Jared's Homecoming

We were just a little excited could you tell?

The girls getting all ready with their signs and bells, we are not a quiet family the whole airport knew we were there.

The big reunion. He came out earlier then we thought and he surprised us so I didn't get any good first hug pictures.

The whole gang

I think my mom hugged him over fifty times, between everybody Else's hugs she got a hug.

Saying hey to the girls, they were so excited to see him.

Jared's old crew, his buddies Jeff, Kyle, and Tyson.

Me and my best buddy.

Evie stealing Jared's balloons, I actually don't know if she ever let him have them.

Being nice to his sisters and letting us take a picture with him, he couldn't even smile for us. Oh well we were lucky to get the picture at all.

Duffy couldn't come to the airport because he had show choir practice so we took Jared over to the high school to come in and surprise Duffy, Duffy had no idea he flipped out.

Jared calls these girls his little fetuses, because that is what they were when he left on his mission, and now they are almost 2. It was fun watching him meet them for the first time. They adore each other already.

Our little garden at Golf Pointe

It was a mulch pile so we had to dig it all out, it was a lot of work, we had to dig deep to find good dirt under all the clay. The dirt was so bad we thought for sure that nothing would grow, but we decided to try it anyways.

It looked pretty good after it was all done. We planted corn, pumpkins, cucumbers, and squash.

Before

After

After it was all said and done we had tomatoes, basil, lettuce, beans, and peppers added to the mix. Except for maybe one thing it all ended up producing food so we were thrilled. It was way more then we ever expected.

"How to Host a Murder" 2010, The Western

Andy made this belt buckle, pretty impressive.

That is one hot cowboy

First Attempt
We had two attempts at this party, at the first one we had to cancel right in the middle of it because Maddy busted her eye open and we had to take her to the hospital. So these are the pictures taken at the first attempt.

P'Elvis Swaggerin and Butch Chastity

Tabitha and Andy Miller

Chief Breaking Wind and Elvira Lynn Fek-Shin
Trinette and Nate Hayslip

Helena Handcart and Wyatt Hurts

Mel and Jay Talbot

Adela Muerte (as in death) and Elias Truist Heath
Sherrida and Peter Urling

Second Attempt

P'Elvis Swaggerin and Butch Chastity

Wyatt Hurts and Helena Handcart

Chief Breaking Wind and Elvira Lynn Fek-Shin

Character picture. The Malevolent 7, plus Andy.

Trinette was the killer, so this is our tribute picture to her.

This picture does have some significance. Mel's character supposedly has blackouts where she does things that she can't remember that she did. And one Easter morning at church she had one of these "black outs" and she came to church running around with nothing but her bonnet on. You go girl, yeee haw!!

Taking a picture in character, Andy the gay cowboy, Peter the pansy Quaker cowboy, Nate the gassy Indian, and Jay the depressed cowboy.

Those are some fine country boys right there.

Jay's character got shot in his tender parts, hence his name Wyatt Hurts. So this in Andy and Jay just acting that out for ya.

Don't mess with Western women, we may look sweet and and innocent but we would gun ya down in a second.

The ladies and Butch

Thank you to everyone that made these nights possible, and a special thanks to Mel who had to plan this party twice, you are awesome. This was one of the funniest parties I have ever been to.

Surprise, I am Pregnant

I wrote that story not even thinking about it, so sorry everyone had to find out this way. I am pregnant, but I am only like 7 weeks along. So no one was out of the loop for long. We are super excited. Thanks for all the best wishes. Here we go number Four!! I couldn't let Marianne out do me for long.