Dallin's Football season

Dallin on the Kickoff team against Riverton...big time rivals!! Half or more of the Riverton kids came to Herriman to play football since it's the new High School. Dallin had pretty much an injury plaqued year. But, only a broken arm, concusion and a partially seperated shoulder, that's all...but they happened at all the critical times of chooseing a beginning position, trying out the second stringers and the day before the playoffs. Well, Herriman did remarkable thing by getting to the Playoffs the first year of the school's exsistance was an accomplishment by itself. We lost the first round of the playoffs but we were there. Dallin has had a wondrful time being apart of such a great team and all his coaches were the best! Thanks for a great football year!!

He's out there on the far side...running!

Dallin #49

I've been inspired

Well, here's the deal, I've been inspired to blog more thanks to my cousin Shannan and April. I've actually had the thought to download the camera only days after a fun event. Yes, that's closer to the mark I want to make. And Shannan's weight loss story is great to read! So yes, I've taking steps down that road too...I'm 40 in July!! Well, needless to say I have a number I'm reaching for and it takes looking at it in the bathroom daily to help me not to each so much. I have the exercise thing down. I have cut down on the Mt. Dew super 44 oz. drinks to maybe once a week. EWWW I said that out loud to all of you....you know my downfall!! And I'm well aware if that one thing would go away, it all would get easier. And it is because I don't crave it like I did in the summer. Ok, blah blah. LEt's get a post up with some pictures already!

Family Pictures 2010

My sweet Sierra, she's 14 now! Love that girl!

Hi all, we just took our Family pictures, that is a tripod and someone pushing the timer button and they run, run, hurry the light is blinking, back to the group and say "Cheese!" Well, We do miss Aunt Lydia, the picture taker maginicatco! Still deciding which one will be the one. Not to bad. The kids, like always, make picture day....interesting...we'll say. Man, I don't have to bribe them with a gumball to smile, it's so they don't kill each other!

My Handsom Shawnie!

We took these pictures down by the Jordan River. Love the secenery.

AHHH, Me and the Shawnie...so cute, old...but still cute.

The wind was not our friend.

I love my kidos!

Mr. Dallin, Handsome and 16

My Hyrum, or he is know to me a my Rummie. a Big 12 he is

My Sam-Sam-Samu-e-l. He is the cutest boy, yes he is, Samuel. HE's 10. Huge Isn't he!

Ok, that was a lot of blogging!

Well, this is a lesson learned! DOn't let the blogging get so far behind! I am holding up my right hand and am repeating this to the computer....I will not get 4 months behind on my blog!!

Hyrum's b-day...big 12!

What do you get a 12 year old???? Well, how about a totally awesome semi-automatic air soft gun! That's all my Hyrum wanted. So I said, ok, then the party is like just having some friends over to have an air soft war ok! That was an easy sell! But note to self, they can't do this at our house any more, they need to stay at the park! We may have a hole in the siding....good thing Shawn doesn't read this blog!

My Hyrum and the buddies

Milkshakes and fries! Happy 12!

Timpaganos Hike on Labor Day!

This is offically the longest hike the kids have ever been on! It took us 3:45 up to Emrald Lake. We wanted to keep it a happy hike and not sucky so we enjoyed the lake for and hour then hiked back down...for our victory treat at the gas station! We also took a friend on the hike. It is actually Shawn's boss's son Brendan. Dallin had to stay home and have an 8 hour football practice! And he hiked it 2 years ago for the hiking merit badge...the 20 miler. They had to go to the bomber to make it a 20 miler.
We all had a great hiking day! And I didn't even loose my toenails! One was already gone!

Samuel, he was motivated by the candy I brought. If he doesn't have to carry anything, he can hike.

Hyrum and my sweet Sierra who doesn't like hiking, but will come under pressure. She can hike fine, she just doesn't really like it. NExt year, we are going to the top so she can have that "I've been to the top of that mountain" feeling.

Almost at Emrald Lake.

Yes, it is tough!

Us at the Lake. There were at least 300 others we saw going up and down the trails that day

This is the first time I have ever seen goats on Timp! Big heard of them

And there still was snow to slide on. Shawn showing the boys a glisade.

