I'm back!!

For those of you who haven't given up on me, these are for you.......

Here is a run down of what we've been up to the last 5 months!!

Jayden wrestling his first match. Jayden did much better on the mat

than at practice, we were pleasantly surprised..

Fun for Jayden's 8th Birthday. We took him bowling as a

family and he invited one friend, Tyler Kidd.

For spring break the kids and I went to Seattle for the first time

in 3 1/2 yrs. This was the first time ALL 21 grandchildren have

been together at one time. It was a mad house but also a lot of fun. We went to the Great Wolf Lodge (HUGE indoor water park) with my family. It would have been perfect if Jay was there with us and if Cache was a yr or two older. He was pretty clingy, but what can I say, he loves his mom. When we visit familyit makes me wish we lived closer, not in Seattle though. We also saw G & G Harmon.They took us to Chuck E Cheese for Jayden and Cache's birthdays, then on Sunday we went to church with them and celebrated with Cake and Ice Cream.

These are just a few of the Biddulph/Penz cousins.

This is all of them!!!!!

I can't believe I am old enough to have a kid in cub scouts. Jayden is

really excited to be involved. This was at his "Pinewood Derby" activity. I think next year he will be a lot more in to it now that he knows what it's like. He came in 4th, not too bad.

Cache's 3rd Birthday

He has grown up so fast. Of course it's fun seeing him

tag alone with Jayden and Aleah and want to do what they do, yet it's

going too fast considering he is our last..

Jayden recieved an award at school for greatest improvement in his writing.

His teacher Mrs. Ellis calls him her "3rd grade writer" Jayden is pretty

proud of that and he should be, he works really hard.

Jayden's baptism

Wow, this kid is a spiritual giant. He amazes me with the

questions and comments he has to say about the gospel. We've

had some pretty cool talks!!!!

Some of the Harmon family that were able to make it to Jayden's

baptism along with my Dad and Saundra.

Easter started out with coloring eggs with Teyah and Ryder

Longtin.

Aleah thought it would be pretty neat to have both the Easter bunny and

the Tooth fairy to come visit.

Easter Morning before church. Cache wasn't wanting to

cooperate for the pictures, he was having a bad morning.

After church

Not sure what they were trying to be. But it was still cute.

Kids wanted to play hide-n-seek and this is where I found them.

Another season of baseball. This year is Coach pitch, no more T-ball.

(well, until Aleah or Cache want to play)

Until next time......... I'm not promising any dates.......

Harmon Home

Typical night at our house. Every night the kids beg Dad to wrestle with them.They've got hurt a few times, but so has DAD!!!

Running in Winter Wonder Land

Last night the kids and I went to Stocker Stadium for a city track meet. We've never done anything like this before and the kids LOVED it ( I did too). Here is a clip of Cache finishing the 200 meter (1/2 lap of the track). He really enjoyed himself. He was all smiles. It was hilarious.

I also took video of Jayden and Aleah, just not sure what happened to it. Here are some shots of the race. Forgive the photographer, some of these pictures are horrible. Santa even came to cheer on the kids, oh and hand out candy canes.

Tyler and Jayden Aleah

Cache
Jayden & Aleah
Waiting for the next race

Cache and Carson

Everyone that participated. There weren't as many as usual, It was an extra chilling night.

Yeah, Santa..

Enjoying some hot coco after they we're done with the races.

Better late than never

Jay & I have been married for 11 yrs

3 months & 2 dys.

This month we finally had the opportunity to celebrate our 10 yr

Anniversary. Like I said, "Better late than never".

Something I admire about Jay is his devotion, faithfullness and support.

He's always there to stand by your side. Even if you're the Seattle

Seahawks with a horrible record of 2 wins/ 8 loses. Yes, there is frustration and

sadness, but he WILL NOT give up on them. He is loyal!!!

So of course we started out our 8 day vacation with the Dolphin/Seahawk

game in Miami. Too bad they lost by 2, but at least they can say they put

up a good fight. I surprised myself by how much fun I had. Jay got me my

own pink jersey. It was crazy being in a crowd of

Dolphin fans and being the minority, but we had a blast!! One of my top

highlights.....
Check us out.....

Monday we climbed aboard our cruise ship in Miami.

There we sailed off into the world of relaxation.

"THE BAHAMAS"

Here are some pictures of us departing...

Nassau

This was the first Island we visited. It was beautiful, see for yourself.

Here we shopped, walked around, went to the beach and saw

some pretty crazy things that gave us some good laughs.

We took this picture for the kids to help them get a better idea

of HOW big our ship really was. They said, "Dad looks like an ant".

Can you see him? Jay swam out there pretty far. Crazy guy!

I wasn't as brave as Jay. We jumped some pretty big waves.

There were fish swimming around us, Jay tried catching

one with his hands. Good luck babe!

On the ship

Shots taken here and there during our time on

the ship.

Me, eating one of MANY ice cream cones.

At a Broadway show

Wow! Sorry ladies he's taken!

Through thick & thin, we stick together.
Dinner

"ELEPHANT"

Every night we'd come back to our room and

find mints on our pillows and an animal made out

of towels. Pretty creative.

Freeport Island

Our 2nd day out we were scheduled to spend the day

on the ship's private Island. Because of rocky waters, we were

unable to dock. Freeport was the 3rd Island we visited. Here we

went on a 13 mile bike ride around town. I got fried. Not very smart

on my part.

May I help you?

Let's get going. Follow me...

"I love my bike" This was Jay's bell on his bike.

I didn't get a bell...

I took this picture while riding my bike. I took some others

of Jay & I while riding, but Jay didn't like wouldn't

let me share. I thought they looked cool.

Our bike ride ended at the beach, where we ate lunch

and spent sometime on the beach before we went shopping

in town.

I wouldn't mind one of these in my backyard.

They're almost ready for pickin.

Good bye...

Until next time

(in another 11 yrs, year 2119)

We are sad to leave. Time to get back to the REAL world.

We loved our time together but believe it or not, we

are looking forward to being with our kids again.

They complete us!!!