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Camille asked Tyler to Prom this year. Talk about aging a person!! My baby boy at his Junior Prom!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Junior Prom 2011
Camille asked Tyler to Prom this year. Talk about aging a person!! My baby boy at his Junior Prom!!!
Regency Ball 2011
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ok Mary I am trying the Digital world(which is why there is an add that goes with the collage lol)
Anyway. Each year the Stake puts on a Regency Ball. It is a full on Ball!! They prepare for weeks with dance lessons and all! This year only the kids went but next year Kelley and I are gonna go too!! They learned all types of classic dances.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
EASTER 2011
Our Easter was fantastic!! Kelley has been working a boatload of overtime but was able to take a few hours off this morning so we could celebrate as a family. Only had a few hours off though so we didn't get to go to church which is a bummer.
The E.B. came for a visit and left all kinds of chocolate and peeps. They were devoured in half the day, thankfully. Now we just have wrappers and candy hangovers...
Though the kids missed church they did manage to find several movies and clips of the fantastic life and death of Jesus Christ. So glad they know the importance of this day.
We had a yummy brunch and a very lazy afternoon. Wonderful day with my family! I love the heck out of them and was so thankful to be able to spend such a sacred day with them.
The E.B. came for a visit and left all kinds of chocolate and peeps. They were devoured in half the day, thankfully. Now we just have wrappers and candy hangovers...
Though the kids missed church they did manage to find several movies and clips of the fantastic life and death of Jesus Christ. So glad they know the importance of this day.
We had a yummy brunch and a very lazy afternoon. Wonderful day with my family! I love the heck out of them and was so thankful to be able to spend such a sacred day with them.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Happy
So I read one of the blogs I stalk and she just put up the things that made her happy that she could see from her couch. I figured I would do something similar.....
So, sitting here on my couch watching the Masters Golf Tourney, this is what makes me happy....
So, sitting here on my couch watching the Masters Golf Tourney, this is what makes me happy....
- My pepsi float-enough said!
- knowing my girlies are off doing temple work together
- PROM- i never went so it makes me happy that Tyler is going
- this beautiful, handmade, quilt my grandmother made that I am sitting under
- RAIN--the springtime rains in Wyoming make me so happy and make the countryside look like we live in Ireland
- My little artist sitting on the couch across the room cutting out and drawing a bookmark.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Today I pray for heroes
Most people who know me know that if it comes in my head it's coming straight out my mouth. Well for the most part I really dont care because there are some really stupid people out there. But every once in a while it bites me in the butt. This past year it did BIGTIME!.....and now, as a result, one of my brothers and I do not talk. It is how we deal in our family, we are a family of grudge holders. Observing family history and relatives, I am pretty sure it is genetic. That said, I figured I would blog about the fact that my brother is a hero of mine even though we don't speak.
Tomorrow he leaves on deployment to Afghanistan for 12 months. He has already been to Iraq, where he saw several close friends die, he was part of the Pentagon clean up during the September 11 attacks and those are just the major deployments. He is not even 35 years old and has seen things most of us will NEVER see in this lifetime.
I have so much admiration for him and the love he has for his country and the men he serves with. I have so much respect for the husband and father he has become and it breaks my heart that he has to leave them to go do his job. He is my hero and the hero of my children. I love you to the moon Kyle!!
As I write this I am sitting here thinking bout the big bucks those NFL players are fighting for, and the signing bonuses that go with the NBA and I can't quite wrap my brain around the fact that those are the role models in society today. For me and my family our role model and hero always has and will always be the American Soldier. You guys are IT!! I am so thankful for all you do to ensure that myself and my children sleep well at night, I am so sorry for all you see and endure in an effort to make this happen! Please know,from the admin guy to the paratrooper, YOU are the Hero and tonight just like every other we pray for you!!
Tomorrow he leaves on deployment to Afghanistan for 12 months. He has already been to Iraq, where he saw several close friends die, he was part of the Pentagon clean up during the September 11 attacks and those are just the major deployments. He is not even 35 years old and has seen things most of us will NEVER see in this lifetime.
I have so much admiration for him and the love he has for his country and the men he serves with. I have so much respect for the husband and father he has become and it breaks my heart that he has to leave them to go do his job. He is my hero and the hero of my children. I love you to the moon Kyle!!
