Our trip to NC

Well---we are home from Natalie and Josh's wedding! It was wonderful to finally meet Natalie. She is a sweetheart! Their wedding was beautiful (I am hoping they will post some pictures for us) and it was also great to meet Josh's friends from there. They are as lovable as Josh and his friends here are! Dad and I look forward to going back in July for Josh's graduation. Hopefully, that will all work out! I figured this time frame out----we were there for 30 hours and we traveled for 33 hours (counting car, plane and airport waiting time). When you travel on a plane there is no way to stretch out or put your feet up so we all came home with swollen ankles. Thankfully, it is not permanent! Today---I have ankles again!! Normal sized ones that is. Congratulations to Josh and Natalie!! Also, congratulations to Megan for her two church jobs! She is such a good example for her brother and sisters and also for all her cousins. WE LOVE YOU MEGAN! Tomorrow, May 28th, Derringer turns 3. Happy Birthday Derringer!!

Wedding

We need to see some pics of the wedding.

I HAVE TWO CALLINGS NOW!!!!!!

Three days before my birthday i was called as the Young Womens President (they disinigrated the beehive miamaid and laurel presidencies and made one) was excited to start that!! Now, just like last Sunday i was called to be in the Youth Temple Committee. Two people are called to this position from each stake, one guy and one girl and im the girl form my stake. My first meeting is on June first in Kimberly!! Also some other things in my life right now im going to be a youth camp leader for girls camp this year. Im ssooo ready to graduate in nine days....IM JUST KIDDING!!!!! How about 2years and nine days lol. OOOOHHHH ya and i went out on another date it was great i went with Andrew Wheeler just in case any of u were wondering lol well thats the story of my life!! Luv all yall!! MEG, GUN, KLUTZ, PUNK and watever else i might be known as!!

Anybody who has called us since we have moved to our house knows that we have terrible cell phone coverage here. But, good news, Callin broke down and called the phone company. A tech will be out in a few days and our phone number is 438-8756! I will let you know when it is all together and working!

Darby the dancer

This is Darby, dancing herself silly, at west minico. She really likes to dance, even though her spirit fingers need, work we think she did great.

hey ya'll

so my name is mikala lindsay and... just kidding. I'm selling carwash tickets with 100% profit to me ,and only me, for $58... just kidding, again, they're only $5 each the car wash will be on the 17 of may, at DL evans bank in front of walmart from 9-3 o clock. I only have 6 left so hurry and... ok just kidding AGAIN :). You all could buy one, if you want ummmmm, there is one car per ticket, and thats all the info i can think of right now so if you have any questions, concerns, or comments call(or text) me on my cell 312-4859, or the home phone 436-5667.

Go Trey!...

Trey ran in a kids 1 mile race and did really well. As all parents are of their kids, we were proud. We were even more proud when we found out that he placed third out of 50 kids and 141 out of 350 kids. He really enjoyed it.

I completed my first 1/2 marathon. It was a hard yet very beautiful run through the Santa Monica Mountains.

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AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MADE THE MINICO SPARTAN CHEER SQUAD!!!!!!!!! IM SOOOOOO EXCITED! we tried out and i did my back handspring(YES! I FINALLY GOT IT!) and i wasnt really nervous but they told us that (there is a website that we went to to find out if we made it) the results would be up there BY 5 o clock...well about 45 AFTER five... the results came up! i was jumping off the walls! thank you all who prayed for me and supported me! i love you guys! love,Mikala Elsie(MINICO SPARTAN CHEERLEADER) Lindsay

We are on the move again...

    I am guessing that some might be wondering if we are still alive down here is sunny California.  We are, and all is well.  Our boys really enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa here to visit, and so did we.  They were for sure after Grandma came she would want to move, but the weather was not on our side that weekend to help out with that.  They still talk about it and Tru always is asking "Where Grandpa"(He calls them both Grandpa).  Thanks so much for the visit we are so glad you came!

    After celebrating Grandma's birthday we celebrated Tru's later that week.  He is two now and full of life!  He is such a sweet boy.  He loves to give hugs and kisses.  His new thing to say is"You want some knuckles?" or " You want a punch".  As he says this of course he has his little fist out for the knuckles or both up in front of his face for a punch.  He is so much fun! 

