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Thanksgiving Day

Well thanks giving was alot of fun. We went to Steve and Tinas for dinner. We also have bveth back living with us till the 12th of Dec. Then she is going back to Kentucky to live with her birth father and grandparents. We had alot of fun playing games and all. Well that nite when we came home I started having pains in my stomach about 10:30 P.M. I told Dallas to put on his clothes we are going to the hospital. I had had these pains about 5 days ago and I didnt know what they were. Till I talked to some friends and they said it was my gall bladder. Well this is more painful than having a baby. So we went to the hospital and they said it was my gall bladder and scheduled surgery for the next day. On friday when the surgeon came in I told him where the pain was and he wanted to make sure it was my gall bladder and not an ulcer to they did a test for an ulser where they put a tube down my throat with a camera (I was asleep) and another more sensitive test for my gall bladder. Aftet my tests he decided that it was just my gall bladder. So they took it out on Saturday. I was so mad I missed black friday I had a list of things I was going to get too. But now Im at home gettin g better. Just a little sore.

Show Low Highschools Competition

Well I'm going to try and put the video on my blog nut we will see if it does it. Ashleys is on the dance team and they went to the pre-state competition. They did really well. It was in Scottsdale at Desert Mountain High School. They are a 3A school and there dance team made 4th and get to go to state. They would have placed 3rd but one of the girls dropped her pom during the dance. But that is ok they still get to go to state. Their Cheer stunt team (which one of my nieces is on and another niece coaches) they placed 3rd and get to go to state also. Ashley the (week before competition) was so tired and sore from extra practices. Well it didnt work again.

Home coming Dance

Well of course Ashley went to the dance. She likes a guy named cameron and she kept waiting for him to ask her to the dance. Well he finally told her that he wanted to take her to the dance but he was grounded. So she went with her girlfriend Kayla she didnt have a date either they both had alot of fun . Boy I couldn't believe how much the tickets were they were $30.00 for single and $40.00 for couples so they bought the couple ticket and split it. Here are a few pictures before the dance.

The fair

We came down to the valley and went to the fair. We havent done this for 5 years and now I remeber why. Wow the money sure went but we considered this our vacation and saved some money for that. We didnt get a vacation for 2 years so this was it. We took the kids shopping at the mall. Ashley was in heaven. She worked for Dallas last weekend and had some money. Aaron sold muffins at school for a school project and he had money too. Here is a picture of Ashley and Aaron at the fair.

Home coming Assembly

This is the dance that they performed at the Assembly. I was ther cus Ashley called me and she forgot her shirt and I had 15 min to get it to her or she couldn't perform. Kids!!!!! well again I cant load my videos . This makes me so mad.

Ashley and her friend Athena

Ashley and her cousin Bailey

the two teams

ashley was in the powder puff football game

Well it is homecoming and Ashley has chosen to play in the powderpuff football game. Well I was lucky I knew when it was cus lets see how do I put it. Well Ashley never pays attention and doesnt know when things are like I missed the homecoming parade. Why cus Ashley said they didnt tell her when it was. It ended up being on thurs. instead of friday. So no Pictures from that. But here are a couple of pictures from the powder puff football game. Of course the seniors won and they also had a cheat person they said was from Germany. (it was a guy football player in drag.)

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Come to find out when Dallas was stuck in the canyon he tried many times to call 911. But there was no service so he said a prayer for the Lord to help him get a call thru. Soon after that prayer his next call went thru and he was able to get an officer down where he was. The officer told him that an officer only goes thru the canyon once a day so he would have been stuck down there a long time. Thanks to the Lord his wait was'nt too long.

The call in the middle of the nite

Have you ever got the call in the middle of the nite. Well last nite we got a call about 12:30 a.m.
Jeanne answered it and this guy said this is Mathew from the AZ Highway dept. is April there. Well She thought it was a joke and asked what he wanted and he said that he would tell April. She said well Im not waking her up and he said good bye. After she woke up a bit she came down and told me what had happened. So I went up stairs and dialed *69 and got a Phone number that called and I called it and it was the AZ Highway dept. So I explained someone named Mathew had called my home and they patched him to me. Well while all this was going on Im wondering who is in trouble. Dallas was in Queen Creek and Ashley was gone. My heart was pounding. The officer got on the phone and said that Dallas had broke down in the Salt River Canyon but was alright and was being towed home. I thanked him for the information and hung up. I tried to call but no answer he was evidently in a no service zone. So I tried to go back to sleep. About 3 a.m. Dallas called the house and was in Show Low and for me to come get him. When I came to get him got the whole story. Someone was going like 15 mph on the side of the road and Dallas decided to pass him then the guy sped up and ran him off the road. He was on the canyon side of the guard rail. and about 10 feet from the edge of a big drop off. He stop just in time then he went to try and get out back to the road. He went for a little while and the truck sounded funny he pulled over then it wouldnt go again. Well n oe he is just sitting on the guard rail and a fox comes up to him growling. Now this isnt normal for a fox to come up to a truck with the flashers on and a human near by. Dallas shined the flashlight on him and he sat there for about 2 minutes and just growled so dallas decide to sit on the hood of his truck until the officer found him. We it was $450.00 to tow the truck and trailer 44 miles. That is highway robbery. Well Im glad he didnt go over the edge. but now we need to take the truck in to get fixed not sure what is wrong. He ran over alot of things. Just another one of Dallas adverntures.

