I think this article by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf is so inspiring in this months Ensign
I want to share a little part with you

"One of the things I loved most about flying was departing from a dark and rainy airport, climbing through thick and threatening winter clouds, and then suddenly breaking through the dark mist and steeply gaining altitude into the bright sunshine and endless blue sky.
I often Marveled at how this physical act parallels our personal lives. How often do we find ourselves surrounded by threatening clouds and stormy weather, wondering if the darkness will ever pass? If there were only a way for us to lift ourselves up from the turmoil of life and break through to a place of peace and calm.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints know that such a thing is possible; there is a way to rise above the turbulence of everyday life. The knowledge, understanding, and guidance we receive from the word of God and from prophetic guidance in our day show us how to do exactly that."

Then he talks about the "Lift"
"In order to get an airplane off the ground, you must create lift. In aerodynamics, lift happens when air passes over the wings of an airplane in such a way that the pressure underneath the wing is greater than the pressure above the wing. When the upward lift exceeds the downward pull of gravity, the plane rises from the ground and achieves flight.
In a similar way, we can create lift in our spiritual life. When the force that is pushing us heavenward is greater than the temptations and distress that drag us downward, we can ascend and soar into the realm of the Spirit.

He then talked about how Prayer was one of the gospel principles that help us achieve this lift.
for some reason this article touched me so much. Maybe it's because I have a strong testimony of prayer and I know it works. I have had to use it so much in my life, and can't imagine living without this wonderful gift of communicating with my father in Heaven. Even this week I have turned to prayer time and time again. On Wednesday McKay started getting sick again. His fever went up, he started to turn pale, started vocalizing and swinging his arms and legs around. You could tell he was not feeling good at all. I had a prayer in my heart the whole morning. I often stopped to say a little prayer. Then John gave him a priesthood blessing. I wanted everything to be better right then and there.... but it didn't go away immediately. He struggled in my arms for a while and then John noticed something. He was calming down. John took him from me and held him. I just kept praying that we wouldn't have to take him to the hospital again. then in John's arms he fell asleep. FINALLY! He was comfortable. It was the greatest feeling. He slept the rest of the day, and has been fine ever since. I know it was because of the priesthood and all the praying that I(we) did. I know he hears and answers.

"Prayer helps us transcend the stormy times. It reveals to us another vista-a glorious spiritual horizon filled with hope and the assurance of the bright blessings the Lord has promised to those who love and follow Him."

This Week.....

This brought a smile to Matthew's face. My Mom sent the cutest care package about 3 days into the week. The timing could not have been better. He was starting to get really bored and this helped so much. In it were several activities and little treats that kept him preoccupied. That Silly putty that we used to get for Christmas when growing up (I now have passed on the tradition to my children) It came in so handy. He just lays there making different animals and shapes. The bubblegum...... well, grandma Linnea know it's his favorite. When he saw the gum his smile grew 2 times in size. It was the cutest thing.

Hannah and Tyler watching Annie for the 3rd time!

Yes it's been a rough week but if you switch over and look at the positive side of it all, here is what you get:

~More one on one time with each other
~get to watch some great movies
~I get to get caught up on my laundry
~We have to slow down a bit
~Save on gas money
~Get to spend more quality time with John (They did not want to get sick so they told him to stay home) Lucky me! I have to say it has been good to have him here- I know I would have gone CRAZY without him here.
~Some good reading time. I was able to finish two books, read the ensign and the scriptures.
~We would all get up and get ready.....and have nowhere to go.... It was great!
We got to sleep in our own beds...unlike the rest of my Mother's side of the family at the family reunion that we missed out on.
~Save money- I did not run one errand this whole week. at least once a day I'm out running some kind of errand- so this was good for our bank!
~I've personally met all of Sparkle's (Hannah's) dolls- I've known them before, but now I really know them. We have played house all week.
~Got to go to bed early
~worked on our Annie, and Mary Poppins songs, and the 50 states song. (singing helps the day go by quicker!!)
~we don't have to suffer from any bad sunburns...unlike the majority of you!
~spent much time on the tramp.... there not a hour that goes by that Hannah does not ask if daddy or I will go jump with her. So many fun games you can play on the tramp!
~We've also had to turn to our Heavenly Father so much. I know he has helped us through this and I am so grateful for that.
~and having pop cycles and ice cream daily is not to bad either!
We are alive!!!

