31st Birthday

Another year older and I love every minute of it too! I had another "FABULOUS" year with all my wonderful family and friends.... I want to take an extra moment and express my appreciation and love to everyone of you :) I am so blessed to have such amazing people in my life! I am so thankful for all the great relationships I have and I cherish all the memories I get to share.. For my birthday this year I got double action!!! First we went out to the lake and it was such a beautful day! We had some friends join us and of course had a blast.. I got to see some of my other wonderful friends out on the lake too, that evening we had a BBQ at my house and everyone came over and hung out! It was so much fun!!! Thank you all for the company and for all my awesome gifts. That next weekend we headed to Salt Lake and my close and dear friends Shane & Natalie threw a party/BBQ at their house for all our friends! It was a "BLAST" and I loved seeing everyone and hanging out - thank you all too for the awesome memories and gifts! I couldn't ask for anything more.... Mitch, I am so honored to be your wife, and the mother of my two beautiful girls Kassidee and Maddison! You guys do SO much for me and I am so thankful everyday of my life to have such an "AMAZING" family :)

12 year Anniversary

Another fabulous year with my honey! I love scrapblog and blogger, they help me to document these wonderful moments in my life..... Mitch and I had our 12th anniversary April 19th 2009, we had our Cancun trip planned April 30th 2009 but due to the swine flu we weren't able to make it or I should say didn't want to chance it. So we rescheduled for September 23rd 2009. We both are very excited to go even though we were bummed that we weren't able to make it on our original date. So my parents took our girls anyway for the weekend and we decided to hit Mesquite NV, we stayed at the Falcon Ridge resort. It was a beautiful and romantic room! It had a fantastic lobby and pool. We had such a relaxing time, we went to a nice dinner and saw a movie Saturday night and then of course played..... Our trip was paid for to say the least :):):) I just want to tell Mitch that I love you and love everything you do for me and our family! You are the best husband ever! I look forward to many more years with you, and can't wait to document those many more memories........... Happy Anniversary!!!
I have been a little behind on posting and I am okay with that. I am making it a goal to start my publisher books to have as a keepsake for many years and to have passed down to my girls and my grandchildren and there generations.

Daddy's Poem "By" Shianne

Shianne wrote a poem about her Dad, I thought it was so precious and I couldn't resist and had to post it.. It brought tears to my eyes, Shianne I am so proud of you, your sisters and your brother Anthony! You've come so far and have become so strong. You all such beautiful young ladies and a handsome little guy!! I have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy watching all of you grow.. I don't have a current photo of Anthony, but soon hope to get one :) Yesterday was a tough day for allot of people out there - so to all of those that have lost a loved one my thoughts and prayers go out to you ........

My Dad
He was funny, he was great,
When i needed it he'd dished out all the money.
He walked from place to place, I will never forget his handsome face
My daddy spoiled me with many things,
but he gave me wisdom within.

He was kind and thoughful,
A very generous man.
He gave me encouragement & forgiveness,
For that i am your number one fan.

Before i was even a twinkle in his eyes,
God picked him to be my dad.
And now i have him wrapped around my fingers,
I will not let go.
He will forver be apart of my life,
He'll always be my hero.

I love you Daddy.
-Sincerely
Shianne Varney

Ryan's Daughters Kellsie (Top) Kodi (bottom)

In Memory of Ryan David Alderman

On this Memorial Day I'd like to take a moment to honor my Brother!!! I put a few of many pic's together of memories of Ryan, his family his friends to cherish all the fun times we had together..... There's not a day that goes by that we don't think of you... We love you with all our hearts and know that you're watching over us every single day!

We love you Ryan........

2009 Year End Dance Recital -

Kassidee and Maddison performed at their year end Desert Edge Dance recital May 9th..... They did an amazing job! Mitch and I are so proud of them! I ordered a DVD which as soon as I get I will put their clip on so everyone can see how stinkin cute their dances are! The girls have been in dance for 3 years now and love it... They get to learn allot of movements, technique's, balance, motivation, structure, which goes well with the Ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern, and just for jun classes :) The teachers are allot of fun and do really well with all the kids! I love to see how far my girls have come from the first time they started. They aren't scared now to get on stage and perform infront of alot of people. They have such high self esteems! It has taught them so much and I hope they continue on....

