A Staycation

We've had our nephews from Arkansas here for a 3 week visit so we are doing everything we can in that amount of time-





Hill Air Force. I highly recommend! It's free for one thing and they have the funnest kid area. This is the same model of plane that my father-in-law first jumped out of!



Lagoon! I didn't get a picture of Kas because she's so brave and goes on all the rides I'm too scared to go on. (We are going again tomorrow:) )







Our Boys Only/Sydney Sleepover. First we had pizza at my house, then Derek took them to Boondocks, then they came home and watched Dumb and Dumber (I think the kids were up until 2 am! I'm getting too old for this!) In the morning Derek made his awesome crepes!



My sis-in-law blessed her twins.





We hit Seven Peaks- very fun!!! And HOT!!!

My nephews are such good, sweet boys and we miss them so much inbetween visits. And then when they are here all our kids cling to them the whole time!



Brodie with Kasi's glasses on upside down.



Braxton taking Dill for a sweet ride. (in a BARBIE jeep)



Brice and Dill mowin the lawn.

Things not pictured (bad mom) Ensign Peak, Lots of Swimming at grandmas, 24th of July Parade, Bee's Game, and we saw a couple of movies.
What a fun Staycation! Now I have to save back up for the visit in December!

Heaven Help Us!!!

This was Kasidee's prayer tonight- "Dear Heavenly Father please help my mom to remember to turn the stove off, so she doesn't burn my Baby Alive doll and all of my dogs. Amen."
So about 1:30pm my kids say they want Mac and Cheese, I boiled the water and as soon as I put the noodles in -the power went out. So first I called the power company and made sure Derek paid the bill. And yep, we did, so it wasn't us. So the power was off for like an 1 1/2 hours. My kids were getting hot and wouldn't stay out of the fridge (I didn't want the food to go bad). So we packed up and went to my in-laws. Of course as soon as I got there my girlfriend called and said it was back on. About 4:30 pm, on my way home I realize I never turned off the stove!!! I left the stove on HI for 1 1/2 hours!!! I start FREAKING out, crying and praying that my house would still be there when I got home. As soon as I got out of the car I could here the fire alarm going off. I was kind of scared to open the front door thinking it was going to be a scene from Backdraft and have the house explode. I could barely see through all the smoke!!! These are some pictures of the pan, and yes, the bottom got so hot it turned blue. The teflon burned off and the sides were starting to melt down. If I had used an old pan and not my brand new one or been 15 minutes later- my house would have been toast, literally. So as I'm sitting here in this nasty smelling house thinking I am SOOOOOO grateful for all that I have.

Girls Only Night (Sort Of)

I decided to have a Girls Night with my cute neices. My oldest neice Syd couldn't come because she was at Oakcrest. But here they are, and Dillon, because he was more excited about the sleepover than Kasi was, there's no way I would have said he couldn't come. So first I gave them all up-do's, then they put on their own makeup. (I have glitter everywhere in my house now).They looked so cute and you could tell they felt good because they walked with some sass:) Then we loaded up and went to dinner. After dinner we stopped for treats and a movie, we painted toes while we watched it, and gorged ourselves with candy. But mainly we giggled.

Free to Be

Happy 4th! We did the usual, breakfast at the church, parade, swim, and fireworks! Hope you all had a great time with family and friends too!



Here's a funny little video of Ella and Dill. She only does this to my kids and to Brooke. We think it's hillarious. The best is the puke at the end. Enjoy:)

Double the fun!

Dereks sister Amber had her sweet twin babies July 2nd. Amber has been the very best aunt to my kids for the last seven years and it's finally my turn to love and spoil her kids! She did such a great job cookin these kids! And I know that she will be such a wonderful mommy, they are lucky to have her!

Sadie 4lbs. 7oz. Sawyer 5lbs. 11oz.

Shall we call it a week?...LETS!!!!

