for soccer, we are up to 208. I am coaching the little guys and only have 4 players and Greg is coaching Dylan's team again for the third year. After that I came home and cleaned like there was no tomorrow, I guess that's what women in my family do when they get nervous, or excited or both...CLEAN! We also went to our friend Tom's for his birthday! He is such a great cook and he wanted to cook for all of his friends on his birthday and cook he did! It was a smorgasboard of delights! I love his cooking!

Tomorrow is church and a welcome home party for Lindsay, a girl from our church, who just got back from a missions trip in Thailand!

We got good news today that Greg's tickets may go down from $600 to $125 for failing to present his liscense and expired registration - Pray that reduce the fines!!!! If they do that will help us pay our $645 electric bill!!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES! What do people think money grows on trees?

Until till tomorrow **SIGH** I am going to bed, I am sleepy!

Crop till I drop

I love to scrapbook. My favorite supplies come from Close to my heart from my favorite consultant and good friend Kim Higgins. A group of us meet every third Saturday of the month and we are making a album titled a Inspired By. I posted some pictures from it on my myspace.

As the Deer

One of my favorite hymns...its been in my head all day. So I guess God had me meditating on the words.........

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after thee
You alone are my hearts desire
And I long to worship thee

You alone are my strength my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my hearts desire
And I long to worship thee

You're my friend and You are my brother,
Even though you are a king.
I love you more thank any other,
So much more than anything.

I want You more than gold or silver,
Only You can satisfy.
You alone are the real joy Giver,
And the apple of my eye.

Boys will be Boys

Ahh, look at that face, Does he look like he would hurt a flea?

No, but he did!

Dylan's First Shiner! He says it doesn't hurt!




Well Dylan has his first shiner and Zion gave it to him. Zi whacked him in the face with a broom. I guess that is what boys do. It happened Monday night so he had to go to school (only his 2nd day in 3rd grade) with it. He got a lot of attention though. A little too much from one girl who is in LOVE with him. He got 100% on his first spelling pre-test Monday so he doesn't have to take the actual test on Friday. He also got 100% on his Reading test - the only kid in the class. As Greg always tells them "Readers are Leader" if you can read you can teach yourself anything. Right now Dylan is reading "Sir Fartsalot and the hunts the Booger" by Kevin Bolger. That was right after we got out "Walter the Farting Dog" for Zion. They actually have this "Walter the farting dog" stuffed animal at the library and YES it does fart! The kids love it!!!! GROSS!

Ahh yes, boys will be boys. I am just happy they are reading.

This that and the Other

Well thanks to my cousin Nikki (SAHM mom of 3 and Tasetfully Simple Consultant) and her cute blog, I decided to keep up with mine. I started in April of last year but never blogged since. I will try it for awhile and see how I like it.

I am up to my neck in soccer registration, my first PTA meeting is next week, and so is my first steering committee meeting for M.O.P.S.

BUT

I am very excited that my sister is coming to visit next week with her husband Joe. I have not seen them since their wedding last year. See left for a picture....she was a stunning bride and Joe looked pretty good too!