great quotes...

"When we choose not to focus on what's missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present...we experience heaven on earth."

"Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't."

"We LIVE, We DIE and the WHEELS on the BUS go round and round."

"I Do My Thing and You Do Your Thing. I Am Not In This World To Live Up To Your Expectations, And You Are Not Here TO Live Up To Mine. You Are You, And I Am I, And If By Chance We Find Each Other, It's BEAUTIFUL."

Ultimately, LOVE isn't something you say. It's something you have to do and the BEST KIND takes years. -KIRBY

Grant me PATIENCE to deal with my BLESSINGS!!

Love is the many small moments that make up a lifetime of happiness...

Life is about making mistakes, Death is about wishing you had made more!

I was made to find you, I was made just for you, made to adore you, I was made to love and be loved by you . You were here before me, You were waiting on me and you said you'd keep me. Never would you leave me. I was made to love and be loved by you!

Never miss out on the PRESIOUS PRESENT MOMENTS!

Mean what you say, say what you mean, mean what you say & drop it!

Love is that which is unlimited. There is no beginning and no end to it. No before and no after. Love always was, always is, and always will be!


9.28.2011

San Deigo here we come...

we decided we needed to take a little FAMILY VACA and heard about these vacation rentals that are fully stocked like a house in Oceanside California...so we BOOKED one for the week of Thanksgiving and WE CAN'T WAIT...it will be the biggest and longest trip we have taken in our 15 years of marriage...our KIDLETS are so stinking excited too...

here are a few pics i got off the internet of Oceanside...




THE END...

9.21.2011

our RUNNER...

we took both the little kids and both grandmas to blanding with us today to watch Ashley RUN...the kids had fun...one of the girls on Ashley XC team found this horny toad and gave it to my littles to play with...they loved it...

charlei doing back bends in the grass while we waited for Ashley to start...
warming up before the race...

this is the NEW shirts they all got today...it means that ZOMBIES can't run fast enough to catch them for their FOOD...ZOMBIES HATE FAST FOOD...and the legs say TO THE GRAVE today...


pep talk from the coach...PS she ran varsity today and she was so excited...

I'm assuming a little prayer maybe...don't know i need to ask her...

on your mark...get set...

GO...

this was a CRAZY WICKED course today...UPS AND DOWNS...DIRT and PAVEMENT...

ON the DIRT...can you see them...

rocks...cliffs...CRAZY...

i didn't get any good ones of her coming in this time...not sure her place but she did awesome for her first run with VARSITY....

like a lighter in the dark in the middle of a ROCK SHOW...

breckyn was having a hard time getting up this morning so ashley decided to put on a show and this is how it went...swimming goggles...mallets for the big drum in breckyns room and SWEET slippers to keep your feet warm while singing...she was ROCKING IT...and just made me laugh and started the day off GREAT...love you SUNSHINE...

these last 2 are my favorites...

she is B-E-A-utiful... PS...went to the dentist today so they could check her braces...they were very pleased with her and she had new rubber bands put on...guess what color she did this time...BLACK and ORANGE of course...school colors and HALLOWEEN is coming up too...

outstanding in every way...

everyday in class each student starts out on the chart at GOOD and as the day goes by they can either go up to OUTSTANDING or down to NOT SO GOOD...well Charlei Lou came home with OUTSTANDING and she was so dang excited that we had to share...


9.15.2011

so talented....

so the Young Women decorated cakes last night for their activity...I thought Ashley did a GREAT job...so we got a picture before we dived in to try it out...super YUMMY too...

maybe she will have her own bakery....she would ROCK at it for sure...




breakfast at the Hoggards...

this is Max...he likes to sit on the stairs and watch the kids eat their breakfast...what a good DOGGIE....

this is Breckyn jamming out to his ipod while eating breakfast...
Charlei thought she needed her laptop (old and broken) to play on while she ate breakfast...

kids are so funny...love them tons...

9.08.2011

we have a RUNNER....

Ashley had a XCountry meet here in Monticello yesterday up at Lloyds Lake and she ROCKED it she had the first place spot the whole race until the end and the girl the nipped her heels got around her...but wow 2nd place...i had a proud MOM moment and cried...she was awesome and so fun to watch...

this is the start of the race around the lake...

yes she is smiling...i think mostly because we were all there cheering her on...
her cute back end...

from across the lake...that is her in FRONT...

the final SPRINT to the finish line...

love this picture...it looks like she is stretching but she was running FAST...
the girls love to write silly things on the backs of their legs...her friends wrote "I pased on your right"...i thought it was cute...



the METAL and her #...so proud of her...


Lloyds Lake Race September 7th 2011...

Laboring with Friends and Family...

we actually went to Nephi first but i wanted to share this one of the Family...this is Papee and Grandma Hoggard with our beautiful kidlets...had to get this one before we left...LOVE LOVE LOVE those people sooooooo much...

this is Breyer and Breckyn in Nephi...we went over to see our friends Bert and Jami Wright and family...they are having a big conversation about this awesome jump that they had going on...they had so much fun...
one of Breckyns JUMPS...the kid is really amazing...

this is SWEET Mr. Briggs...he is Bert and Jami's youngest..


here he is going for a big JUMP....

a HIGH flyer....



more conversation....

charlei lou in the pool...

Ashley Dawn going in for a SPLASH...

charlei lou's BIG splash...

this is BREYER...i loved how his feet and head were up out of the water...

Breckyn lloyd's big splash...

Ashley showing me her tongue...

Briggs trying to give Ashley a Kiss....so cute...

We had a WONDERFUL Labor Day weekend...it was so nice to get away and enjoy our Family and FRIENDS....