Penny Off to FSY!

Day1: Penny and Maddie off to FSY!!! There's she goes!! Off for a week! Left a piece oy my heart at the UNLV campus! lol Saying our goodbyes for a whole wk! lol Oh how we are going to miss our lucky Penny around here! Penny absolutely had the time of her life last year at FSY at UNLV and planned to go this year with her bestie cousin Maddie! These 2 are the best of friends! Can't believe from planning the week and getting all registered together here we are dropping them off! Time flies! The exciting part about going on this wk she had found out her Washington Bestie that visits every summer was coming on her wk to FSY and her bff cousin Mav!! All lined up on the same wk without even planning it! Crazy right! I love it for these kids! Penny was so excited!! We stopped and fed the girls their "last supper" lol at the new Costa Vida! It was delicious! I say "last supper" because Penny said the food was not very good last year when she went so we packed extra snacks and fed her good before dropping her off! 

Day 1: All checked in and finding her dorm! We did a quick rearrange to their room! lol and got them all settled! Love that Lauren and I drove down together to get them all dropped off and settled in! We even had to take dorm pics too! Just like out girls! hahaha I love the friendship and bond Lauren and I have and here all these years later our girls have the same bond and connection! Couldn't have asked for a better bestie for Penny! We love beautiful Maddie!

Day 1: Love the fit check!!! They got changed into their FSY tees and met their company! Penny finally found bff cousin Mav!!! They realized they didn't have the same food wrist band or the same company so they didn't see each other a whole lot but when they did Penny would send me a pic! lol 

Day 2: Fit check!! Devotionals and classes! and then another fit change to go to the opening dance!

Day 2: Dance kick off! Look at the friends she has already made! Love my social butterfly! Remember my old digital camera she discovered while de-junking the play room! Well she got it up and running and took it with her!! Just look at the fun she's having with that old vintage piece! lol It still takes dang good pics too! I love this for her! My mini picture queen! 

Day 3: These 2 cuties started every morning with a fit check to me and Lauren! We loved it! It was the highlight of our morning! They were up early and off to morning devotional everyday! Packed full day of fun! She is loving her new friend group it was just growing with friends! She even reconnected with a few kids that she met last year at FSY! How cool is that! Landed on the same wk yet again! Fate bringing them back together! lol

Day 4: Fit check! This was church attire day! Each day jammed packed! They kept these kids busy!! Penny is building deeper connections with Christ and building new connections with friends! Her testimony is getting stronger! Her lover for her Savior is growing deeper! Her friend group is growing bigger! She is having the time of her life! This is what FSY is all about!!

Day 5: Las full day! Got our fit check too! The week has flown by! She literally has had the best wk ever! So many amazing things have gone on this wk for her! Spiritually and socially! She had fit change as she headed off to the dance! 

Day 5: Final Dance! Last hang out together! Oh man did they ever pull out that old vintage digital camera this night! I'm pretty sure there was no dancing and all posing and picture taking! hahaha I absolutely love the pics!! 

Day 5: More flix from the last dance! Capturing their memories together! 

Day 5: Oh and one more collage of dance pics! Such fun pics! 

Day 6: One last fit check!! The FSY wk is over! I get my #1 girl back!! Oh how we missed her so much around here! Our wk was quiet and boring with out her around! lol I realized this wk I for sure can't live with out my best friend! She is the life of the party and keeps me on the go! I love it!! She had an amazing wk at FSY and was sad it ended! She can't wait to go again next year and is hoping her wk will land on the same wk again as her amazing friends! So many memories jammed packed in 1 amazing FSY wk! Wahoo! Now that's a wrap! Love my girl and so happy she's back home!

 

June Wk 4- Summer Fun Wk 5!!!

Another amazing wk has gone by so fast! Here is the weekly recap for June wk 4- Summer wk 5!! Man was it a busy one!!! We are starting the recap with Cashy! He has had so much fun this summer with the neighbor besties! They literally house hop, community hop and chill! He is living his best life! Love this boy of mine! 

Another highlight this wk was when Cashy bought his PS5! He has been saving his money to buy this console! He even sold his Xbox one to get more money to put towards the PS5! He was so proud of himself! Hard work earning and saving money for an 11yr old! lol SO proud of him! Penny and the girls doing nails! They spend hrs doing the nails! lol Yapping and facetiming their gang along with nails! lol Then my big girl was off to FSY with her besties!! I'm doing a separate post just for FSY!! That's up next! :) Even Surprised Baddie Owen with smoothies for him and the gang after football practiced!  I was in the area and thought that would be fun to surprise him! He loved it! Love brightening peoples day! :)

Piper!! She's been busy having fun too! She had become a little cook too! She can make eggs all by herself! Good job Pipes! She has has so much fun with the neighbors too! Lot's of Roblox! Cheer! and Tumbling! Just love my little bestie!

