March 7, 2009 - Jack's turns 8 and gets Baptized!

The day after we moved in to our home on Overlook, was Jack's 8th Birthday.

He was so lucky to be able to be baptized on his birthday.

Grandpa and Grandma Bowman flew in from Ky to be here for his Baptism.

It was a little crazy as you can tell from the top picture.

It was a great day! Jack was so excited to get his very own set of scriptures!

Grandma Bowman gave a wonderful talk on Baptism and Jack's primary teacher gave a talk on the Holy Ghost.

Afterwards, we all went to Famous Daves and celebrated Jack's birthday and baptism.

Moved...March 5, 2009

We moved from Williston Road in Minnetonka (pictures above) on Thursday, March 5, 2009. This was our 3rd move in a 1 1/2 years. Ladies from my church came and helped me pack and clean...they were angels! The movers came at 3:30 pm and were finished at 1:00 am. My parents flew in from Kentucky that same night. Jamie brought them home from the airport to our new house on Overlook Drive in Minnetonka/Hopkins (pictures below). I felt so bad..the house was a disaster and my dad had just had surgery on his shoulder and Jamie had a herniated disk and there wasn't a place for them to sit. After the movers were finished I went back to the Williston home and finished cleaning it. I got home at 2:30 am. What a Day!!!!!

This is my first table display...at my first party...The Hostess was Tracy Carson.

I started Silpada Designs in February 2009. I have loved every minute of it. I have met so many wonderful women and not to mentioned ...I LOVE the JEWELS!!!

It has helped our family out financially as Jamie is going to school..plus it lets me get a break and go to a party for my job! I Love it!!!

It has helped me get out of my little box and reach out to other people, which I so find that I love to do! I have learned and grown because of Silpada and I will continue to grow and as I take my business to new levels.

Catch Up Time!

It has been almost a year since I have last posted anything. A lot has transpired in the last year. We have moved 2 times, I started Silpada Designs, Jamie had a herniated disk, Jack got baptized, James received the Priesthood, and many more little moments, some we have forgotten and some we will never forget.

There is so much to write.....so I thought I would tell our story as I post pictures from the last year. Oh! did I forget that our computer crashed....Best Buy said our hard drive was so bad we wouldn't be able to save anything..thank goodness for our Home Teacher at the time, Bro. Schien, who took it home to his house and retrieved all of our pictures. What a Blessing! I had felt for a while that I should burn the pictures onto a CD, but I never got around to do it...then it crashed...I was sick to my stomach...and then Bro. Schein saved the day!

Videos of Tyson

Life in a Bouncer!

Discovering his Shadow!

Haylie and Tyson

moving

Just found out:

We have to move by March 1st!

Tyson's new Haircut!

Ammon's 10th Birthday

Ammon had a sleep over for his 1oth birthday. He was so excited, because our family as a rule of no sleep overs. He said this was a chance of a lifetime. The night went really well. They are a good group of boys. They ate pizza, cake, played games, video games, watched a movie, and talked way too much about girls. Yes, they are all girl crazy! My eyes were opened that night! They woke up and had eggs and doughnuts and then Jamie took them all to their Basketball game. They are all on the same team.

Celebration with the family. We had an oreo blizzard cake from Dairy Queen. He got a new baseball mit.

Gangsters of the Street