The Joyal Family

Snow Day

2010-01-03T19:27:00.000-08:00

We took the kids to soda springs for some snowboarding, tubing and snowball flights. The weather was amazing, we were hot in all our snow gear! The boys did great snowboarding and Shay loved playing in the snow.

New Years

2010-01-03T19:10:00.001-08:00

James and I had a blast having friends and family over to bring in the new year, playing ping pong and beer pong!

6 days of Christmas

2009-12-27T19:21:00.000-08:00

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Merry Christmas Everyone

2009-12-24T16:34:00.000-08:00

sneak peek of fam pics

2009-12-23T20:22:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun having our pictures taking by Rebecca Knudson. She was so laid back and wonderful to be around. James and I absolutely love the pictures so far, cant wait to get the rest!

Johns Pizza

2009-12-22T17:19:00.000-08:00

Our whole family loves going to Johns, we all have such a blast! Logan did so amazing playing guitar hero and Shay and Levi Loved playing the dancing game. Let me tell you... Shay can shake her butt lol it's the cutest thing ever.

Christmas Parade

2009-12-22T17:01:00.000-08:00

James, the kiddos and I went with our friends to watch the Marysville Christmas Parade. We froze our butts off but it was a nice way to kick off the holiday season. The kids loved catching all the candy canes the floats were throwing out and of course eating them all too :D

Nights Out

2009-12-22T14:48:00.000-08:00

I wouldn't trade being a mother for anything in the world but ohhhh how much fun it is to get a brake and get all dressed up to go out with my love and friends and have a good time.

Black & Silver

2009-12-22T14:25:00.000-08:00

RAIDERS GAME

One word to describe tailgating at a raiders game is WOW!! We got to the Oakland stadium at 8 in the morning and started things off right away by..... drinking, eating, dancing, more drinking :D all in all we all had such a great time!

Halloween

2009-11-02T08:08:00.000-08:00

Strawberry shortcake

Our little bee and trans formers

Wilma, Fred, BamBam & Pebbles

BamBam & Pebbles

Wilma & Pebbles

Halloween night we packed up the kiddos and headed to Grandma Elas. We all ate big yummy bowels of moms home made chilly and corn bread before we took the kids trick or treating. It was so fun watching the kids go door to door, Shay had it down after the 3rd house. She would run up the driveways with her heavy Halloween bucket full of candy, it was so cute! Later that night after we got the kids ready for bed Grandma Karol watched the little ones while Fred, Wilma, BamBam and Pebbles went out dancing.

fun in the mud

2009-10-25T12:44:00.001-07:00

James and I took the kids to go watch some mud bugging, rock climbing dirty trucks and of course to watch the dirt bikes do their crazy tricks. I think we have a serious tom boy on our hands. Shay was more excited to see all the big, loud trucks then the boys were. She played in the dirt and throw rocks the whole time, it was so funny! Watching the dirt bikes really made Logan want to ride, I love watching his face when hes really into something. After 5 hours of dirt and mud we were all ready to go home and take showers. What a fun event Riverfront put on!

We heart Grandma

2009-10-23T18:52:00.000-07:00

Grandma Karol and I took the kiddos to the pumpkin patch to pick out their pumpkins, of course there were so many more fun things to do there like...... slide down big slides

and even bigger slides

play on a real train

pretended to be in jail

looking at fat lazy pigs

having hay fights with friends

playing on the wood train

hay rides

going on a wagon ride

waiting for our train

going on a train ride

We all had such a fun busy day at the pumpkin patch. Thank you so much for comong with us Grandma Karol, we heart you.

our 3 day weekend

2009-10-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

We love 3 day weekends! Saturday Logan had his soccer game, Sunday we went to Apple Hill and Monday James had the day off. Our Loggy had school so James and I took Levi and Shay to the park, it was a chilly day but it was so nice being outside in the cold weather. I'm so ready for winter! James and Levi went to pick Logan put from school and then the three boys headed down to the creek for some fishing. They caught 2 fish, James seemed more excited then the kids did.

pumpkin patch

2009-10-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

how much cuter can they get......

