A little about us as a family.....

Some of the things our family enjoys doing together are, camping, hiking, boating, riding horses, spending time down at our cabin, fishing, and spending time with family. We love to go Hawaii! The older 3 kids and Steve and I have swam out to the dolphins, swam in a shark cage surrounded by many sharks, snorkeled, and we all have surfed! Steve, Tyler and I really love it and we are actually standing and riding the waves. River and Randi are surfing on their tummies, but seem to enjoy it. Randilynn and I LOVE to collect shells! Steve loves to watch how excited we get when we find a real treasure of a shell. Our kids are our entertainment! We love to wrestle, and get into tickle fights, and when it's all over we cuddle up like a dog pile of people on our Love Sac. Life doesn't get any better than that!
 We are a happy family, but not without our share of trials too. Our family is very close, and we all know that as long as we can trust in each other, and love each other, that we can get through anything. I am so grateful for my family, and especially my wonderful, loving supportive husband. He is my life, and I am so glad to be able to spend eternity with him.

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  1. usFebruary 23, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Oh my goodness!! What a sweet story!! I am so happy fot you!! You have such amazing faith. Thankyou for sharing your wonderful story. You are a great example of christlike love. I am lucky to know such sweet people.-Aleece

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  2. ErinMarch 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    I'm so excited you started a blog! I can't wait for more updates!

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