More Disneyland Pictures

I couldn't resist posting more. They are so very cute - and we had so darn much fun!

Kelly the Bike Rider

Kelly loves to ride his mountain bike! He went to Logan this past weekend to go on a great ride with Clint. Kelly stayed with Clint and Ali on his way to Salt Lake to take a test to complete his requirements for National Certification - Go Kell!!!! He won't find out until December if he passed - but I have a hunch that he did great!

Spring Winds

So I looked out my window and what did I see? My trampoline, upside down on the neighbors fence! We have had some breezy days but nothing really hard. I guess we must have had a microburst or something. The trampoline was way over on the other side of our yard - and ended up upside down on Bishop Merritt's fence? 40 yards away? Strange. I sure wish I would have seen it blow over. It had to have been airborne! Crazy weather - pretty cool picture. I'm glad the trampoline was okay and that no little Brindy's were injured!

Happy Easter!

Fun Easter Pics!

DISNEYLAND!

I haven't blogged forever! Our internet has been not working - off and on for a while. So it has been a pain. We had a great trip to California. Our kids were wonderful and we had an incredible week. Reese's favorite ride - Thundermountain Railroad Brady's favorite ride - Pirates of the Carribean TIED with Space Mountain Rae's favorite ride - Space Mountain. Kelly and Gina's favorite ride - Indiana Jones.

The Sad and Miserable Pioneers

I do not know what goes through my children's minds. I honestly don't. When Rylee and Gavin were visiting this past weekend, they all decided to play "Pioneers". This largely consisted of dressing up like pioneers and walking around in the snow while looking as miserable as possible. Oh yes - they also carried baskets containing small crusts of bread. Nourishment for the impending trek - I'm sure. Who thought of this game? Oh yea - Rae. Always Rae. Basically, what this game ment for me was about two loads of laundry. Oh well - let 'em be kids - right?! Silly kids!

B-Ball Brady

Brady is an awesome basketball player! He just finished his first official season in Jr. Jazz for 3rd graders. He really loved it. Kelly helped to coach his team. They had a great time together. One more sport that they can play together. I'm sure glad that they love to hang out!

Sledding!

So we have been enjoying winter! We really are tired of it by this time of year, so we are trying to continue to have fun and find new things to do. This past weekend we took the kids to Jackson and went on a tubing hill right below Snow King ski resort. There is a rope tow that hauls the tubes to the top of the hill - and then groomed trails to tube down. We had so much fun. We went with Allison and her kids. We also took the kiddos to the Jackson Visitor center. For some strange reason my kids love to go there. Go figure. Anyway, we had a great weekend - and are still enjoying winter (we will have it for 3 more months, you know!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLY!

Rae made him a beautiful golf cake!

More beautiful winter

Rae took this picture one morning as she was feeding her rabbit before school. She was amazed at how beautiful it was outside. I was amazed that she noticed - and raved about it so much!

More winter fun!

I guess when in rome . . . . . .

You can't complain about winter in these parts! You just have to embrace it! On presidents day Kelly and I took a great snowshoe trek up the canyon. We had an awesome time. I was so tired - but it was a lot of fun. We just had a lot of new snow, so the hiking was extra fun.

January in Good 'Ole Star Valley

So we have been freezing around here! For the past week and a half, the temperature hasn't gotten above zero - until yesterday. Kelly has been going crazy because he hasn't been able to go snowshoeing or skiing. Just too darn cold! So he celebrated the balmy weather yesterday (I think he said it was in the teens) with a hike up his mountain. Aren't the pictures awesome? I think they are beautiful! He really does love climbing that mountain. I don't know what book-on-tape he is listening to at the moment, but it is such good therapy for him.
It is January! This is the time we hunker down inside and cuddle up with a good movie or a book. And thanks to Brady, we have been doing just that. He has been wanting to watch all of "The Lord of the Rings" movies again - so every night this week we have settled ourselves upstairs for much tv goodness and popcorn. What could be better? The whole fam, crunchy treats, and a steller flick! How I love my life!

15 YEARS!

Happy Anniversary - to me and my honey. How I love the man! I simply cannot wrap my head around the fact that it has been FIFTEEN years that we have been married. They all have been so good. I am excited to experience the next fifteen! By far the best accomplishments of the last fifteen are my three good friends pictured above.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful holiday! Santa came, we unwrapped, everyone was happy! The kiddos played and played with their new loot. Brady got much Vikings stuff, Rae - new cowboy boots and an american girl doll, Reesie - a doll sled and snowsuit and a cd player of her very own. They were all excited. I was most happy when I saw that my kids were far more interested in seeing their brother or sister open what they got for them than they were about opening their own gifts. They also made me proud when we dropped in to see a nice old man in our ward on Christmas eve- who was alone. We all visited with him, and my kids had a great time. No complaining - they really enjoyed it. We had a wonderful holdiay. We enjoyed Jennifer for the week - and her cuties on Saturday. We sure miss those cousins! Merry Christmas!

Reese with a hole in her head!

Reese has been wiggling like crazy! She has been so excited to have a loose tooth, and low and behold - it fell out! Just like Blythe! She has been so excited!

Kindergarten is funny

So I was thinking today about funny things I have heard some of my kindergarteners say this year and thought that I'd share. I sure get a kick out of them. So here goes.

boy- Mrs. Fullmer, where does Reese's dad work?
me- He is a teacher. He teaches English at the high school.
boy- Will we speak Spanish when we are in high school?

boy- Mrs. Fullmer, my dad told me something about you last night (his dad is Warren Hicks, and a friend of my dad).
Me- He did? What was it.
boy - (very seriously - like he was really trying to remember) oh, I'm thinking - what was it? . . . Oh yea, he said, Mrs. Fullmer wets her pants.

boy- After school I like to play with my dog.
me - What's your dog's name?
boy - (sits, and looks puzzled for a minute, and then runs across the room to where his mom is working and whispers in her ear, comes back and says proudly) Dixie!