Poor little boy

If you were to go in Matthew's room right now...this is what you would see. He's got
Influenza A / Swine Flu. He got it on Sunday night. Found out on Tuesday that he was REALLY sick. Doctors orders are: stay quarantined in his room for 7 days. family- wear masks, wash hands, sanitize hands- especially if we have to go into Matt's room. stay in our house as much as possible- an occasional trip to the grocery store might be okay.... but than again that depends on who your talking too. It might not be safe to go anywhere. but anyway..... the kids all got put on Tamiflu last night. that was a wopping 300$$ Seriously- who's got that much money laying around. WE DON'T!! The doctor ordered that John and I go on it too- but I'm not sure if I want too if it costs that much. But we have to be so careful with this. We don't want little McKay to get it worse- well and really...I don't want to get sick. We're making that decicion today- so who knows....we might be on it tomorrow. John is not going to work- of what I know of he took 3 sick days- and is just working from our bedroom. so here we all are. McKay is laying over there. Tyler is playing beside me. Hannah wanted a little nap so she's in her room. Then in the next room over you've got the "do not enter room- or die" room with Matthew laying there. and then accross the hall you've got John at his little desk working on his laptop. I feel like we are running a hospital. yep... the Roe Hospital. The only thing missing here is the nursing wages!

Paint Job

April 2009

We changed things up just a bit!
This is my first wall- ever that I've painted in my own home.
It makes me want to paint more! John left one week to be up at USU- and so I told my friends- and we stayed up one night...doing this! Jamie and Megan also did my room- absolutely amazing- I haven't taken pictures of that yet. Let's just say when John came home - he thought he just walked into a hotel. I love my home now...I've always loved my home but now I actually really like being here. As a wife and mother- a lot sure happens at home- you better like it right?!

My friends helped me rearrange my whole house. Here you see the top of the cupboards. I was a little bit old fashion- but they quickly got me back up to date!

ooohhh yeeaaahhh!
bring on the Paint!!!

What awesome friends to do this for me. Here we all are- Sarah, Me, Jamie and Megan.

Matthew even got to stay up a bit to paint-
Awesome job he did!!

This is what CRAZY FUN looks like!!
Thanks again you guys!
Here's for many more projects to come.......

T.R.O.U.B.L.E

I think he likes them as much as I do!
yummmmm!!

Tyler
May 2009

Easter 2009

I LOVE HIM....

Easter Morning

Happy Easter
2009

trying to make it to 9:00 church on time

The kids walked home from church and as I drove by I pulled over to take this picture.
Tyler walking home like a big boy!!

We had another egg coloring session after church

Spring Break...Part 2

We had a Pajama Party with the neighborhood kids that live by g-ma Linnea

Tyler enjoying some of his candy he found at the Easter Egg hunt in grandma's house. Way to cold to do it outside.

Spring Break...Part 1

For Spring Break we left John behind to study and we headed for Twin Falls, Idaho.
here we are visiting the Shoshone Falls. We stayed at my grandparents home- Emerson and Bernie. McKay stayed back with Bernie where it was nice and warm. We were freeezing!

Emerson, Gayle, me, Tyler
Hannah and Matthew

Tyler was trying to figure it out!

Emerson holding Tyler

I love my grandpa Emerson

Easter egg hunting with some cousins
Tyler, Kaylie, Hannah, Jayden

St. Patty's Day

Hannah and Tyler

March 17, 2009
St. Patrick's Day

Mom's and kid's day at the park for a potluck lunch
way fun!!!

Draper Temple Open House

March 10, 2009
What a neat experience this was to take Matthew and Hannah to the Temple. They were able to go through for the first time ever. We took a tour through the entire Temple... The Sealing room, the endowment room and the Celestial room included. My favorite part was standing in the Celestial Room with my husband and 2 of my 4 children. I can't even imagine what that day will be like and what emotions I will be feeling when they each go through the temple for the first time. What a wonderful thought that is- and what a great feeling it brings to me.

