Nothin like a sleeping baby!

Look at those chubby cheeks!

If you're happy and you know it, poop your pants!

This baby thing is serious business!

These pictures were fun to take, we are all having fun with our newest family member. If we wait too long to name her, we might as well wait a little longer and let her pick for herself!

I think Katelynn is feeling a little "clingy".

Some fun pics.

Family Photo...


Happy kids, not so happy mom.



Picture with Pam (our midwife)

Still in pain, but happy to have a new baby!

In the pool, having a contraction, just before the baby came.

We watched Wall-E (or however you spell it) last night, and I just realized that I look like one of the people on the movie. I told Don and he couldn't stop laughing as he scrolled down and looked at the pictures. I think he agrees. I don't think I have ever looked FATTER! I wish I could cut myself out of these photos (maybe I'll have Don photoshop a thinner me into them). I did gain a lot of weight with this pregnancy, but I have no intention of keeping any of it!

Anyway, this is what our livingroom looked like during the birth, lots of family, lots of talking, and lots of water

101... puppies?


Puppy, anyone?



Sleeping Beauty on Steroids!

Little Red Riding Hood!

Sleeping Beauty!

For one of their mutual activities, Heather's class dressed up as Disney characters and went to a children's shelter, Heather dressed up as Sleeping Beauty (in the woods), only one of the kids guessed who she was, but I think she pulled it off really well - especially with all that hair!

Jayden and Shilo came to visit us and enjoyed visiting the puppies.

Dracula? Look Ma... NO BRACES!


Billy Idol?



Aaaww, a little goat!

Cute pose.

This goat gets around!

Thanksgiving was busy as usual, but we had fun. We brought the camera but didn't manage to get more than a picture or two. But here are some cute pictures that we already had that I just uploaded to the computer. Some of the pictures are of Savanah and Heather at the Zoo with their school, and we have one of Jeff being "cool". I don't know why, but Savanah reminds me of Debbie in some of the pictures.

INTRODUCING..... okay we haven't named her yet. Name and more pictures coming soon!

Okay, so it's kinda hard to see those pics, but Don did a good job arranging them, here are some of the pictures Sam sent us from her computer (that I took), and a few more that were taken with her camera.

Current pictures of the family for Debbie's Christmas Gift! Sorry, still no name for the baby (Little Girl, 6 lbs. 10 ozs., 20 in. long, born Sunday, Nov. 2nd 2008 around 6:00AM in a birthing pool, in our living room here in Mesa, AZ)

More pictures to come (as soon as I find the camera cord!)

I finally got my web design website up and running www.CactusFlowerWebDesign.com. It will be a couple of weeks before it's perfect, and you can find it on Google. But it's there none the less! Check it out!

Heather is caught up with her schoolwork from last year, and Sam and Savanah should be caught up by Monday, so they will have a few days of summer left - just enough to get ready for next year. But it has been a valuable lesson for them - Procrastination is NOT FUN!!

Ginger is due to have her puppies tomorrow, and Button is due on the 4th, so we will be swimming with puppies when the new school year starts on Aug. 11th. I have enrolled everyone in Arizona Distance Learning, I think it will be fun - but a lot of work too!

By the way - know anyone with a computer they aren't using? I've been using either my mom's or Don's computer for the last year and I'll need one of my own for the school and for the web design business. Just can't afford a new one right now.

Heather and her new bird, Glory.


Glory is afraid of the camera (and everything
else)!


Princess after her grooming at Poochini Pet
Salon.


Pippin BEFORE he got groomed. His cut needs
to be fixed before I can add the after pictures!


Caianna with her good friend Iona Packer.

Here's the last of a few pictures for now. Or, the way they get uploaded to the blog it looks like the first.......

Heather and her Shih Tzu, Princess (Princess is
playing with Heather's necklace - really cute!)


Samantha & Heather posing for a silly picture
in their messy teenage girl bedroom!


If you didn't laugh at this picture (of Savanah),
you have serious mental problems!


Savanah & Princess posing for a sweet pic.


Say cheeeeeeeeeeeese!

Here are some fun, random pictures. Of all the gifts Savanah got for her birthday, she has never had more fun than she has had with her camera. Don and I are always sure to get a good laugh at the "silly face" pictures she takes of herself and gets others to pose for!

Panning for Gold


Looking dorky, but keeping cool!


Obstacle coarse!


BB Gun Range (Ammon got 2 bulls-eyes)!


More panning for gold - Looks like Ammon does more watching than panning!


The boys had so much fun at Day Camp in Phoenix, they had tons of activities including archery, shooting BB guns, panning for gold, an obstacle coarse, swimming and water balloon wars. The boys brought spray bottles for water guns, Don cleaned out and brought a big old soap bottle - needless to say, when they "misted us" we drenched them - that was fun!

Ammon getting into the plane for a 30 minute ride

He will even get to fly the plane for a few minutes!

Ammon shooting a bow at Father's & Son's

Now a sling-shot, he must be a boy or something!

Ammon and Dad after a long day full of fun!

I have some finishing touches (like my logo) to do on my new Shih Tzu website, but it's finally done! Click on the link to the left to see it.

I finally uploaded some new pictures (from Father's & Son's & Cub Scout's Day Camp) of Ammon and his adventures, and the rest of the kids (including some pretty funny pictures of Savanah, I'll also include some pictures of Heather's new bird and the dogs after they were groomed!