Wolves vs Bears

Last night the my Wolves played flag football against the Bears for Cub Scouts. It couldn't have been more beautiful weather. The boys had a great time. This is a picture of almost all of my Wolves....I love little boys. They are so fun and energetic and there is never any drama.

Here are the intimidating Bears (with a little help from some younger brothers!)
Bob and Steve were the coaches.
Here is the Wolves huddle.

This is what was going on during the game.....
Gwyn worked on here skating with a little friends borrowed skates!
This kid never ceases to amaze me. Once we let him out of the stroller he grabbed a football and NEVER put it down. He was int he middle of the game for awhile, then he headed for the baseball diamond and started rounding the bases.....how does he know?
Here he is leaving the baseball field. Ah, I am enjoying these AMAZING days right now.....perfect weather. It was a grand night and the Wolves and Bears tied;)

Zion....

For Presidents day Bob and I decided that we would head up to God's country for the day. You know, Zion National Park. We packed a lunch and planned for a couple of great hikes. As you can see from the picture of Tucker there is still a little snow on the mountain.

Well, about 1/3 of the way up the trail it became very icey and slushy. Bob was pushing Gil in the stroller and I was holding on to Gwyn. Lets just say Tucker fell about 30 times, Abe about a dozen and Bob at least once. I kept seeing in my mind my kids sliding off the mountain. I don't why we just didn't turn around. We were all grateful to be done with that hike and agreed that we were done with hikes for the day.
We saw an old man just about slip off the mountian....we were afraid we were gong to have to call an ambulance. I have to say though that we had a great time. (I am posting this picture because my husband didn't want me too.)
This is as far as we made it. This is a picture of the lower Emerald pool. Gwyn wanted me to take a picture of the rainbow.


We went back down to park at the Zion lodge and had our picinic. The kids were obessed with the box elder bugs on the big tree. I hate these bugs. They surround my house while I was growing up. I woke up many a night to one of these little red bugs crawling on me. One time I woke up to one trying to crawl in my ear......makes me shudder just remembering! Can I get a shout out from any fellow Highlander that also hated these bugs.
Like I said, they were fascinated.
Abe Baby just lost his top tooth last week......ahhhh the begining of the snaggle tooth stage.


I told you I was crazy about the shutter speed.

brothers....

the giggle girl
Just so you know, Gil is weighing in now at 32 lbs. He is one big kid. I am so interested to see how big he will be when he is grown. He is solid and so broad. There is no fluff to this little man. His rump is pretty round also......
I could eat him!

Playing around.......

I have been taking a digital photography class with some friends....I would like to say that it has helped me a lot but, really I don't think it has helped me a lick. Staci has loaned me some books and they have had some helpful tips. So this is what I have played around with....Gwyn ready for church in her princess dress that use to be her cousin Miranda's. I just need to lighten her face a bit but I don't know photo shop at all. I will figure out this lighting!
Needs a little help....
I am totally obsessed with the shutter speeds...I love action shots. Here is Tucker a couple of Sunday's ago(thank you 9am church) over at Sand Hollow. Nothing like jumping sagebrush.

* I let the kids dress themselves after church. That is why Tucker looks like he just left the DI. He couldn't match a thing if his life depended on it.

Oh yes and Abe is looking so good too...

Where have we been?

If you have been wondering why I don't post anymore I have two words for you.....Strep Throat!

I would love to say that we (my family) has had this seriousley annoying bacteria for the last week. But no, let me say that we are on our third round of it in two months!!!! The ENTIRE family is on medication this week and so help me if I get this again I will personally cut out my own tonsils. A cold I can handle, but being totally down with the chills, fevers, fear of swallowing your own saliva, and serious back aches is for the birds...... When I can't function it is not pretty; dad has to miss work, laundry piles up to the attic and the house starts to smell funny..... So our Valentines day was spent like this.....Gwyn and Abe watching movies under a little tent they made because what is the harm of sharing strep with eachother if you already have it. Abe couldn't have been more devestated to miss his first grade party that I was in charge of (I obviously had to turn it over to some other mom's). He waited with baited breath for his brother to get home from school to see his Valentines his brother had so kindly picked up for him.
Abe was feeling much better by the afternoon and thought that I was the meanest mom to keep him in. Although, it was really fun for Gwyn to have her older brother home to play with. Poor Gwyn got it the worst this time around. She had a fever of a 103.2, and that was while she was on motrin. She was throwing up and mostly laying in the fetal postion all day on Wedensday. I feel so bad because when I had strep two weeks ago my best buddy took really good care of me. She sat by me, brought me food, asked dad to bring me drinks I didn't need, brought me meds that she thought I should take. She brushed my hair, and put pretend make-up on me. She refused to leave my side and kept telling me "i'll take care of you mommy". I knew at one point she would end up with it. Poor baby girl. She did take great care fo me. This is what I did for Bob for Valentines. I decided a new shirt is nice but I would try my hand at that romantic thing again....at one point I was very good at it. Something about 4 kids changes that...weird I know. There were at least 130 post it notes of why I love Bob. The best part of this was how much my kids loved it. Abe was having a lot of fun reading them and Gwyn threw a couple of scribble notes on it. Tucker was proud of it and brought his dad right in to see it. Even Gil would stand under it and jabber some kind of crazy baby babble about it. All the kids had suggestions of reasons why I should love him......it was really fun to hear, like Abe's suggestion, "because dad doesn't mind when his kids beat him in monopoly". I am pretty sure he liked it. All in all it was a delightful day. My husband bought me a rose bush and an i-pod player. Love him!

