January pics from my phone!

January has come and gone! Just like that 1 month down in this 2022!! Holy Cow the days go by fast!! These a are the rest of the fun things we did all  month! We set our goals and ready to rock this year!! So far so good on most of them too!!! Penny started going to the YW activities! She is beyond excited! Loves wed nights!!! Cash loves when he shows up to school and matches his bff cousin Noah! Like he loves it and we have to take a picture every time this happens! They matched 2 times randomly this month lol! So fun! I got my first fur coat! Absoluly love it! lol! I need more now! and back at cheer practice! They were all doing a handstand at the same time so I had to take the pic! lol

Matching my bestie! Got absolutely obsessed with Yellowstone! Had to have matching Yellowstone sweatshirts with my bestie! Went to the gym! Say what! Don't worry I only did one spin class all month long! lol I seriously really do need to find time to work out! lol Cute little pics of Ruby! Just love her! 

We had a visitor! Yay! Bailey! We love when she pops in town to visit! Such a fun day with her! 

It was finally time to go through daddy's house and get it cleaned out and ready to list on the market to sell. It took a few weekends to get the house ready! Lots of trash and tears! We all pitched in and got the job done. We took pics in front of the house for one last time all together as siblings. More tears! So many amazing memories! So sad to see your child hood home go and the circumstance that have come with it. Just heart wrenching. We watched our last sunset together from daddy's paradise! We love our childhood home and all the wonderful memories!  Such a fun home with that basement and pool! So many hang out nights and party's! Good times! and now it will be passed on to another family to start their memories! Goodbye 873 Morning Sun Ct.  Daddy's Paradise!

 

Piper Pre- K Field Trip and Pics from class!

Piper has had a fun month too! She go to go to the Natural History Museum for a field trip! This is such a fun place! I have gotten to go a few other times with my older kids when they had Mrs. McIntyre! All different rooms with the animals habitats! So many fun animals to see!! Piper had a blast!! 

I loved watching her get so excited over seeing all the different animals! After the museum they got to go play at the park! Mrs. McIntyre brought them snacks and drinks! Such a fun day! Thanks Mrs. McIntyre for all that you do! We sure love you!

Fun pics of Piper off my phone! Park day! and candid's that Mrs. McIntyre takes while she is at school! Love it!

Cash Student of the Month and Basketball!!

Cash has had a great month! He was picked to be the Leader of the month by his Teacher! He got to each lunch with the principle! He also got a certificate and picture with the principle! He said when his teacher gave him the envelope to give to his parents he was nervous! lol Then when we opened it together it was his "congratulations" card for being selected to be the Leader of the Month! Yay!! We are beyond proud of our Cashy boy! Straight A student! Strives to do his best and be a good boy everyday! Well it's paying off buddy! You did it! Congrats! We are so proud of you! 

He has played basketball all month and it's coming to an end! These are the photos of the games throughout the month! He has improved so much on a personal level! The team as a whole have improved too! His last game he got 37 rebounds and 16 points! Power house! He can handle that ball very fast! He's all over the court! Go Blue Devils!!!

A few action shots from the last few games! So fun to watch! So proud of Cashy and his team!! Go Blue Devils!

Penny Winter Ball and Cheer!

Penny has had a fun January! Her middle school put on a Winter Ball! She was so excited to get all dressed up and meet up with all her friends! She has the cutest little friends too! So sweet! and not Boy crazy! lol This age is too funny. Not one girl or boy danced together! and that's totally fine with me! lol They all hung out in the groups of friends the whole night! No dancing! lol She had so much fun! 

Cheer is back at it again!! Basketball has started and they got to cheer at their first game! This was their first time cheering in their uniforms too! Love how cute they look! They did awesome! Coach Hype is very proud! lol Go Eagles Go!

 

Hitting the Ski Slopes!

Brian Head here we come!! First time getting the big kids out on the slopes!! There is nothing better than seeing the big smiles and pure joy on your kids faces!! That is what this weekend brought! Big Smiles and lots of laughter! New challenges that they both conquered! There is nothing they can't do if they put their mind, body and heart to it! I was so impressed with their skills! They were conquering way more than I have ever done in my life of skiing! lol They of course had the best private Coach...Daddy! Chad always snowboards but put himself on skis to be able to teach Penny and Cash! It's been years for Chad on Skis and man is he good! He is definitely the athletic one and that's where these kids get it from! Not me! lol Piper and I hung out all day! Played in the snow! Made snow castles! Did some sledding! Ate lots of snacks! Took lots of pics! Napped a little in the car! lol Sat by the fire pits! We sure enjoyed our day together! Next time she will be on the skis with Coach Daddy! 

Chad wasn't sure how this coaching thing was going to go! lol So he thought it would be best to just take out the 2 big kids first! Next time Piper! They started on the magic carpet area on the bunny hill! Just getting the hang of it! They then were ready to get on the ski lift for the first time and go down the Bunny hill! They did great! No one in tears! lol They did the bunny hill over at Navajo 4 times then it was time to eat! 

