Summer 2008 - Fun with the Glassfords

Rich gives up on playing football and has much more fun being Grandpa.
It is so fun watching my brother be Grandpa. Something to look forward to, in the way future.
Rich you are one proud Grandpa.
Grandpa taken down by the youngsters. Future football stars.

A little friendly football game at David's house. Of course every year there is a little agression shown between Rich and Jim. I don't know what's up with that. Last year it was a game of basketball in Grandma Sinks pool and this year, it's football. I can't wait until next year. These old men might really hurt each other one of these summers. (ha,ha)
Dan may be younger but Jim can still keep up with the best of them. Then of course, you might want to watch out because he might not be able to stop.Face plant. That does not look comfortable. I can't tell if it is Tyler or Richard but I am wondering if we should stay away from sporting events.
Dan the man working on a strategy to beat Jim but I am not sure it ever worked. We had a lot of fun that day and are so glad to have spent time with everyone. Dave your house is awesome and we can't wait for next year. I hope all is going well for you and the family. You are in our prayers every day.

Summer would not be the same without a fishing trip with Grandpa. Thanks for taking us Grandpa. You were very tired that day but you took us anyways and we had lots of fun. Your the best, we love you!
We caught a ton of fish, it was so fun!
Look at my awesome fishy! Isn't it cool.
We are awesome fisherman. Of course, Matthew let Brandon do all the hook work because he did not want to go to the hospital again.

I wish I had more pictures to share of our wonderful trip to Utah but things always get so crazy. We had a wonderful time and made many more memories. We look forward to next year and we love you all.

Summer 2008, Fun with the Sinks

We love coming to visit, we always have a great time! Thanks for all you do and the fun we are able to have with the family. I know the pictures weren't all great but we haven't had a recent picture of you both for a long time so now we finally have one for our home.

Little Bridger had no fear, he was going to keep up with the big boys.
All the boys try very hard to beat Daddy and his big splashing but it's going to be a few more years before that's going to happen.

Jim is probably not going to be very happy about this picture but I'm just showing his superb splashing techniques.




Tanner and Jayce were so much fun to have around at the race track! My boys think they are the coolest of kids.

We had so much fun going to the Race track with Aunt Christine, the boys could not stop talking about how awesome it was.
Uncle Jeremy is looking to see what happened to Jim. Jeremy's ability to maintain air is a little bit better than his big bro Jim. The kids all enjoyed the man made waves. We spents many, many hours in the Sink pool. Many fun memories, Thank you!

Oh no, this one might send us clear out of the pool!

Brandon is trying really hard to cheer up Jayce but I guess all he needed was his Dad.
I love this pictures of Father and Son.
At least we were able to take some good pictures of the ones we love at the sitting.
Grandma being surrounded with Love. She lets us do all kinds of fun things that our mom's never let us do.
We Love you Aunt Christine! You are the greatest. We always have fun when your around.

Summer in Las Vegas

Before Grandma and Grandpa headed back to Utah we decided to try a fishing trip here in Vegas. We were not very successful but it was still fun. Just making good memories
Grandpa with his traditional spit on the bait trick. Hoping we might catch at least one fish.
Caden thinks it might be better to just eat the bait.
Of course, Brandon wins and catches the only fish of the day. He's a true fisherman.

Caden just received his arrow of light for cub scouts and is now an 11 yr. old scout.
I am kind of doing this blog thing in a backwards order but I will get the hang of it eventually. If you look closely at Matthews finger you will see that he has something sticking out of his middle finger. This was his attempt to help get the poles ready for Grandpa before we left for our fishing trip. I think Matthew is going to leave that job to Brandon from now on. And yes, he needs a hair cut. He was thinking he looked cool with his hair longer and after seeing this picture he understands why I buzzed his hair.

Matthew shows off the actual tools the Dr. used to pull out the hook. They called him Captain hook. I told him that it was a $500 hook and that next time we would just use our own tools.
A very happy Matthew, who just lights up my life with his smile and humor. No more hook!

These next few pictures are of Mandy's Birthday weekend. Amy came down and we had a blast. We went bowling, saw a couple movies and Amy made Mandy's B-day cake with a little help. She did a great job. Mandy was thrilled that Amy could come.




She was very exhausted after all the fun activities we did this weekend. She also enjoyed her chocolate birthday cake as you can see it is still on her face.

What an awesome family. We know how to have fun!

Nate at his first swim meet. He did fabulous. The only thing he is having a hard time on is the dive off the block. He has belly flopped so many times that he just too scared. So he jumps in with almost all fours and then has to work extra hard to catch up. He is still coming in the top three in most of races though. Taking after his brothers. Another fish in the water. His best stroke seems to be his back stroke though. He does it very well. Sorry the pictures aren't so good. He is just moving soooo fast.

Caden has swam very well this year also. He looks like his daddy in the water.

The butterfly is such a hard stroke. I don't know how they do it.
Go Matthew!

Matthew was really struggling to catch his breath in this picture. He has just been diagnosed with Asthma and is using a couple of different inhalers now. But this boy will not give up. He's working really hard in swimming and football. I have got to get that camera or I will never be able to get any pictures of the boys playing football.


And last but not least, my Brandon, the fish himself. This poor boy had to go up a level this year in swimming. They have this poor kid swimming against kids that are in High School already. He and one other 13 year old it seems are always going against a group of 15, 16 and 17 year old boys. It's good for him though. We just tell him to work on bettering his times and he is handling it just fine.

All the children are doing well. Jim still loves his job and so do I. Being a school nurse is something I always wanted to do, I love working with all the kids. Heavenly Father has truely blessed our Family here in Las Vegas.