Ball Family

2010-07-24T20:29:00.000-06:00

wow my site is old

2010-07-24T20:06:00.003-06:00

Ok my post is going to be long since i havent posted for awhile--Sold our house and moved to arizona and have been fixing up an older home for the last year. Have our fifth baby girl Eliana ( sweetest thing you ever did see). Kyra and Karissa excelled at school 4th and 2nd grade-they worked really hard and we are pleased with the progress. Mckenzie is chomping at the bit to go to school and will go to Kindergarten this year. Addyson is such a great little lady to be around-loving, helping and such a sweet gal for a 2yr old. We went on a month camping trip through California in our camper-had so much fun we didnt want to come home-except to take a shower:) We are sad to be away from my sister ashley and her new baby Marissa:( We love our family of girls, never a dull or quit moment-well except when they are all sleeping that is:) Karissa learned to ride her bike last month and is going to be baptised on next sat. she is very excited. We are so thankful that we have a church that helps us make our family stronger. Heavenly father has blessed us with so many great things. We do miss all you friends in New mexico. Nana ball spent a month here in april and it was so nice having her here we were thinking of ways to lock her in her room so she would stay even longer. We are so lucky to have family that is so loving and fun. Well i am sure i didnt describe the year very well but i will post more often now. Luv you all.

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2010-02-18T20:28:00.001-07:00

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Long time no post--I know

2009-08-28T09:43:00.002-06:00

Ok without the internet at home it is so hard to keep my blog up. We now have dial-up so I can keep up a little better- but it is really slow so I can only do it when i have the patience. So the girls are back to school and doing great with their new teachers. Mckenzie and addyson are enjoying there more individual time with mom. Jonathan is busy with his cross country team, their meets start next week. He is excited for a great season. We are starting our second big remodel job on the house at the end of september and will be done for awhile after that. I cant wait till fall, it is my favorite time of year.
We did finally find a camper again- we ended up getting a class C so the kids love being able to sit on the couch or sleep on the way to the campsite. We are planning a big road trip for next summer. The kids are already very excited. We are close to so many camping places that we dont have to drive far.

riding horses

2009-06-23T12:17:00.002-06:00

More summer fun, riding horses and finding frogs and lizards in the yard. We do summer reading, concerts at the park, walks around the lake, hiking, bike riding, playing in the yard, a little school work to catch up, tee ball, and house work. To say the least we are anything but bored:)

Summer Fun

2009-06-23T12:09:00.002-06:00

Met the backus family at slide rock az for a fun birthday for karissa. The big number 7!! we have been doing a lot of fun family things in between working on the house this summer. We love the Backus family thanks for meeting us!!

Good times

2009-06-09T17:15:00.002-06:00

Summer is going good we are trying to finish up some of our house projects before my parents come and do more. We bought an older home so that we wouldnt have house payments and are fixing it up for those that didnt know. Yes it has been a lot of work, but I have to say no payments is pretty nice. We planted our garden a bit late this week, but hope to get some yummy food at the end of summer. One of jonathans athletes did great at regionals in the heptatholon 14th out of the whole southwest- he was pretty proud of her. Enjoy summer everyone- we sure are:))

more sea world and beach

2009-05-28T10:44:00.004-06:00

more photos of our trip-we took hundreds of photos so these are just a few i picked out while the kids were swimming in the pool with dad.

Sea world trip

2009-05-28T10:10:00.006-06:00

Headed out to san diego for sea world and had a blast. We spent four full days a sea world and then some time at the beach too. The girls all had fun and kyra is now loving the big roller coasters- uggh:) Hey it is better then going on the tea cup ride with the little ones a million times though. We are addicted to staying at holiday inn now-it is such a nicer hotel for families. Well we will be headed home today, one long nap for most of us:)

Finally posting pictures

2009-05-11T10:35:00.004-06:00

New house with lots of projects.... here are some pictures finally. One of the zoo and one of kyras 9th birthday too. Not having the net at home makes it harder to post. I am posting at safeway parking lot with free wireless:) Miss you all and hope to see people when they are heading through town:)

Moving in and Fixing up

2009-03-16T11:57:00.002-06:00

So we are in our new home now and have worked 10 12hr days and are starting to get things ready to move in now. Our new home is a bit of a fixer upper unlike the other homes we have bought. But it is looking a lot better everyday. I hope to have some pictures in the future-right now i am still lucky to get a shower once in awhile. We had to stay at a hotel for a week so we are glad to be out of there.

