Hayride Adventure!!

 Now this was a fun night!! Chad's Aunt Diane planned a Hayride!! Fun cousin time! It was a beautiful fall evening as we traveled around the neighborhoods! We saw Buffalos! The Gilcrease Ranch! An Owl Sanctuary!  and Tons of decorated Halloween homes! A great night to get into the Halloween Spirit and fall season! It even sprinkled on us! Love this time of year so much! Me and Aunt Diane sat in the bougie padded seats with no hay! lol Would you expect anything less from me?? lol We loved hearing the laughter, the signing and chit chatting of all the cousins! The hayride was over an hour long! He was truly the best little driver. The kindest man! You can tell he loves taking people on his hayride! :) After the hayride we all went to Blaze Pizza for dinner! Such a wonderful night together with family!! Thanks Aunt Diane for planning, arranging and getting us all together! We sure love you!

Go Eagles Go Go!

We have been cheering away over here! Last Saturday was a busy day! Penny had a double header! Meaning she cheered in 2 games in 1 day! She did amazing! The team did so amazing too! They were nailing on their stunts and really working their cheers! It was a great 2 games! We also won both games too! :) Way to go Eagles!! 

Grandpa Jeff and Auntie Em even came out to watch her Cheer!! She loved it and felt so special! It was a great day!

 

School Fall Festival Fun!

Yay for the School Fall Festival!! This is one of my kids favorite school activities every year! This year was a bit different I helped run the Middle School Cheer Booth! We did the Ghostbusters! They had to throw beanbags to the Giant Ghost popping balloons! Tons of prizes and sodas to give out to Winners! It was quite the hit! Our line did not let up until the night was over! It was awesome! Such a fun night!! The kids had a blast!! 

 The big kids had a blast finding their friends and hanging out! Penny also worked two different booths! NJHS and the Cheer booth! Great job Penny!! 

The Star Of The Show!

So so so proud of this little one! She had her 1st middle school choir concert and rocked it out! She also was the the only 6 grader to be selected by her teacher to sing the showcase solo song! Wow Penny! You're amazing! Even her choir teacher can see the amazing performing and talent skills she has! Proud mom and dad moment for sure when her amazing teacher announced her! The audience loved her! I was beaming and getting teary eyed in the crowd! So proud of my girl!! She has so much confidence and stage presence! It's unreal for someone her age! She truly is so fun to watch! We love you Penny! When and where will you perform next! We can't wait!

Set sail as we catch the waves listening to Penny Bierstedt perform "How far I will Go" from the Disney movie Moana!

 

Family Pictures!

It's that time of year again!! New family pics!!! Best Christmas present ever! Chad's mom DeeDee gave us a family photo shoot session by the amazing Amy Rhodes for our Christmas gift last!! I saved it al year to use for our yearly family pics and Christmas cards!  Seriously the best present ever! Amy Rhodes is so talented and amazing! She is so good with the kids too! We had a time just smiling an posing! How will I ever choose! Too many that are so amazing!

The headlock pic! I can't!!! Soooooo good!! I seriously can't handle these perfect faces!!!

My sweet Penny pie!! Spunky and fun!! Always giggling and smiling! You are such a great example to your younger siblings! 

My handsome Cashy boy!! The jokester and tease of the family! He is full of life! Strong and a protector! Such a sweet boy!

My baby Piper Rae! She is the Boss baby for sure! Growing fast! Almost 5!! Can't believe it! Loves to laugh and follow her big brother around! 2 peas in a pod! 

Mommy and her babies! I'm so blessed to have these 3 babies as my own! They are my whole life! 

Daddy and his kids! Best daddy we know! He is such an amazing daddy! Dedicates all his hard work to toward them!

Me and my love! My best friend! My rock! He is the one that holds us together! 

Love! Love! Love!! How will I choose just one for my house! These turned out so amazing!!! Every face is perfection! Love how the my outfit inspiration came together! Love the pops of red and the plaid!

Such a great time!! Amy get us on your books for next year and every year to come!! You're amazing! Thank you!

 

Moapa Corn Maze!

While the boys are away the girls played! We had the best girls weekend! We went to the Moapa Corn Maze with bff cousins! We have never been out there and it was a blast! So many fun things for the kids to do and great food too! I love this time a year and love all the fun pumpkin patches and fun fall activities for the kids!

Can't leave with out face paint! I love these faces so much!!

Giant tall swing set fun! and feeding the animals!

 After the corn maze we went to Logandale. At the team roping they did a special tribute to Shaun and Jace. There wasn't a dry eye. Very heart wrenching to see Shaun's Horse Jag walk around the arena with a beautiful song playing. The horse had Shaun and Jace's boots tied to the saddle. Such a beautiful tribute. They are both missed by so many. We love you Vicki so much and always thinking of your son's. 

Annual Ence Quail Hunt!

 Can't believe it is already this time of year again! The annual Ence quail hunt! Chad and Cash were off for the weekend!! This was the 1st year with out my daddy there. There wasn't a time they weren't thinking of daddy. They shared many stories of daddy all weekend long. Cash played non stop with all his boy cousins! The hike for miles hunted down birds! Not very many birds but still had a great time hunting and being with family! A great boy bonding weekend! 

Piper's Pumpkin Patch Field Trip!

Piper had her 1st field trip this year to the Boca Park Pumpkin Patch! She had a blast running from ride to ride with her friends! She even played a fishing game and Won a banana stuffy! lol She said she had the best day ever!

 

Apex Fun Run!

