Just Wanted To Share

In February 2008 my parents celebrated their 40th anniversary. We celebrated with them by throwing them a surprise anniversary party. These were the last family pictures taken with my Dad. I am so grateful to have these. I am so glad that my brother John had the idea to do the party in the first place. If it wasn't for him (and the rest of my siblings) we wouldn't have these memories. We just got the disks with all the pictures back from the photographer. I didn't realize at the time but the photographer took over 200 pictures. I would love to share them all but for the sake of time I will only post a few of my favorites. It was so hard to choose, but here you go:

My Family:

Malissa, Kendra, Dad, Hollie, Kristin

Todd, Dad, Mom, John

The Whole Biggs Clan:

Mom & Dad:

My Dad & his siblings. Donald, Dad, Jean, Harold

The Grandkids:
It's hard to believe these pictures were taken 4 months before my Dad passed away. Look how healthy he looked.

Eight Is Great

I was tagged by Landon's sweet Aunt Kayola. I would link you to her blog but she is private. Which is too bad for all of you because her blog is the best.

I stole this picture from her blog. This is Kayola and her "boyfriend" Phillip:

So here you go. Crazy Eights:

Eight Shows I Love To Watch:

1. The Office
2. Survivor
3. Nothing
4. Nothing
5. Nothing
6. Nothing
7. Nada
8. and Nothing again!!! (Boring.....I know)

Eight Of My Favorite Restaurants:

1. Outback Steakhouse
2. Carvers
3. Chipotle
4. Matta's
5. Pei Wei
6. Olive Garden
7. Taco Bell
8. Someburros

Eight Things That Happened Yesterday:

1. Baked Snicker doodles with my girls
2. Went to church
3. Studied for Biology
4. Took a Shower
5. Figured out the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis
6. Brushed my teeth
7. Taught my primary class
8. Kissed my kids goodnight

Eight Things I am Looking Forward To:

1. Being finished with School
2. A Pimple free face
3. Paying off our cars
4. Christmas
5. A Cure for Cancer
6. Spending more time with my family and less time with study groups.
7. Going To See The Twilight Movie with Hollie, Mom, and My Girls. (And anyone else who wants to come along.)
8. Seeing my Dad again!

Eight Things On My Wish List:

1. A's in all my classes
2. New Purse (A girl can never have too many purses)
3. An ice cold Diet Pepsi in my hand right now.
4. No more TMJ
5. All expense paid vacation to Hawaii
6. Clothes, Clothes, and more Clothes
7. A fully landscaped backyard
8. No Debt

Eight People I Tag:

1. Hollie (she's new to blogging)
2. Farrah (since I just discovered your blog)
3. Derek (he could probably use a change on his blog)
4. Ashley (It's time for an update)
5. You
6. You
7. You
8. And oh yeah, You.

No Pressure though. I normally don't do the whole tag game. I was never really good at tag in elementary school so I have bad memories flash back when I see the word tag.

While I type this......

Logan is on a 20 mile hike with his Scout Troop.

Landon is on a date with 2 girls.

Karli and Madison are at the movies with with there Dad. Landon took them to see HSM3.

Tommy is playing video games (no surprise there).

And I should be studying for a Biology exam.

Climbing Rocks

Last Saturday the Wilson's invited us to go rock climbing. C.J. found a perfect spot for us to climb after about a mile or so hike. Thank goodness it was perfect weather. It was so much fun. We had a membership to an indoor rock climbing place when we lived in California so our family has had some practice at this sorta thing. But climbing outdoors is totally different and much more of a challenge. Here are some pictures of us in action.

Madison scaling the rock:

Madison's friend Kylin came along. Here she is repelling down the rock:

Tommy showing off:

Landon (aka Spiderman):
That's me, way up there:

C.J., the "professional" belayer:

Here's a picture to break your heart:
Becky and C.J.'s brave little boy, Kaden who is barely 4, was the first to give it a shot. He got climbing and got turned around and that was the end of it. He was so scared. Don't worry though, his mom saved the day.

Where are pictures of Logan and Karli you ask? They didn't go with us. They stayed home with their friends. I guess we aren't cool enough for them anymore.

Madison and Kylin:

Cutest Shirt Ever

Tommy's kindergarten class made these cute shirts to wear when they go on field trips. Each child got to draw a picture of them self. Check out Tommy's picture.

She Hates It.

We love it.

Well.....we tried, Right?

The sign we displayed in our front yard.

HALLOWEEN & PICTURES & STUFF.

Halloween was.....well.....Halloween!!! As most of you know, I am not a fan of Halloween. I will be persecuted by my family for saying that but hey it's the truth. Halloween stresses me out. But I still do the Halloween thing for my kids.

We carved pumpkins.

Being the bad mom that I am, I didn't get pictures of the pumpkins the night we carved them. So I took pictures of the pumpkins right before they went in the trash. That is why they look so sad. Note to self: Carve pumpkins the night before Halloween so pumpkins don't get moldy before Halloween. The sad nasty little pumpkins:


We went to a Halloween Party at the Wilson's house. It was fun and the food was good.
Tommy and I went to the pumpkin patch with his class.

And the costumes:

The Bumblebee

The Ladybug

Boba Fett

Our Logan

He thinks he's too big for trick or treating!!!