Halloween 2008

Koy usually liked to wear his tiger hood, but when he wanted to. He loved to practice his growls and even said, "Geaux LSU!"

LSU Tiger!

Trunk or Treat at the church. I had this witch set up in my house, and Koy loved it, although he was a little scared to go up the stairs by himself.

The cut-outs I made last year.

Our friends the Von Feldts, we invited to the party. I babysit their baby Mason and Amy works as a PE teacher with Kable.

Cupcakes I made for the party, YUM!

Geaux LSU! I was so excited to see Kable's cute butt in tight football pants!

Some people thought we were K-State, but I quickly corrected them!

Koy's Mohawk and Feeding the Geese!

Our pumpkins!
The back of his Mohawk!

Koy's new do. Mommy shaved him a mohawk! I had to tell him it as a football player haircut and give him a sucker to get him to stand still.

In between Conference we went to Anneberg park and fed the ducks. Well, there were ducks there, but also a ton of Canadian Geese. I thought we would make Grandpa Stock jealous! Koy even got them to eat out of his hands. He's a brave little boy!

Family Pictures 2008

The Fountain! How romantic, actually I was the one who had to tell Kable what to do! He gets a little embarrased about public affection.
A little dark, but I love the expressions on our faces.

He loves his Dad.

A friend in our ward took our family pictures at City Park. I really wanted the big beautiful fountain in some of them. He did a really good job. These are untouched.

Jumping!

When we were in Provo this summer watching Kat play volleyball, we stayed at the Bybees with Rachel and Brady. They are always so nice while we are there. Anyway, Koy and Braxton had fun jumping off the bed. Braxton had to have a little help from Kable.

Stock Family Reunion 2008

This is the last night before we left. There is a huge jetted tub in the master bedroom of the big cabin. We had to let the kids swim in it! Koy even used his alligator squirt gun!
Anne and Rachel taught the grandkids a song to perform, but neither Koy or I knew it, so Koy just faked it! As you can see, Braxton was very excited, and Anne was really into it!

David's famous pose and Jo Jo.

Chode and Rosemary!

Koy and Grandpa and Mimi.

Cousins! Tera (on the left) is my age and Cody is Anne's. We had so much fun with them growing up, that is when we got to see them. We got into so much trouble and swam a lot in their pool. We played volleyball one night at the reunion. It was so fun, especially since we all played in school. Tera lives in Colorado now, Cody in New Mexico.

We had a fireball competition to honor Grandpa. When Anne and I would visit them, Tera, Cody, and us would walk to the Circle K and buy fireballs. We were always amazed at how Grandpa could keep one in his mouth the whole time without taking it out. They are really hot, and we would keep the wrapper on them when we sucked on them. So, we challenged the guys to see who could keep them in their mouths the longest.

The guys in the contest. (David's famous pose.)

More guys in the contest.

Clint and some of his kids. They are so cute. Clint is a year or two older than me and one of my favorite cousins to tease. He is Tera and Cody's older brother. I hadn't seen him in ages, so it was so nice to see him again. His wife couldn't be there b/c she was caring for Garrison, who has heart issues. He is Koy's age, but has never really been healthy. He is always in our prayers.

I'm not quite sure what they are doing here, but we thought it was cute.

I had to get a shot of them hugging, b/c Braxton doesn't usually like to be touched. They got along much better this trip. Aww, cousins.

My dad and his brother, Frank, sisters, Dixie (on right) and Rita (on left), and he has one sister that has passed on, Teddy Val. They were saying a few things about Grandpa Joe and Grandma Ruby.

Anne brought her snow cone maker for the kids. It was a hit, and I felt like we were in Louisiana with our own stand or something.

Cousins water balloon toss.

Yea for cousins!

Fishing with dad. Kable wasn't too interested in riding horses.

Dave Lewis, Cher's husband brought up some of his horses for us to ride. It was quite an adventure since my dad is really the only experienced rider. Kat's horse was very confused when she kept kicking it to go, but then was holding the reins high and pulling back to stop. Hilarious. It also kept turning around to come back to the trailer. Joe and David went on their own ride and Joe ended up getting bucked off! Good thing he didn't get hurt.

I hopped on for one of the first rides. It was a little scary with Koy, but he was a good sport. He started to cry a little during the ride, but we told him to buck up and he did! We even trotted a little. It wasn't easy riding in flip flops though!

Pete and Donna Stock let us all stay at their house which is located near the tank. This used to be all of Grandpa's land. Frank lives next door to Pete now, on the other side of the tank. Anne and I used to skinny dip in that cow tank with Cody Jo and Tera. (Told you we used to get into a lot of trouble-it's in the Stock blood.) We have a lot of memories there, but now there are houses built up and down the lane. Progress. Kind of sad to me though. But, Pete and Donna and their kids were so kind to let us take over their house for a few days. Donna makes just about everything from scratch and they live so simply, what I mean is no TV or internet, and they have a garden, cows, and really know how to live off the land. They will definitely be prepared for any catastrophies that might come their way. I caught this beautiful sunset out their back door. Arizona has pretty skies. I'm so happy we got to be in Show Low for the reunion. I have so many childhood memories there and it's always nice to see family.

Vegas Family

Adam just went to the Temple that night to get ready for his mission. He was so excited and had a really good spirit about him. It was so fun to see him.
Aunt Julie and Uncle Rob! How cute. They were so nice to let us crash at their house while there for a couple days. We even went swimming at a friends pool.

After the temple, almost all of my Mom's brothers and sisters and Gigi and Clark came to Julie's for a celebration bar-b-que and played games. It had been a while since I had seen my cousins. I am the oldest grandchild on that side, and then it is Anne and David, so they are all quite younger than me. I couldn't believe how grown up they all were, and so cute! I am starting to feel my age!

The Chauncey boys-Tate, Tanner, and Trey, plus Austin and Allison and Dakota!

Grandpa and Grandma Tebbs!

On our way out of Utah, Rachel, Anne, and their kids, caravanned with us to our Stock family reunion. Grandpa and Jo were very nice to let us stay at their house in St. George for a day or two on the way. We had a bar-b-que, sang together, and fought over Jo's lladros!

Koy loved playing the piano and singing at Grandpa and Grandma Tebbs! He even got to sing into the mircophone, which he especially enjoyed!

The Triplets!

More Friends!

We stopped and saw Tamara and her boys, and then also saw Mark, her husband. I met Tamara when we lived in Arkansas. She is David's age and her family was in our ward there. At one time she even dated my cousin Nathanial Hancock. She was doing well, and as always it was fun to see friends from long ago and see that they haven't really changed. They are still the great people that you always knew they were.

Koy and Jacen, the first of Tamara's boys. He was really excited to play with Koy, and I'm not too sure Koy was as excited.

New baby Asher.

It was so great to see Amy, my past roommate and mission companion. She is such a neat girl and I really miss her.