Denney

something old to something new

i needed a little bit of a change. i was tired of looking at the

same old white, dinged up, dirty door for the last 5 years.

after pricing new ones...... i decided just to paint my door.

i love it.

quack quack

feeding ducks at first dam is always fun for kids

ava.camber.brielle.kaidance

Dane was finally blessed on Oct. 2nd. It turned out to be a beautiful day. We actually had a luncheon outside, and it was still a little warm. That is my kind of "fall weather". Thanks to everyone who came and especially thanks to my dad for blessing my little man.

A New Love

this past saturday my little sister got married. i didn't get very many pictures since i was in a lot of them and we left the temple while she was still getting some done. normally i would have taken lots of pictures. even at her reception i was to busy to snap photos. so here are just a couple. i can't wait to see what her photographer got.

raspberry days

we went to bear lake a week or so ago and had no idea it was raspberry days until the day before we left. we barley got a camp site (last one in the campground). only took about 20 minutes to get a huge trailer in a tiny tiny parking spot. it was so busy i have never seen so many people there. we had a great time. as a bonus of it being raspberry days there were helicopter rides so we did that. i don't think we will the chance to ever ride in one again (knock on wood, no life flight please). anyways we had fun playing at the beach and at our campground.

reunion

kids watching a movie

jump rope

each year we go to a family reunion camp out. we always have a good time. this year not as many members of the family made it, but we still had a great time. cade brought the 4 wheeler and that was a big hit with the kids. there were puppies and ponies. jump ropes and crafts. it was nice to have a relaxing weekend.... not one thing on the agenda.

Yellowstone

cade and ava playing in the lake before we left. brrrr.

we camped at madison arms campground.

it was so pretty.

someone was having good dreams....

this is what camping should be like

we needed a family vacation this year and anyone who knows us knows we love to camp. ashley and i were talking about yellowstone and decided we would reserve a campground and head up there for a few days. we all (yes 7) crammed into aaron's truck, hooked up the trailer and pulled out of dodge. we had a great time. it was fun to see all the wildlife (bears, buffalo, elk, coyote's, and bald eagle). the weather was perfect. campground was awsome. can't wait until dane is old enough to enjoy it.

back to work

i went back to work yesterday to cover some vacation time and can i tell you how nice it was to have an adult conversation!! i did miss my cute little monkeys by the end of the day, all i wanted to do was give them a big squeeze. cade took them out to visit his mom and didn't get home until 9:00. he just kept telling me to enjoy the free time....... i watched tv, folded laundry, did dishes, cleaned up the living room. wow what a great time right? anyways, ava was asleep so i didn't get to see her, but dane was sure happy to see me. he must have known i had a long day and was tired because he slept from 10:00 until 6:00. talk about a little piece of heaven.

sibling love

this is probably the only time i will get a picture

of these two together without someone mad (hence the picture is not very clear).

i gave it a good shot.

"i want a picture with baby guy" ava told me.... so there you go. dane

could not hold still of course, but that was the best i could do.

dane didn't like getting his picture taken and started to fuss right off

the bat.

then ava decided to help take pictures. she did pretty good. about half

of them had dane in them.

p.s. pics of yellowstone to follow. stay tuned...

a better way to clean...

here is a little tip that my sister in law told me about. cleaner can be so expensive (especially when you use it all day everyday) so try this next time you are out buying spray cleaner.
you will need
-1 bottle mr. clean antibacterial cleaner
-1 spray bottle (i purchased mine at wal-mart for $0.98)
-1 cup measure

make sure you have the right cleaner (i didn't get the antibacterial the first time around). then measure out 1/4 cup mr. clean. fill your cleaner bottle with water to the fill line. then add your mr. clean. that's it! smells really good. i use this to clean almost everything. this bottle will make a bunch of refills too. just think how much money you will save on cleaner.