Jeselyn loves Greg

wild hog, or wild christian?

2011-03-07T21:30:00.001-08:00

So last fall Christian got motocycle, he has been

fixing it up all winter with the help of Eric and Alex.

He is very excited, already goes to fast and is going

give me a heart attack!

#33

2011-02-25T15:25:00.000-08:00

So Tylers basketball season is coming to

a close. His Sophmore team did really well.

He got to play some JV, and towards the end of

the season he got bumped to Varsity, bench only,

but still cool. He loved it!

kids, cousins, friends and more.....

2011-01-20T18:08:00.000-08:00

This is what happened when the sun comes
out after months of coldness!

Aydelyn
AvaAydelyn

Aydelyn, Amelia, Savanah, Ava

Grace

Markus

Taryn & Markus

MarkusAmelia & Savanah

Anna & Gum

Anna

weekly images

2011-01-20T17:57:00.001-08:00

so on one of my other blog I'm trying
to post a weekly image, this is a way to
push myself to take my camera out more often.
We will see if I can stay caught up!
Anyway check it out, and I'm not behind on
taking them, just posting.....

Aydelyns christmas concert

2010-12-12T17:01:00.000-08:00

Aydelyn after her concert

The family supporting Aydelyn

Aydelyn

2010-12-12T16:55:00.000-08:00

aydelyn loves to help mom cook

aydelyns friend logan

so beautiful

2010-11-10T21:30:00.000-08:00

So Ken was wonderful and let us use his cabin for the weekend back in Sept.

It is right on the upper Provo river, beautiful.

Above and below are images from a little morning walk.

So on these two I know they are overexposed,

but I don't care, I love them.

Above: It's almost like you can feel the

heat from the sun.

Below: my son Christian,

above: all his stuff.

My beautiful darlings!

My smart alec 16 year old

And here are a few cousins:

Alice

Sam

Sadie

Ava

And this is what I woke up too.

(This doesn't do it justice)

2010-01-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

The Veranda has a blog......
ya'll should check it out.
verandacouture.blogspot.com

{the photo's are super!}

these are everywhere........

2009-12-28T18:05:00.000-08:00

Mekel and I had each other for christmas this years and we got

each other the same thing. I guess we have great taste, so does Van

he bought one for Raquel too. Cute. Cute.

minkie blankets

2009-12-28T18:03:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas my mom, Nanerz, made each of

the grandkids minkie blankets. They are the most comfy

blankets in the WORLD......... thanks nanerz

Gingerbread man/women/person/tree?

2009-12-28T18:00:00.000-08:00

Turkey shoot

2009-12-28T17:56:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving evening Tyler and me went to Las Vegas

to the Turkey Shoot soccer tournament. They won 3 out

of 4 games. The soccer was ok but the trip was Fun.

normally what happeneds in vegas stays in vegas but...

I will let it slip that Tyler shaved his legs.....and Austins

Thanksgiving

2009-12-28T17:53:00.001-08:00

We had a great and yummy Thanksgiving dinner at my moms.

They kids had a blast running around with their cousins, and I ate way to much...

Aydelyn the photographer

2009-12-28T17:51:00.000-08:00

2009-10-14T13:45:00.000-07:00

I have been so busy the last few months. Savanah had

a Birthday back in Aug. Tyler had a Birthday in Oct.

We all went back to school, soccer started and life is crazy!

A few weeks ago I made a blog for Tylers soccer team.

I had some fun photos of his team and a dad on the team had some great actions photos

so we made a blog, so the boys and families could see them all.

So check it out

http://utahfcsoccer95.blogspot.com

2009-07-15T09:43:00.000-07:00

My sisters and I spent Monday at the Dionsaur park up in

Ogden. All the kids had a lot of fun digging for bones and eggs.

They got to feed huge fish and ducks and see every kind of

dinosaur. Inside they have real bones and skeletons. It was

very cool, geared toward younger kids, but still fun.

camping

2009-07-15T09:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, we camped in the backyard. Aydelyn has been begging to sleep

in the tent and we haven't made it camping yet so the backyard it was.

We watched Wild America, a great camping movie, and didn't get much sleep

but it was fun to be with the family.

2009-07-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

My sister is in town so we tried to get some

photos of all the grandkids, and with the exception of

my boys, all are under the age of 10. I havent gone though

all the images yet but I dout there is one image where

all the kids are looking. Which isnt all bad cuz I got some

cute candids, here is just a few.......

A funny story

2009-07-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

misunderstanding

This story refers to an image down a few posts,

the one of Christian cutting the head off the fish.

So as he was doing this I saw one of the neighbor

girls out front, I asked her if she wanted to come in the

backyard and watch Christian cut the heads off some fish.

She starts walking with me and then says "is he really going

to cut my head off, because my parents will sue." What?

I looked at her and said "NO, he's cutting the head off of FISH",

and then I told her that "if someone tell you their going to

cut off your head, you don't continue to follow them".

