MIA

Hi everyone,
Well, I have been up at our cabin enjoying the 75' weather for the past week, and haven't blogged since before my trip to LA. Since I don't have my photos on my laptop, here are some links to go to and you can check out some of our FUN pictures! I will post some when I get back in town in a few days, or a week, whenever I decide to leave the FANTASTIC place!!
Check out Alene, Chrissy,. We had such a fun trip to LA to see WICKED. We also visited the beach, and Rodeo drive!! Thanks for the great trip, girls!!

New Garage!!

One of Tyler's New Year's Goals was to complete the garage, and he did it!! Now, if any of you had seen our garage before he did it, you will know it was NOT easy! We couldn't even park the car in it! I didn't get any before photos, but he did the epoxy on the floors, painted the walls, re-wired a couple outlets, re-wried some new flourescent lights, moved the fridge, then we bought cabinets and made a little work station, and also organized all the camping gear and bike stuff! He had to do half of it at a time! It looks FANTASTIC and I am VERY proud of him! I LOVE that we can now park the car IN the garage, with PLENTY of space on either side, and we no longer have to worry about me hitting the mirror on the side of the garage either! I am very proud of him. He worked really hard on his days off to complete it, and his hard work paid off!! GREAT JOB TYLER!! now, he only has one other goal, and I'm sure after this, the other will be easy!!

Donelle and Leslies Birthday Slumber Party!

Donelle came into town for the Keith Urban and Kenny Chesney Concert! It was right after her birthday and Leslies birthday, so we decided to have a slumber party birthday for them! We bought matching cowgirl pj's and my sis-in-law, Hilary, made this amazing cake that went perfectly with the cowgirl/slumber party theme. Thanks Hilary for the GREAT and DELICIOUS cake.

Happy birthday Donelle and Leslie! We love you!

Kindergarten Graduation

Sorry it has been a while since I blogged, not much has been going on, and since I am using this blog as a personal journal, I am going back and blogging a few things I never got around to! You don't have to look, but I want to make sure this is recorded! Maddie and Payton graduated from Kindergarten in May. They had so much fun! They love to learn and loved class and even homework. They had a GREAT teacher named Mrs. Willis. She was firm, but very sweet.

Here they are getting their dipolomas from their teacher and the principal

The Graduates!

Here is Mrs. Willis

Here are a couple of their friends! Payton and Ryan

Maddie and Brooke

Congrats Maddie an Payton! We love you! Now on to 1st GRADE!!

Happy Father's Day!

I hope you all had a GREAT Fathers Day! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful Fathers in my life. My Father was AMAZING! As were my Grandfathers, and Tyler's Father and Grandfathers! Here is my Dad and Mom-I personally think they make a very cute couple!

We lovingly call him Grandpa Veggies, because of the farm and his amazing garden. He has the BEST garden ever, and he learned that from his father! He also loves to take the kids to the farm. Here he is with Maddie and Payton, showing them the new baby lamb. This was a couple years ago!

Another Father is my Father-In-Law. He passed away 1 1/2 yrs ago, and we miss him dearly! I loved having him in our life! He was always happy to see me and the kids, and was so patient and kind. He didn't say much, but you could always find him in the background with a smile on his face. He was also a peacemaker. He knew the importance of family and wanting us to all love one another! We miss him dearly and can hardly wait to see him again! Here he is with my fabulous Mother-in-law on Lexi's blessing day! We were so happy to have him there!

Here is a GREAT photo of my Mother-in-law and Jerry! Aren't they a GREAT couple!

And, my Husband! He is a GREAT father and loves our children SO much! Everything in his life revolves around what he is doing for our family and how he can make our lives better! We love him SO much, and I am so grateful he is my eternal companion, and the father of our children! I couldn't have asked for a better father for my kids! I love you, Tyler! Nothing says "Fantastic Father" like a daddy willing to play Ponies with his daughter! Too Cute!

And here is a Handsome picture of my man!!

Swim Lessons

Lexi took another year of swim lessons from our FANTASTIC teacher. She taught Maddie and Payton, and worked a little with Lexi last year, and this year Lexi really started getting into it! She actually took it the whole month of May, I am just really slow getting it here! She could tell you the exact order of what was goint to happen in class! Sometimes she would tear up, like with Humpty Dumpty, or the Diving board, but otherwise, she had a great time!

She was supposed to go THROUGH the hula hoop!

Treasure Hunt! By the end, she LOVED putting her face in the water to find the treasures!

Humpty Dumpty! Not her favorite, but she knows the words, and then to jump in, turn around, and find the wall!

Rockets with bubbles!!

By the end of the class the kids could jump off the diving board and find the wall, or roll over and float on their backs! She still had a week left, so the teacher had to help her into the water!

Yeah! She did it! CHEESE!!

Fire Station!

We got to do a fire station tour with a big group from our ward! It is a big firestation, and we got to see lots! The kids especially loved getting dressed up in fireman "gear."

The firemen were great, and even got all dressed up in their big gear, so the kids wouldn't be afraid of them if they came in their house! While the fire fighter was putting on his oxygen tank Lexi asked, "He Fly, mommy?" and I told her no. about 5 minutes later she asked again, "He not fly mommy?" and I replied again, "no, he doesn't fly, and he isn't scary either!" She then got down and went right up to him, even with his mask on! No fear!