To make me feel better my Home teacher sent this to me!

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We were able to spend a weekend with my extended family at Yuba Lake for a family reunion. We had a great time, a few things I was not able to get pictures of was Alivia, went on the thunder tube with some of her cousins pictured below, she also learned how to knee board, I was very shocked she even tried it. The kids had a great time we lots of sand and water to play with, I loved it, not a whole lot of entertaining I needed to come up with.

Cooper fished with Ben almost the whole time, Bauer played in the sand and sometimes the water with the little kid wheel barrow, he would float it around everywhere it was really cute.

Kessler hung out with me and played in the sand occasionally.
Raccoon eyes:)

Kesslers favorite place, my lap.

He loves to say 'was tha'= "what's that"

He loves to wave bye-bye

He says momma, and says gramma, sometimes you don't know who he is trying to talk to.

Bauer played hard and didn't make it to the tent for nap time.

Cooper and Grace love to pose for photos

Alivia in the back ground had her hair done by her 6 year old cousin:)

Not used to a child with a lighter complexion, had to make a rule hat is on all the time.

posing again

Alivia has decided it is im-modest to wear tank tops, (depends on the day)

Movie time

Uncle Kyle's 30th Birthday Party, we had some fun face painting the kids

Happy Canada Day and Independence day for you peeps out there!! I was really surprised this year our neighborhood had a Canada parade and Ben and the kids participated. It was quite a big deal and how many people came out to watch the parade. They (the people who put the parade together) they have done this four years now.

Here are some pics from the parade.

The kids riding in the back of Ben's truck holding Canada flags with fishing poles. I thought it was appropriate. (here it probably would be considered red neck)

My good friend Jeni Boston at JeniBoston.com , took some of these pics for me. It's a long story but I ended up going to a talent/modeling agency referred by a friend and they wanted some recent photos so we went out in the field behind us and snapped some pics. Thanks Jen, she has a fear of grasshoppers and they were everywhere.

I did go and it was interesting, I got the gig if I want to do it, I have to get a professional portfolio, I am not sure if I want to fork out the cash for something like that. (Ben thought it was weird that I put this photo up, I loved the wheat field....it is so awesome) If you want your pics taken in the field it is a perfect time right now at dusk. The wheat is tall and golden.

Ben is still in AF, they have submitted his name again for a store in Colorado this time we don't know where or when. He has a call tomorrow to find out more details.

I am flying part time, had the most horrible experience the other day, asking someone when they were due and they WEREN'T......I can't even think about it I start freaking out again. I just tell my self she was lying to me playing a joke on me.

People I WOULD NEVER do that, I taught flight attendants for years NEVER ask unless you know FOR SURE.....she acted like it, looked like it.......I WILL NEVER ASK AGAIN, unless they go into labor and I end up delivering their baby, and then I will say, When was your baby due?

Cooper's talk

It has been hard lately to keep on a blog, I am trying to write in a journal, facebook, I debate if I should join twitter? ummm yeah probably not.

Cooper gave a talk in primary today and was really excited, he heard the sister announce opening exercises and jumped up to go to the podium. Then you hear Liv from across the primary room, "NOT YET COOPER" :)

Fun times, he spoke on prayer and that no matter who you are you can pray.

Ben is still the "TSTL" I like to call him the temporary store team leader at American Fork it has been nice having him on this side of the valley. Again he thought he might be moving stores, (Twin Falls, Idaho) but not quite sure what Target is up to?

I am back to flying part time, I am quite excited. I have been helping with training at home and the hangar it will be nice to go to work come home and BE DONE!

Life is good, kids are crazy, life is busy..... don't want to forget these times in my life.

Ben

Thanks Ben! 6 great reasons We LOVE you!1. There is no roller coaster ride expected

2. The tender heart especially late at night when one is standing at the bedside, you scoop them up hold them close and let sleep in your arms.
3. The quiet strength you bring.
4. All the times you laugh at my lame attempts to be funny.

5. The joy you get when the kids experience new things, the look on your face.

6. Loving me.

Father and some sons

Cooper and Bauer were lucky that Ben had the weekend off to take them on the overnight father and sons campout. Kessler stayed home with mom and sister, had a girls night.

Some photos from the campout, some baby ducks that Cooper said were "so cute".

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

What a fun day with the kids, how cliche yes I know.

The kids loved it though, I loved watching the beginning video considering I grew up in West/South Jordan area my whole life. Some fun parts-Cooper loves to smell things and places, he really liked the smell of the inside of the Temple, he also really wanted to go and see if the water was cold or hot in the baptismal font.
Kessler did not cooperate very well, we had to take him out of the movie, take him out of the sealing room (they do a little presentation in the sealing room).
He is becoming quite the little stinker, he likes to hit, if you give him food he does not want he picks it up and throws it on the floor, also if you don't pick him up when he wants you too, he puts his head on the floor (like an ostrich in the sand) and starts to cry.

There was definitely a very strong spirit there, what an amazing place here on earth.

10 YEARS!!

My life has never been the same since I started my job with SkyWest airlines.

I was attended college working two jobs, Full time at the University Hospital and part time at Chilis.

I was really busy one night (in the weeds servers like to call it).

I met a lady named Necia and she offered me her card, and asked if I had ever considered being a flight attendant. To that day I would say I had never thought about it and took her card and out of curiosity I went and turned in my application, attended the open house and was hired.

Because of this job, we have many opportunities that we never would have.

It has helped me to become more patient, find the humor in things, hate the smell of cinn-a-bon,

watch how I use the tone of my voice, and to be more friendly to people I don't know.

Some of my favorite things I have done while employed with SkyWest. I have been able to see many cities that I probably wouldn't have chosen to see. For example, Elko Nevada (became one of my favorite over nights)

Also many experiences that I never would have been able to say I have come across.

My passenger that died and came back to life.

The time I went to the St. George Temple with my Captain and First Officer.

The MANY fire alarms that go off in Hotels in the middle of the night.

The chocolate milk in Idaho Falls

The cookies from the Double Tree

The girl that thought the flight deck door was the bathroom and threw up all over the door, and my crew calling me and saying "what is that smell?"

The parents that gave their twin toddlers chocolate milk and a really turbulent day into Jackson Hole and they threw up in the ladies hair sitting in front of them.

The day I had all Japanese tourists flying into Jackson Hole and the interpreter asked me for a passenger, " Where is the hole in Jackson?"

The day I met my good friend Whitney in the crew lounge on a break and we were cracking up about the things we would do on our last day on the job.

The time, we were flying in bad weather and on landing the airplane jerked to the side and I (the working flight attendant) screamed.

One night upon landing I was making a welcome announcement and I couldn't remember where I was, the passenger in row one told me.

The time the fuel truck caught on fire.

13 hours in the Vancouver airport trying to go see Ben's family for Christmas

The many times we have got First Class.

The first time in first class I didn't know what to do with the napkin she handed me, the flight attendant abruptly grabbed it out of my hand and set it down on the tray table, huffed and walked away.

The 1,000,000,000 times I have told passengers, "that will not fit on here."

The time my landing gear wouldn't come up

The non-celebrities that I have had on my flights.

And to DinseyWorld, Disneyland, Paris, Switzerland, Kauai, Maui, Canada, Mexico, Grand Cayman, Belize, the Bahamas, and the 25 states that I have seen, the shops, my first trip to Cafe Rio in St. George (when it was the only one)

Thank You SkyWest!!