Recital Dinner @ Olive Garden......

2008-2009 School Pictures....

I can't believe this school year has come and gone! The girls got out of school May 23rd for the year 2008-2009. Both Kassidee and Maddison had such a productive year. Maddison graduated kindergarten and headed for 1st grade and Kassidee graduated 3rd going into 4th this coming fall. Maddison learned to read, write, count, shapes, concepts about print, phonics and spelling, site words, arts, math concepts, oral language, social studies, share everything, play fair, don't hit people, put things back where you found them, clean up your own mess, don't take things that aren't yours, say your sorry when you hurt someone, wash your hands before you eat, live a balanced life, learn some and think some, draw, sing and dance. Play and work everyday so when you go out into the world you can watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder remember the little seed in the plastic cup, the roots go down and the plant goes up and many more things to help her grown in life! I absolutely LOVED her teacher. She was such an amazing lady and did so well with my Maddi girl... Kassidee is doing awesome!!!! I can't believe how much she is doing and learning at her young age. Her spelling and writing is above grade level, her art is fanominal, she wants to be an artist when she grows up so we are currently trying to get her into some 1 on 1 art classes, she has such a passion in her work! I love it.. She has passed her multiplication and division with flying colors... She also has done typing in computer class and was top of the class at 24 wpm. Kassidee is above grade level in almost all academic areas. Language arts is her strenght and she has made significant progress in reading and writing. Continueing to retell what she has read will help to increase comprehension. Her attitude and behavior are always positive and she has built a good foundation and is well prepared to be successful in the fouth grade. I am so proud of my girls and what they have accomplished this year. We have allot of fun things planned over the summer to keep them going and ready for the next school year. Keep up the hard work girls. Me and your dad love you so much and look foward to helping and supporting you with your all your dreams and successes'

Sand Hollow Fun.......

Last week we took my sister and her family out to the lake! It was such a beautiful day.... We did some wakeboarding, tubing, layed out by the beach, ate some lunch buried Mersades :0) It was a fun day and I am so happy they were able to make it out.... It makes it so nice when your family loves the water and boating! The girls have allot of fun and they continue to want to go, they are so good about putting sunscreen on and reminding us as well (LOL)... This year the girls are going to wakeboard. We bought it last year but didn't have enough time to practice out on the lake. So we are stoked to get them up :) I am looking forward to many more trips out this summer!!!!

Kassidee's vison.............

Kassidee came home and brought us this photo that she drew at school, I was just amazed! It is the perfect rendition of our home. I wish I had her ambition, her vision says everything about her! Kassidee's motivation in being an artist is priceless! She doesnt let anyone tell you that she can't do anything! "What out Picasso and Micheal Angelo" there's a new girl on the block. I love that Kassidee is so detailed in all her work. She has such an amazing talent and I love to see her everyday grow and strive to be the best :)

Kassidee is a Master

Congrats Kassidee. You've done such an amazing job on your multiplication! I have seen you grow tremendously..... Me and your dad are so PROUD of you and all your accomplishments! I can't believe you're going into the 4th grade this fall. You're just growing up too fast but I love to see everyminute of it :) BUT, take a step back and look at who you are where you come from and always remember who you are :)

Maddison's Sail Boat

Maddison discovered that everything as she uses is recyclable. She learned all week about Earth and how important loving mother earth is. Maddison and Mitch built this awesome sail boat out of recylable materials and took it to school for display! It was also tested in water to see if it could float and YEAH it did...... She was so proud of her project and so excited to take it to school, but most of all that Mitch helped her all the way! Her and Mitch have such an amazing bond and she is so blessed to have him as her daddy :) Way to go Mad girl........