We went with some wonderful friends of ours. Taylor's, the Smith's, the Dodges, and the Wiseman's. We were able to talk and share so much.

I love the Temple....
I'm going to try to go more often. It brings so much strength to me.
Run To The Temple.....
That is my new goal....

Matt's team takes it all!

They took 1st Place!
March 28, 2009

One HAPPY team

Coach- Dan McKay, John, Malichi, Brock, Jackson,
Diego, Brennen, McKay, Matthew

Aunt Tara and Matthew

Grandma Linnea and Matthew

Grandma Linnea and Grandma Judi

We were so excited for him. He played so hard- He could hardly sleep the night before. Basketball is his most favorite sport EVER!!
Way To Go Matt!!!

Playing with Beauty...

or Beast
You never know what mood she's in

L.O.V.E.

Tyler loves little art projects... Here he is doing his first one all by himself
Good Job Little Boy!!

Happy Valentines Day!!
2009

Celebrating Love

There is only one day each year when the entire world celebrates in unison the beauty of love. What a great day this is. Here is what I learned today.

According to legend, Valentin's Day originated in the medieval Era when the catholic Saint Valentine, a priest at the time, refused the Roman Emperor's law ordering young men to remain single. The priest Valentine secretly performed marriages, but was found out and thrown into prison.

The night before he was executed, he wrote the very first 'valentine' giving it to a young women believed to be his love. The note read, "from your valentine," and thus began the celebration of love.

Happiness in Marriage-
Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person." ~President Spencer W. Kimball

Dating in Marriage-
"Keep your courtship alive, make time to do things together- just the two of you. As important as it is to be with the children as a family, you need regular weekly time alone together. Scheduling it will let your children know that you feel that your marriage is so important that you need to nurture it. That takes commitment, planning, and scheduling." ~Elder Joe J. Christensen

On Love
"The best thing that a father can do for his children is to love their mother." ~Elder Russell M. Nelson

"Nurture and cultivate your marriage. Guard it and work to keep it solid and beautiful." ~President Gordon B. Hinckley.

"True love hopes and prays for an endless continuation of association with the loved one. To those who are sealed to each other for all existence, love is ever warm, more hopeful, believing, courageous, happiness and the making of it have no end." ~Elder John A. Widtsoe

"Perfect love is perfectly patient." ~Elder Neil A. Maxwell.

Forgiveness
"One man has said. "Love in not blind- it see's more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less" ~President Gordon B. Hinckley quoting Julius Gordon

Intimacy
"Tenderness and respect- never selfishness- must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife." ~President Howard W Hunter

For the Divorced
"Some marriages do bend and some will break, but we must not, because of this, lose faith in marriage nor become afraid of it... Not even if you have been through the unhappiness of a divorce and are surrounded with pieces of a marriage that has fallen apart" ~Elder Boyd K. Packer

For the single-
"One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her/his presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?" ~President Ezra Taft Benson

"Soal mates are fiction and an illusion...it is certain that almost any good man and any good women can have happiness and a successful marriage" ~President Spencer W. Kimball

Here are a few fun idea's that I have for you
and your sweetheart.

* Give them a book of love, create a book made from a journal, notebook, etc. fill it with memories of the two of you, pictures of your life together, reasons why you love them, a love letter, and anything else romantic you can think of.

* Cards are way fun to get but instead of collecting cards- start your own notebook of letters. Just buy a special notebook that you can have specifically for this. one that can be kept for years to come. Write in it on holidays or for any special occasion- or whenever you fell like it- surprise him/her and they will love it!

* Read old love notes you wrote to each other from when you were first dating or married.

* On your way home from an evening's activities, pull over at a quiet spot, turn the radio on a bit louder and have a romantic dance for two!

* Find a photo booth or get a camera and take some silly/romantic pictures together.

* Reenact your first date, going to the same places and doing the same things.