2009-06-21T21:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Fathers day to the BEST dad ever!
This cake was so yummy, right when it came out

of the oven I frosted it so the frosting melted then I grated

milk chocolate over it, then when it cooled I added the

strawberries.......yum yum
Later in the day we went to the park with the Peery clan.

Good food, and fun times.............

last weekend

2009-06-18T10:06:00.000-07:00

The sleepover, so two years ago I told Tyler and his friends if they all got straight A's the same term I would take them toilet papering. This was one of my favorite things to do as young teenager, as I got older I snuck out to do other things. Anyway, two years later it happened, so I told them to choose a girl that wouldn't get mad if they got caught, this would be their first time after all. They chose Kiara, so behind their back I called and told her they were coming, told her to invite some girlfriends over and I took her some water balloons. What's better than getting ambushed with water balloons when your toilet papering, right? The boys didn't think it was to funny that night, but they will when they look back on it, I hope, at least it fun for me to watch from the car over in the shadows. And by the way, they were soooooo loud, when I got them back in the car, we drove one block and passed a cop heading towards the houses they had just done. Eight boys and several rolls of toilet paper later, we got home and they kept parting and I went right to bed.

By the way 3 days later we got toilet papered, not by the girls but by some of those same boys, Greg said, "look what you've started" I said,"I'm proud to have inspirered the next generation of toilet paperers"
The next night we went to Orem days, only for the kids I promise. It rained all day, but cleared up just in time for the parade, the second the last float went by it started raining again. So we spent the next hour at the carnival in the pouring, not so warm, rain. The kids still had fun, I think. And by the way the carnival was crappy this year, not one big ride for older people, only baby rides, lame. I guess we'll have to hit strawberry days, they alway have good rides, plus lots of heshers that are always interesting for the kids to stare at.....................

Tribute to my father

2009-06-11T15:16:00.000-07:00

4 years later.........

2009-06-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

Christian went fishing with his uncle Jesse and had a good time.

Thanks Jesse!!!

watch out

2009-06-10T18:09:00.000-07:00

Christian and his friends were making a movie, and this was

what he was dressed like. I love it, I wish he took care of his hair

like this everyday.

2009-05-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

Santa Barbra

2009-04-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more images from Santa Barbra!

This is a really old Mission, I can't remember the date though.

It was very cool, little bit different than seeing and

old church around here.

And a few of the beach, sand , coast, ocean

what you want to call it..............

2009-04-28T08:41:00.000-07:00

Final images for the sem. on

reluctantconformity.blogspot.com

It's finals week, I'll have my life back Friday!!!!

Music

2009-04-06T14:13:00.000-07:00

So last summer I took some pictures

for Brittany, (step cousin through two marriages,

were not related, but both of our step dads are?)

Anyway, I took pictures for her before she went

off to Nashville to become a STAR!. Well, she

might be getting there, listen here to hear

her first recording, I LIKE IT..............

(The image in her page is one of mine.)

mY babY

2009-03-25T12:16:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Aydelyn

Happy Birthday to YOU!

7 7 7 7 7 7

And many more..............

2009-03-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

Some things I've learned about myself as of late,

well, not really, I've probably always known these things

but lately I've been trying to realize why I do the things,

(or don't do,) the things I do.

-I can't put things together, which is why I can't

accessorize, decorate my house, or make collages.

-I don't like a lot of high key stimulation, I think I need plenty

of down time/ alone time.

-I talk to myself, ALL THE TIME, really. Not loud, almost a whisper.

Especially when I'm in the car, sometimes my kids here me and say

"what did you say?" me "oh nothing"

-I like the simple things in life, I don't have to have the frilly,

sparkly, top of the line anything. Which is why you usually

see me in flip flops, jeans and a t shirt. Which might also go back

to the fact that I can't accessorize? Not meaning I don't love new

things, I just don't have to have them all the time.

-I repress things, I've been telling Greg for years that I don't, that I just deal

well with problems. But I've realized these past few years that I do,

and it doesn't bother me at all, because that IS how I deal with life.

Don't think about it, don't stress, (except that it come out in my skin!)

-I either say to much or say it to harshly. I don't know how to sugar coat.

I admire people (Mekel, Megan and many others) who can say anything to

anyone and have it come out nice and gentle. You always leave a conversation

with these types of people feeling better about yourself.

-I forget things. call this person, mail this bill, I forget, I get sidetracked,

I don't think I forget the big things, which is more important, right?

-Some say I can be controlling, mostly my kids, but I've

noticed at school if we have to work in group, I want it my way.

Which is lame I know because I don't always have the best ideas.

(most of the time, but not always, I'm kidding, )

-I prefer straight lines? and proper forms, which is why is love

the bauhaus style, maybe it's more masculine than feminine, I don't know.

- I really love history, epecially art history. I love learning about the past

and why people and cultures did what they did, why things are the way

they are now because of some thing that happened 2 thousand years ago.

Which is why I've been wondering why I do the things I do.

-In my mind I'm organized, but only in my mind, not my house.

-I suck at spelling and I really hate math, I mean I would go through

child birth again to get out of passing my math class. You think

I'm kidding but I'm not, it's that bad, ask Greg.

P.S.

