I am so proud of myself...I just have to brag a little bit...and I know that some of you will have a hard time believing, but it is true...I spent about 4 hours today working...I started out in the yard, watering the plants, then I picked some produce and then...heaven forbid, I weeded for about an hour...that is definitely unbelievable I know...but true. Then I came inside and did house work for another couple of hours...started laundry, cleaned the bathroom, vaccummed the entire basement, stripped the bed and remade with the clean sheets, folded laundry and actually put everything away and even dusted everything in sight...I know what came over me?? I swear it is true and did happen...I don't know how or why, but I do know that I feel an incredibly amazing sense of accomplishment...does that mean that maybe I need to do more work around the house? maybe someday...but I am not going to promise anything!!! it is highly overrated! Maybe in another couple of weeks...or months?

I was going to put this in the last post but it didn't quite work out. This is another picture from the family reunion in June. This is Daniel. I was so proud of myself for getting this shot. Daniel does not like to be photographed and won't even look at you if he even suspects that you might have a camera in hand. So when he actually looked up and he had a great expression on his face I definitely had to take the picture. What a handsome boy!

Here are a couple of random pictures from our family reunion in June in Riverdale. they had a bouncy thing for the kids...this one is kinda blurry...but oh well, she was jumping!!! This is Kimberley.

This is Isaac, he loves to pose for the camera. I don't know if I have a picture of the kid acting normal!! but he is so much fun, so it is ok I guess!

Caleb, Steven and Christopher on one of the swing things. having a great time of course!

Garrett is another ham, and lady killer!! he has the cutest smile, and he winks at the girls.

These are a couple of pictures from Bear Lake when I was there in June when Camie ran the marathon. The first 4 pictures are from the lookout at the top of Logan canyon. We stayed at Isaac's family cabin and it is across the road from the lake. So the last few times I have been to Bear Lake, I haven't even actually been to the lake. We just hang out at the cabin!!

and this picture is taken from the deck of Isaac's cabin. awesome view!!

These are pictures of the campground by my grandparents house that we used to camp out at when I was younger. It was just about a block or so away from their house so if we got scared during the night or something we could always run down to their house. This is the bathroom, one of the last additions!!

a pictured down the road towards the grandparents house.

The grandparents house is just down past the big tree in the middle of the picture.

a picture down the road the other way.

the firepit, no campground would be complete without the firepit!!

the swing...many hours of fun were spent playing on the swing!!

I think this might be part of the old house, one of our ancestors actually lived on this property many years ago.

and a better close up picture of the fireplace.

the waterpump.

This sweet little thing is Ella. She is Jaxon's little sister. She is about 18 months old. She is so photegenic so I definitely have a lot of pictures of her!! A couple of the pictures were taken at Bear Lake the morning of the marathon and the other couple of pictures were taken up in Eden at the soccer tournament.

These are pictures from the block party last week. It was fun!!! We hosted the event at our house this year. they weren't going to do it and so I volunteered to host it. It ended up being quite fun. I am glad that the play didn't end up the same night like it has for the past couple of years!

These are a few pictures of Jaxon. Jaxon is one of my nephews. My youngest sister Camie's oldest. He is 3 and a half. He is so darn cute I just can't resist taking pictures of him. This one is at Emma's soccer tournament up in Eden in June. He just has some of the cutest poses!!

Here he is swinging on a swing with his cousin Isaac in Riverdale at the family reunion.

and another one swinging on the swing with his cousin Rachel that same day.

The next two pictures were taken the same morning as the reunion but we were up at Bear Lake for Cam's marathon. she was annoyed that I hadn't mentioned that she had run the marathon that day since I had already posted several pictures from that day. I told her I didn't want to post the pictures of her post race without her consent and I probably won't post them, but she did so awesome, she finished the race in 4 hours even and she finished 2nd in her age group and 19th overall. We are so proud!!! These pictures were taken as we were hanging out before she crossed the finish line and we were just hanging out waiting for her.

I think that Jaxon was ready to be done waiting and wanted his mommy to be done!! so that we could get on to the next part of the day!! playing with the cousins at the reunion!!!

So I have been wanting to add more posts but the computer at home has been acting up. The mouse will just freeze up on the screen and the only thing to do is to hit the reset button...and I can't get anything done in between. I will give it another try maybe later today and see if it will work. if you have any idea why it might be doing that let me know, I definitely want it to stop!!! I have lots of things to post about too, because I have really figured out how to do the pictures now. and I have found lots of older pictures that are saved on the hard drive. So you are really in for a treat when I can get the computer to work for me!!!

This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to...Riverdale, Idaho!!!! My mom was raised in Riverdale and we always went up there to visit the grandparents. We went to a reunion there on Saturday June 13,2009. I had my camera so I decided to take as many pictures as I could. a couple of them are a little blurry, but not too bad I don't think!!

I made my sister stop at the bridge so I could get some pictures of the old bridge and a couple of pictures of the river, it is the Cub River...gotta love it!!! don't let Amy know she is in the picture and on my blog!!

a picture of the church. we had the reunion at the picnic area. My aunt had a lot of great activities planned. it was a beautiful day...until the end when we got all packed up and ready to go, that is when the clouds opened up and the rain started!!

there are a couple of pictures of my uncle's farm. It is right next to the church. and right next to the resort.

this shows the old road to Preston. we used to take this one occasionally.