These are pictures from the storm we just had. It started to hail and come down so hard that Jeff had to take his car in to a body shop to get all the dents repaired today.

Look at my poor tulips!

This is our deck!

It rained so much that you can see puddles of water in our lawn also.

Apparently one of the cars that was at the body shop had windows broken and much bigger dents. In other areas, not too far from us, the hail was much bigger and did more damage. Golf ball up to tennis ball size balls were coming down. It was painful just to go out a snap a quick picture of our deck. lol.

Girls went on a double date to the Mormon Prom. I think it was great that they were able to go together. They looked so beautiful!

Dalayni sucking up to her Daddy.

As I strive to live the gospel and to be the best daughter of god I can be, I have a hard time finding cute modest clothing. I do not have any desires to wear immodest clothing and love the way I feel when I am modest and cute at the same time. I can prove, all the girls who think they can only be beautiful if they have less clothes on, wrong. I can be a strong, confident, young woman in my modest clothing. One problem is that I do not have any cute modest swimsuits. The bikinis I find are much much cheaper, but I do not want to sink so low as towear a bikini. If I wore one of those in public there is no possible way I would be able to feel or hear the spirit. As I was browsing the internet for cute modest swimwear I came across a cute, modest,adorable, spirit bringing, gospel following, full piece swimsuit. I would be able to wear it to girls camp, and pretty much anywhere :) I clicked on the image to get to the site in great excitement! I looked at the details and my heart fell in despair, the swimsuit was expensive.

Daddy, I ask you humbly to please, make a small sacrifice for my happiness, and help me buy this swimsuit? I'll make you waffles for dinner if you do :)

This is the email Jeff received the other day from Dalayni. She has learned the art of "suck up". LOL

I flew to Arizona for two weeks and then drove up to Utah for another week in February and March this year. I was able to spend time with my darling little granddaughters for a few days before I flew home from Salt Lake City. I chased Bree around the yard and tried to get a few shots. Now I know why Talisha has such a hard time getting a decent picture of her girls, they absolutely will not let you take a picture of them. This was a lot of exhausting work, but it was worth it!

Kairsti's first track meet.

She ran 3 different races.

She brought home a gold medal in the 800 and a bronze medal in a 400 relay.

Yeah Kairsti, Way to GO!!!!

Trying soo hard to stay warm in the cold.

Jeff has a new word for his girls. "Hormontional". The funny thing is, I was the one that was trying to explain a few things about "girls" to him and that word just slipped out. He caught it and never let it go!

Talisha had another beautiful baby girl! I was very
happy to be there for the delivery and witness
the miracle of birth. Such a special moment for
a grandma!

We all had so much fun with Lilly!

Kairsti and I drove to Utah to get Lilly so we could
bring her back with us.

The girls went to the Homecoming dance this year.
It was Layni first school dance. She went with a group
of girls, as she is only 15. Kairsti went with Craig Lewis
and a few more of her friends. They both said that they
had a great time.

Jeff went on a "man trip" to Alaska for a week in July.
He brought home a box full of delicious fish!

We haven't done fireworks since the girls were little.
This year we decided not to be party poopers and went
out and got some. We went over to our friends and they
had more than enough for everyone also. Jeff had a little
too much fun blowing things up, maybe that's why we
stopped getting them. Hehehe

I was able to go to camp with the girls for a couple of
days this year. They just happened to be the dry days
that week. They had a big storm hit their camp and
were totally rained out one night, they weren't able to
even sleep in their tents. They still went on with their
activities and ended up having a lot of fun. One evening
the stake had a race for each ward to do a modest paper
towel dress. Kairsti was the paper towel model for our
ward. The dress turned out so cute that Kairsti didn't
want to take it off. Being the fire hazard that it was, she
did eventually tear it off.

Notice Kairsti's fat cheeks! She got them out the day
after school was out. They were impacted so it wasn't
an easy pull job. She had every day and night booked
not believing that she was going to be in pain. She had
them out on Thursday morning and tried to go to her
friends party that night. LOL. She ended up staying for
45 minutes and passing out. We had a Laurel sleep over
at our house the next night which she refused to cancel.
She had another friend party on Saturday night, went to
church on Sunday and then off to camp on Monday for
the week. Her pain pills were her best friends for awhile.
Layni preformed with the North High band at the Cardinal
game on Monday before she went to camp. She had a
great time sitting with her friends and watching the game
after their performance. She wasn't too excited about her
two band camps and all the summer practices she had
for marching band but it ended up being worth it in the
end. Their marching band is outstanding!

My Mom & Dad came out from Utah to visit us at the
end of May. We did the "arch" and a few sights
around this area. The girls were still in school so I
was the only one that was able to go to Nauvoo with
them. We all really enjoyed their visit and hope they
come back soon!

Layni's first concert

Jeff, Layni & I went to the Collective Soul Concert on
Saturday Night and had a blast! We ended up being
right below the stage front row along the fence. We
couldn't have had a better spot! Jeff stood right behind
us blocking everyone from trying to crowd Layni and me
out from our spot, he made a great wall. We really
wanted to take Kairsti also but she couldn't get off
work as it was graduation that night and all the Seniors
needed the night off.

Dalayni's last band concert for 8th grade and for
Jazz band. I am so proud of her for doing a small
solo this time!

Just some cute pictures that my daughter Talisha
took of her daughter Lilly. My very cute grand baby.

Last year we took out some of the white rock that
was all the way around our house so I could do some
flower beds. These are the flowers that are in bloom
at my house right now, I love having flower beds! Next
year maybe I will remember to take a picture when all
my tulips are in bloom.