GREAT JOB EMILY!!!!!!!

Emily has been playing volleyball for the highschool team in Mass. where they recently moved. She has already proven herself as a go-getter and amazing athelete in her new school and here are 2 articles from the local paper. Carey definately has a proud daddy smile on his face!!!!


THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE




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PITTSFIELD, MA Now: 53ºF High: 67ºF Low: 45ºF 5-Day Forecast

Mount Greylock 3, Wahconah 1
DALTON — The Mounties rallied on the road behind seven kills from Chelsea Garrison for a 23-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16 win.
Garrison added 28 service points for Greylock (2-0), while Sierra Schultz had three aces. Emily Mortenson notched six kills and 10 assists.
Jen Conner led Wahconah (1-1) with 13 assists, nine service points and three aces. Jessica Yarmey had 11 assists and four digs, while Sam Burgner added 12 service points and seven aces.

Mount Greylock (2-1) got 30 service points, five aces and eight kills from Chelsea Garrison, while Emily Mortenson contributed 14 assists, two kills and 15 service points.

Back to school

School started August 18th this year. It seemed like summer just flew by. The boys had lots of fun though in such a short amount of time. Lots of swimming, playing, sleep overs, family and friend parties, a few great vacations and a total blast just hanging out together. We've decided that Braxton and Brody should have been twins. They are inseperable. They can entertain each other for hours. They are amazing friends and awesome brothers.
Braxton and his cheeser...
The bear is still waking up...
Carey, Harley and I were so excited to take the boys to school for their first day. Carey made eggs for Brax and of course Brody had to have Life cereal. We are so excited for school to start and to watch the boys grow in so many ways. Goode luck this year boys!!! We love you!

FAMILY VACATION

Look at these handsome boys. They had so much fun exploring in the wild and looking at all the beauty and animals in the wild.

Braxton and Harley enjoying mother nature.
Say cheese!!!!! Brody posing for his next model gig. Look at those blue eyes. Watch out girls...
The Gang!!!!! John, Michelle, Olivia, mike, Taulor, Emma, Roz, Brody, Kim Carey and Braxton.
John and Roz
A family picture at Artist point.

Floating the river

We took one of the afternoons and floated the river. It took about 3 hours to float. Well actually we had to get out quite a bit and push ourselves down the river. It was very shallow in parts and the current was so slow. It took FOREVER to finish.
We had a good time but won't be floating that river again. It was way to slow and not action packed enough for us adventureous folks :) It was a once in a lifetime experience.
Brody was so tired after our day of fun that he crashed out on the couch. Nighty night sweet boy!

ANIMALS WE SAW IN YELLOWSTONE AND ISLAND PARK...

Here is a moose that we saw in Island Park on our animal hunt.
Close up of the moose
Now its really hard to see but there is a dark spot in the valley which turned out to be a bear. We couldn't see it without binoculars (a nice lady let us use hers) It was sure fun for the kids to see a bear in the park. That doesn't happen very often.
There is a bald eagle preservation in Yellowstone. The eagle's nest were so big and it was amazing to watch them fly over us.

The bison are not afraid to take over the roads and cross them at their own sweet time. They are so ginormous and scary!
Just lounging around, unaware of all the people that stop and stare at him.
We were also very lucky to see a wolf in the wild.

This elk was about 15 feet away from us. There was a park ranger keeping people at a distance. Carey asked the park ranger if he could go feed the elk a carrot. The park ranger didn't think that was too funny. He really takes his job seriously!
Look how close I am to that huge elk
Say cheese Carey and hope the elk doesn't decide to charge you :)
Duckies swimming in the river.
The buffalo were everywhere and when they crossed the roads in their herds, we just had to stop and wait.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

We took one of the days and drove around Yellowstone Park. Here is a picture of Old Faithful.
Carey, Braxton and Brody patiently waited in the hot sun for Old Faithful to explode. This was the first time for the three of them to experience Yellowstone.
There she blows.............. How cool!!!!!!!

Braxton loved taking pictures of us. He is a great photographer.

Emma, Brody, Braxton and Taylor
One of our favorite places in Yellowstone was artist point. It is so beautiful and almost seems unreal.
Family photo at Artists Point.

Here's the whole gang in Yellowstone. We had so much fun stopping at all the beautiful sites and enjoying all of God's creations. What an amazing place Yellowstone is.
Roz, Harley and me checking out the hot pots.
It was so nice to get away for a long weekend and enjoy our family. Everyone had a blast!

Out lookin for moose...

Our first night we arrived at Island Park we went looking for wildlife. We had so much fun taking the back roads and trying to spot animals. We saw a couple moose (or mooses as Olivia called them).
Grandma Roz rode in the back with da boys. Now she is one brave grandma!
John is a great tour guide when it comes to looking for wildlife!
Brody had to take a little break in the wild... This is how real men take care of business :)
It was so beautiful in the mountains. We had such a great time that night.