Crazy Hair Day!

Drug Free week at Elementary this week. Today was crazy hair day. This is what we came up with.Madeleine our neighbor wanted to have the same do. It turned out awesome.


Silly little girls. Love it!

For my sister!

This is me and my twin sister Janice. I love her so much and I am so glad that she chose me to be her twin as well as her friend. She lives 1500 miles away and it has been hard to have her so far away. I miss her everyday and I am so glad for technology that we can talk through cell and texting and facebook. Thanks for being so good to me and for being my best friend. I love you so much! Your the BEST!!!!

Summer time fun!

Gotta have at least one Kool-Aid sale per summer. Well no better time then when your cousins are here from KY. They sold...Bottled water, Kool-aid, candy, popsicles, and headbands. They did real well the first sell, they made $30 but 2 days later we didn't do so well only $7. Yikes bit of a difference. The memories are for the kids right. Not so much fun when your the mom to see your cute little girls get so sad when no one will stop. So next time you see kids on the road selling something stop by and give them a quarter it will make their day.

4th of July bowling

4th of July 2010

The Baldwins took us bowling and laser tagging to celebrate as a family the 4th of July. The kids had so much fun bowling and were very good. After we played some arcade games and then some of us older kids and adults played a game of laser tag. I got 4th place out of 18. It was so much fun. Then we sat down for some much needed pizza and drinks. It was such a good day.

Happy 4th everyone!

A handful of the kids.
Carl, Me and Todd waiting for our turn.

Marcus going for a strike!

Cambree and Grandpa Carl bowling together. Grandpa was so good and helped all the little kids bowl. They had a blast.

Cambree and Sienna with their crowns they got with their tickets.

Cambree and I.

Another fun shot of the kids.

Welcome home!

They're home. Yeah! After serving an honorable mission for 2 years in Canada they arrived home safely on Thrusday June 17th around 7:00p.m. We are so excited to have them back with us!
This picture says it all.....Welcome home!

Grandpa Carl and McKayla

Grandma Janine and McKayla

I was to caught up with the excitement of it all and never took a picture of the other 2 kids with them. Cambree took a few hours before she would have anything to do with them. By the end of the night she loved having them around.

The 2 great serving missionaries with Grandma Dorothy

Welcome home we love you and are happy to have you home!

Happy Birthdays to my two May birthdays!

1st Cambree turned 3 on May 10th

All she wanted was princess stuff so instead of spending the money on a party we bought her princess dresses and shoes. She also wanted to have a princess cake. She is very girly.Her Princess Cake!!

2nd birthday was Marcus. He turned 13...What did I just say 13 no way I'm not that old am I. WOW time does fly.

Marcus coming home from school to a surprise!

13 balloons filled his room.

We had a couple neighbor friends and of course his sister McKayla surprise him with some silly string. They had a blast.

Happy Birthday Marcus man. You are a great kid and we love having you in our family.

Weekend getaway

We took off to St. George for mothers day weekend with the Drakes. We spent the day Friday hiking in Zions. It is so beautiful and the perfect time of year to go hiking.

Our cute little princesses! We celebrated Cambree's birthday and she got dress ups and the girls were in heaven all weekend.
Cambree and Elise are too dang cute!

I love this picture of Todd and Cambree hiking up to the Emerald ponds. Cambree was a great hiker and did most of it on her own.

Todd being hot at the top of Angels Landing. He and Jim ran
(no reallly they did) up it.

Our cute little family minus Marcus. He was sick and stayed back at the condo the whole day. We felt bad but there was no way he would have had the energy to hike.

Cambree fix

Janice this one is for you. Thought you could use a little Cambree fix. We went to Valley View elementary for a family night beach dance party. She was so excited and had so much fun dancing. She has got some serious moves. She is too darn cute.

Our school mascott also made his first debut to our school. Lets go Valley View Hawks.

Birthday weekend

Party #1

We had the cousin sleep over friday night and Lauren and Madeleine 2 of our close neighbors cause they couldn't come to the friend party. We colored Hannah Montana pillow cases and then watched the movie. We also had brownies and ice-cream and opened presents. After lots of work getting them to sleep they still woke up early. ugh. We made a big yummy breakfast and then took them all home. We love having all the cousins together and I'm so glad they have such a close bond. (We missed you Taylor)

Party # 2

These are some of McKayla's school friends and some neighbor friends. We had an 80's dance party. The girls came dressed like the 80's they all did such a great job. We played Just Dance for the wii and had a competition and her friend Lauren won. Then we had a fashion show and Chloe won that contest. We had yummy cupcakes and ice-cream and opened presents then the last 20 min. we put on 80's makeup and painted nails. We had a great time!

Enjoy the video of them dancing.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful McKayla on Sunday (Valentines day) She came into my world 9 years ago. I love her amazing attitude. She has such a zest for life it makes me smile. She can make friends with just about anyone. She loves people and being around them. I'm grateful that she chose me to be her mom. We love you McKayla and wish you a very happy birthday!

Happy Valentines Babe!!

WOW 13 1/2 years. What a ride. We met 14 1/2 years ago right after I graduated from high school. I was just a baby (18 to be exact). We got married Aug of 96' and then started a family fast. Marcus (12 1/2) our oldest was born and then came McKayla (9) and several years later our baby Cambree (2 1/2). We have a beautiful family with lots of trials and try to grow closer with all of them. Easier said than done but we try our best. Thanks Todd for being who you are and I look forward to the future with you.

Love ya!♥

Winter Fun

We got a nice winter blast on Friday night and so when we woke up Saturday morning with 5-6 inches of snow we couldn't resist to go out and play in it. In the morning Todd and I help the kids pile up the snow into a huge mound. We came in for hot chocolate and lunch and then the kids went back out to finish the job. Marucs, Cambree, McKayla and Lauren
McKayla and Lauren hollowing out the igloo.
Having a good time inside and outside of the igloo

Here it is almost done but had to come to a stop cause we all know.....

"It's all fun and games till someone gets their eye cut."

We had a little accident with the shovel and Marcus got a little careless and shoveled McKayla's face. Ouch! With no insurance the angels were on our side and kept it from getting to deep. The butterfly bandage did the trick.

All in all we had a great time in the snow.

Slim by Spring

Ok time to get serious again. So I did a fit challenge last fall called fit by fall and I lost 8 lbs and was feeling pretty good. Well the holidays came and I lost control and needed motivation again so I joined another challenge called Slim by Spring. I gained back everything I lost in my fall challenge and so I have a lot of work to do again. I hope to get it back off and maybe a few more. My goal is 10 lbs. Bring it on!

new family pictures

Thanks to my amazing neice Amberly Hurst for taking these cute family pictures. She did a great job and I am very happy with how they turned out. Thanks your the best.

We went to this old abandoned home in PG and had fun taking pictures in the old windows and porches. Enjoy! Todd and the kids
Marcus age 12 1/2

McKayla age 8 almost 9

Happy new year to us!

Me and the 2 older kids

Cambree wouldn't get in the window with us

Our little family

Me and the girls