LAGOON DAY

YESTERDAY I TOOK LEXIE, ZACH, AND HIS GIRLIEFRIEND BRANDI TO LAGOON. YA IT WASNT HOT!!! NOT!!!! I DIDNT BRING A CAMERA CAUSE LEXIE IS GETTING OLDER AND IS GETTING BRAVER ABOUT TRYING NEW RIDES. LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THAT I CAN NOT RIDE THE RIDES! THEY ALL MAKE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH! AND OF COURSE, LEXIE STEPS UP AND WANTS TO RIDE SOME OF THE BIGGER RIDES!I DID NOT BRING DRAMAMINE! WE RODE THE WOODEN ROLLER COASTER 3 TIMES AND THE TIDAL WAVE ( THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BARF! ) SHE WAS RUNNING FROM RIDE TO RIDE WANTING ME TO GO WITH HER! AND OF COURSE ZACH AND BRANDI WERE NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. YES I REALLY HAD TO FIGHT THE URGE TO NOT THROW UP ON EVERY RIDE!!! THE THINGS WE DO FOR OUR KIDS! ANYWAYS WE ALL HAD DINNER TOGETHER AND PLAYED SOME GAMES. ZACH AND BRANDI EACH WON LEXIE A STUFFED ANIMAL! SHE WAS IN HEAVEN! LEIXE JUST REALLY WANTED TO STAY AND GO ON MORE RIDES BUT MY TUMMY WAS VERY UPSET SO WE HEADED HOME AROUND 8. THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE I TOOK OF LEXIE....
SHE FELL ASLEEP I BET 10 MINUTES INTO THE RIDE HOME! SHE WAS A TIRED LITTLE GIRL! EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HOT WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME. I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY KIDS!

A SWEET DAY !!!

LAST WEEK WE MET UP WITH KYLEE AND HER KIDS DOWN AT SWEETS CANDY IN SALT LAKE. I AM UP FOR SOMETHING NEW AND FREE!
WE FIRST HAD TO WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SWEETS. WE HAD TO REMOVE ALL JEWELRY AND WE ALL HAD TO WEAR HAIR NETS. ZACH FOUND IT QUITE "COOL" THAT ANY MAN WITH ANY KIND OF FACIAL HAIR HAD TO WEAR A BEARD MASK. AND ,OF COURSE, HE HAS FACIAL HAIR!!!!
WE ALL KEPT SAYING THAT ZACH LOOKED LIKE SANTA!!! AND ZACHS GIRLFRIEND BRANDI COULDNT HAVE HER PICTURE TAKEN WITH HER NET ON HER HEAD.... THE TOUR LASTED 45-60 MINUTES. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT HOW JELLY BEANS ARE MADE AND THAT THEY TAKE 7 DAYS FROM START TO FINISH. LEARNED HOW CINNAMON BEARS ARE FORMED IN THE MOLDS, WE GOT TO SEE THEM MAKE CHOCOLATE CARAMEL NUT CLUSTERS. WE ALSO GOT TO SEE HOW THEY MAKE AND PACKAGE THE TAFFY. EACH AREA HAD DIFFERENT SMELLS, AND OF COURSE, THE BEST AREA FOR ME WAS THE CHOCOLATE ROOM. VERY YUMMY! WE ENDED THE TOUR WITH GOING TO CANDY STORE AND LETTING THE KIDS GET SOME CANDY TO TAKE HOME.



AFTER LOADING UP THIER BAGS WITH CANDY WE HEADED OVER TO THE GATEWAY. WE ATE AT COSTA VIDA!!! I JUST LOVE THAT PLACE! THE KIDS WERE STARVING AND BEHAVING SO I HAD TO SNAP THIS CUTE PIC.
AFTER OUR YUMMY LUNCH WE STROLLED ALONG IN THE 100 DEGREE WEATHER AND HEADED DOWN TO THE LITTLE SPLASH PAD AREA AND LET THE KIDS COOL OFF. THE KIDS DID ALOT OF GIGGLING AND LAUGHING AS THEY RAN AROUND AND GOT WET!
WE NOTICED THAT CHANNEL 2 AND 5 WERE FILMING ALL THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND. THERE WAS ALSO A BEAUTY PAGANT GOING ON THAT WEEK AND ALL THE LADIES WERE SHOWING UP IN THEIR BANNERS AND CROWNS. LEXIE GOT OVER 8 AUTOGRAPHS FROM LADIES LIKE...MS. TEEN USA
AND MS UTAH LET HER TRY HER CROWN ON....
I LOVE JAXONS LOOK ON HIS FACE...LIKE I AM SO EMBARRASSED... JUST HURRY AND TAKE THE PICTURE!!! WE HAD A REALLY FUN DAY! CANDY, CHOCOLATE, GIGGLES, PRETTY GIRLS, GREAT FRIENDS, AND GOOD MEMORIES!!!!

