ONWARD

WELL EVERYONE THIS SHOULD GO BY ALOT FASTER NOW THAT I HAVE HIGH SPEED INTERNET! INSTEAD OF THE STUPID DIAL UP. I AM ACTUALLY LOVING THIS NEW HIGH SPEED. SO ON TO THE NEXT DAY OR SO OF OUR TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD TO LOCK DILLON UP!! LOL J/K DONS PARENTS HAVE A DOG BY THE NAME OF DUTCHESS AND THIS IS WHERE SHE SLEEPS AND GETS AWAY FROM PEOPLE LIKE MY KIDS!! WE LOOKED OVER AND HES SITTING INSIDE AND JUST ENJOYING HIMSELF.

THE FIRST 3 DAYS MAYBE 4 WE SPENT ALOT OF TIME JUST AT THE HOUSE VISITING! WE DID GO OUT TO EAT ON THE 3RD DAY FOR LUNCH! WE PLAYED GAMES AT NIGHT WITH DONS PARENTS, MIKE AND DIANE AND HIS BROTHER JOEY AND HIS GIRLFRIEND MONICA AND THE KIDS WOULD PLAY WITH TOYS OR GAMES OF THERE OWN. JOEY AND MONICA WERE THERE EVERYDAY AND IT WAS SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS WELL. AT NIGHT WE WOULD GO OUTSIDE AND START A FIRE IN THE PIT. AND SIT AROUND AND TALK ABOUT PAST TIMES OR FUNNY THINGS WE HAVE DONE!

I REALLY LIKED THE FIRE TIME. IT WAS FUN AND RELAXING AND THE KIDS GOT TO BE OUTSIDE AND PLAYING AND IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE. AFTER IT GOT TO COLD AT NIGHT IS WHEN WE WOULD GO INSIDE AND PLAY GAMES. WE STAYED UP LATE EVERYNIGHT AND IT WAS EXHAUSTING BUT IT WAS NICE TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO GRANDPAS FRENCH TOAST!! THE KIDS LIKE HIS BETTER THAN MINE!

WELL THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE TRAIN RIDE! WE GO ON THE TRAIN EVERYTIME WE GO OUT THERE! IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY PLACES DON TOOK ME WHEN WE FIRST MET AND ALSO THE KIDS WHEN WE TOOK THEM OUT! ITS A FUN PLACE TO GO AND EVERYONE WENT. ALL OF DONS BROTHERS WERE THERE AND THE KIDS! SO UNTIL NEXT TIME!!

ANOTHER DAY!!

WELL HERE WE ARE AT THE SECOND DAY! WE SLEPT TILL NOON! AT LEAST IT FELT LIKE IT! AND ONCE WE ALL GOT CLEANED UP AND DRESSED WE WENT OUTSIDE TO GET SOME FRESH AIR AND TO RAKE SOME LEAVES! WE HAD TOLD DONS PARENTS WE WOULD HELP CLEAN UP THE LEAVES! THEY HAVE TONS OF TREES AND TONS OF LEAVES! WE DID THIS A FEW TIMES WHILE WE WERE OUT THERE! THE KIDS HAD FUN JUMPING IN THE LEAVES AND RUNNING AROUND! I LOVE TREES AND I WAN TO HAVE TONS OF TREES ONE DAY BUT AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE I MAY CHANGE MY MIND! ANYWAY THE SECOND DAY WAS SPENT AT HOME RELAXING AND PLAYING WIHT THERE DOG DUTCHESS AND PLAYING. LATER THAT NIGHT JOEY, MONICA,CASSIE AND DAKOTA CAME OVER AND WE STARTED A FIRE OUTSIDE AND RELAXED AND THAN WE GOT THE KIDS TO BED AND WE SAT DOWN AND PLAYED A GAME CALLED OODLES! IT WAS LOTS OF FUN! BUT ANOTHER DAY GONE AND ITS SO NICE TO RMEBER ALL THE THINGS WE DID! THE MEMORYS! AFTER A LONG DAY THE DAY BEFORE THIS WAS THE BEST DAY EVER. TO SIT AND RELAX AND NOT HAVE TO HURRY THERE OR HERE!

WELL I KNOW THIS MAY NOT SOUND INTERESTING TO SOME BUT IT WAS SO AWESOME TO BE OUT IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AREA AND WITH FAMILY, THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE! I WISH WE COULD GO BACK ONCE A YEAR OR EVEN COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR! ENJOY DAY 2 AND I WILL FOLLOW WITH DAY 3 SOON!

