RYAN HOPE NEWTON

Ryan is walking!!!!

If this doesn't melt your heart, nothing will!! Daddy with his girl!

CAMPING & FISHING!!!

Last weekend we ventured off to Flaming Gorge, Utah with a tent, a boat and 5 children!! WOW, what an experience! It actually was really fun. (other than Ryan crying all night in the tent!! - I woke up the next morning and wanted to walk around the campground saying, "man, did you hear that baby last night? Who in thier right mind would bring a baby camping!!")

Now, on to the pictures...

Brandon was our Super Fisherman this trip!! We didn't have a lot of luck with the fish, but he never gave up!!

What a cute family!! So fun to be together...

Could that be any cuter, the two boys TRYING to catch a fish!!

And my girls cute as can be...

Fun times around the campfire. Waiting for the scary stories from dad, and eating more s'mores than you would think possible!!
These are the moments that make it all worth it!! (Ryan actually cried most of the time, don't let this cute picture fool you!!)
SOME OF THE FISH!!!!!

In my "fish" stories I'll tell you all that my fish was the biggest, and that I didn't scream and drop that fish in the boat because it was so gross to hold!!

RYAN IS ONE!!!

Yes, it's true, my baby turned 1 on Sunday, June 8th, 2008!!!

It's hard to believe that it was a year ago that I was so excited to see my baby girl, and so anxious about seeing her little hand. I remember being so nervous, and then realizing when I was in labor, that I didn't even care what it looked like, I was just so happy to have her here. Luckily it looked great, and there were no worries.

Here are the proud parents of our 5th and last!!

Our kids cannot get enough of their little sister, she is the perfect addition to our family. They still to this day fight over who gets to get her out of bed, hold her, put her in the car, and play with her.

The traditional naked bumb photo, you gotta love it!!

What a cute thing. Everything she does makes us smile!!

The Newton 5!!! Ryan has been the perfect addition to our clan!!

What a beautiful girl!

Lovin' the bubbles!!!

Ryan's famous "whole hand in the mouth" trick!!


Ryan Hope, we love you so much!! You bring so much joy to our family!! Happy Birthday!!

What HAPPENED in Vegas....

First of all, it is soooooo rare that we come back with money from Vegas, but it happened this time BABY!! Let me point out what a high roller I am, I put $1 on 24 and won $37! And then put $5 on O/OO greens and got $85!! It was seriouslly so much fun! I'm sure you can't imagine the celebration that took place, I didn't make a fool of myself at all!!

Of course other gambling took place and we went up and down, but I was ON FIRE this trip!! Steve would loose some and I'd be a smart alack and ask him how much I needed to go make to bring him back to even. It was so fun!

We had so much fun just laughing and being together!

Brian's idol is Incredible Hulk, when we saw this we had to get a shot of him posing!!

Pool time was so great this trip!! One day we went to the pool at 9:30 am and stayed until almost 4:00 pm. It was just so fun to lay and not care about anything!!

How lucky are we to have such great friends to hang with. The Christensons are the best!


So glad to have such a good friend. We are opposite in a lot of ways, but that's what makes us great friends!! For instance, she couldn't wait to go shopping at the mall or outlet malls in Vegas, and I had to hit all the Walmarts on the way to Vegas!!

Hot babes at the pool!

What Happens In Vegas.....

So long friends and family, we are off to VEGAS BABY!!! A few days to not care about life, just lay by the pool, go to shows, gamble (within reason of course), spend time in the hotel room (who's proud of me for not coming right out and saying what will happen in the room!!)
And just relaxing!!!

I wish you really came back with lots of these fun colored chips!!! Usually it's empty pockets and lots of memories though!!

And a HUGE thank you to the mommy's of my children for the weekend!!! My kids are Brains for the first half of the trip...

And Hammer's for the second half....

FOR REALS?

It's been pointed out to me on a number of occasions that I say, "for reals?" A LOT! Now that I'm aware of it, I realize that I really do. When the kids tell me something I'll answer, "For Reals?" Or when I'm trying to get my point across about something I'll say, "No, For Reals, that really happened".

My cute Brandon is in 1st grade and at the age where you sound everything out to try to spell it. He came home from school today with this Mothers Day card for his Grandma.....

"I love you Grandma so much
For Reals, I'm not Kiddin'
wow, super, wow
Love Brandon"

FRILS, is that the cutest thing ever?!!!

I THINK A TATOO IS SOMETHING TO BLOG ABOUT!!!!

So, every time we go to Vegas Steve talks about getting a tattoo. He has always wanted to do a bike chain around his ankle. We've even ventured into some of THE scariest tattoo places in Vegas and decided maybe not a great idea.

Well, the other night he got it in his head again (maybe because of our Vegas trip in a couple of weeks) He figured out what he wanted to have done and the two of us ventured out to find the tattoo parlor.....


Here is his nice clean non tattood leg...

Happy as can be. Almost looks like I do when I have an epidural and I'm waiting to have a baby...

But right when that needle hit his leg, he was dieing!! You should have seen his face, it really must have hurt! He said it felt like a sodering iron on his leg (not that he's ever felt that before!)

A little tattoo action...

40 minutes later and Voila..... A Lotoja bike symbol is Steve's forever!!! It's a great accomplishment for him to remember forever, riding LOTOJA 5 times and getting 1000 miles!! Even though he'll probably ride it more than 5 times! (for those who don't know, LOTOJA is a bike race from Logan UT to Jackson Hole WY 206 miles)

And for those of you who don't believe in tattoos, or want an object lesson for your children about "why you should never get a tattoo" just show them this bloody picture!!!


A little video footage of the tattoo action.....