    Trey is out for spring break next week. He is really funny now with his words.  Last Saturday he got one of those Chinese finger games that you put both your fingers in the end and they get stuck...well he did that as he was asking how do you play this, then realizing his fingers were stuck he says "oh crud"!  It was really funny!  Tys had to help him get them out.

    Trent is working on his spelling his name and getting ready for school.  He is really excited.  He is all tease! He love to play any trick he can.

    I have been busy trying to figure out how to manage three boys while I'm on crutches.  It has been quite the chore.  You would think after being on them for a month I would have mastered it, but no.  My boys have hated that I have to be on  them as they have had to help out a lot.  They have done really well!   But on the other hand they have really enjoyed them, the crutches have been anything from swords to machine guns to a slide.  I go in on Monday hopefully to be back to normal.  I hope to run in my 1/2 marathon, but we will see how fast I can progress. 

   Now for our excitement.  It is amazing how the Lord blesses our lives.  What we thought would work best for us, was not what we were to do.  Sometimes the harder way is the best way.  This week Tys got offered the trouble man position here in the Thousand Oaks and then also in Covina.  We always wanted to stay here and thought we would if he could get this position.   After a lot of prayer, we will be moving.  We are looking to live in the La Verne area.  We are really excited for another change.  Tyson's start date is May 12th.  We will move that weekend.  It will be a year from when we moved here.  We moved last Mothers day to. We will keep you posted on our move.

    We hope that everyone is doing well and we send our love to everyone!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHANIE!!!

Happy Birthday Steph!!!  I bought you a card and realized today that it is still on my counter.  ~Sorry~  We hope you had a great day!!!

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Megan's first date, Aaron Kloepfer, came to pick her up around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. We decided to torture the poor kid! Wes came up with these wonderful ideas to use his new camera he received for his birthday! Wes had many more ideas, but we talked him into 'downsizing' his torture session. Take notice of how short the little guy is!

We always knew Megan was tall - woa, Meg!

Here is the one normal picture of Megan and Aaron before leaving on their date! Meg looks SO excited! (Contain all the emotion!) Megan came home and let us know how much fun she had on her first date! Wes thinks she will never be able to enjoy any other date she ever goes out on, because it will never compare to this one!

Just for Josh

Well i was laying in bed this morning my phone rang i answered it and Josh said hello and asked me wat i was doing i said nothing and he said, "are you still in bed??? well yes i was haha!! Anyway i talked to Matthew and while i am on my date with him we have decided to stop by North Carolina to stop and see Josh for a lil bit!!! Is that better Josh??? haha I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!ttyl

Hey family! I don't know why more members aren't posting on this here blog! I absolutely love it when I have time to sit and read news from ya all! I can feel the sense of humor we all possess coming thru my monitor and I just have to sit and laugh!!! I can't believe Megan is 16!!! After all our teasing about not being able to date, what does she do but come up with a line about the famous guys taking her out on a date! Then tells us who her for real date is and I have to tell you all that she couldn't have a nicer young man taking her out for her very first date!! Even though I don't know him personally, I do know his fam. and they totally have my respect. So enjoy yourself, Megan!! You are a superstar in grandma's book and I am excited for you! Another thing I have noticed about Megan lately is how regal she is! Besides that she is full of grace (when she is sitting) and charm!! We all enjoyed our evening at the LIndsaay's to celebrate her birthday. Definitely good company. Now tomorrow is Zach's birthday--he is turning 9---and then on the 18th is Steph's and she is turning---let's see----I can't count that high!! Mandy and James are in a big transition and they are all dealing well with it except for maybe Maryssa. Poor girl is sooooo emotional, it is hard to help her, but we just keep encouraging her, (her dad even tries some bribing) and hopefully she will get thru all this change without life long scars attached. Mason just kind of goes with the flow and Morgan is happy as long he eats, sleeps and poops. We do wish the best for them with their business and getting their home sold. Grandpa and I are a bit short on energy lately but I think that has to do with the change in daylight savings time and as soon as we get used to it we will be back to our usual snappy selves! (Yeah--watch out when that happens!) Sat. is a potato bar--fund-raiser---for the new park so we will be down to West helping out with that. Take care. LOVE YA ALL! Grandma J

Did u get a lil bit anxious there???

