Halloween 2009

Carving Pumpkins at Grandma Gloria's

Dalton's pumpkin was big, deep, thick and took some extra work (grandma helped him a lot!)

Alyse and Madi with their pumpkins

All the kids with their pumpkins

Dalton's turned out really good!
Alyse as Tinkerbell


Alyse and Bri had the same costumes, so they wore them the day before Halloween

Here comes Dalton the Gorilla.

These are employee's at the Haunted Forest, and one of them works for Dena, so they came and walked through the school in costume! They were SO TALL!! (and creepy!!)

Gives a good idea seeing them by the basketball hoop!

Pretty hair piece! She actually kept it in!

The next day on Halloween, Kierra and Alyse both dressed as Minnie Mouse! With a 12 year age gap between them, it is probably the first and only time this will ever happen!

The Annual Cat poop brownies!

Kierra's friend Taylor went with us to Joscelyn's house, and was probably thinking we were a pretty twisted bunch when he saw this!

Kierra and Taylor

Baby cousin Taylor as a ladybug.

Austyn Mikalauski

Caitlyn Mikalauski

Alyse loves to play in Madi's room! She even passed up trick or treating with the big kids to stay back and play! We did get her to go to about 6 houses, and she had a blast, however, she like the people's dogs more than the candy! She talked about the dogs she saw for almost a week :)

Madi the Witch

Joscelyn made a make shift family room in her basement, and the kids had fun escaping down there to play video games after trick or treating!

Braxton the........actually I don't know what he was??

Lake Powell September 2009

Lake Powell!

One of the GREATEST places on this earth!! Only about 4 hours from our house! I think EVERYONE should experience this amazing place!

Alyse loves to sleep on the floor under the dash. When we first went out on the lake she put on Dalton's "Homer" slippers, and zonked out!

Kierra wakeboarding

Driver Kim

Kierra's friend Maddy went with us!






Kim with an awesome background!

Beautiful!

Sleeping on flag duty :-)

Jumping!

Kim thinks it is the funniest thing to jump into the "whale tale" the engine puts out when your going slower!

Sleeping again!

Cliff Jumping! Kierra was up there with all the boys, jumping the biggest cliff she can find :)

On the last day in the last couple hours we were there, we found an awesome beach! Alyse LOVES the sand!!

Brigette caught this lizard and made it a sand home in a lid!!

Kelton and Dalton

Dalton loves sand

Dalton & Nick

Kierra

Haydn & Alyse

San Antonio August 2009

We went to San Antonio this weekend for Aunt Eursle's (aka Grandma Jackson to some) 90th birthday! It was a great fun celebration! We saw lots of cousins we haven't seen in ages (which I didn't want to stun them with too many camera's, so I left that to my mom, and will have to add some of her pics later.)

Aunt Eursle and Alyse

Drake

Swimming at the hotel, it was about 9 at night and was still really warm!

Bri, Kelton, Drake, Alyse & Kierra on the riverwalk.

The riverwalk boats

Grandma and Grandpa with the kids.

The Riverwalk

Alyse was so excited about the new curls in her hair, done by a guy at on of the kiosk's trying to sell us a straightner! It worked!

CUTE!!

Kierra, Alyse and I at the Alamo.

Dena, her kids didn't want to be in the picture.

Alyse posed with me

Grandma Sue

Alyse loved this horse in a local hotel as much as ANYTHING we saw at the Alamo!

Kierra and Alyse

Dena trying to cheer up the "moody" teenager! She needs her middle finger BROKEN!!

This was Alyse when we stopped at Wal-mart, so just couldn't stand anymore!

Aunt Eursle, she is such wonderful, classy 90 year old!

Cousin Rebekah and Bethany and baby Isabella

Aunt Eursle and Charlotte

Rebekah's daughters Hannah and Sarah

Alyse was so tired by the celebration she slept in my lap through most of it!

Dena read a poem she had written to Aunt Eursle for our families!

Our Tribute…..


They say her hair was black once, but it’s nothing that we know,
‘Cuz at an early age it turned as light as falling snow.
And we believe it’s just because, God had to make it clear,
That White would be the color to display his Angels Here!

She has so many titles, as she’s in so many lives,
Mother, Sister, Aunt and Friend, a Daughter and a Wife.
She’s kindly earned by years of love and her great Character,
The favorites we’ll remember most, Dear Mom and Grandmother!

Through love and life’s sheer circumstance, she took our Mother in,
And treated her as if her own, an Angel once again!
And now we have adopted, what we claim to be our own,
Our Dear Sweet Grandma Jackson is the Queen upon our throne!

Our Southern Bell example, is a Lady nothing less,
Who never looks her age and always Dresses to her best!
She always has a lunch date, people want to share her time,
Though modest in this fact, Admirors aren’t hard to find!

She’s followed us our whole lives though, from babes until we’ve grown,
When some of us were Heathens she was there to make it known!
Encouragement was needed, as we tried to find ‘The Rod’,
She’d humbly say, so full of love, ‘Let Go, and Just Let GOD!

From Coffee Breaks to Sweet Rolls, how we’ve loved her company,
Her hearty Laugh, contagious Smile and Southern Drawl ‘Ya all see!’
But keep in mind the fact, that to her Values she is true,
And put you in your place she will, Politely thru and thru!

We hope she’ll know in this life, she’s left Footprints in our souls,
Though there’s a place in heaven for rewards, where she will go.
And there we know there’s loved ones, that will wait for her return,
To them we are so grateful that they let us have OUR turn!

We value cards and letters, that we spot from far away,
Her writing is so Thoughtful, Elegant in every way!
A Backward Hug we bring to you for Sharing Graciously,
And being the person in our lives YOU didn’t have to be!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Jackson

Rebekah and her girls

Kierra, Aunt Eursle, Me and Alyse

Aunt Eursle, Grandma Sue, Lynell

Kierra LOVES Drake

Alyse and Bri hiding in the closet

Alyse looking at the fishies, she like them A LOT!!

Flying home

Alyse is the BEST traveling child EVER!

Dena reading her book!