THE HOLYSMOKES!

FAMILY TIME

2011-05-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

So lots has happened in our family since the last time i posted! Here are the pics that the kids and i had taken the day after Thanksgiving 2010. I need to definitely get better at posting again..i have actually kinda missed it.

Tree Time!

2009-12-14T09:24:00.001-08:00

A very tired mom and dad...and the tree decorating was just beginning!
Zoe & Paige

Is this not the sweetest pic u ever saw? This is blackmail for when they get older! They will like eachother...they will like eachother!!

Holden & Cade

The beginning of Cade makin his silly laughing face!

Silly pic of all :)

We just love Cade's laugh! :)

Gingerbread Houses!

2009-12-14T09:12:00.001-08:00

Grandma Holyoak made the cut outs for the kids to make their own gingerbread houses! They had alot of fun!
Holden

Cade

Paige

Zoe

SALADMASTER!

2009-06-21T16:40:00.001-07:00

For those of u that dont know...i am a consultant for saladmaster! :) I come into ur home and cook u an amazing lunch/dinner...fried chicken, mashed potatoes, 4 veggie medley, cole slaw salad, and cake all on top of the stove! This stuff in AWESOME! If u r interested in hosting a show let me know! U can get a FREE gift that is worth $430!!! :) 480-888-2234 if u have questions or want to know more!

SCHOOL.....

2009-01-24T08:54:00.001-08:00

So i finally realized that i need to be a grown up now and go back to school...funny how that works huh?! I have never enjoyed school and never knew what i wanted to be when i grew up..until now! There are so many jobs out there in the world, but you have to have some type of degree if you want to get paid decent! So i looked into a couple different schools and finally came to a conclusion! Dental assistant! So i start school on February 2nd! It is 38 weeks long! I can do it! :) If i could be pregnant and carry 4 kids for about that length...then there is no reason why i couldnt go to school that long either right? And...there wont be any labor pain at the end! Just the delivery of a diploma! :) Now who can complain about that?? So now i am looking for a part time job! If anyone knows anyone who is a dentist...and would luv to hire me as i am going thru school...that would be fantastic! :) I am a very fast learner and would love to work in that field while i am going thru school!! Wish me luck!!!

Family...

2009-01-12T17:04:00.001-08:00

So here are the original 7 kids with our wonderful and amazing parents! Jed, David, Blake, Sean, Kjell, Me, Ginger!Then add a couple spouses to the mix.....and you get

One BIG family!

Sean's Wedding

2009-01-03T20:17:00.001-08:00

Here are a couple pics from my youngest brother Sean's wedding yesterday! I have yet to figure out how to upload pics from my new camera i got from christmas...Zoe and Paige were so excited with these dresses that they called them the "PARTY" dresses!

Family....

2008-12-22T16:28:00.000-08:00

Here we are right after church! Don't think Christmas cards are being sent out this year...please accept my apologies! Too much is going on for me to even go have someone take our pictures...maybe i can do a happy new year card for everyone! I also have a new email address...so please email me so i can update my list...everything was lost when my computer crashed. My new email is hblonde78@gmail.com

Would love to hear from everyone and get updates! I am currently living back in my old house where i grew up! If you need that address please let me know! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Girls...

2008-12-17T15:35:00.001-08:00

Guess taking pics from cell phones and transferring them to email and then rotating them to make them appear on here actually work! Who needs a camera anymore?.... Just bought the girls new dresses finally!

CHANGE

2008-12-01T16:31:00.000-08:00

These last couple of months have been the most difficult for me. A change has happened in my life that has affected alot of people. I just want to say a great big thank you to alot of friends who have given me their ear to hear me and a shoulder to cry on. I am holding strong and excited for what is to come in the future! I moved back into the mesa area and am happy to be back closer to family and friends! So please call or leave me a line so we can catch back up on life! Hope everyone is doing well..my computer crashed a couple months ago and so until i figure out how else to get pics on here these are going to be some pretty plain entries..

HELP!

2008-09-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

Stephanie and Christian Nielson

Stephanie is the author of the blog, nieniedialogues.blogspot.com.
They are the parents of 4 young children. A couple weeks ago they were in a plane accident where they sustained severe burns over most of their bodies. They are in the hospital in critical condition and are expected to go through months and years of skin graft surgeries and rehabilitation.
The details of their accident can be found here. As of right now, their family is caring for their children during their long road to recovery, which you can read about here.

If you can, please help us bless this family in during this dark time. Most importantly, please remember them in your prayers.

I went 2 high school with Christian but didnt know him 2 well. I found this on a friends blog and thought i would get the word out.

ALL ABOUT THE GIRLS!

2008-08-21T17:47:00.001-07:00

So better late than never! Here are Paige n Zoe on Easter! They both got to pick out what dress they wanted. And no I didnt tell Paige she HAD to get pink and I didnt tell Zoe she HAD to get lavender! :) I dont know maybe that is how it has been for the last 3 1/2 years of their life and that is all they know?? I am trying to buy them different colors. They just dont like any...