Action shots from the Navajo bunny hill! They were working up a sweat! lol! Stripped them down their layers each time they came down! Yes I over layered them! lol! They were working so hard!  and having so much fun! loving it and getting the hang of it! So proud of all 3 of them! Best Coach ever!

Lunch time! We met up at the Pizza place with my Brother Ryan and family! We pounded the food! lol The kids really worked up an appetite! lol We also saw more friends up there too! Luke and his family! and Andrea the kids Piano teacher! love it!

After lunch Ryan convinced them they were ready for Giant Steps the biggest mountains! I was scare for them but they didn't know any better and did amazing! They loved it way more than on the bunny hill! They seriously skied in places I have never been able to accomplish my whole life! I love my brave kids! So proud of them! They get this from daddy for sure! Not me! I'm the scardy cat! 

They skied with Ryan, em and their kids down giant steps the rest of the day! They shut the place down!! lol Piper and I played snow castles and sat by the fire pit! We also loved spotting them racing down the hill! Such a great day! We made amazing memories! We are definitely going to plan to get back up there soon! Got to keep that momentum with the kids ski skills! lol Brian Head we will see you soon!! 

Sunday we spent the day with Chad's Grandpa Bulloch and Troy's Family! Took Grandpa to breakfast! His favorite dinner! Chad and Cash played on the tracker moving trash for Grandpa's new house! Such a wonderful amazing weekend! We love getting away and having fun! Living life to the fullest!

 

New Beginnings!

YW New Beginnings for Penny! She had such a fun night! New beginnings is where they recognize all the new Beehives coming into Young Women's! Penny being 1 of them! Cute little Nia got to spotlight Penny! They did the cutest theme for the night! Wizard of Oz to the Temple! It was a beautiful evening learning all about YW! Penny is extremely excited finally be old enough for YW! She has the best leaders and the cutest group of YW girls to look up to! 

 

Blue Devils Big Win!

Let's go Blue Devils! They got their 1st WIN!!! Yay! So proud of my Cashy boy! He was a power house this game! Dominated and killed it! He was on fire! Literally every shot he made! Wow! He was dribbling an moving that ball like a little pro! We couldn't believe it! lol The score ended 25-12! Cash made the majority of those baskets! He is loving playing and we are loving watching him! So proud of my MVP!!!

 

Disney on Ice for the Birthday Girl!

Oh you didn't think we were done celebrating our Birthday girl... did you?!? lol Nope! We celebrated all week and ended with Disney On Ice! Oh how we love this fun show! We get all decked out in our Disney attire!  We have done this fun tradition with Jake and Bre's family for Piper's Birthday since she was 2yrs old!! and it never gets old! The kids absolutely love it! Penny sings every song! Well so did Bre and I! lol We ate popcorn, drinks and treats! The lights, the music, the tricks, the costumes! It's absolutely magical! Piper was in AWE!!!! We love all things Disney! Even the boys loved it! 

Such a magical great night together!!  Loved her excitement for every song! She loved watching the Princesses skate around and perform! 

Can't wait till next year!!! We love this fun tradition! Thanks for having a Birthday Piper! We sure love you!

 

Cheer Pics for the Yearbook!

How fun is this?!!!! Team Pics for MS Cheer! and you want to know what else is FUN I'm the Cheer Coach and got to be in the pics too!!! Coach Hype! Love it!! Seriously having a blast coaching these cuties! Penny is also absolutely loving being on the Cheer team and loving her momma as the coach too! Win! Win! The girls were o excited to find out that these pics will be in the Yearbook! Yay!! Go Eagles!!

Such a fun day! Greatest group of girls ever!! Sure love my little Cheerleaders! 

 

Birthday Girl at Pre-K!

Well of course you must celebrate your 5th Birthday at School all week! Piper was so excited for her Birthday week at school with her friends and Mrs. McIntyre! She picked out cupcakes and cute little surprises for each little friend! She wore her "Happy Birthday" Headband and away she went! She was also the leader the whole week at school! She got a cute Birthday surprise from Mrs. McIntyre and fun little birthday crown! She had the best week celebrating! We sure love you Birthday Girl! 5 years old! Still can't believe it!! My baby growing up!

Happy 5th Birthday Little Miss Piper!!

Happy Happy 5th Birthday Piper Rae!! Can't believe my baby is 5!! Where is the time going! She woke up to the house  and her room decorated! The big kids helped and absolutely loved doing it for her! She was so excited to see all her presents and birthday decor! She wanted to open all her presents before the big kids went off to school! lol She is just the best!! Such a good listener and helper! She is so loved by all! She has the best little personality! Gets along with everyone! She's such a silly tease too just like her big brother! Those 2 are 2 peas in a pod! 

She got a new baby from Auntie Eryn and Joanna! Makeup set with caboodle from Auntie Eryka! New lol dolls, Barbie's, baby clothes, roller skates, and a little play washer and dryer for her baby clothes! Definitely spoiled!! She so easy to spoil! lol She loves anything and everything! 

