All the extra things!

All the extra things for the month of April! You know the selfies and all the other highlights for the month!! Cute little Ruby!!! She still remains to be the best dog ever! We are all still completely obsessed with her! Just look at her sweet face!

Baking cookies with our bff neighbors! Piper and spend lots of time in the carpool line at school! lol The Soda Spot opened! Love this new drink place!! Penny paying tithing to our church! So proud of her!

Art night for the kids school! Cash's art was even showcased! We were excited to find it on the wall of art! The kids had a blast crafting and painting! Such a fun night out for the kids! Spring Ball started back up for Cash! He's got a new rad coach! Cash is excited for the new season to start! 

Fake Nails for Piper! lol She loved them! Actaully stayed on for more that 11 hour! lol They stayed on for 2 days this time! Yay! lol Piper had another Dental visit and did amazing! So proud of her! She is so brave!

Surprise visit! Baily came into town! We just love her and love getting any moment to see her!! Fun play dates with friends! Making cars with Uncle Brent! and Piper even got to hold baby chicks at school! She loved it!

Amazing Fun activity days for Cash! His leader Ze is the best! She plans the best activities for the boys! Cash loves it!  Penny is loving YW! They did a family history night! Penny loved every minute of learning and discovery her ancestors! Loved listening to her talk all about it for days after the activity! Cash also had a fun school field trip to the Discovery museum! It's been another pack filled amazing month! What will May bring!! Time is flying by! 

 

Best Birthday Ever!

Happy Birthday to me!!! I kicked off my 42nd Birthday with a couples date night to Din Tai Fung on Friday Night! It's and amazing Asian restaurant in Aria! So yummy! So fun to just laugh, eat and visit! Perfect night!

Saturday my sis Eryka's family came into town!! They stay the weekend and we had a blast celebrating! We love when we have company! Especially cousin company!  My sister's birthday is 2 days after mine and her son Niels is 2 days after hers! lol We have lot's of birthdays to celebrate! We went bowling and then dinner at Eddies!!! 

My hons kicked our trash with his best ever bowling score! WOW!! Killed us! lol The kids had so much fun bowling! The squeals and laughter! The best ever!

After bowling we met up with Ryan and his family and Eryn and Joanna for dinner at Eddies!! Our most favorite place to eat together! We always think of daddy too whenever we eat there! Love being with my family! Makes my heart the happiest! 

Sunday!! We had bought tickets to go see the you tuber Blippi! lol We grabbed lunch first then headed to the Orleans to watch the show! It was Niels birthday present! He loves Blippi! He is turning 3! The kids for the most part had a blast!!! lol Piper's age and younger loved it! Penny and Zane videoed and made fun of it! lol Hayes and Cash played on their phones laughing and singing out occasionally! lol I loved the excitement of all the littles kids! They were in it to win it! I also love any show! I can get down with anything and have a good time anywhere! lol You all know me!!! Always ready to party and have fun! lol

More pics from Blippi!!! We couldn't believe how many people came out or it! It was packed! It was a sold out show! Wow!

Monday!! Official turned the big 42!!! My birthday is here! I woke up to breakfast while I was getting ready for my day!! Penny made cinnamon rolls and cut up my favorite fruits! The kids surprised me with plants and home décor! Hair clips! Gift cards! Penny even made me a the cutest redeem punch card! So sweet and clever! They each made me a birthday card too! I got high end roller skates and new slip on vans! and the best present and most excited and surprised was my very first LV speedy bag! Way to go honz! You sure know how to spoil me! It's a denim LV! It's absolutely just gorgeous! I love it honz! Completely obsessed with it! I love my little family! They were all so excited to surprise me! They made my birthday perfect!

The kids had no school on my birthday (teacher in service day) so we had to make the most fun of it since it was my birthday and no school! 1st stop Movies! We went to see the new carton movie "The Bad Guys!" So cute and so good! Even my honz got to come with us! That really made me feel special on my birthday! He's the busiest one!

After movies! Quick lunch! Then it was off to jump at Defy!! Cash had a little friend there that wad having his birthday so joined the party fun too! lol Defy is always so much fun!

The partying keeps a going! lol For the evening we went to Chad's Uncles house to race pinewood derby's! We enjoyed good food! Yummy treats! Got sung too by all the cute little cousins! Lots of laughs and squeals! and lastly the Racing!! 

