DEF LEPPARD CONCERT

TUESDAY NIGHT ZACH AND I HEADED DOWN TO MIDVALE FOR CHEAP TRICK, POISON, AND DEF LEPPARD CONCERT!! ZACH HAS BEEN SOOO EXCITED TO GO SEE DEF LEPPARD. ALL 3 BANDS PUT ON AMAZING SHOWS!!! ZACH AND I TOTALLY ROCKED IT OUT!!!

LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC WE WERE STUCK IN FOR OVER AN HOUR!!!!AND THIS IS ONLY LOOKING ONE WAY!! YA, WE GOT HOME AT 1:40 A.M.!!! BUT OH SO WORTH IT! I LOVE THAT ZACH WANTS TO HANG WITH ME. VERY COOL THAT ZACH ROCKS OUT TO THE SAME MUSIC THAT I GREW UP WITH!! I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE PERFECT LITTLE CONCERT BUDDIES!!! :)

SCHOOL DAYS

i MUST ADMIT I WAS SAD WHEN I SENT MY KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. I DONT WANT THEM TO GROW UP ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE. I WILL MISS HAVING THEM HOME WITH ME DURING THE DAYS. ALTHOUGH I CAN GET SOOO MUCH MORE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN THEY ARE NOT HOME. ZACH IS STARTING 9TH GRADE AT WAHLQUIST JUNIOR HIGH. HE CANT WAIT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER...HE CAN GET HIS DRIVERS PERMIT!!!UUUUGGGGHHH...NOT READY FOR THAT. HE WANTS TO HURRY AND GET THIS YEAR OVER WITH SO HE CAN GET INTO FREEMONT HIGH!!! I TELL HIM WHATS YOUR HURRY? BUT I REMEMBER DOING THE SAME WHEN I WAS HIS AGE.

LEXIE IS GOING INTO 3RD GRADE AT FARR WEST ELEM. THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE SHE IS READY FOR SCHOOL , BUT SHE BEGS TO DIFFER. WE ALL KNOW LEX IS NOT A MORNING PERSON SO YOU CAN GUESS HOW MONDAY MORNING WENT...AH...NOT SO GOOD. BUT THERE WERE NO TEARS...THE BUS STOPS IN FRONT OF OUR DRIVEWAY SO WE DONT HAVE FAR TO GO. THATS NICE! WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG STOP WITH SO MANY KIDS! SHE WAS A BUNDLE ON NERVES SO SHE WANTED ME TO FOLLOW THE BUS OVER TO THE SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE SHE FOUND HER ROOM OK. FOR HOW OUTGOING LEXIE IS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW SHY SHE REALLY IS. SHE PUTS ON A GOOD FRONT! MY LITTLE 3RD GRADER.... I AM SURE BOTH KIDS WERE NERVOUS AND EXCITED THIS DAY. THE ONLY ONE WHO CRIED WAS ME....MOM...I DO EVERY YEAR. MY LITTLE ONES ARE GROWING UP AND IT MAKES ME SAD. I AM SURE PROUD OF BOTH ZACH AND LEXIE!!!

AN AMAZING LADY

FRIDAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY. MY MOST AWESOME FRIEND ALAINA AND HER HUBBY, RYAN CELEBRATED THEIR 10TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY CHOSE THIS DAY TO GET SEALED IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE. ALAINA DOES EVERYTHING "BIG" SO I KNEW THAT THIS DAY WAS GOING TO BE EXTRA GRAND. SHE WORE A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING DRESS AND HER LITTLE LADIES WERE DRESSED JUST AS DARLING.WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR THEM! WE HUNG OUT WITH THEM AS THEY TOOK PICTURES. WHICH I MUST ADMIT, I AM EXCITED TO SEE. I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED THIS FOR ANYTHING! I AM SO PROUD TO BE ALAINAS FRIEND. I DONT THINK SHE REALIZES HOW MUCH I LOOK UP TO HER. I ONLY HOPE THAT ONE DAY I CAN BE AS GOOD OF A FRIEND TO HER AS SHE HAS BEEN TO ME.ALAINA, I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE JUST AN AMAZING FRIEND AND A VERY CLASSY LADY.I LOVE YOU MY FRIEND!!!XOXO

CRASH AND BURN...OUCH!!!

ZACH AND HIS FRIENDS WENT OUT BIKE RIDING THE OTHER DAY AFTER SCHOOL REGISTRATION. WITHIN MINUTES OF THEM LEAVING THE BOYS RETURNED HOME WITH MY SON COVERED IN BLOOD. HE BUNNY-HOPPED THE CURB AND CAME UP SHORT AND ENDOWED OVER HIS BIKE. HIS ELBOW AND LEFT CHEEK TAKING THE BLUNT FORCE OF HIS LANDING. YA, CAN YOU SAY OUCH!!! WITHIN MINUTES HE HAD A GOLF-BALL SIZE BUMP ON HIS UPPER CHEEK AND COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING. I CALLED THE NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOR, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, AND HAD HIM COME OVER. HE TOOK HIS VITALS AND RAN HIM THROUGH A BUNCH OF TESTS. HE HAS A SLIGHT CONCUSSION, MANY BUMPS, BRUISES, A BLACK EYE, AND MAJOR ROAD-RASH! HIS EYE GETS BLACKER AND BLACKER BY THE HOUR. AND HE REALLY CANT MOVE HIS ELBOW VERY WELL. ITS PRETTY SWOLLEN. I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM....... CAN YOU SAY " OUCH!!!!"

FORTS

SUMMER IS THE TIME FOR KIDS TO BE KIDS! AND MESSES SEEM TO FOLLOW! LEXIE AND HER FRIEND ALEX ASKED IF THEY COULD BUILD A FORT THE OTHER DAY. I WAS LIKE "YA, SURE HAVE FUN!" OK, THIS FORT TOOK UP MY ENTIRE LIVING AND DINING ROOM. IT HAD 2 HUGE ROOMS THAT EACH OF THE GIRLS DECORATED WITH ITEMS FROM AROUND THE HOUSE. THEY USED EVERY BLANKET, SHEET, PILLOWCASE, AND EVEN TOWELS TO COMPLETE THEIR FORT. IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. I WAS A PATIENT MOM AND LET THIS FORT STAY UP FOR ALMOST A WHOLE WEEK. LEXIE HAD SOOOOO MUCH FUN! SHE SLEPT IN IT MANY TIMES! WHEN I FINALLY TOOK IT DOWN I WAS AMAZED AT ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS IN IT! SHE HAD A BLAST WITH THIS FORT AND IT WAS FUN WATCHING HER ENJOY IT SO MUCH!