Rex

It did not take us long to realize we needed to heal our kids hearts and finding another dog was exactly what we needed! We looked for a few days and actually found 2 but there was no way we were getting two puppies. We ended up finding this cute little guy he is a toy Poodle and he is very cute! We are allergic to most dogs but not poodles-they don't shed. The kids are just loving him and we are finally starting to get him trained! We named him Rex. We still wish we could have our Rusty back but realize that is not possible. So here we go again with a new puppy and all that not so fun stuff that come with them!! We are all feeling much better and love our little Rexy!! (Now if he could just hurry up and get potty trained!!)

Thanksgiving

Let's just say it wasn't our best Thanksgiving this year! The day before Thanksgiving our sweet little dog Rusty ran out in the road in front of our house and got ran over and died. I was at work Jake was home and had to tell the kids! At least they did not see it happen. This was VERY difficult! Everyone just started crying and crying it was really sad! I never thought that we were "one of those dog people" but we totally are! We just LOVED our Rusty and still miss him Daily! Every morning he would run into our room and jump in our bed looking for me if I wasn't there he would lay in my spot! On the days I did not work I would take him on a walk in the mornings he loved that. Every time we came home he would run around jumping all over us because he was so excited to see us! It is strange to me to see the daily things this little dog did to just make us smile and feel loved. This made us all a little sad for Thanksgiving! We celebrated by going to Jake's parents house and we had a good time ate lots and played around. I was thinking how Thank-full I am to just be a family!

What's Happening??

Alot of things going on at our house- as usual! Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed 4 kids sure have alot going on! They keep us busy. Matthew had his first Orchestra concert a few weeks ago-he plays the Cello and was great! Marcus and McKay just did a pine wood derby-that was alot of fun to watch! Mckay actually got 2nd place he was so excited-he is very competative!! Marcus was just happy to be there-he is so cute! Mckay has been playing indoor soccer and practicing a few nights a week. We just bought a new truck and finally worked out the old one! I have been crazy busy at Dialysis all of the sudden we have ALOT of sick patients! It was Halloween a few weeks ago All the kids love that! Thanks to Uncle Rob for bringing us literally "Gallons" of candy!! My brother Craig is expecting twins any day now and we have all been trying to help out at his house! UUMM I think that's about it?? Isn't that enough??

Jerusalem

Jake completed the Jerusalem project he has been working on for the last 18 months! They had a family day and we all got to go on a tour with the best tour guide.............Jake! Alot of our families came out and it was amazing! It is humbling to see the GREAT work the gospel puts forth in so many ways! The crew did an amazing job and we are all so PROUD of Jake what an accomplishment! It got dark to fast but we did get to see everything! Good job Jake!

Montana Trip

In September we went to Dillon, Montana. My uncle lives there and has been trying to get us to come up for a while. We had a great time! Jake wanted to go fishing and so Jake, Jason, Reid and My dad went fishing. We hung out with my aunt and my cousin Sara is living there right now with her 5-yes 5 little girls! Madelynn was in Heaven! I wish I would have taken more pictures. Jake and some of the kids fished we went swimming and out to lunch and played card games and domino's! We had a good time! Thanks Uncle Reid and Aunt Barbra for having us!

Our Teenager

It's official we now have a teenager! That would be Matthew-he turned 13 on September 9th. He started the 7th grade this year and really likes it. I have to brag for a minute-What a good kid he is! I was nervous for him and worried he would fall behind-but that is not the case! Sometimes I think my kids are not listening to me but I know they actually are! Matthew just brought home his grades...........can I say Straight A's!!!!!!!!!!! WOW! I love this boy!! I am so proud of him-we have been telling him how important it is to get good grades hopeing he was keeping up-which he is! He has made alot of new friends and just on Saturday got to go to Lagoon-another shocker he went on "Wicked" at Lagoon like 5 times!! He is growing up!! Some of Matthew's favorites this year are-Lego's, Baseball, Basketball, Swimming, Video Games, Scouts (he is the patrol leader of his scout group), Young Mens, Camping, Fishing, Four-wheeling, hanging out with his BFF-Matthew D. and in October he is taking Hunter Safety so he can hunt next year! What an Active Kid he is! For his Birthday he wanted to go to Tucano's with his second family the Desantigo's-they tell me all the time "Matthew is adoptable". We all went to Tucanos with our friends the Desantigo's and had a great time to celebrate both Matthew and Mckay's Birthday's! SO SO proud to be his Mom!! Happy Birthday Matthew!

