Back To School

**BACK TO SCHOOL**

The GIRLS went back to school on the 19th.

This is a GOOD thing. These girls were at each others throats ALL summer long. Lexie watched them and it was quite the experience...but they are still among the LIVING so they can't complain RIGHT!!! Summer went by fast...but at the same time it was a LONG one!!!

Glad to be back on a schedule...even though its a hectic one--with soccer and dance OH MY!!!

But I'm ready for it :) Love ya GIRLS.

Oh and little Corbin just had to have his picture taken on the 1st day of school too!

He said "MY PICTURE...CHEEEEEZ"...soooooo CUTE!

Lexie

Yes...this is as close to a smile as we get

these days...thanks to the BRACES!!!Shayley...Such a cute

outfit...and girl!

Chloee

Doesn't she look SASSY!

Little Corbin James

Corbin's 2nd Birthday

CORBIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY!!!

That's right...our sweet little boy turned 2 on August 11th. He had such a good time. I made him a race car cake. He could hardly wait to pull the cars off. We had a BBQ, with hamburgers and hotdogs. (Grandpa and Grandma Hawkes,Uncle Jack, Aunt Carrie, Rykker, Danzi, Lex, Shay, Chloee, and Mom and Dad) were there. He couldn't wait to open up his presents. He got a Tractor w/ a trailer-from Grandma Done, Thomas the Train-from Mom and Dad, Rocky-a big dump truck that talks-from Jack and Carrie, some leather sandles-from Nani, a shelf to go in your Big Boy Room-from Grandpa and Grandma,and a scooter-from Uncle John.

It was an awesome day!!!

Love ya BIG GUY :) Corbin with a few of his BALLOONS!
Corbin opening his train
with Danzi helping him...
Corbin opening ROCKY!
Corbin playing with the cars
that were on his CAKE!
Corbin getting ready to blow
out the CANDLE!

SWIMMING LESSONS
CHLOEE took swimming lessons this summer. She took LEVEL 3 again...
which did not make her happy. She passed with flying colors.
She then moved on to LEVEL 4...this made her happy!!!
I would take her to work with me in the morning and
then we'd head over to SUU at 10:00 a.m. to
SWIM...she enjoyed spending that
time with her MOM...
and so did I.Chloee jumping off of the HIGH DIVE

Chloee...posing for a photo!

Chloee doing the
Back Stroke!Chloee on the KICK BOARD~

**SOME RANDOM SHOTS**

Just thought I'd throw in a few more fun shots of the kiddos...
ENJOY!!!

Shay giving Corbin a

Piggy Back Ride

Corbin James
wearing DAD's hat :)

Corbin wearing
panties around his neck...
He loves to put them around his neck
SILLY little boy!!!

Chloee reading to Corbin
Soooo cute!

Corbin
He was so tired...he was chatting
with me while I was fixing dinner
and I looked over and there he was
sound asleep at the counter :(

Corbin playing at the Park!

Corbin
Wearing his Dad's work boots!

Corbin with MR. POTATO HEAD'S
mouth in his!!!

Corbin James
Love this little guy!

Chloee
hanging out in the back of the car
waiting for the parade to come!!!

All Stars

ALL STARS
CEDAR AMERICAN

Lex played AWESOME! She played LEFT FIELD. She made some great plays :) They only played 3 games...they won their first, and lost the last two. We enjoyed watching her play. She was invited to play in the fall tournament, but she said she's played enough softball for this year. I wish she'd play more, but she insists that she's done...
I just love softball and love to watch her PLAY!!!

4th Of July Weekend

4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

Jack, Carrie and the KIDS went the night before to ENTERPRISE RESERVOIR and spent the night in a TENT! Our FAMILY went over Saturday morning with the boat. We played the WHOLE day on the boat...Chloee and Lexie TRIED to ski--with NO luck :) We pretty much pulled them around the lake while the skis followed! Jack tried it later on in the day and it was pretty much the same :) The TUBE we had borrowed didn't have a PLUG so unfortunately we couldn't use it. Mike and the GIRLS fished and Chloee was the first one to reel one in! SHE was so excited! Lexie caught TWO also! Even though there was quite a bit of bickering and fighting going on we still had a GOOD time. That night we went back to Jack and Carrie's camp and fixed DUTCH OVER TATERS, DUTCH OVEN GREEN BEENS, and BBQ STEAK! I brought a picnic cake that I had made at home, and we had SMORES. Now...let me tell ya about these marshmallows...Grandma Hawkes had found these HUGE marshmallows at the store. They're called "CAMPFIRE" Marshmallows. They are 2 inches long and about an inch WIDE. They're a marshmallow on STEROIDS. ha ha! We roasted them and put them on the graham crackers with the chocolate and they were ewwy gooey GOOD!! It was a bit hard to keep the marshmallows from dripping off the sides though :) The food was waaay yummy! The only downfall to the whole day, was this little SQUIRREL. That little pest...he ate through the handle on our ICE CHEST, he opened a MIRACLE WHIP jar and had a taste and ran off with the LID...He bit through a plastic lid on a BIN...what a little nuisance! It was fun to be there again. It's been ages since we were there. OUR dad used to take us there when we were younger to FISH! It brought bake a lot of GOOD memories. Thanks for such a WONDERFUL day!!!Jack, Carrie and Rykker

on our BOAT!

Danzi Lou

Taking a little SNOOZE!
Corbin and Me
Corbin kept taking little 10 minute
naps...this was one of them!
Shay trying to catch a
-FISH-
Corbin James
He LOVES the BOAT
*Corbin*
He's a little worried about
sitting on that seat by
HIMSELF

Lexie getting ready to put

Chloee's FISH in the NET

Chloee with her

**FISH**

Mike getting ready to TOSS

Chloee in the WATER!!!

Chloee with her SKIS

Mike driving the BOAT

The GIRLS hanging out

on the BOAT

MIKE

Lexie, Danzi, Shay, Chloee and

CORBIN in the back of Jack's

TRUCK...GOIN to get on

the BOAT!

Lexie, Jack, Carrie, and Chloee

at Their CAMP

Lexie and Corbin

on the BOAT

SHAY

CHLOEE

Mike, Lexie, Corbin, Me, Danzi, Jack,

Chloee and Shayley