Valentines Day

I love spoiling my 2 kiddos and hubby on Valentines Day with just goodies and small unexpected gifts! Chocolate covered strawberries and other goodies from Ms. Cavanughs is a MUST every year! Little surprises like car air-freshners, favorite gum, energy drinks, favorite candy, little trinkets, and cards to say "I Love You"!!!

I have the most incredible family ever!!! They bring happiness to my life and put smiles on my face every day!

Las Vegas Trip

Jeff and I decided that we wouldnt get eachother anything for our birthdays and X-mas so we could take a mini-vacation to Vegas! We headed to Vegas with some friends of ours Chazz and Patrice in the middle of Jan. for 5 nights of fun!!!!!
The night we left for Vegas there was white-out conditions. Yep! just a small blizzard and some extra time on the runway as they de-iced the plane. BUMPY BUMPY!!!! but when we landed in Vegas the weather was beautiful! We stayed at Hooters ( for the $1.50 budlights )lol!!!
For X-mas I did surprise Jeff with a Richard Petty Ride-Along at the Las Vegas Motorspeed Way. Here are a couple pics of Jeff and Chazz riding in a real Nascar on the Nascar track! Heres Cahzz and Jeff all geared up and ready to go! Jeff climbing into the car!

There is Jeff on the official Nascar track doing 175 mph!!!!
Here he is coming in off the track and Chazz is in the blue car!
You know, we are not big Nascar fans...but Jeff enjoys speed!!! So I was hoping he would enjoy the adrenalin rush and by the look on his face I think I nailed it!!!
We stopped off at a Shebly car show. Very impressive cars I must say...


We spent an afternoon at the Bass Pro-shop! This is what happens when 2 grown men drink too much ....
good-times folks!!!! anyways, we did some shopping and walked the strip. Visited Freemont Street and stopped off at The Pawn Shop. Went on my first helicopter ride. It flew us over the Hoover Dam!
We also visited the Hoover Dam on foot! The last time we were in Vegas the Dam was still under construction. I can not believe how big and impressive this bridge is.

Went to a show...pretty much sucked I must say! DO NOT waste your money or time and see "The Caveman"!! It was horrible!!!
We did some gambling...which I must say...I won close to $450 just playing the penny machines!!! WOOT_WOOT!!!! Winner-winner!!!!
The last day we were there we decided to hang out by the pool and play some games that we brought along. The weather was gorgeous that day...65 degrees!!!

This is the view from our room the morning we left.
And when we arrived back in S.L.C. the weather was miserable and cloudy. When we pulled up to the driveway this was at the front door!
Funny how you cant wait to go on vacation and get away from the kiddos and then...you cant wait to get home and give them hugs and kisses cause you have missed them sooooo much!!! We had such a great time and enjoyed hanging out with good friends!

Christmas 2010

OK so here is my deal about Christmas! I am such a TARD and I am sooooo mad at myself...I thought I downloaded all the X-mas pictures so I deleted them off my camera....came to actually viewing the X-mas pictures on the computer and realized that I NEVER downloaded them!!!! Therefore I have NO, NONE, NADA, X-mas pictures!!! Who does that?... ME!!!!Anyways....we enjoyed X-mas Eve at our house with my family and Deana and her family. We did a dinner and played cards all night! So much fun : ) Next morning we opened gifts and then headed over to Jeffs sisters house to see his family, have X-mas breakfast and exchange gifts. Then we came back home and had all of my family over for dinner and presents! It was a busy day and we all had so much fun. Minus all the pictures...still cant believe I did that!

Zach turns 16

I am really behind on my blogging! Just been caught up in life : ) Ok so on Dec. 12th Zach turned 16!!!! Where has all the time gone? Seems like yesterday that I was holding him in my arms and snuggling him as a newborn...seeing him take his first steps...sending him off to preschool...learning how to ride a bike etc....and now I am watching him drive away in his own vehicle!
For his 16th Birthday Zach got his license and a Toyota truck!