Our sweet girls

best buds

Sam and I took our little ones to the pumpkin patch today, to let them run and play in this beautiful fall weather.

Joe's crab shack

2009-10-03T12:49:00.000-07:00

doin the chicken

We shared a very yummy BIG drink

Shay cuddling her Grandma

trying to do the dance....

Shay passed out as soon as we put her in the car

Friends and family all met at Joe's crab shack for my 26Th birthday. We all had a really fun time, talking, eating, drinking and dancing. The best was when they all made me dance around the restaurant like a chicken singing happy birthday to me, it was Hilarius! The kids loved it. Thank you so much to everyone who came, it really meant a lot to me.

Fever with Brad Paisley

2009-09-27T13:45:00.001-07:00

COWGIRL UP!

It started out us 4

and ended with all 8 of us (including Dan)

The whole gang

Dan & Mama

Lindsay & I

Dan & Danielle

my sissy & I

super cute!

The man of the night

A shot for Jess's Birthday day

Thanks to Jess for inviting Lindsay and I to go see Brad Paisley in concert with her and Katrina Saturday night. The week leading up to the concert the whole family and I got the flu, I'm talking high fever, body aches, coughing all night and stuffy noeses. It was really bad! The night before the concert I went to bed with 101 degree fever, hoping that when I woke up in the morning I would be fine. I was wrong! I didn't have a fever but I still felt really sick. I was still a trooper and decided to go with all my friends. The concert was outdoors and it was hotter then hot but that didn't stop us from having fun. I even got to hang out with my Mama, sister, Dan and Danielle who we meet there. We all had a great time. When I got home and cuddled up to James in bed is when we both realized how hot I felt. I took my temp and it was 102 degrees. I can't believe I was at a concert, in the blazing heat with a fever of 102.

Logan's first soccer game

2009-09-20T10:04:00.001-07:00

Logan had his first soccer games this Saturday. His team did a really good job. Logan scored his first goal, The look on his face was priceless. He was so proud of himself, we were so proud of him. It was really cute!

Shay playing soccer

2009-09-16T11:47:00.000-07:00

When Logan and Levi have their soccer practice Shay loves trying to play with them. She just learned how to kick the ball and she is so proud of herself. It's so cute watching her! She's our little toyboy but princess at heart.

Levi's soccer practice

2009-09-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

Levi really enjoys playing soccer. It's so cute watching all the little 3 year old's running around trying to get the ball.

BuSy WeEkEnD

2009-09-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

Had a girls night out

Robyn, Sam, myself & Lindsay

Went to Brianna's soccer game

Grandma Ela & Dan with the grandkids

The boys had so much fun playing with Dan

Went to the Air Show

Went and played miniature golfing

I only got to play 2 holes because Shay insisted she wanted my ball.

Logan of course loved it

Shay running to get every ones golf balls

Shay loved all the pretty flowers they had. I think she smelled almost every batch we went by.

Logan took this pic of us, he did a good job!

We all had one fun but busy weekend. Friday night I had my girls night out, oh what fun! I danced until my little feet couldn't dance anymore. Saturday the kids and I went to Brianna's soccer game, the weather couldn't of been any better. The boys had a blast playing with Dan while us girls just hung out and watched the game. After B's game we went strait to the air show, where my honey was working all day. The thunderbirds were so amazing to watch. Poor little Shay was so scared of the loud jets, I felt so bad for her. We topped the evening of by bbqin by moms pool while the kiddos swam. This morning James and I took the kids miniature golfing for their first time. They had a really good time. It was a little crazy for James and I, trying to keep track of 4 balls 2 boys and 1 little girl who kept running around to get every ones golf balls.

Cali state fair

2009-08-30T11:22:00.000-07:00

We started the morning by going to Brianna's soccer kick off. Her team did great, they scored 7 goals and of course won the game. Our little ones had a really good time, going on all the water slides and jumpy houses. After the game we went back to Grandma's house for lunch and naps before we went to the state fair.

