CAMPING AT LAVA

WE WENT CAMPING THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH OUR OLD NEIGHBORS,ROD AND CHERYL.THEY HAVE PROPERTY UP IN IDAHO.RODS SISTER ,SUE AND HER HUSBAND SCOTT, ALONG WITH KLINT,KYLEE,AND THEIR KIDS.WE HAD SUCH AN AWESOME TIME! WE PLAYED GAMES LIKE CRAZY. MARBLES, CARDS, AND LASSO GOLF TOURNAMENTS BETWEEN FAMILIES! WE DROVE INTO TOWN ON FRIDAY AND THE LADIES HUNG OUT WITH THE KIDS AT THE POOL, WHILE THE GUYS RENTED TUBES AND FLOATED THE RIVER. OF COURSE BY THE TIME THE GUYS CAME BACK TO THE POOL THEY WERE FEELING NO PAIN( TOO MUCH TO DRINK ) THAT THEY WENT OFF THE HIGH PLATFORM SEVERAL TIMES. JEFF IS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE DRINKING PLAYED A PART IN HIM JUMPING . HAHAHA!!! SATURDAY WE WENT ON A RHINO RIDE AND ENJOYED THE SCENERY. LATER THAT NIGHT WE HEADED OFF TO TOWN IN THE RHINO AND KLINT AND HIS FAMILY TOOK THEIR RANGER.WE STOPPED FOR ICE CREAM AND HUNG OUT AT THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE- HAD TO BE THERE- KLINT AND JEFF WERE FEELING NO PAIN (AGAIN!!) THE KIDS FOUND A COOL STORE, JAX AND RIDGE GOT SWORDS,LEXIE PICKED OUT A BUDDA AND ZACH GOT HIMSELF A WHIP. JEFF AND KLINT ,REPEATEDLY ASKING, CAN WE GO TO THE BAR!!! KYLEE AND I DECIDED WE SHOULD TAKE THE (KIDS) BACK TO CAMP. THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME CAMPING. ZACH BROUGHT HIS BMX BIKE AND RODE CONSTANTLY,HE HAD SWORD FIGHTS WITH THE BOYS,PRETENDED HE WAS BIG FOOT AT NIGHT ,AND WAS ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR CHIPMUNKS HE COULD SHOOT WITH HIS BB GUN.LEXIE JUST WANTED TO PLAY HOUSE, HOLD MADDIE, OF COURSE GO BIG FOOT HUNTING WITH THE BOYS. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN HANGING OUT WITH GREAT FRIENDS!!!!

PIONEER RODEO

WE WENT TO THE PIONEER RODEO MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE WHITNEYS.IT WAS SOOO HOT THE FIRST HOUR AND HALF.WE ALL DRANK OUR ICEES PRETTY QUICK! THEN IT COOLED OFF AND ENDED UP BEING A GREAT NIGHT.WE ATE NACHOS AND SCONES, THEY WERE SO YUMMY! ZACH BROUGHT HIS 2 FRIENDS, DANI AND ALYSHA. THEY WALKED AROUND AND MET UP WITH FRIENDS. LEXIE,JAXON, AND RIDGE DANCED ON THE BENCHES AND CHEERED FOR THE COWBOYS. THE KIDS REALLY ENJOYED THE MOTOCROSS RIDERS AT THE END. MY FAVORITE EVENT AT THE RODEO IS THE SKYDIVERS. I ALWAYS GET CHOKED UP WHEN THE LAST JUMPER LANDS IN THE ARENA WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG. WHAT A FUN FAMILY NIGHT!!!!

CRAFTY CHICKS

YESTERDAY KYLEE AND I TOOK THE KIDS TO THE SUMMER MOVIE "HORTON HEARS A WHO". THE PLACE WAS PACKED! IT WAS THE LAST $DOLLAR$ MOVIE OF THE SUMMER. WE THEN CAME BACK TO MY HOUSE AND LET THE KIDS PLAY. KYLEE AND I FINISHED OUR "SUMMER" LETTERS. IT TURNED OUT SOOOOO CUTE!!! IT WAS A FUN TIME FOR THE KIDS AND I ENJOYED HANGING WITH KYLEE.

BAKING WITH LEXIE

LEXIE AND I MADE FRIENDSHIP BREAD THIS MORNING. YES SHE IS WEARING HER APRON AND JUST UNDERWEAR. SHE LOVES TO BAKE! I CAN FINALLY TRUST HER TO CRACK AN EGG WITHOUT GETTING HALF THE SHELL IN THE BOWL. AND SHE HAS MASTERED THE BEATER WITHOUT GETITING THE WALLS COVERED WITH BATTER! I HAD A FUN MORNING WITH LEX.

MY HOT HUSBAND

THIS IS MY HOT HUSBAND JEFF!! HE IS SO CUTE AND I AM SO IN LOVE WITH HIM..HE IS THE BEST DAD EVER AND I THINK HE IS A TERRIFIC HUSBAND!

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• 3 JOYS -my family -my friends-my time
• 3 FEARS -my kids outliving me-my kids not being successful-spiders and snakes
• 3 GOALS-raise great kids-be a better wife-get caught up on my scrapbooking
• 3 OBSESSIONS-watching my kids grow-crafting and scrapping-spending time outdoors
• 3SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ME-I'm very insecure-never been pulled over by police-me and jeff walmart clothes rack figure it out ha ha
• I tag Crystal!!!!

JULY 4TH

WE HEADED OFF TO BEAR LAKE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR.THE WEATHER WAS AWESOME AND THE WATER WAS PERFECT.WE HAD QUITE A LARGE GROUP THAT SHOWED UP-THE BIGGER THE BETTER.THERE WERE SO MANY KIDS AND THEY ALL HAD A FUN TIME! WE TOOK THE RHINO UP AND I AM GLAD THAT WE DID. WE WERE A WAYS AWAY FROM THE WATER SO WE JUST LOADED THAT RHINO UP AND DROVE IT BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY. WE WENT ON BOAT RIDES,RODE THE JET SKIS, MADE SAND CASTLES, AND PLAYED WITH THE KIDS. THE CAMP FIRES WERE ANOTHER STORE- THE GUYS STARTED DRINKING BEFORE NOON SO BY EVENING THEY WERE FEELING PRETTY GOOD AND THE CAMPFIRE STORES WERE VERY FUNNY!! OUR GROUP HEADED DOWN TO THE BEACH TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS. WHAT A SHOW!!!THEY WENT ON FOR HOURS AND THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME. THE WHITNEYS AND OUR FAMILY HEADED INTO TOWN ONE NIGHT TO GET A SHAKE AND THAT TURNED INTO QUITE AN ADVENTURE...JEFF AND KLINT WERE PRETTY DRUNK AND QUITE FUNNY- KYLEE,MYSELF AND THE KIDS JUST COULD NOT QUIT LAUGHING!!! OUR TRIP TO BEAR LAKE WAS FULL OF FUN, GREAT FRIENDS, AND MEMORIES...