Adams' Adventures - Our Life Unedited

Bentlee Shay

2011-11-29T17:52:00.018-07:00

Hold on to your seats, because you are about to see the most beautiful grandbaby named Bentlee Shay.

These pictures were taken by a very dear friend of ours, Amie Mathis. http://amathisphotography.blogspot.com

Bentlee Shay Carlson

2011-11-17T17:30:00.003-07:00

Shane and I are now Bepaw and Memaw to a BEAUTIFUL baby girl!

Bentlee Shay Carlson was born on 11/16/2011 at 2:05pm. She weight 7lbs 1oz and was 20 inches.

Both Cassie and Bentlee are doing wonderful!

Almost Memaw and Bepaw Time

2011-11-14T13:18:00.009-07:00

Shane and I are going to be grandparents for the first time. I think we are WWWAAAYYY too young to be called "grandma and grandpa"! So I googled nick names for grandparents and found "Memaw and Bepaw". Its what we are going with, Memaw and Bepaw.

Cassie our oldest is due November 26th 2011. She is having a girl

Bentlee Shay (20 Weeks)

Cassie at 38 weeks

(I took these pictures from Cassie's blog)

Holy Crap! Did you read what I wrote? I am going to be a Memaw! WOW!

and guess what.....

Shane and I are going to be the best Bepaw and Memaw ever!

Not The Same Old Christmas Presents

2011-01-25T10:50:00.000-07:00

This year Shane and I decided to give the kids something special for Christmas.

MEMORIES!

The whole month of December went really slow. Shane and I were both so excited for Christmas morning to come. The only kid we was able to surprise was Carley. We had to tell Cassie and Chase about Disney Land so they could schedule it off of work. Courtney over hear Shane and I talking about it (did I mention she a big ears?). Carley had told us earlier in the year that she was the only 11 year kid that hasn't been to Disney Land before.

Adams' Family Christmas Party

2010-12-24T23:00:00.006-07:00

The Adams' family Christmas party was on Christmas eve. It has been a tradition for Shane's parents to give the unmarried grand kids pajamas.

Cassie and Chase

Maddie, Emily, Courtney, Carley and Sarah

Courtney, Ben, Garret, Hunter and Spencer

Bo and Kayte Hatch

Gleason Family Christmas Party

2010-12-24T08:21:00.012-07:00

This year my family's Christmas party was the day before Christmas eve so most of us could attend and not have to leave to go somewhere else.

I think I can speak for all of us in saying "we had a blast!"

Me, Kiley and Brody Floto

Me and Josh Brotzman (those are Michelle's fingers)

Zach (Ashley's boyfriend) and Ashley Gleason

Me and Chase

Courtney, Aden and Keylee Harmon

Courtney and Pam

Me and Carley

Me and Courtney

Avarie and Carley

Every time my mom gets her picture taken she has to say "SEX" so her eyes will stay open.

Me and my mom Betty

Me, Pam and Cassie

Me and Paul Brotzman

Me, Matt Brotzman and Carly (Matt's girlfriend)

Me and Brody

Me and Michelle Brotzman

Me and Shane

Courtney, Gavin, me and Preston

Me and Kiley

Me, Mike Douglas and Carley

Larry, me and Anna

Me, Gavin and Carley

Me and Porscha

Did you notice "Me" is in almost all of the pictures? I counted, there is 5 pictures that I am not in.

Merry Christmas family. I love you all!

Braces Are Waiting

2010-12-23T11:00:00.006-07:00

Today was our first trip of MANY to the orthodontist. When Carley was younger she had fallen out of the bath tub and knocked out her two front teeth causing damage to her gums. Since the gums were damaged her permanent teeth came in all jacked up.

And the mouth attacked!

Christmas Dance Party

2010-12-21T22:00:00.005-07:00

The Christmas dance party at The Movement Dance Center had a special guest.

The Utah Jazz Bear!!!

The Bear is the Utah Jazz mascot.

Ricci Phillips and Courtney

Christmas Dance

2010-12-15T22:00:00.011-07:00

Courtney dances at The Movement Dance Center. For Christmas they let the parents come during the last half hour of class to watch what they have learned so far this year.

Courtney is top left

Courtney finished off the dance by doing her back hand spring. What a fabulous dancer!

Nutcracker Ballet and the King of Mice

2010-12-12T10:47:00.003-07:00

Since all of our girls are dancers I thought it would be a great experience for them to go see the Nutcraker Ballet.

The Nutcracker Ballet is based on the story "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice" written by E.T.A. Hoffman. It's the story of a young German girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle against a Mouse King with seven heads.

When Marius Petipa had the idea to choreograph the story into a ballet, it was actually based on a revision by Alexander Dumas, a well known French author. His version reflects more of what we have come to love as the Nutcracker Ballet.

The Party Scene
It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house -- A large and grand house with the most beautiful tree imaginable. The Stahlbaums are hosting their annual Christmas party, welcoming the arrival of their family and friends. The children, Clara and Fritz, are dancing and playing as they welcome their friends too.
The party grows festive with music and dance as godfather Drosselmeyer arrives. He is a skilled clock and toy maker and always full of surprises. Drosselmeyer draws everyone's attention as he presents two life-size dolls. They are the delight of the party, each taking a turn to dance.
The children begin to open gifts when Drosselmeyer presents his to Clara and Fritz. Although his gift to Fritz is quite nice, he gives Clara a beautiful Nutcracker that becomes the hit of the party. Fritz becomes jealous and, having a bit more spunk than a boy should have, grabs the nutcracker from Clara and promptly breaks it. Clara is heartbroken looking on as Drosselmeyer quickly repairs the Nutcracker with a handkerchief he magically draws from the air.
As the evening grows late, the guests depart and the Stahlbaum family retires for the evening. Clara, worried about her beloved Nutcracker, sneaks back to the tree to check on him, falling asleep with him in her arms.

The Fight Scene
As the clock strikes midnight strange things begin to happen. Clara begins shrinking as her beautiful Christmas tree grows high above her. The toys around the tree come to life while the room fills with an army of mice, lead by the fierce Mouse King. As the Nutcracker awakens, he leads his army of toy soldiers into battle with the mice. The Mouse King corners the Nutcracker and battles him one-on-one. The Nutcracker seems to be no match for the Mouse King.
The Nutcracker and his army can go on no longer and are captured by the mice and their King. Clara makes a final daring charge throwing her slipper at the Mouse King, hitting him square on the head. The Mouse King drops to the floor and the mice run away, carrying off their leader's lifeless body.

The Land of Snow
The Nutcracker turns into a Prince and takes Clara on a journey to the Land of Snow, an enchanted forest wonderland where they are welcomed by dancing snowflakes.

The Land of Sweets
The Prince escorts Clara to the Land of Sweets where they are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Prince tells her about their daring battle with the army of mice and she rewards them with a celebration of dances.
The Spanish Dance
The Arabian Dance
The Russian Dance
The Chinese Dance
The Mirliton Dance
The Waltz of Flowers
As a finale, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier dance a beautiful Pas De Deux.

The Dream Ends
Clara awakens from her dream and finds herself by her Christmas tree with her beloved Nutcracker.

No picture taken allowed...Sorry, this is all you get.

Festival of Trees

2010-12-04T11:00:00.004-07:00

For 40 years, the Festival of Trees has ushered in the Holiday Season in Utah. More importantly, every penny raised helps children at Primary Children’s Medical Center. The Festival is organized and orchestrated by volunteers and relies on the generous support of those who decorate and purchase trees, wreaths, gingerbread creations, playhouses, centerpieces, and quilts.

I had two extra tickets because Cassie and Chase could not go so I invited my sister Pam and her husband Paul.

Courtney, Carley and Pam

There are more than 800 decorated trees of every size, shape, variety, and theme. Here are some of our favorites.

Cassie is 20 Years Old Today

2010-11-30T11:22:00.019-07:00

I’m wishing you another year of laughter, joy and fun, surprises, love and happiness, and when your birthday’s done,
I hope you feel deep in your heart, as your birthdays come and go, how very much you mean to us, More than you can know.

Love Mom and Dad

Our biggest baby girl is 20 years old! WOW, how fast they grow!

We went out to dinner at Macaroni Grill (one of our family favorites) after work.

The waiter was singing happy birthday to Cassie in Italian. I will sing the English version to you. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Cassie, Happy Birthday to you!

I don't have very many pictures because my camera was being a jerk! I had to reset it back to the factory setting. What a day to act like a jerk, camera!

Happy Birthday Cassie
We love you!

Christmas Tree Hunting

2010-11-27T11:16:00.011-07:00

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is our annual Christmas tree hunting day in Yost Utah. This is one of our family traditions that I hope we will always do and the girls will continue with their families.

The two best parts of a fresh cut tree are:

The house smells of fresh pine.
Pine needles are NOT all over the floor.

The tree below is the one that was sacrificed.

Cassie and Chase live in a small house together so this is their first tree. They wanted a small tree but I think their tree is bigger then mine.

After Christmas tree hunting a shooting we will go.

Shane and Carley

Mike and Courtney

Courtney

Shane

This year we invited the Thomas' to go with us. However they didn't cut down a tree. They have a FAKE tree.

Maddie, Mike, Jenn and Austin

The absolute best part of Christmas tree hunting is spending time with each other! We truly cherish this time!

Swan.. Where Are You?

