The gangs all here

This is the Lloyd fam, mom and dad, 9 kids, 4 spouses, and all 15 grandkids

This is the first time in about 11 years that the whole entire family has been together!

Isnt she the sweetest thing!

If you know clo, then you know that she is NOT photogenic at all, so this is an extremely rare photo where she is almost as beautiful in it as she is in real life!

60's for the 60th

For Mike's 60th birthday party in October we had a 60's themed party. All 9 ( yes I said ALL 9) of his children were there to celebrate and most of us dressed in our grooviest 60's gear! There was good food, a live band, and lots and lots of friends and family!

Alec and friends

Big Jim, Little Jim, Rachel, JoAnna, & Aaron

Nice wig Chris, and who the heck is that mystery hippie dude?

groovy baby!

Brenda had the best boots ever!

Brady and Cody

Gwen and Jim

Rachel and Jim

SPIRIT WEEK

For spirit week in September the first day was cowboy day. Bella wanted to also be a pirate!

Then came decade day. Chloe was a hippie and bella was a rockstar!

Idaho for the 4th

Ok everybody look away when I take pictures, seriously, nobody looked!

So these are the only 5 pictures that I took of our trip to Idaho to visit my BFF Ginger and her beautiful fam! My memory card was full! AHHHHh! we had many fun adventures ( parade, fireworks, flipping while whitewater rafting, Andrew's cabin, long drives etc.) and cant wait to go back! thanks for letting us come guys!

soccer and swim (i have no idea how to spell soccer)

This summer the girls had fun doing their soccer camp and swim team. Bella went to a soccor camp that my sweet friend Taisey put on with her kids and a few others. Chloe just played on the playground because soccor "wasn't her thing". But she did find what her thing was, it was swim team. She started out getting 8th place at her first meet because she was too busy smiling and waving at me while she was swimming. But she was one of the top 8 swimmers at the semi finals and got invited to the championship meet where she got 4th place in the butterfly and 7th in the breast stroke! Not too shabby! Also in the semi finals she got 1st place in the freestyle for her heat and was soooo excited about that!

are we crazy?!

Yes we are! We did havasupai again the same non-stop, 40+ miles in 2 day, playing around in 7 different waterfalls kind of way. It was a blast and I think what really made it so much fun was the group we were with! Gregg and Ginger, Alicia and Aaron, Jeremy and Ashley, and Boyd! Thanks for the fun times and memories! Let's do it again, anybody who is a crazy as us is welcome!

Block 2, Check!

Done, Done, Done with block 2! Oh my how I am looking forward to the long summer break, even though I love school and everything! Just ready to read books for pure entertainment and not for school! I did really well this semester, even thought people told me that block 2 is the hardest! So yippee! bring on the summer fun!

This is how she rolls

So this is what I saw after I was finished doing the dishes and hadnt seen Bella or her little friend for awhile. I couldnt see them either, until I looked in the closet and found them on top of the dresser. She said, Oh Hi mom, as my jaw was hitting the floor! Then she said um we cant seem to get down! I think the mess was of no concern at all!

And by the way, they were both able to get down all be themselves but were " too tired" to clean up!

Easter, this is all I got!

Actually this picture above isn't even from Easter but the girls were in their Easter dresses!

I said happy Easter Bella, she gave me her happy face!

Clo looks a little scary in this one too! My girls are just so photogenic, I know you're jealous!

I am the worst when it comes to taking pictures! Easter was great as always, the good habit rabbit most definitely didn't come ( if you've seen my kids room, you would understand), but the Easter bunny paid a little visit!

Kindergarten field day

Clo had a field day in April and it was really fun to watch her compete, because she has no competitive bones in her body! She is very fast but will stay at the same pace as the person next to her! But she did about 17 events and got first place in all but 3 events! way to go CLO!

Happiest place

Yummy dinner, enjoyed while bella slept in the stroller

The picture below is right before the park opened and I said," ok, show me how excited you are to be here!" typical!

We went to Disneyland for a quick weekend trip during conference weekend in April. We actually didnt tell them until about 10 minutes before we left and I got their reaction on film! priceless! Chloe's favorite ride was Teacups, Bella's was small world ( 5 times, try getting that out of your head!).

We started out the day with the very first ride being space mountain, Bella's head was barely at the line, I'm pretty sure that she was the smallest person to ride that ride that day! After getting off, we expected to find her in tears, but she had a huge smile and said I laughed and I cried! Fun times, cant wait to return!

survived

Last week was without a doubt the craziest week I have had in a long time. I knew going into it that it was going to be and even texted a good friend of mine and told her that if I didn't make it thru the week ( alive), that she could have all of my clothes! It was sad dropping Chloe off at school every morning and having her say," I love you mommy, see you tomorrow!) But I made it alive and well, even got 100% on my lab practicum! Here is what my week looked like:

Tuesday:
Get kids ready for the day, drop off Chloe at school, drop off Bella with a friend, school for me.
After school got out at 12:30, head to the hospital to pick out my patient, head to friends house to pick up Bella, pick up Chloe from school, head home and start dinner.
4:00 start my care plan for my patient, Chris gets home, helps with dinner, eat dinner, keep working on care plan.
Chris gets kids ready for bed, I go in for prayers and kisses goodnight, keep working on my care plan. 6 hours and 22 care plan pages later, go to bed.

Wednesday: same routine in the morning with Clo, work on care plan some more, take Bella to friends house, work at hospital until 8:30, come home and have a bowl of cereal, work on care plan, go to bed.

Thursday: same thing as Wednesday!

Friday: Get myself ready, kids ready, drop them off at school and friends house, head to school, take my practicum ( which I aced, did I mention that?), give a group presentation. Get home at 4:00, don't feel like making dinner so we call Olive Garden for take out. Head to pick it up and wait, wait and wait some more. Finally they get the order and its wrong, so I wait some more, but get 4 free meals out of it! I only ordered 2!

Anyways, like I said, it was busy, but we all managed to survive! School, by the way, is going really well, I keep very busy with it, but I am LOVING it!

On a side note, I have the greatest friends and family members who have been helping with my kids, praying for me, and keeping me sane! I love you guys!