So we have, tiled, new heat ducting, replaced water heater, replaced doors, lights indoor and out, put tons of trim up with paint, closet doors , gutted bathrooms and redone, finished a lot of grouting, redone gas, new appliances, and much more. So we have been busy and with the tons of help from my parents- we would be really deep in it still if it werent for them. We are still all alive and well though still, we hope to unpack some of our things this week. We are planning on putting our fence up this week too though:0 We miss all our friends in NM and hope all is well. Sorry I havent kept you posted till now. XOXOX

Girls singing recital

2009-02-12T20:09:00.004-07:00

The girls had their singing recital tonight, mckenzie and Addyson had fun watching and cheering them on. It was very cute. The girls sure did know there songs good- very fun songs. Since we do part regular school they get to do these fun school stuff along with the homeschool. When we move they are going to see what regular school is like. I think that they will have a lot of fun. They are such fun girls I think that they will miss each other not being with each other the whole day. It is cool to see sisters who are such good friends too. I hope that Addyson and Mckenzie have that too one day. Good job girls you did great!!!

Happy V-Day.

2009-02-08T15:36:00.004-07:00

Happy valentines everyone. Our bags are packed and we are ready to move in two weeks- let the count down begin. We will miss all our friends here in NM but we will be sure to come visit when we come see the grandparents. Addyson is growing up so fast and is already running around chasing her older sisters. If there is ever a toothbrush in site she will have her hands on it--future dentist??. Mckenzie is counting down the days to be with her daddy again.

SOLD!! We are outta here!!!

2009-01-27T20:21:00.002-07:00

Thank you everyone that has been keeping us in their prayers. We sold the house to a very nice couple and should close end of Feb. The girls and I will be moving on valentines!! Happy valentines to us!!! Yahoo, yahoo, yahoo. Thanks again everyone. I cant wait to be outta here and back with Jonathan- four kids on my own is more work then I bargained for. I feel like a million pounds have been lifted off my shoulders.

2009-01-11T18:47:00.005-07:00

More pictures-we go to the Natural history science museum every xmas eve(pict from last set with grammy and papa) - it is a great calm xmas eve activity- the girls love it. These pictures are of us at the zoo

-another of our favorite places. Now karissa no longer has long hair, she cut it off a couple of days ago for locks of love- she said "I want to give my hair to the kids that are sick and dont have hair" She is so kind and loving.

Holidays

2009-01-10T18:17:00.003-07:00

So holidays were great. Grammy and papa came to visit, plus dad was home for two weeks. Our good friends the Betts came for four fun filled days too. The girls enjoyed tearing threw the presents and spending a relaxing day playing. No we did not get our christmas wish of selling the house, but we did have a lot of people come look which is good. I got a down comforter which is so nice and warm and jonathan got a new tool set(which I desperatly needed:)) We are praying that we will have an offer on the house this month and be out with the wind. Addy learned the word "cheese" & "cup" over the holidays too. I have some great photos that i will post later tonight. Happy New Year!!! Its gunna be a good one.

First sickness of the season

2008-12-14T11:18:00.002-07:00

So we made it through our first batch of the pucks of the season. Addyson was first down then Mckenzie then Karissa-- kyra and I managed to avoid so far at least. Did a lot of laundry and watched a lot of movies. Today is recovery day. Still no shows on the house- spread the word is what we are trying now- tell anyone and everyone- maybe someone knows someone looking. Dad comes home on friday- yeaaaa- everyone is excited!! We get two weeks of fun, before 9weeks of no fun:)

Hopeing that we wont have any more sick days till after the holidays at least. MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone!!! What a wonderful month December is- we had snow this morning for a bit anyway.

Happy Holidays

2008-12-04T11:33:00.004-07:00

Still waiting for our home to sell--uggh- we keep lowering and lowering it. The girls and me miss dad everyday and then some. We hope we will get a Christmas miracle and our home will sell so we can all be together again. I cant wait to get out of the city! Mckenzie is having the hardest time -little daddy's girl when he is gone. We were glad to have my parents for thanksgiving and will be coming back for Christmas. We are going to attempt a new tradition of letting the kids sleep under the Christmas tree- I will let you know how it goes:) We are so blessed to be a part of these girls' lives, it is hard to be sad that our house isn't selling.

November is Here

2008-11-02T10:22:00.003-07:00

Girls have been up for awhile with the time change!! Bellys full of candy and wanting there pictures taken so we took a few. Dad is still out of town, last week till we get to see him- yahoo. Good luck with voting- cant wait till the phone calls stop-uggh. Addyson knows how to give kisses now, so watch out she may lay a wet one on you!!