I'm adding a few more. I read this to Greg and he reminded

me of a few more thing I should know about myself.

-I always procrastinate, I wait until the last minute, and somehow

pull it off. (most of the time) which drives him up the wall.

-If I don't want to do something I pretend it's not there (math homework)

-I love to sleep, and take naps.

-He thinks I don't get stressed out, and that's why I can procrastinate.

but I do get stressed out I just deal with it way different than him.

I do what has to be done right then, and it goes from there.

These are just a few things that I have been thinking about.

so there you go............

2009-03-07T21:31:00.000-08:00

Alice in Wonderland

2009-03-02T14:33:00.000-08:00

Happy 50th Birthday BARBI!

I know there are many arguments for and

against Barbi, but I love them.

I secretly played barbies until the summer before

jr. high school.(sad, I know)

Happy Birthday

2009-02-15T17:04:00.000-08:00

He's a teenager now, no more pre-teen jokes

(for two years until Savanah is 12)

He had a great Birthday, I took him and his

friends to breakfast at 6:30 AM, he had

a party with the Peerys to celebrate his Lindsey,

Stella and Gregs Bithdays, and A party with my

side, where we got a great 4 generation picture.

Fun times!

And he got sung to by the Allens, he thought that

was great, though he almost blushed.

tiMe

2009-02-05T14:26:00.000-08:00

It's sad really,

I went to toys R' us to find Christian an

erector set, like the one he got

for christmas. I couldn't find one that wasn't

for little kids, so I wondered around the store.

I realized, MY KIDS ARE OLD, with the

exception of Aydelyn, I can't shop there for them anymore.

When did this happen?

On Sunday I will have TWO TEENAGERS!

When did this happen?

I looked at all the fake tools, and action figures,

cars and animals and GI joes.

I miss buying those things.

Life moves on to fast, I want

to lock my door and never my kids leave me.

(I say that right now cuz their all at

school and I'm home alone)

really though, it makes me sad.

sledding w/ the cousins

2009-01-10T18:55:00.000-08:00

More Pictures

2009-01-08T16:55:00.000-08:00

The photographer forgot her camera

to Christmas Eve at the Peerys, so I

dragged these off Lindseys blog.

Here are the kids doing the manger scene

Great picture of Jesse and Mason. Then there

is Greg and I, and tyler, Aydelyn and

Ava with their P.J.'s grandma made them

These girls are having to much fun

and they were so cute to watch, and Stella was

loving Christain giving her a piggy back ride.

Tile

2009-01-03T17:23:00.001-08:00

So were just about ready to tile our bathroom

and I found this website in a modern home

magazine. In the second Bourne movie when he

is in that mans house waiting for him,

they fight and Jason kills him. Well the tile in that

guys house is the coolest tile ever, while their

killing each other I'm always saying "I love

that tile". Anyway this tile in the first two pictures

are very close to it. The layout of it is a little

different, small and large rows every other.

I would love to tile the entire

upstairs in this, but for now the

bathroom will do............

And have you ever seen nickle tile?

I love it!

And these next two images, glass box tile.

I really want this fire place someday.

And this oven hood and this green glass box tile

to go along with it.

D

2008-12-30T19:42:00.000-08:00

D is for determined.
Christain got an erector set for Christmas
and was determined all Christmas day to make
this car. It is really cool, the set came with a battery
powered scewdriver and a motor to put in what
ever is built. After this car he took it apart and built a
crane. He thought after some much time invested he'd
keep it together for a few days.
And he took these pictures himself, he wants it all
documented.
D is for D light and D light is Determined!

2008-12-25T17:45:00.000-08:00

Merry christmas to you all.
This year it came so fast, I can't believe it's here.
We had a wonderful week of parties and playing.
We had a really fun time at my family party and Christmas
Eve with the Peerys. And the kids let us sleep this morning until
8:30, not to bad for Christmas morning.
There was a slight mishap with Aydelyn thinking Christains shuffle
was for her, but in the end she loved her barbie house.
Savanah also got a shuffle and Tyler got a NCAA wii game.
We got Rockband and a foos ball table for the family
so the day has been spent playing and fighting over who's turn it is
but all in all we had a great day, and the best part was I didn't get
dressed or leave the house.

I'm free

2008-12-18T09:56:00.000-08:00

I'm free as a bird, a bird that can fly in snow that is.
This meaning school is done, over, finished.
(really I have one final left this afternoon, but
I thought it was due Tues. so I showed up to 3D
Design Tues. with my project, anyway it's today,
but the project is done) so I'm free from yucky math
and metal, modge podge, and even though I love
photoshop, I need a break. And I think my kids
would love it if I didn't turn on the computer
once the whole break. That won't happen, but they
can dream.
So is everone ready for christmas?
Not me. I think I'm close though.
It's always the little things that get left to
the end then it's back and forth to the store
500 times. And Greg, I still have most
of his presents left to buy, good thing he
(for the first time) told me what he wants this
year.

