Baptism and Parades!

I dont know where my girls ran off to?
Cortnee with her cousins. Lauren, Cortnee, Emerson
Dawson and Claire!

The kids waiting for more loot.

Cohen scored a sucker. He had a BLAST!

This weekend was quite eventful in Syracuse. We started the day off with the Syracuse Heritage Days Parade. It was so much fun (hot) to enjoy our little community day parade. It has such the small town charm and feel which is why I love Syracuse so much. It was so fun to sit with all of our neighbors and visit with people from the ward. Hey, I even scored a Golden Coral T- shirt (yeah)! After the parade we had to get ready for my niece Cortnee's baptism. It turned out so nice and the spirit was truly felt there. I began to cry as I watched her enter the baptismal font in her white attire, what a sweet pure spirit she has. She looked beautiful and we couldn't be more proud of her. Congrats, Cortnee!! I can't believe your 8!!

Some Of My Favorite Things!

So, I have decided to post some of my

favorite things once a week. It is kinda fun to really

take a look a what you do throughout the week and

see what you did or did not enjoy doing. It

would be fun to see what all my blogger buddies

favorite things are as well:)

My favorite new art project. I am ticked

that this picture didn't turn out to well. The frames

are cream and olive green and the paper is black and cream.

I think it turned out cute and added the final touch to

our laundry room.

My new favorite desert. Fruit Pizza

Sadly, this is the damage done after one day and

what's even more sad?? I ate it all by myself:) Did

I feel guilty? NOT ONE BIT!!

My new favorite shoes for little

boys! Soooo cute!

ShOuT OuT TO mOm ANd DaD!

Mom and Dad thank you so much for making our anniversary so nice. It was so great to go out and enjoy each others company for a couple of hours without kids, we really do appreciate your thoughtfulness on taking the kids. Emmy and Claire had such a wonderful time sleeping over(that isn't anything new, if they could they would live there) enjoying grampa's bedtime stories and getting as many treats as they want. You always make it so special for them.
Mom, thanks for taking the girls shopping and out to lunch today. Those shoes and tea set you got them are killers, they wore the shoes all day long and even hosted a tea party this afternoon with the new set. Thank you so much for always spoiling them rotten. It is not even about the stuff you buy for them it is how they feel when they are with you guys(hence the phone calls they have to make to the both of you on a daily basis and the phone calls you make to them daily as well)

Thank you so much for our awesome gift as well. I cant wait to take it out this winter and put it on display. Each village collection we have has a special date as to when you gave them to me(birthdays, anniversaries, holidays) there will always be a story told as to when I received each one.

You guys are the best. Thanks for always thinking of us and our beautiful, sweet kids. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

The Naked Bobsled Man

Oh the things that keep little ones entertained. It has been so hot the last couple of days it is almost unbearable to be outside, I got the hose out and sprayed the kids and all neighbor kids off while they rode by on their bikes. Cohen dragged the sled out and was playing in it so I put a little water in it and it seriously kept him entertained until we were all ready to go in which is good because it deterred his fascination with running into the street every two minutes. This kid loves to run from the top our driveway to the street and back and will repeat this process continuously....awwwhhhh! He is all boy that is for sure. He runs to the gutters picks up rocks or basketballs as he calls them and proceeds to throw them as hard as he can into the street.

Boys will be Boys and I for sure love my little guy. He has been such a wonderful baby and is getting more and more fun the older he gets. He really is the best little guy around!!

Summer Fun!!

So, the other day my mom and I took the kids to Salt Lake just to get out of the house. We had a great time considering it was way too hot!! Our first stop was East High School. They are in the process of filming High School Musical 3 and we wanted to see if we could get any glimpse of action, unfortunately we didn't see anything exciting except for all the movie trailers parked behind the school. The kids still thought it was cool and couldn't believe Troy and Gabriella were sooo close.

Our next stop was the Gateway where we met Grampa for lunch. The kids loved seeing him and eating lunch together, he even gave them money to ride the little rides inside the food court after saying goodbye to grampa we headed down to check out the fountains....oh, boy did we have fun there and got soaking wet!! I wasn't prepared for them to get so darn wet, but with that heat and seeing how much fun they were all having how could I resist? The kids were drenched and there was nooo way they were going to ride all the way home in the car that wet, so we ran up to Gymboree where they were having some killer deals on their summer clothes. I bought the kids a new outfit everyone was dry, warm and happy....that makes for a nice quiet car ride home:)

GIRLS NIGHT!

