Long time no post--I know

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:)