Ok so i felt bad only having the black dress when i took their pics last year so i did go onto ebay and thankgoodness i found the red matching one! :)

CALIFORNIA FUN!

2008-07-22T20:15:00.001-07:00

Ok so im gunna be goin backwards for the next couple blogs...we went to california and stayed with our good friends the Curtis' back in March. While we were there we went to California Adventure, whale watching trip, Disneyland, and the beach (kinda). This is in their backyard overlooking the Trump Golf Course! Absolutely beautiful!

Somewhere along the coast! Loved the lighthouse in the background!

Holden and Cade wanted to go swimming so bad...the only thing holding them back was the FREEZING COLD water! I told them whoever jumped in first got $5.....

Cade WON!

This was inside california adventure! We went on this rollercoaster alot!

Yahooo we found goofy! :)

This was our whale watching trip! Cade wanted to jump overboard so bad so I thought I would help him out!

I love random pics that kids dont know when u r taking them!

This is pretty much all we saw on our WHALE trip!

Here is Cade, Kay Curtis, Holden at the start of the trip!

This is one of my favorite pics of the boys!

In line at Disneyland!

First time at the beach that he remembers! We weren't really gunna get in the water...but once we got there they boys begged to get in....

4th of July!

2008-07-09T20:43:00.000-07:00

My mom's side of the family got together up in Heber City, Utah over the weekend! I saw cousins that I haven't seen in quite a long time! We also went up to Park City and did the alpine slides! Here is a pic of my youngest brother Sean and my uncle Kendell from Texas. I did take my camera, but forgot the memory card at home. So I am waiting for my mom to email me some and then I can post more!

ALOHA!

2008-06-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

Chad & I at the luau!

Nothin like swimmin in the clear blue ocean! I could have stayed in there all day everyday!

This was one of many stops on the road to Hana. It was called the black beach.

I want to wear this outfit someday! Maybe for halloween??

We got up at 1am to drive 2 hours to this crater and watch the sunrise. We got there at 3:30am and the sun didn't rise above the clouds til about 6am. It was colder than ever....im still trying to decide if it was worth it? Ummmm NO! I was cranky, tired, and cold. Me and my mother in law stayed inside an inclosed room to watch it all...it was still freezing cold inside there.

Chad went sport fishin with all the guys and was the only one to catch something. It was too small so he threw it back.

Outside our condo! We had the windows open every night and got serenaded by the big fat bull frogs!

Before we went into the luau!! We made a rainbow with our shirts and didn't even know it!

Chad and I were blessed with going to Maui with the adults in his family on my birthday for a week! I recommend it to everyone! So nice knowing all we had to do the whole time was worry about ourselves!

COMING SOON!

2008-06-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

I am still alive! Just wanted everyone to know that i will be getting my computer up and running sooner than later! The Tolleson area is treatin us well...the boys just got out of school May 30th and are already bored. The good news is they only have 2 months before they go back! Yahoo!! The first day of school is Aug. 4th. I can't wait to be able to get on my computer at any time again! I am dispatching again...monday-friday 6:30am-3:30pm! Love it! I have my nights and weekends back!! Can we say...i will have a life again??!

Our New House!

2008-02-06T08:51:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures of the house we are going to be living in for the time being! We love it and can't wait to start a new adventure! KitchenFamilyRoom off the kitchen

Dining Room

Backyard with grass not SNOW!

Front

HAPPY 30TH LISA!!

2008-02-06T08:42:00.000-08:00

This is a BIG shout out to my friend Lisa! We have been friends since 7th grade! She would do anything for anyone! She is a very fun, loud, loving, and awesome friend. She doesn't have a blog, but i decided to send this out anyway! Here is the only pic that i got from the night of festivities! It was like a junior high reunion! Happy Birthday Lisa!! :)

MOVING!

2008-01-28T03:09:00.000-08:00

Just wanted everyone to know that we are moving back down to the valley! Chad accepted a job in north Phoenix...we are currently looking for a place to call home up in the Avondale/Anthem area. We have enjoyed living up here in the mountains but kind of getting sick of the cold and snow! Our boys are so excited to be closer to cousins and grandparents as well as "play outside" 365 days out of the year. Chad starts his new job on Feb. 11th. He will be living with my parents with Zoe and Paige for 3 weeks as I stay behind with the boys and work until Feb. 24th. The boys will continue to go to school until Feb. 29. Here i go packing the house again basically by myself for the 3rd time....i should be a professional by now! :) We will keep everyone posted with our new info as we get it!

WINTER WONDERLAND!

2007-12-11T10:42:00.000-08:00

These were taken a couple nights ago! Our official FIRST snow of the season! It also snowed all night last night. Enough to have our FIRST NO SCHOOL DAY! We still have no gloves, bibs, or boots. I know we are a little slow on keeping on top with everything. Hopefully this weekend we can buy some for everybody! I also have birthday pics of the girls to post. Just not today! :) Check back soon!