And now for a little family update:
Tyler is now officially about an inch taller
than Greg.
Christain just got student of the day at school.
Savanah is still the best big sister in the world.
Aydelyns class just put on a Christmas program
which was very very cute.
Greg is really busy at work and with his calling,
Yesterday Tyler asked "does dad ever get free time?"
The answer is NO.
And I just finished an extremely busy and crazy sem.
And were all looking forward to the holiday!

Class show

2008-12-05T11:26:00.000-08:00

So my advanced photo studies class did a show this sem.
It is on the 5th floor of the new UVU library. I am posting
images with this post because being the procrastinator
I am, I just emailed my teacher my artist statement
so my name isn't next to mine yet.
The show will be up for about a week.

holga

2008-12-03T11:51:00.001-08:00

So I got a holga camera a few months ago and I just developed the first few roles.
k, it's alot harder to take a picture with a cheap plastic camera than you would think.
This one turned out the best. Light leaks and vinetting are part of the charm of a holga,I know
that but, well I guess I need to just keep on shooting.

2008-11-22T13:15:00.000-08:00

WOW
So...... I have seen it twice already and LOVE it.
Greg even liked it, he thought Edward was
a good Edward, (he hasn't read the book
but he's heard enough)
Tyler wouldn't admitt he liked it, but I think he did.
Now the waiting starts for the second movie...

2008-11-20T12:16:00.000-08:00

what is this maddness?
is this the beginning of the end?
I don't even know what to think?

TwiLight

2008-11-15T21:50:00.001-08:00

I'm a dork, I know.
I bought the soundtrack to TwiLight.
I saw it sitting on some random self in the
food part of the store, I felt it was
left there for me. So I bought it.
And by the way have you ever noticed the freaks
at Walmart on a Sat. night?
You would think it would be mostly lds people
stocking up on caffeine for Sunday(like me), but no.
WEIRDO'S
Anyway Perry Farrell has the best
song on the soundtrack,
"Go all the way into the Twilight"
and Paramore has some good songs as well.

group shot

2008-11-13T19:22:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we gathered all the Peery
grandkids together for a family photo.
You can see, not all agreed.
So, the group shot didn't work, but
I still love it. And all the small groups and
individual ones turned out cute.
They are some pretty good looking kids, if I
don't say so myself.
(p.s. check out my photo blog)

Markus Tig

2008-11-03T19:01:00.001-08:00

New baby Markus.
He is so cute and small, 5 lb 12 in.
(this is my first time doing baby pictures , I'm still learning, but I think they turned out really good)
Jonique and Tig are the proud parents, and their doing a great job!

HallOweEn parTy

2008-10-27T11:28:00.000-07:00

Anual Halloween Party at
the Purdy's

Deann is usually a scary witch,
but this year she surprised the kids
when she came out as a Pirate!
She had stolen loot from naughty
kids and gave it to the good grandkids.
Here she is with Grandpa Purdy on her knee.

Anna and Aydelyn got red sparkling hearts
painted on their faces, Stella wanted to
but the paint was so fun to wipe off!

Greg and Stella playing dress up a little early.

Deann with Savanah, Aydelyn and Ava.
They loved their loot by the way, wich
consisted of as much candy as they need all month.

And every year they have pumpkins for us all
to carve. Mine isn't here, but it was cool.
It said J+G, with a heart by it.
(Savanahs is the one with the big
"S", Aydelyns is the flag one, and Christains
is is the Tikki face. Tyler was to cool to join us this year,
bla, teenagers)
Happy Halloween to you all!!!

sour iCe

2008-10-17T10:31:00.000-07:00

Sour Ice is the name of my flag football
team at school. This is Savanah by the way.
Me and my friends are on a team together.
And were having FUN!!!!!
I made this picture of me on a
cool website called picnik.
well, PEACE OUT........

(ps new pics on
reluctant photography)

Diamond Fork

2008-10-13T07:29:00.001-07:00

The youth in our ward hiked to the hot pots
up Diamond Fork canyon a few weeks ago.
It was so fun, and we had perfect weather.
I am loving this calling, and the beehives
are the BEST!

up date

2008-09-21T20:33:00.000-07:00

I thought I would give an up date on the family
because it's been forever since I posted.
(not in order either, that would take to
much thought right now)

-The kids all started school, the boys in 7th & 8th grade
the girls in 1st (all day) and 5th grade. They all seem to
enjoy their classes and are having fun meeting new friends.
-I started school and for some reason am taking 14 credits.
oh, That's why I haven't posted in a while.
-I also got called as the 2nd councilor in the Y.W.
-All 4 kids are doing soccer. Luckily the girls are still in
rec so all their games are in Orem. They love it and
I have to say they are both really good. The boys are both
still with the UC Strikers, which I am so glad because they have such
great friends on their teams. Plus their kicking butt!
-They will both be in State Cup starting here is a few weeks.
I'll keep you posted.
-Greg had pneumonia and Bronchitis a few weeks ago, not fun.
He pulled a muscle in his neck from coughing and has now
had a headache for a week and a half.
-He also got to go to California this week for a work conference.
He said he has never seen so many nerds! and it was nice to have
a break from the norm fora few days.
So with 8 soccer games a week,(and 6 practices) 14 credits and y.w.'s
I may not be posting as often, but I'll try, I'm also trying to keep
my house clean it's going about as well as the posting.
Hope you all are doing great
in your own crazy busy lives.