We had a big party for him and invited all our close friends that have watched him grow up and our family. We had quite a turn out! Close to 40 people ,give or take a few. We just did a potluck dinner, cake and icecream, and presents!





We had such a great time that night with great friends and family! I dont want to bore ya with tons of pictures so I just posted a few! But, I must say that my son Zach is really a terrific kid! I couldnt ask for a better son! I enjoy watching him grow into a young man. He is one of my best friends! I am so proud to be his mother.
Happy 16th Birthday Zach...I love you so much : )

A Night To Rember!!!!

Couple weeks ago I had 2 friends surprise me with Bret Michaels (Poison) concert tickets! Shauna, Steph, and myself were so ready to rock last night! We headed down to Salt Lake for a yummy dinner at the Gateway! Then walked over to The Depot! What a great venue...,only holds 1200 people, they have a full bar for those that drink, and its a very intimate setting. We ended up 3 ROWS FROM THE STAGE!!!! YEP!!! Believe it!Look at how close we were....OMG!!!
He played so many great songs that had us "Rocking" all night long! I had such an incredible time! Check out these YUMMY pics of Bret Michaels!
Some of my most favorite songs he sang were....Sweet Home Alabama, Unskinny-Bop, Talk dirty To Me, Look What The Cat Drug In, Fallin Angels, and Every Rose Has Its Thorn. Plus so many more...the night just kept going!


This is the drummer for Poison..Chuck..Shauna and I got to meet him! I can not believe how close we were. I actually didnt have to zoom in for any of my pictures! Its crazy to think that Bret Michaels has been so close to death this year and here he is putting on a hell of a show! Truly an amazing night with great friends, yummy dinner, good memories, ears still ringing, and a night with Bret Michaels! HERES TO YA!!!

Groovy Time !

Well Zach attended his first high school dance this past Sat. His day started off with Tiffanie (his girlfriend) picking him up at 11am for coffee. Headed to Einsteins for bagels and then ice-skating up at the rink. He said there were so many kids from his school up there and that he had a fun time. Tiffanie brought him home around 5. She later came back over with his matching glasses and shirt .( The dance was a tye-dyed theme.) A group of kids picked Zach up around 6 and then headed to T.G.I.F.s for a yummy dinner. They then headed over to the school for pictures and some dancing...which Zach said he had a great time! After the dance a group of kids went to the movies. He got home around 12:30am.....must say I was impressed cause his curfew was 1am. He definately made some brownie points there!!! Zach said he had a blast that day and thought the dance was way fun!

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Heres how it went down...gutted the pumpkins and ate some yummy seeds!

On Saturday day my Mom and I took Lexie to a free carnival in Ogden! SHe had a great time riding the swings, jumping in the bounce house, and Spin the Apple!

They had a live band that was actually pretty good! They had free balloons,food, and games as well! Lexie ended the day at the carnival with some fancy face tatoos!!! Later that evening we all got dressed up and headed out to go trick or treating! Zach and his girlfriend Tiffanie dressed up a deer and the hunter...very creative! Lexie was a baby! And Tiffanies brother Colten was a ninja!

Nobody minded that it was raining! They had a one track mind....CANDY!!! I love this picture of the beautiful rainbow on HalLowEEn night!
Our neighborhood seems to get into the HalLowEeN spirit!All the adults dress up to take their kids out! And the parents that answer the doors have great costumes! Here are some of my favorites!!!

Alaina and her cute family came over just as we got home from a 2 hour trek and many blocks later. So Lexie emptied her bag and hit the pavement for more candy! I believe we were trick or treating for nearly 3 hours total!!!This was Lexie 2nd bag of goodies!
The kids ended up with so many goodies....lots of candy, pop, stickers, popcorn, pencils, and little trinkets! It was a night of good friends, great memories, and spooky times!