Church!! I love my stake primary ladies! We put on a bunco night for all our ward primary presidencies! The winning prizes were our favorite things! We had each lady bring a favorite thing! The table was packed with goodies! We had light bites for food which were delicious! We had an amazing turn out! We got to know so many awesome ladies in our stake too! It was such a blast playing Bunco with these sisters! We have got to do this again!

The highlight of our wk was going to see Auntie Eryka and cousins in Utah!! Just a quick little trip but so fun to change up the fun around here! Get out of town and play! Plus I was down a child since Penny was at FSY! So this was so fun to take my littles up to cousin time!! We headed up mid wk and stayed 1 night and 2 full days! It was 2 full days of jammed pack fun!! We ate good food! Laughed and talked until 2:30 am! Love seeing my sister it was so  good for my heart and soul! lol

Making apples! I think I ate more then actually making them! lol Love her apples so much! So delicious! Can't help myself! Had to try them all! lol

We absolulty packed in all the fun! We hit up the Claw Vault first!!! This was our first time here and man did we have fun! The whole place is claw machines! You can trade your winnings in for bigger prizes! Cash and Hayes were set on getting the giant Bananas! haha!We put all our winnings together between all the kids and scored big!! We got those Giant Bananas! So freakn funny! So much fun!

Next up Lazer Mania! This is a staple fun place to go!! Arcade central! lol Half the kids did a 4D Ride and the other half of the kids did Glow Mini Golf! Then it was time to Win those tickets in the Arcade! We all had a blast!! Then the next day we went to Confetti Kids! It was an indoor play place with tons of slides and rocking climbing! The fun never stopped and we all had a blast!!

Ate again before we got on the road!!! lol and then visited my fave cousin Angela and Uncle Jim! They stocked my car up with fresh farm veggies and fruits! Yum!!! So spoiled!! They know how to take care of us Vegas folks! lol Cash was also dying to try his cousins Ethan's surron! Ethan is selling it and this is all Cash wants for his birthday coming up! So we shall see! Cash is a natural on the fast moving bikes! Makes mama nervous but he's got it!! Right??? lol Then we hit the road to come home! We are already planning our next quick trip before summer ends to get back up there! Thanks Auntie for having us! We had a blast and never want the fun to end!

Missing Penny all wk long since she's been off to FSY and a Cash was talking about how much he missed his big sister we looked down and saw a Penny on the road! Awe!!! We love our Lucky Penny! Late nights and kids sleeping in half the day away! I woke up to our backyard toilet papered! Ugh dummies we have cameras and know who your!! Please stay away! Toilet paper is very damaging to pool equipment! Just saying! Anyhow we missed our Honz and Ruby while we were up away in Utah playing! Honz had to snap a pic of the 2 of them sleeping in our bed! She is completely up on my pillow! lol Missing mommy! lol Why are fur babies the best!!! and Piper with her tumbling Coach Paige! She's the best!

As soon as we hit back to our town our bestie neighbors have family in town and when they are in town we Play!! We had lunch and went to the movies!! How to Train a Dragon Live action was amazing! So good! It's a must see! Love these kids! Love this family! They include us along as if we are their family and it's just the best!! 

Shopping with our bestie neighbors! and look who we have back! Penny!!! Yayyyy! So of course she had to see Baddie Owen immediately! lol Love having Mav hang with us too! All day and all night fun!! Love our summer adventures with our bestie neighbors!

Now that gets us to..... Sunday Fun-day!!! What a wk! We have been moving and shaking over her and having a blast!! Another weekly recap in the books...June wk 4- Summer Fun wk 5!! Wahoo! That's a wrap! 

 

June Wk 3- Summer Fun Wk 4!!

How are we a month into summer!! Holy Moly!! Here's the weekly recap for June wk 3- Summer wk 4!! Of course we start off every week at our friends pool!!! Weekly pool fun at the Mott's! This wks theme "Chicken flights and Chicken Fights!" We each brought some sort of of chicken wing, nugget or tenders! We had all the favorite stops! Canes! Chick-fil-a! and Mcdonald's! The kids were in heaven! We ate good and played hard!! So much fun in the sun!

So many great pics! We love our weekly pool party fun with our besties!

