First Day of School 2008

The first day of School is always fun! Tyson started middle school, Natasha 4th grade, and Dereck started 1st grade. It is nice to see them hugging because it does not happen too often.
I can still feel the love now. I wish I could say they all loved school and was excited about going, but that would be a lie.

Larsen family Reunion 2008

So this years family reunion was a lot of FUN!!! The only thing that sucked is we were only there for the day. I enjoy staying the two nights, and having the whole weekend. Misty and Shane did an awesome job!
We had Karaoke, and I did not know it, but all of my kids like to perform.
Me and Natasha sang American Soldier by Toby Keith.
We sang Summer Lovin from the soundtrack of Grease.
On the way home at 10:00 at night we stopped and seen the Crandall Canyon Mine Monument. It was really neat.
Me and my boys are they not hotties.
All the boys showing off their muscles.
Ruthann wearing her raffle items her sweet little boy Jace put her in for.
Me and Dereck sang "I wanna be a Cowboy Baby" by Kid Rock.

The cute little ones!!

Me, Gramps and Ruthanne just chilling.
Playing Volleyball!
Oakley and my baby Sissy.
Have I ever told you I have the best most awesomest, cutest Gramps ever.

The boys playing volleyball. It was an awesome reunion. Thanks Bytheways! Hopefully ours will be just as successful as yours next year. It is always fun to be with family and have such a good time. It was great!!!

Lump in my Throat

So as lots of people know I went and had an EGD done yesterday. It turns out that my stressful summer caused me to have ulcers and gastritis. I should have been back to work today, but the scope they used inflamed my throat even more, and now I have no voice. They said that because of all the erythrocytes in my throat(that means red and inflamed) that the scope caused it to be even worse. Anyways I have been home for 2 days and will be home tomorrow as well. If I have an advice for anyone it is to keep the stress in your life at a low level. Shane stayed home and went with me and tucked me into bed before he had to leave again. He calls and keeps checking on me as well. He says he will hopefully be home Saturday night. I hope so because I always feel better with him home and his arms around me. We are looking forward to a little retreat in about 10 days. We are going on the Elk Hunt and taking the kids, and Shane has a guy from California Jeff he is taking. We are all excited about getting away. We are taking all the kids, and Nichole is bringing her boyfriend David. It should be a fun time. Anyways I just wanted to keep you all posted. Love Ya!!!

BYU vs UCLA

So Shane and me thought this would be the game of the year!!!! Boy were we wrong!!! UCLA only had their cheerleaders there to play. It was a stomping of the year!!! Nothing like last years nailbiting games between the two of them. 59-0!!! Can you believe that???? It was a great game and it was fun being there with Shane, Ryan and my mom and Lewis. We left at the end of the third quarter, because we could not watch the cheerleaders play anymore!!! It was a great game, and after that we went out to dinner with our friends Wendy and Jerry at Guadalahonkeys. It was a fun day and night and ended taking our friend Kenny to the ER because he had a rust ring in his eye after Dr. Shane Bott removed the metal from his eye. Thanks to Dr. Botts talented hands he could remove the metal but not the ring, so that is why we were at the ER to have Kenny's eye drilled. It was great to see the BYU cougars stomp the hell of it the UCLA Bruins.

FOOTBALL TIME

FOOTBALL!!!FOOTBALL!!!!FOOTBALL!!!

And here are some of Ryan's biggest fans!

His beautiful Sister Natasha!!!

His dreamy blue eyed brother Tyson!!!

And the dancing disco hottie Dereck!

Did I tell you Dereck is one white boy that can dance!!! They would be playing music and he was dancing away. Everyone was clapping and laughing and cheering him on. He was getting more attention then the cheerleaders so they decided to join him.

Yeah at 6 my child is already having all the girls want to dance with him!!!

He got his moves from his Mom because we know how much Dad likes to dance!!Isn't he just the cutest thing ever!!!Ryan is the football player in the back, he had to help the JV team.

My RY, I could tell he was not a happy camper. This lone wolf on the side line gave that away.
Ryan is so fun to watch as he is running because he is so quick and FAST!!!
TAKE DOWN!!!!

They were doing the Hakka Dance like BYU Cougars do.







So FOOTBALL Season is here and can I tell you how excited I am. Ryan had his first scrimmage tonight against JV, and let me brag just a little bit and tell you how awesome he did!!!! He was awesome!!! He is very exciting to watch, and boy can he take a guy down. Tyson will also play tackle football, and Dereck gets to play Flag football this year. Plus we still have our season tickets to BYU football. Oh yeah did I tell you I love football season. Here is Ryan doing some of his famous footwork.

Now thats what I like to call A TAKE DOWN!!!

Family Fun

So Saturday, Shane came down and took me and the kids boating. I had told him my boat wasn't running up to par and he found out I had a broken spark plug. So once again the handy fix it man fixed it.

The boys and I went tubing!!! Shane likes to see how long it takes to throw us off.
Nichole enjoyed chilling on the tube, but not being pulled on it!
Dereck always ready for a picture!!

Shane never one for the camera!!!
Ryan after his turn on the tube!!!
Natasha was gone to a Birthday party, but afterwards Shane and I went and seen her. I know everyone is worried about us, but in the end I think we will be fine! It was a great day, my kids got to see their dad, we talked, my kids were happy, my needs were fulfilled. What more could a woman want??? For the time being that is it. Shane needs to find himself and so do I and in the end if God wants it to be it will be!!!
And also if someone would realize that he moved out of the place he was staying and moved back into his trailer and would give him time to think and work out his issues. He has agreed to counseling and that is a positive sign. He starts next week. I am already in it as well as Tyson. I know everyone is worried, but like I said we will see what happens and leave it in God's hands.

The 24th of July