Lovell's Days

My Whitney is looking so grown up!
Maricella and Ray on their 20th Class Reunion Float

Anessa and Abby waiting for the Parade to start

Abby getting her candy

The kids got a lot of candy!

The girls with Aunt Maricella

Anessa and Abby by the lake

Anessa, Abby, and McKenna waiting for the Fireworks to start at Horshoe Bend

The view behind us at Horshoe Bend just before the fireworks began....Beautiful!

We weren't into Lovell's Days as much this year. I was in the Follies as a Bench Dancer. Whitney caught the flu bug and was sick from Thursday to Saturday. So we really didn't attend a lot of the festivities going on. Whitney woke up Saturday morning and was feeling better so we went to Uncle Ray's house and watched the parade. I think it was a little better this year. Last year, I think it lasted a whole 15 minutes. Anyways, then we went home and took a nap. About 4:00 we went back over to Ruben's brother's house and had a barbeque. Mmmm...it was delicious! Then about 8:00, we headed out to Horshoe Bend and enjoyed the beautiful weather and fireworks. We were excited to have my sister in law come from Austin, Texas to attend her 20th Class Reunion. She was only here for 3 days. It was a pretty relaxing weekend which I loved!

A Terrifying 20 min.!

Yesterday evening we had a very scary 20 minutes! I had just gotten off the phone with my grandma. Abby wanted to go over there and see her sisters who had been there helping all day. So Ruben and I drove over to my grandma's, pulled up and let her out. Well, we usually make sure, before we leave, that someone is there. But I had just barely got off the phone and they knew we were coming over to bring the bacon they needed for BLT's. So Abby got out and we drove away. Ruben and I drove out to the shop to check on the chickens and we were on our way back into town and my cell phone rings. Well, it was Whitney and she was calling from my mom's house! I asked her if Abby was with them and she said no. OMG!! I freaked out! We just dropped off our 4 year old all by herself at my grandma's! We drove quickly back to her house and NO ABBY ANYWHERE!! Ok, so we check in the backyard, next door neighbors, across the street neighbors. NOTHING! I went back in the house and checkded my grandma's caller ID to see if someone had called to say she was at their house and no one had. By now 10 min. had gone by! So I decided to call the police to help look. Well, not only the police were looking, but the fire department, my mom, Mary Alice, and several others were looking also. They were about 5 minutes away from calling search and rescue and we found Abby! She was 3 houses down from my grandma's on the same side of the street at Jean Wardell's house. She had walked straight to Jean's when she had seen that no one was at my grandma's and told her that no one was home. So Abby just stayed there and was watching Sponge Bob and was perfectly safe! It was a very terrifying 20 min.! That was the WORST FEELING EVER to think that you may have lost your child and that you may never see them again. I wanted to throw up! Sharon Cornwall decided to walk down towards Judy Ferron's and stopped by Jean's to see if possibly she had seen Abby and there she was! Thank you Sharon and thank you to our quick responding officers for helping locate my precious baby! I love you Abby!!

Splish! Splash!

Abby enjoying the sun rays and water.
Our little friend Payton

Addy sunbathing

Carter taking a snack break

Addy and Abby enjoying the water

Last Wednesday, the 24th of June, Mary Alice called and invited us to go to the Kiddie Pool. Her grandkids were here visiting and wanted to go swimming. So we sent Whitney, McKenna, and Daxton to the 'BIG' pool, and we took Abby, Addy, and Carter to the 'Little' pool. They had a blast! Addy and Carter had never been to the Kiddie Pool, so it was a new experience for them. I still need to learn how to do a collage. I always have lots of pictures!

