River Vacation/ Happy 4th of July

Okay so life has finally slowed down a little so that I can update you all on what a wonderful vacation we got to take... a special thanks to the Parkers for sharing it with us!!! We love the river!! we had lots and lots of fun on our week long river adventure, here is just a few pictures of all the fun we had!!! We cant wait to do it again. I just have to stay the camp site we stayed at was the River Lodge Resort but it should have been called the Donkey River lodge cause the wild donkeys were all over the place and the kids loved to feed them, and at night the donkeys loved to mate and make lots of noise doing it! he he good thing the kids were in bed!!

Megan and I were so lucky that our men like to cook and that they are sooo good at the dutch oven because the chicken and the desserts were soooo yummy thanks to our wonderful dudes!!

We had such a fun 4th of July the we went into town and had dinner and then we went to the fire works.... let me just say the best show ever.... it could of been our awesome seats!!!

Chris and Ashlyn had a blast riding the tube together and so did Megan and I!!!

I cant tell you all enough how much I enjoyed spending time with my family and our great friends it was so rejuvenating and my hubby got to spend his favorite holiday his favorite way.! Its times like these that make me take a step back and realize just how awesome I have it hear in this thing called life, I have a great dude and great kids and wonderful friends, here is to many more fun filled memories and good times!! love to all I did miss family as well but am glad to have friends who make living far from my mother and sisters not so sad!

Let the Summer Begin!

So me and my gal pals, he he.... seriously now me and the girls took our kids to the Wild Animal Park last week. We all had a great time and the kids did so good they only had one melt down and little baby Logan was so good! My little dude was even good and for those of you who know my little dude are amazed right now... ha ha he really is a handful but we love him anyway and his personality! Collin loved seeing all the animals it was cool to see his face and the look of what the hell is that thing! I love seeing him grow and experience life! Ashlyn loves animals and being with her friends so it was a perfect day for her and it was a beautiful hot day! We meaning the mothers forgot to bring their swim gear but it didn't matter they got wet anyway and dried with in no time out in the sun! I miss my sisters and wish we lived closer so that we could do days like these but that being said I am such a lucky girl to have found such a great family of friends who I wouldn't trade for the world they are truly my sisters just as much as my blood ones who I love dearly as well! Thanks Kyla and Megan for such a great day!







This next week we are off to the river for the 4th of July and Chris's Birthday!!! We are going to have sooo much fun with our friends the Parkers we will be gone for 8 to 10 days so hopefully we will have lots and lots of fun pictures to share so stay tuned!!

Lots to update!

Okay so first things first Chris and I celebrated 9 years of marriage!!! Our life is full of craziness but at least we have each other to make the craziness fun craziness! I love Chris and the family that we built together!! Here is to another 9 years and many more!! Who knows what lies in store for us we are two of a crazy kind! he he

Well summer is finally Here and my little Ashlyn has graduated from Kindergarten to first grade and oh man did I think letting her go to kindergarten was hard, oh let the tears begin! For most of you who know me you find the sappiness a little odd because I am not one of those kinds of mothers I like when they get independence, it makes my life a little easier, but man I don't know how I am going to be without my Ashlyn all day I know in theory its a great idea one down one to go but the pain in my heart is very weird to me! I know my little princess is outgoing and easily makes friends and by no means is she a follower but I cant help but feel a bit protective... I don't want anyone to hurt her and I want her to know how much I love her!!! so with that being said I find her going to first grade a hurdle of hurt waiting in the mist for me. She on the other hand is so excited for school lunch and being a big kid!! We shall see!

So here are a few pictures of my Princess graduating from Kindergarten, way to go Ashlyn, you are so smart and beautiful and me and your dad love you so much and are proud to be your parents!

So next Chris took Ashlyn on a Daddy daughter outing, those two have so much fun together! Chris to Ashlyn to an Angles game, they had so much fun and didn't get home until very late Ashlyn felt so special!

Well just as everything was settling Collin got very sick!!! My little dude got gastroenteritis, its a nasty virus and can be very serious! Collin was throwing up and diareah for 5 days my little dude had to get a IV because he got so dehydrated! My poor baby but all is well and he is back to being my little monster!

