BLACK ISLAND FARM

THIS LAST WEEKEND I HAD TO BEG, BEG, AND DO SOME MORE BEGGING TO GET MY FAMILY TO GO TO BLACK ISLAND FARM OUT IN SYRACUSE. JEFF WAS TIRED, ZACH WANTED TO GO UP TO NORTH OGDEN AND HANG OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS , AND LEXIE JUST DIDNT WANT TO GO. WELL I PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND TOLD THEM THAT WE ARE ALL GOING AS A FAMILY. THE CAR RIDE OUT THERE WAS PRETTY QUIET. WE STOOD IN LINE FOR A SHORT TIME. JEFF COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PRICE AND ZACH JUST KEPT TEXTING HIS FRIENDS AND KEPT ASKING HOW COME HE HAD TO COME, AND LEXIE JUST COMPLAINED SHE WAS TIRED....... WELL, WE WALKED THROUGH THE ENTRANCE AND ALL 3 OF THEM WERE LIKE....OMG!!! THIS PLACE IS HUGE WHAT SHOULD WE DO FIRST!? ZACH, LEXIE, AND JEFF TOOK OFF RUNNING OVER TO THE SLIDES AND I REALLY DIDNT SEE THEM FOR 10-15 MINUTES!!!! I COULD NOT FIND THEM!YEP!!!! THEY WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN!!! ALL 3 OF THEM WERE LAUGHING AND THEY KEPT REPEATING "LETS GO AGAIN!" WE PLAYED ON THOSE SLIDES FOR PROBABLY HALF AN HOUR! JEFF AND ZACH FOUND THE TEETER-TOTTER!!! OF ALL THINGS THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT BALANCE.... I LOVED THE LITTLE CROOKED HOUSE...OF COURSE, LEXIE THINKS WE NEED TO HAVE ONE. THEY HAVE AN AREA FULL OF CORN KERNELS THAT LEXIE THOUGHT WAS PRETTY COOL. SHE IS MAKING A CORN- ANGEL HERE. JEFF AND I GOOFING OFF IN A TUNNEL UNDER THE HAYSTACKS!NOT THAT KIND OF GOOFING OFF I JUST WANTED A PICTURE OF JEFF AND I. ZACH TOOK A CUTE PICTURE! ANYWAYS, WE HEADED OVER TO THE ANIMAL BARREL THINGY. WHATEVER ..... I LOVE THE LOOK ON JEFFS FACE...PRICELESS HUH!!! HE LOOKS SO EXCITED LIKE A LITTLE KID!!!I HAVE TO TELL YOU...I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD CAUSE JEFF WAS LIKE... OH YEAH ADULTS CAN RIDE ON THIS TOO!!!! LOOK I AM GOING TO RIDE IN THE PIG!!

WELL AFTER MY 3 KIDS ENJOYED ALL THE "RIDES" AND PLAYED WITH MOST EVERYTHING I TOOK LEXIE TO GET A LIGHT SABER SO WE COULD GO IN THE CORN MAZE. WE FORGOT OUR FLASHLIGHTS! WOULD YOU JUST LOOK AT MY SARCASTIC FAMILY...REMEMBER THEY DIDNT WANT TO COME... THE CORN WAS SO TALL. I AM GUESSING AT LEAST 15 FT. TALL AND ITS A GOOD THING WE HAD BOUGHT LEXIE THAT LIGHT SABER CAUSE IT WAS DARK WITHOUT IT TURNED ON. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING....ZACH WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE DIDNT GET A LIGHT SABER SO I TOOK HIM TO GO GET ONE. MY 2 KIDS HAD US LAUGHING ALL NIGHT LONG. ZACH WAS PRETENDING HE WAS IN STAR WARS AND THE REST OF US WERE IN STITCHES OVER HIS ACTING. WE PROBABLY WALKED 5 MILES EASILY THAT NIGHT. THE MAZES WERE AWESOME AND VERY LONG...BUT WE HAD LUKE SKY-WALKER AND PRINCESS LAYA(SPELLING) TO GET US OUT SAFELY. YOU KNOW... I AM LAUGHING AS I AM TYPING THIS POST!
OK, AFTER THE MAZE WE HEADED OVER THE HAYRIDE TO GET OUR PUMPKINS. IT WAS PRETTY COLD OUT AND IT WAS CLOSE TO 11 PM. BUT WE ENJOYED THE RIDE OUT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH. THE TRACTOR DRIVER WAS PRETTY FUNNY WITH HIS SOUTHERN DRAWL AND ALL. WE TOOK THE PUMPKINS BACK TO THE CAR AND HEADED BACK IN . MY 3 KIDS WERE NOT DONE PLAYING YET. WE GOT HOT CHOCOLATE AND SAT AROUND THE FIREPIT TO WARM UP AND THEN HEADED BACK OVER TO THE SLIDES. WHEN WE FINALLY DECIDED WE HAD HAD ENOUGH I HAD STOPPED THESE GIRLS AND ASKED IF THEY COULD TAKE OUR PICTURE....WHICH THEY DID... I HAD TO PULL A GOOD ONE OFF ON ZACH... I ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD LET ME TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM....WITH ZACH IN IT OF COURSE... HE WAS ON CLOUD 9!!! I HAVE TO TELL YOU.... LEXIE FELL ASLEEP WITHIN 5 FIVES OF BEING IN THE CAR. ZACH TOLD US HE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND WAS SO GLAD THAT WE CAME! JEFF TOLD ME WE GOT OUR MONEYS WORTH AND HE CANT WAIT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR. YEP....I PATTED MYSELF ON MY BACK THAT NIGHT!!!!! AND MY KIDS ARE STILL PLAYING WITH THEIR LIGHT SABERS.....