As I write this I am sitting here thinking bout the big bucks those NFL players are fighting for, and the signing bonuses that go with the NBA and I can't quite wrap my brain around the fact that those are the role models in society today. For me and my family our role model and hero always has and will always be the American Soldier. You guys are IT!! I am so thankful for all you do to ensure that myself and my children sleep well at night, I am so sorry for all you see and endure in an effort to make this happen! Please know,from the admin guy to the paratrooper, YOU are the Hero and tonight just like every other we pray for you!!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
My broken Spring Break and "the chair"
Well Spring Break was last week, and it was a doozy!!!
Madalyn and Tyler partied it up at the State Cheer and the State Basketball tourney! Madalyn spent some of her time with all of her cute little girlies! Tyler was already busy with track practice so he spent a lot of time doing that.Megan is very much at home when she is at home!! She loves to camp out in her bedroom with a nice cold glass of ice water, a rubbermaid full of Lucky Charms and a good book! She stays up late and sleeps in! It was a very beautiful week!!! Weather wise anyway!!
And then there was Connor!
Connor started of a little sick last weekend and just kept getting worse and worse throughout the early week soooo off to my doctor. Poor little guy had the flu(yep the official influenza one) AND Strep!!! He was o so miserable all week. I don't like it when my babies are sick, no matter how old they are they will ALWAYS be my babies, so he and I camped out all week on the living room floor. We pulled an extra mattress up from the basement and he slept on the couch and I slept on the mattress. We watched movie after movie and drank lots of gatorade and chicken noodle soup.....
which brings me to "the chair". As long far back as I can remember my family has been a family of recliner lovers. My grandparents always had one for each of them. I can still remember knowing that when I walked into their house in Ruston, one or both of them would be sitting in one of those chairs. I didn't dare sit in them unless it was on Maw Maw or Papa's lap. It was their chair!!!
My mom and dad always had one as well until recently. I remember they had the grand idea to get rid of them when Annabeth was young, but then one day she got sick and it was then they realized the importance of that piece of furniture. My father went out THAT day and bought one!!
You see the recliner is the "go to" guy when you have a sick kiddo. You sit with one knee draped over one arm rest and a baby, big or tiny in your lap,,,,, and you rock.....and you rock...and you nap.. and you rock. I had one with all my babies, and I did the same thing my mom and dad did when we left Tucson. I got rid of my recliner. I thought we were done with that part of our life, done with the recliner years. This week I have realized that my grandparents were smart people. They kept their recliners throughout their lives because you never know when you need to rock a baby, big or tiny!! We are buying a chair this week!!
Madalyn and Tyler partied it up at the State Cheer and the State Basketball tourney! Madalyn spent some of her time with all of her cute little girlies! Tyler was already busy with track practice so he spent a lot of time doing that.Megan is very much at home when she is at home!! She loves to camp out in her bedroom with a nice cold glass of ice water, a rubbermaid full of Lucky Charms and a good book! She stays up late and sleeps in! It was a very beautiful week!!! Weather wise anyway!!
And then there was Connor!
Connor started of a little sick last weekend and just kept getting worse and worse throughout the early week soooo off to my doctor. Poor little guy had the flu(yep the official influenza one) AND Strep!!! He was o so miserable all week. I don't like it when my babies are sick, no matter how old they are they will ALWAYS be my babies, so he and I camped out all week on the living room floor. We pulled an extra mattress up from the basement and he slept on the couch and I slept on the mattress. We watched movie after movie and drank lots of gatorade and chicken noodle soup.....
which brings me to "the chair". As long far back as I can remember my family has been a family of recliner lovers. My grandparents always had one for each of them. I can still remember knowing that when I walked into their house in Ruston, one or both of them would be sitting in one of those chairs. I didn't dare sit in them unless it was on Maw Maw or Papa's lap. It was their chair!!!
My mom and dad always had one as well until recently. I remember they had the grand idea to get rid of them when Annabeth was young, but then one day she got sick and it was then they realized the importance of that piece of furniture. My father went out THAT day and bought one!!
