Wow. I am SO proud of this kid. I'm so proud of the choices he has made. I'm proud of his hard work and his testimony of the gospel. He was so excited for this day! 
We have this really great park out here... so we fed everyone lunch before Ty's baptism. It was a perfect day at the park!!
My grandma, aunts, and I went on "Let's Make a Deal". I won a car!!!!! No I didn't. 
Mary is SO attached to her Uncle Kendall!!
Lucy LOVED Kaden, too.
We had so much fun!
Mary loved it when her cousin Karissa took her down the slide over and over and over again... :)
I couldn't get my kids off this!!
You guys know my fetish with the back of the heads...
The cousins all get a long so great!
We had a blast at the Children's Museum!
We LOVE coming to Utah!
Nothing like "Raising Cane's" and a few Light Saber rice-crispy cakes to celebrate Ty's Birthday! 
Our annual "Try-on-all-the-Halloween-Costumes" party...
Going to the Rainforest Cafe with grandma and grandpa...
Lucy is such a daddy's girl.
Well here we are in good ole' Vegas!! We've been here for almost a month and seem to be settling down just fine.
Kregg's done with his training and is at his new store now. He is really enjoying it and the challenge that it brings.
We moved into an apartment that really isn't too bad. It has 2 pools with waterfalls and the kids have really enjoyed that. We don't really feel too cramped- we tried not to unpack too much. We figured an apartment would be great for us until we can really find out where we would like to be out here.
The ward is great- lots and lots of kids (It's so beautiful to hear other people's kids and not just mine going crazy in there). Kregg and I both have callings already- he's in the Elders Quorum Presidency and I'm on the Enrichment Committee. Ha ha!!! We are already making some friends, and our callings will help push that along even more we hope.
The kids are happy to be in school- the hardest thing about this move is that it's too hot to go to a park. And when you don't have any friends yet, you are kinda stuck at home. In your apartment. So they've played a lot of video games, and I've played a lot of Facebook. Ha!
I think this was a great move, and we really are liking it here. We miss Mesquite and especially all of our wonderful friends, but everything is great here. I'm excited!
So this past Monday was the first day of school. Ty's 2nd grade, Karson Kindergarten, and Mary pre-K. I would have to drive them to the bus stop anyway, so I decided to just drive them to school (except for Mary, they still drive her to and from our apartment). They are at a brand-spankin' new school which is pretty exciting! It's year round school which will be interesting, but I'm actually looking forward to it. There's not a whole lot you can do in the summer out here anyway. :)
Well my littlest little big girl turned 1 in July. Already!! Oh man- she's so adorable- and a daddy's girl. She really has been such a laid back little kid, content on watching what her crazy siblings are doing. She's usually smilin' and wrestling with her sister. She has absolutely NO desire to walk! But that's okay, we're in no hurry. Her birthday was kinda wild, considering that's the day that Kregg got his crazy new job. It will be a birthday none of us will ever forget!!
We love you so much Lucy!! 
For her last day they got to go to the splashpark. So fun!! She's had such a fun time in preschool, and she's learned so much. She's made such great friends, and her teachers were WONDERFUL!! I sure hope that whatever the future holds includes another great program just like this one.
Her best buddies Camilla and Kairi. Camilla was a little sad and was crying to her mom and dad. So Mary goes right up to her, grabs her hand, and says, "Come on!! Let's go on the slide!!". They both were grinning from ear to ear the rest of the day. I sure hope Mary always keeps her spunk and her smile!
So out here in the desert we have been very fortunate to have a Ward garden. It's SO AWESOME!! My backyard is straight rock, and I can't ever make anything grow (not to mention keep alive), so it's been great to get ideas and help from other people. I always said that if we grew just one vegetable out of it, then it would be worth it. We have had TONS of radishes, peas and cherry tomatoes, and a PLETHERA (for you "3 Amigos" Fans) of carrots. We also have lots of green onions and green peppers. We also have zucchini and cucumbers! I'm still in shock that anything has grown. The kids have just loved it (in fact most of the peas never made it home). Something we'll definitely have to try to do from now on.
So it looks like Kregg's days at Radio Shack are coming to an end. It's been a wonderful run, it's just not enough people buying!! So now we are in the process of looking for a new job. If everyone can keep their eyes open... we are really liking it here in Mesquite, but there just aren't many jobs here. So it looks like there is another move in the works for us! The real question is... Where will it be?? Anyway- other than that little stress we are all doing good. Everyone is out of school now, and we're looking forward to a nice family vacation soon. Everyone have a fun summer!!
