There is no place like home!

The Day after Thanksgiving

Grandpa and Gramere helped up put out tree up the day after Thanksgiving. We LOVED having them here!

We tired Grandpa out :)

Pumpkin Digging

Bubble Blowers

The trick to blowing bubbles is using white milk - chocolate milk is to heavy.

Brew to Shoe

It was a HOT day in August here in Manhattan when the girls and I ran this race! My friend Meggan and I did a 10K and the girls did a 1 mile fun run. They all did a great job - and earned every bit of their t-shirts!

Seriously......

..... could you make cuter kids???

The other 3 entertaining themselves with the camera

Great entertainment at Brooke's softball game was to give them the camera - silly kids!!

Watching Brooke play softball

Cade's Name Sake

Carl David Moss with his Great Grandson, Cade Moss Barton

Camping Trip 2009

Disney

I have been late to get our Disney Pictures up because it was too hard to figure out which ones to put on there - so many good times, so many good pictures!! We celebrated Braum's 37th birthday and Carla's 60th birthday in Florida. Went to all the Disney Parks and Clearwater Florida, to the gulf. Great times!!!!

THUNDERSTORMS

It was another exciting night in Kansas with huge thunder and lightning. Thought I would miss the nights that all my kids have to come in my bed when they are scared so I took this picture. Braum is gone until 2 in the morning lately since Gunnery is going on so this is what he saw when he got home. So, he slept in Cade's bed, I was sleeping in the middle of Brooke and Cade.

In Memory of Grandma Duryea

How sweet it was to be loved by her!!!
1926-2009

Rylie, Brooke, Ashlynn and I spent a proud Memorial weekend honoring a wonderful lady!! We met my Dad and Wendy and my brothers with my sisters, Maegan and Jess and baby Reagan in Illinois to bury Grandma. She died on May 15th. I never felt more loved than when I was in the presense of her and my grandpa - they were always on my side! I was so happy to have gotten the chance to go up there and see the things that reminded me so much about them, we got to see her house that we used to spend our summers and her parents house. And spent a great day with everyone there. Family, no matter how much you do or don't see them is always there for each other - with a true, unconditional love surronding it!
May 2009

Here is Rylie playing soccer. Her team didn't win, but we still love watching her play!

Easter Egg Docorating

Decorating was different this year. Usually I have to get everything set up and have a huge mess to clean up. I think the girls had just as much fun making the egg dye than decorating the eggs. They did a great job and I got to take lots of pictures. They were so organized in the beginning that clean up was easy. The eggs turned out beautiful and we had a great time doing them!!

Rylies 5th Grade Musical

Can you tell which one she is?

Rylie did an amazing job in her musical. I can't believe she is getting so big!

The Three Musketeers cheering her sister on!