You see the recliner is the "go to" guy when you have a sick kiddo. You sit with one knee draped over one arm rest and a baby, big or tiny in your lap,,,,, and you rock.....and you rock...and you nap.. and you rock. I had one with all my babies, and I did the same thing my mom and dad did when we left Tucson. I got rid of my recliner. I thought we were done with that part of our life, done with the recliner years. This week I have realized that my grandparents were smart people. They kept their recliners throughout their lives because you never know when you need to rock a baby, big or tiny!! We are buying a chair this week!!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
My Family is sooo way talented!!!
www.shabbypolkadotchic.blogspot.com..... This is my sister in law's new blog! She is so way awesome at decorating and home remodeling and has finally put it into the blogosphere!!!
If you don't do anything else today check her out!!!
If you don't do anything else today check her out!!!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
MISS MADALYN IS 15
I can't believe my 1st baby girl is 15!!! She can get her permit, she is half way through Young Womens and she is in high school!! A few things about this fantastic girl.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MY SWEET SWEET GIRL!!!
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- Madalyn has a HUGE heart!! She loves people. She loves her friends tons. She loves her family.
- Madalyn loves music. She knows pretty much every song of every genre! It is amazing!
- Madalyn makes everyone smile! Her brain is always full of some fantastic pearls of wisdom!!
- Madalyn LOVES the Gospel!!! She is always saying or doing to try and bring herself and those around her close to her heavenly father!!
- Madalyn loves swimming and basketball
- Madalyn loves food!! She loves peppermint vanilla steamers from Starbucks!
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Monday, January 17, 2011
The "EVENT"
uh no not the TV show!! Can you say stupid!! I would much rather watch Annie and Jimmy chase fugitives!!!
Ok so new year new me right??? My mantra each and every year!! Most often fizzles around March, but hey it is the thought that counts right?? Anyway, my friend Missy and I have been pretend workout partners for about 4 months now(pretend means just what you think it means, we are always "gonna go" but LIFE happens so we only make it about 30 percent of the time. ...
CUT TO 2011... we decided that we were going to change our lifestyle, not just necessarily to lose weight, but more so we can take better care of our bodies. Don't get me wrong we really really wanna lose weight too!!
So anyway, we decided we were gonna actually sit down and come up with a plan. So I went over to her house and with the help of her monkey..i mean Izzy we set up a plan, a calendar(both weekly and monthly) and a point system. Lemme tell ya it is the BEST!!! So on my way out the door I turned my head and said" you should make an Event on Facebook to see if anyone else wants to join in".... HOLY HANNA!!!! We have,at last count, 26 people taking part in this and IT IS A BLAST!!!!! We have a blog hooked up to it where we do little diddy's on different things having to do with the Event(we don't want to use the term diet, that implies something temporary) I have lost 5 pounds this week and found sooo way much energy!!!
I also have come to realize the days of early morning workouts are gone, I smooched them goodbye last week when my gym went 24 hours! I have embraced my inner Vampire and have done fabulous in keeping with my goal of working out 6 days a week, some nights it is p90x in the basement, others it is the treadmill at the gym. Either way I am loving the heck out of this routine!!! Nothing gets done before 8pm and I am sleeping better too! I usually fall asleep between 10 and midnight anyway so I figure why not embrace that and get something productive done! All thanks to the Event!!(because I get a point each day I work out!!)
Ok so new year new me right??? My mantra each and every year!! Most often fizzles around March, but hey it is the thought that counts right?? Anyway, my friend Missy and I have been pretend workout partners for about 4 months now(pretend means just what you think it means, we are always "gonna go" but LIFE happens so we only make it about 30 percent of the time. ...
CUT TO 2011... we decided that we were going to change our lifestyle, not just necessarily to lose weight, but more so we can take better care of our bodies. Don't get me wrong we really really wanna lose weight too!!
So anyway, we decided we were gonna actually sit down and come up with a plan. So I went over to her house and with the help of her monkey..i mean Izzy we set up a plan, a calendar(both weekly and monthly) and a point system. Lemme tell ya it is the BEST!!! So on my way out the door I turned my head and said" you should make an Event on Facebook to see if anyone else wants to join in".... HOLY HANNA!!!! We have,at last count, 26 people taking part in this and IT IS A BLAST!!!!! We have a blog hooked up to it where we do little diddy's on different things having to do with the Event(we don't want to use the term diet, that implies something temporary) I have lost 5 pounds this week and found sooo way much energy!!!