Dan & Mama

all ready to go to the fair

Levi & Bri on the dragon coaster

Mellissa (Brianna's friend) Logan on the jeeps

The Michael Jackson ride

Danielle (Dan's daughter), Mom and Dan

myself & Mama

Levi on # 18

Dan & mom playing with Shay Bug

One more pic before we left the fair

It was a HOT but really fun day at the fair. The kids all had a really wonderful time going on all the rides and eating yummy food. I loved listening to all the good music the rides were playing. Thank you so much mom for such a fun, great day with the family, we really appreciate it. Oh..... and we can't forget to thank Dan and his daughter for spending the day with us, it was so fun having you two with us.

flooding the urinal

2009-08-27T09:57:00.000-07:00

James and I thought this was a funny story to blog about...
Logan's first week of school, he would come home and tell us how cool the bathrooms were. His second week of school he would come home and tell us that Daddy needed to go and fix the urinal's because they kept flooding. Well, yesterday when I went to pick him up from school his teacher explained to me that from now on she has to go with Logan to the bathroom because he likes to keep flushing the men's urinal and watch it over flow. Now it all made sense to us why he thought the bathrooms at school were so cool. Funny little boy!

13 months

2009-08-26T08:44:00.001-07:00

A couple days late but, our little Shay is 13 months now. She started walking last Sunday, she is officially our little toddler walking around the house. Her personalty gets cuter and cuter the older she gets, she is so much fun. We just love her so much.

Girls night out

2009-08-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

We all had a blast

Lindsay, myself, Sammy and Mama Ela

We danced all night long....

Sam & Lindsay

Mama Ela & Dan the man

The girls and I went to the Mix night club in down town Sacramento. It was such a nice, fun brake away from the kiddos, wish my James could of came! I had a lot of fun with you girls :)

First day of school

2009-08-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

my big kindergartner

my little Logan was nervous

Today was Logan's first day of school. He was so nervous, I felt bad for the little guy.

Camping with the Yuba fire

2009-08-16T20:36:00.000-07:00

morning walk across the dam

the Yuba wild fire

the helicopter's were landing in the lake to scoop up water for the fire

cooking their weenies

morning little Shay & Levy

roasting marshmallow's

She loved riding Tyler's car

good morning boys

boyfriend & girlfriend

Jessica cooking breakfast

My little tomboy playing in the dirt

James and I decided to take the kids camping one more time this summer before school starts for them. We had some of our friends join us. After setting up camp, right across the lake we noticed a fire starting. After a couple of hours it got bigger and bigger, soon there were helicopter's and air plans helping to put out the fire. It was a smokey but fun camping trip.

Wine Country

2009-08-09T16:40:00.001-07:00

James and I went on a nice relaxing mini day vacation. It was absolutely wonderful. We started the day experiencing a mud bath, wow was that interesting. The mud smelt horrible! After our morning at the spa we headed to Castello di Amorosa a beautiful castle winery, that had view's to die for! We ended the day at V Sattui winery were we had a early dinner in the park that included clams and a tri tip sandwich that we washed down with a local chardonnay. James and I love being in Napa for the scenery, food and of course WINE!

Sacramento Zoo

2009-08-06T17:33:00.001-07:00

Some of my girl friends and I took the kiddos to the Sacramento zoo, to look at all the cool animal's. Shayla was so excited every time we went up to an animal, it was so cute! She would go...... WOWWWW and point with her cute little finger. The boys didn't seem to excited about the animal's but they loved the ice cream treat I got them :)

pump it up with friends

2009-08-05T12:36:00.000-07:00

Us mama's with our kiddos

They palyed more with cars then they jumped

Sam K. with Miles

Sam running with the kids

Little Kami cakes

Sweet Levi

Shay loved the car

Little crazy monkey

Sammy & Shay

We had so much fun with our friends yesterday. All of us Mommy's met at pump it up to let the kids jump and burn some energy. After we ate our lunches, took the kids to the park and then swimming at my moms house. By the end of the day they were beat, and so were we! Thank you girls for hanging out with us, it was a lot of fun.

oUtSiDe PlaY

2009-07-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

Shay loves walking her baby

the new thing...... riding your bike in your underwear

She loves riding on Levi's scooter

big girl

Logan playing baseball with his Daddy

water brake

She can drink out of a water bottle all by herself

The kids love being outside, I thought I'd capture some moments of them to share with everyone.