Read DATE SCHEDULE first please! No i didnt forget to tell u who i was going on a date with...........i had to create a little bit of suspense. Do u really wanna know??? Like really really really wanna know??? Well, he is a super sweet guy and is a real gentlman........and the name u have all been waiting for...........drum roll please...... wait r u sure u wanna know????..........................AARON KLOEPFER

DATE SCHEDULE

Here is my schedule for my weekend! Please do not call or bug me this Saturday!! First Matthew McConaughey is picking me up at 1:00 and we r going to Florida to go Fourwheeling. Then i have to be back by 5:00 to go to California with Orlando Bloom to go Jet skiing and surfing! Then im back at 7:00 to go with Brad Pitt to go sky diving and, Then at nine, Jose Jalapeno on a stiick is taking me snowboarding, and last but not least im going roller blading with Peanut. SIKE!!!!!! For all of u who dont know............while i was decorating my cake i got a call from a # that i did not have in my phone so i answered it and this guy was like hey happy birthday then he said so r u doing anything this Saturday??? i said nope ( i was flipping out i knew wat was coming an i was excited!!) he asked if i wanted to go on a date i said YA lol!! so he will call me later wiht wat time he is coming to pick me up after he talks to the people we r doubling with!

Megan

!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!

Megan

Hey All! Since sometimes the news around here travels slower than cold tar - and since I work at an office and sometimes we deal with some people - NYWAY, I found out this information the long, long, long way around - Scott and Melissa had their triplets. Of course, the thought just occurred to me that I might be the last to know - if I am oh well - here's the link to their blog and pictures of Babies A, B, & C - They are so tiny! They are so cute! (Glad they're not mine! My bad!) http://drapertriplets.blogspot.com/ Meg's birthday is in 2 days! Heaven help us all! Yesterday, Sunday, when she got her Young Womanhood Recognition Award was such a neat experience. It was very nice. Wes and I are very proud of her! Congratulations Meg! Mikala gets her braces on Wednesday - for Meg's birthday. I am supposed to go to a meeting with Mikala tomorrow night at Minico to learn about trying out for cheerleader - yes, they want ME to try out. JK Ryan's working hard to bring his grades up, he's very excited to be a license-wielding, legal gun-toting nimrod! GO RY! (Careful not to put an eye out!) Madison is very excited to have Mason in her school class! She is very ready for spring to be here so she can be out riding her bike, although we need to pack it in to grandma's so she can ride somewhere safe. She rides out front here, but I worry! Megan's next golf tournament is on Wednesday, her birthday in Jerome. She's not too sure if she can make it yet or not, heh heh heh. We think she wants to hang around at school all day so all the guys will realize she is 16! Wes is itching to get out golfing also, so him and R.J. will head out tomorrow! They'll have fun, I'm sure! I'm still employed, although my boss is a blankety blank blank. I am still going to school - still waiting to be the honor roll - the news is kinda slow getting from Indiana, I guess. HRUFB TAO HR - which says Love to all in machine shorthand (Duh!) Steph

ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TRU!!!!! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!! HAVE FUN AND WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Hi to everyone! Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes! Grandpa and I had a great time in CA with Tyson, Carrie, Trey, Trent and Tru! The weather was warmer than here but I froze anyway because of the humidity! I am a wimp. It was a lot of fun and Carrie took excellent care of us. She is a wonderful cook! She made me a birthday cake and the boys made me cards and decorated the house with crepe paper and a Happy Birthday sign. We went to the beach and played in the sand, drove around Malibu to see some sights (we didn't see anyone famous, but then----I don't know if we would know it if we did see someone famous) went up a windy road where some of the fires were last summer, and went to the park to play. We went to church with them on Sun. We can see why they are enjoying CA so much! It really is beautiful where they live and their neighborhood is great! I didn't realize how much I missed the color green until I got home and was looking outside today and there is just mostly brown. Love to all of you! Grandma

GRANDMA

HAPPY BIRHTHDAY GRANDMA!!!!!!!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY!!! HOPE YOU HAVE HAD FUN IN CALIFORNIA AND WE CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!! LOV YOU LOTS!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRHTDYAY

HAPPY BIRHTDAY SAKOYA!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE U HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY!!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU!!

