Dorathy's Eight

Nathan's first year of wrestling

2012-02-02T14:35:00.002-07:00

Nathan eneded up loving wrestling..He had a blast and looks forward to doing it year after year...

October Fun

2012-02-02T13:53:00.007-07:00

We had a lot of fun this October, We finally got to move into a home..It's not huge, but it has electricity, water, flushing toilets, heat, ac..room to be a family..we get to break out our stuff and use it.!! WHOO HOO

This is just a picture of Sam and Nate being goofy!!

Nathan, Josh, and Bryan..wierdos...

Our new home!!

Kitchen with my new table we bought in AZ
Front room/boys bedroom for now..looks comfy to me!Halloween..we went as snowhite and the seven dwarfs..were missing three of them..they ran off.

my Snow white costume a dear friends help me to sew...

My country boys at Purdums

Kevin

Devin

Bryan

Nate

Sam

Nathan's first pheasant

October was such a fun month..full of fun and exciting things for all of us..

Having fun at the farm..hanging out and fishing

2012-02-02T12:15:00.005-07:00

Devin and Kevin dirty as can be..but they are having fun! Wow their hair is blonde..

Nathan hates having his picture takenDaddy and Sam

Peek a Boo

Bryan and his trout

Nate's catfish..he caught all by himself, the line broke and he still pulled it in by hand!! Then came running to tell us about it!!

Another night he caught this little trout...

Cross Crountry

2012-02-02T12:06:00.004-07:00

Nathan was in 6th greade this year and the only sport offered through the school was cross country so he went for it. He did good, never gave up and kept running!

This is one of the favorite runs for the kids, they get to go through this mud hole..and they love it!Start of race!!

My sweet niece Kara

2012-02-02T11:38:00.004-07:00

Kara Anne was born September 10, 2010. I was blessed to have this sweet niece of mine to recieve my middle name. She is such a sweet beautiful little girl!

Sweet little feet

Amanda and Kara..trying to recover and get some rest...

Just born! by c-section. Great job Amanda and Pat!

Lake Owyhee

2011-05-28T15:14:00.004-07:00

We took our first trip up to the lake.. we felt right at home.. can you imagine why???the whole trip up to it we drove up a canyon with a river running next to us..(great place for fly fishing) anyways canyon walls..sage brush..dry..hot..For a minute we thought we were back in Arizona..

Either way the boys had a blast..we packed a picnic..then went for a swim..even found a little tying trickle of water going into the lake..and of course had to dam it up and then let it rush..ok so we all got a bit dirty with that one..

Happy 30th birthday to me!

2011-05-28T15:04:00.002-07:00

ok we forgot the candles so had to use thirty matches..that was interesting

I had a wonderful 30th birthday..surrounded by my boys and some really good food..thanks babe! Its been awhile since I have celebrated my birthday while camping..

Potato Picking

2011-05-28T14:54:00.002-07:00

The boys had so much fun getting to go out and pick potatoes from the fields..we ended up gathering up 5 boxes full of yukon golds..oh they were so good and huge, we gathered up tons that were about 8-9" long..they made really good double stuffed potatoes..

So you always see plenty of little cowboy bottoms on a fence, but what about leaning over in an irrigation ditch to wash their hands..

She thinks my tractors sexy...

2011-05-28T14:21:00.004-07:00

Nathan helping out a family in the ward and bailing straw.. interesting for me to learn..straw is the left over from wheat..

The baler just seems to poop those bales right out..LOL..

Sammy taking a bucket bath..

View of the river before we cleared it for the horses to get water..
Nathan was the first one to catch anything from the river...a nice big catfish..

mmm tasty

We have a had a fun summer down here on the farm..learning to appreciate the simple things of life and how nice it is to have certain items we take for granted. The boys have learned a lot and still continue to have so much fun!

DISHES.....

2011-05-28T14:11:00.002-07:00

The twins decided they wanted to learn how to do dishes...um well another way of doing dishes..

Doing dishes consisted of going down to the river..getting water..then boiling the water..Then allowing to sit for a little while till it was cool enough to touch..
Though it wasn't as easy as turning on the hot water in the sink or putting the dishes in the dishwasher..The boys had fun doing it and what kid doesn't enjoy getting wet at the same time..

