Legoland Fun!!

Oh the things we do!!!! Even last minute! lol Our last Hurrah with Bay!!! Well so sad to say this was my last weekend with my Bay! She will be moving out and headed off to her collage hair school in St George!! We have absolutely 100% enjoyed every minute with her staying at our house! Oh how we are going to miss our Bay! So we last minute planned a day trip to Legoland! Literally the night before I bought tickets! We got up at 4am  to get to the park and headed home after the park closed! Die hards! lol We got home at 2am! So exhausted the next day but so worth it! lol We have never been to Legoland and either had Bay! Let me just tell you how much help Bay was! It's so nice to have an older older child to help you with your kids! There was an adult for each child! Now I see why my mom  moved in her mom (my grandma Shirley) to live with us my whole life! Grandma must have been so much help to my mom raising us kids! lol Ok so back to Legoland! We loved it! This was the 1st time in the history of ever that neither one of us parents had to hang back  with a child that wasn't tall enough or old enough to ride a ride! Piper was finally tall enough and old enough to ride every ride! Wahoo! We all got to stand in the line together! and thanks to Bay she had a really fun game we played in line to pass the time! :) She's so smart! It was the game "Heads up!" Piper experienced her very first roller coaster! She squealed and giggled on every ride! Love it! She would say again when it would end! lol Penny and Cash loved the rides too! But they are more experienced riders so they knew just what to do! lol Hands up on every ride and scream! lol We loved all the Lego statues around everywhere! So cool! Like we couldn't get over it! We love Legos! So awesome what they can build with those pieces! It's crazy! Everything is Awesome! lol

Riding rides! Lots of selfies! lol

We seriously had to take a pic by every Lego creation! So amazing!

Face painting! This was Cash and Piper's first time getting it done! So fun! They loved it! :) Unicorn  for Piper and Dragon for Cash! They both held so still! Piper couldn't believe her face in the mirror! Kept smiling at herself! So sweet!

More rides!! Such a great day! I love our adventures together!

The kids loved the tiny Lego city! It was Legos made into cities across our United States! To name a few... there was Cali, New York and our favorite was Las Vegas! So awesome! It lo looked just like our Strip! Totally cool! 

Penny and Chad had blast in the build you own creation and display it! They worked on their creations while the rest of us rode more rides! :) 

The kids had a blast getting their drivers license on this ride! lol Such a wonderful day! Our kids were the perfect ages for Legoland! Honz thanks for always being down with my crazy adventures! You are the one that makes it all possible for us to go, play and make the best memories possible! :)

 

Happy Daddy's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing Dads out there! I actually love saying Happy Daddy's day! lol I have always called my dad "daddy" up until the day he passed on! So Happy Daddy's Day is very fitting! We sure loved celebrating this daddy! Chad is the Best of the Best! Do these kids even know how lucky they are to have this amazing daddy of their very own?! :) He truly loves them and me to the fullest! He is the hardest working man I know! He loves to work hard to play hard with us! He loves taking us on adventures and making memories! He sure knows how to keep us smiling, laughing and having fun! He is the rock and glue to our little family! He is our whole world! He is our everything! We sure would not know how to live life without him! He is the one that makes everything possible! We are so grateful for him and all that he does for us! We love you more that words can even describe! We sure loved spoiling you on your daddy day! We are the lucky ones for sure! Thank you for being the best daddy ever!

After church we went out to see Chad's dad on Father's Day! Had such a wonderful day seeing him! Swimming and always eating good! We sure love you gramps! Thanks for always making us feel so special! We loved spending Father's day with you! You are all we got! :)

Too my daddy!! Wow the firsts are the hardest! This was my first Father's day with out you! Always thinking of you everyday and especially on Father's day! Still in disbelief you are really gone! He truly was the best daddy there ever was! When mom passed away he stepped into mom mode and continued to be the daddy and mom there ever was! We were his whole world! He lived for us! Another amazing example of working hard to play hard and boy did we have the best memories of playing hard thanks to you! He loved and lived life to the fullest! Never judging! I feel peace when I think of you with mom in Heaven smiling down on us! We will carry on your legacy! We will continue and carry on your traditions and memories until we meet again! Love you so much daddy! 