HALLOWEEN 2007

2007-11-03T14:08:00.000-07:00

The kids had a great time trick or treating this year! Not too much and not too little of candy! They were actually complaining that they were tired and wanted to go home! Chad was sooo excited and had NO complaints! sCARy hOLyOak KiDs
PRiNceSS ZoE

PrINceSS PaIgE

So InNOceNT

PirATe CaDe

SaY ChEeSe!

DeAd PiRatE HolDEn

HUSBAND TAG!

2007-10-29T01:14:00.000-07:00

WHERE DID WE MEET? The first time was at a guys house that I was dating....the second time was at the same house but I was no longer dating that same guy!

WHERE WAS OUR FIRST DATE? This is a good one! That was first day of lifeguarding for me since it was memorial day, but he did ask me to go tube down the salt river...so after I was done guarding he came over and picked me up and we went back to his apartment cuz of course he got BURNED all over his chest from tubing and he asked if I would rub aloe vera gel over his burned areas! NO PROBLEM I SAID!! :)

FIRST KISS? Well how can you resist a kiss when you are rubbing aloe vera gel all over a HOT GUYS chest? No more comments on this one! :)

HOW LONG DID WE DATE? Well let me think about this one...ONE WEEK! We were engaged for 2 months and then married!

WHEN AND WHERE WE WERE MARRIED? We got married on AUG. 9, 1997 in good ole MESA ARIZONA!

HOW WAS THE RECEPTION? Great...we had it at our good friends house and walked around and talked! Chad had his buddies park his truck at the hotel in Scottsdale so it couldn't be destroyed by anyone and my mom had a limo come pick us up! IT WAS AMAZING! I thought we were so cool!

HOW WAS THE HONEYMOON? Awesome! We drove up to Durango Colorado! Enough said.... I wish we lived there!

I don't have any pictures of us on our computer from way back then so I will post one later if I can find one!

YAHOOOOO FOR SEDONA!!

2007-10-24T13:23:00.000-07:00

We were playing Sedona this past Saturday in Sedona at 9am! So instead of leaving by 4am Saturday morning we traveled to Camp Verde and stayed the night! Only a 25 minute drive from there! We got up first thing in the morning and was there by 8am! Holden and Cade were getting very excited...this was their last game. We told Holden if he sacked the quarterback we would give him $5. We also told him if he made a touchdown we would give him $5. Then if they won the game we would give him $5! He could make some good money this game! Pretty good motivation huh? Well lets just catch you up on ONE thing....they had never won a game so far. I wasn't too worried! Then to my surprise...they made a touchdown in the 1st quarter! HOLY COW! I was jumping up and down like a little kid! I had to take a picture for everyone!Then the coach was setting up the secret play!
Cade is giving one of his coaches HIGH 5 after doing a great job out on the field!

In the 3rd quarter they surprised us again and ran the ball in for a 2nd touchdown!!

Meanwhile Zoe and Paige were keeping busy playing with the boys and the rocks!

Zoe seemed really interested in one of the boys! Watch out she may just turn out like her momma! Leading all the boys in her direction! :)

By the end of the game we had actually WON! I couldn't believe it! Or should I say we ALL couldn't believe it!

What a great way to end the season!

GO LIGHTNING!!!

CUTE GIRLS!

2007-10-23T08:07:00.000-07:00

ZOE decided that she wanted to wear a dress on this particular day so I picked her up and let her choose! Good choice I said! Then of course PAIGE had to wear a dress too so mom would say she looked just as cute! So then you can't have them wearing dresses without putting PONIES in their hair so afterall is said and done...I thought to myself...I should take PICTURES! Now all I had to do was pick a location. So I walked out my front door and said go stand in front of the tree! They LOVED it! After I was all done I thought to myself again...I don't think I need to take them to TARGET this weekend when I am down in the valley to get their 3 year old pictures....I can just use these! So there I go again saving Chad some more MONEY! Boy he LOVES it when I do that!! :)Zoe is growing up so fast! She loves it when I do her hair and put lipstick on so she can look pretty!
Paige and her smile! She tries so hard to smile and she still looks funny! Hopefully she grows out of it!

Zoe was hamming it up for me and the camera, but Paige for some reason was acting a little shy for some pictures. Guess you can never have both cooperate at the same time huh?? Maybe one day!

A little bit of a better smile!

Zoe is sooo photogenic! She definitely gets it from her momma!

They can be sweet to one another most times!

By this one they were both saying MORE PICTURES?

GO LIGHTNING

2007-10-18T08:54:00.000-07:00

Way to tackle him Holden! Bring it on!

Run Cade Run!!

Go get him Holden!

Holden and Cade were on the same tackle football team this year! Holden was one of the bigger kids on the team and Cade was the smallest! Here are some random shots that were taken throughout the season! Holden was #20 and Cade was #19!

Family Pictures!

2007-10-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went up towards Sunrise Ski Resort and decided to take our own family pictures! I am too cheap to hire a photographer when I can do it myself and come out with the same or better results! The girls didn't last too long before they started whining about something or someone! The end result was pretty darn good I might say so myself!