Elementary Graduation Party!!

 Not 1 but 2 elementary graduation parties for Miss. Penny!! The pic collage is from the party Penny planned with Zoe. The other party was the night before  with more friends! Oh how Penny loves her friends! She had so much fun at both parties!! She had a blast planning her Elementary Grad Party with Zoe! Congrats Grads! You're off to Middle School! Wahoo! Such a fun day! They swam, ate pizza, made snow cones, volleyball, ring toss, picture booth, snowball fight and ate cupcakes! I would say it was an Awesome Grad Party!! Thanks Mady for opening your beautiful home for all the kids to come have so much fun! Can't believe she's off to 6th grade! Time is going by way too fast! Sure love my Penny pie!

Schools Out!

So long School......Hello Summer!!!! The kids are out! What a year! These pics are from Piper's last day of school water fun! Piper will do another year of Pre-K! This year with Mrs. McIntyre!

See ya School....I'm out! We are so happy to be done with hybrid school! Momma made it through! lol Never thought I'd be a teacher! We did it Cashy!!! Penny loved her 5th grade half days. She had half days with her teach in person and  minimal school work from home and loved it! Cash on the other hand.... he had half day in school with his teacher and then another half day at home with momma! Yikes! He was so happy when it was time to turn in his computer! No more mom work! lol!!! We had good days and rough days together but by the  time the school year ended we had our home teaching down to a good system! We did it!! We survived the craziest school year yet!!!

Penny and Cash matched their cousins as they went off to school on their last day! and you already know who made their shirts! Daddy/Uncle Chad! :)  It's tradition to go get ice cream or a treat with their cousins to celebrate the last day of school! Hellooooo Summer! So much Fun! The pic with all the kids in is so funny! It was just a little bright! lol! Can't wait to see what next school year brings! Cash will go into 2nd grade and Penny off to 6th grade! OMG Middle School! Your future is bright! So proud of my 3 favorite humans! 

 

Piano and Voice Recital!

 

Wahoo! They did it! Their 1st Spring Piano/ Voice Recital! These 2 have been working real hard on their piano songs! Penny played 2 songs and Cash played for the 1st time 1 song! Can't' believe my boy actually got up and did it! He was so nervous! Penny on the other hand is used to be on stage and performing in front of big groups! lol! She loves it! So proud of my Cashy boy! He was so brave! He introduced himself and the song he was  playing  and began to play his song "Jingle Bells!" Yes you read that right! He played "Jingle Bells" in the spring recital! lol He's a silly one! He did great!! Penny did wonderful too playing both her songs! A church one and a regular one!! Her dream is to play the piano and sing at church! She also closed the recital singing a solo! She sang "How far I'll go" from Moana! Penny killed it up there! She is truly a shining singing star! Dang that girl can sing! Wow! Makes my momma heart so happy!!! She also takes voice lessons from Mrs. Andrea too! We absolutely love Mrs. Andrea! She is such a wonderful teacher to both my kids! So proud of both my Penny and Cash! They both did such a wonderful job tonight performing! My honz said it best: Moments like these are the small rewards I need in life to know just how blessed we really are.

Piper's Pre-Pre-K Graduation!

The last few weeks have been all about our little Piper Rae! She is such a delight! Cutest and funniest little personality! She just had her Pre-Pre-K graduation from Mrs Megan's Class! She has absolutely loved Mrs. Megan and all her cute friends she has made this year! She still has 1 more year until kindergarten so this is her Pre-Pre-K graduation! What a great year of learning for her! She can right her name! Knows her letters and sounds! Can count to 20 all by herself! She's a smart little cookie! She will be reading in no time at all! Can't believe how big she is getting! Where did my baby go!?!

She loves to perform! Mrs. Megan put together a little graduation program with singing and dancing and even awards! So much fun! She loved singing and dancing up there! As you can see in her silly faces in these pics she was loving it! 

Piper we love you so much! Keep growing and learning! You are going to do great things in life! She's off to Mrs. McIntyre's class! 