* Time- is so important. Just give them your TIME!!

traditions are so fun. what are some of the things you do to celebrate your love?
Have a fun weekend!!!

the birds have taken over

so imagine my face, Hannah's face and little Ty's face all smashed up against our front window looking at what was right in front of us. We were speachless. they were EVERYWHERE! on every tree on every limb- on every roof.
I wish I had a better camera- this does it no justice.
Then out of nowhere....they started flying towards us. a couple 100 almost hit our window but for some odd reason managed to not. thank goodness or that would have been real scary! Look close at the big one at the top- It was inches from our faces.

so graceful

So life has been interesting. This is what happens when your not careful on the stairs. I thought I was at the bottom and had one more to go and fell on it hard. I thought I broke it. I'm still wondering if I did something more than a sprain. It happened three weeks ago and still hurts bad. Yes this is a picture of me with my foot in an ice bucket. Yes I did it! I don't think I'll be doing that again- only crazy people keep their feet in Ice cold water!

Matthew getting baptized

Matthew is now 10, so.... yes this was a couple years ago. but I'm so excited because I lost it and now it's found. this was such a great day. So many memories flood my mind. I wish he would stay little forever. But growing up is fun too. He's such a fun, happy boy.
We love you Matthew!

Christmas Vacation

CHRISTMAS EVE
2008

Santa stopped by for a visit on Christmas Eve. What a fun surprise that was!


CHRISTMAS MORNING

Here they are waiting so patiently to go see what Santa brought- yea right!

Matthew was so excited to get his Rip Stick G and even more excited that the family got a Wii!

Hannah got her Princess Ariel dress and her most favorite was her baby that goes potty and drinks a bottle.

Tyler is more than happy with just playing with the boxes- Man we could have saved some money if I would have remembered this!

Tyler checking out his new hoop- awesome

He's wondering what's going on


HANNAH TURNS FIVE!
Dec. 26, 2008

We had a surprise friend birthday party for Hannah at home on the 13th. It was a
Princess Ballet party. Boy was she surprised!

She had so much fun. We had all of them quiet at first playing "button, button, who has the button" and then we danced to "Miss Puffy". Every kid their was dancing- It was the cutest thing ever. Grandma Linnea could not make it because of the weather- aahhhh! she was bringing the cake! I quickly ran to the store and got the stuff and ran home and made one - it wasn't the best but it was okay. I made a chocolate cake for Hannah because for a whole year she reminded us that she only got a doughnut last year!! So I had to quickly make one.... but than I gave all the kids a cup cake.

Happy birthday Hannah
We love you so much!

December 26, 2008
we celebrated her birthday with my side of the family on her birthday. That night we ended up having a fun family party. Yes it was Hannah's b-day but it was also the day after Christmas when all the family still wants to get together and visit. So I combined them. Some may think that's bad- but She didn't seem to mind. It turned out fun. My Cousin Dana and I told all the family to bring something to add to the table- many of the cousins brought some tasty stuff! We were in Smithfield from Christmas Eve until January 2. So many things were planned. The first thing Hannah wanted to do on her birthday was....Ice skate- with grandma! I couldn't find my camera so no pictures. but at least I got it on the video camera. it was great, by the end she was doing it all by herself! She was one happy 5 year old!
*she said, "mom! When you turn 5 you can skate all by yourself!"

At the very end of opening her presents John Daddy had her close her eyes and brought in her big bike. again we surprised her!
She asked me if it was too big. I told her- No you'll get used to it!

He just had to give it a try- and wouldn't get off it either

Notice where her hair is-
yeah very close to the candle flame and Yes it got burned! I had to hit her hair to make the flame go out. She had no clue what was going on

Here she is with her Soccer - Ballerina cake.
The two things she loves to do

Go Aggies!!
The kids got to play with Big Blue at the basketball game and loved every minute of it. You would have thought we were at Disney World again. Big Blue was so awesome with the kids

BUDS

snowboarding
December 31st
John's side of the family went to Beaver Mtn. to ski and snowboard- It was the best day. Matthew has been before but this was technically his first time really snowboarding.