Schofield

2008-08-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

At the end of every summer we go
to my Grandma Leavitts cabin with the
Routts. This is a fun tradition that we all love.

We all went to the lake to fish, or tried to fish..

Here is a great pic of Greg, he'll let
Issac take his picture but not me

All the kids in the wagon, we seem
to take this same picture every few years

And here is ALL the kids, Peerys and Routts
this was a really fun trip, and easier too now that
the kids are getting older.

yes, the hairy and the hairless
what more can I say.........................

And here they are on top of a monster
tractor, as you can see Christain and
Sam are playing out some sort of violent
drama? don't ask

And the littlest Routt, mimi.
She was so cute, she followed Tyler
around and always wanted to be with him.

(pictures from the same outing without
the kids on my other blog)

Last night of Summer

2008-08-17T21:02:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
DAN, SAVANAH AND NATE

Grandma and Savanah with
her birthday card

And here is all the grand daughters
(minus Stella) Anna thinks she to big to be
held, but she's not big enough to
hold still.

Aydelyn and Ava love to be daring
on the play ground, their two wild
and silly girls

Aydelyn loves the babies, I usually
have to fight over the babies with her
and Savanah. Here is Aydelyn with
4 month old Sadie

And a closer look at Sadie, I think she
looks just like her mommy

Anna trying to give some lovin to Sadie,
too cute

And the newest addition to the Peery family
Mason Van Peery.

He is such a cutie, and a really good
baby. He has the peery look!

It's here.....at long last

2008-08-02T08:16:00.000-07:00

So we made it here, showed up around ten,
and what did we see?
TOTAL CRAZINESS
no, really. Some people went all out.
It was fun though just watching everyone.

Karen, me and Lori braved it out, although Karen wanted
to walk home when she realized how
late we would be there.
Lucky for us Rachel was super rad and got
us wrist bands in the seventies, so at 11:30
we got to stay in the store when everyone above 200
had to go wait outside.
THANK YOU RACHEL
(here she is handing me my copie)

Like I said people were crazy dressed up, alot of
girls in prom dresses, and a ton of Vamps, of course.
Here are some that I got a shot of.
I love the saying on this shirt.

It was cute these girls chased me down a few
minutes after I took their pics to ask
what the pictures were for, they thought I
was with a newspaper, I wish.

2008-08-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

Edward and Bella look a like.

Wall to wall mania

Fun shirts were all over the place.

And pure crazy everywhere.

We got it...........
I stayed up a few hours and read.
I am about 250 in and loving it.
Not ANYTHING like I thought it would be,
but good.
I'll keep you posted...

2008-07-31T14:04:00.000-07:00

When we remodeled our basement we added two walls of book shelves.
I thought it would be fun to put things on the shelf that were
from and about our family, it being a "family room".
Here are some of the items on the book shelves.
1. A ceramic hunting boy painted by Gregs Grandma, Sadie Peery.
2 A ceramic horse also painted by Sadie. This was one of the
hobbies she loved to do, she made figures for all her
kids and grandkids.
3,4. Hand carved wooden heads from Africa. My Grandpa
and Grandma Leavitt went to Southern Africa on a misson
when I was a child. My Grandma gave me these heads because
I kept borrowing them for reports
at school, she finally said just keep them.
5. This is Grandpa Brownies hat. He always wore this hat,
just barley tilted to the side.
6. A Hippo carved out of stone, also from Africa.
7. This "man on a bike" I got for Greg one year for Christmas,
it's all the way from Pier One.
8. This wood box is from Hawaii. When my mom lived in Hawaii
she bought it for her mother, Edna Leavitt, then when
I was turning 16 my Grandma gave it to me.
9. A camera and camera bag from Grandpa Browie, (or
Grandma Chomer, depending on who you talk to.)
10. And a ceramic buffalo, another of Grandma Peerys figures.
My kids love all these figures, in fact Aydelyn moves
the little hunting boy to her room sometimes, I keep
having to move it back.
Anyway these are some of the treasures that we have on our
book shelves, along with books. I was in the mood to
take picture so I decided to take some of these. They are fun
things to help the kids learn more about those that they
don't get a chance to meet or get to know. Enjoy.

Strikerfest

2008-07-28T14:15:00.000-07:00

Strikerfest was held over the 24th weekend.
The U14 Boys didn't do to bad, yet the competition
wasn't that bad either, until the final game.
The boys won 3 games, tied one and lost in the
finals. 4-0
It wasn't pretty, 2:30 in the afternoon
with 100' heat and a lot of injuries.
Tyler played hard and had fun, (until
that last game.)

