I am finally a blogger!

Hello! I have intended to do this for a long time. So here it goes, we have extended family and immediate family across the globe. Hopefully this will be a good way to let everyone know what is going on in our happy family. First of all let me say that I am so grateful for my awesome husband , and our 5 wonderful children. They bring so much joy into our lives I can't imagine what life would be like without them. I will try to fill you in ( without to much detail ) on what ha been going on in our lives.
Greg is the Director of Business Development and a Regional Sales Manager for a company called QC. It is a manufacturer of decorative concrete. So basically he makes ugly floors look pretty.
Karen is a stay at home mom and presently the family taxi driver who makes sure the kids get to all there various activities. She has also taken up running and participated in the Ragnar Relay in June it consisted of 180 miles and 12 fabulous women ran the relay.
Jaquilyn was married in May of 2007 to Travis Shumate and they currently reside in Tacoma, WA. Travis is an awesome son-in-law and we feel blessed to have him in our family.
Nicolas is currently serving an LDS mission in Guatemala, he has been in the field for 5 1/2 months and is loving every minute of it.
Stefanie is entering her junior year in high school and is a member of the drill team.
Jeremy is entering 8th grade and he is a sports fanatic!!!! He just started playing Lacrosse this past spring! He played attack and midfield. He still claims his his true love is basketball.
Bella is starting 1st grade in the fall and mom is really struggling with her baby being gone all day. But not Bella she can't wait to be able to eat lunch at school. She loves school. She also participates in dance, softball, singing you name it she does it.
Well that is about it!!! I can't wait to read what everyone else is up to!
Karen