Wow, so summer has gone off with a bang! Monday me and Dill went swimming with friends (I got fried), and Kasidee came home. Tuesday I decided to take the kids to the downtown library for some book time, but didn't know where to transfer over and ended up at temple square. So instead we went to the Church History Museum, very fun. But I have to say Trax isn't cheap $3.50 per person roundtrip. I'll take my clean car and not sit in a seat where a sweaty person had just been sitting for that price. Yeah, we got nice and cleaned up after that ride. But the kids had fun. Wednesday- I worked like a mad woman-Kas stayed at Brookes. Thursday- We went to the Zoo. My mom thought it would be a good idea to get my dad out of the house, he had surgery on his foot 2 weeks ago. So, I wasn't thinking-the Zoo has crazy steep hills. Try pushing a 200 lb. man up a hill and also trying to bring him back down without letting the wheelchair pull you?!?!? My legs were Jell-O this morning. Seriously I'm glad he came, my dad hadn't been since I was in elementary school. It was fun- hot -but fun. Then today, Friday, back to the pool (fried again). I LOVE SUMMER!

Dinosaurs!!!!

It feels like I have been gone forever! And really you probably hadn't noticed:) I went to YW camp this week- Remember Girls! Up at the JR Stake Property? Things have changed so much- they have done away with the SYCAS. That was my favorite year! And being a leader now is crazy- I definently have a new respect and am grateful to all my old camp leaders!(Thanks everyone for helping with Dill and thanks Alisa on such short notice.) And then my girly Kas has been gone for a week and a half now!!!! I MISS HER! She went with my in-laws to Arkansas. But she is coming home tommorrow and has had so much fun with her cousins. Dill is not liking being an only child. I've really had to keep him entertained- here are pictures from the Dinosaur park. He had a blast, it's a long drive but fun!
We went with my friend and her lovely bunch :)



Dill was a bit nervous about these huge dinosaurs, but his friend Ryan kept telling him it's okay because Dinos are extinct. Dill didn't know what that meant so I think he was even more scared :)



Brushing off the bones.




Trying not to get eatin.



I bet your lookin at this picture going "Is that what I think it is?" And yes it is. You may think gross or bad mommy. But seriously when you were a kid didn't you want to eat a can of frosting? And here's something that will make my sister gasp- I think it was his breakfast, he is in PJ's (that doesn't mean much though.)

Summer is HERE!

Finally! We've got some fun summer weather! Kasidee's last day of School was last Wednesday- she had the usual Heartland traditional dance festival. Very cute.
And because the weather finally turned warm (or stopped raining) we took the kids to Wheeler Farm. Ella loved it! We have big swimming plans for the summer if any one wants to join in on the fun!


This is Kasi and her teacher- I mainly wanted to show her teachers outfit. Turtle neck and shorts, hmmmm. I guess it's perfect for Utah weather.



Yeah, I know the glasses are a bit nerdy.
Quote from The Office, "Will you say these books are due back Wednesday."



Our little drool bug. I couldn't resist-had to blog the baby-she melts my heart.

Dancing Queen

Kasidee is not a shy one! Her time to shine is when she's on stage! Whatch the video and on the very end she blows a kiss to the audience. I think she is beautiful! She looks alot like my mom-Dillon was her #1 fan at the recital. Kasidee was in 5 dances and did a great job!

In Loving Memory

We went by Cade's grave the other day and it was cold, so I told the kids I was just going to get out of the car. When I came back Dillon was just sobbing, big alligator tears where rolling down his cheeks! He said it was because he missed Cade. I said I missed him too and we had a good cry. I know he probably doesn't really remember him, but we talk about Cade alot and they always pray for him. Kasidee has to really force the tears to come. So we had a little chat that it's okay if we don't cry, we can be happy and know that he is perfect and that he is so lucky to be with Heavenly Father. I am very very grateful for Eternal Families.

