A Lake Powell trip

Barry invited me to go to Lake Powell over Labor Day. His boat was the only one going and if I didn't go he didn't go soooo I went. This is my roommate Lori Smith from SnowFlake
James cooked up some of the tastiest MEALS. yes that is a ginormous steak. The night b/f he grilled up fajitas. TASTEY goodness. This is Reina and Jon Passey Barrys best friend.
Waiting for the house boad with frozen yogurt at the Marina! I love frozen yogurt and the LAKE
Here is captin James Gardner. He and his brothers/cousins are the crew that invited Barry.... yes yes the Garnders that grew up helping G-pa at Milligan every summer. We had a lot to talk about. They know more about G-pa than I do. It was a lot of fun to see how much they respected and looked up to Grandpa Melvin. One of the guys, Dan, could remember that G-pa used to rope him around his neck when he was a little boy, and James remembered that when I was a little girl I would snuggle up on his lap and fall asleep. hee hee!
We played a lot of sand volleyball. (after the court was evened out to perfection) I never knew I liked v-ball so much. I'm not bad for NEVER playing.... I'm getting the serving thing down (KINA)
There was a random group of people that went including Jake Clark. It was a great mix of people we all had a lot of fun!!
Nothing beats the beauty of Lake Powell. This was on our way back in and the water was SOO chopy it was like we were in the ocean!! holy moly it was a bumpy ride. Hold on to your hats and don't stand up!
OH yes I learned how to play poker... yep. Lets just say I should never gamble.... I lost it all

Good Times

MY week off... what i've been up to....

Madden '09 XBOX 360 Tournament!!!

Well on my little trip to the valley this past weekend I was walking in WalMart just buying a few simple things that I needed when a Walmart Lady came up to me and asked me to be in a Nintendo Madden '09 XBOX 360 (A new nintendo game for those that don't know) tournament. They needed one more person and long story short I ended up participating. I went in thinking that it owuld be fun to play a game or two on the new XBOX system and then I would probably lose and it would be ok. Well, 3 1/2 hours later I found myself in the championship game, the winner getting a $50 WalMart gift certificate. Well, I went with my 49ers (not the greatest team right now) and ended up getting beat by some punk little kids that needs to get out more... anyways, it was great fun and just a total waste of my time (Although I had NOTHING to do that day) but now you can all call me the Madden '09 Walmart XBOX 360 runner up! I got a sweet t-shirt so it was all good...

Fun at Gma's & Gpa's house!

Kingston liked the baby chickens!!
He really liked riding the lawn mower with Uncle Reed!
He especially liked falling asleep in someone's lap
like Auntie Tami, Gpa, or Uncle Reed and of course, Gma!
Thank you Bret & Becki for letting him come, I know how much
you missed him, but I finally felt like a real Gma!! We all loved
being able to watch him, he's so entertaining!!

Kingston learns new tricks

So as I was getting ready for the day, I had Kingston in the bathroom with me and he was playing around with the faucet and discovered that he could turn the water on. He didn't quite get how to turn it off, but he got the 'on' part really good. Such a smart child!!

Then my amazing grandson just crawled right up the stairs!

Shout out to my dental office, The Provinces...

CHECK IT OUT
http://www.provincesdental.com
I put a link under Lisa's friends

this is where I work (ed) for 3+ years. This place has been my second home in many ways! Aunty Paula got me on and I am so grateful to her. Because I started working here it has influenced my life in many ways. I have made some of my best friends, decided on a career for myself and have had way to much fun working. THANKS A LOT PROVINCES I LOVE YA! This web site was "in progress" when I was FULL TIME and didn't get completed until after I started Dental Hygiene school so SADLY I am not on it, wipe a tear....

Photobucket Album

So family, you might've heard some rumors about me getting married... well, I've finally decided to post some pictures of the night it all started!

Kirk proposed Friday Aug. 1 right after we got off work up at our special little park up in the mountains. I was totally caught off guard so instead of saying yes right away, I answered with "Kirk, are you being serious?" Apparently he was! Here is my

gorgeous ring, which he picked out all by himself. It is even

 more gorgeous in real life. The big day is November 14th in the Los Angeles temple... a dream come true! 

