More pics

Here are some more pictures. These are from my (Jeni's) camera. Now that we have 3 different cameras we use, our blogs may be a little sporadic.....
We also have a new nephew, but those pictures aren't uploaded yet. Stay tuned!

Audrey and Claire at Brekkyn & Kaydra's birthday celebration at Space Aliens

Brekkyn and Kaydra, the birthday girls!

Uncle Bryan and Tayten - Tayten came with us to the shoe store so Cole could pick out some new school shoes :)

Grandma Lana & Grandpa Art with 3 of the grand kids

Grandpa Art helps Cole decide what kind of shoes he should get

Cole & Tate pose for a picture as I experiment with my new camera!! Cool huh?

Claire, Payton & Avary - My girls of the summer!

Claire and Janelle swing on Tiff & Jason's porch swing. We made a quick trip there one Sunday afternoon to drop off Janelle.

Jason gets a roaring fire started for us

Tiffany and her topsy-turvey (spelling???) tomato plant....hate to say it Tiff, but Mom's tomatos look better than yours ;)

Claire, mom and Cole on the way to Cavalier

A picture of our favorite place in the world!!

Cole and Nathan attempt to double ski. Although Cole can ski, he didn't get up this time because Nathan's ski "injured" him in the leg...

Nathan ski's alone this time

Cole, Nathan & Taja go for a paddle boat ride

Jerry's sweet new ride. How come I didn't see a picture of this on Janelle's blog?? ;)

Princesses can drive trucks!

A little more experimenting

Our baby girl!! She looks so sweet and innocent!! Looks are deceiving!

Avary letting me test the camera on her

Payton & Claire

Avary - Our last trip to the pool for the summer :(

Claire and Payton

Claire bear

Avary always has a good smile for the camera :)

Camp Metigoshe, lake, other

Cole stretches for a sweet grab while playing catch in the backyard

Kaydra went to Camp Metigoshe with a couple of her close friends. Here, they meet their awesome counselor.

Claire relaxes in the chair

...and plays in the sand

Kaydra, Sidni, and Ciara are excited for the action packed week to begin

They're ready

Striking a pose by the cross

Here they pretend to jump in the water

Sweet sisters!

Kaydra checks out her bunk bed for the week

Here are the girls following their adventurous week, complete with friends, fun, games, songs, swimming, and more...a little more color and a little less energy

Kaydra and Ciara on the paddle boat


Claire takes some time to indulge in a good book

Cole waits patiently for the big fish


Claire makes a silly face


Jerry's waiting for the fish, too


Claire swings


Cole looks for something in the water


He casts his line again...still waiting for the big one


This is Taja after she fell off the dock into the lake. Although she loves being at the lake, she hasn't yet developed a love for the water

Claire's still swinging

Mystical Horizons on the way home from the lake


View from atop Mystical Horizons


Thanks for visiting. Enjoy your day!

July Pictures

We have a lot of pictures since we last updated the blog and they aren't in any particular order!!!


Jeni, Beth and Amber ~ our last night with all three of us. Beth had to leave in the morning!!

Amber, Jeni and Beth at our 10 year reunion

Lindsay, Jeni and Amber at Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch the day of our 10 year reunion

Elizabeth, Claire and Audrey at the lake!

Erik, Kevin and Cole...none of them wanted to pose, especially Cole

A girls picture with Elizabeth, Claire, Audrey, Brekkyn and Kaydra

Bryan and Art relax at the Lake

Tara & Julie

Claire's pretty braids

Grandma Lana putting in Claire's pretty braids

Family picture of the Moens when the were home from Nevada!

Anderson Siblings picture :)

The kids love Nan & Tom!!

Cole LOVES playing games at the fair. It's hard telling him not to waste his money because he always wins!!

Nathan, Claire & Cole at Taylor Swift

Nathan and Claire at Taylor Swift

Kaydra wasn't in the Taylor Swift pictures because she darted right to the front with uncle Matt. I wasn't in them because I was taking pictures!

Matt, Brekkyn, Audrey, Nathan, Cole & Kaydra ran the route

Nathan, Cole & Kaydra ran the route in the State Fair parade.

Here is a picture of our crew that came on the Party Bus to Motley Crue. It was a blast! I won tickets so we HAD to go :)

Here are the girls' with Payton & Claire's pre-school teachers. They sure miss them!!

We decided it's about time for the kids to start mowing the lawn.

Here is Cole.

Claire & Payton's favorite animals at the zoo.

Kaydra & Claire at the zoo (seriously Claire, do you need to bring your Barbies everywhere?)

Cute siblings picture - Claire always has an interstin outfit on. A dress that's too big with her new "kini" underneath.

Fourth of July picture, guess I forgot to put my new fourth of July outfit on!!

Kaydra gets a medal at the Marketplace for Kids

Kaydra and her friend competed in the Marketplace for kids at the fair this year

Kaydra has an answer

Grandma Lana came too (so did the Barbies again)

Pizza was served for lunch

My crew and I hang out waiting for the group to go to lunch

This should be at the end, but here is a picture of the "Camping Birthday Party" set up. Cole and Kaydra both had bday parties, but Cole's friends spent the night to camp in the back yard.

Cole and all of his friends autograph eachother's baseballs

Here is Kaydra and her group!

Cole & His group

Posing for a family pic, this one will not be used for our Christmas Cards!

Claire is full of smiles

Claire & Grandma Lana

Cole gets a fishing rod from Janelle and Jerry!

Matt, Tara and I take a break from all of the excitement

The pool was also a happening place to be

Time to eat....not so sure Taja should be sitting there...

Picture of the yard

Kaydra and her friends decide what to start out with

All of the presents

Claire and Taja

Drew gives "campfire cuts" while Nathan was doing some "campfire counseling". We think we could have a good business going on here!

Looks like he is counseling some kids and Taja!!

Tiff and I enjoying some time on the dock

Claire loves playing with Janelle

Grandma and Grandpa came up to visit for the day

Claire and her best friend