FAMILY PICTURES

LAST FRIDAY WE WENT UP TO BEUS PARK IN SOUTH OGDEN TO DO SOME FAMILY PICTURES. I HAD A FRIEND OF A FRIEND TAKE THESE. SHE DID A GREAT JOB. THERE ARE SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF MY MANY FAVORITES FOR ALL TO SEE.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

SATURDAY WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY. JEFF REALLY PULLED ONE OVER ON ME ! I THOUGHT HE FORGOT CAUSE HE DIDNT SAY ANYTHING BUT IN REALTY HE PULLED OFF A FANTASTIC NIGHT! WE WENT TO TIMBERMINE FOR DINNER WHERE WE HAD MUSHROOMS, SHRIMP COCKTAIL, PRIMERIB, STEAK, AND DRINKS. WE DROVE AROUND AND ENDED UP AT THE JUNCTION BUT WE WERENT FEELING IT. SO WE JUST CAME HOME. JEFF STALLED QUITE A BIT GETTING HOME SO I KNEW HE WAS UP TO SOMETHING. I WASNT EXPECTING THIS THOUGH.
THERE WERE ROSE PETALS ON THE STAIRS. THE STAIRS WERE LINED WITH PINK ROSES AND CANDLES. SAME WITH THE HALLWAY. THE BEDROOM WAS THE SAME BUT THERE WAS STRAWBERRY CHAMPAGNE, HE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS GETTING BLUE( FAVORITE COLOR) GLASSES, CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES( MY TOTAL FAVORITE!) WHIP CREAM, FLAVORED OILS (HMMMM!!), MORE ROSES, BALLOONS, AND A HEART-WARMING CARD! WOW! I WAS TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY. MY HUSBAND IS SO NOT THE ROMANTIC TYPE . I LOVED EVERYTHING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK AND HIS EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS. I LOVE THE DOZEN ROSES I GOT. IT HAS BEEN 8 YEARS SINCE I RECIEVED ROSES LAST. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE HAD A TERRIFIC TIME AND I NEED TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR SHAUNA AND HER FRIEND MISTY THAT HEPLED PULL OFF THIS WONDERFUL "LOVE" EVENING!!! JEFF AND I HAVE HAD A ROUGH LAST 2 YEARS AND THIS JUST SHOWED ME THAT HE TRULY LOVES ME AND I DO LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I CANT IMAGINE SPENDING THE REST OF MY LIFE WITHOUT HIM. HE IS TRULY MY BEST FRIEND, HE MAKE ME LAUGH, AND HE IS THE BEST FATHER TO MY KIDS. HERE ARE SOME MORE PICTURES OF WHAT I CAME HOME TO ON SATURDAY.



YOU REALLY CANT GET THE FULL EFFECT CAUSE THE FLASH OF THE CAMERA BUT THIS WAS TRULY SO ROMANTIC AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. I TOLD JEFF HE SET HIMSELF UP CAUSE HE DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB THAT I CANT WAIT AND SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT YEAR!!!!I LOVE YOU POOH-PA AND THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL FATHER TO OUR POOH-PUPS. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH>>> LOVE POOH-BEAR!!!!XOXO

LEXIE HAS BEEN TAGGED!!

I KNOW THIS IS NOT A RECENT PICTURE OF LEXIE, BUT IT IS SO CUTE. LEXIE HAS BEEN TAGGED! 5 FACTS BOUT LEXIE, SOMETHINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW... THEN AGAIN YOU MIGHT..

1. LEIXE IS NOT A MORNING PERSON. IF YOU VALUE YOUR SANITY DO NOT WAKE HER UP UNLESS SHE HAS HAD PLENTY OF SLEEP. SHE IS MORE OF A NIGHT OWL. SHE WOULD STAY UP ALL NIGHT IF YOU LET HER. YA, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING," WHAT ABOUT SCHOOL MORNINGS?" YEP, I WALK ON EGGSHELLS TILL I SHE HOW HER MOOD IS FOR THE DAY. SHE IS GETTING BETTER NOW THAT I GET HER TO BED BY 8PM. IT ONLY TOOK ME 7 YEARS TO FIGURE THIS OUT. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER....