2010-11-13T11:12:00.008-07:00

Courtney and I both drew out for swan this year. We went to Bear River Bird Refuge unit 1 on our second outing. We seen lots of swans but none that would fly over us. In the area that we were hunting you are only allowed to carry 10 shells with you so you need to be very sure of your shot. The truck is a long walk away to get more shells.

My new Benelli Super Nova 12 Gauge shot gun. "You'll shoot your eye out"

This was Carley's first time out bird hunting and she was so EXCITED! She really isn't sleeping, just pretending.

Courtney is a great shot, she won't shoot her eye out!

The hat that Carley is wearing is the hat she made for Shane to wear hunting.

Halloween Fun

2010-10-28T07:52:00.008-06:00

Every kid loves Halloween, Why? Duh, because you get CANDY, CANDY and MORE CANDY!

Carley was dressed up like a witch for school and trick-or-treating.

And just for fun she dressed up like a boy.

Courtney was a Zombie at dance and school.

The girls hit the jack pot when it came to candy. Dr Wade (our dentist) is going to love us!

Jack-O-Lanterns

2010-10-24T12:33:00.002-06:00

We carve pumpkins every year, like clock work but this year was a little different. Cassie carved her pumpkin with her boyfriend. Courtney and Carley hounded Shane and I all day long to carve pumpkins we finally gave in after our Sunday afternoon nap.

Courtney and Carley needed very minimal help this year and pretty soon they wont need any help at all. Well, except for picking out the seeds so we can dry and eat them. I'm afraid that will always be my job.

Boondocks

2010-10-15T12:25:00.002-06:00

Since Carley spent her birthday elk hunting we promised after the hunt was over we would take her and two friends to Boondocks. For those of you who have never been there before it's like a giant arcade.

Carley's birthday luck was clearly on her side. She hit the jackpot and won 1000 tickets. I'm so proud of her because she shared her winnings with her friends.

Boondocks has two different go-kart tracks and three different go-kart cars

Maddie

Alyson and Carley

Carley

Shane and I just watching the girls

Boondocks has two, eighteen hole miniature golf courses.

Maddie, Carley and Alyson

These bumper boats squirt water and I kept telling the girls "don't get wet, don't get wet" but they didn't listen to me. They were soaked.

After Boondocks we went to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and had a hot glazed doughnut.

Bunco for Boobies

2010-10-14T12:21:00.005-06:00

Bunco for Boobies was a fundraiser to earn money for the Susan G Koman 3 day walk. Stephanie participates in this 3 day, 60 mile walk which helps to raise money for the cure of breast cancer. She raised over $400.00. Stephanie is in the pink and black plaid shirt below.

Troya, Paula, Debbie, Tracy and Me

Jenn and Cassie are in the back

Troya, Debbie, Tracy and Shantel

Kimmy, Me, Paula, Jenn, Pleshette and KyAnn

I had a blast and would do this again next year.

22 Years

2010-09-30T18:15:00.006-06:00

22 years ago Shane and I were married. It was one of the most wonderful days of my life. We got married at La Fontain in Layton, UT four days after my 18th birthday. Our wedding was everything that I could have imagined it would be. Everything was PERFECT!

September 30th 1988

The mariachi band was a surprise gift from Rene (who worked with Shane). Wow, to be serenaded to was AWESOME. The funny part is, we had no clue what he was singing.

Pam, Anna, Alyson, Me, Shane, Mike, Lance and Brian

My Mom (Betty) and I

I wish I had a picture of my dad walking me down the isle or giving me away.

My handsome husband Shane

I also don't have any pictures of Shane's parents. Damn photographer!

Wow..I am 40

2010-09-25T10:04:00.008-06:00

Do I look any older? To be honest, I don't feel any older.

On Saturday the night before my birthday we were going to dinner with the Thomas'. I like to eat around 4 or 5ish so we showed up at the Thomas' at 4. Mike and Shane had a drink, Jenn made popcorn, I am staving! Guess what? They were stalling.

Two hours later we finally decided to go to Famous Dave's. I love their wings. As I walked through the doors I notice Cassie, Kim, Brad, KyAnn, Checketts and Pleshette waiting for me. What a wonderful surprise!

The Birthday girl, ME!

KyAnn bought me a NSA apple pie to be funny because

I work at a pie manufacturing facility. I can have all the pies I want for free.
I hate apple pie and especially NSA (no sugar added) apple pie. YUCK!!

Kimmy, Jenn, Me, Pleshette and KyAnn

I have the most wonderful family and friends that anyone could ask for. I love them all!

Student Council

2010-09-13T17:45:00.004-06:00

Carley made Student Council!!!

Now all three girls have been in student council at West Clinton Elementary.

Follow the Bugle

2010-09-12T18:22:00.001-06:00

Here is the story of Shane's elk hunt from my view.

Lance (Shane's brother), Shane and I headed up hunting Wednesday after work. Courtney decided to stay with grandma Adams all weekend and Carley came up with Shane's other brother Brian on Friday.

Last month Shane placed mineral rocks out for the elk to lick. I happen to find this gesture extremely nice and weird at the same time. Nice because we would spend money to buy the elk a rock sucker and weird because its like we was giving them a treat before we hunt them. On Thursday the wind was blowing so hard that we were not able to hear if the elk were bugleing or not. We decided to go and see if there had been any activity on the mineral rocks. Guess what? There was, the rocks turn smooth and shiny where the elk has licked it.

Next to the mineral rock was an elk wallow. Wallows are a combination between a mud tub and a urinal.

This was my first ever elk wallow. I'm in my camo clothes so you might not be able to spot me. I will give you a hint, I'm standing next to the tree.

Next to the mineral rock and wallow was an elk rub.

On Friday the real excitement began. We were able to track down a couple of herds and for the first time in my life I was able to hear an elk bugle only yards away. What an adrenaline rush! It's like a high for those of you who have not experienced it before.

Shane had stalked a herd and watched as an elk damaged this tree by rubbing it.

On Sunday the day Carley and I were leaving, Shane was successful! 6x6 bull elk. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DID IT!

Look how excited Carley is in this picture. You would never know that she was really sick with a cold.

Lance, Brian and Shane

We had to cut the elk up on the mountain because it was to big and heavy to haul out.

I drove the RZR back to camp with the head tied on the back.

This was my first ever archery elk hunt and I loved it so much that next year I'm buying an archery spike elk tag.

A Weekend for the Labor'ers

2010-09-06T18:12:00.016-06:00

Labor day weekend was spent on the Monroe Mountains with the Thomas', Shane's brother Lance and his wife and son.

On the drive down Courtney, Carley and I decided to make hats. The hat that I am modeling below is for Shane (duh, it's camo). I so badly wanted to wear this for the whole drive but Shane was too embarrassed and asked me to take it off.

Mid afternoon we would see smoke from the Twitchell fire that was burning on the Beaver Mountains.

Shane brother Lance had a spike bull elk tag and was successful with his hunt.

Carley, Lance, Hunter (Lance's son) and Shane

The elk was taken in the burn area so we had the challenge of trying lift, pull and drag through the fallen timber

The girls were so excited because Lance gave them the antlers that were still covered in velvet to keep.

Carley's 10th Birthday

2010-08-22T13:43:00.012-06:00

For our dear daughter Carley

Here's a wish for happiness
And many dreams come true

Not only on your special day

But always, all life through

Happy Birthday

Love Mom and Dad

Since Carley's birthday was opening weekend of the hunt she decided to go to dinner the weekend before her birthday. She wanted pasta but didn't want to go all the way down to Macaroni Grill so I suggested Olive Garden.

Olive Garden does NOT sing Happy Birthday or give you cake or ice cream unlike Macaroni Grill that gives you the best Chocolate birthday cake ever. Our waitress put a candle in an Andy's mint.

Carley got a hat maker and made this beautiful hat below.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Carley, Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday Carley

We are so Proud of you!

We Love You!

Mom and Dad

Opening Weekend

2010-08-20T13:36:00.004-06:00

Well, it's finally here!! Opening weekend for archery deer and elk. Whoo hoo!!! Shane and Courtney had been waiting for this day for months.

Courtney is signing her archery deer license.

Shane has two license because he has a limited entry archery elk and an archery deer tag.

Shane's oldest brother Brian and his family went down to the Monroe mountains with us. This is Brian's newest grandbaby, Ethan.

Courtney and Carley fell in love with him. Neither of them wanted anyone else to hold him.

Ethan is a super good baby that never cries.

In the back ground of this photo is McKayla and Emily (Ethan's sister and mother).

Golfing for Work

2010-08-12T13:29:00.017-06:00

I played in a golf tournament with one of our suppliers from work, Zellerbach. I have played in this tournament numerous times and it has always been my favorite. This year it was on a Thursday so Shane could not play. I ended up playing with Doyle Converse (President of manufacturing at RMP), Ron Christensen (Versa Cold 's GM in SLC) and Bob Whitehead (Doyle's Friend).

Do you see anything wrong with the picture below?

Just in case you didn't notice, I will point it out to you. My name is mispelled and I don't have a last name. I find this odd because I have worked with Zellerbach for 7 years so I would have thought that they would know how the spell my name and what my last name was. Well, the more I think about it, its not odd. Leo who is our salesman for Zellerbach has always called me "T".

I hit the ball where this pretty flower was, I actually think this is a weed of some sort.

Me and Ron

Doyle and Bob

We golfed 6 under par and had a blast. After golfing we had a nice lunch and drawing. Everyone that played in the tournament received a gift. I got a ball retriever, I already had one so I gave mine to Bob to give to his girlfriend. It's because I am super nice!