Mckay Turns 10

Mckay turned 10 years old on September 10th! He is such a good kid and fun to be around! Mckay has been playing soccer and is pretty good-he can run really fast and the kids have a hard time keeping up with him. At one of his games a guy came up to us and asked Mckay if he was interested in playing Club Soccer? We weren't sure what that was-its basically accelerated soccer you play all over Utah County. The guy that approached us was the coach for the U10 team. Mckay has been practicing with Nebo Club Soccer U10 team and has really learned alot and enjoys it. They already started Fall so Mckay can't play but he is planning on being on the team and playing in the Spring! He is very excited about that-he is playing soccer 3 nights a week! Busy Busy! I think Soccer is his "thing" he loves it and has even mentioned not playing baseball next year! Mckay was worried about having Asthma and that he would not be able to play sports. After talking with the Doctor he felt better-he just had to take a week off and get better and watch his breathing when he is playing. Mckay is in the 4th grade this year and enjoys that. Some of his favorites this year are, Lego's (as always),Soccer, Basketball, Swimming, Baseball, Reading, Scouts, Camping, Four-Wheeling, Fishing, playing X-Box, he is kinda a homebody and not as social as my other kids-(which I enjoy)! His favorite foods are, Pizza, Pickles,Chicken Nuggets, Grilled Cheese, Apples, Hot dogs, Candy, Candy and McDonald's! Happy Birthday Mckay-Love you lots!

"Due-Over"

Well-needless to say it's been a long month!! I am ready for a "Due-Over!" Do you ever feel that way? Alot has happened this month (September)-some good, but mostly not so good! The kids are all back in school-which is great and crazy all at the same time! It was Matthew and Mckay's Birthday's-also GREAT! But on the bad side it's been tough! Jake wrecked his Ford Truck-thankfully nobody was hurt!! Jake hit a cement barrier on the freeway between Center Street in Provo and university Parkway in Orem-you can see his nice 20 foot scrape on the cement wall. The steering broke and the truck may be totalled! Were just waiting to hear back from the insurance-I'm sure you all no how fun that is to deal with. YUCK! A big thanks to my parents-we have been driving my dad's truck for 2 weeks now-I don't know what we would do without there support!! Jake also has had some tooth aches and now has to have a root canal-if you know Jake he HATES the dentist. This has made him pretty miserable!! I spent a night in the ER with Mckay also not so fun! Still waiting for that bill!! He was having a difficult time breathing after benedryal and 24 hours I took him over to the ER-his O2 levels were 82-Not so good! We did 3 breathing treatments and they think he may have Asthma-also not so fun!! Marcus has also been sick alot this month and has missed a few days of school-the Dr. ordered labs and thankfully they found nothing wrong!! Just a low immune system-they think he keeps getting sick because school just started and there are all kinds of germs in a public school. All in all-We are hoping for a better October! Glad we all survived September-(hopefully nothing happens in the next few days!)

Backpacking Trip

This year Jake wanted to try backpacking-he started planning this trip in February! Jake, Craig (my brother) my Dad, Matthew and Mckay and Jared (friend) all went backpacking to Chapita Lake in the Uintaha Mountains. They had a BLAST! They hiked about 30 miles in 4 days and fished and fished catching around 100 fish total. Matthew and Mckay caught and gutted there own fish-Jake said this was hilarious to watch they were completely grossed out!! All in all it was a good experience for the boys and Jake is now planning another one for next year. I tried to get Jake to do a post but he is CRAZY busy and has no time! I did not go-But when the came home they talked to me for hours and hours about how much fun they had! I took a few days off work and hung out with Madelynn and Marcus and my sister! I am so proud of the boys for doing this(I was worried)-Jake said they were amazing never complaining just kept going and going. So glad Jake is willing to try some of these things with our family! They were exhausted when the got home-and slept late for days! Here are a few pictures:

Madelynn And Her Broken Arm

So my little monster Madelynn broke her arm!! She is so active and this time it caught up with her. She was running up the bike ramp (in a wet swimsuit) and slipped and fell and landed on her arm. After about an hour of her crying and winning about it I took her to the Doctor and they sent me for X-Rays-Sure Enough it was broke! She was so brave and tough I was Impressed! Maybe it is true....little girls with lots of brothers are tougher then the average??!! She got a Pink cast and was even proud to show it off-but that only lasted a few days! Then it was "Stupid Cast" "I hate this cast"-Well maybe you she be a little less active-Little stinker!! She is doing great and we get it off in a few days! I was telling McKay that we get it off in a few days he said "GOOD I think that's good for all of us!!" I laughed so hard!! The last week when she gets mad at one of the boys she just whacks them with her cast!! LOL I wish I could say she learned her lesson-but really She is still up to her old tricks-a day after she broke her arm she was riding her bike!! Nothing slows this girl down!