Got this boy busy this summer in his sports! Still playing his weekly golf and now in the gym training with his amazing coach 3 times a wk balling! He works hard! Love his dedication to his sports! 

All the hanging out! From pool side with the teens.... to gaming with the tweens...to Barbie's with the littles these cuties are doing it all!! I literally love having a house full of kids all all ages having fun!!

This little one has the busiest social game! lol She did a couple days of just the girls and then the evenings with the boys! She's always living her best life!

We also got our fabulous amazing new giant lounge couches for our movie/play room! It my previous post you will find that we have been de-junking and work hard back in this room! Well it's coming together!! These new comfy couches are an absolute hit! The kids are loving it! We also had our Eddies at 11 this wk with my brother!! And Penny and Maddie shopped for their snacks for FSY!! They are rooming together and so excited! 

My littles are 2 peas in a pod!! They are usually playing and laughing together or fighting together! lol They are the best of friends! Love them so much! 

While cleaning out the back room Penny came across my old digital camera and found one of daddy's too! She has been having so much fun! Love coming across the pics she takes! Love my best friend! I'm her uber and she has me on the go! Love when we snap a selfie together! Another highlight for Penny is tanning and reading! Love my little teenager! She's the absolute best! 

Cash and Piper having a blast too!!! Bouncing from house to house....from one hang out to the next! Honz also started working on our fire pit! Little by little we are getting projects done! Yayyyy! 

Bridget is here! Yayyyyy! My bestie from Washington Kaili's daughter!! She arrived to Vegas and we were ready to party! We hit the town running! lol Bridget brought her cute friend Avery with her down from Washington too! Penny has been waiting for their arrival all wk! Frist stop Shopping!!! Fashion show mall! Tj Max! Marshall's! and then thrifting! lol We played hard all day!

Then they were off to the church dance! These pics are all from Penny's camera she found cleaning our back room! My old digital camera! She is having a blast with this vintage old thing! hahaha! Look at these fun pics! Love getting these gems of pics from her! As you can see she had a blast at the dance with all her amazing fun friends!

Can't end the weekly recap with out a Sunday Fun-day pic! Yayyyy! The wks go fast around here! Wrapping this June wk 3- Summer wk 4 up!!! It's been another memorable wk! 

 

Happy Father's Day to the Very Best!!!

To the one that makes our world go round and round!! To our most favorite man!!! Happy Father's Day to the man that loves our kids fiercely, leads our family with strength making everything possible, and also making everyday moments something to treasure. Whether you're cooking us delicious food, teasing us like none other or popping zits-You are the heart of our home! You're our family hero! !! You're our rock! You're our glue that holds us together! You teach our kids what it means to walk in faith, love like Christ and live with purpose! Your sacrifices and constant love doesn't go unnoticed! Watching you be the best dad to our 3 babies is one of the greatest blessings of my life! We love you more than words can ever say! Our kids are the luckiest to have you as their dad!!! 

Sunday Fun-day Father's day edition! haha Piper is still in the primary and the primary sang in church to all the amazing dads! She did great! Cutest little Father's day song! Cashy passed us the sacrament and that's always a highlight especially on Father's Day! Daddy was so proud of his boy! We even snagged a quick pic with our neighbor Dude! He is such a great example of being an amazing father and gpa! We love you Dude!

We love our daddy so much! We love to spoil him too! The kids each made him a card or 2! Penny even went to a pottery place and made him a plate! Designed, drew, and painted a golf scene! It was so awesome! Penny also made him his favorite dessert! Fruit Pizza! Daddy sure felt all the love and had the best day! Oh how we love you so much! Thanks for being our everything! We are the luckiest to have you in our life!

 

Cash's 1st YM Camp!

The time has come!! My boy was off to his very 1st YW youth camp!!! Wahoo! Can't believe he is old enough to go! I just remember when it was Penny's first girls camp! Well his first ym camp was a tough one! This was going to be a big challenge for him and mama was a bit nervous to send him off! Cash had to backpack everything he needed for 4 days! The hike was 3 miles in carrying his bag that weighed 30lbs! It was as big as him!!! I was so worried for him and you could tell when we wee packing him up and dropping off hi giant bag he was getting nervous! He kept saying "I'm cooked!" lol Poor thing! He was definitely getting in his head!

He was off bright and early! Daddy rode with him to Cedar! The youth all did a temple morning! Then Honz got them all pizza before sending them off to the mountain to hike into camp! So proud of both my boys!! Daddy wanted to be apart of the whole camp with Cash but just couldn't do it with out having cell service for work purposes! So he drove to Cedar and then came back home to work! 

