Sky's fall pic!

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Studdly Skyler!
Can you believe this kid is already 13? WoW!

Go Snow Canyon.... Beat Dixie!!!

I know that it seems like this blog has turned into "Jaycie's soccer blog" but, I

just haven't had time to blog about much else. I will catch up one of these

days..... I have alot to catch up about! But, planning a wedding, moving, and changing jobs will

just have to wait to be blogged about! Soccer comes first!

These gorgeous soccer players are playing Dixie tonight!

More highlights to come.... tomorrow!
This is the game against Pineview! Love those lucky yellow cleats!

Jaycie heading the ball!

To quote the great John Carty.....

Fire it up SC! Let's GO!

Kids Fall Pics

It's time for fall pictures again! I'm so excited to get these printed and display them

in my new house!!

Beautiful BJ

almost 9 yrs!
Gorgeous Jaycie
16 yrs
Wow... Kylie
14 yrs

A new addition to our family!

Handsome Kody (spitting image of his father!)

11yrs

Spicy Jax

6 yrs

Skyler, Aleisha, and Shaylee still have to do theirs...

stay tuned!

Bloggin....

My cute little soon to be professional photographer (BJ) took a pic of me

Bloggin! It's a fun little hobby, and a great way to record your life!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya....Tomorrow!

My mom treated me to a fun night at Tuacahn! We took in the musical Annie!

This is our friend Jackie and her cutie patootie.... Hailey!
It was warm as usual in the red rock amphitheater... but
worth every minute! The little girl who played Molly
stole the show!
Fun night! Thanks Mommy!

Soccer Highlights 9/27/09

Last night was our first region game in our 2009 soccer season! It was great to be back with the Snow Canyon fans in the stands, fighting the blinding sun & the scorching heat, cheering on our awesome Lady Warriors! The game didn't fare out quite like we all planned, with a loss of 2-1 to the Pineview Panthers. But as you can read in the exerpt below from the Spectrum, Jaycie Shotwell added a notch to her "goal belt"! We hate to lose, but the cheerleader in me is overly excited at having scored a goal! I'm ever so proud of my girl! Keep up the great work Jaycie! On to more games, watch out.... we are just getting warmed up!

Courtesy of the Spectrum: Snow Canyon kept up the fight when Jaycie Shotwell tapped home a shot past Stone on a crossing feed with eight minutes left to slice the deficit in half, but Pine View was able to keep the ball in its offensive half over the final two minutes.

Snow Canyon Girl's Soccer 2009

Okay... so I may have stolen this picture off of another soccer mom's blog!

Thanks Tanya for the picture! I thought it was so cute, I just had to

display it while announcing that tonight is the

"FIRST 2009 REGION GIRL'S SOCCER GAME"!

We are excited for an awesome year!

Go Snow Canyon! You guys are gonna rock their soccer socks off!

The Ever Talented Brynklie

What can I say about Brynklie Jo? She is my youngest daughter, and she is amazing! Brynklie sometimes comes across shy until you get to know her. Then she shows the silly little girl that is fun to be around! Brynklie loves people! She is kind to everyone she comes in contact with and is a truly loving, considerate child! Not to mention that she is absolutely beautiful! Couldn't you just kiss every freckle on that cute little nose... and those bright blue eyes!! Am I prejudice? I don't think so! I feel very blessed to call her my own! One day recently, Brynklie came in and asked for my camera. She said she wanted to take a picture of the sunset. So I gave her my camera and went on with what I was doing! She soon came in and showed me the pictures she had taken! I was in awe! I had to go look at the beautiful sunset that she had captured in her pictures! It was breathtaking, not unlike most of our Southern Utah sunsets! She explained to me how she had to get up on the picnic table to "get the right angle" !! Clever little thing!

Below are the beautiful pictures she took! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Soccer has started!

Soccer tryouts every year are a pretty....character building experience!Anytime you'll resort to sitting in an ice bath with blocks of ice on your legs....

builds definite character!

We're ready for an exciting year of Snow Canyon soccer!

Jaycie in her awesome yellow cleats! Love those things!

It's like wearing rays of sunshine on your feet! :)Proud Soccer Mom!

Sassy Cat....

One night Jaycie came home from Soccer with a surprise!

She brought this cute little kitty home.

Well..... I'm not much for cats, so I told her that she couldn't keep it.

She asked if she could until she found it a new home.