We spent the last days of our trip at the Roe home. So we basically bounced back and forth. We saw a few dollar movies. Got some yummy Chinese food- Tiny spicy chicken- so good! played in some great snow- and watched the kids build a snow fort.

The Christmas vacation ended with John and Matthew, uncle Mike and grandpa Ken watching the Sweet Win of the University of Utah!!! Yes I am an Aggie- but depending on who's playing who- I switch. It just depends. But the other night I was a Utah Fan!

You may hate me but I love them!

These little cookies are the best! I love the memories that fill my mind as I make and smell them. I've decided they are my favorite home baked cookie. Andy Mint cookies are good too, but nothing beats sitting at the kitchen table (or couch) sitting comfortably indulging myself with as many pumpkin cookies as I want while drinking my tall glass of milk. I could do this in the morning, noon or night. The best time being after everyone has gone to bed! The quietness throughout the house makes them that much yummier. Guess what....they're healthy- it's got pumpkin in it! So now that this is the time of year when everyone is trying to cut back on everything and do more working out- if you just have to make cookies- make these.

My Mother's Pumpkin Cookies

2 cups Shortening

2 cups Sugar
1 16 oz. Pumpkin
2 eggs
2 t. Vanilla
4 cups flour
2 t. Baking Powder
2 t. ground Cinnamon
1 t. Baking Soda
1 t. ground Nutmeg
1/2 t. ground All Spice

cream Shortening and Sugar. Then add pumpkin, eggs and Vanilla. Beat well
In a separate bowl mix dry and add 1 t. salt
add that to creamed

Bake at 350 for 15 min.
and enjoy!

Twilight Photo Shoot

I had to post more pictures- I couldn't help myself!
we were getting way into it....

I stole these from my SIL's Robin and Nan. Look at our faces....It just makes me laugh!!!

Thanksgiving at Entrada

Thanks to Johns mom and dad we were able to stay in some sweet condos for Thanksgiving. We had such a great time. so fun but yet so relaxing too!

They got 3 condos for us. Robin, rob, and Ryan were in one. Mike and Nan were in another and jim and us were in the other. Ours got nicknamed the "party house" It was the biggest- and could hold us all for the most part!

Here is one of the 4 tables

there's John boy waving from the other side of the room. This is a picture of us trying to get everything set up for the big Thanksgiving Feast

Here we all are.....This is all 35 People- except Rob was in the shower and Brennen ditched us. John's sister Sandee who lives in Indiana was not able to make it this year and John's brother Dusty and his family went back to their home in Hurricane and went to church. but seriously....trying to get this many people together for a family picture is near impossible! So you get what you get!!!

Here is John with his brothers- Mike, Ryan and Jim having some good time on the green.

John does have some good lookin' brothers but look at the beautiful scenery. I have not been to St. George for 10 years. We've been to Panguitch several times and they do look very similar I guess. It's just so different. Living so close to these mountains I did feel a little lost without them.

This here is a little paved side walk that went between two of the condos. It was so great! Everyone was ripsticking, scootering, and running up and down it. We couldn't have planned it any better.

Here's Tyler, Emily, McKay and I in the room where we stayed. It was huge! let's just say the fam was very nice to let us have it. They wanted us to have it so that McKay would be stationed at the PaRtY hOuSe that way we wouldn't have to move him much. It made it very nice! Thanks again to all the family- if your reading this. Our closet was so big that it not only held all our clothes and stuff but it became Tyler's bedroom. It was GREAT! He slept so good.

The TWILIGHT Goers!!
minus John. Yes he was there....He was just our photographer at the moment. We loved it! Because I had heard so much about it- seriously it had been out for what- a week or so- I was patient enough to wait to see it with my SIL's. and yes it was worth the wait. We had a blast. the movie before ours was sold out and the movie after ours was sold out...so we were very lucky to get in when we did. We were all a little gitty- so that made our photo shoot that much more fun!

this here is the kids using their imagination and playing some game they made up

HeRe We ArE eNjOyInG oUr FoOd!!!

Ohhh Man that was good!!! I'm ready for that again!

SoMe CoUsIn FuN!!!

