Summertime in Island Park

Here we are in Island Park for a few days R & R.


Brennan,
Kelsey,
& Jacqúe.













Here's Marty with his favorite activity! (NOT!)











Mariah was making friends with the Seagulls.









Kelsey & me enjoying the sun.

Brennan's Mohawk

Brennan had to prove what a rebel he is! Luckily, it only lasted a couple of days.

Happy Father's Day!

I took this picture of the kids and put it on a chef's apron for Marty for Father's Day.

Kelsey's 20th Birthday!

Kelsey had to work on her birthday, so we stopped in to say hi.
 

Mariah & Brennan

Brennan was Mariah's partner in a Swing Dance for her last dance concert. I took this picture the morning of the concert.

Cowboy Ken

Brennan went to a Barbie theme party on Wednesday. He went as Cowboy Ken. He thought he was really something!

Kelsey & Jacqúe

This was such a good picture of Kelsey & Jacqúe I wanted to share it. Jacqúe flew back to Illinois Monday afternoon after spending a week with us. He is hoping to be back again for Kelsey's birthday on June 4.

Fun in the back yard

Happy Spring!

I couldn't resist these pretty flowering trees in our back yard!

Marty's Birthday Video

I finally got Marty's 50th birthday video uploaded! It's 6 minutes long. Just click on the "Cindy's Videos" link at the right.

The Old Shotgun

Marty has been wanting to do something with his dad's shotgun to display it. He was able to confiscate a door from his Grandma's old farm house. Then he added a hat, shirt, shotgun shells and box, and an old magazine add for the shotgun. He put this all together over the coarse of a couple weeks. Pretty artistic, huh?

Mariah's Dancing!

You can tell Mariah is having a great time at competition! 

April

April is just flying by! I haven't been taking any pictures lately and I forget that I can post without having pictures involved. So I thought I better at least do a little updating.

Mariah had cheerleading tryouts and she made JV cheerleader! We are so proud of her! She really worked hard and she looked great! She also has her driver's license now, so I hardly have to drive any more. It's great! She is a very good driver, too.

Brennan has been active in Track. Throwing discus and shot put. He's already looking forward to football starting.

Kelsey has her sights set on getting through finals and being home for the summer. She'll be getting home in the middle of May.

Today and next weekend Mariah has dance competitions, so I'll be getting some new pics to post.

Crazy kids!!

Playing in the Snow

Brennan and Mariah and Oakley and Cedar wanted to play in the snow. They were a little underdressed!

Kelsey's Spring Break

Kelsey got home on the 11th for Spring break. It was so great to have her home for a while! Most of the week was pretty uneventful. We just hung around the house and took it easy. Marty and I still had to work all week so Kelsey got some good R & R. Mariah did have a Cheerleading Competition in Nampa on the 18th, so Kelsey went with Marty and I to watch. We stopped in Boise to visit Marty's brother Stan and his family. The picture with Kelsey and the cute little girl is Willow, Stan's granddaughter.

Then we met Jim and Iran (Peace Corps friends of Marty's) for dinner. We had such a nice visit with them. Iran is holding their first granddaughter, Aubrey.

Then it was off to the competition. The Highland Cheerleaders placed 2nd!

We said good-bye to Kelsey Sunday morning. Only eight weeks and she's home for the summer again! Yeah!!

Home Videos

Most of you know I like to make videos out of pictures I've taken. Well, I've started uploading some of them onto the web so anyone can view them. Just click on this link and you can watch whatever you feel like. A couple of them are kinda long, I will be trying to keep future videos shorter. Keep checking back, I will be adding more all the time! Also, let me know what you think! (You may not be able to view the videos without a high speed internet connection. Sorry!)

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=53245

Sweetheart Dance

Brennan and Mariah both had dates to the Sweetheart Dance. This was Mariah's first dance and date! They both went with groups of couples. They are getting too grown up!!

MARTY TURNS 50!!!

I can't believe I actually pulled off a surprise party for Marty's 50th birthday! We had a nice day of celebrating on the 7th. So nice, Marty thought that was it! Well, I had other plans. Friday night he thought we were meeting Pat and Wendy for dinner, and SURPRISE there were about 30 friends and family waiting to celebrate and wish Marty happy birthday! It turned out just wonderful! Thank you so much to everybody who made the effort to be there, you were all greatly appreciated!!

Yeah! The Jazz Won!