Cat Dog Miss Quinn

Quinn, please come home. We miss you.

Nobody will play with us and they hardly ever feed us.

I've even had to sleep ON TOP of the covers!!! (Dog)

And I haven't scratched anyone in DAYS!! (Cat)

I'm so sad I haven't even wanted to poop on the floor for three days! (Dog)

We know you're having fun in Utah, but come home soon and bring Kylie with you. We love to play with her, too, and lick the pool water off her feet.

We miss our masters.

Animalistically yours,

Coco aka Doogman

Cat aka . . . . . Cat

Zak Starts BYU!

Zak started a BYU Football camp today! He was very excited, hope we get lots of updates.
Can you figure out which one is Zak....

If you would like to see more pictures of this trip, click here.

I'm in Texas now...cockroaches beware

Yes, I made it to el Paso with 4 of my children. We drove up just as Don was finishing a tennis match for the Fort Bliss tenneis tournament. the only problem is that Don has 2 stress fractures in his foot. He won anyway. he got second place in the entire tournament. The last player was a HUGE German man who has been here at Ft. Bliss for 6 years. (We invite the Germans to come here to learn about our artillery...) Don would have beat him, too, except for his foot.

anyway, we are unpacking the car and what do I find? Yes, a HUGE cockroach. No, it was not 1/2 inch, it was not 1 inch, it was not even 2 inches. It was 3 inches and FAT. Luckily, it was already dead. Don got rid of it. Then in the middle of the night we are awakened by Jenna screaming at the top of her lungs. Yes indeed...she had gone to the bathroom and there waiting for her was another HUGE cockroach. Don squished it, but then Jenna was afraid one would crawl on her in the middle of the night so she came to sleep in our bed. Wasn't that fun? Now, we keep the bathtub plugged and no more cockroaches!! Yeah!!

The temperature has been in the 100's. We go to the pool every day. Jenna is taking tennis lessons. Bear has not pee'd in the house (phew) but he has poo'd (aarrrrrgh). We all like the little house. the cannon booming outside our window at 6:00am has not really bothered us. I have already had to yell at the security men at the gate becuase they would not let me in after we returned from Carlsbad Caverns. I did not have my army ID. It was 11:30 pm. the children were all asleep in the car. I had to get out of the car and walk back 200 feet from the gate and wait for Don to drive to our house, find my card and bring it back! I told them they were very bad men. Don was probably glad they didn't throw me in jail.

I have lots more adventures to tell... I wish I could put pictures on but I have neither scanner nor printer. It is so fun to read about everyone. thanx Julie!

Beach Day!

We had a great day at the beach today!

Thanks Don, for teaching Quinn how to use the boogie board. He loves it, is good at it and is always the first one in no matter what the temperature of the water.

If you want to see more of our beach pictures, click here

Chase GRADUATES!

Last Friday, June 15th, Chase was our third child to graduate from Arcadia High School

CONGRATULATIONS CHASE!

Chase has just walked around the corner in this picture.

Try to pick Chase out in this picture...it may be impossible.

winer9

I won today at raquetball. It was a great victory. You should have seen his face.

That is all.

What I've been doing... in art!

this happy little boy's name is "Mario gone Mad". My teacher said that i had to draw a picture that mainly focuses on hair (my teacher probably thought that it would mostly be about head hair, but i wanted to get creative) Before you ask any questions, yes those lines on his arms are hair, those are mustaches coming out of his mustaches, and why it is named "Mario gone Mad" will be answered soon enough. 6 points to whoever says why his name is "Mario gone Mad"

p.s anyone who i have told why is not aloud to answer




I got very bored today so I decided to make a twin for "Mario gone Mad" (I can't tell the difference)

After months of searching...

I finally found a Toyota Tacoma that wasn't sold!! I was very picky about the truck I wanted. It had to be a Toyota Tacoma with an extended cab, and I preferred a V6 engine (rather than the standard V4) and power locks/windows. Every truck that filled all these requirements sold before Dad and I could go get it. I was thrilled when I found out this truck was not sold yet. The only thing the truck didn't have was the power locks/windows, but I was willing to sacrifice that to finally get a truck. I'm already very happy with our purchase.



One of my favorite parts about the truck was the big 31" BFGoodrich All Terrain tires.



PS. The truck is actually Dad's, I just had to make sure he got a nice truck in case I wanted to drive it (wink, wink). Also, the quality of the image isn't the greatest since the truck was in the shade, but you can click it to see the full sized image.



Mom also surprised me with a nice graduating present. I've been having a lot of fun with it already. It actually took the above picture. It was a great present from Mom and Dad.

Last Day of High School

This is Chase's last day of High School - hmm, maybe later I will try to scan in his first day of school...great idea.

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