WARNING!!!!! Images Below May Startle the Living Daylights Out of You!Emerson striking her best super model pose!
Claire looking like she was a main character in the corpse bride:)

Lauren, Emerson and Claire enjoying their late night!
Me getting my make-up done by the pro's...thanks
Lauren and Emerson, I looked BEAUTIFUL(wink wink)


Cortnee, Natalee and Audree getting hair and make-up

All of the girls in action

Claire applying make-up on Gramma...Oh, she looked pretty!

So, What do you do when your husband goes out of town? You have GIRLS NIGHT!! The girls and I invited Natalee, Cortnee, Launee, Lauren, Audree, Gramma and Codee over for a night of pampering. We had sooo much fun just hanging out as girls. We ordered Chinese food, had lots of treats and then let the little girls do the honors of doing our hair, make-up, paint our toes, massage our feet....oh, we were so spoiled and it actually felt terrific. As for the finished product I do have to say that we all looked rather scary(maybe it was good Scott was gone because if he took one look at me I think I would have been left on the spot). All in all we had such a good time and it helped pass the boredom we were facing while Scott was away. The girls also felt really cool because they got to stay up until 11:30 p.m.(those of you who know me I am a strict 8p.m. bedtime, so this was really a treat for them, and the real treat for me? They slept in until 11:19 the next day! Yeesssss!!! Thanks guys, er, I mean GIRLS for the fun night. Who is next up???

Hair or No Hair??

So, I have been going back and forth for weeks now debating if I should get extensions or not. I have never really had Long hair before(when I say long, I mean to the middle of my shoulder blades) I would be doing the beaded extensions which are suppose to be the best. they look natural, cant see them, the hair is top of the line hair, blah blah, blah. I need some honest opinions because it is such a big chunk of change to do this, if I wanted to wait and just have my hair grow on its own we are looking at years down the road. My hair grows so slow, I do have nice thick/fine hair but it just takes its own sweet time in the growing department....aargghhh:(

Please help me out and let me know what you think, and be totally honest. Long hair=instant gratification, or short hair=time+more time= it will never get there on its own.

Let me know what you all think:) Seriously, does this sound vain or what? I promise I am not being vain I just want my stinkin' hair to grow

Oh, give me thoughts on color for my hair as well.

1. leave it the summer/beach blonde that it is now

2. platinum

3. darker blonde

Another Tooth Bites the Dust...

After weeks of her front tooth dangling by threads, it is OUT!
Doesn't that gummy grin look fabulous! She is looking like such the young lady these days. Would you quit growing up so fast Emerson? I love you, even if your front teeth are M.I.A:)

Baby Lindsay

So, I came across another little heart defect baby. This special little one was born in the last week and suffers from a severe heart defect(the same as the post I did on baby Gracie) this sweet little angel will be undergoing her first open heart surgery tomorrow. Please pray for her family as you all could guess that this would be such an emotional, stressful nerve racking day for her family. Can you imagine giving your brand new infant up, and trusting these doctors with the outcome of basically her life. I know Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of these special children, and these children knew the risks, trials, pains they would face as they agreed when they chose to take a some sort of disabled body to come into this world. I am ever so grateful for their valiant little spirits and the lessons in love, faith, humility, honor, courage, selflessness that they teach me. I know that whatever agreement they made in the premortal life is one they should be so proud of.

As a little girl I had always dreamed of becoming a "baby" doctor, so maybe that is why I always feel so drawn to these sweet babies, I just wish there was some way I could save them all, just whisper in their ears that they would be okay and take whatever pain they would face in this mortal life away from them and carry their burdens and pain on my back. They are a lot stronger than what I could ever dream to be and that is why our loving Saviour gave them the trials they would be facing, because they are choice spirits and their parents should feel so PROUD!

I want to thank my special spirit sister Codee for teaching me about all of these sacrifices, promises, lessons, that she made with her Father in Heaven when she chose to be born with Autism, giving up on a "normal life" just so she could gain a body come to earth and teach us all a lesson. I love you Codee, and am so grateful you are my sister and the many wonderful things you have taught me.

Again, please offer up your prayers to Lindsay's family as they will be facing a very challenging road in the next couple of days. Her parents would love if you left them a comment on their blog showing your support for them and their family. Just click Lindsay's name on my blogger buddies..

Happy Fathers Day!!

