Blue Scorpions and Yellow Hornets!!

The school year is ended, our last soccer games have come and gone and the year end piano recital is done. Summer is here, if only it would warm up just a little bit! Lexi informed me that since preschool was over that it'd be okay if I never signed her up for school again. Sorry to tell her that's not how it works. She hasn't even officially started school and she's begging to not have to go already! She is going to summer camp at her preschool and I'm telling her that it's "Summer Camp" not "School". A little of that parental "reverse psychology" works every time. The girls are signed up for swimming lessons and we have some fun little camping trips planned over the next few weeks. Here's to no school, late nights and sleepovers in the family room and playing with friends all summer long!!!!!

Piano Recital 2008

Here's to another great year at piano lessons! This is at the girls' year end piano recital and they both did great. They take with their cousins and so it's been a lot of fun for them! Takes me back to the good ole days when I use to take. I hated piano recitals. My twin brother and I always had to play duets together and dress alike, I'm sure, and everyone always thought we were so cute! My mom was always proud though. Good memories!

11 YEARS and COUNTING!!!!!

What more can I say on our 11 year anniversary than it's been the greatest journey of our lives! Hard to believe time has gone this fast already and to think where we were then as to where we are now- WOW! 4 kids, pharmacy school, ups and downs with health, back and forth between Arizona, owning our own pharmacy, owning a home and reliable vehicles, 2 dogs and a multitude of other pets from an iguana to frogs. We have been so blessed and I feel so lucky to have Shane as my husband and best friend on this journey of life. He has always been so good to me. He's taught me the art of honest communication, the beauty of loving ourselves for who we are, and of course, enjoying the good things of life. He's a great example to me and the girls. Thanks for the greatest 11 years of my life! I look forward to the many many many more years that are to come! I love you ! ( Do you like the coordination of the music? Very fitting and cheesy too, but oh well!)

Sage's Kindergarten Graduation

Sage graduated from kindergarten today and they had such a cute little program. The kids all dressed up as what they want to be when they grow up and they had a fashion show and it was cute to see what the kids wanted be when they grow up- from a farmer's wife to a mental health therapist, what happened to the days of being a doctor or a mom? They were so funny!!! Sage dressed up as a pharmacist just like her daddy! She looked so cute. She was so sad when the program was over. She didn't want kindergarten to end. She had a great teacher, Mrs. Jones. She was so good to Sage and taught her so much this year. I'm so amazed at how much she has grown up this year. She is such a great reader, is a great little friend and loves learning new things! Congrats Sage on a great year of kindergarten- on to bigger and better things- the 1st grade! The top picture is of the girls with their Nanny, Shane's mom and the next one is Sage with her teacher.

Blogging update 5/30/08

It's about time that I sit down and upate this blog. It seems that May has been so busy and now it's over! Where does the time go? I celebrated my 32nd birthday this month. Now really, where does the time go? My husband really has his work cut out for him because Mother's Day and my birthday are just a week apart, but he's always so good to me. Some of my good friends took me to Training Table for lunch, YUM YUM and then I had lunch with my 2 bestest friends that live in Highland. The above picture is me with them, Emily and Carrie. Em, I had the picture of cake on here but it got deleted somehow- oops! Em made me a cake and I loved it! Emily has been my best friend since I was 7 years old and Carrie and I were roommates in Arizona and she's been one of my best friends since then. Oddly enough, they both live in the same neighborhood and are friends too. So it's great that we can all get together- it's like my 2 worlds somehow collided. I love them!
My sister Katie has been in town from Florida for the past 3 weeks and so we had lots of family time the past few weeks. We pulled out the water slide for the first time this summer and the kids had a blast. The next picture is of my sister Leslie, my sister Katie, and sister in law Julieanne. They all had their babies within a month or so of each other. It was fun to see the little babies all together. It was fun to have Katie and her family here. Her girls are so cute and the cousins all had fun playing together.
We went to Wheeler Farm for a cousins birthday party and the kids had fun feeding the ducks, chasing each other around and of course milking the cows. But look out because if you stand too close to the cows back end you just might end up with a little surprise. YUCK!
We've been busy and school is out next week and the summer officially begins. I'm excited to have the girls home and to not have anything we have to do. The weather is slowly warming up and I've enjoyed being outside working in the yard and playing with the kids out back. They are all so full of energy, it's hard to keep up. I cherish my time with each of them and wish that time would stand still for just a moment-

Memorial Weekend in Richfield, UT

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Richfield. Who knew that there was a KOA right in downtown Richfield? Not I, but there is and we had a great time. We even saw Indiana Jones while we were there. Now you don't get to do that very often when you are camping. The guys got up one morning and went golfing at the local golf course. A little something for everyone! There was a great little park in the KOA, miniature golfing and great 4 wheeling trails that went on forever. It was a lot of fun. Sunday we drove to Fish Lake. None of us had been there and I don't think we realized how high the elevation was. There was still snow on the bank of the lake. We decided to try fishing anyways, but much to my dismay, we didn't catch any fish. But it was fun anyways- next time we'll go to Fish Lake mid July.