Drive Inn

2010-07-31T09:52:00.002-06:00

Summer time in Utah equals a trip to the drive inn movies. About two hours before we went a massive rain storm hit. Wait 15 minutes and the weather would change again.

Shane hates going to the movies but I was able to talk him into going to the drive inn. Carley wanted to see Despicable Me and Charlie St. Cloud. It worked out perfect because both movies were playing on the same screen.

We popped 4 bags of microwave popcorn, bought candy at Wal-mart and drinks at Maverik all because I will NOT pay the outrageous prices at the movies.

Chase, Cassie, Courtney and Carley

Me and Shane

We forgot the lawn chairs so all 6 of us sat in the back of the truck. It was so uncomfortable that Shane and I stayed awake for both movies. This is so not like us, Shane and I are usually in bed NO LATER then 10 pm.

The drive inn is totally REDNECK and I love it!!!

Flat As A Pancake

2010-07-27T10:15:00.003-06:00

My OB/GYN told me that I needed to give myself a birthday present this year since I will be turning 40. BINGO!! Vacation here I come! But a vacation was not what he had in mind. It's mammogram time.

This was not my first mammogram though. In 1997 I had 2 mammograms, 1 ultrasound and 1 lumpectomy. Luckily its was benign (non-cancerous).

This picture is so deceiving, my boobs aren't really as big as they look. I tell everyone that I don't have boobs, I have skin. I nursed all 3 of my children and they sucked all the boob out and left me with the skin. Good thing we have Victoria Secret! Oh, by the way, did I tell you that I am one of Victoria Secret's secrets?

Pre-Mammogram

In the gown ready for my mammogram.

The Mammogram machine

The picture you are about to see below is not me. I just wanted those who have not had a mammogram before to see that it's not a big deal.

Early detection is the key to surviving cancer.

My Wonderful Dad!

2010-07-26T12:08:00.018-06:00

My Dad

Why can't all the good memories over ride the bad ones?
15 years ago today my dad died. It was one of the worst days of my life! I will never forget that day. Oh, how I wish I could! I hate remembering this day! I hate cancer, it stole my dad from us! I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT!!!!

Dad,
I watched you suffer for many years so your passing should have came as a relief but it didn't. I wish you were still here! I know that's totally selfish of me but I really miss you! I love you daddy!

Muddy Mess

2010-07-24T12:54:00.014-06:00

A new camp spot (Milo's Kitchen) on the Monroe Mountains leads to muddy dogs. They were like kids in a candy store. They couldn't get enough of the mud.

Darrell Russell

Daisy Mae

There was a muddy creek just before the big rocks that the dogs were running through to retrieve a stick that Austin was throwing.

Max, Dori, Daisy, Darrell and Gunner

Wouldn't you know it, the time I forget my big camera we see two big bull elks. My blog camera is only a 3x zoom so I was not able to get a close up. Dammit Theresa! 1 bull is in the meadow and the other one is to the right of the lone pine tree.

Next time I will for sure bring my big camera.

After looking at this post, I thought I should clear something up.

I only have 3 dogs, the other two are the Thomas'. Also this trip must have been all about the dogs because there are no pictures of our kids even though they were there!

FMBT

2010-07-20T13:17:00.002-06:00

Party Hardy

2010-07-17T10:58:00.009-06:00

This is the second Saturday in a row that the Adams', Douglas' and Thomas' have spent the day swimming, eating, drinking and just having a ball together. Normally we are camping every weekend but since Shane has a big hunt coming up we have scaled back a little. To be quite honest, I think my sister Anna loves us being there.

Talon Harmon

Zoe has never let me hold her before and now look at her. I think she loves me but then who wouldn't?

I would like to report that we all got out of the water safe and sound thanks to Mike (Anna's husband) Bingo..your hired..Life guard Mike!

Jenn

Porscha Douglas

Still to this day, I think that I totally rock the Gene Simmons look. In fact, I have been teaching Carley the look. She is getting there.

Anna (a.k.a Wendy) me and Jenn

Maddie Thomas

Peace
I love this man!

Kofax and Carley

I am not quite sure who Shane thinks he is. Wait I know, John freakin Elway.

Cassie, Diesel and Chase

We made it home in time to watch the Clinton City fireworks and I must say, they were better then Syracuse's.

Bee's

2010-07-16T09:42:00.022-06:00

We love going to the Bee's baseball game. The Salt Lake Bee's are a Triple A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim CA a.k.a. a farm team. The Bee's played the Sacramento River Cats.

Shane and I

Carley

Courtney and Shane

Chase and Cassie

Look...the kids are getting along! I have the picture to prove it! Cassie and Chase brought phase 10 card game to the baseball game. W.T.F. I paid $8 a person for them to play cards!?! Oh well, it was worth it. Anytime that we get to spent together as a family is an AWESOME time.

Nick Gorneault (#25) has always been our favorite player. I don't know why, maybe because he is cute or because he is the only player that we know their name. He is looking right at us, as if to say "Hello Adams' ".

Is this a paying job? They only came out twice so I would have lots of free time. I could totally do this.

I love the 7th inning stretch. I will sing the song for you. Please be parpared to be blown away by my mad singing skills. I have been told by several people that I have a freakin AWESOME voice (I'm just kiddin ya, I can't sing).

Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack. I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team. If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out. At the old ball game.

The Bee's won 5 to 3. YEAH!!!! I can honestly say they won because we were there. They had lost the night before.

Larry Is 51 Today

2010-07-11T17:08:00.011-06:00

Today is my brother Lawrence Patrick Gleason's 51st birthday. Larry is the oldest of us 6 kids.

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear Larry
Happy Birthday To You

Love You!

Who's Your Dentist?

2010-07-09T10:59:00.003-06:00

Courtney, Me, Carley and Shane had our 6 month dental checkup together. Our dentist is Dr. Spencer Wade (Dr. Glen Wade's son). This was not your ordinary dentist appointment.

Carley and I went back in a room together, while we were waiting and waiting we decided to play dentist. Let me give everyone some advise. Don't leave Carley and I alone in a room with boredom! Carley was the dentist first, I was the patient and the photographer (yes, I can take pictures of myself).

Carley even used the tools. If Shane, Courtney or Cassie was in the room with us they would be dying by now. They are the conservatives in our family.

Now it was my turn to play the dentist. Guess who just walked in the room? Dr. Wade. He looked shocked! I think that Carley and I were the first people he had caught playing dentist. He said to us "well, I guess you don't need me" and started walking out of the room. We started laughing.

Good news, NO cavities for any of us! Yeah!!

Monroe Over The 4th of July

2010-07-04T13:29:00.008-06:00

What better way to celebrate Independence Day then in the Monroe Mountains camping. Have I ever told you, "WE" (yes, I am authorized to speak for my family) "WE" heart camping!?!

This is my mad picture taking skills at work with the help from Shane's mad driving skills.

The red devil in the sign below is suppose to represent the Paiute Indian trail. I am not sure why because I don't see a resemblance between an Indian and a red devil, do you? The 01 and the person on the ATV is suppose to represent me. #1 ATV rider, do you see it?

Carley is scoping for deer and elk. Shane loves it when the girls get involved in wildlife.

Look at what she found. Not really, Gunner and Dori found the deer skeleton. Our dogs love to chew on deer antlers. Bingo! What a nice treat.

Shane and Mike cooked out on the BBQ grill while Jenn and I just sit back and relax! And boy, did we need to relax.

Monroe Peak is 11,217 feet (3,418.94 meters) above sea level and it's freakin COLD. No, we didn't hike. Come on, you know us better then that. We rode our ATV's to the top.

Shane and Mike

Marysvale

Richfield

Monroe Meadows

This cow elk was at the top of Monroe Peak.

In this open area was Henry Torgerson's saw mill, it was in operation from 1914 thru 1936.

Shane has always took pride in his checker skills. He has always kicked our butts but NOT now. Courtney gave him a run for his money. She won 2 out of 3 games!

Shane was able to beat Carley but she gave him a run for his money also. Carley went down fighting to the very end.

A well needed nap.

Our dogs heart camping also, they get to run free. They stay within eye view of us because they are afraid of being lost.

Gunner

Darrell

Dori

I enjoy taking pictures of flowers because they don't move (unless the wind in blowing), they don't have double chins, they don't complain. Flowers are what they are, Flowers.

Truck Crashes Into House; Couple Injured

2010-07-01T10:58:00.008-06:00

I was driving to Syracuse last night and 2000 west was closed so I had to take a detour. On my way back home an hour later it was still closed. Well, that peeked my curiosity. I went to investigate, here is what I found.

Truck crashes into house; couple injured
DAVIS COUNTY -- A West Point couple suffered serious injuries when a truck came crashing through their bedroom wall Wednesday night.
Sheriff's officials have arrested two drivers involved in the crash.
Deputies say around 7 p.m., two trucks, a blue Dodge Dakota and a silver Dodge Ram, were speeding south on 2000 West when a pickup truck hauling a fifth-wheel trailer pulled into traffic in an attempt to make a left-hand turn.
Cameron Scott, the driver of the Dakota, crashed directly into the trailer, smashing it to pieces. Dustin McLaughlin, who was driving the Ram, tried to swerve out of the way.
"The silver truck tried to avoid the accident, came across here and careened right into the house," said Sgt. Dan Yeaman with the Davis County Sheriff's Office.
The young couple who lived in the house near 550 North had just gotten into bed for the evening when the truck smashed through their bedroom wall and came to a stop about four feet into the room.
Deputies say when the truck hit the house, it sent debris flying through the bedroom. They couldn't confirm whether the truck actually landed on the bed where the couple was laying.
The the man was flown to McKay Dee Hospital in critical condition with leg and chest injuries. The woman suffered injuries to her head and hip and was taken to McKay Dee by ambulance in serious condition.
Both are expected to survive.
As for the three drivers involved in the crash, all of them suffered only minor injures.
Deputies say the couple's twin children were in a bedroom in a different part of the house at the time of the crash. Neither was hurt.
Scott and McLaughlin were arrested Wednesday night on charges of reckless driving and exhibition of speed. Both trucks have been impounded.
Troopers estimate the trucks were traveling at 70 miles per hour when the drivers started to break. Witnesses told investigators one of the trucks was following the other very closely at the time of the crash.
The driver of the truck pulling the trailer, Henry Kidd, was cited for failure to yield.