Hey

Hey everybody. Congrats to Megan on the Young Womanhood Recognition. That is cool. It takes a lot of work to get that. Good job! And so close to your birthday! Things are starting to thaw out here in the boondocks. And as they thaw out we are dealing with a LOT of mud! And standing water. Darby loves to splash and play, but when she comes in the house, she is a popsicle! But a happy, muddy popsicle. Jakoby is gettting so big and is working on 2 new molars. She is very content and loves to chatter. My job is going okay, I am getting the hang of things and am able to do a lot more from home. Callin is getting ready to go out in the fields and get some spraying done. There is a bribe from the boss that if they spray 72,000 acres there will be a trip to Disneyland. But we will see! We are going to Disney on Ice in Salt Lake on the 15th of March. Darby is very excited. Just thought I would check in and say hi. Let everyone know that things are great in the boondocks! Later! Kristen

Leap Year Rules

There is a leap year every year whose number is perfectly divisible by four - except for years which are both divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400. The second part of the rule effects century years. For example; the century years 1600 and 2000 are leap years, but the century years 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not. This means that three times out of every four hundred years there are eight years between leap years. 97 years out of every 400 are leap years. So that means that I will have a birthday in 2096 and then I won’t get another one for eight years in 2104. cool huh!!! I found this information at the Western Washington University Planetarium website. (http://www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/leapyear.html)

HEY GUYS

Hey havent heard from ya in FOREVER!!!! Well i thought i would tell everyone that i will be be receiving my young womanhood recognition on march 9. But the thing is......it is during my young women. If you are interested in coming lemme know an i will post the rest of the info when i find it out so ya love yall. And you guys should like BLOG........ Let us hear from ya and stuff.

Happy B-Day Mikala. LOVE YA!

Hey! I don't see any new blogs going on here!! I know it is cold outside, but where's the news? I think that Mandy and James are colder than we are here at 10 degrees and I know that Jeramy and Robyn got about 12 new inches of snow yesterday on top of their existing 10 or 12 inches. One other thing I know is Tyson and Carrie are a LOT warmer than any of the rest of us are! Grandpa and I just might have to go live where it's warm if this cold stuff keeps happening! Anyway, hello everybody!!!! I love you!!! Grandma Jones

Howdy ya'll! Happy New Year from Wes, Steph, Meg, Kala, Ry, Maddy, Ebony & Bandet!

So this is what Josh does all day - it looks like he has become a very destructive individual. It does look and sound like maybe he enjoys what he is doing. It is pretty cool! Enjoy!

Santa Spotting....?

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Way 2 exited!

Hey I am so excited for Josh to come back!!! We are learning a 50's dance for cheer, it is OK. I don't like it but that's OK. HEY I want to go swimming now!!! It is snowing down here!!! "YO" Tru!! =) =) =) Well things are all well here, just waiting for Christmas to come, I mean come on already!!! ha ha well I cant wait to see you all! LOVE Mikala Elsie (Kala Wala Bo Bala Banana Fanna Fo Fala Me Mi Mo Mala-Kala)

Look what we are doing in December!  Stay warm!

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A house of our own!

Hey just wanted to let everyone know what is up with our house. Our foundation walls will be poured on Tuesday this week, and the house will be here on the 26th. One week from tomorrow!! Things are coming together and it is very exciting to us! We even know how many yards of carpet and vinyl flooring we will need. Jakoby will be one on Saturday, and we will let everyone know about those plans. Talk to you all later!

Kristen

PS This is the guys setting our power pole out at the house. They say that the wise man built his house upon the rock, and our house is definately on a rock. They had to bring out the rock drill to set both poles. This was just something fun for us!

Thanks, Carrie, for the cute pictures of the boys dressed up for Halloween! It was great to see them all dressed up to go trick or treating.I sent you an e-mail to tell you who the boys drew for Christmas but my e-mail said it wasn't delivered. So here's who they got---Trey got Darby, Trent got Ryan, and Tru got Jakoby. Mandy, if you read the blog here is who your children drew----Maryssa got Denali, Mason got Mikala and Morgan got Sakoya. Now if we are keeping all this a secret I suggest that you big kids who do the blog not read this!! HA-HA A big congrats to Mikala!!!! I am so glad you got to perform today!!! Your mom called and told me and I was so excited for you and very glad to know you were having a better day than you expected to have!! Megan, President Hinckley agrees with me about the later dating age!! He says to enjoy this age in your life because it passes much too fast!! He can't believe he is 97!! Love you all!!! G. Jones

UGGGG

Im having a bad weekend... first I forgot about cheer practice so I missed about and hour out of three hours and now i cant preform n the pep rally the dance that I worked so hard to master Then shauna wouldnt even look at me before, (thankfully Shanna took me!!!) Shanna talked to her. But I worked hard to learn and perfect the last two 8 counts of the dance and I still cant preform. I understand why, its just so frustrating that I forgot. Thank You soooooo much Shanna I dont know what I would have done without you!!!!! Oh my goodness I cant Belive how big your boys are getting Carrie and Tyson!! wow Well I love you all good night! LOVE KALA!!!