This top picture if of Shelb and Sage waiting to go on the trails. We had a great time 4 wheeling. It was fun too because my parents just bought a 4 wheeler and they were able to go with everyone. We had a great caravan!
Here's the kids playing miniature golf. I think the course must have been an eagle scout project or maybe something that one of the old people who work there built in their spare time. Either way, the kids loved it and Lexi earned the named of "Happy Gilmore" because she wound up and swung and hit her ball harder and farther on a miniature golf course that I think you are suppose to.
Sage and Ryder were together non stop. In between rides, they'd play games or color or just hang out. These two are great friends!
Sage was definately our outdoors girls this weekend. She loved going with Shane on the 4 wheeler and trying all new things. She has a great sense of adventure.
Libby spent her time walking around the campsite looking for dogs. There's nothing quiet about her and she'd get so excited to see them. Didn't want to get close to them, just wanted to see them from a distance. Everyone always knew where Libby was because she'd yell, "MOM" every two seconds, even if I was just a step away. She's attached to her mama!
I forgot to take pictures of the most eventful part of out trip- the ride home! We stopped in Orem for the girls to go to the bathroom and as we were pulling out of the gas station there was a big snap and the truck jerked back and we realized the the trailer hitch had broken. YIKES! It never came completely unattached but it slid to the back of the truck and sliced and badly dented Shane's tailgate on his truck. There was a dirt field next to the gas station so we slowly drove the trailer into the empty lot and spent the next hour trying to undo the hitch from the truck. We finally had to take the entire hitch out of the back of the truck and leave our trailer in Orem until we could get some help the following day. Shane was nervous about leaving it there all night so he went back to Orem and had a bachelor night by himself . Anyone see a crazy man having a campfire in a vacant lot off of the 800 N. Orem exit. That would've been my honey Shane! The dealer has been great to work with. It ended up being a manufacturer problem so they're taking care of everything including Shane's truck. I just feel blessed that Lexi had to go to the bathroom for the THIRD time on the way home so that it happened on a side street in Orem instead of on I-15 going 60 mph. We look forward to going again in a couple weeks with some friends from our neighborhood.

More from Lexi's birthday party

Here's pictures from Lexi's party. She was so excited and they had lots of fun. I think the highlight was beating up my brother Scott in the back yard with the swimming noodles. Thanks Scott for the cheap entertainment!

Lexi's birthday party

This is from Lexi's friend birthday party. She was giggling and loved every minute of it! She's so funny-

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY LEXI LOU!!!

Happy Birthday Lexi! I still remember the day she was born. My pregnancy with her was pretty easy going and the delivery was just the same. She was such a cute little baby- bald with big chubby cheeks and legs! Now she's our little ball of fun and is excited for anything and everything! Julieanne and I caught her showing Jones how to cut lady bugs in half with scissors the other day- not so much the girly type! She loves to run, play ball, catch bugs, ride her jeep and play with friends! We love you Lexi and are glad that you're part of our family! Thanks for making us laugh!

1st camping trip of the season!

We took our trailer out for the first time this weekend for a trial run. All went well and we had a great time. We went east of Park City to Rockport State Park. It was a little chilly but fun to have a campfire and be together. Libby woke up in the middle of the night with a fever and we had no medicine. Having a pharmacist in the family you'd think that'd be one of the first things stocked in the trailer, but we forgot this time! We won't forget next time because we didn't sleep much. Here's some picture of our quick trip in the mountains. We saw TONS of deer, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, watched movies, played Yahtzee, went on a little hike and just enjoyed our time together.
This was a great moment. Saturday morning Shane and the girls started a fire and Lexi found this piece of bread by our fire pit. When I looked out the window of the trailer, Lexi had put this piece of bread on her roasting stick and began toasting the bread. She's such a character. She had to wear the sunglasses to keep the smoke out of her eyes. The toast looks tasty- doesn't it? She started to eat it and Shane quickly put a stop to that because who knows where that great piece of bread came from. She really enjoyed camping!

I think this is a great picture of Shane and the girls! Follow the leader!

Our adventure to Columbia, Missouri

We had a great adventure last week. My brother Jon and his cute wife Jessica and their 2 boys live in Columbia, Missouri. So last Thursday we woke up at 4:30 am to catch our 7:50 am flight from SLC to Denver and then onto Kansas City. We were delayed in SLC 2 hours due to mechanical stuff so therefore, we missed our connecting flight in Denver. Now it was 11:30 am. After Shane stood in line for 1 1/2 hours, we found out the next flight we could catch wasn't until 8:30 that evening. What do you do in an airport for 8 hours with 4 little kids? We decided to rent a car and explore Denver, CO. We hit the Children's Museum and had a great time and then drove around for a while so the kids could get a nap. Then we hit Target to restock on diapers and treats. We then flew into Kansas City at 11:30 that night. We went to rent our car and they didn't have a car seat for Libby so at midnight we hit the Wal Mart to buy a car seat and then we drove 2 hours to Jon's house. We arrived at 3:00 am. It was quite the eventful day and the girls were extremely tired but they were exceptionally good! Thank goodness! We had a great time with Jon, Jess, Griff, and Max. We were spoiled with Jessica's great cooking and we had fun celebrating Max's birthday with him. He's grown up so much and is so adorable. We went to Going Bonkers, swimming, Bass Pro Shop, Jon's school, the frog pond, ate BBQ and frozen custard and played, played and played. No wonder it's taken me 3 days to recover from this trip. Our trip home was only delayed an hour in Denver. Thanks to Jon and Jess for being such great hosts and we wish we could've stayed longer. We hope they move back to Utah after school so that the kids can be close to each other. They had so much fun together. It was a fun adventure but I think we'll stay grounded for a while now. We'll enjoy this summer camping. We did get flight vouchers due to the long delay so I think we may go to Cancun after Christmas- anyone want to go? No kids this time!!!!