It was such a fun Thanksgiving. Thanks again Ken and Judi for giving us this fun trip. I'm sure having 10 Children wasn't the easiest and I know you both have sacrificed so much through it all. Now there are just so many people to love....and yes we do love them all!!!

Halloween Fun

What a fun holiday this has been!!!

Halloween party at Playschool

Made some Spooky Pumpkins

Pin the wart on the witch, Doughnut eating contest, and ghost, ghost, boo!

dressing up is so fun...
Troy Bolton, Belle, Squirt
and Mickey

And going trick-or-treating is way fun
especially when it's warm outside

and even more fun when grandam Linnea comes to visit!

She helped the kids make some "mummies" for dinner

Now it's sorting time. I remember back in the day after trick-or-treating, my sister, brother and I would all sort out our candy. We'd put all the tootsie rolls together, all the gum together, the suckers.......
Now my kids do it, so now it's our tradition.

Birthday Time! (a while ago)

We have 3 birthdays in August. So me not sure if I had the energy to plan 3 different birthday shin digs.....decided to celebrate them all together.

This was a big one for each of them....
# 35 for Mr. Roe
#8 for McKay
#1 for Tyler

I got them each their own cake. John's favorite is cheesecake so I make him one every year. Tyler got his own little white cake. and Aunt Cindi brought a few chocolate- one for McKay and some for all of us to eat.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

My little baby boy is one!!!

He loved his cake!!!

testing out his new car

Tyler.... you are one of the reasons I love being a mommy!!

Yummy!!!

And then September came around and it was my birthday.... Sep. 19, 1978.....this means i'm turning 30 years old......

I knew this was going to be a rough one... so something had to be done.....so I partied all week!

4 other friends had September b-day's too. Ashley, Deborah, Lora and Jamie. So Jamie and I decided to plan a girls night at her house. (she was the one with the husband out of town!) The girls in our neighborhood are always up for a party. so we thought why not!

and talk about party... this was one PARTY!!!
every one of these girls are so stinkin' fun!

We even played some Rock Band- and boy are we good!!!

We seriously had so much fun! It was so good to just sit back and relax. We ate some great treats, visited , and played a few games..... We got some good laughs in as well!

I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such neat, talented and wonderful people. Thanks for making my 30th birthday one to remember!!!

Then Uncle Rick and Aunt Cindi took us to
Benihana's. ~ Thanks again you two!

we had never been there before- so of course.... we enjoyed every bit of it
The food there really is fabulous!

Make A Wish Disney World Trip 2008

Give Kids The World

This is where we stayed during our week. These were all locations within Give Kids The World. It was absolutely awesome!

Fishing spot

Castle of Miracles

Amberville (games of all kinds)

The Ice Cream Palace

The Gingerbread House Restaurant

Wow! We are home! I can't believe the week has come and gone. Just like that. We had the time of our lives. Words cannot describe all that we did and all that we felt. We tried to keep the memories alive by taking pictures, but even after all the picture taking it's still not the same. So I'm going to start by putting some pictures that tell a little of what we did through out the week.

One of the first things Matt and Hannah wanted to do was miniature golf. They would have done this every day if we would have let them

There was a pond in the middle of Give the Kids the World. There were several fishing poles at the House of Hearts for the kids to use. I do not think it is expected that fish will be caught but we decided to go fishing our fist morning (for about half an hour while we waited for our rental van to arrive). Others told us on our way there that turtles were the only thing being caught. Well..... Hannah caught this bass after about 2 minutes of fishing. She would have nothing to do with it, Matthew and McKay were loving it, and for the most part John was determined that he did not want to handle it (how was he going to get the hook out without getting fishy!). So this here is Matthew proudly holding Hannah's fish. (I got most of it on camera. This is one of the most classic family moments where we will be laughing for years to come. See the video below)

We think McKay liked the quiet mood fishing with the family

Here we are enjoying our all you can eat ice cream and cookies and soda pop

This was so great.... When the Grinch saw McKay- and saw that he was with "Make-A-Wish" They took us back behind the building and gave McKay a little surprise. The whole Doctor Seuss gang. Talk about FUN!! They were so dang cute with all the kids. I even felt like a kid again!