WHAT THE SCRAP!!!

I AM LATE GETTING THIS POSTED BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I HEADED UP TO PARK CITY FOR OUR ANNUAL SCRAPPBOOKING GIRLS WEEKEND TRIP. WELL, I PICKED UP CRYSTAL IN ROY. MY CAR LOADED WITH FOOD, TABLES, SUITCASES, AND ALL OUR SCRAPBOOKING STUFF. IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE RUNNING AWAY OR SOMETHING!!!! SO WE WERE DRIVING ALONG AND GOT TO TALKING AND NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EXIT SIGNS....YUP....YOU GUESSED IT...WE WERE HEADED THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WERE ON OUR WAY TO EVANSTON WYOMING. THERE WERE NO PLACES TO TURN AROUND SO WE JUST SAT BACK AND ENJOYED THE LITTEL DETURE OF A ROAD TRIP WE CREATED FOR OURSELVES. OBVIOUSLY WE MADE IT UP TO PARK CITY BUT NOT WITHOUT A GOOD LAUGH TO START OUR TRIP OFF WITH!! I WORK WITH A GAL NAMED KELLY AND HER AND HER GROUP OF FRIENDS ALSO GO UP TO PARK CITY SO WE GOT TO TALKING AND DECIDED TO PUT MY GROUP AND HER GROUP TOGETHER. SO WE RENTED A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE THAT WORKED FOR THE 13 OF US. THE HOUSE HAD 4 BEDROOMS, 4 BATHS, AND A FAMILY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS. AND WE USED EVERY INCH OF THIS HOUSE!! WE HAD SO MUCH YUMMY SNACK FOOD IT WAS ALMOST SICK TO LOOK AT. ANYWAYS, WE ALL SCRAPPED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SOME UF US STAYING UP TILL 5 IN THE MORNING AND GETTING BACK UP AND 8 TO SCRAP AGAIN. I THINK YOU CAN SAY WE ARE DIE HARDS ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT BEING A MOM YOU DONT HAVE ALOT OF TIME TO DO THIS AT HOME SO WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR TIME BEING AWAY. CAN YOU SAY MESS!!!! THE PICTURE I TOOK OF KELLY AND HER GROUP WAS SO BLURRY BUT THEY WERE UP IN THE KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM AND HAD JUST AS MUCH OF A MESS AS WE DID! SATURDAY MORNING ME, KYLEE, CRYSTAL, ALAINA, TRACY, AND PYER LEFT THE HOUSE BY 10 AM TO GO SHOPPING AT THE OUTLET STORES. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! WE ALWAYS BUY SOME CLOTHES FOR THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THIS YEAR WE DID A LITTLE BIT( OK I LIED ALOT) FOR OURSELVES....NEED LESS TO SAY ME , KYLEE, AND CRYSTAL WERE THE LAST ONES TO ARRIVE BACK AT THE HOUSE. WE GOT BACK AT 6:30 IN THE EVENING....YUP!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOPPED FOR 8 1/2 HOURS! THE FUN PART OF GOING SHOPPING IS THAT WE ALL SHOW AND TELL OUR PURCHASES!!! SO ITS FUN TO SEE WHAT OTHERS GOT AND THE GREAT DEALS AND IF NEED BE YOU CAN GO BACK OUT AND BUY MORE!!! WE HAD A GREAT DINNER THAT NIGHT! THAT WEEKEND WE HAD 2 BIRTHDAYS.....JODIE AND ALAINAS. SO I HAD BOUGHT A CAKE BACK HOME AND BROUGHT IT UP SO WE COULD SURPRISE THEM AND SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY! WE ALL STAYED UP PRETTY LATE THAT NIGHT. LOOK AT HOW MUCH SCRAPBOOKING PYPER IS GETTING DONE....SHE IS FLYING THROUGH HER PAGES...HEHEHEHE....PYPER LEFT THE HOUSE AND WENT TO A CONCERT THAT NIGHT WITH HER HUBBY AND CAME BACK LATER!HERE IS ALAINA, TRACY, AND PYPER IN THEIR SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS..GOOD TIMES AND LOT OF LAUGHS MY FRIENDS!!!THE NEXT MORNING WE ALL HIT THE TABLES AGAIN PRETTY HARD CAUSE IT WAS OUR LAST DAY THERE! I SWEAR THE TIME GOES BY SO FAST AND YOU NEVER SEEM TO GET ENOUGH DONE. KELLY IS SUCH A SWEETHEART!! SHE GOT THE WHOLE GROUP T SHIRTS THAT HAD THE YEAR AND PARK CITY ON THE FRONT AND ON THE BACK THE SAYING " WHAT THE SCRAP!" WE WERE ALL SO SURPRISED!!! HERE ARE SOME GROUP SHOTS OF OUR WHOLE GROUP! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AS USUAL. ITS AMAZING ALL THE "STUFF" US GIRLS CAN TALK ABOUT! WE HAD SO MANY GIGGLES AND GREAT CONVERSATIONS. IT JUST GOES BY SO DANG FAST! THIS IS PYPER, ALAINA, KYLEE, TRACY, CRYSTAL, AND MYSELF. I LOVE YOU GUYS! I HAVE SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF FRIENDS!!! THE WEEKEND WAS DEFINATELY A GREAT SUCCESS. WE GOT ALOT OF SCRAPBOOKING DONE. MET SOME NEW GALS THAT WE CANT WAIT TO SCRAPBOOK AGAIN WITH. DID SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE IN THE OUTLET STORES. WE ALL GOT VERY LITTLE SLEEP. AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN VERY SOON! SENDING OUT LOVE TO ALL MY SCRAPPIN BUDDIES!!! XOXO

