Wednesday, November 5, 2008

What's taking you so long?

I haven't blogged for a long time and I could waste a bunch of time here telling you why, but instead of make you listen to that, I have decided to treat you to pictures of my beautiful kids!

Our family vacation in August was a whirlwind of Oregon activites, we spent time in Medford visiting Grandma and Grandpa Noble and I got to go to a Dirtclod reunion. It was so neat to hang out with some of those old friends again...Thanks again Craig, Jeanette and Darelyn for all your hard working planning it.
In Portland we got to visit the Markers, our old couple friends from BYU. It was so much fun because all our kids are almost exactly the same age and play really well together. Hoever, I suppose that Kelly's kids play well with just about everyone. We got to go to Dallin's soccer practice with him and Nate got to kick the ball around with the other kids, even though he wasn't part of the team. He had a really good time, but he got frustruated because he wanted to be great at it without any practive. He's a perfectionist in some areas for sure.

Jeff and Kelly were nice enough to take us out on their boat for some waterskiing...however, the kids tried to ride the tubes, but ended up getting dunked on the first time out, and Nate was so traumatized that he refused to try again. Too bad, maybe next time things will go better.
Then we went to Redmond to visit the Sean and Amanda Cowley family and the cousins had an awesome time camping in the tent in the back yard and making smores. Jared and Sean got treated to a round of golf by Uncle Cliff and got schooled! Then it was off to Myrtle Point for some river camping with the Hyrum and Tiana Johnson family. The trip was awesome, we love reconnecting with family and great friends, and we had a ton of fun.

2 comments:

Tiana Johnson said...

Oh, I see, we're just a blip on the map. Just kidding! I'm so glad to see something from you! I've been wanting to call you for several weeks now since mysteriously you haven't called me in ages, which is so unlike you. Here is why I haven't
A. I think about it after the kids are in bed and things have settled down, which means you've been in bed for hours already.
B. I have a phone calling phobia.
C. I thought you'd call me.
D. I thought you'd sworn off us since you weren't calling.
E. Dallas broke my phone and I have to use Hyrum's.
F. I've been working at the shop every day with Hyrum so my days are packed and I don't get a chance to call anyone, especially with a broken phone.
I'll try to call soon! I hope you're doing okay!
PS. We didn't catch your croup, but we got a nasty bug that's been lingering the last couple of weeks.

Kelly(M&M) said...

I didn't see this the first time I checked on your blog. Cute pics of the kids! We had such a great time when you visited. I love knowing that our friendship never changes. Our kids hit it off every time. So, hopefully next time the boat ride will go better. :-) (We did buy a new tube by the way!)