Scott won the Republican Primary Election for Constable!

Scott won the Primary Elections!
He had 48% of the Republican vote. He beat out two other candidates.
Scott spent the summer going door to door and meeting people, speaking at engagements, on the radio, in the newspaper--He was everywhere, not to mention all the signs around town.
We are very excited for this and now Scott will go the General Elections in Nov and tr to beat out the Democratic opponent. We feel strongly that he will be successful.

Blackberry Picking!!

Emilee, Sloane, Andrew and Hunter posing in front of the cabin. Andrew and Hunter in the creekbed with blackberries growing.

Scott Hastings, Emille, Heidi, Sloane, Andrew and Jamie making s'mores by the fire.


Andrew playing in the rocks, he couldn't resist climbing over all the rocks!

Heidi Hastings and Jamie picking berries to their heart's content.

Blackberry Picking!

We went on a short overnight trip to Pine with the Hastings family to pick wild blackberries.

We stayed in a quaint cabin that had a creek running behind it with tons of blackberry bushes. It was really fun, we got all scratched up, bitten up by mosquitos and sweated up due to the HOT weather.

Nevertheless, we came home with yummy blackberries that were promptly made into jam, cobbler and frozen for smoothies. I was seeing $ in my mind as we picked--blackberries are so expensive in the store!

First Day of School (minus Sydney, who declined a picture)

Yay! Today is the 1st day of school for the younger kids. Sequoia starts today with Andrew starting Kindergarten (with Mrs. Warren and Mrs Lewis) and Sloane starting 5th grade (with Mrs McAteer). We hope all the best for this new school year.

Sydney will start 10th grade next week. Yes, I can hear her crying upstairs!

Andrew loves, loves art!

This is the cutest picture, and I show everybody. My son Andrew (5) loves art and making anything and everything out of anything and everything. One day I made some brownies and found him taking the brownies and smashing them to sculpt into army men.

Cousins visiting!

My brother Brandon's wife drove through our area on her way to a family reunion in WA. Brandon stayed home in Houston to study for the bar.

We were able to visit with Amy Tuck, her twin sister Annie. Her children, my neices and nephew are: Evelyn in the top picture, Mallory and Lawson are in the lower picture along with Amy. Miranda is not pictured here, but she is an adorable little 3-4yr old.

I loved their visit. I hadn't ever met Miranda or baby Evelyn, and also Annie. Mallory and Sloane were inseparable. The kids were so cute and very well behaved. Bravo Brandon and Amy!

4th of July Show Low Parade

We had a great time "stumping" in our Show Low 4th of July Parade.
We had so many people come up and show support for Scott and his constable campaign. Gary and Janet, Rick and Tracy and family, Jay and Heather and family, Tiff and Shaun and family and Ann and Todd and family.
We had quite a full house. My good friend and neighbor Heidi let us use her house (they were out of town) and those who stayed there were definitely more comfortable than those who stayed at my house!
I (Jamie) drove Scott's car all decorated up, Janet was yelling "Vote for Scott, he's hot". Todd Smith pulled the float filled with kids from the family as well as from church.

Newport Beach CA June,2010

We went to Newport Beach CA and had a great time. We stay at Mr Lee's pretty rundown beachhouse. Oh well, it's on the sand! A week of waking up and going to the donut shop, riding scooters on the boardwalk, surfing, laying in the sand and reading or listening to music can really take it's toll! Here's a pic of the grandkids. This year we numbered about 40 people in the beachhouse. Andrew was buried straight up and down in the sand, I think sand was blowing in his eyes.