The week before they all made their own cars! So then on my birthday night was Race night! The kids cars were ready to go! Penny was the ultimate all around Winner!! Hers was like a rocket! Lightening fast!  Piper's and Cash's were super fast too! In fact all 3 of my kids made it to the championship final round! Of course Penny Pencil took 1st place! Wahoo! Way to go Penny! Thank you Brent for the fun night!! The kids had a blast! Me too!

This collage is all the added fun! Birthday cards! Birthday lunch dates! Surprise visits from amazing friends with birthday presents!! 3 different deliveries of Crumbl cookies! You all know me so well!! 3 dozen crumbl cookies to be exact! lol Sis Eryka! Bestie Sue! Bosses Lauren and Jared! Thank you all for the text, calls, fb messages, the pop ins, and deliveries! You all made me feel so special! I truly felt so loved! Turning 42 isn't so bad! lol

 

The Happiest Easter!

Happy Easter!

The Happiest Easter!! We have had such a fun and wonderful spring break with family and friends to lead up to our Easter Sunday! Such a beautiful day! I'm so grateful for my forever family! I love Easter! This day marks the day for the resurrection! He lives and because of him  we will all  live again! I will get to be with my mom and dad again! It's truly the best feeling to know this and live this! I'm truly blessed for the church in my life! I'm so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ! 

These cuties were up early to see if the Easter Bunny found them! Well of course the bunny did!!!lol Just look at the pure joy and  excitement on their faces! That Easter Bunny sure knows how to spoil them! I can't say this enough! Such a wonderful beautiful day together! I love my little family! Happy Easter to all!

 

All Fun things must come to an End!

Wrapping up spring break in St George with my family! First stop was meeting up with my cutest Bailey and her friend Luke for dinner at Wingers!! We sure loved seeing them! They are just the cutest and so fun to catch up on the tea!!! Food was yummy too! Great night together! 

Then we headed to my Uncle Jim and Aunt Debbie's House where my brother was parked with his trailer! We stayed with Ryan in his trailer! It was so much fun! We have been loving our Airbnb together so why not stay in the trailer together too! lol So we did! Slumber party with Ruby too! lol Woke up to cousin time!! Skating, scooters, and biking! I even brought my new skates up and broke them in! Yep broke them in with a huge fall! lol Yikes! I'm so sore! Thankfully nothing broken! What am I thinking buying high end skates! lol Looks like I need more crystal palace practice time! 

Framing and gardening too with Uncle Jim and Aunt Debbie! The kids had so much fun feeding the cows every morning! 

Egg decorating!! I love my new magic spin art egg maker! Totally cool and so fun! I also bought the craft eggs already ready for the art! No cooking eggs for me! It was so easy and no mess! Thanks walmart! lol 

So much fun with extended cousins! Swimming! Pizza Party! and the boys even slumbered in a tent together! 

Woke up and headed up the the Ivans egg hunt with my Sister and kids! This is our tradition and we love it! It goes fast but so much fun!! Then breakfast at McDonalds! lol Love these sweet faces!  The kids sure have a blast hunting for the eggs!

Saturday both Aunt Jill and Aunt Debbie did an Easter lunch and egg hunt!! They live right next door to each other so we just popped back and forth all day! Sure love visiting and love my family do much! It was like a mini Ence reunion! lol So many cousins! The kids had a blast! Played non stop!! 

More egg hunting! Penny and Cash even found eggs with money in them! They were so excited!! Candy and little toys for days! What a wonderful day! Thank you so much for having us! Family is so good for the soul! 

This happened this weekend too! Chad's new ordered truck finally came in!! So he flew up to Idaho on Friday afternoon and drove down to St George to meet up with me and the kids for the family Easter  lunch and hunt! We were all so excited to see him! Oh man are we in love with his new truck!! His new baby! It's a beauty! We can't for new fun adventures in the new truck! 

We sure enjoyed ending our fun packed spring break up in Utah!! Thanks for having us! We will be back in 2wks! lol!

Spring Break Fun!