Cashy loves going to the Temple! He had the best morning kicking off camp! Pizza at the park! Then off to hike into camp! What a great group if YM and Leaders!

He made it!!!! Yayyyy! When I received my first photo that Cashy made it I was so relieved! Wahoo! So proud of my strong boy! He is determined! When he gets in the right mind set he can conquer anything! They were broken into to different groups called tribes! Each group had to name their tribe! Cash named his tribe "Tough Nuts!" hahahaha That sounds about right coming from him! lol He bonded with these boys! He bonded with his leaders! He had his highs and had his lows! He made so many memories! He will never forget his1st ym camp that's for sure! He had so many stories to tell us! Loved all of them! Loved hearing what the leaders had to say about my Cashy too! Nothing but great things! They were so proud of him! I am so proud of my boy! 

He left a boy and came back a man! lol Cashy is home!! Yayyyy! We were all so excited to see him! Man it was quiet around the house with out him! He definitly keeps the laughter and fun going around the house! lol So we were all ready to have our sunshine home! All he wanted was CANES for food too! lol He ate bagged meals for 4 days and really only ate one of those bagged meals and lived off oatmeal and raw ramen! lol So he was ready for his Canes! hahaha! Oh and did I mention he had to filter his own water before drinking it! and he had to pack in his own cooker to cook all his food! Wow!! Tough living! Living off the grid! lol Love my boy! So proud of him! He was challenged and 100% accomplished it! He's one tough strong boy! He said he can't wait for his next ym camp! :) He had a blast!  Thanks to all the amazing leaders and dads that put the camp together and left their busy lives to be with these youth! Cash will never forget his 1st ym camp that's for sure!

 

June Wk 2- Summer Fun Wk 3!!

Another week into summer here we goooooo! Here is the weekly recap for June wk 3- Summer wk 2!! Bring a "Dip" and take a "Dip"!!! The Mott's weekly swim day!! We kicked off the summer fun at Andrea's pool! She does a wkly pool gathering with the cutest themes! This was our 1st wk getting together! We had a blast! This is Cashy's bestie Janie's house! So the weekly pool gatherings are a must! So much fun! Yummy "dips"!! and it was a perfect day to take a "dip"!!

So many great pics too! Lot's of laughs, chatter, snacking, and splashing! We even found out we are cousins! That's right! We all busted out our family tree app and almost all of us are related! hahaha Love that app!!! So thanks cuz for such a fun day!! We will be back weekly! lol For our family reunion gathering! hahaha

Late nights and endless hang outs! We are loving summer!!

Piper started back up with cheer! This time is the beginning of her new squad!! Her comp team! She is beyonf excited to start this new cheer team!! Bring on the tumbling, stunting and competitions!! She even had her fitting for her new comp uniform! Go Eagles! So proud of my baby!!!

Gma DeeDee night!! Cousin time with a Pirate theme!! Cash was off to ym camp  so he was not there but the girls had a blast with their cousins and gma! Thanks gma for putting together such a fun night for the kids!! They had a blast!

Eddie's at 11 is back in action!! lol Love getting together once a wk with my brother to catch up and eat our favorite Eddies together!! More hang outs for Penny! Girls nail day! and Penny made pottery for Father's day! 

We are always playing as you know but we definitely hit the ground working this wk as well! Completely cleaned out the toy room! De-junked! Organized! and now we have Teen hang out room with just a few toys for Pipe's still! lol I've got to create all the space!! Teen hang out for Penny and the gang! Preteen boys area for Cashy! and Play land for Piper! We play hard and work hard too! Love it!  We worked hard and I'm so proud of it! Took 3 cars full of stuff to donate!! Yayyyy! We ordered new couches for the theatre area! I will post the completed room in next wk post because it's all still coming together! Lots of summer projects along with playing! Checking things off my list left and right! Wahoo! 

Honz made time to golf this wk too! Yayyy! Penny did my nails and they turned out perfect! Love her so much!! She's getting good at doing the nails for sure! The rest of the pics are silly selfies! Ruby in Penny's overalls! I can't! hahaha! So freakn cute!

The gang is back again! Baddie Owen was gone for a couple wks on vacay and is back! Of course we had to do a mini photo shoot! lol We also had a fun surprise visit from Kaycee from the cruise! These teens just living their best summer life!

Coming into Father's Day! We picked up a new fan! Cutest little Piper just a helping! Honz even worked hard switching our fans and putting up the new one! I even surprised him with an early Father's day treat! His favorite See's chocolates! Yum! Daddy was busy being the best daddy ever!