Freakin Hot = Water

2010-06-29T23:00:00.003-06:00

Today was so freakin hot that Courtney, Carley and I decided to go to my sister Anna's house to swim in her pool. Anna has a real pool not like one of those blowup ones or a kiddie pool, a real pool.

I promised Anna that I would not post pictures on my blog of her in her swim suit (I don't know why because she looks good). The pictures below are NOT Anna (I know they look a lot like Anna but trust me on this one) it's Wendy! Wendy is a strange lady who was walking by Anna's house. She looked hot so I invited her to swim with us.

I am the one wearing sunglasses in all the pictures. I can't go outside without sunglasses on because the light will give me a headache.

Wendy and I

(why does everyone do rabbit ears on me?)

Anna's dog Kofax. Kofax is my favorite of Anna's dogs.

Diesel and his mom, Cassie was already at Anna's house swimming. Diesel LOVES the water so much that you have to shut the bathroom door when you are showering (most people shut their bathroom door when it's in use but not us Adams')because he will jump in and sit under the water. Was that TMI (too much information)?

Diesel

Oh my hell! Look at how good my heal stretch is. For those of you who don't know this, I'm not even a dancer. I know, this comes as a total shock!

What a wonderful way to cool the body down!

OoOo Aaawe

2010-06-26T20:38:00.004-06:00

We went to the fireworks for Syracuse City days. They were super oober lame.
Carley: "Dad, tell me when it's the grand finale."
Shane: "You'll be able to tell."
Shoot, the fireworks were over and Carley wasn't able to tell that there was a grand finale. The bad economy has also sucked the "oOoO and Aaawe" out of the fireworks!

Guess who is in the background doing rabbit ears?

Busted, Miss Carley!

Carley posing in her new dress that we bought for Jamie's wedding.

Mike is trying to hold back the excitement that he feels towards watching the fireworks.

Jenn is practicing her "OoOoing". I don't think I heard her OoOoing or Aaaweing all night. Humm, Maybe Mike did.

I had bug spray on and still got bit. Those stupid mosquito's!

Jamie Hill

2010-06-26T18:06:00.015-06:00

Our dear friend Jamie was married to her sweetheart Nick today.

I met Jamie at Indivisual's where she does gel nails. Jamie and I both have pug dogs so we hit it off right away. Jamie offered to help me breed and deliver Madori's puppies. She did more then just help, she DID IT! Jamie kept Dori at her house for a week to breed her then came over when she went into labor and stayed until she was done delivering, which was 4am. Jamie had to go to work a couple hours later and never complained about needing sleep. After work she came right back over to check on her.

Ever since Madori brought us together we have built a wonderful friendship.

We love you Jamie and are so glad you found the happiness that you deserve.

Kenzie, Jamie's beautiful daughter

As Jamie was walking down the aisle she mouthed to Nick "I love you".

Thank you for letting us share in your special day.

You were a BEAUTIFUL bride!

Mike Is 43 Today

2010-06-24T07:00:00.001-06:00

Today is my brother Micheal Fritz Gleason's 43rd birthday. Mike is the baby boy and I am the baby girl in our family.

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear Mike
Happy Birthday To You

Love You!

Animals on Fathers Day

2010-06-21T18:20:00.021-06:00

Fathers day weekend was spent in one of our favorite mountain areas, the Monroe Mountains. On our ride Friday we ran into snow that had bear tracks in it (cool and freaky). We also ran into trees along the trail and of course we didn't have a saw. We pulled the trees out of our way with Mike's RZR. Austin's friend Ricky came with them, I called him Ricky Bobby from the movie Talladega Nights.

Courtney, Ricky Tubbs (aka Ricky Bobby), Shane and Mike

Carley and Maddie found a teeter totter while waiting for us to move the trees.

We had our first cow herding experience. Cows are kind of gross. The mom cow that was ahead of us kept peeing and wagging her tail. The pee was flying all over, GROSS! All we wanted was for them to move to the side so we could get by. Note to self: Learn how to speak cow.

We saw alot of elk and deer in the meadows. They were not afraid of us, in fact they would lift their heads up as if they were posing for the picture.

There are three bull elks in the picture below. They were in the trees and it was dark so my flash didn't do so great, but we saw them.

Change Failed Me

2010-06-17T09:17:00.007-06:00

On 06/06/2010 I changed my hair color pattern. I had lots of mixed reviews about it. I was totally fine with it until I saw a picture that KyAnn posted on facebook. I have the same picture that I posted on my blog. I was okay with it on my blog and then when she posted it on facebook I took a double take and realized I looked hideous.

Picture posted on Facebook

This is what I thought I looked like. It's really not that bad, is it?

And now after Cassie fixed it.

Nifty Fifty Anna Bell

2010-06-16T07:00:00.003-06:00

Today is my sister Anna's 50th Birthday. We are ten years apart in age so that means, SHIT! I am turning 40 this year!!

I think Anna looks FREAKIN MAR-VEL-OUS. She has a smokin hot body and is in super good shape. I can only hope I look as good as her when I am 50.

Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To Anna Bell
Happy Birthday To You

Love you!

(M)adam & (St)eve An EROTIC BAKERY

2010-06-14T10:38:00.003-06:00

Pleshette told KyAnn, Kimmy and I about an EROTIC bakery she heard about in Salt Lake City. Once we heard the words EROTIC and Bakery in the same sentence we went in search of it.
(M)adam & (St)eve an EROTIC BAKERY (the name is like Adam & Eve, do you see it?) went out of business before we found it. Kimmy was totally devastated and started to pound down the door in hopes that they left us something. She wound up hurting her hand all in hopes of an EROTIC cupcake.

Honestly, we had no clue what an EROTIC bakery is and we still don't. What a let down!!

Drop And Found

2010-06-13T09:52:00.001-06:00

We got these deer antler sheds from Checketts' for our dogs. The dogs love them! As you can see Gunner can't get enough. Gunner is a beast and we can't keep any toys around our house for more then 2 minutes. He literally destroys EVERYTHING, I am not kidding!

Dori is a mini Gunner. She can't break them so she sits and waits for Gunner to break off a piece for her.

40 And Young

2010-06-12T07:39:00.008-06:00

We went to a BBQ at Brad and Kim Larsen's house for Teresa Vigil Allen's 40th birthday party. Teresa turned 40 on May 29th but she lives in Victor Idaho so we had to celebrate her birthday when she came down to Utah.

Teresa, Kimmy, Kristi, Paula and I were all Doxey Dragons and Sunset Sun Devils together. All of us including KyAnn and Pleshette were Clearfield Falcons.

When Teresa and I were younger we got into an argument on how to spell "THERESA" correctly. She even told our teacher that I was lying on spelling my name with an "H"! The correct spelling is T "H"eresa, with an "H"! Actually both ways are correct but are pronounced different.
The·re·sa - [tuh-ree-suh]
Te·re·sa - [te-re-sah]

Teresa Vigil Allen

Happy Birthday To You

Happy Birthday Dear Teresa

Happy Birthday To You!!

I made a appetizer and broccoli salad.

Teresa told us some funny stories about her and Kimmy and how she was always getting them OUT of trouble.

Teresa and Kimmy

Corrie (Teresa's sister) and Teresa

Shane and Checketts' were socializing with Brad while he was cooking the hamburgers and hot dogs.

Kristi, Paula, Me, Teresa, Corrie, Pleshette

Kimmy and KyAnn

DaNece and Scott Fickett (Kimmy's mom and step dad)

It was so nice to see you Teresa. You look FAB-U-LOUS!

New Hair Color Pattern

2010-06-09T09:19:00.011-06:00

On Sunday June 6th I decided to change my hair color pattern. I hate it when I see my hair color/cut on other people so I always try to change it up. I wonder if I will see anyone else with this dye pattern.

Shane really doesn't like it. When we dated back in high school (in the 80's) I was all blonde. Shane really liked that but I will NEVER be all blonde again. Shit, did I just date myself? I'm really not that old.

So, as I was writing this (at work of course) our FedEx driver Jay came in and said I look like "an effing rooster" (he said the "F" word not effing). Really?!? Do I look like a effing rooster?

Dad's Birthday 06/06/2010

2010-06-06T13:38:00.000-06:00

Sunday was my dads birthday. He would have been 74 years old if he was still alive. I forgot about his birthday until my mother texted me (she texts when she is mad at us, unfortunately that's a lot). I have NEVER, let me repeat myself, NEVER forgot about my dad!!!

Happy Birthday To You!!

Happy Birthday Dear Dad!!

Happy Birthday To You!!