Fun in the Sun!!!

2011-05-28T13:49:00.004-07:00

I know these hot summer days are not as hot as...say a summer day in Arizona..but without ac it is still pretty hot..so we all got changed and decided to take our first swim in the Snake River..

All seven of my boys ready for their first swim.. with a wheelbarrow ride to the river.
Dad with Sam and Devin
Aww refreshing!!

2010-08-05T10:33:00.002-07:00

Ok so we finally found our way to the public library in town..small but works. The boys got to sit in some air conditiong and read books, play quiet games, etc.

We have been moving forward in preparing the farm to make it suitable to live on..TONS of work! But so worth it in the long run!

This morning as Nathan left for work he came across a Doe with three fawns..interesting never thought of deer having triplets.

Monday night we had dinner with a family in our ward. It was a very good dinner..can never go wrong with hamburgers..mmmm! We took over some apple pie, the filling I canned in AZ before we left. Nate made the crust at home then attempted to cook it on the grill..but we ran out of propane...so we had to finish it up at the Kesslers. While we were there Nathan went with brother Kessler to check the water. While I visited. When they got back we dove into the apple pie, peach cobbler and brownies..

Somehow we managed to bring home another kitten..cute little girl all grey..and little. The kittens are three months old, but they are just a smaller cat. We now have our two sweet girls

Little update

2010-07-22T14:12:00.003-07:00

Ok so whoever said anything about Eastern Oregon being cooler..totally lied..ok maybe not totally, because the high has been 102.. but still it is warm not so much cooler..and the nights..umm its still light out at 11pm..so it really doesn't seem to cool down till 10pm sometime.

This last week we have seen three deer: Doe, fawn, and a spike..Pheasant, and a red fox. You stand by the river and the fish are jumping all over.. so can't wait to get a piece of that!

Besides the heat we have been having a good time. I went to church Sunday with Josh and Bryan. Where the ward was so welcoming! During relief society a couple of the ladies caught up with me on where we were from, where we are living.. etc etc.
After church was over we talked a little more, I went home got lunch for everyone and had sat down to rest when we had three visitors from the ward come out and brought us some food and visited for awhile. WOW that was so neat! We have a met a really good family in our ward that has taken us under their wing. They have been the nicest family and so helpful. Dad left to go home Wednesday morning taking Bryan with him and leaving me here with the rest. I was so nervous about staying down at the farm by myself, and when we were at the Clarks visiting Tuesday she told me to plan on coming up here and staying with them till Nathan gets back home. Oh I was so relived..cause really I was a bit scared to be there at night..
This afternoon Kenny Clark sat with me and kind of talked about options we have to farm the land and told me being we can get so much for alfala in AZ he will get us our first load to take down and sell, then will continue to help us get alfalfa in and baled etc. Went over what we could expect as income. He also strongly belives Nate will be able to find work in the area especially harvest season up to Nov.. What a blessing that will be for us!

Right now I am waiting for Nathan to get back.. When I last talked to him he was in Panguitch letting the horses out to rest and take a little nap himself..I so love that man.,. I am so excited to make this new start with him and build our dream! It has been so wonderful to around people where we feel we fit in..

more later...one of these days I will post pics..when I have my comp up and running!

Our New Adventure

2010-07-15T20:02:00.005-07:00

We FINALLY started our journey to OR late Saturday night, we said goodbye to our house. With a couple of us shedding our tears, we said goodbye, piled into our vehicles. We drove to Globe where we all quickly went to sleep..