 

Birthday Lake Day!

No better place to be celebrating a birthday than out on the Lake! We kicked off and Celebrated Eryn's Birthday out on her and Joanna's new fancy boat for her Birthday!! Yay!!! The boat is an absolute beauty!!! Everyone had a blast showing off their tricks and skills! 

Birthday girl up 1st!! Showing us her mad skills Skiing slalom! She also knee boarded and wake surfed! Doing tricks while out there! You still got it sis!! Proud sister over here!

Here's Chad! I always worry about his bad back and knees but he killed it out there! Knee boarded with mad air and tricks! He also wake surfed and body surfed! Love it! You also still got it! Wahoo!

Little Cashy boy! 1st time up on the knee board! He killed it out there! He was crossing the wake and everything! He had a blast and wanted to knee board all day long! He also tried wake surfing for the 1st time! Didn't like that! lol He also body surfed and absolutely loved that! I love how athletic he is and that he's not afraid to try new things! He said he had the best day! Love it! I did too watching him have so much fun!

Here's Joanna's action shots! She is the pro wake surfer! She would pop right up throw the rope in the boat and just carve the water! She stayed the longest up riding the wake! So fun to watch her! She's amazing! 

My brother is a hoot! The best to watch! He will try anything! He was kneeing boarding doing tricks! Wake surfing and body surfing! Go big or go home! He loved when the music was blasting his jams when it was his turn to shine! love it! 

Mav! He was doing back flips off the  boat! He knee boarded and love to body surf! Sadly my phone dies and I missed getting every one body surfing! That was a hit to watch! He loved body surfing the most! 

Here's Chance! He' getting strong! He knee boarded! Did some tricks too! He also wake surfed! He is getting so good! Totally getting the hang of it! He also body surfed! He loved that too! 

Tradition after the lake if we go to Callville bay we always stop at my dad's Well this was our first trip stopping by with him being gone! Suh a bummer he is no longer with us! We still had to stop by his house for our memory! Sure miss him so much everyday! We also love to eat at the hamburger hut on Cheyenne on our way home for a late lunch! Yum! Such a great day! Happy Birthday Eryn! We sure love you! Thanks for spoiling us with yours and Joanna's new amazing boat!

If you noticed Penny wasn't with us at the lake! Oh how we missed our Penny pie at the lake! She got to spend the whole day with her bff cousin Emma! It was Emma's birthday and all she wanted to do was have a girl day with Penny! They had blast! Penny spent the night (1st time ever) to ring in  Emma's birthday! Woke up to breakfast! They both got pedis and manis! Then it was off to go shopping! Dutch bros and lunch then they continued to pamper themselves at home with spa masks! At night they went ice skating! The ice skating pics are the best!  Penny had the best day! Happy Birthday Emma! We sure love you! Can't believe you are 11!

 

Defy Summer Pass!

Oh boy oh boy have the kids had a blast at Defy! I bought the Summer pass and we have been just about every day if not 2 times a day to jump and play!! We have seen so many of our friends there too that have gotten the summer pass as well! So it is so much fun for them to play with their friends and so much fun for mommy to hang and chat it up with her friends! lol! Seriously the best! These are all the fun actions shots of the kids doing their tricks and playing! Can't wait to go again tomorrow! lol! Friends we will see you there! :) The best thing that has ever happened thus far for summer everyday fun!

 

Cash's 1st Basketball Game!

Cash told me all week! "What number am I going to get when I play on Saturday..  I hope it #23 for James and Jordan! #23 is my most favorite #" My reply every time "You don't get to pick your #. Your coach will hand you a jersey to put on and that's your # for the season. No complaining. You get what you get!" Well 1st game day came and coach passed out the jerseys and our jaws hit the floor when they handed Cash his jersey and there it read #23! Holy Moly! Cash has some good luck! What are the chances!! So freakn awesome out of all the jersey #'s he got the #23 that he wanted so badly! To say the least he was extremely pumped up! Jumping for joy! "Let's goooooooooo!"

