Countdown to Christmas

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Playing with the Family!

Putting up the Christmas tree and seeing the lights at Temple Square.

Girls night out!!

Here are some pictures of the girls and me on our girls night out to the Twiling movie. We loved it!!!!

Twilight

The girls and I can't wait until midnight tonight!!! We are going to see Twilight the Movie!!!
It is a girls night out. Whitney, Megan and I are going to party. I don't know what the boys are going to do yet. I will let you know how it went. We love Twilight!!!

Hello to all my Facebook friends.

Just thought I would say HI to all of my Facebook friends. I have been having so much fun finding all of my friends that I grew up with. For anyone not on it, you should give it a try.

HUSBAND TAG

1. Where did you meet? We met at the Glenwood Apartments in Provo, Utah. Tony came by to visit his brother Chris, who was in my ward. We met in the hall outside my apartment where he asked me if getting my nose ring hurt. I played hard to get.

2. How long did you date before you got married? 18 months

3. How long have you been married? 13 Years

4. What does he do that surprises you? He loves to plan trips and not let me in on where or what we are doing. He took me to Vegas one year for my birthday and forced himself to sit through a Celine Dion concert.

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His face with is cute dimples. I also like his bumb.

6. What is your favorite quality of his? He is the best father in the world. He can always make the kids happy when there sad.

7. Does he have a nickname for you? He is always coming up with new nicknames. I just answer to anything.

8. What is his favorite color? Blue

9. What is his favorite food? He likes Sushi, Thai and Indian food, He loves anything HOT, HOT, HOT.

10. What is his favorite Sport? Nascar, (He has been to 5 races), Basketball, College Football.

11. When and where was your first kiss? The day we met. In his car, he drove me around showing me where he grew up and other places he loved.

12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? We love to travel. He takes me on a Cruise once a year. Just the two of us. We love to scuba dive. Our everyday thing to do together is work out in the yard, if it is nice, Or cuddle up and watch our favorite shows.

13. Do you have any children? Yes- Whitney (12) Megan (8) and Porter (7).

14. Does he have a hidden talent? Tony can make or fix anything. I helped him finish our basement, It looks beautiful. He is a fantastic cook, Megan calls him her personal chef.

15. How old is he? 37 and still HOT!

16. Who said I love you first? I did, He says he did.

17. What's his favorite music? He likes everything. You should see his IPOD from Povarotti to Mega Death with Country and Polka in between. No Celine Dion.

18. What do you admire most about him? Tony is such a hard worker. He is always picking up extra shifts so we can get bills paid or to use on fun stuff that we want to do as a family.

19. Do you think he will read this? Yes, He had to show me how to post this.

I tag Pat and Brandy.

We're having a baby....I mean we had babies!!!

Miss Tia being a great mommy. She gave birth to three health puppies on 9/6 at approx 6:00 p.m. All of them are healthy and strong according to the vet. There ears are starting to open up, yet there eyes are still closed. Hopefully by next week we will see there little eyes.

This is Olivia. She was born last of the three puppies coming in at 4.3 ounces. She is now ahead of her brother Squeeker at 11.4 ounces at 12 days old.

Meet Sqeekers. He was born at born at 4.5 ounces. On 9/18 he tipped the scale at 10.2. He was the first born of the three

This is Capri born at 4.9 ounces. She came in today at a amazing 12.8 ounces. Capri was second born.

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2008 UPOA K9 Trials

This years UPOA K9 trials incluced a helicopter flight in and out of our search area. The searches included a building search and an area search. Jinx did a super job on both. He found the suspect in the building in 1 min. 3 Secconds. In the area search he located the suspect in a large area with several building in 1 min. 11 seconds. That was good enough for 1st place out of 31 other dogs!

Here Jinx gives me his undivided attention while doing his obedience section of the trials. He did a fantasic job during this as well taking 2nd place over all. I love how he looks me in the eye waiting for his next instruction.

During agility Jinx had one fault. When instructed to jump through a barrel laying on its side I waited to long to give him his command. That mistake on my part jammed Jinx causing him to walk under it rather then jump through it. I brought him back and completed it the second time. That cost me a few points resulting if 4th place in that event. Here Jinx is jumping a 4' wall.

This portion of the trial was during the apprehension phase. The decoy appeared from behind a wall with a stick and a pole that had ribbon hanging from it. The decoy approaches aggresively while yelling at the dog. The test is considered a courage test for the dog. Several dogs turned and ran from the bad guy. As you can see Jinx did not! Due to another minor fault in one bite portion (the detain) he took a point deduction that resulted in 5th place finish in apprehension.

Here Jinx is putting the hurt on a decoy that attacks me while Jinx is chasing down another suspect out of the picture. He is expected to stop on command and return and defend me against the attack. He did a perfect job on this portion of the test.

Jinx take out one more bad guy. Here Jinx was required to remain laying down in a small square as I frisked a suspect for weapons. While doing the frisk the decoy attacks me and Jinx is expected to respond on my behalf. Although alittle blurry you can see he is about to put the throttle down on the guy.

After two day of competition against 31 other K9 teams from across Utah I was able to take home 5 Trophies. Including the title of 3rd place Top Dog in the state.

1st Place Area Search

2nd Place Obedience

3rd Place Top Dog

4th Place Agility

5th Place Apprehension

We also took 1st Place Top Agency as a team for the second staight year!

The annual Snow Bird trip

On Aug 7th we headed to Snow Bird to visit Max and Family. This has become somewhat of an annual trip we look forward to. We spend the day riding the alpine slide, zip line, and taking the tram to the top. Its so pretty up there and it looks so much different without snow. Megan found the bull riding to be a hoot, she needs to work on her technique however! Maybe Uncle Glen can give her some pointers!

Escaping the heat!

On Thursday Aug 31st we headed to the water park to cool off. Kara had free passes from JetBlue. Since the kids are heading back to school in a week we figured it was now or never.

Megan and Porter in the wave Pool

They are such cute kids.

Whitney getting ready for the drink. She had a great time on the rope swing. She is getting so big! She's really excited to start Jr. High this year. Were very proud of her.

Check these two little monkeys out. I was really ticked the life guard said I was too big to play on the rope climb.

Porter and I take a break for the fun. Due to my knee injury I had to take it easy for the most part. People say we look alot alike. I think he is much better looking. He has a better dimple as well!

Kara catching big air off the high speed

slide. I tried it and almost had to have

a morphine drip for what it did to my

knee.

Whitney chillin under a water fall. She's turning in to such a pretty young lady.

Dude you need a diet program. You really ought

to do something about the innertube around your

waist.

Camping at 10,500 feet

While Kara was in Las Vegas at a hair show. I decided to grab the kids and take them to the mountains to escape the heat of the valley. We spent the weekend up Ephraim Canyon which is my favorite hunting grounds. As you can see it is beyond beautiful. We also brought along the dogs, Jinx is my Police dog (laying down), and Harley is the old man of the house he is a twelve year old lab.

Even during late June the snow drifts made some roads impassable. When we left the valley near Manti the temperature was 93 degrees. Here one the skyline drive at 10,500 feet the temperature was 61 degrees at 3:00 p.m. There was a ton of snow and water on the mountain. Makes you wonder about the global warming theory.

My three ankle biters reviewing the video footage of our adventure. Looking at Porters knees it is obvious we played hard, and had a great time.






Porter boy out dunkin a worm with his orange and black fire pole.

Megan catches her first trophy trout. I think this was one of nine for the weekend for her

Oh the comfort of camping food! For breakfast it was pancakes, eggs, and sausage. Megan likes to refer to me as her personal chef. Whitney cant wait to dig in!