Sundance

Paige and mom on the chair lift

My handsome man before he lost his tractor hat, so sad!!

My kids ready to hike

The Mosers invited us to go for a hike at sundance. It was alot of fun, I have been wanting to do more active things with my kids and this was perfect. I carried Paige on my back with a back pack, she loved it she hummed and made little noises the entire time. The girls hiked with the Moser boys and their friends, it was something different and they had a good day. Drew was excited to go to the jungle. On the chair lift we hit a windy spot and his tractor hat blew off. It was so sad, he sat there and said over and over said "oh no, oh no, my tractor hat""bye tractor hat" it was heart breaking. I did not know that he loved his hat so much. We have bought him other hats since but everyonce in a while he say "oh no, my tractor hat flew away" He loved the hike though, and decided that it was not the jungle but it was the mountains and he wants to go back.

My new favorite picture

After a hot Fathers Day we decided to cool off in the pool. I finally got all my peeps together and took this great picture. Paige was so scared of the pool but this day we finally got her to relax and have some fun. Aren't they all so cute?

Zoorific

Looking at the chimp

How do you measure up?

We took the kids to the Zoo on fathers Day. It was sort of a last minute decision but it was so much fun! It has been such a long time since our entire family has done something like that together. The girls always love the Zoo, Drew had a blast, and Paige was in awe the entire time. If you have a chance to go do it! The Ghost of the Bayou is creepy but a must see!

Barneys of the Carribean

Scallywags for life!!
Paige is so beautiful but every time I take her picture she pulls a face like this

Brady, Drew, and William- they spent the day exploring

Blayke and Haylie and Katie peeking behind

Morgan and Madisen

I have not been very blogtastic lately so I am going to post every few days to do some catching up. We had a themed family Reunion a couple of weeks ago Barneys of the Caribbean. We usually have a camping Reunion and some bluegrass in the mountains but the campgrounds in Payson still had snow on them so we changed our location to a local park. I was not planning on going but I was glad that I did the kids had alot of fun so it was all good. We had a costume contest, raffles, an auction, crafts, all pirate themed. It was a good day with some fun photo opportunities.

Tag #3 Wedding Tag

1- What date is your anniversary?
June 3rd, 1995
2- Where did you get married?
Provo ut in a church by my moms house
3- Who proposed and how?
Justin proposed, we were just hanging out on an average day and he pulled out the ring and asked.
4- How long were you engaged?
7 months
5- Favorite part of your wedding day, cant be your husband?
I loved that Justin never took his eyes off me for the entire ceremony
6-What would you change if you could?
I would have a Halloween wedding where everyone wears costumes and all the decorations are spooky and it would be more like a party than a reception (I have a thousand details that I wont type but I am trying to convince at least 1 if not all of my kids to do this)
7- Wedding colors?
Burgundy and teal (should of been black, orange, purple, and green)
8- Do you remember anything special about your wedding ceremony?
Justin and I had been together for years but I was so nervous I was shaking. It was also my bishops first wedding so after the i do's we did not know what to do next and sort of stood there like idiots, It all worked out though
9- Were you clean or messy with your cake?
Clean
10- Where did you go on your honeymoon?
We went to Jackson Hole, Tetons, and Yellowstone

that's it I tag everyone who i love that looks at my blog, you all know who you are.

Tag #2 Crazy 8's

8 Things I have passion for

• My husband- always
• My children- I love them all so much they are all unique and fun and I am so proud of all of them.
• The gospel- without it in my life I dont know where I would be.
• My friends- I've had some friends forever and have been collecting a few over the years and I love them all. I admire qualities in all of them and only wish that I can be equal to them. I think that when you surround yourself with people you look up to you are always trying to better yourself, good friends are priceless.
• Creativity- anything I can do or make thats creative its like a weird high for me. I love having an idea, (scrapbooking, quilting, painting, writing, upholstery, drawing, whatever you can think of) making it and seeing the end result.
• Reading- I love books, all books, kids books, mystery, fantasy, romance, history, I love books
• Music- music can change my mood faster than anything, a song can remind you of something that you have not thought of for years. I love to sing but mainly to myself because its horrible
• Plants- I know, weird. I am not good at it but i aspire to have a awesome yard with plants and flowers and bushes everywhere. I love house plants but I am not very good at them either, but love the way they look and i love to watch them grow.

8 things to do before I die

• I would always like to be open and honest because I dont want anyone to not know how I feel about them. Especially my kids, I would hate to go and have them not know how much I love them and how much they mean to me.
• Lets say run a 1/2 marathon because it may just be the death of me.
• I would like to tour Europe.
• I would like to have my entire house clean all at the same time for an entire day, maybe a day and a half.
• I would like to Publish and illustrate a childrens book
• I would like to find out who my Indian ancestors are and do their temple work.
• If the 1/2 marathon does not kill me I would like to do the DisneyWorld marathon and 1/2 marathon and get a goofy medal.
• I would like to take art classes and become a better artist.