The kids love Shamu so much. The minute we walked into Sea World Shamu welcomed us in.

This was a fun ride at the Magic Kingdom the whole family could go on. McKay went on it 2 times. Because he was a make-A-Wish child they even let him go around twice. He just leaned against his dad and enjoyed the ride.

I know Hannah was excited to meet the princesses because she's always talking about them. But when the moment finally came when she actually got to meet them she didn't have much to say. She never really said anything the whole time we were with them. I'm sure she was just soaking it all in.

I think Mickey and Minnie are the cutest characters ever created. Up close they're even cuter! We were escorted right up to the front- which was so nice because the line was so long. I would have died if we had to wait in that line. There is no way we would have made it- no way! See that little badge on McKay's head rest on the left. yea... that there is the magical button. absolutely Awesome. For our family to do all we did- in the amount of time we had-was amazing. Make-A-Wish made the impossible- POSSIBLE

Every morning at the place where we stayed (Give Kids The World) we could go meet different characters. Quite often music would be playing and we'd even get to dance with them.

WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!!!!

Hannah said Chip and Dale are her Favorite!

Here I am pretending to be Cinderella kissing the most Handsome prince ever!!

On our last day at Disney World we saw the two parades. McKay's little button was able to get us a nice shady front row spot.

Such a MAGICAL place!!

Buzz to the rescue!

Our Disney world adventure ended Saturday night with a bang. It was an awesome display of fireworks that we will never forget!!!

Hannah catches her first fish!!!!!!

Sports events

Hannah throws the ball in and joins her teammate Riley in taking the ball down the field. Hannah eventually gets the ball in the goal. We are not sure but we think she gave a good body check to one of the opposing players on the way down the field (By the way Matthew is videoing this game). Matthew scores his first touchdown of the year on Mountain Crest's home field! He said he could hear the player directly behind him and was worried about being tackled but just gave his all.

Good Bye Summer

GO PINK TIGERS!!!!

The first game she played she was a little conservative, and not so sure about the whole thing. The next game she was all over it. She was running all over and trying to get the ball. It is so fun to watch these little ones!

A few weeks ago Hannah started Soccer. And look what color her team is... PINK! What are the chances of that. Here she is giving coach Dale five just after scoring a goal.

This here is our little bat that some neighborhood boy found on the side of our house. It's not everyday you find one of these laying around! Don't worry I got it all taken care of- Animal control came and got it- the kids were a little disappointed.... they thought they had a new pet. um... NO!

Playin' at the park is still a favorite around here.

Matthew's last game of the season was Saturday. He loved every minute of it. He got some good interceptions, some good hits, and the highlight of the season was His touchdown. It was so great! What a fun way to end the season. His game was at Mt. Crest up in Cache Valley. John mentioned how cool it was for Matthew to be able to play on turf. I guess John never got to play on turf until high school. It's funny how we finally get into a routine and then it's over. On to the next thing.....Basketball. He's been waiting patiently all year for this. He tells us that basketball is his very favorite.

The kids love their four wheeler rides at Grandma Linnea's house. Ty get's excited
the minute he see's it

You gotta love Hannah Roetana sportin' her Hannah Montana shirt!!
That's what Rylee calls her-funny huh!

Here's Hannah's having fun at our one and only trip to Cherry Hill this year with
friends Avery and Rylee

a few wish pictures

On his lap is his personal STAR!

Here we are posing for a picture with some of the Volunteer's at Make A Wish that have helped us through this whole process. To make the party that much more fun they invited Princess Cinderella and Princess Belle to join us. They were a big hit!

*Make sure you click on McKay's blog to see many more pictures that were taken.*

When we got home that night the kids quickly made a paper chain countdown for the trip. You know.... those paper chains you make for the count down till Christmas. Yea- way cute! I wanted them in bed so bad but decided to be patient because really- we don't do this that often. We might as well just soak it in, right! what's a little craziness for the next couple of weeks! So let the count down begin!!!! 8 more days to go.