Kenna asked a little girl to stop when she saw her picking her nose and eating it (ahhhhhh!) The girl stopped and then said to Kenna - Mrs. Schwab, you would think that those things would taste better - but really they don't.

I was helping write letters to Santa in Reese's class on Friday, and I asked one boy - Have you been a good boy this year? He replied, we haven't decided yet.

In another class I work in, a first grade girl was asking Mrs. Richards how to spell Mississippi - and another boy in the group piped up and said- Oh man, that is so easy! The girl replied, then how do you spell it? He wrote this on his paper and then handed it proudly to her - Mrs. Sipy.


They just kill me! I sure love my job!

A day in the life

Okay - so I was recently ridiculed for my blogger slacking. What can I say? I didn't have much to say for myself. Life has been fairly ordinary - same thing, different day, and not much to say. So I decided to take my camera around on my ordinary day. I took pictures of what I see everyday, and what I do. I took pictures of the cuties that I work with - I teach kids to read - very cool. There ya go - a day in the life of Gina! Big Smile!

Finally - a china cabinet!

So here it is - I absolutely love it with the china in it. It looks great! Big smile.

Happy Birthday Reese!

Yep! The baby is now 6! Remember how shocked I was when Rae turned 11? Well I'm thinking 6 is just as bad. She sure is a cute 6 though! We just had a family party this year. That's what Reese wanted. We had dinner - Reese wanted Hoot-Nanny ("sour-stuff") and then watched a movie. It was such fun. Rae and Brady were great with her too. They played with her the WHOLE afternoon and evening. Just catered to her every wish! They are awesome! Reese sure had a great day!

Great Visit!

This past weekend the kids and I went to visit Jen, Kyle and family in Eagle Mountain. Kelly was gone to Dallas for his NFL trip with his brothers - so it was a great time for us to go. We had a wonderful time. It was so fun to see where Jen lives. It is surprisingly rural. I can see why she thinks it is great to live there. She has conveniences, but not too much congestion. It is really pretty.
We first met them at The Mayan and all had dinner together. It was great! The kids love that place. The next day Jen and I took all the kids to temple square to see the sights. We went and saw the movie, "Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration". It is so good. My kids really enjoyed it. Brady said it was his favorite part of temple square. The other thing the kids thought was cool was the pocket watch of John Taylor that is in the Church History Museum. However, Brady and Rae were totally disappointed that it didn't still have the hands on it- to show the EXACT time that he was shot. They are funny. It was really great to just walk around and see that magnificent place. We ended the day by heading to Build-A-Bear Workshop where Reese picked out a bear for her birthday. She was so excited to have Blythe and Halle there to watch and help her. They all had fun. Blythe, Halle and Jude each picked out a new outfit for their animals at home, and Rae bought herself a cool Halloween bear. Brady was truly a bored man, who would have rather been at the NFL game : ). That boy's patience simply astounds me. So the kid got a great reward when all the girl craziness was finished -- MADDEN 2007!!!!! The latest football game for his gamecube that he has been eyeing. What he really needs is for Jude to get a little bigger! Brady did have fun with Jude though. He even took him into the "Men's" bathroom with him once. How cute!
So we had a blast. I'm really glad we finally got down there to see their spread. We sure have missed those cousins!

This is Halloween!

Hey! Haven't blogged for a while, but I've really wanted to 'cause we've done a lot and my kids are so darn cute! Grandpa Jonesy showed up last week with a HUGE pumpkin - so he and the kids did some mighty fine carving. They had a great time and I was thrilled because it wasn't me in charge of the messy project! They did a fantastic job! Last night we went to Brady's cub scout Halloween carnival party thingy. The kids had a GREAT time. The favorite was "bobbing for doughnuts" - highly entertaining. Reese was a beautiful Belle - Rae a scary witch - and Brady - what else? A VIKING! (The Minnesota kind you meat-heads!)

The three bears live on!

So Reesie twisted Grandpa Jonesy's arm to come to her class and tell his version of the three bears. They just read this story in class in a kind of workshop/activity, and Reese remembered Grandpa's funny version. Naturally he is now the coolest thing to ever hit that kindergarten class. The kids absolutely loved it! He really is kind of tired of performing that particular story (he says his whistler is broken) but he was a great sport (root canal the day before and all)! He really is the best kind of Grandpa and Dad. The kind of guy who would do anything for you, anytime - even if he is tooooo crazy with all of his stuff. Gotta love that Grandpa Jonesy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAE!

I can't believe my baby is turning 11 - that is simply CRAZY! She is just now in the middle of a great birthday party. Some of her friends are here having a great time. They are waiting for it to get dark, so that they can go run wild and play "night games" - Rae's idea of major fun! They have been having a fun time. Happy Birthday Girlie! How I loves me Rae! : )

Back to School!

I can't believe it is back to school time already! All my kids were excited and ready to go. Brady said that he couldn't figure out how someone could get tired of summer - but he was. He was so cute. I was a little weepy on sending little Reese to Kindergarten! Sigh! My baby! But, I'm going to school with her - helping out as a reading mastery instructor - so I will get to see her and help in her class everyday. Yeah! I might live after all! Here is a great picture of all the Fullmer kids ready for their big first day! Rae - 11 (almost) Brady - 9 and Reese - 5

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I have been having a hard time loading pictures on my blog - so stay tuned. Hopefully Kelly can help me figure it out soon.