Great View

Well my van ignition stopped working so I got a new one. It stopped working after Ashley, Aaron and my friend cindy and I were out in the middle of no where looking for indian pottery and tools. Well thank goodness it didnt stop out in the middle of nowhere. It waited till we got to cindys house and it has been sitting there for a week. I found out I have to take the steering wheel off to get to it . So when Dallas came home this weekend we went to rent one at checker auto. Well I guess you dont just rent them they make you pay for it then you get all your money back when you return it. Well I thought that was a pretty good idea. So it cost us $14.00 and all afternoon to fix it but Dallas did it. We didnt quite get the blinkers to work again but at least I have wheels.

Well where my friend Cindy lives is next to a pond the the elk like to come down to here are some pictures I took. They came right into her back yard to eat. Wow Ive never been so close she has such a great view.

Adam and Eves first date

This is the name of the roadshow that Ashley and Aaron were in. For those of you who dont know what a roadshow is, it is a short 10 minute play that each ward has to come up with. Then the nite of the show they travel to 3 different buildings and put it on 3 different times. I filmed this with my camera in 3 different segments it is hard to make out Ashley & Aaron I will tell you where to look for them. Ashley is a lion and when she comes out with another lion she is the one on the left she has a couple of solo songs. Aaron is a monkey and he is on the right in the opening act. He is the one on the right bobbing up and down avoiding a female monkey, he is also the one who hands the chocolate to Adam and he is the announcer of the concert. So try and look for them. Sorry it isnt a better copy

Ashley's Dance Recital

Ashley has been taking Jazz Dance for a year now and really enjoys it. I'm sure this experience is what helped her get on the Varsity dance team in Show Low High. Its to bad that we have to move down to the valley. She won't get to be on the dance team this next year. If you would like to see her recital go to this site. Michael and Sarah were able to be there and Michael was the one who filmed it. I was so glad they were able to make it. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1224910961385242403&hl=en

Winston's Graduation

Well the date is finally here. Ashley, Aaron and I traveled down to Tucson to go to Winston's graduation. We had to rent a car because the clutche went out in the Pinto two days before.We were expecting it to be very hot and wore shorts. Well it ended up very cloudy and very windy. It was actually nice except for the wind. We went to Winstons house and had dinner. He had 480 students graduating. WOW that is alot. The ceremony went pretty fast for as many students that there was. It started at 7 P.M. and ended at 8:30 P.M. It took us forever to get out of the parking lot. Winstons school had an event at the school for all the students to celebrate their graduation. Here are a few pictures. Oh they also had a neat light show after it was all over. Then when we came home the next day yup we had snow.

Aaron on the drums

Spring Fling 2008

Well this year Aaron has decided to play the drums. I knew the Spring Fling was coming up but Aaron never brings home any papers to tell me what is going on. So the afternoon of the Spring Fling he calls me and tells me it is tonite. Well that figures we get no advanced notice. Then he wants his friend Morgan to come home with him so we can take him to and from the concert. So here is 2 videos of Aaron playing the guitar and the Maracas. And to top it off he also has to have his science project done for that nite too. So we had to whip up a science project and not do the one we had planned. He took first place last year well that wont be happening this year. We ended up doing it on natural plastic. We made a natural plastic spoon out of milk and vinegar. Sure wasnt as sturdy as a normal plastic spoon.

something funny

Well a couple of weeks ago we went to Phoenix and ended up staying for 5 days. Well we had someone feeding Ashleys cat while we were gone. But we have never been gone that long before. So we get home and we haven't been seeing him but the food is always gone. So she kept feeding him. Well Sunday a friend of Ashleys calls her and asks if she is missing her cat. We said well we haven't seen him lately. So we went over to his house. Now this is the funny thing. This guy was our next door neighbor. Well that is 5 miles away from where we are now. Guess what it was him he was under this guys house and we brought him home and put him in a shed, till he gets used to it and now he is gone again. Who knows where he is now.

easter 2008

Well since Winston and Josh came up to visit we had alot of fun. We colored easter eggs and had our traditional nite eggs hunt. I found some glow in the dark eggs and some dark colored eggs that had a small strip of reflectant on them so they got to use flash lights. We also got to see 10,000 B.C. which was alright but nothing to write home about. here are a few pictures

winston hair

Well Winston came up to see us with his friend josh. Now that he is working we dont see him as often. Well he doesn't trust anyone but me to cut his hair so here is a before and after picture.

Winston Graduates

Well here is a picture of Winston. Yes, this is his senior picture. He graduates on May 21, 2008. From Ironwood Ridge High School. He is an honor student and when he took his pre college tests he got 99 and 100s on all of them. He is registered and paid for to go to Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher , AZ. He will be staying in a dorm and starting this August. We are Proud of him.

New and improved

Wow I did it. I changed my blog back ground. Of course I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for Sarah telling me a site to go to I couldn't have done it. It is so cute and I'm ready to go.

Now is the time

I guess it is time for me to try this. I'm sure Ashley will help me and Aaron is interested too. Winston is coming up for the weekend and Ill have some pictures and more things to say. I have 2 kids that are doing this. So this is why I want to start one. I'm sure it wont be as cute as
Sarah and Michaels but I'm willing to try.