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

trying this

TROUBLE!

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

Just a Swangin'!

So here is the infamous cable swing. We spent half our young years on that thing - literally. For me, riding it, was the most nostalgic moment of the whole trip. It was SOOOOO great! Pics are for you Bekki!

Trip down memory lane

I can't believe we were actually there. I can't believe it has been 25 years since I've been there. I can't believe I rode the cable swing at Circle K. I can't believe I climbed that freaking huge ladder at Mesa Verde! I'm fairly proud of myself.
The trip was awesome. Can't wait to see everyone's Blogs! : )

Pay-back's a @#$%&!

As children, we Jones kids endured daily torture. Agonizing, methodical, torture. We dreaded it daily. We cowered at the mere thought of it. It hung over our heads like the blackest of clouds. And this torture had a name, it had a face. . . . (insert knife stabbing psycho eek-eek-eek sound effect) BEKKI! At Christmas Jen and I planned our pay-back. It was very successful and I feel so much better about my childhood. I'm recovering. Slowly. This incident was very healing.

How can I fit all that in my pocket?

Was going through iphoto, and couldn't resist this killer picture. I'm sure you all understand. I can't stop laughing. : )

Once More With Feeling

I am a huge Buffy fan! A few summers ago, David the wonderful suggested that Kelly and I watch the first two seasons of "Buffy" as he owned them, and was living with my parents for the summer. I totally scorned and ridiculed him, laughing at the suggestion that we watch a teeny bopper stupid vampire show. Well, Kelly thought it was a great idea - and since I am always at Kelly's side on the couch at night - I had no other options than to watch. Two episodes into it, I was hooked. I think it is the most awesome series. So well written and entertaining. Its creator, Joss Wedon, is such a clever guy. Entertainment Weekly named "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" one of the best DVD series of all television to watch. I agree. It is FANTASTIC! Thanks David! I have since forcefully made many of my family members watch it, and they all agree - "Buffy", like the Fullmers, ROCKS!

We Miss the Girls!

Isn't this THE cutest summer picture?!? I think the girls look so beautiful. Reese sure misses Halle and Blythe. We hope Kyle was worth all this separation! :)

Independence!

On the fourth of July we crazy people from Grover had our very own parade. A bike parade - all decked out to celebrate the fourth. The kids peddled around our very rural blocks singing "Grover - knows how to party" very loudly. Very cute. They had a blast!!

Happy Birthday Brady!

Brady is officially 9 - and way too cool for any of us mere mortals. Brady is the most awesome kid around. He really is. He is the silent cool type. I'm thinking this will grow into rugged and manly : ) So the best thing he got for his birthday is his Vikings jersey (any guesses as to where that obsession came from?!?) - followed closely by his new bike. A dude's gotta have his wheels! WE LOVE BRADY!

not so sunny CA

Now that I'm blogging - I can't stop. I keep seeing cool family pictures that I have and I want to show the world!!! : )
For spring break this year we visited Corey and Jennie and their boys in Fairfield California. It was a great trip - we had lots of fun - in the rain! It rained the whole trip, but we still managed to have a great time. We visied San Francisco and Fishermans Warf, Muir Wood, Stinton Beach, and generally had fun.

The Boys

So, anyone who knows Kelly knows that he loves many things. Some of these include: golf, mountain biking, golf, video games, golf, snowshoeing, golf, reading, golf, Macintosh computers (you didn't have to convert him, Kyle), oh and did I mention - GOLF?! But beside these many hobbies his two biggest hobbies are the Minnesota Vikings and his brothers. Every year they take a "brothers trip" to see an NFL game (thanks to Barry and Chris for the sky miles), and this past fall they went to Minneapolis to see the blessed Vikings. Whenever they are on trips together they get a lot of stares and comments because they look so much a like. Kelly's brothers are definitely a big part of his life.

I'm now a blogger!

So here I am fellow bloggers! I've had a few kinks getting started, but hopefully I'm good to go now. Bekki is a total blogger goddess - she is too cool. So she has inspired me - we'll see if I can really do this. Loving it so far! : )
I'm even going to attempt to put a picture on this one - here goes.