Swimming Lessons

2008-07-28T14:01:00.003-07:00

Aydelyn

Savanah

Christain

Kirk Family Cabin

2008-07-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Greg and I invited his family, all the Peerys (minus Dan and Mekel,
She was 2 days away from giving birth) up to the Kirk Cabin.
It was so much fun, we made smores and played alot
of games( a new game that most havent herd of
is Blockus, it is so fun).
We had BBgun contest, Ping Pong contest,
played Pool, Air Hockey, Fuse Ball and snorkeled
in the Provo river.
Here are just a few pictures of the good times.
(Lindsey has more on her blog)

2008-07-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here is the snake I caught while on
our morning walk along the river.
Yes, the snake I caught!

Nate pushing Lindsey and Stella

Tyler and Jesse playing some pool

Christain and Sam playing a friendly game of air hockey
( don't you love the multi colored shag carpet)

2008-07-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Grandma Raquel holding Baby Sadie
while Krista, Eric, Greg and Tyler
play Blockus in the background.
(This picture was taken by Aydelyn)

Have a S'more

Stella likes her marshmellows un-s'mored

Anna loves Sadie, here she's trying
to give her some lovin'.
Sadie seems a little unsure

2008-07-21T17:47:00.000-07:00

Christain and Sam were loving it.
They were like Mt. men up there.
They made this raft, tried to snorkel,
made fishing poles and told us they
were catching their dinner.
(unfortunately, they didn't)

The boys are giving Savanah some
tips on snorkeling in the Provo River

There she goes..........

And the littles ones wanted in too!
Only the mask was to big, so they
just got to dip in their feet!

2008-07-20T22:39:00.001-07:00

A friendly competition.
Savanah and Sam

Lindsey and Nate

Savanah was filming ,
just in case they boys caught a fish

And the trip wouldn't be complete if we
didn't have a picture of Aydelyn posing.

2008-07-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

90's not old

2008-07-18T09:19:00.000-07:00

July 16th was Grandma Leavitts 90th
birthday. At the end of her party she
decided it would be fun to go down the
slide, and not the straight slide, the twisty one.

Diane helped her up and then grandma
said "WOW, I think I'm good for another 90 years"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Family

2008-07-18T08:40:00.001-07:00

Grandma Leavitt on her 90th Birthday
holding her newest great grandchild,
Sophia Olive Anderson
(and my newest niece)

Tyler, Christain and Issac.
Issac is thier only boy cousin on my
side of the family.
Issac adores Tyler and D, he ran up to
Christain and gave him the biggest
hug when he saw him.
(Thier visiting from Arizona)

And here is Nanerz with most of
her grand daughters.

This is why we love summer, lots of fun with family.

Grandma Chomers B-day party

2008-07-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
CRAZY GRANDMA CHOMER
(she says she never wants
her family to stop calling her crazy)

WE LOVE YOU!!!
She loved the ice cream cone.

All the girl cousins had ablast playing
and being silly

and flipping down the lawn

They all love to come to Aunt Carols home.

'tis the season

2008-07-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

This week I was looking for something and came across a paper I used
in my Ethics class. It's "The Open Space for Democracy" by
Terry Tempest Williams. She is one of my favorite writters, her writting
is like poetry, it just flows. Anyway I thought it went well
with this month of celebrating our freedom and our country.
(and you don't have to agree)
"In the open space of democracy, we engage the qualities of
inquiry, intuition, and love as we become a dynamic citizenry,
unafraid to exercise our shared knowledge and power. We can dissent.
We can vote. We can step forward in times of terror with a confounding
calm that will shatter fear and complacency.
It is time to ask, when will our national culture of self-interest
stop cutting the bonds of community to shore up individual gain and
instead begin to nourish communal life through acts of giving, not taking.
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace
our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen
with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather
than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts
to act courageously, relentlessly, without ever giving up, ever. To trust
our fellow citizens."

This is just a blurb from the paper, but if you ever have the chance to
read any of her books or papers, it will be worth your time.
HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU ALL!
(And by the way Miley Cyrus was great, we all came home deaf from
high pitched little girls screaming!!)

time at the beach

2008-07-03T16:16:00.000-07:00

Snorkling

sandcastles

bodysurfing

It was amazing, all of it.
(ok, mostly the beach and the food
and the weather and the trees and
the people and the beach.)

Hawaii

2008-07-03T15:50:00.001-07:00

Tyler and I got to go to Hawaii with his soccer team.
They played in the western regionals.
They won 1 out of 3 games, not to bad.
Those California teams were amazing.

Here we are at the PCC, this was Tylers favorite
activity we did there, it was way cool.

Here are Tanner, Austin and Tyler showing
off their ink!

And Tyler tying to fit in..........

The night show was so cool.
Wow! can they move their hips.
And the fire danceing was amazing.