Dad,

I may have forgot the day but as you know I would never forget YOU!!! I love you so much and miss you every day!!! Until we meet again daddy.

Arch - Who Goes There?

2010-05-31T17:40:00.030-06:00

We headed to Moab again for Memorial weekend. Oh, how we love Moab. We decided to go into the Arches National Park since we were so close to it. Maddie, Austin and I were the only ones who have been their before.

Park Avenue

Courtney at the Park Avenue lookout.

Goofing around by the Broken Arch. I never knew that everyone would have such a fun time climbing all over the rocks.

Courtney

Maddie, Carley and Shane

I love the way Carley is posing in this picture.

Walk to the Sand Dune Arch. Why is Shane sucking in his stomach..WTF?!?

Walking up to the Delicate Arch. Maddie and Carley went back to the truck to get the big lens for my camera.

Delicate Arch

The Geico lizard was on vacation at the Arches the same time we was.

The Cove of Caves Double Arch was the first arch that we walked to and climbed on. The kids plus Shane and Mike had a blast climbing. Jenn and I decided to stay at the bottom and take pictures. Really? NO! I am a klutz and would fall and break something and ruin our trip.

Cove of Caves Double Arch

The man on the far left kept following us around to get in all of our pictures. His wife was their with her own camera so why did he need to be in our pictures?? Maybe because he wanted to be cool like us!

I cut the man out in this picture!

And in this picture.

Balanced Rock

The he/she on the far left yelled "Brett Michael's Rock of Love". I have no clue who any of these people are but I think they are "biker misfits"!

Here is the he/she's motor cycle. The banner reads Team Diva.

Diesel 1st Birthday

2010-05-22T15:54:00.010-06:00

Diesel Adams' 05/22/2009

Today is Diesel's birthday.

Happy Birthday to you..woof woof
Happy Birthday to you..woof woof
Happy Birthday dear Diesel..woof woof
Happy Birthday to you..woof woof

We love you

Grandma, Grandpa, Courtney and Carley

Melmen's 1st Birthday

2010-05-21T14:08:00.011-06:00

Melmen Adams' 05/21/2009

Today is Melmen's 1st birthday.

Happy Birthday to you..woof woof..
Happy Birthday to you..woof woof..
Happy Birthday Dear Melmen..woof woof..
Happy Birthday to you..woof woof

We Love You

Grandma, Grandpa, Cassie, Courtney and Carley

Diesel and Melmen

Melmen was born a day earlier then Diesel but Diesel was bigger.

Shane Is The Big 41

2010-05-13T10:02:00.042-06:00

Shane 05/14/1969

OOOHHHH...Birthday Boy!!
How are you going to celebrate?
Celebrate turning 41!!
Let's Party!!
Party like Rock Stars!!

Here is the skinny birthday boy:

You are a WONDERFUL husband!
You have three BEAUTIFUL daughters!
You are as HANDSOME as EVER!

Here is the skinny birthday boy on your age:

You are older than me..by 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. (I would totally do the minutes but I have no clue what time we were born)
You have been married longer then you've been single.
Your full retirement age is 67 years old. Only 26 more years!

Letter from Carley:

I love you daddy so much you are the best dad in the world and the best dad i ever had well your the only dad i ever had i love when you tell me all your funny stories like how you would be mean to girls when you were young and put a red coke can on the top of your truck and speed and act like you were a cop hahaha. and when i eat and you always still a piece of my food and i flip out but i actually don't care if you still my food! i love how you always tuck me in a night and say i love you car good night. thank you for all the thinks you've done for me and help golf and teach me to hold a golf club and teach be how to shoot an bow and arrow you have help me through my life and tell me what the good chose is I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carley

Letter from Courtney:

Well there ain't much to say but that i love you and that your the BEST DAD IN THE WORLD!!!! thank you for always being there to support me!! i love hunting and camping with you, you make it more of an adventure! i hope this year me and you can kill an elk and deer that would be such a blast!! even if we don't i will still just love spending daddy daughter time hunting!! :) I'm so glad your my dad! I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH DADDY!!!

Courtney

Shane, I love you so much!! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day.

Kearns Dance Competition

2010-05-12T09:57:00.013-06:00

Carley had her 4th and final dance competition for this year at Kearns High School on Saturday 05/08/2010. Carley loves dance competitions, me not so much. Bleachers are not very comfortable. They make my butt and back hurt. I have seen alot of improvement from the 1st competition to the last from all the dancers.

Team - Shakin' in our boots

Center

Carley highest toe touch (right)

5th from right

Carley

Jazz - Not like That

1st on left heel stretch

Lyrical - She is Love

1st on right Cheerio

Center front

A Me Day with My Girl Friends

2010-05-11T10:06:00.028-06:00

Jenn had an AWESOME plan, we take off work, go to lunch and then get a massage. Who could pass this up? Obviously not any of us, we jumped all over her AWESOME plan!

We had lunch at Mimi's Cafe. The fish taco's were better then our service. For some reason I don't think our server liked us. I find that odd because who wouldn't like us? We are polite, good looking and super funny. Oh freak..I know why she didn't like us..It's because we are good looking and super funny! (I crack myself up)

Pleshette, Me, Kimmy, KyAnn and Jenn

After lunch we went to Sego Lily for a full body massage. Massages are so relaxing that I could get one every day. One problem with that and it's a LARGE problem is I am NOT a millionaire.

Jenn and I were in the couple's room (even though we are not a couple and are both married to men) with two masseur (male massage guys). Pleshette and KyAnn shared a room with two masseuse (female massage girls) and Kimmy was in her own room with a masseuse. They didn't have a room big enough to fit us all in.

After our massages we hung around in their mediation room and talked.

I think I can say for all of us, we had a AWESOME time. Thanks for the AWESOME plan Jenn and lets do it again!

Eye's In Review

2010-05-10T08:30:00.005-06:00

As you all should know by now Pam and I went and had our eye liner tattooed on. I want you to see a day by day review on my eyes.

Before with makeup on

Before without makeup on

The next day after getting them tattooed my eyes were red, blurry and swollen. I was starting to get a black eye. I thought this was kind of cool because I have NEVER had a black eye before.

Day 1

Pam - Day 1

Did you notice how miserable I look compared to Pam?

On this day my eyes are not as red or swollen as day 1 and the blurriness has gone away.

Day 2

On this day I think I am looking better. My black eye did not pan out so it was kind of a let down, Oh well.

Day 3

As of today 05/10/2010 I still have not wore any makeup because I have black little flakes coming off (this is completely normal) and my eyes are itching like crazy.

I like it so far but I think once its 100 percent healed I will love it.

Hogle Zoo - Mothers Day 05/09/2010

2010-05-09T17:25:00.021-06:00

For Mother's Day we went to the Hogle Zoo along with every other mother out there. It was crowed but we still had fun. Almost every woman there was pregnant or just had a baby. I, of course don't fall in either of these areas because I have been fixed. YEAH for me!

My memory data bank in my brain is full so therefore I do not remember what all the animals are called. I need to find the delete button to remove some of the useless information that I am still holding on to.

Red Panda

Penguin's

Carley on Rhino

Rhinoceros

Baby Zuri and her mom Christie

Elephant

Orangutan

Gorilla

Courtney and Carley with a Camel

Carley and Courtney with a Peacock in the back ground

The zoo has two Bald Eagle's and both of them only have one wing each. There was a woman standing next to her child and said " The zoo removed one of their wings so that they don't fly away". Really...are people really that dumb?? Both Eagle's had injured wings and the wings had to be amputated. The zoo would NEVER remove the whole wing so the Eagle won't fly away.

Bald Eagle

This little monkey was looking at Carley's finger. It was so cute.

Giraffe

Snow Leopard

Some people really needs to look in the mirror before they leave their house. This outfit is NOT cute! Also, your lace is coming off.

After the zoo we went to dinner at Chipotle.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I'm so proud to be the mother of Cassie, Courtney and Carley. I love you all!!!

Eye Liner Tattoo

2010-05-06T09:27:00.031-06:00

Today 05/04/2010 Pam and I decided to get our eye liner tattooed on. Holy Shit!! We went to MariaIsabel Villalobos who is a Master Esthetician in Layton. Pam has had her eye liner tattooed before but I was a virgin. Let me clarify the statement about me being a virgin. I am a virgin when it comes to eye liner being tattooed on.

Maria pricks your head and then drops a little drop of dye to see if you are allergic to the dye. Pam and I both passed the test.

The white stuff on Pam's eye is a cream that is used to numb the eye lid. I wonder why they don't use this cream when you go to a tattoo parlor?

I was going to pass out if I kept watching so that's why I only got four pictures of Pam. I don't do good at the sight of blood, or watching someone go through pain. Call me a wuss if you want but I like to think it's because I'm tender hearted.

Now it's my turn.WOW...HOLY SHIT...THIS FREAKIN HURTS!! This pain is not like my other tattoo's I have had. I would like you all to think that I am tough but really I wasn't! I thought Pam was kind of a boob until I got on the table. Oh hell no, she was tough compared to me!

Maria kept telling me to hold still. I tried really really hard. Its was super hard!! I wanted to shut my eye and Maria could lift my eye lid up but she told me I had to keep my eye open.

This is my Gene Simmons look. I totally rock this look!!

MariaIsabel Villalobos

Carley's Dance Pictures

2010-05-05T13:48:00.008-06:00

Carley's dance pictures at Rhythm Works Dance Studio.

What a BEAUTIFUL young lady!

Tooth Fairy Rip Off!

