car shows & wish lists

Last night we went to the Golden Car Show.  No, I am not a huge car fan. Just a small car fan. I like the old Muscle cars the best. Like this 1968 Firebird or

 Like this 1968 Camaro. Pretty cool cars right. Seems like the cars now days are pretty dumb compared to these cool cars!!!

 We had one of these 1980's Toyota Pickup. It was a "beater" but we LOVED it. This is not an actual picture of ours. Ours had a bit bigger tires on it ....It was awesome. We brought it in to the shop to get worked on and the next morning I got a call asking me "why did you pick up your truck, it is not here" WHAT !!!!   Yes, someone stole it ! Three weeks later they found it totaly tore apart and trashed. When we saw it you could barely tell it was ours. BUMMER !!!  but it's just a car right.?  Maybe one day we will get another old one to go 4-wheeling in the mountains with.  Or maybe we will get a couple of ......

 These!!  Yamaha ATV's !!  This has been on the wish list for lets say 20 some years. LOL !  Maybe someday when I am a Grandma we will have a couple of these!  How about a Toyota pickup, a couple of these aaaand a nice trailer to haul them on!!????  That would be good!

Life is full of work work work! And it is good and healthy to make time for fun fun FUN !!! But I always remember that you can't take any of these "THINGS" with you..."things" get old and break and cost money to fix....things, really can add even more work!  What really matters in life are that God is first and your family and friends...your relationships, .....People.  People in your life, that is what really matters ! And they are in your life for a reason.   No one will remember how much money I had or what toys I had... but they will remember what kind of person I am!  

I would still like a couple of these toys though!!  LOL !!!

Daycare kids

The HOT weather is here!! Too hot at the parks unless we go early so I invested in a pool for the kids! The last few years I have had this:

when my guys were little they had a blast in this! 
The last few years I had the same thing for the daycare kids. They were bored! They would play 15 min and be bored!!
I couldn't figure it out! Good-grief !  PLAAAAY!

THis year I tried this! The Hippo head slide was a huge hit!

Todays kids.......need it a little fancier!!!!  LOL !

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Shine

Our church puts on a  "prom" for people that have special needs. This year I signed up to be and escort!
What an great experiance! Something I have never done! It was awesome to see all the happy faces! Smiles were everywhere you looked! The best thing was to see the JOY in Ian's Mom's eyes everytime she would come check on him. She was amazed at the Love shown to her son and all the other guests! That alone made made my day. Along with how Ian made me laugh! He scarfed down his Chick-fil-a meal in the fancy dining room, we played all kinds of games, he liked the penny toss into a bowl of water best. In fact I kind of had to distract him to get him to move on! Once we started dancing...He would not stop for anything! LOL ! We danced the night away!  As we were having fun with all the guests, their parents and/or caretakers  got to relax in another room. 

Ian at SHINE 2011 The Big Party !
Video clip coming soon!
to see last years Shine recap 2010 go to
www.flatironschurch.com and see it!
Soon the new one will be up on the website.

Wedding time! Our Family is Growing and we Love That !

Luke and Allison during the first dance!  They made their entrance to one of  my favorite songs:
Shook me all night long!  AC/DC

This is Allison's family

I love this one because of all the laughing faces!

Our two Daughters-in-law !

The Bride with her mom and I

Me, Jerid, Isaac, Luke and Dan

Good looking guys or what!

What a beautiful Bride!

This one is awesome as he spots her starting up the isle!

Our children......being normal !  I love this one! Dan and I are tying to act as though
we NEVER act like them!  LOL !

grandpa and grandma!

More extended family photos to come.....soon !

Dirt bikes are for girls! LOL !

It's HIS bike but I get to ride it sometimes!

Water !!!

I am usually good at drinking plenty of water everyday ! As for the past few months? I have been horrible  !! But
"That is nothing a NEW water bottle won't cure !  why does a new one just seem to make the water taste better !?