The Blackjack's

OUR SHRITS, YES WE KNOW THEY'RE COOL.....

WE HAD A BLAST AT OUR GAME.


ALTHOUGH WE GOT KILLED, HAD SOME INJURIES, POOR JOEY IS OUT 4-6 WEEKS WITH A MAJOR TEAR IN HIS LEG, WE'LL BE BETTER NEXT TUESDAY FOR OUR DOUBLE-HEADER!

Ash's Place

On Wednesday my dad and I went down to see Ashley's place and to have lunch. It's a really cute place and her room is adorable. She's happy and excited, had a great first day of school. I just thought I'd share.

Big Girls Don't Cry

I know she'll hate this picture, you can tell it was taken a couple of years ago. I'm at work on my dads old computer and that's the only picture he had. Don't worry I'm bored at work or else I would be working and not doing personal things :)


My younger sister Ashley is moving away to College. What a big girl, who does cry, and I'm sure we'll see tears tonight. She is going to UVU in Orem. She's moving in with 4 girls she already knows and is pretty close with and that leaves 2 other girls who she'll meet. That's a total of 7 18-19 year old girls living in one apartment together. What a crazy, messy, emotional, hyper, girly place that will be. She is going to school part time and working part/full time depending on her schedule. She works at Zions Bank and is called "Peak Time". I used to do this same thing. It's where you go from branch to branch depending on who needs you that day. She's been doing it here up North for a few months and has loved it. She now is finally balancing. She had problems with that when she first started.
I am going to miss her. Growing up we didn't get a long too much. She would call me Pirate Eye and I would call her Daffy Duck. I had to wear a patch because of my Amblyopia and she had a speech problem. We always would fight and call each other mean names. But truly deep down inside I'm jealous of her. She's pretty perfect. She has great style, I wish I could wear the clothes she wears, she has great hair and can do it very well, she's skinny (with a slight bulge of some hips), pretty smile, and my favorite thing is everytime you leave the house or saying goodbye on the phone Ashley ALWAYS without fail says, "Love you goodbye". I regret not saying it back everytime and Ash, if your reading this, from now on I will.
She's excited and nervous at the same time. She'll miss precious Cole and of course her family. She claims she'll be coming home every weekend to do laundry and to get meals from my mom but that will probably only last so long.
I LOVE YOU ASHLEY and you'll have a GREAT time being on your own. It was funny last week I went to my moms and on the counter was a list of what she needed to bring, etc. It also listed what she needed to buy: a laptop, more "cute" clothes, groceries, a printer, things like that. Below it she wrote something like "Moving out is going to be expensive...geez." It made me laugh. She'll grow from it, love it, hate it, and maybe will even be married in a year. You know how Provo is. Good luck Ash! No more crying, you're now a big girl.

Fish Lake....Or So They Say

We went camping with Rodger's family over this weekend. We left Friday afternoon after my cousins wedding. Congratulations to Tyler and Jessica, I wish them the best. We got picked up in SLC and headed for Fish Lake. Rodger went there many many years ago when he was a little boy and has always wanted to go back. It's about 2 hours and 45 minutes away. It's really hot in the day and freezing at night.
The Lake
Our house for the next few days.

Best purchase we've ever made. Precisely $40 bucks @ Walmart. Rodger says he's never slept better while camping. I say it's because I was right there beside him :).
Waiting for SOMETHING, ANYTHING, and also getting sunburned.
We caught nothing, except everyone even Jamie, Rodger's little sister all caught a small little Perch which they just let go. Although a nice old fisherman gave us 2 trouts and they were delicious, thanks to chef Rodger. Luckily he did because we didn't plan anything else for dinner.
We both couldn't wait to get home and showered, there's nothing I hate more than being dirty. We had a great time and hopefully next time we go we have better luck. P.S. Rodger wouldn't smile in the picture, I tried many times but this is what I got.

Softball Update

Well I forgot to bring my camera to the game....therefore no pictues. My bad. We were up the entire game and then had a bad inning and they beat us by 2. The final score was 9-11. Better luck next time, along with some pictures.

Happy Birthday Keaton!

Today is Keaton's 10th birthday! I hope he has a great day because he deserves it. One thing I love about Keat is that he is so polite and nice. I've never really seen him upset or mad at anyone. I love him very much and hope his dreams come true today. He going to be starting baseball soon and he'll be great at it.

Speaking of baseball. A few of us have gathered together and formed a Co-Ed Softball Team. What a great time it'll be. Our name is "The Black-Jacks" which includes: Joey, Chels, Rodger, Me, Lindsey, Landon, Landon's Dad, My Dad, Tony & Jess, Lydia, and a few people from Joey's work. My mom is our cheerleader along with little Indie (Tony & Jess'). We have our first game tomorrow night @ Barnes @ 9:30 and I can't wait. I'll post pictures soon.

I'm Happy To Say....

RODGER IS JOINING ME IN THE NURSERY AT CHURCH. WHAT A JOY IT WILL BE!!!

Sweet Caroline......and AVA!

OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE GIRLS: ANGELA (THE GIRLS MOM) INVITED US TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE GIRLS AT PINEVIEW LAKE.
CUTE CAROLINE
ADORABLE AVA

WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES:
SITTING ON THE TREE BRANCH WHEN THE WATER WAS TOO COLD. (MYSELF & AVA)
MAKING A SAND CASTLE. (RODGER & CAROLINE)
*SWINGING ON THE TREE
*SINGING SONGS
*JUST TALKING
*SWIMMING, BOTH GIRLS ARE LITTLE FISHES IN THE WATER.
*HAVING A BLAST
Our beautiful Sand Castle.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND LOVE HANGING OUT WITH THE GIRLS. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON! WE LOVE YOU!!!