ELK HUNTING

I AM VERY LATE GETTING THIS POSTED. I HAD PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING MY PICS FROM THE CAMERA TO THE COMPUTER. ANYWAYS, ZACH AND JEFF HEADED DOWN TO FERRIN, UTAH WITH RYAN TO GO ELK HUNTING. ZACH PASSED HIS HUNTERS SAFETY AND WAS READY FOR HIS FIRST KILL( SO TO SAY). THE WEATHER WAS VERY COLD! THEY GOT UP EARLY EVERYDAY AND ACCORDING TO ZACH THEY DID TOO MUCH HIKING.
HE CRACKS ME UP! HE TOLD ME HE WENT OUT WITH RYAN ONE AFTERNOON AND HE WAS ABOUT RUNNING TO KEEP UP WITH HIM. HE TOLD ME RYAN WAS RUNNING UP HILL OVER ROCKY CLIFFS AND WAS IN THE ZONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY CAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO PICTURE ZACH RUNNING UP STEEP TERRAIN, WITH HIS GUN, AND CURSING RYAN THE WHOLE TIME! MY MEN TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW SO MANY ELK BUT COULDNT SHOOT ANYTHING. JEFF AND ZACH HAD BULL TAGS AND THEY WERE IN A SPIKE AREA. THAT SUCKED FOR THEM!!! THEY SAID THEY HAD GREAT TIMES RIDING AROUND IN THE RHINO, EATING GREAT FOOD, AND HANGING OUT WITH GREAT FRIENDS! I AM GLAD THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN AND GOT IN SOME "MAN TIME"!!!!