 

Another Little Performer in the fam!

Piper performed in her 1st Singer's Company performance! Oh man do we have another little perform in the family! She loved being on stage! No stage fright at all! She is following in her big sissy's footsteps! :) She was so brave doing her 1st Solo and 1st speaking part! She was one of the opening speaking parts  too! She did amazing! So proud of my baby! Can't believe how much she looks like Penny all  dolled up with her lipstick on, hair all done and in  her cute little costume! Love! Love! Love! The other fun part is watching my older kids watch her perform! They were so proud of her up there! They were cheering her  on from the crowd! So dang cute! 

Fun action shots of little Piper performing her little heart out! :)

She was a blast to watch! My heart was just bursting with joy! So much cuteness I can't even handle it! She was killing it up there on stage! 

Love her so much!! Look  at her shine!!

Miss Kate and Lucy did an amazing job teaching these cute girls every week! After her performance we ate at Eddies to celebrate how wonderful Piper performed! Such a great night! Dinner  and the best show! We love you Piper! You did great!

 

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day to all the amazing mommas out there! Being a mom is challenging but I wouldn't change being a momma to these 3 any day! Love them so much! They bring me so much joy! Most days they make my heart burst! They sure know how to spoil me and show me so much love! So many gifts, notes, art work, breakfast, lunch and dinner, treats and flowers. I was definitely spoiled on Mother's Day!!  These 3 beauties of mine are my greatest blessing! I'm so lucky my Heavenly Father choose me to be their momma! 

The cutest notes and pictures from my babies! My heart is filled with so much joy! Love these 3 more than anything! 

These are  the pics from Piper's cutest per-k Mother's Day program! Little Piper was so proud to  sing for me and give me all the cute  things she made for me! Talk  about making your heart burst!

 

Gymnastics!

Something new for this little one! Piper started gymnastics and absolutely loved it! She is my most flexible child! Without any training she can do the most perfect splits, handstand and backbend! Yep it is  time for training! She loves her gymnastics class so much and is doing great! These pics are from her 1st class! Keep it up sis! You're doing great!

 

Family Hike & Swim!

We have had a lot of Birthday's in our family! Mine 25th, then Eryka's 27th, then her son Niels 29th, then Ryan's son Mav 2nd all within a week! So we all needed to get together to celebrate!! So we headed to St George for the day! We started our Saturday together hiking! It's torti season and man did we see so many Tortoises on our hike! It was so much fun! The scenery was gorgeous! The weather was perfect! The tortoises were so cool!

The kids loved spotting the Tortoises! It was like hide and go seek for Turtles! lol! We saw 7 total! All different sizes from big to baby! We Loved it so much!

After hiking we went to my Uncle Jim's house and swam! We played all day there from swimming to biking to scootering to skateboarding! The kids had a blast! We sat out all day just enjoying the beautiful weather and watching the kids play! Ryan even made his amazing dutch oven dinner and cobbler for all of us!! So yummy just like daddy's was! He's carrying the dutch oven tradition on! Such a wonderful day together! I love my family and birthday's too! 

 

April Phone Photos!

Another month has come and gone! Can't believe it! Here are the fun photos from my phone for April! Love the everyday photos and that's why I'm sticking to my monthly phone photos! :) Just around the house or in the car! Love it all!

Cash got a new friend at school!! His bff Cole finally after 2 years of being on Somerset Sky Pointe's waitlist he finally got in!! YAY!! We have been waiting for this day for way too long! Come to find out Cole not only got put in Cash's class he also got put at Cash's table in class! OMG!! Cash was over the moon excited!! He loves his little bff!! So with Cole starting at out school... We picked up car pool with them! So Cash has been loving riding to and from school with his bff!! Love these 2 bros! 

Quick fun day trip to Cedar City, UT! Some fun action shot of my nephew Chance playing in his Lacrosse game up in Cedar! He even  scored!! Let's GOOOOOOOOO! Love my #1! Proud Auntie for sure! After the game we all went to lunch then we headed on our way back home! 