I'm a sucker.... I said yes! So, let me just say.... this kitty who we named Sassy, was the funnest

little thing! She would hide under my bed and pounce on my feet

while I folded laundry, hiss at Taffy (and soon learned to play nice with her), and chase her tail.

She was very entertaining. We put her out during the day while we were away.

One day she just didn't come home. I have to say, I got kind of attached!

I hope that the family that she found will love her dearly!

We did for the short 2 weeks she was ours!

A short hike in Snow Canyon....

Fun in our own backyard!

The girl with the attitude!

It's so beautiful up there... just in our back yard!

We're so blessed to live in Southern Utah! Before we headed home, we stopped at the Sand Dunes and ran down the hills!

That was Brynklie's idea!

Have you ever watched your kids do something, they ask you to participate and you don't really feel like it? So you just say.... I'll just watch!

Well.... sometimes there is nothing better than to throw aside your inhibitions and

jump in with both feet! Let your inner child out!

So fun!

Xynchec; a fun card game to play with friends and family....

Okay... I totally don't know if that's actually how you spell the name of this card game, but

it's a game that we've played in our family for eons! It's alot like Phase 10.

Love playin' cards with my family!John and Kimmy!
I'm pretty sure one of the John's won....
I actually think it was John Jr!
My girl and I!

Jaxyn's necklace.... ew!

Okay... this is one of my grossest blogs!

Jaxyn decided he wanted a special necklace.... he's a creative kid!

I was like "uh... no way..."

but then you realize that you should never stifle a kid's creativity!

What's it made of?
Well... when you drop a 5 lb bucket on your toe....

your toenail falls off!

What better idea than to make a necklace of it!

Mom.... they make shark's tooth necklaces all the time!

Uh.... yeah.

It sadly got lost soon after it was made! Dang.... was really looking forward to him

sporting his toenail necklace for weeks!

Back to School!

It's the first day of school!

Time to get back to the routine and the fun!

Kylie and Jasmine are crazy as ever!

Miss Brynklie Jo.... ready to go!

3rd grade

Jax.... not sure he's lovin' it!

He's getting used to it though!

1st grade

Jaycie had a soccer game her first day.

They have to wear dresses for home games.

Not exactly her choice for the famous "first day of school" outfit!

Junior Year

(can you believe it?)

Kylie and Sky.... lookin' fly!

Kylie-Freshman Year

Skyler- 7th grade

BJ at her desk! What a colorful spot!
Jaxyn is number 22 in his class....
pretty cool!

School Shopping with Grandma!

Okay.... it's time for a massive blog catch up!

I don't even remember when this happened anymore.... I think around August 8th!On our way to Vegas with Grandma Sandy to go school shopping!

Can't go to Vegas with Grandma without visiting Maggiano's!

It was so fun to hang out with the girls!

I don't know when I've ever had so much fun!

You haven't experienced life without driving down the strip and

rapping the casino's with Kylie! Not sure I can even explain how that works!

But it's fun!

Me and my gorgeous mommy! Getting some Mucho Mango for the road trip home!

What a fun day!

Dance the night away!

If anyone knows my mommy very well, you know she loves to dance!

Tuesday, July 28th we all got together and had some dance lessons!

Skyler gettin' down...... low enough to dance with BJ!
BJ swinging with Shaun!

Kylie is a natural! Shaun's a great teacher! I often wonder if

there is anything this guy can't do!

Jaycie and Shaun doing the pretzel!

Kylie and Grandma.... two steppin!

Kody dancing with Grandma.... everyone had their turn!

Turn Kylie! Jaxyn twirling Kylie..... one, two, three times!

Oh! And it's always Jaycie's style to bring a cute guy!

Trevor is one of the cutest! He and Jaycie were a hit! They had

a full routine by the end of the night!

Gotta love a guy who will dance!

Grandma and Sky! Skyler is a great dancer too! My kiddos

got some rhythm!

Thanks everyone for a fun night!

Believe it or not, they asked when we can do it again!

Soon!

Full House!

One of my favorite things to do is fill my house with friends and

loved ones! So Tuesday night we had a Girlfriend BBQ!
Some of my closest friends brought their families and we had
a great evening visiting!

It was standing room only, and it was a beautiful night!

We sat out back and watched the amazing lightening storm!

Jaycie brought Jake! Alway fun to

include a cute boy in the mix! This is Melissa and Maelee... the closest things to sisters that I have!

Melissa has been my big sis since Maelee and I were running around in

7th grade, causing trouble!

Thanks friends for sharing a great evening!