COUNTDOWN IS OVER!

WELL THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER AND ITS WAY OVER DUE OF THE FAMILY TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA! I AM GOING TO GIVE LITTLE DETAILS EVERYDAY TO MAKE SURE I COVER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE DID OUT THERE! I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING THAT WE DID THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL!! SO LETS BEGIN WITH DAY ONE!!

WELL WE GOT UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND CATCH A ONE WAY FLIGHT TO PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS SUCH A NICE QUIET RIDE AND WE FLEW THRU SECURITY AND HAD TIME TO RELAX AND WATCH PLANES TAKE OFF AND COME IN. FINALLY IT WAS TIME TO LOAD THE PLANE AND THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE LEAVING! DILLON WANTED TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY WELL YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHILE YOU ARE TAKING OFF. SO HE SCREAMED AND WAS VERY MAD. LUCKILY HE CALMED RIGHT DOWN ONCE WE WERE IN THE AIR. THE REST OF THE FLIGHT WAS REALLY NICE. THE KIDS HAD A FEW MELTDOWNS BUT EASILY RECOVERED! THEN WE WERE ABOUT TO LAND, AND DILLON WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR AND OF COURSE HE HAS TO AGAIN BE IN OUR LAPS TO LAND!! WELL HE SCREAMED ONCE AGAIN THRU THE ENTIRE LANDING! HONESTLY YOU WOULD THINK THE KID HAD BEEN BEAT OR WAS IN SEVERE PAIN! ONCE WE LANDED I LET HIM GO AND HE LAID ON THE FLOOR! BOY WAS I GLAD TO BE ON GROUND AND GETTING OFF THE PLANE!

WE WERE GREETED BY DONS BROTHER JOE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THERE DAUGHTERS CASSIE AND DAKOTA! WE HAVE NEVER MET DAKOTA AND SO IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY SEE HER! IT WAS VERY NICE OF THEM TO TAKE THE TIME TO COME AND SEE US!

WE HAD TO THE GO GET OUR RENTAL AND WE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE BUS TO THE RENTAL AGENCY! AND GOOD LORD I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE! I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE DRIVE SO FAST AND RECKLESSLY THRU THE AIRPORT ROADS AND CUT PEOPLE OFF! I WAS TRYING TO HOLD ON CAUSE YOU WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I TOLD DON HOLD ON TO THOSE 2 KIDS.

WE GOT THE RENTAL AND IT WAS A NICE VAN! I BELIEVE IT WAS A TOYOTA! ANYWAY OFF TO HIS PARENTS AND IT WAS A LONG DRIVE. NOT QUITE TWO HOURS. AND FINALLY WE WERE THERE! I COULD NOT WAIT TO EAT AND THE KIDS WERE STARVING AS WELL! DONS PARENTS WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE US AND WE TO SEE THEM! WE HAD SOME PIZZA AND DRINKS AND GOT TO VISIT WITH HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER JOE AND MONICA AND THE DAUGHTERS CASSIE AND DAKOTA!

WE STAYED UP PRETTY LATE! IT WAS ONLY MIDNIGHT IN UTAH! BUT 2 IN THE MORNING OUT THERE! THE KIDS WERE TIRED AND SO WERE WE! WE DID NOT DO MUCH THAT DAY OTHER THAN FLY AND DRIVE AND THAN SIT AND VISIT, BUT IT WAS A FULL DAY AND IT WAS NICE TO KNOW WE WOULD BE THERE FOR 10 DAYS! THE KIDS EACH GOT A SLEEPING BAG FROM GRANDPA AND NANA! THEY WERE GREEN CAMOUFLAGE FOR THE BOYS AND PINK CAMOUFLAGE FOR KAYLA! THEY SLEPT ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVING ROOM AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY SO EXCITED TO GO TO BED. I HAD NEVER SEEN KIDS SO EXCITED TO GO TO BED!

WELL THAT'S IT FOR DAY ONE! I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER DAYS AND SO YOU PICTURES OF OUR TRIP! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE AND I LOVED WHERE HIS PARENTS LIVE. IT WAS SO NICE AND TONS OF TREES! I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN TH MOUNTAINS OF UTAH! HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY READING OF OUR TRIP. THIS MAY TAKE A WEEK OR TWO BUT I WILL GET IT ALL IN!!