And finally Happy Fathers day daddy! We are so glad that you are ours we couldn't of asked for a better dad, you do a great job at loving us and we sure do love you!

Well there you have it, that's what we have been up to as of late. I am going to try and keep you all up to date this summer because we have a lot of fun stuff going on and hopefully some fun and cute pictures to share. Stay tuned for some pictures of Chris's new Harley!!!

Okay so its been a long time since my last post so I thought I would update you all!

Well first things first Me and my kids went to Utah and Idaho for Spring Break and Easter. We spent two weeks with my family, we missed Chris but it was nice to see everyone! While we were there Collin got his very first haircut!!! Oh how time has just flown by, he is a big boy now! Collin also got weaned from nursing!! Yeah for momma and so sad for little dude, its been like three weeks almost 4 and he still will ask every once in a while...:( poor boy!

I got to spend some time with two of my sisters, oh how we missed you jenny! Meagon, Amber and I had a lot of fun taking the kids around to the falls and taking pictures and just being together! I also got to spend some good time with my parents, oh how I love just being around my mom and dad and the kids just adore them. Even though Collin took a while to warm up to my mom he finally did and then he couldn't stop giving her loves!

Easter was a blast Collin didn't know what the heck to think, he was so funny all he knew was that the stuff in the eggs you could eat so he didn't bother taking the wrapper off of it! Ashlyn loved hunting for eggs with her cousins and the Easter bunny was very good to her and Collin both!

Well we loved visiting Family and had a great time. Love you guys!

Ashlyn loved the trapoline, she went crazy on that thing!

Spring Fever

Well there has been lots going on around here to keep me super busy! There is always some kind of activity going on when you have young kiddos!!

St. Patricks day was a busy day but we had a blast.... we had a pot luck at the park and the weather was perfect. We even went home to have our very first swim day of the season!!

Spring break is just around the corner and me and the kids are going to go to Utah and Idaho to visit my family!! so I will have lots of pictures to update in a couple of weeks. For now here are some pictures of the kids playing at the park.

Chris and the kids always have wrestle time in the evening its too cute here are some pictures of wrestle time with daddy..

Collins 1st Birthday!!

So my little dude isn't so little anymore!! Colltin turned 1 on February 19th and we had a party with all of our friends on Saturday!! I cant believe that my little dude is already 1.... man where has the time gone, I can remember when I was big and pregnant and thinking I would be that way forever and now he is 1! So here is to my precious little dude growing up, Happy birthday Collin we love you!!







My little dude was so polite eating his very first birthday cake! He is so stinking cute!

Okay Ashlyn decided to just starting scraping the frosting off with her fingers so it looks like I didn't even finish it, but that being said it still is a pretty sorry excuse for a decorating job.! yes the frosting turned out pink.... it was supposed to be red! The cake tasted good but it didn't look so good.




Collin loves his lawn mower toy! Look my little dude is walking!

My awesome Valentine!

okay so its been a long time since my last post so here is a little update.... anyone who knows me knows that I am a shoe fanatic, and that is putting it mildly. I love shoes of all kinds as long as they are very pretty! With that being said our family does a lot of outdoor activities and when we are out in the dessert even though its low key and fashion really isn't top priority out there it is to me along with comfort and warmth. So for my valentines day present my hubby bought me some uggs! yes I did say uggs.!! Now I know you all know what they are they are boots very warm comfortable and very expensive boots! My hubby is all about imitation brands so that I don't make him broke! Well most of you know that when it comes to my shoes I do not penny pinch.....! Well my wonderful husband took me to the store and let me pick out the news style of uggs out..... he rocks!!! I know I know shoes do it for me they make me happy! They are very pretty and super comfy! I love you Chris Durham!

Well I had to give a shout out to my hubby. Ashlyn and Collin had a pretty good valentines day as well, we spent the day playing the wii and eating good food and just enjoying each others company. I love my family and am so thankful for my husband and my kids I really do have it pretty good even without the boots but don't tell my husband you cant have your cake and eat it too!

Hope you all had a great Valentines Day. I will post some pictures soon! XOXOXO