WEEKEND AT THE HOFF CABIN!

What a way to end the summer!! A weekend at the Hoff cabin brings back a lot of wonderful memories for our little family. Brad, Taos, Jeremiah, Michaela, Brody, Broxton and myself went and spent a wonderful weekend with Trey and Lorie and it was AWESOME! There is something special about Warm Lake and it was so fun to spend time alone with Trey and Lorie. Trey made us all laugh when he took Taos and his buddy Jeremiah on the tubes with the motor boat! Uncle Trey is the best!! With a motor boat, a beach and a water trampoline.....these boys were never bored! Brody wasn't getting enough attention, so he damaged his leg up pretty good jumping off a dock! Oh Brody! Great food, great company and great memories. THANK YOU AUNT LORIE and UNCLE TREY for making our family memories at the cabin so wonderful!

CAMPING......WE LOVE THE MOUNTAINS!!

Well it's not summer without a quick trip to the mountains for some CAMPING!! Michaela, Brody, Broxton, Taos and I headed for the hills to go camping. It's football season so Brad is not there to share in the excitement. Mikey and Danielle are back to work and so they missed out! (Not to worry they went the week prior for more than an over niter!) So Pine Flats up by Lowman was the destination and Taos and I drove Great Grandpa Tinker's camper up for the first time! What a blast....that thin hauls and I love it! Here are some of the memories we created and Michaela recorded because I forgot the camera!! We hiked down a trail to the hot springs that were right off the river...Broxton was into throwing rocks and he could have stayed down by the river for hours on end.
Games...got to have the board and card games (and by the way Brody cheats at Kings Corners) Yatzee is my game.....always won up at college and I think I won all but one of the 5 games against Brody!! It was awesome sleeping in a camper, when your from a military family it's tents or nothing at all......so bring on the campers!!! I helped Brody pitch the tent and that was all I had to do! NICE!! Michaela loves to camp and I sure am glad that is something my family looks forward to doing.
We are headed for Aunt Lori and Uncle Trey's cabin at Warm Lake and this time both Michaela and I will take lots of pictures of our weekend with the Hoff's! Mikey .....we will do a camping weekend with you hopefully soon.

JULY...Fireworks and Birthdays!

I love the 4th of July. Being a military brat I have learned the importance and gained the respect of our freedom and our flag. I miss you dad!

Well, Michaela and Michael both are our July birthday's - Michaela turned 24 and Michael turned 23. WOW.....where did time go? I remember when they were little and we would always have a combined birthday party (which was smart since they were 1 year and 10 days apart) and next year that is what I have planned.

We spent the 4th watching fireworks, swimming, scooter rides and eating (which of course was the most important). Danielle had a BBQ at their home with family and friends on Michael's b-day and so everyone is celebrated and a year older.

It is so fun to watch their little families grow and celebrate fun times together!

HAPPY JULY EVERYONE!!

GRAND BABIES are the BEST!

Broxton Dean and Jace Michael are too much fun! If someone had told us to have grand kids first....we would have listened! I saw a bumper sticker today that I loved:

I child proofed my house....
but my kids still keep getting in!

Here's to our awesome kids that turned out to be awesome parents!

Little Jace came home on Friday, May 21st, exactly 10 days after he was born and is doing great. Michael and Danielle are glad to have him home and begin their journey of diapers, baths, crawling, 1st steps, first words, and all the other worries and joys that come along with being a parent. We are very excited for them and can't wait to watch this little one grow.

May 11th, 2010 was a wonderful day for our little family, Michael and Danielle brought little Jace Michael Tinker into the world. He weighed 4lbs 7oz and 19 1/4 inches long. He looks a lot like Michael did when he was born (maybe it was because Michael was 4lbs 11oz and 19 inches long). Jace was 5 weeks early but poor Danielle had a hard time keeping her blood pressure down so they took him C-Section. Everyone is doing great and baby is trying to gain those chubs as fast as he can in the NICU. We are so proud of Michael and especially Danielle for hanging in there and bringing us that beautiful little boy. We are very happy for their little family and can't wait until they bring that little Jace home!

Race for the Cure - Scentsy Style 2010

Michaela, Brody, Broxton, Taos, Hailey, Camdyn and I "Raced for the Cure" on Saturday, May 7th in Memory of Ali Schultz and in Celebration of Ellise Weaver and Hailey's Grandma M.

It was so much fun and Scentsy paid the entrance fees for their employees and employee's families. So we wore the bright green Scentsy shirts and walked our mile (which ended up being 3 miles because we didn't take the shuttle!) We stuck Broxton and Camdyn in their stroller's and off we went!

On the way we ran into to Jussie and Travis after they had run the 5K!
It was so much fun!

Great Day for a Great Cause!!