I also have come to realize the days of early morning workouts are gone, I smooched them goodbye last week when my gym went 24 hours! I have embraced my inner Vampire and have done fabulous in keeping with my goal of working out 6 days a week, some nights it is p90x in the basement, others it is the treadmill at the gym. Either way I am loving the heck out of this routine!!! Nothing gets done before 8pm and I am sleeping better too! I usually fall asleep between 10 and midnight anyway so I figure why not embrace that and get something productive done! All thanks to the Event!!(because I get a point each day I work out!!)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Oh dear oh dear
I am so far behind with my blogging that it makes me crazy!! Lets just play catch up with the highlights and i will start journaling better this year I promise!!
Since my last blog.......
Since my last blog.......
- 2 fantastic snowstorms! We missed one because of our Tucson trip
- Our Tucson trip!!! We flew from Denver to Tucson and were there for 15 days. Love the desert!! Loved coming back to our neck of the woods EVEN more!!!
- Madalyn is a rockstar basketball player!!
- Megan is taking charge of her Personal Progress and has 3 different Value goals going on at once!!
- Tyler is 2 seconds from qualifying for state in swimming!
- Connor is a little MONSTER little BOY!!! He is a big fan of LEGOS and sledding!! He would go everyday if I let him
- Tons of projects are in the works for the New Year
- Started a fun fun Event with a friend of mine here in Casper and it has turned into a gigantic happening from hither to YON!! Interested?? check out my Facebook!!
- Sooo thankful for the New Year!! It is gonna be great!
sooo I think that's about it!! Now that I am caught up maybe I will be a little better
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010
Welp my parents finally made it up to Wyoming!! They came for Thanksgiving and we had a blast!!! There was no snow on the ground which is a big bummer but it was for sure cold enough to justify hot chocolate!!
We slept in for Black Friday since there was nothing major that we were interested in. Left around 9 and got everything done we wanted to!! It was great!!
A very quick trip but It was fantastic!!
Can't wait to head to Tucson for Christmas!!!
We slept in for Black Friday since there was nothing major that we were interested in. Left around 9 and got everything done we wanted to!! It was great!!
A very quick trip but It was fantastic!!
Can't wait to head to Tucson for Christmas!!!
Thirty freakin-five
That would be me on on the 23rd of November.
I promise to be a better blogger....eventually...
My birthday day was FABULOUS!!! Stacy picked me up and took me to brunch where there was a whole group of lovelies there waiting for me to celebrate!! This has never happened to me before!! I was in complete and total shock! We had a blast!!
Got some coolio(Madalyns word) stuff from the kiddos!
ON THE ROTTEN SIDE-----
Apparently my meds and hormones are all messed up. All I want to do is sleep and lay around all day and night!! It is really pretty pitiful, I just have no desire or motivation to do a thing! I talked to my doctor and told him that I was ready for the nursing home. Apparently that isn't how one is supposed to feel as they turn 35. APPARENTLY I am supposed to be rarin to go or something... just not feelin it. All I can think is " I have 65 more years to go???!!!???, GEEZ!!" yea not a good thing I guess. So we (my doc and my kiddos) are in the process of tweeking my life a little bit and actually for the last few days I feel a bit better. (which is probably why I am updating this thing, finally!!) I go back in this week so I can have my hormones evaluated and a bunch of other crap soo hopefully I will have some kind of solution for this crummy whatever you call it......
Anyway, I have tons of goals for my 35th year....they are in my brain somewhere!!! Perhaps in another post???
I promise to be a better blogger....eventually...
My birthday day was FABULOUS!!! Stacy picked me up and took me to brunch where there was a whole group of lovelies there waiting for me to celebrate!! This has never happened to me before!! I was in complete and total shock! We had a blast!!
Got some coolio(Madalyns word) stuff from the kiddos!
