Celebrating the 4th of JULY 2011



Brinley and I at the 4thof July Parade in Cedar.  All of the boys were on floats, so it was just her and her momma!



 Pretty girl Kallie in her Red, White & Blue!

My cute little FIRE CRACKERS!

CEDAR NATIONAL ALL STARS!!!

Kache and Kolby were both lucky enough to make the teams!  Preston helped coach Kolby's team!

Brett Bob and Lacie

Our annual 4th of July BBQ in Uncle Brett's backyard where we also have the best seats in the valley for the Enoch City Firework show!



Tramp Tricks at dusk!  Breck and Brin!



The SHOW!



Two of my favorite people in the WHOLE world!  Lacie and my Brin girl!



Kache protecting Kinzlee from the "Scary" fireworks! 



A summer of CRUSH (and a little Fusion) baseball....Kolby

Crush cuties! Kolby and his daddy (and private coach)

Cedar City CRUSH....Richfield Tournament Champions....Back to back Champs!


Yep...they're #1 again!

Getting their awards!

Here comes the ball for Kolby to SMACK!

Kolby played for his "Crush" team in Richfiled (9U) and subbed for Fusion's (8U) team, because they had an injured player. He was "Bowden" for the day and pitched amazing for them! They took 2nd in the Championships! Kolby played 8 games in 2 days, boy was he tired..but had a blast!

Kolby throwing one "down the pipe" for Fusion baseball, Richfield, Utah, June 2011. I LOVE this shot and the face he is pulling!

Beaver Bash MVP! Kolbyl scored some dough by being chosen as tournament MVP by his teammates. He was so lucky to be apart of such an AMAZING team!

Championship dog pile! Team Crush (9U) wins thier first tournament!!! Beaver, Utah...June 2011

Crush is #1!!! Beaver Bash Tournament Champions!!! June, 2011.

Awesome group of kis with amazing coaches!

Crazy for "Food in a Jar"

Made these yesterday for breakfast with scrambled cheese eggs and they were a BIG HIT, not to mention them being so darn cute! I found an entire website on serving foods in little (individual sized) jars and can't wait to try more!

Monkey Bread in a Jar

You will need:

4- 8 oz. clean mason jars

1 can biscuits

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

Spray jars well with cooking spray. Divide rolls into quarters; roll into balls and coat in sugars/cinnamon mixture. Place dough balls in jars and sprinkle a little extra sugars/cinnamon mixture between each layer. Fill to about 3/4 (so they don't rise and overflow). Bake at 350 for 20 minutesish. Makes 4 cute as heck servings!

Ancestor Essay District Winner: Brinley White!

When Brinley wrote an essay about her ancestor, Frances Goddard, for a required 4th grade assigment she never dreamed she would go this far. This assignment is given to all 4th and 5th grade students in the Iron County School District by the Sons of the Utah Pioneers organization as an essay contest every year. First place winners are selected from each school with one "Grand Prize" winner out of the entire district. What an honor for her and for our family!

As a mom (and her teacher) I was so excited on the last day of school for the "end of the year awards assembly", because I was aware that she had won, but she had no clue. She was thrilled and surprised when they announced her name as the school 1st place winner, but almost died when she was also announced as the "Grand Champion". Mr. Bonzo (famous former Cedar High teacher) read her paper to the student body and awarded her with 60, one dollar gold coins! What a fun day!!! She was also invited as the guest of honor to the Sons of the Utah Pioneers 24 of July Awards showcase at the Rock Church on the morning of July 24th.

Mr. Bonzo reading Brinley's essay to the crowd on July 24th, 2011

Brinley got the red carpet treatment at the awards ceremony. Mr. Bonzo gave her a kiss on the cheak and asked if she'd spent all of her prize $$ on her new yellow dress.

What a fun day for our whole family!

Brinley and her Grandma Linda. Brinley gets her writing talents from her gram. They have such a special relationship and are very close.

Brinley with her great Grandma and Grandpa Rowley. They are such a good example to our family and are always so supportive of our children.

Gleave Reunion and Kolby's 8th Birthday 2010

Kolby Preston White ready to open his present from grandma Linda. He got a fishing pole to fish with at Pine Lake. He was so excited to celebrate his 8th birthday at the Gleave Reunion!

Kolby and his new birthday bike on Thursday, July 8th, 2010. We had to give it to him early, so he could ride it for a minute before we left for camp.

How many guys get to wake up in a camp trailer on their birthday? Kolby got to open presents in the 5th wheel and spend his 8th birthday in beautiful Pine Lake. Happy Birthday to my beautiful, green eyed boy! You bring us so much joy and happiness! We couldn't imagine our lives without you! We love you Kolby!

Dad and his Brin saying "cheese"

Kache and Kolby in the back seat of the Ranger CLEEEAR up on top!!!

(Kache is ticked cause we won't let him drive)

Preston and I on Barney Top (I think) with gorgeous views in the background! I love going on rides in the back woods where not many people have been before. So beautiful!

The Birthday boy looking super cute and a little dusty!

Kolby, Brinley and Kache at a cute waterfall we found on our 2 hour ride from Pine Lake to Escalante.

Brett Bob Brindley somewhere between Pine Lake and Escalante.

Kasey being lazy after lunch.

Enjoying lunch at the park in Escalante on Friday, July 9th.

Aunt Gug and Heston having some chow!

Happy 8th Birthday Kolby!

My cuteness and his baseball cake partying in the mountains!

There you go making my heart beat again, heart beat again, heart beat again! What a hottie he is!

Birthday dinner with the Birthday boy!

The cutest 8 year old ever taking a swing at his redneck pinata!

Jade and Kache being pyros!

Brynlee and Brinley......nope they're not related, but have lots of fun together!

Grandma Linda at the campfire

Kache Howard White

Grandma Linda and my sweetheart slaving over dutch oven potatoes! We cooked up 300 servings of these spuds! They turned out really good!!!!

Kache and Preston eating dutch oven mutton! YUCK! If you ask normal people, but these weirdos LOVE IT!

Brinley and Brecklyn looking "fly" in the Forest!

Crazy, dirty cousins playing in the mountains! Kolby, Landon, Skittles and Kallie Sue!

This is one of the worlds FUNNIEST people! I love this girl very much!!! My first cousin, Hillary Englestead Bonner working some "voodoo magic" on homesick Brynlee Bybee and guess what, IT WORKED!!!!!

Had to snap a picture of these hands because they reminded me so much of my dad's hands. My dad's hands were huge like these. I loved playing with his hands at church. I was always so fascinated by my dad's big, strong hands. These are my Uncle Charlie's hands (my dad's older brother). Though dad is gone I can still find him places when I pay attention!!!