Well what a game! The team only had 1 practice and well  lets just say it showed! lol The kids had no clue what they were doing out there! I'm still not sure it was more funny or frustrating to watch them play! lol This is Chad and I 1st experience watching a your child play sport! Penny never played sports and this was Cash's very 1st sport he has been in with games! and wow! just wow! lol I'm pretty sure I lost my voice from yelling from the sidelines-+ telling the kids where to go and what to do! lol I will say when Cash would finally get the ball he could dribble it so fast and bob and weave between the other kids. He would look up to pass and no one on his team would be there. lol They definitely have their work cut out at practice this week. I know they will get it! If anything  this a great experience for Cash to learn the "game" of basketball. They played the best the knew how! So proud of Cash and his cute little team! Let's Go Stars! We can't wait to see how his team will improve and develop over the season!

 

Class of 2001!!

20 yrs has come and gone!! Chad celebrated his 20yr High School Reunion! Class of 2001! Go Pirates! Such a wonderful night for Chad to see all his friends and some the friends he hasn't seen in years! So many great memories shared! So much laughter! Fun trivia! Tons of food and treats! Slip n slide and rock climbing for the kids! Such a fun night catching up!

Rocking climbing fun! We couldn't get the kids off this! They climbed

 the whole time! For Hours! Even my little Piper! They had a blast!

The next day we met up with a few of Chads best friends and their families at Flip n out xtreme! The played non stop! Jumping and showing off all their flips and splits! lol

For the evening we met up  at an escape room! Chad and I have never done escape room before! It was so much fun solving the clues and laughing as we go! We can't wait to do another one! Such a great weekend with friends! We hope to hang out with them real soon! Great times!

 

Grad Party!

Bay and Kay Graduation Party!! Wahoo to these 2 beautiful High School Graduates! I'm so proud of the 2 of them! They are both beautiful inside and out! It has been so much fun being Bay's Vegas mom! Had a blast planning and decorating for their grad party! Such a wonderful night celebrating both of them! Love you both my Bay and Kay! You're off to great new adventures! Best of luck in all your endeavors! 

 

Penny Sang in Stake Conference!!

Holy Moly!!! Little Miss Penny was asked by our stake presidency to sing in Stake Conference! Say what!!!! Stake Conference! WOW!! She beamed with joy when they asked her and couldn't wait to sing! The confidence she has to sing is beyond me! She truly is amazing! She absolutely loves to perform and this time it was in front of 100's of people! You go girl!! 

The day before we met with the pianist to practice and Penny came down with a dang cold! She was so worried and sad that she would not be able to sing her best with out cracking and sounding nasally and  congested! We began to pray and take all the vocal coach does and don'ts to save your voice before you perform. Penny was still so worried about her voice and that she wouldn't get asked to sing again because she was going to do so terribly. She asked her daddy to give her a blessing the night before! We kept praying! We woke up praying Sunday morning because her voice was gone! OMG! Daddy made her warm lemon and  honey drinks to sip on! We kept  praying! She was still so worried. We met with the pianist again to practice 30mins before performance time. We prayed again with the pianist! She was just so worried she would not be able to sing her best with this dang cold! She tested her faith to do this!

It was time to perform! She was the opening musical number! She went up with confidence and knocked it out of the park! She sang perfectly! No cracking voice! No trying to clear her voice during the song! She sang every note perfectly! No one knew she had a cold! Wow the power of prayer! Our Heavenly Father does look over each of us and loves us so very much! He was watching over Penny and when it was time for her to sing he showed her the power of Prayer and faith in him all things can be conquered! We are beyond proud of our sweet Penny! She opened our stake conference session flooding in the Spirit with her beautiful sweet voice and spirit. She truly lifted my soul! As her mom and knowing the circumstances of her dang cold, her performance lifted me spiritually beyond words! I'm beyond proud of my sweet Penny! So courageous! She's a brave little one and nothing is going to stop her!! We can't wait to hear you perform next! You truly are a performing delight!

 

Basketball!!

