I may not...

I may not post anything for a while! My Ulcerative Colitis is really thrashing me right now! Thanks to genetics !! Hope fully I will be feeling better soon and back to normal! (what ever that is? HeHe:)

More fun in the pool:)

Monday was fun for me and the kids! Amanda and I got to talk and then go swimming with the kids! Kade and Carter were having a blast; They did the Funkadilly and the whirly whirl dives into the pool! It was great to see her and the kids ! REALLY GLAD that she moved back:)

Our Friday Fun:)

After the Friday movie we invited Lightning to come over and play. The kids had fun playing in the pool. Brock and Lightning had fun seeing what kind of dives they could do and who would make the biggest splash! It was fun to see Kade go off the diving board for the First time! He got into the action and was seeing all the different ways he could dive too! Kade was cracking me up! It was cute to see him dive with his floaties and goggles on!

Just because...

After looking on the blog of Crazymamaof6, I remembered I had done a LO of Kade when he was little playing with water and mud. I had nothing better to do so I posted this lo of him!

credits: Flergsdirtypapers

just for fun.

I needed something to do to relax so I did some scrapping!

These are pictures of my dad as he was leaving for his mission.

credits: Brittish designs

Meet Spirit:)

This is Spirt! She maybe the newest member of our Family!
We have a wonderful opportunity to get this horse. The previous owner could not keep her, and was given back to the breeder.


The kids fell in love with her and I think Spirit fell in love with the kids. We walked away and she looked so sad that we had to go back and give her some love.



Kade was fascinated by Weatherby the baby horse. Kade got sneezed on and his shirt chewed on by this horse. It was fun to see my kids with the horses.


This is a picture of the mother getting the kids attention. There were other horses there and it was funny to see how each of them has their own personalities. There was one that knows how to get out of his corral ( he unlocked his gate while we were there), one that was making all kinds of noises so that he would get the attention, and one that was really shy.

It was a fun morning and my kids really love the idea of having a horse, But we will see what happens once the reality of it settles in!

Happenings on the Fourth!

We started out the Fourth by Brock and Kirt getting up at 5:30 am and heading out to do Scout Flags. ( A little early for me)

Then we had to be to the church by 6:30 am to make it to our stakes flag raising and breakfast. There was a ton of yummy food, like french toast, breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy and I cant forget the Krispy Kream Doughnuts.

We met my sister and her fam at the Friday movie! I had never seen the movie, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and I thought it was really cute!

We came home and stayed the rest of the day inside. I made a wooden sign that said stars and stripes, while the kids swam.

The kids stencil-painted white tee shirts for fun.

During the fireworks the kids and Kirt got on the roof and watched. Because I have a fear of heights, I stayed inside and watched fireworks on TV.

I think we had a pretty good day even though I was a little disappointed that we did not get to go to Coolidge to see the fireworks with friends. Maybe next year!!!

I hope you all had a Fabulous Fourth:)

Warnings and Goodbyes!

DO NOT FALL ASLEEP DURING FAMILY HOME EVENING!! At our house if you fall asleep during FHE you might get embarrassing pictures taken. Brock fell asleep and we were able to get some pretty funny pics and of Elder Dargel and Elder Stoker torturing Brock!


Monday night was also Elder Dargel's last night in our area. Transfers were on Tuesday! It is fun to get to know the Elders and sad when they go! We are so blessed to be able to have them in our home!

Excuses, Excuses!!

My kids always come up with some imaginative excuses for not wanting to do their chores! Todays excuse is a good one. I never thought I would hear from my kids mouth "but MOM I have to read my Scriptures first!!!" Brock gave this excuse this morning and how could I argue with it? So I let him go read his scriptures and then he had to come do his chores! Wow! maybe I am doing something right afterall!