First day of school 2011-2012

Well the summer just flew by and I don't think I got very much accomplished! Lots of baseball games for Justin! He played on a city league team that took first place and was then asked to play on an all star team. We spent the last 6 weeks of the summer traveling from Malad to Soda Spring to Bear Lake and Logan doing baseball tournaments! Now soccer is starting! Justin went to a 5 day REAL SL soccer camp. He learned alot and had fun! He was given a comp ticket for doing the camp so we are going to try to head to Rio Tinto (sp) Stadium on Sept 3rd! Reece is still in ND. Lynette and Bailey just moved from their dank bsmt appt to a cute mobile home in Logan! On Sept 7th Brad will have 6 months left. He is scheduled to fly home on March 7th!!! 28more weeks! I am so counting it down! Leslie is a Junior this year and is almost 2 inches taller than me. Justin is in 6th grade and starting at the Jr High!

Water Hauling

Reece's new digs!

Keeping Up

It was so nice to have Nette home for those couple of months! Bailey got home on Jan 7th I think. She was nervous! But it was like they were never apart! He proposed on Feb 8th and then it was wedding prep! She really wanted to have an outdoor wedding at Bailey's yard. The weater has been so wet and cold that we didn't think we could pull it off. But we did! Things were a little hectic and we were running a little late, but the weather held up and we made it through with a few minor adjustments! I will post some pictures when we get them!
I got to talk to Brad the following Sunday! We only got to talk for a short while and he was feeling a little blue at having missed out on his sisters wedding. He is doing good and will be back in March! 9 more fast sunday's!
Leslie played softball on the school team again. Started on JV and was pulled up to Varsity about 2/3 through the season. It was her first prom the day before the wedding! Unfortunatly the pictures are on the card with the wedding and we don't have them.
Justin is just starting baseball. They had their first game last night. They won!
Reece has made a change in careers for a while. The cattle industry is high but they want cheaper trucks and we couldn't do it that way any more. It wasn't profitable. He had a hard time with his decission, feeling like he was quitting or failing. He has gone to ND and is hauling in the oil fields. It is an adjustment, but only for short while. Life is good! Love to all!

Decembrrrrr!

I can't believe it is almost Christmas! I knew this would all sneek up on me! Nettie came home on November 10th! Getting them back is definatly better than sending them off! We had a pretty good crew at the airport, luckily we made it on time! Her flight was supposed to land at 12:51 p.m.. I couldn't sleep as usuall and decided to get on the delta website. My dad had told me I could check on the flight status as soon as it left the ground. The first time I checked on it, it said it was boarding. The next time I checked it said the arrival time was 12:03! Almost an hour early! Reece wasn't even home yet and we had a 2 hour drive to get there! I called Reece and woke him up! He said it would take him 2 hours to get home! I was in a panic! I wanted to leave the house at 9:30 but he had told me we didn't need to leave till like 10:30 but we settled on 10 and now that was not going to work! I needed more time! Reece got home at 9:45 and showered quickly and we were out the door at 10! I was praying for a miracle! We had made it about half way when my fuel gage decided to inform me that we may not have enough gas to get to Salt Lake! I knew we didn't have time to stop! We pulled into airport parking at 12:05. I left everyone at the car and made a emergency pit stop and met everyone inside. Mom, Dad, Dad G, Sean, Tammy, Quinn, Alyse, Katie, Isaac, Mickaela, Ella and Bleu were there. Her plane was already on the ground but I guess they couldn't get the door open or something (jk!)! My prayers had been answered because we were there for about 10 or 15 min. before she came out! I will try to upload the video! we just ran at each other and yelled and cried! It was wonderfull! Only 14 more fast sundays and we will have Brad back too! I can't wait to have them all back under my wings again!
Have a blessed holiday! Nan

Fall

Well alot has been happening here! We finally finished the sprinkler system in the half circle of the truck driveway and put in grass. Now I need to cut it!. We swapped the hay for grass, moved pipe, bought a sicle (sp?) mower, cut and baled the field. Pounded posts and fenced the east and fron side except for right behind the house. Put on a deck. Started school and being a stay at home mom. Lost a motor in the truck. Got another calling: Stake youth trek transportation and equipment committee leaders. And I have started to get Lynette's room ready to receive her in 27 days! Justin birthday was yesterday and we are trying to get a trip to Lagoon and Frightmares in before the end of the season! Hope all is well with you! Love the phillips'

Summer Vacation

As some of you know we like to go watch a professional baseball game every now and again. This year we went to see the Oakland Athletics! The first game we had seats in row 32 on the visitors side. The next day we spent driving down RTE 1 on the coast and stopping at a few beaches. The next day we went to Fishermans Wharf and went to the night game and our seats were in row 5 just past the home dugout. The last game we had front row seats right over the home dugout! We had fun when we werent freezing!

some pic's of Bear Lake