Cafe Rio

2008-06-10T20:19:00.001-07:00

(someone emailed these to Greg a few years ago. I tried
them and their not exact, but their good, so I thought I would share)
Title: Café Rio Lime Rice

Ingredients:
1 c white rice
2 T chicken broth, + broth to cook rice in
1 T fresh lime juice
1 T garlic powder
1 T dried minced onion
Pinch of salt

Directions:
Cook all ingredients for rice directions, substituting chicken broth
for water. When rice is done, add.
1/2-1 c chopped cilantro
1 T fresh lime juice
1 c green enchilada sauce

Title: Café Rio Pork

Ingredients:
3# Pork roast (butt or shoulder)
1 c Worcestershire sauce
1 t dried oregano
1 t powdered ginger
1 t salt
1 t chili powder
1 t garlic powder
2 T dried minced onions

Directions:
Cook all ingredients in a crock pot all day. One hour before serving,
remove roast and shred it, dump out cooking juices. Put shredded pork
back into crock pot and add.
1 c dark brown sugar
1 c red enchilada sauce

Title: Cafe Rio black beans

You might want to double this if your family loves black beans
Ingredients:
1 can black beans
1/3 cup tomato juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. cumin
2 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp. chopped cilantro
Directions:
Heat oil, cumin, and garlic. Throw in the rest until warm.

Title: Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
Ingredients:
Place the following in a blender:

3 tomatillos, peeled and cut in 1/4's
Juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 c buttermilk
1/2 c mayo
1/2 c sour cream
1 pkg dry ranch buttermilk dressing
1 c fresh chopped cilantro
6 green onions, with ends
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 t sugar
1 jalapeno, sliced thin, and added to taste
Directions:
Mix well, refrigerate 1 hour.

Goblin Valley

2008-05-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

We went to Goblin Valley a few weeks ago,
and had so much fun. The weather was perfect.
Just above 80 was as hot as it got.
We hiked Little Wild Horse Canyon during the afternoon
to get out of the sun, the narrows are everyone favorite.
The next morning we hiked through the
Valley of the Goblins. Its funny -the Valley used to take us
hours to get to the rim and back, but this year
we did it in less than 2 hours. WOW it's
wonderful having the kids big enough to hike at a
normal pace and Greg didn't have to carry anyone on his back.

Here is Savanah, on top of a Goblin in the Valley

Savanah & Aydelyn over looking the rim
of the Valley of the Goblins

Tyler was a huge help with the younger kids.
Here they are entering a cave, that at the back
of it you can lifted up through a hole that Greg
and I are to big to fit through

Here is the family, minus me, walking out
Little Wild Horse Trail. Fun family time!

GOBLIN VALLEY

2008-05-29T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here is Christain pretending he has his BB gun.

This is at the begining of the Littlw Wild Horse trail

This picture is a tradition. We take this same picture
each year when we go down.
It's been fun to see the kids at different age in all the pictures

2008-05-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

Aydelyn was in her first dance recital.
Her class was so cute, they were maids.
I think Aydelyn smiled the biggest!!
She loved every second of it.

Here is Tyler trying to head the ball.
He's had a fun season and their team is preparing
for western regionals in Hawaii this june.

Christains soccer

2008-05-12T12:17:00.000-07:00

Here is D trying to block out the other team.

This is the U12 Striker Boys. They played hard all season
and had a good time. This group of boys is a fun, energetic bunch, they ALL
love to laugh.

12-12-08

2008-05-12T12:03:00.000-07:00

TWILIGHT
Here is the trailor

you can't tell me you don't get chills when he saves her from the van, the way he looks up at her after. I agree he's not what I have imagined, but his smile in the last sceen, right before he swings her onto his back, is pretty sexy.

car crash, almost

2008-05-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Yes, we were just feet away from a car crash thurs. afternoon. Me, Christain and 3 other soccer players were making our way to "way the hell up there Roy, when I in the carpool lane see a little white car in the middle lane jerk to the right then left then come swirving across the lanes to slam head first into the middian, like 3 car lengths infront of me. It was so flippin scary, anyway, the car crashes into the middian then I'm in shock or something because I don't swirve just keep driving straight, but slowing down, am driving even with the car as it proceeds to flip sideways 2 or 3 time. Pieces of the car are flying all over the place, but somehow not hitting us, we were crazy lucky. And all during this I'm on the phone with Lori giving her a play by play, as if I'm watching a movie. Maybe that helped me not to freakout, I don't know but it was crazy. I hung up the phone, swore, and pulled over. Several people pulled over to help, they pulled the class away and the women was talking and moaning, they ended up life flighting her to the hopspital. I hope shes ok.
So the boys in my car were freaked out, (two had cell phones) and calling all their friends telling them what happend, and their like "then Christains mom said the s word.." I'm thinking, "your lucky thats all I said". GOOD GRIEF!