JUSTIN BIEBER

I BOUGHT LEXIE SOME JUSTIN BIEBER TICKETS FOR HER BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR AND KEPT IT A SECRET UNTIL THE NIGHT BEOFRE HIS CONCERT. THIS WAS A LONG WAIT FOR ME...HER BIRTHDAY WAS IN MARCH AND THE CONCERT WAS JULY 10TH. WHEN I TOLD HER WAS SO EXCITED! I WANTED THIS TO BE HER DAY! SO WE STARTED OUR MORNING OFF WITH HER VERY FIRST PEDICURE...
WHICH OF COURSE, SHE THOUGHT WAS AWESOME AND WANTS TO DO THIS EVERY WEEK! ALL DAY LONG SHE KEPT TELLING ME..." MOM, I MIGHT FAINT WHEN I SEE HIM!" SHE IS GROWING UP TOO FAST. LEXIES BEST FRIEND, BROOKE, WAS ALSO GOING AS WELL. SO WE HAD BROOKE COME OVER AND I DID THEIR HAIR FOR "JUSTIN"! LOL.... WE ALL LOADED IN THE CAR AND HEADED DOWN TO SALT LAKE.
WE STOPPED AT BUILD-A-BEAR AT THE GATEWAY AND THE GIRLS GOT A NEW BEAR, CLOTHES, AND SOME ACCESORIES. WE HAD PLANNED TO TAKE THEM OUT TO DINNER BUT THE GIRLS CHOSE MCDONALDS AND WANTED TO EAT IT IN THE CAR SO WE COULD GET TO THE CONCERT TO SEE JUSTIN! LOVE IT! THE GIRLS EACH GOT A JUSTIN BIEBER T-SHIRT...
AND LEXIES NEW BEAR HAD TO COME WITH US TO SEE HER FIRST CONCERT AS WELL!!!THIS IS ME,LEX,PATRICE, AND BROOKE.
LEXIE ENJOYED HER BLUE RASPBERRY SLUSHY AND COTTON CANDY! WE DID A LOT OF GIGGLING WHILE WAITING FOR THE CONCERT TO BEGIN!

THE CONCERT WAS AMAZING! SEAN KINGTON PUT ON A GREAT SHOW! I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY SONGS HE SINGS! HE HAD US ON OUT FEET CLAPPING AND DANCING HIS WHOLE PERFORMANCE! HE REALLY GOT THE CROWD WILD AND READY FOR JUSTIN! AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SHOW THAT JUSTIN PUT ON. FOR ONLY BEING 16 THIS KID IS PRETTY AMAZING! THE GIRLS WERE SCREAMING THE ENTIRE NIGHT! THE LIGHT EFFECTS WERE GREAT AND JUSTIN WAS ALL OVER THAT STAGE! HE IS QUITE THE DANCER! WHENEVER HE CHANGED HIS CLOTHED LEXIE HAD TO MAKE A COMMENT HOW HOW CUTE HE LOOKED OR HOW DREAMY HE WAS!!! LEXIE HAD A GREAT TIME WATCHING ALL THE HOME VIDEOS THAT JUSTIN SHOWED THAT NIGHT! WHEN THE CONCERT WAS OVER MY EARS WERE JUST A RINGING! I HAD A FABULOUS NIGHT WITH LEX AND I KNOW LEXIE DID TOO! SHE TALKED THE WHOLE WAY HOME ABOUT JUSTIN! AND WHEN WE CLIMBED INTO BED SHE TALKED SOME MORE....LIKE TILL 1:30 IN THE MORNING MORE! SHE KEPT TELLING ME HOW MUCH FUN SHE HAD AND KEPT SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE BEST TIME OF HER LIFE! LITTLE DID SHE KNOW IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES IN MY LIFE...BEING ABLE TO SPEND SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY WITH MY DAUGHTER AND MAKING SUCH GREAT MEMORIES BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. THAT NIGHT WITH LEXIE WILL ALWAYS HOLD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART!

BEAR LAKE OVER THE 4TH

WE HEADED TO BEAR LAKE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY THIS YEAR AGAIN. THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL AND THE WATER WAS CHILLY. THE KIDS ENJOYED SPENDING AS MUCH TIME IN THE WATER AS POSSIBLE. VOLLEYBALL GAMES WERE PLAYED AND SAND CASTLES WERE ATTEMPTED. FOR SOME OF US OUR ALLERGIES WERE HORRIBLE!!! ALAINA AND I WERE MISERABLE! BESIDES THAT WE PLAYED GAMES AT CAMP AND THE OLDER KIDS RODE IN THE RHINO CATCHING FISH AND CHECKING OUT THE OPPOSITE SEX!! WE STAYED UP LATE ROASTING MARSHMELLOWS AND LISTENING TO EVERYONES STORIES. LOTS OF LAUGHTER!!! WE ENJOYED HANGING OUT WATCHING THE AWESOME FIREWORK SHOW THAT JUST KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING.... WHAT A GREAT HOLIDAY!