Shay's B-day party

2009-07-26T17:18:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much to everyone who made it, I hope you all had a great time.

Shayla

2009-07-23T09:57:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday sweet girl

Our little princess turns one today, man how the time flies! We are so blessed to have her in our life's. She is such a joy to be around, always making us laugh. Happy Birthday sweet girl, your Mommy, Daddy and brothers love you so much.

We heart summer

2009-07-22T15:30:00.001-07:00

Things we love to do during the summer.....

Go to really cool parks

Go for long family bike rides

Watch our Logan race his dirt bike

Go to the lake with our friends

Playing at the splash park

Going to the lake with family

We have had such a good summer so far. It's so nice that our whole family loves being outside and enjoying the wonderful weather we have had this summer. Shay's Birthday party is this weekend and we can not wait to hang with family and friends to celebrate Shay's first Birthday. What better way to celebrate then to rent an inflatable water slide, BBQ, eat yummy cake and hang out with family and friends. We can't wait to see you all there!

Fun in the sun

2009-07-12T19:33:00.000-07:00

What better way to spend a Sunday then to go to the lake. My mom dropped off my sister, we loaded up the kids and headed up to Collins Lake. We had such a fun, relaxing day playing in the sun, sand and water!

4th of July weekend

2009-07-05T14:17:00.000-07:00

We had a really nice 4th of July weekend. Friday we went wake boarding all day @ lake berryessa with family. The weather was great! Saturday morning we headed to Sacramento to go to our friends house for a BBQ. We saw a lot of old friends we hadn't seen in a long time. They had a big water slide for the kids, the boys had a blast! After the BBQ we went to my moms to go swimming and light off our fireworks. We had a awesome weekend!

PuMp It Up

2009-07-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

James took a half day at work so we could take the kids to pump it up for some jumping fun. They love it there, little Shay even had a blast!

Look who's been up to no good

2009-07-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

Our little Shay was up to no good this morning, she loves toilet paper! Logan and Levi never tried or showed any interest in toilet paper when they were little. She's our wild one!

WorK BbQ

2009-06-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

James's senior recruiter is pcsing to TX so he decided to have a going away BBQ for her. It turned out great for the most part except for the 106 degree weather. Thanks to everyone who made it!

Father's Day Weekend

2009-06-23T12:09:00.000-07:00

Trish & Shay

Levi & James flew off the tube

Sweet Levi

Shay napped on the boat

I got up second try after 8 years

James & I tubing

I had so much fun wake boarding

Logan & Daddy

Levi loved the tube

James's second time wake boarding.

Saturday morning we packed up and headed over to Opa and Trish's house to go out on the lake. It was so much fun wake boarding and tubing all day. The kids did so well on the boat. We had a wonderful day!

SuMmEr BaBy

2009-06-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

Look how tall our little Shay is getting, she is growing so fast! She just loves being outside playing in water. The second she lays eyes on her pool she gets so excited. We just love our little summer baby!

Water Play

2009-06-11T13:05:00.000-07:00

We all went to the park with our friends and had a picnic. The kids love going to this park and running through the water area. It's a nice way to wear out the kiddos :)

Six Flags

2009-06-08T17:18:00.000-07:00

Shay napped on the way there.

Look at those excited face's

Logan & Levi got to see their favorite super hero's

They were drenched from the ride

Log & I went on a roller coaster together

Butterfly world was amazing

We all got soaked from the whale

Daddy & Shay looking @ the camels

James & I are up there....

& on that one!!!

We all had an amazing day @ six flags. The kids had a blast going on all the rides and seeing all the animals. James and I felt like kids again going on all the rides. Thank you so much mom for taking our family, we had so much fun!!!

Af BoYs

2009-06-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

Logan and Levi love dressing up in their daddy's uniforms, especially the boots! I thought it would be cute to snap some pics of them and share them with everyone. We just love these little Air Force boys!