2010-05-04T09:42:00.010-06:00

Carley lost a tooth on Saturday 05/01/2010 and on Sunday 05/02/2010. The tooth she lost on Saturday was at her dance competition and the Tooth Fairy left her $1.00.

I guess that one dollar was not enough because Carley wrote on the plastic bag to the Tooth Fairy "will you please give me 2 dollars"?

Carley woke up Monday morning to find that the Tooth Fairy only left her $1.00. Boy was she mad! She came into our bedroom and said " The Tooth Fairy is a rip off!! You don't even get what you want!! I asked for $2.00 and she only gave me $1.00!!"

In the Tooth Fairy defense:

Maybe she only had $1.00.
Maybe that's the going rate.
Maybe she doesn't know how to read.
Maybe the economy has affected her also.

Let's not get upset with the Tooth Fairy. After all she is a Wonderful, Beautiful, and Caring Tooth Fairy ever!!

Grandpa John Moe

2010-05-03T10:31:00.023-06:00

Since we was in Provo for Carley's dance competition we went to the cemetery to see my Grandpa John's head stone. I have not been there since he died. I am not one who goes to the cemetery to visit because it makes me think about death and not living. I don't think that I have ever been to a cemetery without crying so I choose to visit in my heart and in my mind.

His head stone is amazing! It's Beautiful! I have never seen an anchor head stone before. I love it!

I do NOT have to be related by blood to have the most MAGNIFICENT Grandpa! And he does not have to be related by blood to have the most magnificent Granddaughter! Ha Ha.

I remember how he always was drinking coffee, 24/7. Maybe that's where I got it from. See the cup of coffee in his hand?

I miss the time that we would spent together! I miss talking to you! but most of all I MISS YOU!

Grandpa John, I love you!

Provo Dance Competition

2010-05-02T17:20:00.015-06:00

Carley had a dance competition at Provo High School. We had to wake up at 5:00 am to get ready and be down there by 8:00 am. We was done by 1:30 pm, YEAH!!! Carley dances in 4 dances.

Jazz Dance - Not Like That

Carley is the second one standing

Our teams dressing room was the wrestling room so the girls had a blast playing around.

Carley, Sarah Child and Sara Larsen

Carley and Sara Larsen

Carley and Grace

Grace Larsen

Lyrical - She is Love

Me and Courtney

Courtney and Emily Child

Megan Adams

My Daddy

2010-04-30T18:30:00.007-06:00

So today my niece Tealyn posted a photo album called "Little Tae" on facebook. It had two pictures of my dad in their. These pictures brought me to tears. I miss him so much! There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about him or share one of his stories. Shane and I are always talking about the things he would say or do. Literally every day something reminds me of my dad.

My dad died July 26, 1995 from the treatment for cancer. I remember my dad telling me the cancer will not kill him, the treatment will! And it did! The last couple years of his life was really hard. He had suffered a lot, more then anyone else I know. He was a very strong husband and father. I will always look up to him and I can't wait until I am with him again!

Dad, I love you! You are my hero!

Taelyn and My Dad

Dad, Mom and Taelyn

The Nature Conservancy - 4th grade Field Trip

2010-04-28T11:43:00.024-06:00

Carley had her 4th grade field trip at The Nature Conservancy in Layton and I had the pleasure of going with them. Carley is in a 4th/5th split class so her teacher was not able to attend.

Wing and Water Field Trip was developed to help students understand the importance of migratory bird habitat at the Great Salt Lake.

Carley

I only had two other kids in our group besides Carley. I love small groups! Our group was called the Snowy Plovers and our guide was Bruce.

Trenton Wendt, Ashlyn Parker and Carley

The wind was blowing about 40MPH (I'm not over exaggerating either) and it was kind of cold. We was able to see a Sand Hill Crane, some Geese and this Duck. We heard some frogs but didn't see them.

Green Head Mallard Duck

You walk along the boardwalk in an exploration of the wetland habitat, plants and animals.

Carley thought the field trip was very interesting and really loved it. I loved just being with her.

On the Adult Supervisor's Guide sheet they gave to us volunteer's it says to refrain from OVER-SOCIALIZING. I find this statement strange because I would NEVER OVER-SOCIALIZE!

99 Nail

2010-04-27T07:58:00.011-06:00

Jenn and I decided to have cute toe nails for summer. So we went to 99 Nail (not nails with an "S') because Kimmy goes there and loves it.

Here is the break down:
We paid $50.00!! Yes, you read right. FIFTY FREAKIN DOLLARS!!!!

Why you ask, because we got riped off! Yes, riped off!!

Here's the story
KyAnn and Pleshette had went earlier in the day and said " We went and got our toes done, they are so cute! They rubbed our feet a "little". We had them painted zebra print. It was only $30.00" (this quote is very important for my story). Did you notice I put quotes inside of a quote? It's because the word "Little" is so important in my story.

Before

Jenn and I picked out a cute zebra print to have painted on our toes and the fine folks at 99 Nail began working on us. We were the last appointment of the day so I didn't find it odd that they didn't rub our feet a "little".

Tom working on my toes.

I don't know the girls name that did Jenn toes, so I'm just going to call her "Little Girl" because she was so tiny.

Little Girl doing Jenn toes.

I was telling Jenn that this is where Kimmy goes. Tom who was listening to our conversation said "Kim and Angie"? I said "Yes, Kim and Angie. We want our toes cute like theirs". Now I'm super confident that our toes are going to be just like Kimmy's.

Jenn and Me

Jenn "What do we owe?"
Tom after speaking Chinese to the Little Girl says " $50.00"
Jenn "Together?"
Tom "Each"

I fell on the floor!! Then I proceeded to tell Tom about KyAnn and Pleshette only paying $30.00. He told me that the zebra print, and the gel coat was extra..Hmm, why don't tell you that ahead of time?

I called Kim to see what see pays. Guess what, she only pays $25.00!

Kimmy, Angie, KyAnn and Pleshette got pedicures with their toes painted not acrylic with a gel top coat.

Kimmy, KyAnn, Jenn, Pleshette and Me

But our toes look cute.

Successful Draw

2010-04-23T12:24:00.005-06:00

Shane finally drew out for Archery Bull Elk in the Monroe Mountains. He has been putting in for this hunt for 9 years and now that he drew out he has to wait another 5 years before he can put in again. If history repeats itself Shane would be 54 years old before he does this hunt again.

We love the Monroe Mountains and now we will be spending a lot more time down there this summer so Shane can scout and become very familiar with the area. This is a win win situation for all of us. The pictures on the side of my blog of Darrell, Gunner, and Dori were taken at the Monroe Mountains.

Shane also drew out for Archery Buck Deer, Statewide.

Shane really wants one of these.

Courtney drew out for the Rifle Buck Deer, Northern. Since this is a youth tag she can hunt all three seasons and use that seasons weapon. This is her very first year hunting big game. She has her own bow but not a high powered rifle. Don't worry, I have one she can use.

Courtney really wants one of these.

I told Courtney that if she kills a deer we will have it mounted for her, no matter what size. She is so EXCITED! Me on the other hand, did NOT draw out for anything. I put in for the Bull Moose, North Slope. Maybe next year.

Administrative Professionals Day

2010-04-21T13:21:00.005-06:00

Today is Administrative Professionals Day. Kris and Dave sang "Happy Administrative Professional Day" to me. I don't even know that a song existed for this day. They also gave me four gift certificates. This is all super weird to me because they have never done this before.

WHATS UP????

But thanks!!

Mom Adams' Birthday

2010-04-20T15:54:00.012-06:00

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday dear Mom...Happy Birthday to you!!!

You say it's your birthday...It's my birthday too...NOT REALLY..

Today, Shane's mom turns 66 years young and we think she looks MAR-VEL-OUS!

Verdeen and Stan

Me, Carley, Verdeen and Stan

Stan and Verdeen

Thank you for all you do for us! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Backyard Fire

2010-04-19T13:48:00.006-06:00

One of our great investments was our fire pit. We bought it a couple of years ago for the back yard. Its nice in the spring and fall when we are not camping to sit around the fire with family or friends or both like we did on Friday. We eat, we talk and we just plain enjoy each others company. We started the night out with BBQ hamburgers and chips then moved to habanero turkey hot dogs. I think every fire needs hot dogs of some sort. No smores because I had just thawed a Burnt Almond Fudge pie.

Jenn will now demonstrate how to put a hot dog on a stick.

Why is your tongue out?

Why the smirk?

Now, Pam will demonstrate how to put a hot dog on a stick.

It looks like Pam is planning something EVIL!

Pam really loves hot dogs.

We have good neighbors to the back of us which makes it easy to have friends and family over.

Hippies

2010-04-16T11:26:00.018-06:00

When I was a little girl I wanted my mom and I to run away and become hippies. I wanted a pink and purple van with big flowers on it. I would beg her all the time and she would tell me that we can't but the sad thing is I don't remember why.

This is the closest picture I could find to my dream van.

For some crazy reason I started to think about it and posted it on facebook. Here are the comments that I've received.

Theresa Gleason Adams has always wanted a pink and purple van with big flowers on it. I wanted to run away and become a hippie

Wed at 5:41pm Only Friends · Comment ·Like Unlike · View Feedback (10)Hide Feedback (10)

Penny Crittenden Stewart likes this.