WOW

2008-04-30T21:28:00.000-07:00

My school is over, at last. So I've been taking naps and reading. A little yard work
here and there, it's all good. For real it has been nice to be done with school for the summer.
All the kids activities keep me busy, Savanahs piano recital is coming up, Aydelyns dance concert is next week, and these blasted soccer games in roy and Ogden. There killing me.
The boys are both doing good. Christains team is struggling, but he is playing great.
Tylers team is playing ok, but not playing their best. (I think their distacted by the whole
Hawaii trip.) When it's all said and done I think the kids are enjoying what
their doing, learning new things and having fun.
And I'll say it (but it's not true) I don't mind driving them
all these places!!!
P.S. If you want to see what I did for my finals
you can check out my Photo blog (Reluctant Conformity)

Savanah & Sam

2008-04-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

sam and savanah are sleepy heads.
sam is my cousin and we play all the time the other day
me and sam had a sleep over and only slept for two hours we had alot of fun.

savanah is so cool yea,

A new cousin

2008-04-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

The kids got a new cousin this afternoon.
Sadie Peery (not sure of the middle name)
8 lb 2 oz
To the proud parents Eric and Krista, Congrats!!!!!!!!

weekly news

2008-04-18T20:49:00.000-07:00

Update from the Peery Fam.
-We got tickets to Stadium of Fire to see Hannah Montana of course.
-Tylers soccer team finally beat the Rangers (2-0)
-Christains team tied their game (2-2)
-Both boys are less than a year away from getting
their Eagles.
-Both boy got hair cuts this week, short hair cuts.
-Both boys and dad are in Zions right now.
-Both girls and mom are home having some girls only
party time.
-Savanah is having her first piano recital in 1 month.
-Savanah only got 3 hour of sleep last night, yeah for mom.
-Ayldelyn wrote her first sentence this morning, spelling
out everthing by herself. And making it a complete sentence.
-Us girls watched Mariposa the Barbie movie, last night
and Bratz the movie, tonight. Again, yeah for mom.
-Mom went of caffine and meat a month ago, and only 3 mistakes.
-All in all it's been a good week, minus a little thing
called finals, yeah for mom.
-And we got a new Bishopric this last week.
Guess who's first counselor, Grandpa Van.

Current update
-Savanah is asleep and drooling on my shoulder, were in my
favorite chair.
-Aydelyn is sitting in a tipped sideways barstool pretending
it's a rowboat, using wrapping paperolls (that we got at IKEA today)
as ores.
-And me, my eyes are burning from lack of sleep this fun week
before finals that happends to be the same week of the kids
spring break. One more time, yeah for mom.

fun pictures

2008-04-07T12:48:00.001-07:00

Aydelyn
Savanah
The girls had a fun time in the studio.

Lunch worker

2008-04-02T07:26:00.000-07:00

This is savanah. I am a lunch worker at school for the whole week.
Today I have to wipe the tables and yesterday I put out corn dogs.
I get to where a hat and an apron and gloves. When my bell rings I get to go to class late.
And I get double the food. It makes the day so much more exciting well I got to go bye

PS.I hope you send in more comments.bye
love Savanah Peery bbbbbbbyyyyyyyeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SP...

Savanah said.....

2008-03-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

HI, I hope you will send comments in. Well about me I am in piano. I am in 4th grade.
My teachers name is Miss Sloan. I have to admit I really don't like her at all. I love to read good books, like Inkheart and Twilight. I love to draw and make art. My hair is always tangled and my mother hurts it every morning when she does it. I love when I get to play with my cousins, we always have tonz of fun, and usually get in trouble at one point.

Art show

2008-03-31T13:48:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited, two of my images (these two, above and below) made it into the student art show for UVSC. So if you want to see my work hanging in a gallery go to the Woodbury art gallery in the university mall.

Easter

2008-03-31T13:22:00.001-07:00

The day before Easter my mom and Aunts Carol and Brenda throw a big party. This years wasn't to different from others, it was cold. No, it was a lot of fun and the kids made a haul.
Here they are starting the easter egg hunt.
Looks like Aydelyn should have been in the group with the older kids not the little kids. I wonder if they got any? Aydelyn with cousin Davi.
Savanah and Jade with their great grandmothers, Chomer and Leavitt.
Easter Sunday, dinner and an egg hunt at the Peerys. This years was great the older kids told us to "hide their eggs really hard" so an hour later I think they had them all. There is great grandpa and grandma in the background kicking their feet up.
Here are the little ones trying to figure out where the candy is. Stella, Anna and Ava.

Aydelyns 6th Birthday

2008-03-31T13:06:00.000-07:00

Aydelyn turned 6 years old this past week. I can't believe my baby is 6, the years have flown by.
Aydelyn is obsessed with Hannah Montana, like most girls her age. She wanted everything Hanna this year, and she got a lot. She woke us up at 7 in the morning ready to open her presents. She was very excited. She had been counting down the weeks and days.

Every year she wants an all girls party, the problem is she plays with more boys than girls.
The party was crazy fun, they all got hyped up on ice cream sundays. Yes, 16 kids running around the house on sugar, fun times!

2008-03-30T19:06:00.001-07:00

Here we are at the Leavitt Family Cabin, in Scofield, back at the beginning of March. We had so much fun, the weather was high 40's and all sun plus a lot of fresh snow. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and spending time with grandpa and nanerz.
Greg pulled the kids around behind the 4 wheeler and they loved it, falling off and jumping back on over and over.

Here are the grand daughters with grandma and grandpa. I'm sure they (grandma and grandpa) slept good when they got home, the kids kept them busy busy busy.

2008-03-27T14:24:00.000-07:00

This is our family; Tyler, Christian, Savanah and Aydelyn. We are a cool family. Yea,WHAT. sp