Sunday morning Nathan went to work on getting the camper on the truck and last minute stuff needed.Monday about 9am July 12th we finally pulled out of Globe....We left out through Roosevelt, saying goodbye to Guayos...:(... We were going slowly but going.. We came up to strawberry were got stuck in construction..ughh.. Finally got moving and going up the hill when all of the sudden the Suburban stopped going uphill on a blind corner...when comes up behind me my night in a shinning silver truck...He pulls in front of me with his trailer, hooks on a chain to his trailer and to the suburban and pulls me up the hill.. with no problems... GO DODGE!!
Once we got to a pull out, Nathan checked it out to see what was going on..couldn't find anything.. so he ran back down to strawberry were he got some oil. Little Nate and I hung out with the truck and played UNO while we waited..along with getting some sun on my white legs.. (worked well got one nice and red..ouch..) When Nate got back the truck started up and we went on our way pushing for Flagstaff. About 20 miles down the road..the truck stopped again..ughh.. this time a much safer place..so we stopped and hung out playing UNO..Finally cooled off and went on our way..Then one more time it stopped.While stopped a couple Bryan and Josh got out to stretch, Josh and Bryan were climbing on a log when Josh said Mom, Dad Look what I found...a log! (Josh is always good to offer a laugh when needed) Then we made it in to Flag where Nathan changed out the Fuel pump for the 4th time..Record time..While sitting at Auto Zone..I told Nate..I wonder if you were born under a car..u seem to always be under one.... After he was done it was getting dark..so we grabbed burger meat, and so on..We gassed up and drove down the road. We decided to stop at Sunset Crater where we pulled off and got camp set up..made dinner and went to bed squeezing five out of the six boys in the overhead bed of the camper. Nathan and I squeezing onto half a twin bed..where little Nate slept on the floor..MO outside..
I went to bed that night with my thoughts turning to the Pioneers.. The struggles they went through to do what they knew the Lord wanted them to do. I was so glad this day was finally over....

July 13th...we loaded everyone up, got on the road by 7:30 am..Truck was running great..no problems..We stopped at one of the side stops on the Navajo Reservation, to buy the boys some jewelry to remember AZ..We stopped and picked some out. After back on the road and the lady wishing us luck. The tire on the trailer blew..ughhh it is always me! So we pulled over, Nate got that taken care of quickly then on our way.. We decided to stop in Page to get two brand new tires for the trailer at Big O Tires...Grabbed some lunch at McDonalds and on our way..
We made a quick stop in Kanab for gas..then on ward we go..
When we came into Panguitch I needed a much needed break, and to wake up..We found a park outside of Panguitch where we let the kids play and I stole some cute pictures..
Afterwards we made a push for Preston, ID where my Aunt Linda lives..We made to her place about 11pm..Once there and in we ate some nummy meatballs with rice and coleslaw..Put the babies down, talked till 3ish then went to bed..

July 14th...we took our time getting ready, let the boys play and run..while we visited with Linda and Kent. Finally about 12 pm we pulled out for the last leg of our trip...(THANK GOODNESS)
With no problems, but a lot of construction down to one lane each way..we finally made it into Nyssa, OR. As we pulled up to the Lane, I let Nate out to run down the lane..The boys were so excited. They got out and ran all over with MO..While running they scared up a doe with a fawn..Dad said when he pulled up he scared out a buck..

July 15th..where does the time go..We planned on getting into town early and getting some groceries and gas in the RV.. finally after just doing some work we didn't get out till almost 3...Where we rushed for groceries and ran back to the farm to get Nathan and the boys to go to my sister Amanda's for dinner.. Where we got treated to Pork Ribs, Coleslaw, corn and watermelon.. I am so full!
While we were in town Nathan and the boys saw turkeys and more deer..and we saw a fox run in front of us while leaving..

Tomorrow Nathan and my step Brother Randy will be leaving back for AZ to get our three girls.. Oh I miss our horses! I can't wait to see those girls again! They are going to love it here! So peaceful and quiet out on the farm!

....I'll add pics when I have more time...almost 10 pm here and I am a bit tired...

Our Little Phoenix

2010-07-07T10:34:00.004-07:00

Saturday Nate went outside to play and came across this little peach faced love bird..Sweet little baby bird that had fallen from the tree. He still had some of his downy feathers. The boys got attached instantly, ok we all did..

(Devin and Phoenix..he loved having him on his shoulder

Sadly a week later he passed away. We will miss him, enjoyed the time we had to see what it was like to have a bird and hear those sweet sounds of his song.

Jessie's Glory

2010-06-21T10:10:00.004-07:00

As we went through all kinds of differents names, none seemed to quite fit our little girl, until Nathan and I were on our way to Idaho. I was alseep in the car when I woke up to the sun shining and the name "Glory" came to mind. So from that day on we have Jessie's Glory.