Logan's pre K graduation

2009-06-02T16:12:00.000-07:00

Logan's class

Mrs.Amy

Mrs.Amy #2

Mrs.Tamy

We are so proud of our Logan. We can't believe he starts kindergarten this fall, CRAZY!! We love you big boy and are so proud of you. Congrats on graduating pre K.

Collins Lake

2009-05-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

We went camping with a group of friends for Memorial weekend and had a blast!!

FuN fiLlEd WeEkEnD

2009-05-17T15:38:00.000-07:00

All the kids had a waterfight

Logan going down the slide

Opa!!!!!!

Shay in her favorit spot

We went to Opa's house Saturday for Raeann's 16th birthday party. They had a DJ that played really good music and a big slide for the kids, that played on that thing all night long. It was a crazy 100 but it didn't stop us from having fun!

Daddy & Levi

It looks like James had more fun going down then Levi

Levi loved this slide

Shay loved playing in the water

Daddy shared his ice cream

Logan shared too

Sunday morning we decided to take the kiddos to Gauche Aquatic Park, since it was going to be 101. What a great plane that was!! It was so nice being outside playing in water on such a hot day, we were all so refreshed. What a fun day!!

playing with friends

2009-05-12T13:06:00.000-07:00

All the little neighbor kids came over to swim with the boys. They all had so much fun playing in the water.

FuN dAy

2009-05-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

Both my mama's & I Grandma Karol pushing Shay bug
Shayla took a power nap
The boys with all the girls

eating their popsicle's

Levi & Auntie Brianna

They played tennis

All the kiddos had a mud fight

They were out as soon as we put them in the car

We all had a great day @ the park with our friends and family.

I just can't stop.....

2009-05-06T20:55:00.001-07:00

taking pictures of this little one. She is just the happiest, prettiest little girl we have ever seen.

New flowers

2009-05-06T20:48:00.000-07:00

I can either put them on a headband or a clip.

Grandma Ela

2009-05-05T16:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much for the pretty mini mouse outfit you got me from Disneyland. I love you and can't wait to see you on Friday.

Shay is mobile...

2009-05-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

Our little one can crawl now, we are so happy!!

More headbands...

2009-05-01T15:21:00.001-07:00

I'm having a deal..Buy 1, get the 2 one half off!

fLoWeR hEaDbAndS

2009-04-28T13:06:00.000-07:00

I just love putting headbands on Shay. I started making our own and everywhere I go people are complimenting on how cute they are. So I thought I 'd take a shot and see if I could sell any. I'm also going to start making bows and hair clips. If anyone is interested let me know!

Shay's 9 months

2009-04-27T13:06:00.000-07:00

Look how tall she is, 29inches. She can wave now!

hello again

She can clap

All of them clapping, lol

It's so cute

she does it all the time

Sleepy baby girl

Our little baby girl is getting so big. We can't believe that it has already been 9 months since we had her. She is such a joy in our life's. Her brother's are so in love with her. They play so cute with her. Shay is just the sweetest little thing in the world. We love her so much!!

Swimming again..

2009-04-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

Water Day

2009-04-22T10:34:00.000-07:00

The kids & I had Jessica & Joey over for a swim day, perfect idea for a super hot day! It was Shay's first time in the pool & she loved it, she's our little water baby. We all had a great time!

AiR ShOw

2009-04-19T19:23:00.000-07:00

Logan had so much fun on the rock wall

Levi & the AF man

All my kiddos :)

Grandma & her boys

Lindsay & Levi

Shay let Grandma hold her

Logan didn't want to be in the pic :(

Shay & her Papa

She passed out when we got home on the floor,sleepy baby

Tooth # 2

2009-04-17T10:47:00.001-07:00

Hopefully it takes awhile for tooth # 3 to come out!!

A's Game

2009-04-16T09:06:00.001-07:00

We went to the A's game with some of the people James works with. It was such a nice warm day, hanging out with the people my husband works with eating hot dogs & peanuts.