*Stace....I hope you don't get strep after riding with me....I did end up with strep that next day...oops....sorry!

About us......tagged

What is his name? Robert Lyle Lamoreaux

How long have we been together? Over 10 years.

How long did we date? We knew eachother for about6 months before we started dating. Then we dated for 6 months and were engaged another 3 months.

How old is he? 34 yrs old and very soon to be 35!

Who eats more? Ummm.....he does.

Who said I love you first? Bob did I think? Once we started dating everything just felt so easy, so all of those steps are a little unclear. Except he talked marriage WAY before I even thought about it, freaked me right out. That's why I think he must have said it first.

Who is taller? Bob is by a long shot. I am only 5'5 and he is 6'2.

Who can sing better? Bob! He has a nice voice, not amazing but good. He can and carry a tune. I am only so-so. But like my friend Andrea once said " I love to have my own concerts in the car." So much so that I have known to be horse after along drive.

Who is smarter? He is. I love to ask him while driving what random things are. Without fail he knows what it is. For an example, just past Cedar City there are little orange flags all over. Why? They were marking Prairedog dens for road construction?! Now why would he know that?

Who does the Laundry? ME!!!! Bob NEVER does the laundry.....I am far to particular.

Who pays the bills? It depends on the month. Both of us I guess.

Who sleeps on the right side? Bob does. But really he sleeps in the middle and I sleep close to the left side because I like to sleep close to the side.

Who mows the lawn? Bob does. I have only once mowed a lawn and it was my boyfriends when I was 16 and just because I wanted to try it out. Bob takes wonderful care of our yard. He has landscaped the whole thing and it looks great. He takes great pride and joy in his yard and yardwork. We agree that I'll decorate the house and he will decorate the yard.

Who cooks dinner? Always me. Except for lately, we started a meal swap with some friends. So I only cook once a week. Bob is great with the BBQ so I have to say that is some cooking.

Who drives? Bob does! I HATE to drive. I love to be the passenger though. In fact if my mom comes to town I let her drive, and truth be told she is a terrible driver. When I drive I am like a Grandma...I drive slow.

Who is more stubborn? ME! That's all I will say about that.

Who kissed who first? I kissed Bob first. We had been dating for awhile and in my experience if you started kissing you were fairly committed. I was afraid of committing to anyone so I held off. To the point that Bob said that I would have to kiss him...Then one night on my parents couch I just leaned over and kissed him. I think he was pretty surprised. I wasn't. I did say right after though "No committment, no committment."

Who asked who out first? Bob did. He convinced me to leave my other date early so that I could go up to his friends house in SLC later. Brad got in on it and told the other guy I had to be home before midnight because it was the sabbath the next day. As the one guy drove off Bob pulled in the driveway and we headed up to SLC. Our first official date was a week later, we went to Ruby river and then to see Seven Years in Tibet.

Who proposed? He did. He had told me he was ready when ever I was for a couple of months. When I finally knew he was it I left him a message on his answering machine that said I was ready. We actually had our temple date before he actaully asked me. Then on a trip down to St. George for Kennan's soccer trip, Bob and I went up Kolob Mt. to the Lava Point fireman's lookout and he proposed there. We love to take our kids there to visit, it's one of my favorite spots.

Who has more friends? I do. What else can I say.

Who is more sensitive? Well, I am more moody but he is far more sensitve than I am. He says I can verbally cut his heart out and then ask him where he wants to go for dinner. Ouch! Comes from growing up in my family. But I love his tender side and he can stop me in my tracks with a few words.

Who has more siblings? We have exactly the same. 5 siblings. I have two brothers and 3 sisters. Bob has 3 sisters and 1 living brother.

Who wears the pants? I hate to say me, because it is known that I am eternally bossy....sorry! But truth be told he is so nice to me that I usually always get my way and he leads very quietly and kindly. But in reality I really think we are a great team. We always try to be united in our ways.

I tag.....My sisters, Ally, Jamie, Celia, Amy (A,L,M) Laura (B,S) and anyone else who wants to do these fun little faq's