2. LEXIE IS A MOTHER HEN TO LITTLE TODDLERS. IT IS SO FUN TO WATCH HER SWEET SIDE COME OUT. AND SHE ALSO JUST LOVES BABIES!! SHE WANTS TO HOLD, FEED, PLAY WITH, WELL WHATEVER THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD WILL LET HER DO. IT MAKES ME PROUD OF HER TO SEE THIS SOFT SIDE OF MY DAUGHTER. MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD INDICATION OF THE MOTHER SHE IS GOING TO BECOME ONE DAY.

3. LEXIE LOVES TO COOK. SHE IS A GREAT HELP IN THE KITCHEN. SHE PUTS ON HER LITTLE APRON AND JUMPS RIGHT IN. SHE CAN DICE CHICKEN, CAN BAKE A CAKE WITH VERY LITTLE HELP,AND SHE IS LEARNING HOW TO USE THE MEASURING CUPS AND SPOONS.

4.LEIXE LOVES SALSA AND ONIONS!! WHEN LEXIE WAS LITTLE SHE WOULD EAT AN ONION LIKE AN APPLE. I KNOW THIS IS GROSS SO I ENDED UP NOT BUYING ONIONS FOR A WHILE. SHE JUST LOVES SALSA LIKE CRAZY. SHE WILL EAT IT BY THE SPOONFUL!! SHE HAS SALSA ON ANYTHING : EGGS, CHICKEN, CHIPS, CRACKERS, WHATEVER... AND SHE DOESNT CARE IF IT IS SPICY OR NOT.!!

5. LEXIE HAS HAD A BOYFRIEND FOR MANY YEARS. HIS NAME IS JAXON HARRY WHITNEY. ASK HER AND THAT IS WHAT SHE TELLS YOU. SHE JUST LOVES JAX.! THE TWO HAVE KNOWN EACHOTHER SINCE JAX WAS BORN... SO 6 YEARS AGO. SHE IS ALWAYS TELLING ME SHE IS GOING TO MARRY JAXON. AND WHEN HER FRIENDS SAY BOYS ARE GROSS SHE PIPES UP AND TELLS THEM THAT JAXON IS THE BEST AND SHE LOVES HIM. I KNOW THIS IS QUITE FUNNY BUT KLINT AND KYLEE WOULD BE GREAT INLAWS!! GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE....


ME AND LEXIE NOW TAG :
1. SIENNA
2. KAMBRIA
3. KALLI
4. OR ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SHARE FUN FACTS ABOUT THEIR KIDS!!

PUMPKINS

YESTERDAY WAS THE PERFECT FALL DAY. LEX AND I HEADED OVER TO LYLES PUMPKIN PATCH SO SHE COULD PICK OUT HER PUMPKINS. SHE PICKED OUT THE ONES SHE WANTED AND ALSO FOUND THIS CUTE SOFT KITTY NAMED " SUNSHINE". MY LEXIE IS GETTING SO BIG AND GROWN UP. I ENJOY WATCHING HER GROW AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER.

FAMILY NIGHT

TODAY JEFF GOT OFF WORK EARLY AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE KIDS DOWN TO SALT LAKE. WE WENT DOWN TO THE LEONARDO MUSEUM TO SEE "BODYWORLD". THIS WAS SO INTERESTING. LEXIE DID PRETTY GOOD. SHE DIDNT FREAKED OUT OR ANYTHING. SHE CARRIED AROUND A NOTEBOOK AND WAS TAKING NOTES. BY THE END SHE WAS GETTING BORED THOUGH. ZACH WAS PRETTY INTO THE BLOOD VESSELS. HE IS GOING TO DO A REPORT TO GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR HEALTH SO I HOPE HE PAID ATTENTION. JEFF AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW THEY PLASTISIZED THE BODIES. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. ANYWAYS, AFTER WE LEFT SALT LAKE WE DECIDED TO HEAD FOR DINNER. WE STOPPED IN LAYTON AND ATE AT ROOSTERS. THEY HAVE SUCH YUMMY FOOD. LEXIE SUMMED UP THE NIGHT FOR US BY SAYING, " WELL, THAT WAS A FUN DINNER!"

FRIDAY DATE NIGHT

FRIDAY NIGHT WE HAD A DATE NIGHT BUT THIS TIME WE TOOK ZACH ALONG WITH US. MY FRIEND JEN AND HER CUTE FAMILY CAME ALONG WITH US TO DINNER AT IGGYS IN LAYTON. THE FOOD WAS SO YUMMY!! WE THEN HEADED DOWN TO SALT LAKE TO "NIGHTMARE ON 13TH STREET" HAUNTED HOUSE. WE MET UP WITH RYAN AND ALAINA, AND RYANS FAMILY AND WE ALL ENTERED THE HOUSE OF TERROR. WE ALL LAUGHED, SCREAMED, AND HAD THE PANTS SCARED RIGHT OFF OF US.!!!WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS AND IT WAS FUN DOING SOMETHING WITH ZACH.

