Its been so crazy around here lately always something needing to be done or someone needing attention and the list of things to do goes on!! We have been adjusting to life with a first grader the homework alone is madness and then the pressure to get her ready for her tests! I was so wrong when I thought that I had finished school..... um no I was just on a long break!! I also volunteered to be Ashlyns room mom and let me just tell you that this year will be my last!!! Collin is growing up and becoming more mischievous and a true boys boy. I can finally say that the dude is finally allowing me to breath without him being right on top of me! He is becoming such a daddy's boy and no this does not hurt my feelings at all!

Even though life gets crazy we manage to always take some time and create fun family memories.! Here are some pictures of the things we have been up to. We had Chris's Sheriffs picnic for his work that was fun for the kids and dad got to show the kids what being a part of the sheriffs department is all about! We are very proud of Chris he works so hard and is so good at his job and is going to go far in his career! We also took the first desert camping trip of the season, we had so much fun and the countdown is on for the next trip with all of our favorite peeps; and last but not least a few pics from the pumpkin patch. More Halloween pictures to come... Ashlyn has her fall festival on Friday and then trick or treating I will post pictures of what they are for Halloween soon. Love to all and we sure do miss everyone.

Family Fun!!

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to the past couple of weekends. We spent Labor Day at the Beach having fun in the sun. The weekend before that we had a b day pool party at our house and Chris took Collin down the slide and he loved it.... he kept pointing to the slide wanting to go down again!! Man my little dude is sure getting big fast. Ashlyn is such a big girl but still loves her dad to show her how everything is done. Chris enjoyed teaching Ashlyn how to dive under the waves... she will need more practice, she still hasn't got use to the Salt water we really need to spend more time at the beach!!

Well I hope all of you are doing well and your school year is off to a great start. Cant wait for all the holidays that are just around the corner.... more fun family times!! love to all.

My big girls fist day of 1st grade

Well I did it I sent my daughter out into the real world! I did it with minimal amounts of tears! She woke up super early like 6:00 am and was waking me up saying mom get up we are going to be late!!! Ashlyn insisted on getting her teacher a green apple for the first day of school, so we stopped off and got Mrs. Stone a green apple!! We got to school and she walked up to her teacher gave her the apple and a hug and told her she was so happy to be in her class!! It was super cute, she then proceeded to tell me that she was OK and that she was a big girl and that I could leave now. I put down my shades and let the tears start falling! She did give me a hug though, how kind of her to throw her old mom a bone. I stayed to see her walk into class and get some pictures, when she realized this she looked at me and said mom I said you could go.... I was very heartbroken by this statement and she walked over gave me another hug and whispered in my ear not to cry she would be a good girl and if I cried I would embarrass her!! Well needless to say she had a wonderful day and is ready to do it again tomorrow!!! Here's to my big girl having a great year.... Oh how I love my little oh excuse me big girl Ashlyn!!

I don't think Ashlyn and Haeley let go of each others hands until they had to!!! Best of friends, I am so glad that they are in the same class together!!

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!