ON THE ROTTEN SIDE-----
Apparently my meds and hormones are all messed up. All I want to do is sleep and lay around all day and night!! It is really pretty pitiful, I just have no desire or motivation to do a thing! I talked to my doctor and told him that I was ready for the nursing home. Apparently that isn't how one is supposed to feel as they turn 35. APPARENTLY I am supposed to be rarin to go or something... just not feelin it. All I can think is " I have 65 more years to go???!!!???, GEEZ!!" yea not a good thing I guess. So we (my doc and my kiddos) are in the process of tweeking my life a little bit and actually for the last few days I feel a bit better. (which is probably why I am updating this thing, finally!!) I go back in this week so I can have my hormones evaluated and a bunch of other crap soo hopefully I will have some kind of solution for this crummy whatever you call it......
Anyway, I have tons of goals for my 35th year....they are in my brain somewhere!!! Perhaps in another post???
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Blerg!! I am such a slack blogger!!!
Ok really I have no real good excuse for not blogging..I have been kinda busy but waaayyy more LAZY than anything else.
Fall has finally come to Casper. Summer lingered quite a bit longer than we were expecting. We had our last 70 degree day last week and we finally turned on the heater as well. The leaves are all changing, the yellows, reds and browns are so beautiful and the deer and antelope are out in the neighborhoods again. They love the fall almost as much as we do! The rain finally came down last night, after threatening for a week to do so, we are so thankful for it. I was getting very worried about the lack of moisture, as last year this time we already had a little bit of snow on the ground.
Things are a bit busy around here. Kids are having a good time in school! Concert band and Orchestra season will be starting soon for the older kids and Connor starts basketball. The stake reorganized and I have been called as the Young Women Secretary which is a blast!! I love the YW!!! They are so great!! I am also the NCHS Booster Club VP which is a bit busy as well!! I am so glad to be busy though because I have a reason to do something else than to lay around and watch television all day.
So I think I am all caught up......
Fall has finally come to Casper. Summer lingered quite a bit longer than we were expecting. We had our last 70 degree day last week and we finally turned on the heater as well. The leaves are all changing, the yellows, reds and browns are so beautiful and the deer and antelope are out in the neighborhoods again. They love the fall almost as much as we do! The rain finally came down last night, after threatening for a week to do so, we are so thankful for it. I was getting very worried about the lack of moisture, as last year this time we already had a little bit of snow on the ground.
Things are a bit busy around here. Kids are having a good time in school! Concert band and Orchestra season will be starting soon for the older kids and Connor starts basketball. The stake reorganized and I have been called as the Young Women Secretary which is a blast!! I love the YW!!! They are so great!! I am also the NCHS Booster Club VP which is a bit busy as well!! I am so glad to be busy though because I have a reason to do something else than to lay around and watch television all day.
So I think I am all caught up......
Sunday, October 3, 2010
September Spotlight!!
WOW I cannot believe September has come and gone! We have had a great month!
Everyone has settled nicely into school,although we have had a really hard time with the whole "time to wake up" thing! What a mess! Tyler and Madalyn have full schedules this semester so they have to partake in early morning Seminary which leaves one heck of a MARK!!!
I am thinking we are now in our last week of 80 degree weather which is soo nice!! We are ready for FALL!! Sweaters,boots,hats!! Yay!!! I am a big fan!!
Lets see, finally getting my painting and decorating done!! Yay now I have lots of color which I love!
Trying really hard to get organized so that I can do everything I need to do... I have lots of plates spinning right now with Booster Club, Young Womens, some school I can't seem to quite get it together which is not a surprise!!
Loving September season premiere's.... Bones,30 Rock,NCIS are the good ole oldies!! Chase, Outlaw and Hawaii-5-0 are the New ones that have made the cut!!!
And now we are in the countdown to the holidays!!!! So much fun fun stuff to do!!!
Everyone has settled nicely into school,although we have had a really hard time with the whole "time to wake up" thing! What a mess! Tyler and Madalyn have full schedules this semester so they have to partake in early morning Seminary which leaves one heck of a MARK!!!
I am thinking we are now in our last week of 80 degree weather which is soo nice!! We are ready for FALL!! Sweaters,boots,hats!! Yay!!! I am a big fan!!
Lets see, finally getting my painting and decorating done!! Yay now I have lots of color which I love!
Trying really hard to get organized so that I can do everything I need to do... I have lots of plates spinning right now with Booster Club, Young Womens, some school I can't seem to quite get it together which is not a surprise!!
