Happy 7th Birthday my little Maddie.....

Madison had her birthday party yesterday and she wanted to go swimming like her big sister did for her birthday. So she decided to have her party at the Rec Center where the kids could all swim and go down waterslides. They had so much fun, and I just love seeing my baby have so many good friends she enjoys being around, and seeing her grow up into a beautiful being..... I just love her to pieces.

I love love love my kids....

I love love love my kids. They are all so sweet and adorable... I love them all and can't get enough of them. Just sayin'..........

End of the Summer...

It's been a very busy summer and haven't posted anything in a while. This summer was full of insane craziness, but tons of fun. We had a blast, but we're looking forward to school starting (the girls start Monday the 17th, and Chad starts Wed. the 26th). Here are a few pictures from our Arizona trip we took from July 23 - Aug 5th




My sisters.... Lori, Heather, Melissa and Me















Russ & Me

Rocky, Russ, Me, Chad, Madison and Taylor

All the cousins --- Rocky, Nicole, Colten, Chad, Mitchell, Derek, Alexa, Taylor Lauryn, Madison & Eryka.....

My mom

Lori & Len's family ---- Colten, Lori, Len, Michell, and Alexa

Melissa & Nicole

Heather & Clemente -- Derek, Lauryn & Eryka

The younger cousins --- Lauryn, Eryka, Madison, Alexa, Derek, and Taylor

The older cousins --- Colten, Nicole and Chad (we're missing Rocky and Mitchell in this picture)

Chad with Roxy ----- can't forget her..

Me with Heather and Melissa (missing Lori -- she had already gone back to Utah) at Native New York...

Before our family got there --- swimming in my mom's backyard.

Taylor with Alexa and Derek (this is a tradition picture we always take with these three sitting against the closet door in my mom's hallway --- we started taking this picture when these kids could barely sit up. I'll post them all sometime soon)

Last Day of School...

Today was Taylor & Madison's last day of school. We have alot of fun things planned for the summer so we are so excited. Chad's last day was June 4th, so he's had a month head start. I remember when I was a kid, on the last day of school it ws so cool to be able to say I was in the grade for the next school year. So Maddie is very excited to say she's in 1st grade now, and Taylor in 5th grade, and of course Chad a senior in high school (now that's INDEPENDENCE!) I love my kids, they're so fun and cute....

My new favorite thing...

OK ---- This is my new favorite thing.... I admit, I don't cook dinner nearly as much as I should. My husband is always wanting me to cook more, and sometimes with our crazy life, it's hard having something ready for dinner every night. So a girlfriend that lives in my neighborhood that works full time told me about this place. It used to be called 'My Girlfriend's Kitchen', part of a franchise. Now the franchise is no more, so they're independent, located in South Jordan. They have brunch selections, easy oven meals, crockpot meals, stovetop meals, grilled entrees, kids meals, deserts, sides, soups. They prepare them at their store and you just take them home and put them in your freezer, put them in the fridge a day or two before you want to use them, and put them in the oven (or grill or stovetop or crockpot depending on the meal). It's very simple, you just go online to the link I have listed below. You place your order (they have new meals every month), you either pick them up from their store on the date selected online, or schedule for them to deliver them to you. So easy, very yummy dinner selections and inexpensive.

http://dinnermarket.com/

Sad but very thankful for God's watching eye ...

This has been a very tramatic and difficult week for alot of incredible people. Some of our neighbors that live a few doors down the street from us, and also who happen to be really good friends of ours, had their house burn down this last week. It was last Thursday night, at about 8:45 p.m. when we all saw the smoke, and then watched in horror as the whole house went up in flames so quickly. The firefighters worked all night until about 2:30 a.m. and I'm very thankful that Tiani was able to get out of the house, and that Tiffani and her 1-1/2 year old son, Samuel were out of town in St. George for a few days, and Clark wasn't home, he was on his way home from work. I'm very sad for them that they lost their little Dog, Lizzy, who will be greatly missed, she lost her life in the fire. I want Clark & Tiffani to know how much we love them and are here for them every step of the way in recovering from their loss. And little Tiani, who is one of Taylor's best friends, I want her to know that our home is her home, she's been staying over here alot and we enjoy having her and being there for her. Also it has been amazing to see our whole neighborhood come together and the members of our church rallying to help this whole last week. There's alot of good people in this world.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS!

Here's a one of the many news clips from the sad event.
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6793356

June birthdays...

It's been a crazy month so far so I forgot to mention a few birthdays...

June 4th was my niece Natalie's birthday, she turned 10.






June 8th was one of my best girlie's birthdays ---- Lisa












June 17th is another one of my best girlie's birthdays --- Nikki












And June 17th is also Grandpa Delmer's birthday (Russ's grandpa)









My birthday was also in June (10th), but I am not going to put my picture in here because I can't find any cute ones ---- haha! I guess since it's my blog I can do that! Anyways, I love all these guys and wish them the best birthdays ever!