Grandma Lund

So a few weeks ago my grandma passed away. Wanted to share a few things about her that I loved! She died at the age of 92-we were lucky to have her that long! She was a VERY courageous woman! Grandma Ruth lost her husband (Kirk) to early and had to raise my mom all on her own. My mom was only 13 it was very traumatic for her to lose her dad-but grandma did her best and took care of her. She lived with us and watched us grow up for most of my childhood-I enjoyed having her there. She would always say " I'll buy if you will go get us lunch!" She had the biggest sweet tooth! She loved to take us to "Ripples" in Provo. I loved that she was amazing at sewing and made all of my Prom Dresses-they were beautiful! I loved her homemade Cinnamon Rolls! She loved her family and loved her husband so much that she did not want to even date anyone else and devoted her life to making it back to him! This brings tears to my eyes- I can't even imagine what it was like for my grandma to be reunited with her husband! I am SO SO Thankful for the gospel and that we know were she is and that she is happy!! Love you Grandma Lund!!

A Long Week Of Baseball...............

More and More Baseball-This seems to be the summer that Baseball never ended............ Matthew and Mckay's team both made the state tournament! Mckay's team was first in the City Of Payson!! They just played in a state-wide tournament!! It was a week of VERY intense baseball. Mckays team played 3 games the first day and Won all three. The next day he played 2 games and won the first and lost the next-it was a single elimination tournament so they were out! They did take 4th in the State! We had such a good time with this-it was SO Much FUN!! Mckay's team was Amazing and played so well-they only lost the last game by one point!! All in all Mckay had a GREAT year in Baseball! He hit a Grand Slam-and is still braggin about it-just ask him?!?! His whole team was in tears after they lost-His coach said they will get to be in the City Parade-Mckay can't wait!! GO Phillie's Go Mckay!!

A Good Choice

Matthew just got back from a week long Scout Camp in the High Uintahs's! Matthew's baseball team won in the City Tournament and had a chance to go to the State Tournament-what a GREAT opportunity!! Unfortunately for Matthew it was the same week of Scout Camp!! When we realized this I asked him what do you want to do?? Scout Camp Or State Baseball Tournament? Without any hesitation he said " Mom I am not missing Scout Camp!" I was surprised he loves Baseball but apparently he loves camping more!! His Scout group has been planning this scout camp for over 6 months and he was not going to miss it!! He has a GREAT Scout group!! There are 20 boys and Matthew really enjoys all of them! They are a Special group of kids! Together these 20 boys have helped baptize 2 young men who are now very active and love the gospel!! Matthew came home covered in Mud so was all of his stuff-He had such a good time!! We missed him! I am so PROUD of him-He made the right choice!! Love you Matthew!!

4th Of July Favorites

Happy 4th Of July!! I love the 4th it is one of my
favorite holidays! I love getting away from it all and
spending time with the people that matter most! We
went camping for the 4th and spent time dong some of
the things we all love to do here are a few pictures:
The company is always GREAT! This year is was
Tawnie and her family, Craig and his family and my
parents. The kids enjoy time with there cousins!

Four-wheeling is one of our family favorites! Matthew
is a great driver and LOVES to drive the 4-wheelers! We
have been teaching Mckay to drive and he is picking it up fast!
We go on ALL kinds of 4-wheeler rides!

This would be the view-we wake up to every morning!
This is one of my favorite things I love the mountains and
there beauty. You have to see it to believe it.
This is what our Country is all about!
The kids found this cute little fawn in the trees by
our camp. It was so cute! We love to see all the
animals. Every night at dusk we go for a 4-wheeler
ride to see what animals we can find! Another family
favorite!

Precious time with these FUN Kids......Absolutely Priceless!

Something really fun about this year! We had this HUGE
snow drift to play in! Utah had ALOT of snow this year-this
is the first time we have had snow to play in on the 4th! The kids
had SO much fun with this-sledding for the 4th in 80 degree weather-
can't get better then that!!!

Just look at that HAPPY Face!!! Good Times!

The snow drift was nearly 15 feet tall! Love these Boys!

What a silly girl!! She could not stay away from the snow!

Good thing I packed lots and lots of clothes for her!

All in all we had a GREAT 4th of July! Doing the things that

we all love most! Spending time together and creating good memories!

So blessed to be apart of this GREAT country!! Hope yours was fun also!

Busy Busy Neubert's!!

We have been EXTREMELY busy lately!! This is probably the busiest time of the year for our family! We have baseball, dance end of school stuff more baseball and scouts, swimming, young men's and work! We are at the ball park 4 nights a week some nights until 9:30ish! But I have to say I LOVE it! I enjoy spending my evenings outdoors and being with the boys!! Here is a quick post of our craziness!! Matthew is on the Cardinals, Mckay is on the Phillie's and Marcus is on the Orioles! Marcus tells me he is the second best player on his team-second that is to his best friend Nicholas who he says is the best!! I will have to take a picture of them they are so cute everyone at the ballpark is always laughing about them!! They both make all these silly poses after they hit a home run or catch a ball it is so fun to watch!! Mckay has been pitching a little bit and is a really good player!! He hit someone when he was pitching and has been kinda of shy because it bothered him that he hurt someone! I have to say what a nice boy-most kids don't care! Matthew is in the older league with is so fun! He is a great player! I keep waiting for him to hit a Home Run!! GO BOYS!!