Glory couple weeks old trying to get some slome sleep as she snoozes in the last bit of sun.

It's a GIRL!

2010-06-21T09:56:00.010-07:00

Jessie finally gave birth to a beautiful baby girl March 9, 2010. Jess gave birth on a cold wet night, the stall was all mud. Baby is full of spirit and looks like her mom's twin. Both mom and baby are doing great!

One of many attempts to try and walk

After several attempts our baby girl finally made it to nurse on Jess, who almost jumped sky high when she latched on.

After a couple of hours we took Jess and baby out of the stall to walk and clean up the stall a little bit.

Glory and me

Nathan and Glory

King of the beds

2009-10-16T10:28:00.003-07:00

Kevin was so excited last night to receive his first big boy bed! We were able to find two twin beds that make into bunkbeds. It also came with a dresser/desk.

Nate takes 3rd

2009-09-27T22:10:00.004-07:00

Nate has been doing 4-h and competed in his first event today. Nathan, Nate, and Josh traveled down to Florence, AZ to see Nate compete.
Nate took 3rd place in Barrels..TIME: 34.68
4th in goat tying. He had the goat tied and when he was done the goat got one leg out...TIME: 124.31
and 6th in the Poles..TME:42.20
He did really good. He ended up riding Silkie Runner for all events and took it nice and easy with him, because this was new for the both of them.
He earned eight points for the event which adds up through all the other events. For places in the end of the year.
Good job Nate! Keep up the good work!

Student of the month Baby!!

2009-09-27T22:03:00.002-07:00

Josh was chosen for student for student of the month for September. The school has a assembly where all the kids are invited, they call it Pride Day! A different grade takes a turn each month performing a program in front of the school. This month was 5th graders which worked out perfectly. I got to be there to see Josh win this awesome award and see Nate perform.
SOOO COOL!
Josh has worked so hard for the award. He is an awesome student and we are so proud of everything he has accomplished.

BRYAN LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH!

2009-09-27T21:58:00.001-07:00

Bryan saw Josh starting to loose his teeth and decided he wanted some money and told me Mom, i have a loose tooth. I told no you don't your to little, but sure enough a week later out it pops with another coming in close behind it.

Student Council

2009-09-05T14:00:00.004-07:00

We are so proud of Nate he recently ran for Student Council Secretary and won. He wrote his speech by himself and designed his own posters. Nathan is so excited to take part in Student Council and can't wait to fullfill his duties.

Cub Scouts

2009-09-04T08:30:00.003-07:00

With Josh turning eight this year we now have two cub scouts. Nathan made his way into WeBelos and Josh is blazing through his wolf. We both are so proud of our boys as they set out on this adventure.

Nathan and Josh, cub salute

SAMMYS WALKING!

2009-08-16T11:48:00.002-07:00

I WAS SO EXCITED!!
I was so afraid I would miss Sam taking his first steps..But he saved them for me. I was home after work, trying to relax on the couch and he decided to stand up and walk over to the cooler a little ways away from him.. I don't have a picture of that, but I do have an attempt soon after walking from dad to a 4-wheeler the boys have. I have been so lucky I was sure I would miss all his firsts, but somehow I have been there for them. I feel so blessed to be a part of every moment.
Video to follow soon:

Payson

2009-08-16T11:37:00.005-07:00

For the Fourth of July weekend we decided to go camping with some friends of ours. We ended up taking the horses too..which was a lot of fun. We joined the Hyman's and Brice's. Along with us I brought a friend from work and her boyfriend.

The boys love getting up here and playing and enjoying the nice cool weather. They get to go quadding and don't forget about crawdad fishing. I do believe this is there favorite.

Shanna hasn't been horse riding since she was a little girl, so a chance for her to ride again was quite exciting.

First Day of School

2009-08-16T11:15:00.003-07:00

Seriously where does the time go: These boys use to be my babies... Now Nate is in 5th ( big man on campus this year)..Josh 3rd... and Bryan 1st... I can't believe how much they are growing and changing. This year was the first year I was not able to take them to school. Nathan had to fill in and my yearly privilege. I missed being there for them and taking this step with them, I know they were in good hands as they went forward to the next chapter in there life. It was a very hard day that day as I missed out on this, but like I said they were in good hands.