KyAnn Bradshaw Checketts
I'm in! Let's do it!
Wed at 5:52pm ·

Carley Adams
can i drive! hehehe
Wed at 6:14pm ·

Courtney Adams
ill go where we runnin away too? :)
Wed at 6:21pm ·

Josh Brotzman
U Damn Hippies!!!!
Wed at 6:23pm ·

Angela Esteves-Scribner
You couldn't survive as a hippie...KyAnn couldn't either! No make up, natural hair color, hairy pits and legs...YUCK!
Wed at 7:57pm ·

Jeff Sanda
So you ran to us to live the dream! I'm still mad at U..
Wed at 9:04pm ·

Rachelle Clements Joseph
Its never too late to live your dream Theresa!!
Yesterday at 8:13am ·

Penny Crittenden Stewart
Foe some reason I can see this! LOL.......
Yesterday at 12:36pm ·

Burke Tice
sounds like my work van
Yesterday at 5:23pm ·

Now I will reply to the comments but only on my blog:

KyAnn - I agree with Angela, I don't think you could handle it. No science fairs!
Carley - Yes, you can drive but we will have to take the back roads because you don't have a drivers licence.
Courtney - I will count you in. I think Oregon or Washington will be a nice place for us to become hippies. They are very natural up there.
Josh - Love and Peace bro.
Angela - The only thing I would have a hard time with is the hairy pits but I am sure over time I could get use to it.
Jeff - WHAT??
Rachelle - Your right!
Penny - Me too.
Burke - LUCKY!

The picture below could totally be me. I think I would make an AWESOME hippie. I could totally rock the Crystal Gayle hair and I already look smokin hot in glasses.

My dogs could even be hippies. If this dog was black it could totally be Gunner.

Shane said he is all for us becoming hippies. YEAH..to bad it's not still the 70's.

Peace

Las Vegas day 1 - 04/09/2010

2010-04-12T12:05:00.061-06:00

VEGAS..BABY!
The Adams' and Thomas' decided to head to Las Vegas for spring break. We arrived the night of 04/08/2010 extremely tired. We stayed at Circus Circus.

After we checked into the hotel we went to the midway to watch one of their "World Class Circus Acts" (the quote is from Circus Circus, not me).

Friday was 80 degrees and we were lovin the weather. We ALL wore shorts or capri's and the girls wore flip flops for the first time this year. HUGE MISTAKE!!

Water fountain outside the Venetian

Mike, Jenn, Me and Shane

Carley, Maddie, Courtney, Austin and Cassie

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

I was trying to kiss Harrison Ford and Jenn was trying to look into his eyes, we both failed!

Me, Harrison Ford and Jenn

Maddie, Harrison Ford and Carley

Austin, Whoopi Goldberg and Cassie

Maddie, Whoopi, Carley and Cassie

Jenn, Whoopi, Me and Courtney

This was a real man posing like Yoda. If you want a picture with him you have to tip him. I told Shane if we lose our jobs we could move to Las Vegas, he and Carley could play the guitar, Cassie and Courtney could dress up and I would sell water for $1.

Yoda

M&M Store

We watched the 3D movie - I lost my "M" in Vegas and stole the 3D glasses. Yes, you read right, we stole them.

Shane and I

Me, Red M&M and Courtney

Coke Store

Really had nothing cool in it but we posed with the Coke Bear. Cassie was too cool to get in the picture and Shane didn't hear us yell his name.

Mike, Jenn, Carley, Maddie, Austin, Me and The Coke Bear

Can you tell who and where the real person is?

It's me!! I'm the 4th butt from the left. I know its was hard to tell.

Carley found this shirt and wanted a picture by it but was afraid to stand by herself so I posed with her.

Carley and I

Outside the Mirage, a gold statue of Siegfried and Roy with a White Lion.

This was the first place we stopped to get band aids for Carley and Cassie's feet.

Treasure Island show Sirens of TI

By the end of the day this is what my feet looked like. OUCH!!!!! I wore flip flops, Stupid Me!!
Can you see that my toes are all swollen?

Tomorrow will be a great!

Las Vegas day 2 - 04/10/2010

2010-04-12T12:05:00.060-06:00

We started off the 2nd day with sore feet so we decided we would drive more and walk less. Our first stop, after coffee was MGM Grand.

Courtney, Me, Carley, Shane and Cassie

Rain Forest Cafe
I think maybe this Dragonfly should be my next tattoo.

This big snake was trying to eat Courtney! Don't worry, I was there to save her!

Courtney and the Snake

Holy crap!!! Why does everything want to eat Courtney?

Courtney and the Iguana

Carley, kissing the Iguana

Here are the Lion and Lioness

The Statue of Liberty outside the New York New York.

We are outside of the Riviera posing like the Crazy Girls. Jenn said and I quote "stick your butts out". Why was I the only one that listened?

HOLY BIG BUTT!!!

Jenn, Maddie, Carley, Me and Courtney

REALLY...Mike and Shane look like they are enjoying themselves. This picture should not surprise anyone.

Le Reve at the Wynn was the highlight of our trip. Carley thought the show was called "liver". We sat on the first row (splash zone), seats 1 thru 9. These are the only pictures I have of the show because cameras are prohibited. I took these after the show walking out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_R%C3%AAve_(show)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45SW5LdYGZ0

Carley and I both caught carnations that were thrown at the end of the show.

After Le Reve we had an SUV limo take us down to Fremont Street. Courtney, Carley and Maddie saw their first transvestite.

The Fremont Experience show was KISS.

We found another limo to take us back to the hotel.

Cassie, Shane, Me, Courtney, Maddie, Carley, Mike, Austin and Jenn

I had to sit on the floor.

On our way home from Las Vegas the next morning. Carley loves Courtney!

We had an AWESOME time in Las Vegas!

39 and Playing Twister

2010-04-07T09:33:00.024-06:00

It was Shayla Checketts' 6th birthday party that I played twister for the very first time. I am 39 years old and have NEVER played twister before! WOW, I sure missed out on a lot of fun when I was younger.

KyAnn, Pleshette, Jenn and I

You can only see Pleshette's leg in this picture.

Nice, butt shot!

We had so much fun that the kids wanted to try.

Courtney, Carrie, Paizleigh and Maddie

Carley and Shayla

Then we put on a weird crochet-bead thing on our head.

KyAnn and Carley

We found a fish costume that KyAnn had made for Halloween and of course we had to try it on. I will be completely honest, I didn't know that KyAnn was so talented when it comes to sewing.

Carley

Jenn

KyAnn

I am pretending to swim.

We also had a very nice BBQ dinner.

Thanks for the invite!

Hunting For Eggs

2010-04-06T08:41:00.013-06:00

So why is it that on Easter we color and hide eggs? Eggs come from chickens and the Easter Bunny is a bunny. Bunny's do NOT lay eggs. So I did my research and here is what I found.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg

My blog is also very educational, don't you think?

We went over to mom Adams' house on Easter for a wonderful Easter dinner and a Easter egg hunt. Cassie helped grandma color and fill the eggs and the Child family hid them. Garret and Ben had to write down where they hid the eggs because every year there are a couple of eggs not found. Each grandchild had to find 21 eggs.

One of Courtney's eggs

One of Carley's eggs

Shane and I

Courtney, Carley and Sarah

Courtney

Cassie thinks she is too old to find Easter eggs.

Easter in Moab

2010-04-04T15:07:00.030-06:00

This year for Easter we went to Moab with the Thomas'. As usual we had a freakin blast! We set up camp away from other people so the dogs can run and we can listen to music without being bothered. The dogs had found a ball and played catch until their feet were bloody raw. Look at Gunners nose from getting the ball when it lands in the dirt.

Gunner

Gene Simmons and I are twins who were separated at birth. Can you see the resemblance? HINT: Our tongue's are the same length.

Me, Darrell and Dori

Look at Jenn's hat on Shane's head. Can you say "too small"?

Shane and Jenn

Shane and lumber Jack Mike

Carley, Maddie, Courtney and Austin

Carley jumping the RZR

Courtney jumping the RZR

Austin jumping the RZR

After Austin got done jumping the RZR he went and did donuts. The RZR ended up on its side. Good news, it was the throttle that got stuck so it was not his fault. Mike is thinking about calling Polaris and having them recalled. KIDS WE ARE NOT STUPID!

We are on the way to the Green River.

Jenn and Mike

Me, Courtney and Maddie

Me and Carley

The Thomas fam-dam-ily

Shane is now jumping the RZR and I am stress that something is going to break. I am NOT a DAREDEVIL. I am kind of a scared baby!

Mike with Jenn jumping the RZR

To sum up the Moab trip...Mike makes the BEST bloody Mary's

Easter

2010-03-31T18:04:00.016-06:00

I have so many fond memories of Easter from my child hood.

I remember when the Easter Bunny would visit our house he/she (I'm unsure of the Easter Bunny's gender) would hide our baskets and send us on a scavenger hunt. My brother Mike and I would go from place to place looking for our next clue. Once we found our baskets we would sort though our candy and place it in nice little piles in our baskets.

When I was a little older and wiser I would spend Easter with my Grandpa John. For those of you who don't know we adopted each other. John and Franny Moe were unable to have children and my grandparents died when I was a baby (some before I was born). Grandpa John would always cook a huge Easter dinner for my parents and we would eat it in his enclosed patio (one of my favorite rooms). I loved shopping and preparing the meal with him. He was a fantastic cook and included me in every aspect. I love and miss him dearly! John and Franny are in heaven keeping my daddy company.

I hope my children will have fond memories of their special holidays.

Cassie, Carley and Courtney

Courtney

Courtney's favorite egg

Carley

Carley's Favorite egg

Cassie

Cassie's favorite egg

Easter is one of my favorite holidays.