HERE WE COME PENNSYLVANIA

WELL HERE WE GO! WE ARE ON THE COUNTDOWN TO OUR TRIP TO THE EAST COAST. COLBY WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT GOING A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND SHOW HIM THE SPIDER ON THE CALENDAR. WE TOLD HIM WHEN THE SPIDER CAME WE WOULD BE GOING. WELL THE SPIDER CAME AND HE WAS SO EXCITED HE WAS RUNNIGN AROUND SCREAMING THE SPIDERS HERE. SO THAN WE TOLD HIM WE HAD TO MAKE A CHAIN CAUSE IT WILL BE A FEW DAYS TILL WE CAN GET ON THE PLANE! SO EVERYNIGHT BEFORE WE GO TO BED THE KIDS ALL GATHER AROUND AND RIP A LINK OFF THE CHAIN. IT HANGS IN THE HALLWAY WHERE WE CAN ALL SEE IT. COLBY AND DILLON GET EXCITED AND THEY CLAP THERE HANDS AND SAY YEAH!! WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED TO GO AND VISIT WITH DONS FAMILY AND TAKE IN ALL THE SITES. ITS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE. ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR! I WILL HAVE SO MUCH TO POST AT THAT TIME SO I HOPE YOU WILL ALL BE ABLE TO KEP UP!! LOL

ONTO THE COUNTDOWN! HAVE A GREAT FALL DAY!

TIME FLYS

HOW TIME FLYS! HERE WE ARE ALMOST TO OCTOBER! WE WILL BE FLYING OUT TO PENNSYLVANIA SOON AND SO EXCITED TO BE GOING! SCHOOL HAS STARTED AND I HAVE 3 IN SCHOOL FULLTIME AND HAVE THE 2 BOYS AT HOME! I WATCH SARAHS LITTLE BOY IN THE MORNINGS! HES A GOOD BABY! HE DON'T GIVE ME ANY TROUBLE. IF ONLY THE OTHER 2 WERE SO GOOD! WE WENT FOR A CANYON DRIVE YESTERDAY UP THRU THE NEBO LOOP! IT WAS SO PRETTY WITH ALL THE COLORS. I SO WISH WE TOOK THE CAMERA! OH WELL NEXT TIME! BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TIME TO DRIVE UP THERE ITS COMPETLY WORTH THE TIME! HERES SOME FUNNY PICTURES I TOOK OF MY KIDS THIS LAST FEW WEEKS! MY LITTLE ROCKSTAR AND THEN THE BABY TRYING TO GO BACK TO HIS ROOTS!

PAYSON SCOTTISH FESTIVAL

DON AND I WENT TO THE PAYSON SCOTTISH DAYS THAT THEY HAVE EVERY SUMMER. WE HAD COLBY AND DILLON WITH US AND WE GO AND WALK AROUND AND SEE ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS. THE MUSIC IS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. THEY HAVE SCOTTISH/IRISH DANCERS AND SINGERS OF ALL KINDS.

COLBY AND DILLON HAD ALOT OF FUN LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND DANCING. THEY KNEW WHEN TO CLAP AND SAY YEAH! THEY RAN AROUND AND THOUGHT IT WAS FUN TO STAND ON THE FLAGPOLE.

DILLON WAS SO FUNNY WHEN HE WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE GRASS. THERE WAS THIS YOUNG WOMEN LAYING ON HER BLANKET WATCHING THE SHOW ALL DRESSED UP IN HER SCOTTISH CLOTHES. DILLON WOULD GET UP TO WHERE SHE WAS AND JUST STOP AND STARE AT HER. SHE WAS A VERY PRETTY YOUNG WOMEN. THEN HE RUN AND COME BACK. BUT HE TIME HE CAME UP TO HER HE WOULD STOP AND STARE AT HER AND THEN SMILE AND RUN OFF.

IT WAS ALOT OF FUN AND AM PRETTY SURE WE WILL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR!

BLESSINGS

YESTERDAY WAS DAVIDS 8TH BIRTHDAY
AND HE WAS ABLE TO BE BAPTIZED TO BE A MEMBER
OF CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS!
IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY AND FULL OF MANY
BLESSINGS! HE HAS GOTTEN SO BIG AND I AM SO PROUD
OF HIM FOR THE YOUNG MAN HE HAS GROWN TO BE AND
TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO BE BAPTIZED! WE HAD A LITTLE
PARTY FOR HIM AFTER WARDS WITH SOME FAMILY AND
FRIENDS AND SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAD SOME
CAKE AND ICE CREAM!