Halloween

 

 

 

 

Halloween has come and gone.  We celebrated by going to Trey's school party then trick or treating that night.  Trey was a vampire, Trent was a cowboy, and Tru was a puppy.  Tru caught on really quick and wanted in on all the treats that the were handing out.  They had a lot of fun.  We hope every one had a great Halloween.

 

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Well..............

Well thank you Kristen, but i dont think that is a very good idea, yuck!!! hehe! And Grandma i dont like that either so i think u need to call Pres. Hinckley an tell him that he shouldnta done that hehehe!! And what sorta inspection do they have to pass???? hehehe i luv u all!!!!!!!!!~MEG~

I hope ya all like my Halloween costume!! You know that black widows eat their mates-----I guess grandpa won't need to worry about a costume! I am glad to hear that it is a ways off until Megan turns 16, but she should know that Pres. Hinkley has changed the dating age to 18 now so add two more years to that count down!! So sorry Megan! She also knows that all boys have to pass grandmas' inspection first! I am so excited about my newly changed bathroom. (It is really my bathroom but it's not the one we all call my bathroom, it is the one called Josh's bathroom and he told me he wants his name on the door so it is always referred to as his bathroom!) Mandy and James do great laying tile floors. They have sure done a lot of them now! Love you all!! Grandma Jones

Bowlarama

Thanks for everybody coming out to Darby's birthday party. It was so much fun! Darby is still talking about it! Thanks for all of your support and time! We did buy our house and we are getting ready to set it all up and Callin has been doing a lot of work out there in the dirt. That really is him covered in dirt! Darby likes to pretend to be a pirate with whatever she can find at home. The burp cloth was her eye patch and the piece of wood was her sword. Pretty funny!

PS Who has the countdown until Megan can date? Lock her up and throw away the key! Megan is too cute and too sweet! Love ya Meg!

Pumpkin patch

I guess Mom's true colors are coming out now!

HELLO?

hey is any one out there? I really want to hear from you guys!!! well hope all is well, Sleep well for me cuz i dont think i will we watched the grudge yesterday and Im still screaming haha just kidding g'night =) LOVE MIKALA

Cant Touch This

I am taking tumbling and I am soooo close to doing a back hand spring by myself!!! yayayyayaya!!!!!!!!1 Im so excited and I can almost do a backwalk over but I usually get hurt when trying to do it by myself. my Teacher is Celest she is awsome I totally trust her=)But I love going to class I wish I could go every day!! Well I just thought you all needed to know that... Well not really i just wanted to chat a little ;p Love y'all ttyl Bye

MIKALA ;p

Howdy All ya'll! How's it going? After Madison's birthday party Mikala turned on some of her cheer music and EVERYONE, almost everyone started to bust-a-move! It was really fun to watch. We had a really good time. Anyway -Just a little note to let people know, we are going to baptize Madison - on September 29, at 4:00. We will also confirm her and plan on having a dinner after. I am really enjoying my job! It is really kind of fun. I start school on October 1. I am really excited, and kind of nervous about it. We are all doing pretty good here. Wes is just getting back on shift, after being froze on for 6-----12-hour days. It gets kinda hard for him pounding the pavement and hardly having time to take a break. But, being back on shift is nice. Hope to see you all soon! And hope you can make it! Love to all!

Steph

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday RJ.

Pictures of Morgan

JOSH IS GETTIN OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY B-DAY Josh now that ur like all kinds of old!!!! I'm only kidding I hope u had a really great day an all. Well talk ta ya later an we all luv an miss ya!!!! Meg

reminder

hey just a reminder to y'all my pep assembly is tuesday(tomorrow) at 2;30 hope to see u there love kala