Somebody started Basketball! He was hitting that 1st practice hard! He has been begging to play basketball since he was 4yrs old and finally he's old enough and the pandemic has ended and sports back open! Wahoo!!! He seriously was loved every sec of his first practice! Had to get all the fun action shots of him playing!! He's so dang cute and so fun to watch! You see that tongue?? When he's thinking and concentrating the tongue is out! lol I kept telling him "you're going to bite it off! Keep your tongue in your mouth!" lol He can't help himself! lol He seriously is pretty dang good for the first time playing too!  So proud of my boy! His 1st game is Saturday! Let's go Stars!!!

 

Swim Lessons!

Look who's Swimming!! Piper had swim lessons all week and boy is she getting good! Guess who her swim coaches were?!? Coach  Penny and Coach Bridget! They were the best! SO cute with her! They even made up a swim contract for me to  sign and a sched for the whole week! They are the best! Love these girls so much! I  even paid top dollar too! :) lol By the end of the week: Piper can swim without her floaty all by herself! She can dive for swim toys at all levels! She can float on her back all by herself! She can also do a dive into the water! OMG! The coaches were amazing!

Summer is here!!! We are loving our pool time with family!!

 

Boating Fun!

 Quick little boating fun on my 2 sister's new Boat! Eryn and Joanna just got their new amazing sparkly boat! Wow is it a beauty!! We are all absolutely in love with it!! It was a quick trip because it was so windy but we sure had a fun time! My kids were in "aw" over the new boat! The colors! The sparkles! I can't wait for them to get out there and surf and wakeboard! That will be a blast!!  Lot's of fun boating in our near future for sure! Great memories ahead!

May monthly photos from my phone!

Lots of fun for May! Here's the pics from my phone! The everyday fun and adventures! Family park day! Birthday dinner for our bff neighbors! Helped move my bro n law's family into their new beautiful family! Cute little Ruby dressed up in a hat! lol

I got my 1st minky blanket for my birthday! It's absolutely amazing and beautiful! So comfy and cozy!  

More golf for these 2!! They have been loving it! Getting better each practice!

Prom season which means makeup time!! I loved doing Kaylee's makeup for her senior prom! Then my Penny and Piper had fun doing makeup too! They are the cutest!!! Following in momma's footsteps! 

My cute little senior Bailey! We have absolutely loved having her stay with us!! Bailey's family moved to Cedar in April and Bailey wanted to finish her senior year in town so I moved her into our house! It has been so much fun for me personally and my kids!! I love being her Vegas mom! For her senior prom we followed her around to get her ready! Then I took her pics for her Senior prom! Loved every minute of it! We also went to her Seminary graduation to show our support and love to her! She had to speak and did such an amazing job! Way to go Bailey! You are amazing! We are so proud of you! Love you like my very own! 

 

Photoshoot!

Around their birthday I do a yearly pic of them to blow up on my wall! Well with my dad passing in January I completely spaced doing Piper's yearly pic when she turned 4! So we did hers and the other 2 kids since their birthdays are right around the corner! Penny in July and Cash in August!

Sweet little Piper! Can't believe she's almost 4 1/2yrs old! 

Cashy boy almost 8!

Penny pie almost 11!

Happy Memorial Weekend At the Beach!

Oh how it was amazing to be back on the Beach! Life is finally getting back to normal since covid hit! We got to do our annual family beach trip  to Huntington Beach! We had the most amazing time with family and friends! Eryka's family even came down too! Yay! So much fun! We ate at all our favorite stops and completely enjoyed a fabulous relaxing weekend together!

Huntington Beach day 1!

 Time for some tricks! lol No better place to do handstands than on the beach! We were loving watching the show! lol Penny and Auntie Eryn were on point! Cash was getting the hang of it! Uncle Ryan even did it!! Still got it! lol Such a great day!! 

Love these fun pics of Piper doing her handstands! We were quite impressed with her little skills! She did awesome! :)

Huntington Beach Day 2!

More fun in the sun!

Such a great beach weekend together! Can't wait Labor day Weekend! We are coming for you Cali!