Austin

Austin turned 15 on the 4th of November. He also earned his permit from drivers ed. OH BOY! His grandpa Brad "sold" him his 1977 Ford Thunderbird. Austin showed a lot of interest in the car and they started working on it. He asked grandpa about buying it and grandpa made him a deal that would only be a grandpa/grandson deal. Thanks Brad. Marshall and both boys have been having a great time working on the car. I don't see much of them with all the "male bonding" going on with a new project to work on, but thats ok.

Austin took us all for a spin last Sunday. Which is how we discovered a little work that needed to be done - Austin was driving (deep breath), and the 3 of us were with him. Going down Hwy 48 in the DARK and the lights shut off. They just went OFF. Marshall & I were trying to tell Austin what to do. He wasn't worried, "he could see just fine." Well we made it home safely, but I am thinking the driving practice needs to be with the father. I do not have what it takes........ Lord please give my son a guardian angel to watch over him! I'll take one too.

My Guys

We had some fun pictures taken in Idaho Falls a couple of weeks ago. I just loved this of my boys & hubby. Call me proud wife & mom! It was a lot of fun, but makes you realize how old your children are getting. Oh Geez!

This was taken on one of the walks on the beach that Janeene and I took. We only got out in the morning twice, but it was quite enjoyable. Even with the clouds and wind it was AWESOME. On the internet people complained about the rocky beach. You can kind of see some of them in this picture. I quite liked them. Especially the one I had Janeene stand on so I could take her picture. The waves came in pretty HARD before she could get off. Needless to say she got a little wet. Funny! Good thing my sister is a good sport. Right, Janeene?

Snorkeling

This was us on the boat snorkeling.

Mom asked for "special attention"

from Pepe - not peepee. They took us all out on a boat, kind of like a catamaran only different. They stopped at 2 different places for us to snorkel. It was a pretty windy day so the ocean was choppy, but still very fun. And then there came the rain storm. Oh brother, some how being out on a boat in the open in a rain storm in Mexico is even fun. Call me crazy, but we would probably do it again. How about February?

Mexico 08

One of my favorite poems is "Footprints In The Sand". Without contradicting the poem, Janeene and I thought it would be fun to have a picture of "our feet" in the sand. We went to Cancun in October with our mom. We had been to Mexico together before but this was mom's 1st time. We all needed a little "down time". We had a great time: relaxing, eating, drinking, snorkeling, shopping etc. Well mom & Janeene had fun shopping I HATED the "market". If I got called baby or mama 1 more time, I was going to blow! Any hew the moral of the story was - we would like to put our feet in Mexico sand any chance we get. Mom is already talking about going back, we'll see. It was a great time! Thanks mom and Janeene for putting up with me "missing my boys @ home." Whoda thunk!

Kristine

So my sister didn't like that I wasn't on my own blog. So here I am!

Austin

Oh my goodness! Is that my son, how can it be. He was a baby yesterday! Austin is in the 9th grade this year, 6' 1" and growing! He is on the 9th grade football team and signed up for drivers ed. We were going to sign him up for drivers ed earlier in the summer, but he had a lot going on. In July he had a long time problem fixed - not being able to breathe out of the right side. He basically had 4 surgeries to fix all that was wrong. OUCH! It was a long hard week, but now we are so glad we got it taken care of. Thanks to a great Dr. we are breathing and moving on. He is also allergic to about everything under the sun we found out. So weekly allergy shots it is. Those darn mothers that make you go to the Dr!

He also had a lot of fun this summer with the boat and wakeboarding. He is a lot like his dad and thinking about what his first vehicle should be.