Kicking off Spring Break!! I'm the fun mom!!! lol Sched Dental appt on the 1st day of spring break! Wahoo! lol Actually it is fun for the kids to go to the Dentist! It's their Auntie Joanna that's their Dr.! Yay! She is truly the best!! So good with the kids!! Penny still  has No cavities!!! Wahoo!! She got a cleaning and x-rays! Easy Peasy! Keep up the great work!! Cash is a pro!! He had the last few cavities filled top and bottom on same side! His whole side was numb for hours! He never complained once! lol He also got his 2 front teeth pulled as well! There was no roots left and they were ready! The big teeth are ready to come in! So Auntie Dr. Joanna just plucked them out! He didn't even know and when he smiled in the mirror his jaw dropped! He was shocked they were gone and so excited!!! You did amazing son!! Such a brave boy!! The best in the chair for Dr! Then it was Piper's turn! 1st time in the chair and 1st time to get a cavity filled! She did amazing too! So brave! I was so proud of her! Thank you so much Auntie Joanna for all that you do! You and your staff are truly amazing!! Love you so much! 

Now the fun begins!! Defy with the Facers!! The kids jumped and launched off slides! Lunch at Canes and then went back to the Facer's new beautiful home and the kids played! This was the 1st time seeing their new home! We loved it! It is so nice just perfect! We are so excited for them and their new home adventure!

                                  Defy jumping fun! One of our most fave places to burn energy! 

Lunch at Canes! Yum

The next day we went to a drive in! Watched Sonic 2! The kids loved it! It was so much fun! We love going to the drive in! It was a beautiful night!! Perfect weather!

The next morning the kids woke up to an egg hunt in the front yard! "You have been egged!" They were so excited!! There was even money in the eggs! The were hyped! lol You know who you are...thanks for surprising them and making their day!!!

Yes packing all the fun in!! They next day we met the Johnson's at Upton Jungle! We love doing our pogo pass together and this is one of our free places! They played so hard they were sweating and ran out of all our Gatorades we packed! lol These kids are obsessed with  each other! The best of friends and me and their mama are too! I love it! Best combo!

After playing hard at Uptown  Jungle we ate real good over at Chick-fl-a! We love our time together! Thanks for the best fun day together!

Then it was time for me to pack us up and we headed to St George for the rest of Spring Break! Utah-Collage of pics to come in the next post! 

 

It's Fair Time!!

Thursday: Day 1 Rodeo!!! We are beyond excited for the Clark county Fair and rodeo to be back out in Logandale!! and Can you guess who was put on the Clark County Fair Board of operations! My Honz!! Of course Chad is! lol He is the Vice President of the Clark County Fair!! Wowza!! He has been working all year with his team to get this Fair on!! It was amazing!! New sponsors! The best turn out of people all weekend long! The Rodeo was sold out every night too! Exceeded their expectations for the 1st year back in motion since the 2 year shut down of covid! Boy are we so grateful and happy the fair is back!! My honz has been busy and was super busy the week of the fair! He loved every minute of it!!! So proud of him and his dedication to serve! He loves people! and He loves to help people! He's the mayor of "helper ville!" lol We also call him the "Grand Master!" Such a phenomenal Fair! So proud of my honz!!!

This was the first time we have been out to the fair on a Thursday night! Well Chad had been there all week putting the final touches together! We arrived set up our trailer and immediately began buying the fair food and treats! lol Then enjoyed the Rodeo! 

Friday: Day 2 Fair, Carnival and Rodeo! Chad was up every morning at 6am to drive the water truck around the fair grounds, carnival, all parking lots to reduce dust! The rest of us woke up and went to Chad's dad for breakfast!! Thank you so much Jeff and Vicki for the yummy food! From there we were on the fair grounds right when the gate opened! 

Friday: arriving to the fair grounds! Walking around eating and shopping the booths!

Also love the animals! Mama pig had 12 piglets this year! Can't believe it! We all cast our vote as to how many she would have and Penny guessed it! I though she was way too high! I guessed 6 lol! I was the one way off! lol 

From checking out the animals we hit up the carnival! Git our wristbands on and away we went! lol This is my most favorite! Love those carni rides and games! lol

We took a break from the carnival rides to hear Penny singing the National Anthem at the Mutton Bustin arena! When I checked her in for her singing I also asked if Cash could ride a sheep! They said yes and added him straight on the line up! He was pumped up and ready to ride!!! Hang on and don't let got for nothing! Penny of course nailed it! She did so amazing singing! Her voice is powerful and amazing! So proud of her! Cash was then up! He did amazing! Did not let go until he was knocked out by the sheep trying to jump the fence with him still on it's back and slammed Cash into the fence causing him to hit his body so hard against the fence knocking him out! He laid like a limp fish after the impact! I of course was a hot mess trying to get out to my boy! His shoulder took the hardest hit! He has bruising on his shoulder, hip and legs! He made 2nd place! He they could move on to the championship run if he wanted to do it again after his hit! Well he wasn't quitting! He wanted to do the championship run! Can't believe it! He is one tough little dude!