We got the kids off to school then it was time to enjoy the day with my Birthday Girl! I took her to her favorite for breakfast!! She loves Donuts!! Then to go visit daddy! Lunch together! Then back home to open the packages and play with all her new birthday toys! 

She got to come with me to Cheer since I am one of the cheer coaches! We took birthday cupcakes to all the cheerleaders to celebrate Piper! She loved and so did the cheerleaders!! 

To end the night she wanted to go to BJ's  for dinner so she could get her birthday pizookie cookie and ice-cream! lol Grandma DeeDee came and so did Uncle Jeff, Auntie Melissa and cousins to celebrate her! When I tucked her in bed and kissed her goodnight she said "Mommy this was the best birthday ever!" I love her sweet and sassy self! She will always be my baby even though she's growing up! We love you Little Miss Piper! Happy Birthday to you! I just want to stop time! lol

Happy New Year's Day!

Happy New Year 2022 Day!! It's tradition to go to Macayos/Eddies on New Years Day with my dad! Well 1yr ago on New Year's Day my father passed away. So not only did we not get to do our annual Macayo's/Eddies that day last year we forever don't get daddy every day! So to honor and remember daddy we all got together on New Years Day and Enjoyed Macayo's/Eddies together! Eryka traveled into to town! We are keeping the tradition alive and celebrating daddy's life all together! There's nothing I need more that to be with all my siblings especially on the 1st day of the year remembering daddy! We love and miss our amazing daddy so much! In lots of ways we still can't believe he is gone and that it's already been 1 yr without him! Healing is long and hard. We are getting through it 1 day at a time! 

I was truly grateful for today this New Years day to be with all the ones that hold us together! I love my family! Love you daddy! I know you are dancing and celebrating the New Year with momma in Heaven!

Well since Eryka was in town we might as well celebrate our Birthday babies together!! Eryka's 2nd son Hayes and my sweet little Piper have Birthdays a day apart from each other! So what better place to party then Defy!! Eryka's family has never been and boy oh boy did those kids have a  blast! We all had blast! Hayes is turning 9 and Piper turning 5! Happy Birthday to you!!! 

My friend is the manager there and got us a birthday room! Chad ordered Pizza while we were there to deliver to Defy! I picked up cupcakes on the way to defy! We threw together a party and it was amazing!! The kids non stopped jumped, launched on the slides, climbed the silks and dodgeball! 

So much fun together! I loved today!! This is exactly what daddy would have wanted... all of us together! 

More jumping and launching fun!

                                                        More jumping and launching fun!

Thanks Natalia for the big party room! It over looked the whole defy place! So awesome! 

Happy Birthday Piper and Hayes! We sure love you!

After Defy Eryka ended up spending the night at my house! I love when this happens! The party never has to end! lol We watched the new Enchanto movie and ate bags and bags of popcorn! That movie is so cute!! Such a wonderful day! Happy Birthday my sweet little Piper and Hayes!!!

 

Happy New Year's Eve!!!

5.....4......3......2......1!!! Happy New Year 2022!!!! We enjoyed a lovely evening with our bff's Mel and Kip and their friends! We met new wonderful friends that were just a hoot! So much food and so much fun! Lot's of kids playing! We played games and danced! We absolutely had the best night!!! Thanks for having team Bierstedt!! Let's all of us camp real soon together!  

More fun pics from our New Year's Eve Party!

We left the party from across town around 10:30pm then rang in the New Year at home with our 2 oldest kids! We played cards, danced some more, and toasted to the New year! This was Cash's first year staying up till midnight to ring in the New year! He said exactly what Penny said when it was her 1st time staying up.. "That's it? That's all?" lol Yes! We just count it down then watch the firework show on tv! lol Happy New Year 2022 everyone! We are praying for a great year for all! 

 

Hitting the Dunes!

After Christmas you can usually find us out at the Dunes kicking off Piper's Birthday week! Dumont Dunes! Sad this year without my daddy there but we will keep the traditions alive! My brother and family, Kip's family and Paris' family all came out and enjoyed the dunes with us! It was a cold one! Windy and rainy on a couple days! That doesn't stop the riding! lol Me however spent most my time playing card games in the trailer! lol Chad surprised  the kids with a new dirt bike for Christmas! They couldn't wait to get out and ride! We had truck problems heading out of town but thankfully for Chad's dad we got to use his truck so we could still go to the dunes! We ended up getting out to the dunes a day late but we still made it! Yay! 

Such a  great few days at the dunes! Lots of riding, yummy food, treats and game playing! 

Ruby did so good out there too! She loves her free reign! lol That made Penny nervous but she always seemed to find us after she would wander off! Such a good baby! She loves being with us! We hope to get back out to the dunes in a couple weeks! Until then we are going to get warm at home! lol See you soon dunes!!! Missed daddy so much bit sure love our new dune crew! Keeping the memories and traditions going!