To water park or not???

The Island Water Park...

All summer i have had an internal debate to take the kids to the water park or not. My friend Brooke asked if I wanted to go and she would help me watch the kids. I asked my mom to watch Cade so I would be at least one child short and Brooke and I would be man to man defense. We ended up having so much fun and I would totally recommend going. After the day Ella was wiped out and fell asleep in the car, it was really funny.

Ice Skating

Robert shows his skills ice skating...

So we tried to do a family outing by going to the ice rink. The place is where Robert used to live (ghetto) jk, so he showed us his mad skills. Ella tried to go but didn't last long, i mean she lasted 2 seconds and said the skates were to tight and she wanted a hot chocolate, who can blame the girl. So Clayton kept going he loved it. He fell a few times but wants to go back.

Don't ever try to find gloves in July it is impossible, they have adult gardening gloves on.

Ella two seconds of fun!!

Cade always has fun as long as there is a good bottle close by.

A Month Of Celebrations...

July= Party....

This month has been full of fun and excitement. July started off by a great fourth of july party, then I had my birthday which i will not be talking that much about. The day after my birthday we threw Cade a birthday party (a week early but i was in a wedding on his actual birthday). His party had 35 people there and we had a great bbq swim party with family and great friends. He fell asleep half way threw but he lasted longer than i thought he would. It was a great day and I can not believe he is already one.

Like I said before I was in a wedding and obviously when you say wedding of course that come with a lot of partys. I was the Matron of Honor so it was a whirlwind of fun. Last month I threw my friend Brooke a bridal shower but a few weeks ago her sister in law hosted a bachelorette fparty, then her family cameinto town and so we had another bachelorette party/ shower. it was so much fun.

So obviously there was a wedding, a big so much fun, dance all night wedding. The day started at 7 am with us getting our hair and makeup done. We took lots of pictures and then the ceremony. (Side note my friend Brooke is one of the most creative, fun loving and entertaining person i know) The reason I mention this is because for the last six months we had choreographed and practiced a whole routine for the bridal party to do at the reception, but as fun as this was it wasn't enough so Brooke decided she wanted the bridesmaids to walk into the ceremony to the song "Then he kissed her" and we did a special walk/choreographed dance down the isle. It was so much fun. The whole day was great and Brooke and her husband Raymond are so happy and I was so excited to be apart of this fun day.

4th of July Festivities!!!

Fun Fourth!!

so we had a great, fun but long fourth of july. We started out for a breakfast with our ward, the breakfast burritos were really good. Then we went straight over to my parents house where we had a bbq with my aunt and my cousins family, and we all went swimming.

My mom and I had a watermelon carving contest, of course mine won.

After Robert did snakes with the kids then the cousins left.

We then went back to the backyard and started a fire to make Smores.

Those are always good. When it got dark we did fireworks even though my kids were all scared. We had a lot of fun and it was fun to remember what fourth of july is all about.

STORY OF LOVE!!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

I want to tell a story of young love. A 16 year old and a 17 year old found eachother. Well found is stretching it. More like the girls parents went out of town and she left the house at midnight to go to a party to meet a friend and there was the sweet red headed boy that she found herself talking to. About two weeks later they saw each other again. They went to a basketball game and she drove him home, which she was not suppose to do since he lived out of her "driving boundary." They started to hang out a lot and became "boyfriend girlfriend" That year they attended her senior prom.

They had a lot of fun. The year ended and they had to part since she was going away to college and he was still in high school. The year was long and sometimes hard but they survived. That summer they got engaged, yes a 19 year old and 18 year old engaged. They decided the summer of 2000 would be a perfect time to get married. That year they were together and had as much fun as they could. That summer they were married, two 19 year olds in love and so happy.

It's been 8 years since that summer day and they are still in love and now have three beautiful children and can't wait for more years to come.

happy anniversary ROBERT!!! I love you!!!

MY B.F.F!!

BEST FRIENDS FOREVER

some of you may know that my mom and I are best friends. We are together almost everyday and she has been a huge support and friends in my life. Here are some pictures of some of the ways she helps in my life.

we are always together, shopping or whatever

she is a bicycle extremist

she is our photographer

text message queen

my spray tan professional

and best of all my nanny jk, but she does watch my kids a lot so Robert and I can go out on the town.

love ya mom, missy, marianne, mima

SUMMER SWIMMING

IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE, SO TAKE OFF....

So swimming has officially started for the summer. The weather is HOT, the pool is cool, the kids are ready to dive in. ok well they are still learning so not dive in but hang out on the steps or get in floaties. So we went to swim for the first time we had to get goggles, you know the staple of a good swim. Clayton got the cool superman goggles and Ella got the Dora the Explorer goggles, we had a lot of fun and there are many pool days ahead of us.

superman goggles

dora goggles

don't be jealous!!!

no goggles for Cade, but he is still cute