Easter

2009-04-12T20:59:00.000-07:00

Mom, Shay & I

Sweet little Shay

oops

My Sissy

The boys had so much fun

The beautiful eggs Grandma Martin made

Great grandma

Dave & Logan

The cooks

Happy girl

Great Grandma, Grandma Karol & Levi

Logan loved the waterfall

Her new pj's Grandma got her

Levi's first egg he found

Logan's first egg

The boys woke us up this morning @ 6:45, so excited that the bunny came! They both had so much fun looking for eggs and eating candy in the MORNING!!! We packed up and headed to Sac to have Easter at Aunt Sandy & Uncle John's. The kids had a blast swimming all day. It was so nice to spend time with family that we don't see that often. We all had such a great Easter.

Happy Birthday Opa

2009-04-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

All of us but Sascha

The Grandmas

Judy & Dave

James & I

Playing ping pong

The Birthday Boy

Trish, Reann & Levi

The girls

Brody caught a big one

Shay loved my dads neighbor's

They had a egg hunt for the kids

Logan was on the go

My Daddy turned 53 on Saturday. We all got together and enjoyed the beautiful day, bbqing, playing ping pong and having a couple of cold ones. We love you Dad and hope you had a wonderful day.

CoLoRiNg EaStEr EgGs

2009-04-10T11:47:00.000-07:00

Shay watchedLittle levi

They all had so much fun

Logan loved to mix the colors

My sissy did it too

All the pretty eggs

Pierced Princess

2009-04-07T15:03:00.000-07:00

Waiting to get her ears piercedI was so sad

Poor baby girl

All done

Our little pierced princess

Easter Bunny

2009-04-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

We went with our friends Jessica and Joey to see the Easter bunny today. It was so cute the boys each gave the "girl" bunny her carrot and little Shay bug didn't even cry, she actually liked the bunny. We can't wait for the bunny to come to our house and bring our baskets with eggs and candy!

Grandma Karol

2009-04-06T19:19:00.000-07:00

Thank you Grandma!

Thank you so much for making me my soft new blankey, I've been sleeping with it every night. Your such a good Grandma to me. I love and miss you already.

Memories

2009-04-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

Ever since we have had our kids, we have made nothing but awesome
memories. Over the past few years we have forgotten the cute little things that our children have done. So to remind us of the things the boys are doing now,I thought it would be fun to blog about our current events.

A couple of days ago I picked Logan up from school and asked the teacher how his day went and she told me that Logan had asked her if he could have a day off anytime soon. I thought that was so stinking cute. I had told Logan that everyday Daddy goes to work you go to school and the days he has off you have off,I guess Logan thought it was like work.

I was driving home from school today and Logan asked me if he could drive, of course I told him NO. Then he said, but mom you need to teach me so I can get my licence. It's so funny how their little brains think.

One of my favorite things both the boys do is, they love to fish in my bathroom shower drain. The other morning I went to take a shower and the drain cap was off and the fishing pole was inside the drain. It's so cute that they think they can really catch a fish in the drain. They haven't caught one yet!

We absolutely love having our children.

NiGhT OuT

2009-03-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

James & I needed this night out Doing the sprinkler

Ron & I

Nice tan line Sonja

Moriah & I being silly

Roxy & I

What a fun night out

Happy Birthday Moriah

RaCe DaY

2009-03-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

It was 78 outside, it was a wonderful day @ the trackOur little hang out

Log racing

He did so well

What a cute pic of Daddy & Shay

Pee brake, lol

Our little racer

Yayyy Bubba

Being silly

Sun baby

We got home and put the pool up of the kiddos

Shay's hang out @ the track

funny face

They were so refreshed

Logan's big day

2009-03-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

Logan's big day! It was his first day of pre K today and he did so well. We all went as a family to drop off our big preschooler, it was so cute! He started @ 8:30 and pick up was @ 11:30. All his teacher's said he did great. We are so proud of our big boy.

Toothless

2009-03-25T22:24:00.000-07:00

Logan boy lost his first tooth tonight. He was so excited to go to bed and put it under his pillow and await the tooth fairy. He asked us if he could keep his eyes open so he could see her, it was really cute! Here are some pics of our little toothless boy.