Nathan is already planning on running for student council and taking part in band and chorus. Josh wants to play baseball. Bryan wants to play soccer. Reach for the stars boys! Were right here behind you.

Silkie Runner

2009-08-16T11:07:00.003-07:00

We recently added a third horse to our family. With Nathan being drawn for deer and Jessie not in the position to go hunting this fall. We have been looking for another. We came across a free Thoroughbred.. Seven year old. He came off the race track. Silkie is a really good horse, we can't find much wrong with him. He doesn't spook very easily and seems to be dominant over the girls, but doesn't hurt them. This boy is tall 17 hands plus..I rode him for the first time Friday evening and it sure was a jump to get up into that saddle. It is a little different owning such tall horse. Nathan and have always been partial to our mustangs..But Silkie is really growing on us..
Pictures to follow soon:

Josh's Baptism

2009-04-06T18:12:00.007-07:00

Josh was baptized March 28, 2009 at the Apache Junction Stake Center in Apache Junction Arizona

(Joshua and Nathan showing some closeness before the baptism)
Josh looks so handsome and grown up in his new suit that brings out those gorgeous big green eyes of his!

(Josh and Grandpa Dorathy...the Lord is waiting for this one to join his church!)
(Josh and Grandpa Watson)

What a gorgeous day for Josh to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! The sun was out, shining with a gorgeous blue sky. With a light breeze drifting through the trees. The day wasn't hot or cold just perfect! A beautiful March afternoon!

Josh was excited for this day he could not keep the smile from his face. When we arrived Nathan and Josh went and got changed into their white clothes.
During the program they asked for people to bear their testimonies. I was busy taking care of the twins, trying to pay attention..but not really when I realized little Nathan had gone up to bear his testimony. I was so impressed with this 10yr old boy of ours. He took his scriptures up with him and read from them and bore his testimony on the Holy Ghost.
It was soon our turn where we all were ready to watch Josh take this wonderful step in his life.
I am so proud of Josh! It has been such a joy to watch him grow to this point in his life.
I love feeling the Spirit when the Lords precious children are being baptized! The Spirit is so strong!(Our family! I just love to look at pictures of all of us!)
(Brandon, Liz, Ben, Issac, Jonathan, Josh..& soon to be..)
(Joe, Jenn, Taylor, & Josh)(Richie, Krystal, and Josh)(Grandpa and Grandma Dorathy & Josh)

After the baptism we all went home and had sub sandwiches with ice cream sundaes to celebrate

Josh's birthday! Being he turned eight today also.
The boys enjoyed there cousins and friends as they took time to jump on the trampoline and of course pose for some snap shots...camera lovers!This turned out to be such a fun day! I feel so blessed to have six well rounded boys.. who love the gospel and show it.
We love you Josh! Congratulations!

Krystal and Richies Wedding

2009-03-27T20:38:00.004-07:00

After months of planning and shopping it finally paid off. To see Krystal and Richie so happy!
The sealing went beautifully. With all the love ones inside to witness. It was so wonderful to see Krystal in her wedding dress.
After the sealing we rushed around for final items needed. With the help of Theresa she finished up little things. When I finally got back to the reception site I did the last minute touches and made sure everything was ready to go. The reception was a blast with tons of people showing up and having lots of fun!
The reception was beautiful! Above all Krystal and Richie were so happy!
That is the best of all!

2008-12-12T11:19:00.003-07:00

Mesa Temple Lights
The Lights are always such a sight to see. We love going down to see all the hard work and preparation put into the lights and the wonderful program they have each night!
This is year I had a camera that actually worked so I was excited to go, but we get there and I take three Pictures and the camera dies...the battery went dead..I couldn't belive it! I guess we will have to go back! They are not the best pictures. But you get the point!

Bass Pro Shop Christmas

2008-12-12T11:06:00.003-07:00

We went down to visit Santa at the Bass Pro Shop, we had heard he was making a stop there. So we loaded everyone up and drove down there. We had a lot of fun! The boys got to write a letter to Santa and color a picture. Then going to the Bass Pro Shop is always a treat for them, they love to see all the fish and animals.The boys got to shoot air guns at targets and practice their hand at hunting.
Josh

Nathan and Jay

Bryan
Devin And Kevin are wanting this for Christmas..they are hoping Santa saw. Sam is pretty interested in the red behind the twins.

