One of my favorite pictures ever...

Carter and Joe Flying RC Airplanes together

Beach Th(ing)s 2011

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The things you do for love

While Joe was applying sunscreen at the beach look what happened

Yes- they both got sunscreen mohawks!! and guess who's day that made :)

I mean does it get any cuter than this-- a daddy sporting a fohawk for his son... the things you do for love

Payten Gives Back

I picked Payten up from school one day and she said...

"I have an idea mommy"

I said what's that..

She says 

"I am going to make bracelets and sell them for $0.50 a piece"

I thought-- okay my little entrepreneur 

She says

"It was my friends idea, but she is going to keep her money to buy things, I am going to give all of mine away to Jesus" 

She has made close to $40-- and kept none of it

If that doesn't make a mom proud I don't know what could!!

(SIDE NOTE: Jesus is the kid that their tithe goes to at church--they have his little picture posted in their classrooms--and yes it is kinda funny that the kid that they give money too is named Jesus-- even though you and I know how to say it-- think of the funny stories that must be coming from the Kindergarten classes at Church)  

5k part deuce

In April-- Payten and I finished our 2nd Girls on the Run 5K together-- we weren't the fastest-- and we weren't the slowest- but we were together and that is all that matters!  

We had a great cheering squad too-- as you can tell one got in the picture and gave rabbit ears- he obviously needs to run a 5k with us next time :)

Still talking about it

In April we helped our Church with a local Home Makeover-- this is a "Give Love" project that our church does every year.  The kids were still talking about it this weekend-- they were so touched- the day of the reveal Payten says-- "this is going to change their lives forever" -- she definitely got the point

Payten just asked today (3 months later and after a great beach trip where we did lots of fun things) could we do it again next year-- I guess it was just on her mind--  Here are a couple pics:

Carter helping daddy put together a ping pong table

Payten in front of the flower pot we planted

Click here to check out a video from the event

And you wonder where I get it from???

My grandma never ceases to amaze me-- She turned 98 on May 8th, and although that is amazing in itself-- what really amazes me is that she still has a sense of humor of a person a 10th her age....Want to see how she made her grand entrance to the Birthday party??

and yes it was her idea-- I was wondering what took her so long to enter-- it is because she made my cousin wheel her to the side of the building so she could put on her disguise!!  I mean really how can anyone not smile at this??

Now on to a couple other--- more serious pics from the event:

Mamamurk and her children (only missing my Uncle Jack who unfortunately has passed away)

Mamamurk and her Grandchildren (Minus 4 who couldn't make it)

Mamamurk and her Great-grandchildren (minus 6 who couldn't make it)

And she even has one great great Granddaughter that couldn't make it -- isn't it amazing how much of her family she has gotten to enjoy

and how lucky are we that we all got to enjoy this wonderful time together to celebrate the life of our Mamamurk!