Baby Niels Ryan Monson!

  

We have a new baby! Well not mine to be exact but my sister had her baby! #5 for Eryka and Adam! The Sweetest most precious and perfect little boy born April 29,2019! Niels Ryan Monson! 6lbs13oz and 20.5ins long! He's Eryka's littlest one! He's just the sweetest! My kids are obsessed! Penny of course is a little momma and wouldn't stop holding him and touching him, and singing to him and talking to  him! If I would have let her she would have walked around the house with him or put him in her stroller! We just love you so much baby Niels! We can't wait to get back up to Utah to see you again!

Happiest Birthday to Me!

 

Happy 39th Birthday to me!! My last year in my 30's! OMG!! Can't believe it! Time flies when your having fun! What a great day I had! So much love was given to me! I woke up to my sweet little kids surprising me presents, to friends dropping off gifts, to lunch with more friends, ton of calls, texts, fb messages, and ended my wonderful day at Chuck E Cheese with more friends and my sisters! Yes Chuck E Cheese my 4th year celebrating my birthday there! I love it and the kids love it too! Its for the kids really rt?! and That's what life's about when you're a mom anyway! lol!  Then on the weekend my honz took me and our bff's to dinner at Brio and to see the new Avengers Movie End game! The perfect Birthday! Thank you all for making me me feel so special and loved all day long!

Happiest Easter!

 The Happiest Easter! The Easter Bunny sure found these 3 little cuties! My heart is full! I'm grateful for my eternal family! #becauseofhim our Savior Jesus Christ- we can all return to live with him and all our loved ones again! It gives me chills and a calming feeling to know I will see my mom again. I'm grateful for the atonement and sacrifice that Jesus Christ did for all of us!

After Church we spent the afternoon and evening at my dad's! It was a wonderful day with my family! I love you all so much!

Easter Fun in St George!

 Oh my goodness did we ever have so much fun in St George with my sister and family! So last year I took the kids up during spring break to hang out and we went to a community Easter egg hunt! It was so much fun! So this year I planned with my sister I would  come up again! Well she planned so  much more for us to do! We hit up 3 different Easter egg hunts around town! Decorated Easter cookies at her house and had plans to dye eggs but ran out of time! and not to mention she's 36wks pregnant with her 5th baby and before I got up there she was in the hospital! lol 

Top collage is from our 1st Egg Hunt! The night before Penny had fallen out of her top bunk in her sleep hitting her face and back as she fell to the floor. She got a huge goose egg and bruise on the side of her face close to her eye and had a concussion. Poor thing! It was the craziest! She has never fell out of her  bunk bed! We are so lucky she didn't break any bones or need  stitches! Her back still hurts but it's just muscles that are sore! So needless to say since Penny had the concussion and back so sore she couldn't do any egg hunts. She was such a trooper and loved watching Piper hunt the eggs!!

Egg Hunt #2! Cash was fast this year and loved it! Piper was the cutest! She loved it too! She new just what to do and would get so excited every time she would pick an egg up and drop it in her bucket! Just love her cute little personality! and again Penny was so sweet and would just watch from the sidelines! She was worried she would get run over in her age group of kids!

 

Egg Hunt #3! My aunt Jill invited us over for lunch! She had no idea she had so much planned! Tons of yummy food and deserts! Egg decorating station with flowers and yarn! Bounce House! Scavenger Hunt! and the Easter Egg hunt! We all had a blast! The kids loved being around their other cousins we don't see very often and I loved it too! I love my cousins and aunt so much! We don't see them enough but when we do it is so fun to catch up! This will for sure be our new tradition! Aunt Jill be ready for us every year! lol Thank you so much for a great afternoon!

Egg Hunt #4- The Ultimate hunt! lol! The ride home you can see the kids were all exhausted from the day! lol they rested up and were ready for hunt #4 at our neighbors house- The Facer's! We are blessed beyond measure to have them next door! They have taken my family in as their own! We just love them! Dude and Sue stuffed the eggs full with candy, coins or bills! and boy did they hide them good! Chad and I even got to hunt for eggs! So much fun! It reminded me of when my dad used to do his money egg hunt years ago! After the hunt they cooked up an amazing dinner! Thank you for always including and loving my kids as your own grand kids! We sure love you guys!

It's Fair and Rodeo Time!

 Best weekend of our lives! Oh how we love the Logandale Fair and Rodeo! This was Chad and I 10th year going together! We love our tradition and making memories for our kids!