Loving September season premiere's.... Bones,30 Rock,NCIS are the good ole oldies!! Chase, Outlaw and Hawaii-5-0 are the New ones that have made the cut!!!
And now we are in the countdown to the holidays!!!! So much fun fun stuff to do!!!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
School Year 2010-2011 is here
Well it has actually been here for about a week and a half, but I have been blowing off my blog like it's cool!
School started with no bumps along the way! So GLAD!!! My children are all settled in school.
I now have a Junior AND a Freshman in high school AND a 7th grader AND a 2nd grader!!
I can not believe how quickly time has flown by and continues to do so.
This will be a tough year for them both.
Tyler is slammed with AP classes like Calculus and Chemistry. I think I can safely say that my kid is smarter than I am. He is in a program called the International Baccalaureate(sp) Program at school which is very difficult but will help with college choices.
Madalyn is going to a school that is different from the school that her friends go to. She has having a really hard time adjusting because the people she knows at this school are Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors and the freshmen are very segregated from the upperclassmen. Madalyn really enjoys her social life and she has not very happy that a damper has been put on it.
Madalyn and Tyler are both doing band.Madalyn is playing Sax and Tyler is playing Trombone.
Madalyn is swimming. She really enjoys it and is really good!! I love watching her!
Tyler has chosen not to football this year, but to do Cross Country instead because it keeps him in better shape for swim team which is his passion.
Miss Megan
She is also in a new school. They finished construction on the middle school by our house so we don't have to drive all the way across town now! So excited for that. She is still playing the Violin and loving it! She seems to be doing well so far. She likes the school and of course LOVES her girlyfigure
Mr. Connor
O my gosh this boy!!He is a big second grader now!! I can't believe it! He loves his teacher, she is very kind and loves loves her job. She is a big pusher of reading time so he really enjoys that! Some of his friends are in his class from last year and they are having a blast playing on their GIGANTIC brand spankin new playground!! He is such a fun kiddo!! He starts soccer next week and cannot wait!!!
So I am guessing that is it for school happenings! We are loving the change in the weather. The heat was for the birds!! Fall is definitely around the corner which is evident by the cool nights and the way the shadows are cast just slightly differently during the day! The antelope are starting to be more visible and so are the deer! They love to come and look for some nice green grass to munch on which is hilarious!
That's about it for the beginning of the school year I think. Happy 2010-2011
School started with no bumps along the way! So GLAD!!! My children are all settled in school.
I now have a Junior AND a Freshman in high school AND a 7th grader AND a 2nd grader!!
I can not believe how quickly time has flown by and continues to do so.
This will be a tough year for them both.
Tyler is slammed with AP classes like Calculus and Chemistry. I think I can safely say that my kid is smarter than I am. He is in a program called the International Baccalaureate(sp) Program at school which is very difficult but will help with college choices.
Madalyn is going to a school that is different from the school that her friends go to. She has having a really hard time adjusting because the people she knows at this school are Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors and the freshmen are very segregated from the upperclassmen. Madalyn really enjoys her social life and she has not very happy that a damper has been put on it.
Madalyn and Tyler are both doing band.Madalyn is playing Sax and Tyler is playing Trombone.
Madalyn is swimming. She really enjoys it and is really good!! I love watching her!
Tyler has chosen not to football this year, but to do Cross Country instead because it keeps him in better shape for swim team which is his passion.
Miss Megan
She is also in a new school. They finished construction on the middle school by our house so we don't have to drive all the way across town now! So excited for that. She is still playing the Violin and loving it! She seems to be doing well so far. She likes the school and of course LOVES her girlyfigure
Mr. Connor
O my gosh this boy!!He is a big second grader now!! I can't believe it! He loves his teacher, she is very kind and loves loves her job. She is a big pusher of reading time so he really enjoys that! Some of his friends are in his class from last year and they are having a blast playing on their GIGANTIC brand spankin new playground!! He is such a fun kiddo!! He starts soccer next week and cannot wait!!!
So I am guessing that is it for school happenings! We are loving the change in the weather. The heat was for the birds!! Fall is definitely around the corner which is evident by the cool nights and the way the shadows are cast just slightly differently during the day! The antelope are starting to be more visible and so are the deer! They love to come and look for some nice green grass to munch on which is hilarious!
