Bike Park- October Break

Blake came home from St. David for a few days last week while school was out for October Break. Taylor came and stayed too. We had an awesome time while they were here. We spent quite a bit of time in Mesa at the bike park. It wasn't to hot, which was nice. I loved having them here!

Blake loves living in St. David. I miss him like crazy and take advantage of every chance I get to see him. He is getting good grades and making lots of friends. I was able to go down to St. David for Homecoming and meet some of his friends. It makes me happy to see him so happy.

Taylor-

Blake-

Taylor and Cashyn-

Cashyn-

Jayden went cow truckin'

Jayden was able to go on a few cow runs with Dana after school was out for the summer. She was with Dana for about a week. They had a blast and hauled alot of cows.

-the milking barn

-MilkyWay Dairy in Visalia California

-brand spankin new baby

-this little guy has a heart on his head

-the new babies are taken from their mom and put into a haybale pen, marked either green or orange (for boy or girl), fed a bottle, ear tagged and given a shot.

Blake... again.

May 21st, 2010. Blake's 8th grade promtion from J.O. Combs 8th grade academy. There were 312 students in Blake's class. The gym was very full! I'm glad that I got there early so I had somewhere to sit. Dana wasn't able to make it, he was in Idaho hauling cows. Grandma and Grandpa Clerc came. Aunt Kathy came too. Jayden missed her last day of school so she could go too. The program lasted about 45 mins.

Congrats BLAKE!! We love you and are very proud of you!!

-getting his certificate

-Jayden, Blake, Andi

-Aunt Kathy and Blake

Jayden, Blake, Grandma and Grandpa and me

Skylar and Blake again. (she's SO cute)

Blake

Blake had his 8th grade promotion dance on May 15th, 2010. They all got dressed up, had dinner at the school and a dance afterwards. Blake cut off all his hair the day before the dance. He looked so different!

He looks just like Dana...

Blake and his friend Skylar

-Kai-

This is Kai, the little guy that I babysit. I've been watching him for over a year now! Crazy! We had to drive to the dairy where Dana was at washing out the cow trailer. Kai got to meet cows for the first time. He was SO cute and wasn't scared at all. The cows loved him and came right up to him. (His mom said it's fine for me to post these) They were so cute, I had to share!

Go Dbacks!

Dana was home for a few days and we scored some cheap tickets to go to a Diamondbacks baseball game! We went to the April 19th game against St. Louis. Of course I forget to take the camera.. so we have a couple of cell phone picts. Dbacks lost... but that's alright because we had a blast!! It was our first time going to a game this season.

Cow Truckin'

Dana is still cow truckin'. They had a load of cows to be picked up in San Francisco, CA. The load got pushed back a day so Ty and Dana had some time to kill... They went sight seeing in a Peterbilt. Crazy guys!

Spring Break '10

When I asked the kids what they wanted to do for Spring Break this year, they both told me "Go to St. David!!" They love to go to St. David and visit their cousins. They have so much fun and are on the go so much they don't have time to get bored! It didn't work out this time for them to stay...

Darla and Thor-

We went to St. David on Monday for Jayden's dentist appt. She didn't get anything new done this time other then some new color rubberbands. She has lost some teeth on the bottom and we are just waiting for 1 little straggler tooth to grow in so she can get her bottom braces started. Uncle Brett says it will be this summer sometime before she's ready for the bottoms. *Useless but kind of cool random fact*- Jayden has 2 teeth on the bottom that she won't ever lose. They are adult teeth. And she has had them since she very first got teeth. It runs on my side of the family. My mom has it too. Kinda cool!!

After Jay's appt we ran out to St. David and had pizza for lunch with Aunt Kathy, Taylor, and Leea. I am so thankful that Leea, Jayden, Taylor and Blake all get along so well. They are very close!

We brought our puppy, Thor, (yes, she's a girl with a boy name) to see her sister Darla. My Aunt Jan lives in St. David near my grandparents and she bought one of my puppies. We haden't seen Darla since she was 8 weeks old so we were very excited to see her! The puppies remembered each other and played like crazy. We took a ton of pictures, but 2 wiggly pups don't make for very good pictures!

While the puppies played, I got to visit with my grandparents. My dad also showed up, so I got to visit with him too. Seeing family always makes me happy! It wasn't a bad start to Spring Break!

The kids left to go to the dunes with Uncle Brett, J.J, Taylor, and Leea on Wed. They stayed out at the dunes until Sunday. They never take any pictures out there for some reason. Jayden usually has her camera with her all the time... but never comes home with pictures. I'm going to have to work on her! Maybe next year I can get her to take some pictures for me!

Blake - Jailbird

Ok, he isn't really a jailbird. But he could have been... (shhhh don't tell him I'm posting this HAHAHA)

Feb 6th - Blake had spent the day at his friend Shane's house and asked if he could spend the night there. I said "yes" and went on with my day. Jayden was at a friends house too and I was looking forward to some alone time. I stayed up late watching movies and finally went to bed at about 1am. My phone rang at 3 am, with Blake's number. I was wondering what the silly boy wanted at 3am, so when I answered and it wasn't Blake's voice on the phone, I was a little concerned. I heard when I answered "Is this Blake's mom" I said, yes, it is. Who is this? He tells me "This is Maricopa County Sheriff Dept, (we live in Pinal County) I have Blake" A million thoughts rushed thru my head.. The cop goes on to explain that Blake and Shane were skateboarding in a empty grocery store parking lot. They weren't causing trouble, but they were violating curfew. He also tells me that they were 8 miles(!!!) from Shane's house. Ok, that explains why it's Maricopa County Sheriff calling and not Pinal County. They were far enough away from Shane's house to cross county lines. The Sheriff drove the boys back to Shane's house, gave them a stern warning and talked to Shane's parents.

Blake told me the next day when I picked him up that the Sheriff had ran his record and that his Amber Alert from when he was 8 years old came up on his record! I wouldn't have thought that would be on his record. Pretty crazy!

Blake was my slave for the next week. He had a TON of chores to do for me. He got lucky that the cop was nice.. the punishment for curfew violation is a $250.00 fine and 40 hours community service.

I'm pretty sure that Blake learned his lesson and won't be doing that ever again. :)