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!

FISHING WITH THE BOYS

MONDAY NIGHT I HEADED OUT TO WEST WEBER WITH ZACH AND CODY TO DO SOME "CATFISHING". WE WENT OUT AT DUSK CAUSE I GUESS THATS WHEN THE FISHING IS BEST. ZACH HAS BEEN DYING TO CATCH A CATFISH. THESE 2 BOYS ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH. I LOVE THE CRAZY CLOTHES THEY DECIDED TO WEAR. THE 2 OF THEM WANTED TO DRESS ALIKE. THEY REMINDED ME OF GIRLS....WATCHING THEM IN ZACHS ROOM DECIDING WHAT TO WEAR WAS SO FUNNY! AND THEY THOUGHT THEY LOOKED SO "HOT". YA, TO GO FISHING...LOL!!

WELL, ZACH THREW OUT HIS BAIT AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES HE HAD A BITE! HE WAS SO DANG EXCITED! I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD...HE WAS SCREAMING AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN. CODY AND I HAD TO REMIND HIM THAT HE HAD A FISH ON HIS LINE!YEP, HE CAUGHT THE MOTHER LODE OF A CATFISH!!!! WE WERE ALL LAUGHING SO HARD! ZACH DIDN'T CARE THOUGH HE WAS STILL PROUD OF HIS CATCH. HE JUST KEPT SAYING " I CANT BELIEVE I CAUGHT A CATFISH!" OVER AND OVER... SO HE RELAESED HIS "BIG" FISH AND THREW IN HIS BAIT AGAIN. WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES ZACH HAD ANOTHER BITE! JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SCREAMING HE PULLED IN HIS SECOND CATCH OF THE EVENING.... I THINK THIS ONE WAS SMALLER THAN THE FIRST! WE WERE ALL LAUGHING PRETTY HARD! ZACH WAS LIKE " TAKE A PICTURE! TAKE A PICTURE!" CODY DIDN'T CATCH ANYTHING :(
I WISHED WE COULD HAVE STAYED LONGER BUT CODY HAD A CURFEW SO WE HEADED FOR HOME. YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS THAT 2 TEENAGED BOYS HAVE SOOO MUCH TO SAY. I AM ALWAYS GIGGLING AT THEM AND THEIR FUNNY STORIES. YOU KNOW HANGING OUT WITH MY SON IS SO REWARDING FOR ME. HE IS 14 AND STILL WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH ME. HE IS SUCH AN AMAZING KID AND I ALWAYS HAVE SUCH A GOOD TIME WITH HIM!!

KENNY CHESNEY CONCERT

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW....I AM A HUGE FAN OF KC !!!SO DISAPPOINTED THAT HE DIDN'T COME TO S.L.C. LAST SUMMER ON HIS TOUR...BUT HE MADE UP FOR IT ON THURSDAY!! RENEE AND I HEADED DOWN TO RIO TINTO STADIUM IN SANDY. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT...IT WAS HOT!!!!MY CAR TEMP SAID 104 DEGREES AT 4:30 WHEN WE ARRIVED. MY SHIRT WAS DRENCHED AND MY HAIR WAS DRIPPING WITH SWEAT AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE MUCH OTHER THAN WALK A SHORT DISTANCE. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET DOWN THERE AND DO SOME "PEOPLE WATCHING" AND BOY DID WE GET AN EYE-FULL. I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL PAY $9.00 FOR 1 BEER AND GET SOOOOO DRUNK THAT THEY MISS THE CONCERT OR ARE THROWING UP BEFORE IT STARTS. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY ON BEER AND THE TICKETS. BUT HEY, I GUESS IT'S THEIR MONEY HUH!?

SUGARLAND CANCELLED DUE TO THE LEAD SINGER LOST HER VOICE. BUT I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF THEM SO I REALLY DIDN'T CARE. I WAS THERE FOR KENNY!!! HE PUT ON AN AWESOME SHOW!!! I SANG MY HEART OUT , CHEERED , SCREAMED , AND SWEATED MY ASS OFF!!!I HAD SUCH AN AMAZING NIGHT ! WE HAD GREAT SEATS. 5 ROWS UP FROM THE FLOOR AND KIDDY-CORNER FROM STAGE. AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT - NEXT YEAR I WILL HAVE ME A NEW CAMERA CAUSE THE ONE I HAVE TOTALLY STINKS. I SWEAR THE PICTURES I TAKE LOOK LIKE THEY ARE FARTHER AWAY THAN I REALLLY AM. AND THE ZOOM - YA WELL THAT DOESN'T ZOOM SO WELL EITHER.

AFTER KENNY GOT DONE SINGING , HE CAME BACK ON STAGE WITH A UTAH UNIVERSITY RED BALL CAP ON ( OMG! HE LOOKED SO YUMMY!) AND HE AND HIS BAND DID ANOTHER 30-45 MIN. JAM SESSION TO MAKE UP FOR SUGARLAND NOT PERFORMING. HE PLAYED ALOT OF OLDIES AND HAD THE CROWD GOING WILD!!!! THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT KENNYS MUSIC THAT I TOTALLY LOVE. HIS MUSIC IS SO CHILLED, LAID BACK , AND CAREFREE , AND DID I MENTION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING SEXY ABOUT HIM OTHER THAN HIS TRACTOR...LOL!

HAD A GREAT TIME SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH FRIENDS AND SINGING TO MY FAVORITE...KENNY CHESNEY...UNTIL NEXT YEAR!!!! P.S. SHOULD HAVE CAME ALAINA!!!

R AND R TIME !!

SUNDAY WE HEADED UP TO THE WILLARD BASIN IN THE RHINO WITH THE WHITNEYS AND THE STANFORDS (WHO JUST BOUGHT A RANGER ON SATURDAY). WE CALL THIS OUR R AND R RIDES (RHINO AND RANGER).... THE WEATHER WAS SO AWESOME UP THERE AND BEING UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WAS SO RELAXING.... WE MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP TO "INSPIRATION POINT" AND LOOKED OUT AT OUR BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. I HAD NO IDEA HOW BIG WILLARD BAY IS AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE MOTORCROSS TRACK AND OUR SUBDIVISION FROM WE WERE AT. WE STOPPED AT A SPRING RUN-OFF AND HAD LUNCH UNDER SOME HUGE PINETREES. THE KIDS RAN AROUND AND HAD FUN!! WE ALL LOOKED LIKE A BUNCH OF HILL-BILLES. WE WERE COVERED WITH 10 POUNDS OF DUST FROM HEAD TO TOE! WE ALWAYS HAVE SO MUCH FUN ON OUR R AND R RIDES AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT THE STANFORDS CAN NOW SEE WHAT ME AND KYLEE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT. THANKS FOR THE FUN TIME GUYS AND HAPPY TRAILS TILL NEXT TIME.....