We had such a wonderful day celebrating Fathers Day today. We started the day off by making Scott breakfast of french toast and LOTS of bacon, our daddy LOVES bacon. We then had a great day at church with uplifting talks and a beautiful music selection done by the primary children. As a mom tears welled up in my eyes and then tears of joy streamed down my face to see my beautiful daughters stand in front of the audience and sing about their dad. They were so proud to be up there singing their little hearts out and their dad was pretty proud too!

After church we opened Scotts gifts and then headed to the park for a picnic with my dad and mom, sisters and all of their families. We had a fun little picnic, played football, talked, sang, opened more gifts(thanks mom and dad for thinking of Scott and giving him a gift as gratitude for him on being such a wonderful, dad,husband, and son-in-law)

We stayed at the park for a couple of hours, the weather couldnt have been nicer and finished our day there by stuffing our faces with Marie Calendar Pies....Yum-o!!

Thanks to my wonderful husband for being such a great example to me and our kids. Scott you were born to be a dad and we couldnt be more grateful for all the things you do for us as a family. Thank you for taking care of us, making each of us feel special and loved daily, you really are the light of our lives...We Love You!

Thanks Emerson for taking our picture, you did a great job, even if I do look like a drunken soldier:)

Trying to get a descent picture of daddy and kids before church. Can I just say...argghhh! This is always such a fun task, I mean look at everyones faces and hair, its enough to make a mother quiver. Oh, well at least we got a picture and I do have to say, I love my little family!

Happy Fathers day to my wonderful dad. I love you so much and I am so grateful for all that you have done and taught me throughout my life. You are such a wonderful dad and even better grandpa, my kids eyes just light up when you are around and they love you so much. Thanks for all the things you do for me and my family, we love you so much! Have a wonderful day dad-e-o!

Can you guess what our dad got for fathers day?

A new grill. This thing is awesome, it has infra-red cooking, built in temp control themometor for meat cooking, a griddle, rottisierrie, I mean the thing basically barbeques for you. We are ready to do some serious backyard bbq's....Welcome Summer! He also got an outdoor fire pit so we can roast marshmellows, hotdogs, or just sit and relax by a small outdoor fire right in our backyard.

Summer means.....POPSICLES!!

We love summer because that means LOTS of Popsicles at our house. Cohen thinks he is such a big boy eating one, even though his hand is frozen to the point where it is bright red from the Popsicle resting on his hand. There is no way to help him out since he has a death grip on those babies. Here he is enjoying one after a LONG day outside and getting sprayed by the hose. He is so Yummy I want to Eat him UP!!

I Love Sunday's

The first part of the day we spent at Randy and Stephanies where we enjoyed a yummy dinner I made and the beautiful weather, followed by the kids playing on the swings.

The second part of the day we enjoyed morea yummy food made by grandpa. We celebrated my nieces birthday, feed horses behind grandma and grandpas house, and finished the day by eating yummy Marie Calendar Pies! Thanks everyone, we had a WONDERFUL day!!

Our Saturday Project

Last weekend we put the finishing touches on our yard. The job was to unload and place 3 yards of dark woodchips around the yard. I was proud of the girls, they put their gloves on and got to work. We had a great time as a family working together and it was nice to see the finished project at the end of the day.

Scott, you have done an amazing job on the yard, it looks absolutly BEAUTIFUL.

Anyone up for BBQ??

In Need Of A Keepsake Gift?

My sister in law is having her fifth baby this week. What do you get someone who has 5 kids? I mean by the time number 5 rolls around clothes are plentiful, toys...if you see another one you might want to puke, oh what to give?? There is a lady in California who makes these beautiful keepsake quilts, you just tell her the colors and theme you are going for and she picks all the fabrics(she even emails you with the colors/fabrics she has chosen) and has them done in a matter of weeks. You dont need to just do these for baby gifts, she will custom design any quilt, size and color.

If anyone is in need of a great gift contact me and I will give you her info! Happy Gifting!!

**********GOOD LUCK ON THURS/FRI CHELON*************************

A Niece On the Way!

(Chelon, this was the only photo I had of just you:)

So my cute sis-in-law Chelon, who lives in Texas just called
me with some happy news...she is having her baby girl next
Thursday! Yeah!! I am so very excited for her and her family,
and almost a little jealous if I do say so myself....there is nothing
better than a new baby in a home.

Chelon, you will do great! I mean this is your fifth kid and all, so by
now you are a pro at this child birth stuff. I wish I were closer
so I could help out with kids, dinners, wash, etc....Hopefully,
I will get to see this sweet angel sooner than later.

Good luck, We love you and cant wait to welcome
another niece to our family!!