Pumpkins

2008-10-28T13:27:00.004-06:00

With dad gone we were glad to have Uncle Brian and Aunt Ashley help us with our family home evening pumkin carving. Three spooky pumpkins sitting in a row...ooooh. Addyson tried eating the pumkin guts- didnt like it much. Karissa chose to do a vampire pumpkin which is what mommy is going to be for halloween (twilight-alice). Happy Halloweeeeeeeeeeeen!!

Addyson first birthday- (early for dad)

2008-10-25T15:58:00.004-06:00

So dad left to start new job so we celebrated Addyson birthday a few weeks early. She started walking at 10 mths so we thought we would have her eat her cake walking--not the smartest idea ever- big mess, but bruiser (dog) took care of it:) She loved her presents she stated singing and ooh oohing at them. She carries her tiger everywhere. Also a picture of her doing her build a bear. Real bday is 10/31

zoo boo

2008-10-25T15:53:00.004-06:00

Zoo boo was crazy busy fun. Kids and that much sugar should be outlawed. Going to 5 halloween parties this year- I think that the halloween ghost is going to have to steal candy at night:) Pooh, tiger, eeyore and little mermaid.

New camera pictures

2008-10-15T11:03:00.004-06:00

Pictures with my new camera- Old one broke new nikon p-80 is pretty nice but the comercial shows that Ashton Kusher comes with it- he wasnt in the box- Darn!!

Z00 Oct

2008-10-15T10:55:00.005-06:00

We love going to the zoo!! We hope the house sells but in the mean time we are just going to have some fun we decided. Addyson started walking at 10 mths and is really cruzing now. We are excited to celebrate her first birthday soon.

Happy 3rd Birthday

2008-08-10T10:53:00.002-06:00

Mckenzie had a fun 3rd bday at the zoo with her favorite gorilla spot for the party. With her monkey cake and lots of presents she was overjoyed to say the least. She tells everyone that now she is "free" (not so good with the "t" yet). She is growing up fast and being the third child we thought she may be a little passive by this point- but not Kenzie she wants it her way and makes sure we know it. Tough but we love that she has so much spunk and in the long run it will be a great asset to her life. Happy Birthday Sweet heart- we love you so much!!!

Sleepy Me.

2008-08-07T10:54:00.005-06:00

So for all that already know me pretty well wont be suprised that I was diagnosed officially with narcolepsy. Since I am breastfeeding and plan to get prego again in the future there is no form of help for me yet. They said no driving but have not taken my license away as of yet thank goodness. I am trying not to drive as much, but with four kids and doc apts, school, groceries doing the essential things is still some driving to do- but I dont ever go to far. I already new my bounderies and have always been pretty careful to keep us all safe:) But I am still me I just have a label for being so wierd:0 My mom said ive been the way I am since I was born so it must have started pretty young. Fun, Fun.

It is finally a Cool summer!!

2008-07-29T16:23:00.004-06:00

Well, we finally have air conditioning that works again-our was out until now. Girls are pumped for going back to school (homeschool) soon- kyra in 3rd grade and Karissa in 1st. Addyson can now climb up the stairs and also fall down them so we are on our toes a lot chasing her. Today is jonathans birthday-HAPPY 33RD BDAY DADDY!! He got breakfast in bed and a new watch he has been looking at.

Murder Mystery Party

2008-07-27T11:35:00.003-06:00

Well Nikki had her famous murder mystery party last night and it was a blast. I was "penny" and jon was"joe" -we ended up being in conspiracy to kill my twin brother:) Great food and a lot of fun.

Wedding

2008-07-21T09:18:00.003-06:00

My sister Ashley got married- she is now Ashley Miller. Kyra was the ring bear, Karissa held the dress train and Mckenzie was a flower girl. She had it here up at the jemez falls, with our bishop marring them. We had a lot of family for the fourth of july too which was a lot of fun. The girls had fun getting things ready for the wedding, and thought ash looked like a princess. The girls cant wait to get married in the temple- I said it will be awhile.... a long while we hope:)

Summer Fun Time

2008-07-21T09:03:00.005-06:00

Summer- ahh what we have been up too.... Camping a lot with our pop up- the girls love camping and cant wait to go again the day we get back. Our activities... Library, zoo, aquarium, parks, games, playing in the yard, swimming, free movies, camping, and a little school work on the side. Addyson has learned to crawl so camping is interesting with her, plus she enjoys putting everything in her mouth-yuck! She still has no teeth but loves to eat all foods regardless. We camped at fenton lake, Hyde park, and in the Jemez mtns.