Devin and Kevin waiting for the boys to finish shooting the guns
Then Dad had to get his turn in!

Bryan did it again

2008-11-18T23:21:00.004-07:00

Okay with a family of SIX boys there never seems to be a dull moment around here..It seems like I can never keep something posted to long before I have to add something new..Anyways ok so 11-13-08 the boys and there friends were over to playing on the trampoline. I had just gotten in the shower when I heard Nathan scream Bryan's name. I cam running out to find Nathan carrying him inside and setting him on the counter. Bryan had broke his arm again! He landed and went to catch himself and it went backwards. Nathan took him to the ER where they found he broke both bones, nice clean brakes. So he stayed in the splint for awhile, and had to stay home from school until he could get in to see the orthopedic doctor. Well we went and saw him today where they took more x-rays and then finally put a cast on him. Of course he chose a blue one! We go back in a week to make sure none of the bones moved! He gets to endure this cast for five weeks. Bryan is actually totally excited to get back to school. Poor boy was so bored at home for three days!
Bryan was as cheerful as these flowers to get back to school with is friends and brothers.

Justin and Cody

2008-11-14T16:57:00.004-07:00

Justin came to visit a last time before he was to be shipped off to Iraq. He took the time to get a picture with Cody. We are all going to miss Justin while he is gone serving our country.We hope and pray that all will be well and he will be safe.

Our Family Pictures 08

2008-11-14T15:57:00.009-07:00

We met and Jenn and Joe's house and Liz took pictures of all of us. The family pictures were so outdated we needed to do more. They really turned out great! Liz does a wonderful job!

This is a picture of all of us minus one little boy. Justin's little boy Adyn who lives in Alaska.

Just the two of us.
Nathan 9yrs old
Joshua 7 yrs old
Bryan 5 yrs. old
Devin 18 months
Kevin 18 months
Samuel 5 months
Kevin and Devin
Don't you just love it! Just me and my boys!
Dorathy's Eight
I love my little huge family so much! Life would be so different with out them. The everyday life can be a challenge, but hey whats a little challenge. I will take them head on! We a family who isn't afraid of a little challenge!
I love this chance to watch these boys grow into young men! I can't wait for the day that I get to take a picture with them and they all rise above me!

AHHH a weekend away from it all well most of it...

2008-11-11T21:40:00.006-07:00

Our wonderful friends/neighbors invited to us to spend the weekend with them up at their dad's cabin in Payson. It was a quick little vacation but so needed. After stopping at Wal-Mart for a few things.
(I love that Wal-mart in Payson, we always find tons of cool things there). We got up there Saturday afternoon and spent most of that day getting acquainted with his dad and the kids checking everything out. Denny's wife made a delicious dinner. Lydia cooked BBQ Ribs and chicken, with mashed potatoes and Baked Beans...It was so GOOD! I have to keep telling her that..
The next morning we ate a wonderful breakfast, helped his dad with a couple of things around the cabin.

Nathan taking a hold of Sam while I played with the twins, this wonderful husband is always willing to help out when I admit to needing help.

Nathan and I took all the boys for a walk down to the creek where we got to take a couple pictures of the boys! We didn't get to stay to long, because it was so COLD! The wind was blowing and it looked as if some type of storm was going to blow through.
Sam, Devin, and Kevin

Nathan, Josh, Bryan and the boys friend Jay. They all look just a little cold!

Josh took some time to look and see what all was in the river as it floated by quickly!

On our way home, coming down at of the mountains of Payson we hit some rain, just enough to make the truck look dirty. We arrived home to WINDY weather, which made it nice and cool here.

It was so nice to get away out of town for a short while and can't wait to go back again.

Getting Ready for Halloween and Trick or Treating

2008-11-06T09:42:00.008-07:00

The boys had a lot of fun picking out there own pumpkins. Then when Monday came around we had family Home Evening and carved our pumpkins. We had a the boys friend over with us. Which was a lot of fun!Nathan
Eat it all up!
Joshua!