My Baby is Big

Dill is about 3 1/2 and, well, he's been in my bed since we tried to move him from the crib to big boy bed at 2. Gasp and point your finger all you want, but I liked it that way. If you look through any of my pictures and Dill is sleeping it's ALWAYS in my bed. He had his friend Christian over awhile ago and he asked if he could see Dillons bed and Dillon proceeded to take him to my room. We always (okay sometimes) after he fell asleep put Dill in his own bed but he'd always wander back into bed with me. And basically sleeps right on my back or has to be touching me. I know were a little attatched. This kid has been a huge blessing when life has given us hard times. Well-Derek has had enough. The foot is down. So I have been laying with Dillon in his bed until he fell asleep. But tonight he said, "I want to be by myself. You can sleep in your bed." And rubbed my cheek like- "it gonna be okay mom you can be strong." And he DID it! I guess it's time for me to let go- a little. We'll see how I sleep without him.

Mum's the Word

I love my mom! I hope my kids will want to hang with me as much as I love to be with my mom! Mothers Day was pretty uneventful, my kids were both sick all day. I was sad that I didn't get to hear them sing their Mothers song in Sacrament. So we stayed away from family and had a lazy day. This is my rocker that I bought myself. I love to shop at consignments! This chair was from Home Again.

Frequent Blogger

I didn't want to look like a total loser by posting something everyday- Like I don't have a life because I have a seriously crazy one. So I took a couple days off to recoop. So here's what you've missed out on.



I know, seriously crazy busy stuff.

T-Ball

Beckham to Jonny

Soccer is over, so now what? T-BALL! I think this might be more of Dillons niche! Kids aren't running around so crazy and kicking each other. He did very well I might add- and Dill loves that his buddies are on the team with him! Luke and Christian are my girlfriends kids-so we can socialize for an hour, yeah!




Did I mention that I love Johnny Damon? (and no I'm not all fat, I was prego when this pic. was taken, Johnny's baby?)

Rename Game

I thought I'd come up with a Blog Header that reflected our family a bit better. This fits a little too perfect, it is something said quite often to a 7 and 3 year old.


As I blogged tonight my mom read the kids a book. Dill loves to get his back scratched- it put him right to sleep.

Sumtimes Mean

Kasidee wrote me a letter today, it really sums things up! It read:

My mom is the best mom I ever had and she is sumtimes mean to me!!! and she gives me stuf and I think that she is the niceist mom I ever had. and she will be my mom forever and wen I have kids she will be speshle to me. Love Kasidee you'r dotter and I love you mommy.

I love that she is learning how to write, me and Derek get notes throughout the day- it is how Kasidee expresses herself. The notes are not always nice.

Happy Birthday Babe!

Derek turned 27 last Friday and I just wanted to give him a little shout out!
Here's a couple reasons why I've stuck around for so long-
*Your a hotty!
*The best Mr.Mom
*You make me laugh so stinkin hard!
*Laid back (good thing because I'm so high strung)
*You don't pout when I beat the snot out of you in Guitar Hero (I ROCK)
*You also don't pout when I beat the snot out of you in HORSE (thanks for lowering the hoop so I can dunk)
LOVE YA BABE!
The video is a recap of why I didn't throw Derek a Surprise party and picture the crazy happy girl- well...me :)

Moab!!

We had a great trip with the kids this weekend! It was such nice weather!! The kids were so happy to roll around in dirt and climb rocks (made me a nervous wreck that they would fall off the edge of something!!) I'm just so grateful for the time we can spend with the kids and enjoy some of Utah's great attractions!

Dinner Tag

Okay mine takes little effort but alot of time to cook- I LOVE crockpot cooking!!!
So you put 3-5 boneless skinless chicken breasts in a crockpot, and about 1/4 cup water.(you can add 1 tsp. garlic powder) Then in a mixing bowl combine 1 pkg. cream cheese, 1 pkg.dry Italian Salad Dressing mix, and 1 can cream of chicken soup. Mix together then pour on top of chicken. Cook for 4-5 hours on high or 6-7 on low. Then when ready to eat cook egg noodles or rice whichever you prefer. Shred chicken with fork and pour chicken mix on top! YUMMERS!!