BEAUTIFUL DAY! !

THUSRDAY THE KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR FALL BREAK. CALLED KYLEE AND THOUGHT WE SHOULD SPEND THE DAY TOGETHER WITH THE KIDS. SO WE GRABBED LUNCH AND HEADED UP TO BEUS PARK FOR THE DAY. IT WASNT LONG BEFORE THE KIDS FOUND "WATER". YA, I KNOW WHAT YOURE THINKING - EXACTLY WHAT KYLEE AND I WERE THINKING - GREAT WATER!!! OKAY SO THE KIDS WERE CRACKING US UP! THIS IS A LITTLE STREAM RIGHT. WELL, THE KIDS WERE JUMPING BACK AND FORTH FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. NO MATTER HOW HARD RIDGE TRIED TO JUMP TO THE OTHER SIDE HE , OF COURSE, ALWAYS FELL IN. AND WE ALL KNOW JAXON HE JUST WOULD SLIP IN OR FALL IN. HE WAS CRACKING US UP!! LEXIE ON THE OTHER HAND WOULD ONLY JUMP ONE WAY AND WANTED HEPL GETTING BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE SO SHE WOULDNT GET WET. THE BOYS HAD ALL US GIRLS LAUGHING.. BOYS WILL BE BOYS!!
NOW THAT THE BOYS ARE WET WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO FOR A HIKE. THE KIDS COLLECTED LEAVES ON THE WAY. THEY TRAVELED ON TRAILS AND CLIMBED ON ROCKS.THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. MADDIE WAS SO GOOD AND I HOPE SHE ENJOYED HER FIRST HIKE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
KYLEE AND I THOUGHT THE PARK WOULD BE GREAT FOR A PHOTO SHOOT. THE KIDS WERE SO FUNNY ABOUT THIS. THEY WERE PRETTY EXCITED AND THEY WERE DOING SOME PRETTY FUNNY POSES AND WERE GOOFING OFF SO MUCH. THEY REALLY WERE HAVING A FUN TIME!!KYLEE TOOK A BUNCH OF PICTURES AS WELL. SOME OF THEM TURNED OUT SOOO CUTE! WE JUST HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE KIDS!! KYLEE TOOK THIS PICTURE OF ME AND LEX. I JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH!! I JUST WISH ZACH WOULD HAVE COME WITH US. THEN I WOULD HAVE HAD A PERFECT DAY !

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYA!!

TAYA TURNED 13 ON FRIDAY OCT. 10TH. TAYA IS MY BROTHERS DAUGHTER. SHE HAD A HUGE PARTY AT HER HOUSE PUT ON BY MY CRAZY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, MICHELE. THEY HAD THE HOUSE DECORATED WITH TONS OF BALLOONS, HAD A DISCO BALL, A FOG MACHINE, LOUD MUSIC, AND LOTS OF FOOD. DID I MENTION THERE WAS TONS OF GIRLS AND A COUPLE OF BRAVE DUDES THAT ATTENDED. AFTER THE HOUSE PARTY, TAYA AND A COUPLE OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS AND ZACH, WENT TO "HAUNTED HOLLOW" AND HAD THE BEEGEES SCARED OUT OF THEM. THEN THEY WENT BACK TO TAYAS HOUSE AND SPENT THE NIGHT. I AM PRETTY POSITIVE THAT MY BOTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ARE WORN OUT AND READY FOR SOME NEEDED QUIET TIME!!!
I HOPE TAYA HAD A TERREFIC TIME AT HER PARTY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYA AND I LOVE YOU MUCH...XOXO

MY FRIEND ALAINA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FRIEND ALAINA!! HER BIRTHDAY WAS WEDNESDAY. SHE LOOKS FAB FOR 30!!!I KNOW I AM A FEW DAYS LATE BUT I HAVE BEEN SO CRAZY THIS WEEK THAT I HAVENT HAD TIME TO GET ON THE COMPUTER TILL THIS MORNING.

