Go Ashlie!!! Go Ashlie!!! Go Ashlie!!! Go Ashlie!!!

These videos are are couple of years old. We were camping and Ash was around 9. I don't know if it's the dancing or if it's because it's pre-contacts and braces, but I could be having the crappiest day of my life and these would still make me laugh out loud like a hyena. Talk about a kid with rubber legs gettin her groove on!! Boooyah Sqweeward!!

Oh, and how funny are Mike and Brendan dorking out in the last one! It is impossible for anyone in my family to video anything without a special appearance of a numnut....or two. Actually, I'm pretty sure everyone in my family has a dominant numnut gene. I am positive I've passed it on succesfully to my children and it's rubbed off on Doug for damn sure!

Happy Birthday Jason.............

As most of you know, Doug's only sibling Jason passed away in February. I just wanted to tell Doug's family I love them and i'm thinking about them all. Jason would have been 37 today.

Here are a few memories of Jason that hopefully will make Leah, Carl and Doug smile today....

He always wanted to eat at Taco Bell. He had a contagious laugh. A particular memory of boating in St George (you know which one Leah!). His unconditional love for scroungy dogs. Paint, paint, paint and more paint (mixed with a little grease). Clothes he would never throw away. Scrubbing the driveway with tampons and paint thinner to get rid of the paperboys bicycle tracks. Doug shaving his mustache. Leah, Mouria, Jill, a Sharpie and a master plan. Big trucks with big tires. Of course there's the motorcycles or basically anything motorized. His love for his son. ..........Oh yeah, and then there was paint!

He was so full of life and I know he is missed so much by so many.

We promise to help take care of your sweet Ruger. We love you Jason

My hunky little (big) nephew (AKA Weasel)!

Our big boy Brendan is graduating this year. We are all so proud of him! He manages to get awesome grades...be a Varsity Wrestler...maintain a job, and I still have yet to meet a nicer, sweeter, more well behaved teen in my life. He's going to hate it that I said that but it's true!! It's okay though Brendan...your totally a badass!!! Chase your dreams buddy!!!!! As you can see, he makes me want to use punctuation excessively!!!! We love you Weasel!

Sadie Hawkins!!!

Ohhhhhhhh I'm so old.....My baby is going to dances. Crap!

Sweet Little Izzy

Mike's sweet little Daschound Izzy was run over by a car this morning. This post is for Mike and Amy. We will all miss this fun, adorable, sweet little dog so much. I'm really, really sorry guys.
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End of summer...

I hear it's going to snow this weekend...and i'm not sad at all. I love Winter and I know you all think i'm crazy, but....I won't have to mow my lawn. I won't have to look at my neighbors UNmown lawn. I won't have to look at the neighbors dog turds on my lawn. I can throw snowballs at my kids. I can wear stupid clothes because my coat will cover me up (well...I actually do that regardless!) I can throw snowballs at YOUR kids! Ha! I LOVE WINTER!!!!!!

Corn Maze......Hichaw!!!

We took the kids to the corn maze / pumpkin patch the other night and wow!! It was so beautiful! Aspen was home sick so I didn't take pics of my kids because we are going back, but I couldn't resist taking some pics of the silly cowboys. Mere just happened to notice that they had these straw hats in the car (yes, they are the same hats that humiliated Jessa at her preschool graduation) Those two wore those hats the whole night and they were both so gloriously happy you would have thought chocolate raindrops and bubblegum was falling out of the sky...they had a BLAST!! So i'll post some pics of my own offspring soon but for now here are the cowpoke munchkins in their element!

oh...and P.S. leave it up to Mere's porch monkeys to eat a peice of gross, old, snaggle corn!