Yep- Karson is officially out of preschool!! He has totally loved preschool, but he's even more excited to start Kindergarten!! The graduation was so cute! This pic is of him and one of his best buddies Javen.
Here he is with his teacher Miss Debbie.
This is how he wore his graduation cap most of the time. He kept crackin' himself up.
He's getting so old! I can't believe he's going to be in Kindergarten!
So the last time I ran a race was probably when I was in college (At least 12 years ago). I was so excited to run one again! They had a nice little one here in Mesquite, so a bunch of us went. It was a lot of fun! My buddy Kena and I actually won out of the women. I wish I could have enjoyed it, but I don't even remember the last 1/2 mile of the race! Then I spent the next half hour trying not to puke. Good times!! If anyone knows one thing about me- it's that I'm pretty darn competitive. It's a gift and a curse.
Me and my bud Kena.
I'm pretty sure this is about the part that I lost all feeling in my body, and my brain shut down.
Kregg is so great! Him and the kids came to watch me run!!SORRY!!! Last times slacking was because we had nothing going on. This times slacking is because we're so wicked crazy busy!! I love you all and I love that you will ALL forgive me and not toiletpaper my house or prank call me. And please no dog poop on the porch. Thank you!
Don't worry- it's just juice! DANG good juice though!!
Steph and I had a girls night. It was AWESOME!!
Auntie Traci came to visit...
Ty had a fieldtrip...
Yeah- we had nothing else to do...
Ty started his baseball season, and loves it of course...
Here are my 2 chef's that are helping me conquer my fast-food addiction...
LOVE the small-town parades, especially when you can be with your friends....Ty and 3 boys in his class won their relay for the first grade. That kid is FAST!!
Phew!! I think I might be caught up!
Karson got to come, too. They were so great letting him join in on the fun.
We got to go in the back and sort mail and see how everything works.
This is Mary's good friend Camilla. They are so darn cute together!!
One of my best friends Johanna and her family came out to visit last weekend. I miss her so much- it was so great to see her and her cute-as-heck family. We have been friends since she moved into the neighborhood in 1st grade. Man we've had some great times, and gotten into TONS of trouble together (just a few examples: breaking into houses, breaking apple trees, chopping down illegal Christmas trees, a whole crap-load of toilet-papering and steeling barracades). She's also stood by me through all of the tough times and helped me make it through (aka college... wow we were crazy, eh roomie?). I'm so glad that we have been able to stay so close through the years!! Thanks for visitin' Joe! Love yah!!
There she is!! I asked Karson to keep an eye on her while I got in the shower, and when I came out this is where I found her. She scooted all the way across the room before she fell asleep right there. Cute, eh?!?!? My little girl is mobile!So I seriously send my apologies to each and every one of you that like to check up on us from time to time. There really hasn't been a whole lot going on, so I took a little break. So please forgive me, and my family, for not having much going on this past month or so. I'll try to be better. Love you all!!! -Julz
Kregg is 33 now- and as handsome as ever!
Of course... He's pretending to sneeze...
His birthday was pretty uneventful, really. The only excitement was the "Better-than-you-know-what" cake I made, that Mary decided to break in half and put on the floor. So this is as close-up of the cake as you are going to get!! I'm not sure I'm cut out to make cakes- this was the 3rd catastrophe with them that I've had in a row!! But of course- we still ate it (you know me)- and OH YEAH it was so good!!
Happy Birthday Hunk! You're the BEST!!!!
So Lucy is 8 months old today. She is such a great baby!! She hardly cries and smiles a whole lot. She LOVES her big brothers and has even been known to crack a smile at Mary every once in a while (when Mary's not on top of her). She had RSV a few weeks ago and that wasn't so fun, but she still was smilin' away and didn't seem miserable at all. What a great kid!
Yep... She's asleep...
Here is her new haircut...
What?!?! Falling asleep again in a weird position? That's not like Mary!
But this is where she's the happiest. Wherever mom is!
These two were holding hands right up until I started recording (of course). But I mostly wanted to show you Mary's new haircut... cute, eh? This just reminds me that they can sometimes get along, and can you believe how quiet they were?!? You don't not hear that very often!!
