Memorial Day

I know I'm way behind on my posts, but I don't want to forget the things we've done so far this summer. Our Memorial Day started with a picnic lunch for the Cluff family. We ate at a pavilion near a school where they have a fun playground.

The kids quickly found a "pond" behind the pavilion. The pond was rainwater left over from a storm we had the previous week. The kids proceeded to build a bridge of rocks to cross the pond. They were having fun.

Then we went to the park and some of us played PIG.

Then we played some wiffle ball.

I turned the camera over to Madison and these are some of the shots she got:

Julia and Dylan played some tether ball.

Madison might turn out to be a good little photographer - some of her pictures are very interesting.

Then we spend the evening with the Saluone family. We played with Suzie and Alema for a little while. Then we decided to play a little touch football in the backyard with some of the older kids. I'm not sure why, but it seems like my team never wins. Interesting....

We had a great time with both families and were very wiped out by the end of the day. That's what we call a great holiday.

Congratulations, Randy!

This is another long overdue post, but I wanted to take the time to celebrate my brother's very special day. On May 1, 2009 Randy graduated from Utah State University. We're so proud of him, it's such a great accomplishment. And he already has a job teaching at Logan High School in the fall. Congratulations!!!

4 Years!

It's been 4 years since I married this man. I will be honest, they've been the best 4 years of my life! I'm so lucky to have such a wonderful, caring, honest, funny, smart, handsome, strong, devoted husband. I can't wait to see what the next 4, 40, 400 years have in store for us.

Happy Anniversary, Jonathan!

Sunday Barbecue

Anyone who knows us, knows that we love to barbecue. And by barbecue, we don't mean slapping something on the grill. It's taken Jonathan a while to perfect his smoking skills, but he's a pretty darn good smoker. I'm of course talking about smoking meats, not cigarettes. A typical Sunday for us (when the weather is nice) means that some kind of meat will be placed on this smoker.





Today it happens to be chicken. You can see the woodchips waiting to be thrown over the hot coals.


Jonathan loves his barbecue. His favorite food. He could eat barbecue everyday.



Don't look too closely at this picture, I'm pretty hideous and fat, but since Jonathan insisted on taking it I better include it in this post.
Of course we can't be outside without getting attacked by the dogs. They always want to hang out with us when we're outside. Here's chubby Kimo.

And sweet, slobbery, Tito.

And the ring leader, Kookie.

People ask us why Kimo is so fat, well we didn't know if we should tell them the real reason...

Don't worry, J's just joking :)

Day at the Park

We are so lucky to live by so many parks and schools. One of our favorite places to go is the nearby Ameila Earhart Elementary school because it's not usually as crowded as some of the other parks. And they have a baseball field. On this day we took Cornel & Bekki's kids to the park to play baseball.




Kage batted first. He's such a sports fanatic.



Jaida played in the "sand" while the boys batted.


Then Junior had his chance at bat.


When Jaida finished her "castle" she decided she wanted a chance to bat.


Then I decided to try it. No comments necessary.


See, you can't even see the ball because I hit is SO far (not because it's on the ground behind me).


After playing baseball Spencer, Savannah & Suzie came and we played on the playground.


Don't ask me why she decided to go down the slide on her stomach when she knew I was going to take a picture of her. I don't know if she was being camera shy, or just showing off for her little cousin.

I thought we needed a picture of the two of us together.

Me and my sweet (dorky) husband :)