More golf fun!! Cash has been loving it and Penny wanted to start to play too! So we got them both new Clubs from the Harvey's! They are the best!! and I signed Penny up for her private lessons!!! Love watching them play! They a re really getting the "swing" of it! :) Other pics in this collage is from Penny's pre-k! The pics were too cute not to share! :)

Last collage for the month! We are getting Baptism ready!!! New fitted CTR ring! His very own hymn book engraved with his name! and getting all suited up in his New electric blue suit!! Love this boy so much! Love his excitement to get Baptized too!! He makes my heart real Happy! Next getting his scriptures with engraving and bag! :)

 

Way to Go Penny!

Way to go!!!! Congrats Penny! Out of over 100 applicants, Penny was selected to be one of the newest members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) at her school! She was over the moon excited when we told her she made it in!! She has loved being a member of the NEHS but when covid hit they couldn't do much! So she was so excited to get her application in to to try and get into NJHS for middle school! You did it!! We are beyond proud of her! She is an exceptional student! Represents great leadership and citizenship! Loves to serve in her church, school and community! We are so proud!

These are the pics from her very special Induction Ceremony into the NJHS! 

These are the pics with her friends that made it in as well! Also a pic with her Principal Mr. Esplin and the head of NJHs, Mrs. Jacobs! What a wonderful night honoring Penny!! We are so proud of our little Miss Penny! We took her special to dinner after the ceremony! Just her, mom and dad! She loved! 

Best Birthday Ever!

It feels great to  be so Loved! If you know me best you know I celebrate my Birthday Month! lol Nothing has changed the older I get! lol But when it came to my Birthday weekend we didn't stop playing and celebrating! Friday Night My friends made reservations at Bautista's Whole in the Wall Italian! It was soooooo good! After dinner of course we left room for Luv-its! Yum! Such a wonderful night together! Kicking off the Perfect Birthday weekend! 

Saturday morning we woke up early and headed on a Razor Ride with my bro Ryan's family, Lacie's family and the Decker's! We went on the Cold Creek trail over  and through the mountains and dropped into Pahrump! We had lunch and milk shakes in Pahrump then road back through the mountains back to our cars. It was a pretty windy and cold but  it didn't seem to bother us because we were driving so  fast through the mountains. We just bundled up and away we went! Such a fun ride! We all had such a blast! Love spending time with family and friends! 

Fun pics from out Cold Creek Trail riding!

Sunday was my actual Birthday! Turned 41! Wow! The years are flying by! It was the first birthday without my daddy here! It was a little rough knowing that I will never get to hear his voice sweet wish me Happy Birthday ever again! My cousin sent me a voicemail of my daddy wishing her a Happy Birthday last year that she had saved! Wow did that make my day! I must have played it over and over 100 times! Just to hear his sweetest voice! 

I was even loved at church! My lovely friends even spoiled me at church! Bringing me gifts and flowers! Wow! Made my day!

After church my Bestie Jackie put on  a Birthday Brunch at her house for me! The Hales and the Passick's came over too celebrate! We had a waffle bar with homemade syrup and whip cream! Omg so freaking good! The kids swam in the spa and the rest of us sat around and talked! Just enjoying the beautiful day! Thanks for making me feel so special  on my birthday! 

The fun and celebrating did not stop! We headed out to our BFF Facers for my Birthday Dinner! They cooked up an amazing Mexican fiesta for me! Even had a tres leche birthday cake for me too! WOW! 

Completely spoiled all weekend long! The fun never stopped! Thanks for loving me and making me feel so special on my 41st Birthday!! So many calls, texts and fb posts! Best Birthday ever!

Working Kids!

Work  it! Oh boy do these kids love going to work with their Daddy! They love getting in their American Stitch gear! They are so proud to match their daddy! Makes momma proud too! and of course they definitely make their daddy the proudest! Penny's been going  every other Monday to daddy's shop  to clean it! My kids  are definitely motivated by money! lol Love these 4 so much! Keep making that money for momma!