Make a Wish

As many of you may know McKay was granted a wish from the Make-a-wish foundation. McKay, together with the help of his family, decided to wish for a trip to Disney World. McKay's wish was granted and on September 22nd the Make-a-wish foundation had a "bon voyage" party for him. One of the highlights of our party was raising McKay's star. We each took turns signing it and writing things like Disney World 2008, We love you McKay, etc. The video is our little family helping McKay raise his star to join the other stars of all those who have been granted a wish. Just push pause on the music so you can hear the video.

11 Years!!!

Happy Anniversary!!

On September 6th we celebrated our 11th anniversary. can you believe it 11 years!!! wow that's a long time- seriously.... it feels like that wonderful, beautiful day was just yesterday. but no... I'm getting old therefore, yes it's been 11 years. So much has gone on in those 11 years. And to think that we have so much more to experience in the future. It's kind of exciting when I think about it! I'm just glad I've got John to experience it with!!
I love you John!!

Lagoon and EFY

I had a few minutes and just wanted to post some more fun pictures from the summer. This was our end of July fun with the Family. I really can't believe summer is over- It went by so fast. But oh it was so fun!!

Sound a sleep again!

"Wicked" is the favorite ride- They thought it was soooo coool!!

Front seat baby!!

Dillon, Ben, Johnny, Hannah, & Adam

Tyler having his first Fire House Bread sticks

Hannah is dead a sleep

The family gone CRAZY!! This was taken Monday morning at registration. We were excited to have 2 nephews and 1 niece join us for the first time. This year we did EFY in Logan at Utah State.

The week of the july 4th

We got a new umbrella for McKay from "one-step-ahead" and it worked awesome!

We had a fun water party Nan's home. She is my cute SIL who lives in Kaysville. Here is cousin Chase taking Tyler's binky

Matthew loves feeding Tyler

My other SIL Kara had a get to gether at her house. Well we got a little creative and decided to see who could do the best trick on the tramp.
This is Uncle Mike....

This is John......showing us his amazing Leap

You should have seen Kara do her trick- seriously!!.....She just had a baby a few months ago

Cousin Anna was awesome!

My SIL Michelle can do a wicked front flip!

We got a big kick out of what my Father in Law was saying as he was watching all of this. He couldn't believe the talent! He was so proud!!!! (maybe he just thought we were nut cases!?!)

little cute cousins were running everywhere!
Hannah, Johnny, Daniel, Adam, Ben, Conner, Lizzy

SIL Megan and Ethan who live in Virginia

All the Roe Fam that was in town went to the Kaysville Parade to watch cousin Emily do her cool tricks! She is Awesome!

watching his first Firework show
He loved it!

"S" is for Summer

taken on Fathers Day..... THEY LOVE DADDY!

The Letter for this week was "T"
for Trains!!

Back in June we turned our little playgroup into a more preschool/playgroup. We took a break in July and here in September it will start up again. Hannah loves it, She thinks she's a big girl and can't wait to go to "pre-school". She so wants to go to school because we talk about Matthew and him going to school all the time. So this is just perfect for Hannah.

The letter of the week is.... "S"
For Summer!
swimming, sandals, sand, starry nights, shaved ice, snacks, Sophia, Smith, Sarina, sleeping bags, snakes, slides, sun, some fun times!!

Miracles for McKay

Hello fellow bloggers! Just wanted to let you all know that the next fund raiser for McKay is coming. Not this Saturday but the next.

Date: August 16
Time: 8:00-12:00
location: Parkinson's
1342 N. 60 W. Layton

Go over to the side bar and click on Miracles for McKay to get all the information and details. They need your help in collecting items both large and small to be sold at this garage sale- so if you or if you know of anyone who would like to donate items let them know about this. Thank you in advance! You all are so awesome!!!
They would love your help with spreading the word!

Matthew's Homerun

This is the last game of the tournament. Matthew's previous at bat was a grand slam home run! Everyone was going crazy and I (DAD) did not get it on camera. The next time Matthew got up to bat I got the camera out feeling pretty bad that I missed a grand slam home run! Take a look at the video and see what happened. You may want to pause the ESPN Baseball Tonight music to hear the video.