Bench Dancers

Bench Dancing has been a lot of fun this year! Candida Jones was 'Team Captain' this year again. She as always has outdone herself again. Candida has an awesome talent of dancing and making up dances. They are always so cute and fun to dance to. This year's song is "Cotton Eyed Joe" by Crazy Frog. It's not your normal country song. We got a little techno goin' on! Thanks to Candida's family and to all of our families for letting us take time out of our busy lives and enjoy this time together! The last several years, we have performed in black lights. It's been a big hit. We are the best act of the Lovell Mustang Day's Follies! LOL!! We get comments every year how cool and awesome the bench dance looks in black lights. We hope to continue this for years to come. Next year will be a whole new surprise!

Members this year are: CaMee Nicholls, Jessica Rusch, Tara Jones, Candida Jones, Jill Hitz, Jaime Luna, Tashie Lundberg, Desiree Allen, Adrienne Mangus, Ann Hinkley, Kelly Steenbakkers, Aubry Walker

Happy Father's Day!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to Ruben and my brother in law Ray! (Ray is a professional barbecuer:) He makes the best barbecued meat ever!
Ruben is such a great father to our girls.
This is what the girls think of their dad!
He is always making us laugh.
He is always fixing our bike tires:)
He is the handiest dad to have around. He knows how to fix everything! And if there is something he doesn't know how to fix, he will figure it out, however long it takes.
He is very kind.
He is learning patience:)
He will help anyone at the drop of a hat.
He goes without, so we can have everything.
He is the hardest working dad we know.
He works so we can enjoy all of the great pleasures of life.
He is always taking us on new adventures.
He has taught us everything we know.
He is a very smart dad.
He is our best friend.
WE LOVE YOU!!

We love to be with our daddy!

We love Grandpa Luna too! He always makes us smile and laugh! He is always teaching us new spanish words!

This is my Grandpa Smith and my girls' Great Grandpa Smith. I am so lucky to have such a special grandpa. He has a very kind heart and is so giving. He is a great example too and has taught me so much! I am truly greatful for him and his love for his family! We love you Grandpa! Happy Father's Day!

Shoshone River!

This is the Shoshone River flooding out the entire land around it! This picture shows a road that was completely washed away by the water. Ruben and I drove out to see the river today because he came home yesterday and told me about it. I didn't believe him that it was that high! These pictures are out by where he works at American Colloid. I wanted to journal about this and have it for my kids when they get older, so they can look back and remember how old they were when this happened. The last time this happened was back in 1981! Water scares me! I think I would rather have a tornado or something, rather that flooding.
This picture was taken just past the bridge and I was standing on the highway. As you can see, the barbed wire fence is almost completely submerged underwater! You can see a little of the post left sticking out of the water.

A road that was completely covered.

Another view of the fence length-ways.

Just showing how the water is covering everything.

The water is rising fast...SCARY!!!!!!!

Mr. and Mrs. Leonhardt!

Scotty and Chelsey are now Mr. and Mrs. Leonhardt! We had the opportunity to attend their wedding on Saturday, June 13th, 2009. It was held in Joel and Lori Peterson's back yard. It was a beautiful yard and a gorgeous day! Everyone looked very nice. Scotty is the son of Michael Leonhardt, who is one of Ruben's very good friends. Ruben has known Michael for about 17 years. Michael has been very good to our family. It has been fun watching his kids grow up. Scotty is the oldest of the five kids. Poor Mandy....4 brothers! :)
Mandy, Julie, Riley, Chelsey, Scotty, Mallorie, Michael, Joey, Casey
(Mallorie is Chelsey's little sister:)

Scotty, Michael, Joey, Casey

Abby made a new friend

Casey, Joey, Riley

Mandy and RaeDawn (Chelsey's other sister)

Walking his daughter down the isle

Mallorie and Riley

Flower Girl and Ring Bearer

Father of the groom!

Too cute for his own good!

Miss Kenley Rae Wilson

Isn't she adorable!

(Just woke up from her nap:)

3 Pretty girls waiting for the wedding to begin!

Whitney is growing up too fast!

McKenna all dressed up!

Abby strikin' a pose!

Here's the 3 most beautiful girls in the world!

I had to take some pictures of them while I had the chance. They never get too excited to pose for me for pictures.