A new tradition

I need to blog about our family reunion I know I will get to it. I need to steal some pictures from my family... Anyway, today we decided to start a new tradition. Every year before school starts I want to take my kids to the temple grounds and have a picnic. (as long as we are close enough to one)

The kids had an absolute BLAST....

No really they had a blast!

favorite part? The fountain

HE LOVED the fountain

I love his little foot in the air...

Hinks enjoyed it too

Just not as much

Family picture attempt #1

Family picture attempt #2

Family picture attempt #3

Family picture attempt #4

More pictures mom?!

Do you see that HUGE flower?!

Family picture attempt #5

Pretty purple flowers

Loved this tree/flower/plant thing

FAV PIC OF THE DAY

Mom, we need one of these in our backyard. LOL!

Hinks thought the fountain looked just like the shape of the temple. I agree

Our picnic

Yum Cheetos

Upgrading the blog

So I am working out some fun things for the blog. Maybe? Maybe not...

There is a poll to the right ---------------------------------->

You should try it out

Oh Hello Denver

Well, I missed a girls weekend with my dear BFF Shelly and didn't get invited to a girls weekend that I desperately needed so I got to have a girls weekend plus Hinks with my sisters in Denver. We had a blast and it was really fun.

Eating at Cafe Rio, YUM!

Woops silly picture

What a cute kid

At Bonnie Brae for ice-cream A-M-A-Z-I-N-G

Love Hinks face

Waiting to catch the train to downtown

On the train

Gosh this kid reminds me of his daddy

Downtown eating our lunch

Take me out to the ball game again please

We went out to eat and went to a Rockies game too

Eating at Maggianos. ITS WAS FAB!

Love Jane Seymour oh and Hinks face

Hinks being silly

Our view we had great tickets

Hinks singing, Take me out to the ball game

See how packed it was?

This pic courtesy of Hinks. Somebody had just hit a home run. We still lost.

Hinckley to space station 1

Our last day in Denver we went to this awesome childrens museum and we got in for FREE!

Hinks to Mission SPACE

Captain Hinckley Jo at your service

Mars rock

Who is scarier? The bear or Hinks?

Music Time

And Again

And Again

Hinks Pirate flag and made up Pirate Name: Scurvy Ho Carter

ARGH, MATEYS!

This followed your movement

To see how healthy your heart pumps

Awesome body scan thing

Can you guess who is pushing through this cool thing?

Hello pirate, may I have your booty?

A wolf maybe?

I'm BACK!

Okay so I apologize for my lack of blogging and my lack of being interested in the cyber world. Over a week ago we went to our Shumway Reunion in Westcliffe, CO. Once we were there we had no internet or cell phone service. It was actually really nice hence my lack of texting, emailing, calling, blogging, facebooking, etc. Life is so much more simple and enjoyable when you dont have a constant phone at your hip. Only down side was not being able to talk to Troy. I did drive down to cell phone range about 8 times trying to get a hold of him but his internet was down.

Speaking of Troy can you believe we are only about 7 weeks away from being reunited as a family? I am routing for 6 weeks and maybe even 5 but it will more then likely be 7. WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. Its so surreal to think about it. He is at a new base that I hate and he hates. I hate even more what some of the guys are having to do over there for the next few weeks. If we loose one of our guys 6 weeks to coming home I will beyond outraged. I am incredibly thankful he is on watch towers right now but some of our dearest friends will be in some intense danger the next few weeks. Please keep them in your prayers.

Speaking of danger. Can you believe the news of 30 Americans killed in Afghanistan? I can not even talk about it right now because I have such mixed emotions.