Rodeo Night

I am SO far behind! I don't know where to start! Here is a pic of Carson before the Rodeo. He had so much fun with Mia! It was wierd waiting up for him to come home. I thought it would be YEARS before I had to do that. :) He came home and said he was tired and going to bed. I'm so glad he had the chance to go.

Stand by Me!

I love this video and song! I was listening to it and made Billy dance with me. Everything will be alright as long as I have somebody to stand by me!

vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741

Thanks Jen for sharing!

Triathlon! Yeah Baby!

Billy and I signed up to do the Titanium Man Triathlon here in Kennewick. It was really fun to train for, but it kind of took over my life. I went to bed thinking about the transition from swim to bike and dreamt about biking hard and woke up thinking about the transition from bike to run. I love the workouts, but hate doing it over and over in my head.

Billy did amazing!!! He has improved so much in the swim and did great in the bike and rocked it on the run! I'm glad we had so many friends doing it with us. It was great to encourage each other all along the way. Great job Annette, Jacob, Sonja, Cory, Terry, Jared, and Eric!!!

I liked the swim, loved the bike, and thought the run was WAY too long! I just wanted to be done at mile 2 and we had to go 6.2 miles. Next time I think I want to try a Sprint Triathlon instead of the Olympic Distance. I am just not a runner. :)

Austin and Carson ran the last little bit with me. They were so sweet to come out and support us. Thanks Penny for watching them, I loved having them there!! Thanks Lisa for watching Jax and supporting us!! It is so great to have such good friends!
Thanks Pam for the pics and yells and screams!Thanks Wendy for cheering everyone on...we need to hang out more!

Overall a fun time, and even better time training for it! Thanks again Annette and Sun!

HaPpY bIRtHdAy JAX!!!! I LOve YoU!!!

My baby is 1! I can't believe it! Really.....a whole year has passed since I birthed him! I always think I don't want him to grow up, but then he gets to a new stage and just seems cuter. How is this possible?!?!?

Jackson has so many nicknames right now. I love that his brothers love him endlessly and are always coming up with new names. At first Austin called him "fragile football" and Carson called him "Jackson Wackson". Now it is either "Jack Jack", "Jax", or "Bubba". (I always wondered why some kids have the nickname Bubba. Now I understand it is a very loving way of saying "Brother".)

Jax now weighs 22 lbs., but feels like 40 after having him on my hip all day. He is not liking the sipper cup and misses his bottle, so yes I let him have it now and then.

* Sidenote - Do you know of a sipper that does not leak or is easy to switch to after the bottle??????? Anyone??

Well, Carson just got home from his first date (he went to the Rodeo with Mia...more to come, he looked adorable in his cowboy hat). I am so wore out from swimming a mile, biking 22, and running 2 miles today. Only 1 more week until the Triathlon!!!

Night Night! :) (Can you tell I'm tired?? HAHAHA)

My Sweet little Austin turned 8 and didn't really show much interest in the "cake and presents" part of it. He was just sooooooooo excited to be baptized!!!
We knew we would be camping on his birthday, so we asked him if he wanted to be baptized in a river. He was VERY excited until the night before when Billy, Billy's Dad and Austin went and picked out a spot. His grandpa told him it was the coldest spot it the whole river. WHY!?!? I don't know?!?!
From that time on he kept saying "the coldest spot in the river".

The next morning, I got the boys dressed in their church clothes, which is NOT what Carson thought he should be wearing on a camping trip. :)

My parents drove up to Lava Hot Springs to be there for the baptism. After breakfast, we all headed down to the Portneuf River. Billy's Mom did a quick talk on Baptism. Then Billy got in the water first and REALLY had to hold back a gasp at how cold the water was. Austin got in next and did his "this is SO cold, it takes your breath away gasp". Billy was amazing and did a perfect baptism in record time. I wasn't prepared for the overwhelming feeling of the spirit. I thought that with everyone in camping clothes and dirty, it wouldn't be as spiritual. But, it was by far the best baptism I have ever been to! Tears came to my eyes and feeling of gratitude and peace came over me. I am so blessed to have a husband that is worthy to hold the priesthood and naturally uses it to bless our family. I have the best boys that try so hard to do what is right. I loved that Austin was able to be baptized out in nature. What an amazing earth we have to enjoy! While Austin changed into his church clothes, my parents gave a talk on Confirmation, and then Billy confirmed Austin a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Austin, I am so proud of you! I love you soooooooooo much. You are so smart and active. I feel so lucky to be your mom! I love you Pumpkin!


I wish you could see his face here. So funny!

Summer Time Fun!

We have had a lot of fun this summer so far. I will be so sad when it starts getting cold. I LOVE SUMMER!! We went to Lava Hot Springs for the Gilbert Reunion (Billy's Moms side) the middle of June. And then I flew out of SLC with my 3 adorable boys. We went to North Carolina and stayed at my sister Dani's lake house. I didn't think my boys could possibly love the lake house anymore than they did (they talk about it ALL year long) but my amazing brother-in-law Darrell built a waterslide from the house to the lake! The boys LOVED it! My sister Camine was also there, and it was so great to see her before she left for another river trip for a month.
I was able to do one of my favorite things in life ~ ski on glassssssss! The water there is so warm and sometimes when you stretch out, you can see your reflection in the lake. And yes, in that reflection my smile can not possibly get any bigger! :)

Then I spent some time with my amazing sister Mikkel in SLC. I'm so lucky to have such a great family!

Then it was off to Bear Lake for the Neff Reunion. Billy bought a Jeep in SLC and the boys loved driving it on the sandy beach!

It was wierd to be home after being gone for more than a month! Next stop is Tremonton for my brother Jake's Homecoming. I am so excited to see him!! The other night while eating dinner with the missionaries in our ward, I thought there is no possible way my brother can look as old as these guys!?!?!?

After that we are heading to Flaming Gorge for Billy's Mission Reunion......

I made a photo book for my sister Dani. It is kind of hard to see, so I will try to post a few more pics. I hope you all are having an amazing summer!!!

BEAR LAKE



LAVA HOT SPRINGS (with billy's nephews)


LAKE HOUSE
(my friend from BYU-Hawaii lives in NC now, and came out to play with us and brought her 3 cut kids. Thanks Candis!)

Danis Book 2009

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