That's about it for the beginning of the school year I think. Happy 2010-2011
Sunday, July 18, 2010
the summertime homestretch....
Welp we have made it through most of the summer. As I write this we are exactly ONE month away from school starting. So far we have had a pretty great time. It has been very low key with not much going on other than a few trips to the library, trips to the pool and some serious Television marathons!
We DID have a visit from some old friends which should have lasted much longer!!! It was so great for you guys to make the trip Melissa!! I miss you guys tons!!!
The busier part of the summer starts now which is kind of exciting and kinda sad. Exciting because we are going to have a great time together going and doing...Sad because time will fly and before I know it my kiddos will be back busy busy with school and activities.
Tyler went to the Billings Temple on Saturday and had a really great time there. He has now been to 32 states!!
Madalyn won't stop a begging to go to the lake with Brittney. One day i MIGHT say yes bit today is not that day!!
Connor made a new friend behind us! He came up to me after church and let me know that they were in his church class!! Yay!!!
Megan has become quite the Design Star junkie and is extremely mad at me because I will be painting WITHOUT her this week while she is gone.
Girls Camp is this week for Madalyn and Megan. We have nicknamed it "girly camp" because they are in cabins with showers and plumbing. We are packing now and Megan is convinced she is headed to Hollywood. She needs her scarves to accessorize her outfits, she needs 7 outfits for a 3 day camp "just in case"...yea she has some issues.
The girls get home from camp and we leave the next day for EFY in Colorado for a week,home for a week then back to Denver for Connor's birthday and school shopping,and thats about it.
I love love summer and my kiddos. We have had a really really good time so far!!
We DID have a visit from some old friends which should have lasted much longer!!! It was so great for you guys to make the trip Melissa!! I miss you guys tons!!!
The busier part of the summer starts now which is kind of exciting and kinda sad. Exciting because we are going to have a great time together going and doing...Sad because time will fly and before I know it my kiddos will be back busy busy with school and activities.
Tyler went to the Billings Temple on Saturday and had a really great time there. He has now been to 32 states!!
Madalyn won't stop a begging to go to the lake with Brittney. One day i MIGHT say yes bit today is not that day!!
Connor made a new friend behind us! He came up to me after church and let me know that they were in his church class!! Yay!!!
Megan has become quite the Design Star junkie and is extremely mad at me because I will be painting WITHOUT her this week while she is gone.
Girls Camp is this week for Madalyn and Megan. We have nicknamed it "girly camp" because they are in cabins with showers and plumbing. We are packing now and Megan is convinced she is headed to Hollywood. She needs her scarves to accessorize her outfits, she needs 7 outfits for a 3 day camp "just in case"...yea she has some issues.
The girls get home from camp and we leave the next day for EFY in Colorado for a week,home for a week then back to Denver for Connor's birthday and school shopping,and thats about it.
I love love summer and my kiddos. We have had a really really good time so far!!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
FUN WITH PICNIK!!
I was looking through facebook and came across these amazing pictures that Madalyn had taken and edited with the FREE online editing software from PICNIK. I am sure that you all know about it but on the off chance that you don't (LIKE ME!!)
Let me show what Madalyn did!! She and Connor went to the store and found a way cool mural to take their pcture in front of------
BEFORE
This is the picture AFTER she Picnik'd it!! All you do is upload your picture onto the FREE website and you can do all sorts of things to it!! She boosted the color and added some lettering! Although it looks like she spilled an entire cherry icee on her shirt it is merely a brightened flower!!! She is great!!!
So I tried my hand at it to see if a non-internet savvy mother could do it and LOOK WHAT I MADE!!
WE PUT CHARLIE IN WATER FOR THIS ONE...HOPE MY MOM AND DAD DON'T MIND
TYLER REALLY HAS AN EYE FOR PICTURE TAKING, THIS IS HIS DANDELION
PICNIK'DMY MOTHERS DAY HYDRANGEA---BEFORE
PICNIK'D
What fun!! We could have all done this for hours!! I am going to develop these on a canvas or just blow them up and have the framed so I can hang them on my wall!! Simple and Cheap and BEAUTIFUL!!!
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