Bryan the Bumble Bee

Jay
After getting through all the goo and slimy pumpkin seeds they had brought forward these awesome pumpkin faces.

Trick-Or-Treat

T.J. and Jolenes Wedding

2008-11-06T09:22:00.006-07:00

After a long month of planning and preparing the day finally came. With three babies in tow almost every step of the way, and all of family life going on. We managed to pull off another great and beautiful wedding. I had the help of my dear friend Theresa who is always there to help me when I need it. This time she out did herself and made a beautiful cake! Such an awesome cake! Way to go girl!
The them for this wedding was fall and what a perfect time with the weather turning and fall in the air. We go to use the beautiful fall colors everywhere. We had such fun planning this wedding. The wedding took place at Jolene's parents
house. Where it provided the perfect set up for an outside wedding. We used there balcony and made an awesome arch, decorated with white fabric and flowers. The flowers used on the arches were my creation, which I think turned out pretty good. I would have loved to brought those home, but they were Jolene's. Oh well I can make more! Well it was an awesome wedding!

BRAINIAC!!

2008-10-16T09:04:00.004-07:00

Ok in the Spirit of Halloween.... ok well not quite! Krystal had asked me to help her make a brain cake. It was her turn to take snacks to her class and she had the crazy idea of making a brain cake...MMM... ok....

So last night we attempted this crazy idea. we had no idea how to make Marshmellow fondant, so after getting help from her friends Allison we went at it.

We ended up having so much fun working with that stuff, I think I found my new best friend! JK! With Krystal, Nathan, and I we all got a little creative and started thinking of new things we should add. I hope her class enjoys the cake and hard......

well FUN WORK!!

Mmmm nummy milk

2008-08-05T10:01:00.005-07:00

After eating Kevin decide to spill his milk all over his tray. After doing that he decided to lick it all up!! silly little boy!

Family Reunion

2008-07-21T18:12:00.003-07:00

Info on our Family Reunion:

OK update on the family reunion...
We are going to end voting early on where to stay. Dad and I decided to choose Nehalem due to the bigger campsites.
If you are not up for camping or bringing an RV, there are motels, condos, houses, etc you can rent that are in Cannon Beach, Seaside. Etc. Cannon Beach is about a 20 min. drive to Nehalem.
As for Lunch we are going to have a potluck, everyone bring their own dish to share. The Lunch will be held at the host campsite. Along with activities. Our rough draft agenda is as follows:

Friday night anyone who wants to come visit at the host campsite is more then welcome we will have smores and hot chocolate going. (We are planning on reserving site B27 so you can plan accordinly.) As long as our fire is burning ya'll are welcome.

Saturday: The family can start to gather around 10:00am where the family is welcome to visit and hang out..
12:00-2:00 pm lunch and games
2:00pm: Family auction/raffle
3:00pm: Family meeting (more games for kids)
4:00pm: Family Group Pictures
6:00pm: Time to say goodbye
Anyone sticking around is more then welcome to join us for a potluck dinner at the host campsite, or join us at Mo's (Depends on what we feel like eating or I should say if we feel like cooking...)

As we get closer to next July we will be sending out family group records for everyone to fill out and update, please make copies and bring them with you to the reunion. We would love for pictures to be included. We are going to help Rita out some more with those awesome albums she has been so diligently working on.

Along with that we will be taking pictures during the reunion any that are taken will be put on a cd, if you would like a copy we ask you pay us before you leave and we will see that you get one. The cost will be around $4.00 to cover the cd and shipping.

We would like to know the number of kids that will be attending next year, so we can plan games and activities.

Again please pass this message on to family.... We are excited hope to see ya'll there ready to play and have fun!!

Welcome Samuel Scott Dorathy

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9lbs 4 oz 20" long

Our Proud Dad

Grandma Dorathy and Daddy holding the newest member of the Dorathy FamilyTIme to go home

Which is Grander the Canyon OR Family?

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We had a lot of fun in the Kaibab. We got up there Thursday night, okay early Firday morning (like 2am). Friday we hung around the campground and got to visit with family and let all the cousins play. Saturday we visited the Grand Canyon where the boys got to see it for the first time. We really enjoyed the cool weather, it was awful to come back...