Pictures of Me

2010-03-31T08:34:00.013-06:00

I usually hate all the pictures of me. I have to take 50 pictures to get 1 that is ok...just ok. Today was the exception, at least I think so. I took 3 pictures and I like all 3 of them. I hope I don't sound conceded.

They might have been even cuter if someone else would have taken them..Who knows??

I wonder if Shane regrets buying me a little camera that fits in my purse?

Cosmetology Certificate

2010-03-30T16:21:00.004-06:00

Look at what Cassie received in the mail today!

Certificate of Completion

Now, on to the state boards! Good Luck Cassie!! You can do it!!

Shark Sitting

2010-03-30T07:59:00.014-06:00

I had the weirdest dream last night. I was shark sitting! For those of you who don't know this,

I am deathly afraid of sharks!

As a child I had the following fears:

That a shark would come out of the toilet and bite my butt.
If the toilet was by the bath tub a shark would jump out of the toilet into the bath tub and eat me.

So why would I agree to shark sit? This question still bothers me.

Every time I think of a shark this is the picture that comes to my mind

Anyways, I put the shark in our swimming pool.

Fact: I don't have a swimming pool.

Then the shark ate 1 of our 3 cats.

Fact: I only have 1 cat.

Gunner, our dog was laying in the pool and the shark bit him. I had to rush him to the vets so he could get stitches. When the vets shaved him he shrunk.

Fact: Gunner will not shrink when you shave him.

My alarm went off and I woke up.

WTF
Please don't ever ask me to shark sit. I will have to tell you HELL NO!

Davis High Dance Competition

2010-03-29T11:32:00.010-06:00

Carley had her first dance competition with Rhythm Works Dance Studio on Saturday. She was MAR-VELOUS!!! I think our girls got their rhythm from me. Yeah, I am sure of it! I'm one hell of a dancer!

This is their show routine called Shakin' In Our Boots. They took 2nd place.

Carley is the 5th one

Carley is the 4th one

Carley, Sara and Grace Larsen.

Grace, Carley and Sara

Carley is the one pretending to kiss the girl whos thumbs are up.

Carley dances with her cousins Sarah Child, Maddie Adams and Megan Adams also. I should have gotten a picture of them also, SILLY ME! next time.

Kimmy and I

We were at Davis High school for 12 hours. Our BUTTS hurt!!!

I Got My First Real Hawaiian Lei

2010-03-26T10:06:00.015-06:00

Look what I got.

It's my first Hawaiian Lei from Kimmy who just got back from Hawaii with her family. I love it, it's very pretty!

Here I am posing with my real Hawaiian Lei

I took the pictures myself. Can you tell?

Kim also gave me a thimble. My friends always tease me that all it would take is a thimble worth of alcohol to change me. WRONG!!! SO WRONG!!!

Nope, NOT CHANGED!!! They were WRONG!!

I also got a Hawaiian skirt.

But it didn't fit so I put it on my head to look like a scary lion.

Did I scare you?

Thanks so much, Kim Larsen and family! I missed you!

Warrior Of The Week

2010-03-25T19:07:00.007-06:00

Courtney made Warrior Of The Week for West Point Junior High School. Yeah, Courtney!

I probably should have rotated this before adding it to the blog. What can I say, still learning.

Courtney and her certificate

Good Job!! We are so proud of you!

D.A.T.C. Good Bye!!!!!!!!

2010-03-25T17:36:00.006-06:00

Today was Cassie's official last day of cosmetology. Yeah, Cassie!

Hours Completed - CHECK
Test Passed - CHECK
Un-Enrolled - CHECK

Kim And Cassie

Kelly, Cassie and Cheryl

Cassie has scheduled her state boards for March 31st and April 1st.

Good Luck!! You can do it!!

Pie In My Face

2010-03-24T11:47:00.022-06:00

I am sitting at work today with nothing to do but waste time. I know this surprises all of you because we all know what a SUPER HARD worker I am. So I thought since I am at work I should blog about work then it would be considered working..correct??? CORRECT!

One of our owners thought it would be great to have Casey Scott with Channel 2 News come in to do a segment on us.

Casey Scott and I

I told everyone that I was NOT, let me repeat myself, I was NOT going on camera!! I heard that the camera adds 10 pounds to you and I didn't need any more weight added! Well, to make a long story short I ended up on camera.

Click on date below to watch the video
Friday, January 22, 2010

As you can see in the video Casey and I were playing rock, paper, scissors. The loser would get a pie in the face. Before we went on air Casey told me what he was going to do for the first two and I had to flat out get the third one by myself. I took notes, I wrote it on my hand so that I would not forget. Did any of you notice before we started the game that I looked at my left hand? I did not want to lose! I did not want a pie in my face! I did not want to be on camera! Guess what, I lost! Everything I did not want to happen, happened.

The very last segment Casey wanted us to throw 30 pies at him. As you can see we also threw them at each other.

Me, Casey, Mark (Par) and Kris

It turned out to be a FUN morning after all!

Is It I-Da-Ho or You-Da-Ho??

2010-03-22T07:53:00.039-06:00

Its IDAHO, ya'll..

As an Adams' and Thomas' tradition we survived our March Lava trip. We love going to Lava in March because you don't have the crowds or the family reunions but you still get the weirdo's.

Our first night by the fire. I think Jenn and I look happy, don't you agree?

I am teaching Jenn how to open her eyes wide.

One of the stores that is a must visit is Dempsey Creek. They have the best rings. The guy on the floor must have been a little too tired to stand or... is he too drunk??

The hot pots are always nice in March because it's not too hot outside so the water is enjoyable. The man in his banana hammock was very proud of himself and wanted all of us to be proud too.

We weren't!!

Walking down the street we found this car that wanted us to know that they will be LDS4EVR. GO YOU!!

This is Shane at Shanes Service

The Royal...We have NEVER gone to Lava without eating here. They have the best salad, pizza and beer in Idaho.

Shane, Carley and Mike

Cassie, Maddie, Jenn and I

Jenn, Me, Alex Suzuki and Peyton Brown

Katiee Noble and Paizleigh Brown

Pleshette and Timmy

Did you notice shette is flipping off Courtney who is taking the pictures?

Morgan's friend and Morgan (Tim's daughter)

Carley and Maddie

Tim

Shane

Shane is drinking apple juice..hahahaha...really??? nope!!!

Courtney and Austin

To sum up the trip...Jenn and I are always happy!!

Am I Too Vain?

2010-03-18T09:52:00.017-06:00

This is Cassie's last week at cosmetology school after enduring 2 1/2 years of DATC hell! I decided to go in and get my legs waxed, my eyebrows and eyelashes tinted and my hair trimmed.

Why is it that I put myself through pain to look good? Hmmm, well getting waxed is pain that is short lived and I consider myself a tough individual. (I don't know if Shane would agree but this is my blog so I am writing things the way "I" see them.)

OUCH!

Look how big my eyebrows look. I look like Charlie Chaplin, don't you think?

I love having my eyelashes tinted.

I was Cassie's last female hair cut at school.

Cheryl, pictured below was Cassie's favorite teacher. Can you tell this picture was totally a POSED for picture?

I am so proud of Cassie! YEAH, you did it!!

Pictures That I HEART

2010-03-16T20:03:00.016-06:00

I had to post these pictures, I Heart them!

KyAnn, Me, Kim

This picture is my FAVORITE!

Sara and Grace

Shayla

A Clunker No More

2010-03-16T09:18:00.013-06:00

Cassie finally bought her a new car, well new to her anyways. She is the proud owner of a 2007 Chevy Cobalt. She got a killer deal and did the loan ALL on her own.

She has a lot of stupid rules though, some for example are:

If we go out to eat we must air out before we sit back down in the car
If we are getting takeout it must be placed in the trunk.

Here she is making some pasties to hang from her rear view mirror. She said mine are gross and every time she looks at them she vomits in her mouth. So why is she making her own?

Disney On Ice

2010-03-15T12:31:00.027-06:00

On Saturday March 13th we took the girls to see Disney on Ice for the very first time. I want you all to know that Cassie is 19, Courtney is 14, and Carley is 9 years old and they have NEVER been to Disney on Ice before. It's because I am CHEAP! I am not afraid to say "I AM CHEAP!! " KyAnn was able to get us tickets for $14.00 each, regular price was $30.00.

We went early to see the princess' and you really only get to "see" them. You can't have your pictures taken with them you just get to look at them. There was only two princess'.

This is our cute little family.

This is the Checketts' family, minus Jill, Paige, Carrie and Mike.

This is the Larsen family, minus Stockton.

The best part was Cars. The girls love Mater, like Tow-Mater, minus the Tow.

Mater is a good ol' boy with a big heart and the only tow truck in Radiator Springs. Mater runs Tow-Mater Towing and Salvage and manages the local impound lot. Mater has lived in Radiator Springs his whole life. In his younger days, he used to be a real handful around town, playing pranks on everyone, tippin' tractors, saying inappropriate things at the wrong time, but luckily he's matured a lot since then.
Though a little rusty, he's the quickest towrope in Carburetor County and is always the first to lend a helping hand. He's the heart and soul of Radiator Springs, and doesn't have a mean bolt on his chassis. Mater sees the bright side of any situation and was the first to befriend Lightning, who he now considers his best friend!

The girls and I being Goofy.

Quotable Quote: "No need to watch where I'm goin'. Just need to know where I've been!"