Alaska trip

Well, this is my first post in about 2 years but I thought I would tell you guys a little about our awesome Alaska trip. So Dustin had 3 open spots and so I had the luck along with dad and Mark to take this Amazing trip... SO we headed to Alaska, flew in on Tuesday, fished until Saturday, and just had a jolly ol time. We caught some big Halibut (the biggest about 220+) and then caught some salmon too. We caught a couple other strange orange fish called red snappers and so that was pretty cool. The trip overall was amazing. We had great food every day and great company. I just want to say one more thing... Lets do it again Dad!!!

For all those that didnt go, you missed out but we have about 250 lbs of halibut so you can enjoy our catch ;)

Alaska

Fun at the Lake with Reed!

After 2 yrs--Reed's back from Brazil

Reedy Kid is HOME

Welcome home to My little brother Reed! What a stud muffin. His flight came in at 8 AM on Wed the 16th. I had Kari, Tami and Chad with me out in Gilbert and to say the least we were rushing to get to the airport and yep yep its true, we missed his grand exit off the plane despite our running through airport with his welcome signs (Becki and I spend hours making) and balloons. It was such a good day! We then spent 3 days at the LAKE! YAY! Uncle Reed got to see his NEW nephew. Today Reed reported along with Tami and I AHHH! yes I had to speak. I was short and sweet cuz we all wanted to hear from Reed. WHAT A GOOD BOY!! LOVE YOU REED!!

reed's still got skills!!

Things We Love About San Diego..so far!

Building sand castles and romantic walks on the beach.
Annual Pass to SeaWorld

Everyday park weather
Everyday 5k weather

A backyard with a hammack

Crosby Family Reunion

Crosby/Johnson Reunion

The Itsy Bitsy Spider climbed....

Up the skirt of Lisa's bed, not the water spout and it wasn't itsy bitsy EITHER! Let me tell you what happened, I was rearranging my bedroom a few days ago and I guess I disturbed this wolf spider who was chill'n in a sac I had in my room. I am not afraid of spiders, but this one creeped me out. I guess because I was holding the sac in my hand when it popped out and quickly scurried up on to my bed skirt to get a better look at me. Despite my heebeejeebee fit, I was able to pull myself together long enough to snap a photo. Then I made the quick and smart decision to force him off my bed skirt with a clothes hanger onto something hard like the floor or the wall (you cannot smash a spider against a bed skirt). So now with my attacker on the ground I needed something to slow the sucker down I ran to my bathroom and snagged my airesol can of hairspray. The creepy crawler was now behind my dresser which I moved (i was on a mission) pointed the poison and sprayed. It worked!! My 8 legged intruder was now not so agile and speedy. I watched it for a minute, don't ask me why, I was kina fascinated WEIRD i know. then I grabbed my weapon, Thank you Stephanie Meyer, and sent the poor guy to the next life (its in a better place). I guess its just been so hott outside that the bugs want in. I don't blame them. sheesh! When I recounted this dramatic event to Barry he told me that it was a brown recluse and that I was lucky to make it unscathed and that I was sooo brave, but I knew better so I Googled my friend spider to discover it was Wolf spider which aren't aggressive but ARE POISONOUS .....okay okay like a mosquito and there's like 5 different colors and they can live for 5 years. Remember Marks little shower friend?? He kept him around for a while.....humm I don't think so!

At the Request of KARI

I am putting up some videos of "the kids" instead of just the house!

Milea was excited to be in CA.

Mark and Holly's big MOVE

Auntie Lisa and sleepy girl. Milea napped on me like this for 45 min. cute
Good BYE to AZ HEAT and to their little condo!
LOADING UP The 26ft truck!! Bret and Barry were a big help. Thanks for your help BAR!!

Sweet lil MILEA
We make it about 10:30pm and started to unload that night!
Kaemon and Milea seemed to just love their new house with lots of room to run around!
Traveling
This one of the beauties on their street! I'm in love with the weather in Chula Vista CA.!!

VICTORY!!

Here is the BEFORE "under construction" phase........but its a good look at their neat house! I love it. I was glad I got to help out with moving couches and desks to playing with the kidos!! so FUN! love you guys! ~lisa