St. Anthonys

LAST WEEK WE HEADED UP TO ST. ANTHONYS SAND DUNES IN IDAHO TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE WEATHER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT.THE SAND WAS A LITTLE CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOONS BUT THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS WERE GREAT.THERE WAS A BRIEF RAINSTORM THAT CAME THROUGH ON ONE OF THE DAYS THAT WE ALL HAD TO TAKE COVER. IT ONLY RAINED FOR 5-10 MINUTES ...JUST ENOUGH TO COOL EVERYTHING OFF. LATER THAT DAY WE FOUND OURSELVES IN CODY AND PYPERS TRAILER PLAYING PHASE 10. WE LAUGHED SO MUCH AND HAD A FUN TIME LISTENING TO EVERYONES FAR-FETCHED STORIES OF PAST DUNE TRIPS. ARIAH ENTERTAINED US WITH HER FUNNY FACES AND HER ADDICTION TO JEFFS HAIRY CHEST AND LEGS. SHE WAS JUST FASCINATED!!! GOOD TIMES! NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CUTE HUSBAND HAD A COUPLE TO MANY AND DID SOME POSING FOR ME BY THE RHINO. DOES HE LOOK LIKE POTENTIAL MODEL OR WHAT!??NOTICE THE EYE CONTACT WITH THE CAMERA....YA HE IS WORKING IT!I AM NOT SURE IF HE IS POSING HERE OR REALLY JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THE RHINO SO HE DOESNT FALL OVER :)
WHEN THE WEATHER STARTED GETTING TO HOT FOR US WE WOULD LOAD UP IN THE RANGERS AND RHINOS AND HEAD OFF TO THE RIVER.EVERYONE WOULD PRETTY MUCH USE THIS AS A TIME TO WASH HAIR AND COOL OFF. THE WATER WAS SOOOO COLD THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE LITTLE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GOT IN.HERES THE BOYS GOOFING OFF!LEXIE AND SIENNA WERE JUST A SHIVERING! BUT THEY MANAGED TO STAY IN AND WASH THEIR HAIR.AT LEAST WE DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A SHOWER THAT NIGHT.
HERE IS A SMALL GROUP OF OURS WASHING THEIR HAIR!
ZACH FINALLY GOT TO RIDE HIS NEW BIKE A CR250! HE WOULD TAKE OFF WITH TYLER, CODY, MARISSA , AND KELSIE FOR HOURS! I CANT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE HAS GROWN IN THE LAST YEAR. I REALLY THOUGHT THIS BIKE WAS GOING TO BE TOO BIG FOR HIM AND HE DID GREAT ON IT.YEP, THIS IS MY LITTLE BOY!!!! HE IS SUCH A NATURAL ON MOTOCYCLES. HE PRETTY MUCH WORE HIMSELF OUT RIDING OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT A HANDSOME KID!!
WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY NO ONE GOT HURT OVER THE WEEKEND. ZACH WENT FOR A RIDE WITH ALL THE GUYS IN CAMP. THEY WERE ON THERE WAY OUT TO DEVILS WHEN THE CHAIN ON MY BIKE BROKE BY CHOKE CHERRY. YEP ON MY BIKE! OF COURSE. JEFF RODE BACK TO CAMP AND WE GRABBED THE RHINO AND ENDED UP PULLING ZACH BACK. THAT WAS A LITTLE IFFY BUT OTHER THAN THAT NOTHING MAJOR. I WAS THANKFUL THE THAT PIT STOP OVER BY EAGANS LAKE HAD A MASTERLINK TO FIX THE CHAIN ON MY BIKE.
ZACH AND ALL THE OTHER OLDER KIDS WOULD TAKE THE RHINO AND RANGERS OUT FOR HOURS AS WELL. WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE RHINO. IT NEVER LETS US DOWN. WHERE EVER WE NEEDED TO GO THE RHINO WOULD GET US THERE. WE DID DO A NIGHT RIDE OVER TO THUNDER ON SUNDAY. WHAT A TRAIN WE HADE 1 RHINO, 1 T-REX, 4 RANGERS AND MANY BIKES AND QUADS. OF COURSE I FORGOT THE CAMERA! YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I HAVENT MENTIONED LEXIE. SHE WAS UP THERE BUT SHE WAS NEVER WITH US. LEXIE WOULD GET UP AND EAT BREAKFAST AND THEN SHE WAS OFF PLAYING, GOING FOR RANGER RIDES, AND HANGING OUT WITH OTHERS. WE WOULD SEE HER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT FOR DINNER AND THEN AGAIN WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR BED. SO I HAVE NO PICTURES OF HER AND I REALLY DONT KNOW EVERYTHING SHE DID. I CAN TELL YOU SHE HAD A BLAST!!! I WOULD SEE HER WAVING TO ME FROM A BACKSEAT OF A RANGER FROM TIME TO TIME. AS LONG AS SHE WAS HAVING FUN! THE DAYS WENT BY SO FAST THAT ON MONDAY I REALLY DIDNT WANT TO COME HOME. WHAT A GREAT TRIP!

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