MY FRIEND ALAINA IS SO WONDERFUL. SHE IS ALWAYS THERE WHEN YOU NEED HER MOST. SHE NEVER JUDGES YOU AND NEVER HAS ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE. SHE IS A GREAT FRIEND THAT JUST LISTENS WHEN NEED BE AND HAS A HUGE HEART!! SHE IS SO FULL OF GREAT ADVICE AND IS VERY INTELLIGENT. SOMETIMES I WONDER - WHERE DOES SHE COME UP WITH ALL THIS INFO?!! SHE HAS A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LIFE. ALIANA IS SO FABULOUS AND I AM SO LUCKY AND BLESSED THAT I HAVE HER AS A CLOSE FRIEND. LOVE YOU SO MUCH! HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR BIRTHDAY WEEK IN CABO YOU ARE DEFINATELY SPOILED MY FRIEND!

GIRLS NIGHT OUT !

LAST NIGHT KYLEE, CRYSTAL, AND MYSELF TREATED OURSELVES TO A NIGHT OUT. WE WENT TO SONOMA GRILL FOR DINNER. WE ALL DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD GET A TASTY MARGARITA TO START THE EVENING OFF RIGHT. AND BOY THEY WERE YUMMY! WE HAD A GREAT DINNER - STACKED ENCHILADAS AND ALSO GRILLED CORN ON THE COB. SO GOOD! NOT THAT WE DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT WE WENT FOR A DELICIOUS DESSERT- THE BANANA SPLIT...WOW! WE ATE THE WHOLE THING....OH WELL... IT WAS FUN JUST HANGING OUT WITH THEM. YOU KNOW HOW GIRLS CONVERSATIONS CAN GO. I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING LAST NIGHT. FROM KIDS, CLOTHES, HUSBANDS, AND OF COURSE SEX....LOL! WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN DURING DINNER THAT WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE ALREADY LATE FOR "THIRLLER" UP AT WEBER STATE. WE GOT THERE 20 MINS. LATE BUT OH WELL. THEY DID A GREAT JOB ! I WAS A LITTLE FREAKED OUT WITH HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAD TO PULL OUT A GUN AND SHOOT SOMEONE. ON THE OTHERHAND THE LORENA BOBBIT SKITS WERE QUITE HILARIOUS! THE SHOW WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD AND I ENJOYED THE DANCING.. THE MALE DANCERS WERE INCREDIBLE (LOVED THE SHINY BLACK SPANDEX TIGHTS- THEY LOOKED AMAZING IN THEM- BUT KYLEE REMINDED ME THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY GAY!...LOL) WE SAW OUR BLOGGING BUDDY - SIERRA AND HER HUBBY AT "THRILLER". HOW LUCKY WAS SHE -I MENTIONED THIS THRILLER THING TO MY HUBBY AND HE SAID "HELL NO IM NOT GOING TO SOME DANCE THING- MAKE IT A GIRLS NIGHT!" SIERRA YOUR HUSBAND ROCKS TO TAKE YOU OUT FOR A DATE NIGHT TO "THRILLER".!!! WOW!! YOU GO GIRL... ANYWAYS I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH MY FRIENDS LAST NIGHT !!LETS DO IT AGAIN....SOON.

SHOUT OUT TO SHAWNA LEE!!

I KNOW WE DONT HANG OUT ANYMORE LIKE WE USED TO. BUT, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!!! HOPE YOU PARTIED LIKE A ROCK STAR AND ALL YOUR WISHES CAME TRUE!!

LITTLE THINGS

THE OTHER DAY LEXIE AND I WERE OUT BY THE BUS STOP. AS THE BUS PULLS UP I WENT OVER TO GIVE HER A KISS GOODBYE AND SHE YELLS TO ME, " MOM I AM WEARING MY "CROTCHES" TO SCHOOL TODAY!". AND SHE JUST CASUALLY GETS ON THE BUS, LEAVING ME ON THE CURB WITH THE OTHER MOMS LAUGHING OUR HEADS OFF!!! I TELL THE OTHER MOMS " I THINK SHE MEANT TO TELL ME SHE WAS WEARING HER "CROCS" TO SCHOOL NOT "CROTCHES"...LOL
WE TEND TO FORGET THESE LITTLE SAYINGS OR FUNNY HAPPENINGS BECAUSE WE GET SO CAUGHT UP WITH OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE AND YOU THINK YOU WILL REMEMBER THEM BUT WE DO FORGET. THE LITTLE THINGS THAT KIDS DO AND SAY ARE JUST SO DARN PRICELESS......