24th weekend

Well the weekend is over and its back to work, but I had a pretty good weekend, Friday we went to the Rodeo, and we got to take my cute little niece Millie. Tony was so excited to take her, (for some reason he tries really hard to get her to pay attention to him) so he insisted we go buy her a pink cowboy hat, we did, although I am not to sure if she liked the hat or not she was a good sport and wore it to make him happy. Saturday morning we all got up and headed down to the parade Kelsey and my nephew were in the parade this year so we went with my sis-in law, and her family, Amanda and Mandy came as well. After the parade we headed out to the lake with Mandy,Tina, Steven, and the kids, Kayden didnt want to go he doesnt really love boating like we do. Sunday I got to take my bestie to a movie and then we went to Mi Ranchito (one of my favs) to get a bite to eat. Overall a pretty good time!

Big Rock reunion

This past weekend after our big waste of time fundraiser, we headed up to Huntington Canyon to see some of our family for our annual reunion at Big Rock. I am really not a camper, but had every intention of doing it this year, we had made arrangements with my Dad to bring a tent that we all could sleep in. Once we got there we realized the tent was NOT big enough for all of us and Tony and I were going to sleep in the back of the truck. As Tony started to fill up the air mattress, the rain started coming down, I was determined to camp, but not that determined, so alas I ended up doing the very thing everyone expected me to and drove down to the house in Spring Glenn to sleep, out of the rain. I took my super cute little niece Millie with me since her Mom and Dad were gone I wanted her to feel safe and wasn't sure how the thunder and lightning would be for her if she was in a tent. The next morning bright and early we headed back to camp to make breakfast for the crew before everyone headed home. We had a good time we visited with family and friends and still I am not a camper.

I am a big softy

I have been thinking a lot, I do that once in a while, and I have been thinking about this one person in my life I truly find AMAZING! She is smart, funny, talented, patient, kind, understanding, loving, and most of all beautiful!
I admire, love, miss, and adore her. Although, I am not good at finding these words when it is time to tell her. I am not good at giving compliments, not even just a "good job", or a "congratulations", I have never been able to just tell people how I feel when it comes to the mushy stuff. (only the not so mushy stuff)
So although I may never be able to tell her how I feel, how much I love her, how much I truly look up to her. I wanted to write it down, so I will never forget, she is a wonderful Mother, Sister, aunt, friend, cousin, daughter, granddaughter and person all around. I am truly blessed to have her in my life and hope one day I can tell her that just thinking of her can bring a tear to my eye.

SO we meet again

I have not updated in forever seems like my life just gets more and more busy and the kids get older. Right now we have Kelsey playing softball, and doing drill, I am the drill Mom which keeps me very busy planning fund raisers, and making sure the girls have water, snacks, and moral support. Kayden is playing baseball and his team is doing very well, they have only lost to one team, they lost to them twice with the exact same ending score 4-3, that was a bummer for the boys.
For Easter we went to St George and and a great time, we also spent a day in Vegas walking around. For Memorial day we out to Mesquite and spent a day in Vegas, the weather was wonderful much better than back home and we loved every minute of laying by the pool.
Fathers day is just around the corner and we are doing our first team fundraiser that morning having a yard sale for the girls should be interesting. Jordan will be coming out the end of June and staying for the 4th of July weekend and we are all looking forward to that. As soon as I can get my pictures on a disk I will be sure to update them.
Also we got Kelsey a car my super little brother gave us a great deal on his Jetta and now we just need to teach her how to drive stick. I will let you know how that goes.

So, my house is finally almost put back together, after the kitchen flooded(thanks Gidget) we were able to get all new flooring in the Kitchen, dinning room, living room, and family room. We did hardwood in the family room and living room, also down the hall, and tile in the kitchen WOW what a job, my cute husband did all the work (little help from friends). It took about two weeks to get it all done, but it turned out great! He never knew he had it in him (me either). I am very proud of him and all he has learned d to do, thanks everyone for NOT helping us, he has been able to learn and I am glad.
Thanks for helping Curty you are a great friend who has always been there!

Christmas

Well here it comes, the holiday we all look forward to coming... and going... I am excited for Christmas but not the headache that comes with it! I am done shopping, almost done wrapping, not doing any baking, and found our family to help this year already got it delivered. I am not really sure were the dread is coming from? I was super excited but with the split down the middle of my family tree I am in total disarray. I know it will all work out, I know I should have faith, love and all of those things but have you ever met my family? Why o why cant we all just get along?

Thanksgiving!

Well we made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas is approaching very quickly. We were super busy during our Thanksgiving break, we got our family pictures taken, made gingerbread houses, went mini golfing, bowling, to the Sand Dunes, Pirate Island Pizza, movies, shopping and spent some time with family.
Loved having the kids home for a few days and loved being able to hang out!
We stayed home for Thanksgiving for the first time ever and sadly I am thinking it might be the way it is from now on. Both sides of my Family had some drama and I am so glad I was not there to watch either side fall apart even more. I am so sad this holiday season, watching the people I love grow further apart from each other and slipping out of my reach at the same time. I love my family all of it, even the parts that are not related by blood, but the hurt of knowing that I cannot hang on any more has me almost willing to give it all up!