Sierra captured a photo of this creature. Cousin Garrett, we need some help identifying this guy. We think it's a weasel.

Now all we have to do is get back to the car! Sierra can't wait!

Aaron's visit to Utah!

Yea!! Aaron & Stephanie came up for a visit! This is at Alison's house in Kamas. Dad, Aaron and Maggie are chomping down on my Salsa!

Stephanie and Conrad and Marianne

Man, this does look like the Aaron-man-isky! Go Conrad

April and Aaron

Isn't Marianne a cutie?

Samuel's 10th party

Samuel's party wasn't going so well 30 minutes into the "party" No one of the kids he invited could come. That's the problem with inviting them at school, you never quite know if the invitation gets home or if they will answer the RSVP. And I don't have any phone #'s! He can sad and crying that no one came....I was crying too! Well, we convinced him that me and dad and all the cousins would be his party. Even the neighbor helped out. In the end, the tears ended, and my heart burst with gladness when he told me this party was great in the end!
Here we are at the classic egg toss--the lego egg toss...you had to draw a lego on the egg and toss it! Hyrum and Kellis won...they got it all the way across the yard!

Now, nothing says party like killer dodge ball! Shawn and Samuel and out to kill the other kids!

And I have to have it...I actually invented a new party game at our house...it's called CUP-YATA. I hid candy and prizes under the cups and the kids chose a number. Some had treats, some didn't. I started everyone off with candy and then they chose the rest. Big hit!

My 10 year old Samuel...The lego cake is awesome!

Happy Samuel!

Miss-Matched Summer pictures

We took a visit to the Hogle Zoo while the kids were on track break. I love this picture of Hyrum and his little Monkey friend My Dallin turned 16!!!!!!! He got an electrical acoustic guitar, and he is still trying to get his driver's licence road testing done!

Fourth of July at our neighbor's house...yes, we did have that many fireworks!

Dallin, a Herriman High School football player! Man, does that take up a lot of time! But he loves it! He has had a bit of a rough go with a broken arm the second day of summer football camp, then a concusion where he missed two weeks. He plays on the kick off team for JV. He's hoping to earn back a varsity spot. A kid from Bingham transfered to Herriman and got Dallin's varsity spot.

Spudman Triathlon July 31, 2010

The boys taking a plunge in the Snake River the night before the Triathlon. They are getting a taste of what mom is going to be swimming in...and they loved it!!

Well, like usual, I posted it in reverse order. This is the group from our ward who did this triathlon. Only three of us had ever done one before. Lots of newbies and they even said they would do it again! It was way fun to do a race with other people!

Coming into the finish line. I crossed the line at 2:28.?? This was my best time ever!

Me on the swim. The kids thought this was me, maybe it is :)

Me and my Triathlon buddies, Sierra and Dallin

THis was the most fun I've had racing. I know now why people want to do the Spudman in Burley. We even gave a fellow racer a ride home to Salt Lake because she had some car trouble. We just talked about racing the whole way home. Lots of fun!

The First Day of School

Yes, I know, It's OCTOBER!!! Well, Dallin is a happy 11th grader at our new Herriman High school!! It's great fun to see him excited about his school. He's playing on the football team and just loving it! He'll be getting his driver's licence after football is over in a few weeks.

Sierra, my Ft. Herriman middle school/ I'm in Highschool student. That's where you are in 9th grade. She has the wonderful opportunity of going to early morning seminary so she could play the flute and take spanish this year! And getting up at 5:30 is no easy feat for my sweet bean!

My Rummy, he's in 6th grade. He's in his last year at Herriman Elementary and he got a brand new teacher this year, Ms. Golesh. He has lots of friends in his class from last year and he likes switching teachers for math and science.

My Samuel, is in 5th grade. I have a beginning school picture like this one for every year the kids start school. My Samuel will be all alone in elementary school next year...sniff. He likes his teacher Ms. Kenner. or Ms. K. She's a no non-sense kinda teacher and he is doing well with her.

Well, here is my febal attempt of catching up. It will be short and sweet!