Makenzie's First Day of All Day School

This is Makenzie's first day of school, and we were almost late for it. She got ready in record speed and hardly ate anything for breakfast. I think she was too excited.

Waiting in a line for the bus. Makenzie was not sure what to do, so here she is hanging out in the back of the line watching the other kids. The kids on the bus stop are really nice to Kenzie.

Makenzie and her friend Indie

Austin was sad (or jealous) to see Kenzie leave for the day. He has to stay with the crazy lady (me) all day while she gets to go someplace more exciting.

She was so excited to get the heck of the house, look at how fast she's trying to get on the bus for the first time. So far, Makenzie is loving school.

Brewer Family Reunion 2009

Austin Getting Soaked by COLD water and loving it.

Jeremiah got into a water fight with the bigger boys

Jacob, Jeremiah, & Jennifer

The cousins at the Pioneer Day Parade

Shaeylnn Cooling off in her own version of the swimming pool

Makenize actually eating

Water fight

Jeremiah and Jennifer at the Parade

Elder Roth is Home!

We picked up Jordan Friday night and since then he's been released, given his church talk
(which was awesome), and he's gone out with friends. Our family is so excited to see him again. He's been over to the Johnson house quit a bite and he can keep staying! I can't believe how polite and absolutely pleasant it is to be around him. After two years we will have a lot to catch up on. Welcome home Elder Roth!

Austin's Stay with Uncle Jared

Austin got to stay with Uncle Jared Friday night! Here are some pictures of what they did.

8 year wedding anniversary-Las Vegas Trip

Jeremiah and I went to Las Vegas for two nights this week for our Anniversary. Although we missed the kids, we didn't miss them too much! They were in good hands, we really appreciate Tammie and my mom for watching them while we were gone. Overall, this was a good break for us. I don't think we've been alone on a trip for years. The first day Jeremiah planned a brutal schedule (typical). The morning started with all the roller coaster and rides he could find. He didn't stop until I couldn't walk.

The Strip

Jeremiah before the Treasure Island Show

Jeremiah giving his dollar to the huge slot machine...here you go.

I think the employee who helped me locate this in his casino thought I was nuts when he found out we only came in to see the Golden Nugget. Here it is....yeah! Jeremiah was excited about this.

The lion's den at the Mirage.

Jeremiah on the Strip waiting for the bus

Us on the top of the Stratosphere waiting to board some crazy stupid ride.

Another ride photo opportunity. This ride dangled your body over the 1,100 foot tall building and spun you around. Once was enough for me, not for Jeremiah. This was the ride that did it in for me. Needless to say, we gave up the rides after this.

Jeremiah's Photo Shoot

We have been working on Mountain Man Trees Web site for a ridiculously long time. I'm hoping that it will be up soon. Here are some pictures I took with my friends AMAZING camera for the site. We removed two large pine trees with a crane. I am really happy with how these pictures turned out. You can even see the specs of sawdust.Looks can be deceiving, this dangling chunk of wood weights several thousand pounds. The crane operator was psyched out the whole time (I think this was his first day to operate the big crane). It takes mad skills to judge how heavy a section of log is. The crane can only handle 5,000lbs. This crane was fully extended to reach into the backyard.

Jeremiah's giving the thumbs up

Tying the knots into the tree

The crane operator is lowering the ropes

Jeremiah's Photo Shoot

Here is a picture of Dave....I 'd like to think that he was a fan coming to see a superstar, but he was just delivering Jeremiah's stump grinder teeth. He has an awesome service. I mean, who personally delivers product and has resonable prices these days? Dave is a life saver. He reminds me of a life line on one of thoes game shows. Whenever our equipment brakes down (which, for some reason, happens frequently) we can call Dave and he'll come help.

Look, SAWDUST!

I'll be the fan

Summer

Motorcyle Poodle

Kenzie and I were giving bids one day when we saw this guy along the freeway. Normally, I'm the recipient of a forwarded e-mail with a similar photo. I don't know what keeps the dog in the crate. It's just amazes me to see a tough, leathered out, biker dude with a poodle in the back. Sorry for the poor quality photo, you'll have to click to enlarge to fully apprecaite the scene.

Filling the Pool

This is what Bahama Blue looks like. We came home from church and tip toed into the pool. To our surprise, pool paint makes the floor super slippery. Kenzie was the first to slip into the pool with her church dress on. This was a fun night.

Painting the pool was a CHORE! The paint thickens as you go, which makes it difficult to even roll. When we were half way done, after about an hour, our cat Jack chased a mouse on a high speed pursuit down the pool stairs and into the paint. He was immediately side tracked from his prey and jumped out of the pool...leaving behind blue cat prints all over our cool deck. It took him a month to clean off all the thick blue paint from his paws...serves him right. It took a couple of hours after that to finish painting and trying to clean up paw prints.