 Cash's 2nd grade Apex Fun Run! Cash was so excited to be able to do this year again. He missed it last year with covid! He ran his butt off finishing with 50 laps! Wow! You go Cashy boy! I was a nervous wreck that he would fall and split his chin back open. He had just split it open the day before and had gotten it glued shut! No falling for him! He did great!! Killed it out there! Wahoo!

Cash's Baptism Pics!

I can't believe I spaced getting Cash's Baptism pics posted! I got carried away with all my catching up that I totally forgot to post all the Baptism pics! The amazing Amy Rhodes Photography is to thank for these!! We are so in love with these pics! Amy caught his personality just perfectly! Love! Love! Love!! Nailed it! We are so proud of our handsome boy and his decision to get baptized! He's quite the funny little boy! So much personality! We love you Cashy boy so much!

 

Split Chin!

 Never a dull moment over here!! I got a call from the nurses office at school this week that my wild boy (lol) fell and hit his chin on the table running to say Hi to his cousin Noah in the lunch room! He split it pretty dang good. Poor little stud. He's a trooper though! Thankfully one of our friends is an oral surgeon! He got us in immediately and derma bonded the heck out of that chin! lol No stitches just the glue! It is already healing so fast and looks so good! Thank you so much Dr. Falk for putting my boy back together again! You are the best!!! 

Let's Go Eagles!!

 Off and running with October!! Penny cheered at her very 1st game ever!! Somerset Sky pointe Flag Football Team! She loved it!! This was also my cute little JV Cheer team 1st time ever cheering together! The girls killed it out there in the heat just a cheering away! They even did a stunt a few times too! I love having the opportunity of being the JV Cheer Coach! It's been just what I need in my already busy life! Seriously love these girls so much! They have just been so amazing and work so hard! Proud Coach over here! lol More games to come! :)

September pics from my phone!

And just like that another month has come and gone! These are my pics from my phone or the month of September! Fun pre-k pics of Piper! She loves her Mrs. McIntyre so much! The pics are from after school fun with friends!

St George for hair! My sis Eryka is amazing!! and got to see a few of my cousins while we were up there too! So much fun! Penny following in my footsteps! lol Look at her focus getting those ties on those braces! Get it girllll! lol Car ride selfies! Piper and I are always taking those! lol

We even snuck in our family photoshoot for our Christmas card! Can you believe it's already that time of year! Can't believe it! We did tiny black and white check with pops of red!! Love it! The outfits turned out perfectly! Can't wait to see the real pics!!

Our hearts are full with these pics in this collage! We were finally able to buy my dad's boat from the estate/trust! Such a blessing to be able to keep his boat in the family! So many beautiful memories of my daddy/grandpa and we can't to make many more to come! We miss our dad so much! We are holding onto every memory and treasure we can of his! Lastly... pics of golf!! Chad took Cashy out for a golf date and ice cream! They had a blast! Cash is getting to be a pretty dang good golfer! His first junior league tournament is starting soon!

What great busy month!!Can't wait to see what the next month brings!!

Piper's Horrible Hair Day!

Horrible Hair Day for Letter "H"! How cute is she! lol This was all her idea!! Mohawk of Buns! It's not even "Horrible" when you got a face looking like that! lol  Oh how I love this sweet baby of mine!! After school she said "she had the best day ever!"

 

Cash's Very Special Baptism Day!

On Sept 25, 2021.....Cash recently made one of the biggest choices that will forever change his life. Cash chose to follow the example of our Savior Jesus Christ and made the decision  to be baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dat Saints. We are so proud of our sweet boy. He has grown so much and is becoming a very "fine young man" as my daddy/gpa would say. His baptism was such a special day. We couldn't be all the support and love for our sweet Cashy boy. It was sad to not have my dad there but wow could you feel him there. I know he is so very proud of his Cahsy boy. 

Wow! His electric blue suit! He picked this suit out on his very own and if you know my bright boy you wouldn't expect anything less from  him! Bold, Loud and Proud! lol He seriously couldn't wait to get Baptized to wear his special electric blue suit! I love this boy so much! Always styling and profiling! 

Arriving at his baptism  and getting all set up! It was so  very special  to be the only one getting baptized from the ward. So he had his baptism all to his self! I prepped, planned and printed the program too! Such a handsome boy! Cashy was so proud of his entry table display! :)

Baptism moments! Not an open seat. We couldn't believe it! So much love and support there in that room together!  The program came together very nicely. Uncle Jake did the Baptism talk and Auntie Eryka did the Holy Ghost talk! Penny and Piper sang a musical number together as well! The spirit was strong. The confirmation circle was huge. So many amazing Priesthood holders there to show their love for Cashy!

Captured a few aunties, uncles, grandma, great grandpa for some pics! After the baptism we went back to our house for Lunch and treats!

The CAKE!!! Can you believe that is a cake! Hand made special talent right there! The amazing Christine designed and made his very special Baptism Cake! OMG!!! She even matched his electric blue suit! We couldn't believe it! There are just no words for this much amazing talent! Love! Love! Love!! Christine is absolutely fabulous! Cash was in heaven over seeing his cake! It was a complete surprise and he just loved it so much!!

Such a wonderful memorable special Baptism day for our Cashy boy! He is truly loved by so many! He is an absolute delight! Such an example to all! We are so proud of him and his example of his 1st step in following our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ! He said he was most excited to get the Holy Ghost. Reason being.. in the words of Cash... "when Satan gets in your heart the Holy Ghost will fight him off and away to protect you!" You are so right! We love you so much Cash! We would not know how to live life without you!!! Happy Baptism Day! It's Great to be Eight!