8 things I say a lot

• There is no way I can do that! (I am trying not to say this anymore)
• Oh really?
• Did you poop again?
• Are you coming home yet? how about now?
• There is nothing to watch
• I put it under googly bear
• grab the diaper bag, my purse, the cups, the shoes, the blankets, the Binky,.....
• Where is Drews cup?

8 books I have read

• Harry Potter Books (all seven)
• Twilight Series (cant wait for the next one)
• Pride and Prejudice
• The Historian
• Good Night Moon
• Parts
• Sense and sensibility
• reading- Gates of Fire

8 movies I have seen 8 times

• Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Moulin Rouge
• Notting Hill
• All Harry Potter movies
• Cars
• Pride and Prejudice
• You've got Mail
• So I've married an axe murderer

8 People to invite to do this

• Melanie
• Yolanda
• Josie
• Leslie
• and I am going to say Garrit
• and that more people need to start or restart blogging

Tagged by Sandra

I was tagged by Sandra to do a getting to know you quiz. I think these things are fun because I learn something about people that don't come up in everyday conversation. If I tag you and you don't want to do it I totally understand, no pressure but if you do it you will lose weight, have perfect skin, be happier, wealthier, funnier and everyone around you will learn to pick up after themselves. It could happen:) so here it goes

3 joys- Obviously my extremely HOT husband
My Kids (all 4 of them)
My friends (I only have a handful but I cherish them all even friend/cousins)
3 fears- Having anything happen to any of my 3 joys
Car accidents
Not being a good enough mom
3 Goals- To lose weight (I've had this goal for years)
To run a 1/2 Marathon (I am going to see how this goes before I make a full
marathon a goal)
To set a better example for my family
3 current obsessions/collections-Lately scrap booking
The T.V. show, So You Think You Can Dance
Always funky fingernail polish colors
3 Surprising facts about me-I am an obsessive list maker
I hate it when people are rude and inconsiderate
If I was in excellent shape I would love to train to be a boxer

So thats it, I tag Melanie, Yolanda, Josie,and Leslie(you need to start your blog:))

So Sleepy!

Paige has just been so busy lately, she gets worn out. She has been crazy active, not as much as Drew (thats hard to do) but she is all over the place. So last week I was out cleaning the pool and Justin was preparing his church lesson. He thought I put her in bed because he had not seen or heard her. He walked out of our room and she had done it again grabbed her blankets and binkies and fell asleep. So he called me in to see how cute she was and of course I had to take a picture. Shes so sweet.

Sunday BBQ

We had a BBQ/pool party on sunday. We invited some of Justins family and my brother Jay and his family came. I took a few snap shots so I am posting some of my favorites.

My kids with their cousions Madisen, Morgan, Drew, Brady, Haylie, And Sydney (Paige not pictured)

Cute Paige shes not a princess shes a CHICKEN!! She will not go near the water, I handed her over to Justin once and she just cried. She will walk just out of arms reach toward the pool but not close enough for any one to pull her in. This is funny to me because she loves the tub. Shes such a pest and is always getting into everything and climbing on everything (except the pool). Hopefully we can get her in before summers over.

Cute Haylie, Loves the pool and is a great swimmer.

My Drew, this picture is for Yolanda, Does it remind you of anyone? and P.S. thanks for the boots they acutally are awesome and Drew loves them.

Our Anniversary

These are all pictures of pictures so the quality is not great but I thought it would be funny to show them.



13 years already, it seems like we just got married. I cant be that old, can I? Well, Happy Anniversary Hunny, I love you! I hope we have many, many, more.

Yuba is freezing!

We went to Yuba last week and the water was freezing! It was not super warm out side so after getting out of the water it was hard to warm up. Haylie had been sick and we probably shouldn't of let her in the water but we were bad parents and after getting out of the water she couldn't stop coughing. We dried her off and gave her all our warm clothes, shes finally getting better. Drew put his feet in but was to cold, he tried so hard to play and he wanted to get in so bad but in the end he just sat and watched everyone else. Justin wake boarded, Morgan, Katie, and I tried to but it didn't work to well. It was fun day even with the sick and cold. I hope to boat a lot this summer. Hopefully in warm water!

Morgans legs hurt and she was freezing but I was proud of her for trying.

Haylie, happy, before she froze!

My sister Katie

The first thing Drew does is fall in the mud! thats my boy!

Twins

These are pictures of Haylies first softball game. I am so excited for her, so far they have won all their games (not that we keep track). She has a really good team and awesome coaches! The girls are all great, they all know what they are supposed to be doing, and they are playing like an actual team. I am so excited for this season. Haylie is #3 which has been Justins number for years so she thought that was pretty cool. Go Twins!!!