In between the 2 mutton bustin the kids did the bungi jumping! Penny was doing flips over and over! Cash got 1 flip in! Piper just jumped up and down! lol They all loved it! 

It was championship time for Cash's mutton bustin! So brave! and I'm sure so sore! That was not stopping him! HE did great! He took 4th! Way to go!!! So proud of him! He was definitely sore as the the day went on! Poor guy!

Rodeo time!! We loved it!! Every night is so good!!!!

When the Rodeo ended it was time to shut the fair down!!! So much cooler and no lines!! We had a blast!!! Running from ride to ride! I love my people!!!

Saturday: Day 3: Fair, Carnival and Rodeo! Breakfast again at Grandpa Jeff's!! Then we started the day at the carnival! We knew Saturday was going to be a hot one and so busy! So we got a jump start on our carni rides! lol So many friends and cousins joined us for the day! We planted ourselves in the grass and under a big tree for lost of shade all day! 

Then it was Penny's time to sing again over a the Mutton Bustin arena!!! Piper also wanted to Mutton Bust just like her big brother! lol So I got her added to the line up!! Penny of course rocked the National Anthem! Her voice is pure and perfection! Proud mama over here!! The crowd was roaring for her! Way to go Penny!! Next up.... Piper! This was her first time Mutton Bustin! She wasn't nervous or scared at all! Especially after seeing Cash go into the fence the day before! lol She held on tight for about 3 secs! lol She fell off and got up crying and waiving at us! I think coming off the sheep is was scared her! lol She took 6th place! Awesome Piper for your 1st time! She said she wants to do it again next year! We shall see! lol Love these brave kids of mine!!!! 

Fair fun with all our friends and family!! 

 When you're having fun the day flew by fast!! It's Rodeo time!! We love the rodeo! This was our 3rd night!!! So exciting and fun every time! The kids get way into it too!! We much on kettle corn and cotton candy!! lol

After the rodeo we get more fair food and hit the carnival back up!!! No lines and much cooler! We must shut the fair down! Mel and I played carni games! We had a blast!!! Look at all our winnings! lol After game playing we shut the carnival down riding rides!!!! 

Sunday: The fun has ended! lol We got up  and packed up and I headed home with Cash and Piper! I needed to be at church so I needed to get on the road back home! Chad and Penny stayed to start taking down the fair! Remember Chad's on the board! lol He's the busy one! 

So I made it home went to church then got a wild hair to go back out to the fair to watch the last night of the rodeo! I called up my bestie Bre and told she had 20 mins to gather the children and be ready! I was picking her up to go to the Rodeo! lol We had a blast! The kids had so much fun being together at the rodeo!  Penny even fed the rodeo clown nachos! Too funny! 

Then the Rodeo Clown Cody asked me if the kids could be in a dance off on tv! Of course I said Heck Yes! My kids have been watching the rodeo for the last 4 nights and were dying to get down there with the Clown Cody! lol Sure enough they jumped the fence and went into the dirt arena! Music started popping and the kids starting dancing and doing their tricks! It was so funny! Piper was doing her crazy flexible splits! Cash was doing the worm! and Penny was doing her round off front hand spring! lol Pulling it all out for the dance off! The kids loved that they were on tv and the Rodeo Clown Cody told them they were all famous now! They were so excited and hyped!! Too much fun! 

We loved out night together! More food and cotton candy! 

Bre thanks for being so spontaneous and coming with me! We had such a wonderful time together! Such an amazing Fair and Rodeo weekend! Never want the fun to stop! lol

Me, Cash and Piper left after the Rodeo again and Penny stayed with Chad to keep helping! They stayed all the way through Monday night! Busy little helpers all day long! I'm so grateful for them! They are such hard workers! They did not stop!!! Penny had the best time helping her daddy! She said they ate a ton and worked a ton! lol I love these 2 so much!!! 

We are so happy the fair is back! I'm so happy my honz is part of making it happen for the fair! He's the best grand master ever! lol The fair was a huge success! Can't wait till next year!