Yee-Haw! I love my little cowgirls and cowboy! The cutest! They love getting all dressed up in their western gear! I'm obsessed with them!

Day 1- Fun times at the Fair and seeing the farm animals!

 

 Carnival time! Eryka and her family came for Friday and spent the whole day and even came with us to the Rodeo! The kids had a blast hitting up all the rides and playing the carnival games! 

 Rodeo fun! We loved having Eryka's family with us! The kids loved the animals and the loud music! Especially Piper and Eryka's baby Fenix! They were dancing and screaming! We had a blast! We all loved hearing the announcer talk about American Stitch before the horse riding and bull riding would come out of the bucking chute! It's been a long time goal and dream of Chad's to have our American Stitch be a sponsor at the Fair and Rodeo and to be a bucking chute sponsor! Best day ever! After the rodeo! We went back over to the carnival and of course shut that place down! Love it!

 Day 2- Fair! Love my Sweet Penny Pie!! She's growing up and it hurts mt heart! She's truly beautiful inside and out!

 My boy! Mr. Cash man with no fear! He's into style! Loves clothes, shoes and hats! Son you're looking on! lol! He's only 5! lol

 

Miss. Sassy pants! Little Piper rules the roost! She's fun loving and full of personality! She's talking so big! We are just loving everything she does! She's totally spoiled and gets away with doing just about anything! lol! Love her sweetest face!

 We just can't get enough of these 3! They make my heart burst! I seriously can't handle the cuteness of these pics! omg!! Obsessed!

Just loving the fair!

 The highlight of our Saturday was Cash mutton bustin!! Yep that's him riding a sheep! He lasted about as long as he did last year which was about 4sec but this sheep was a big momma! lol and the day before he played a carnival game a won a basketball. While playing and bouncing the ball the ball hit off my stroller and came back and jammed his pinkie finger! We didn't even notice until later that night when washing his hands that it was black blue and purple, swollen and he couldn't bend it! So with that said I don't think that help when he went to hold on to the big sheep to get the grip with that hand wasn't strong enough to hold on tight enough! We were all still so proud of him! He was so excited! He won a shirt, poster and $5! He said next year when he rides he'll be 6yrs old and so much stronger! lol! So I guess he's doing it next year! It's really so much fun to watch! Thanks to all that came out and sat in the hot sun to watch our fearless Cash ride!

Night 2 at the Rodeo! We love the Rodeo! Along with being with my brother and family we had a great day with Chad's aunt and uncle Erin, Troy and Reese and they came to the rodeo too! It was their first time at the rodeo! and once again we loved hearing the announcer say "American Stitch" all night long! I'm so proud of my honz and his goal setting and dedication he has for his business and family! We love you honz! You're truly making dreams come true! Another wonderful fair and rodeo weekend in the books! 10 years down of tradition and memories! Can't wait to keep making more out here!

Easter Party Fun!

 

Cash had so much fun at his pre-k Easter party! Mrs. McIntyre always does so much for her classes! They played at the park, played Easter games, had an Easter egg hunt and last but not least the Easter Bunny came! Piper was so excited! I thought she was going to be scared but nope she was cutting all the kids in line! lol! She hopped right up on it's lap! They had so much fun! Piper was loving the Easter egg hunt too! She really caught on to the hang of it fast! It was windy and cold but that didn't stop them from having fun! Thank you Mrs. McIntyre for all you do!

In the evening our ward primary put on an egg hunt for the primary kids! It was so much fun to gather as a ward and let the kids play! Such a great night!

Congrats Penny!

Oh Penny! You are truly becoming an amazing. sweet, smart little lady! Say hello to Sky Pointe's newest member of the National Elementary Honor Society! We are beyond proud of Penny's desire to learn, lead, and serve! She is a natural born leader! Words can not even express how we feel about our sweet little Penny and what she has accomplished in her 8yrs of life! Anyone that meets and knows her loves her! She is caring, loving and giving! She always looks for the good in others! She strives to do her best everyday! Our saying everyday before she heads to school "Have courage and Be kind!" This little lady has my heart forever! Keep it up! Your dedication and hard work is paying off! You're doing amazing things Penny pie! We are so proud of you! 

Thank you for your love and support-  Grammy Vicki and our amazing bff neighbors Jackie, Steve and Sue for coming! Penny felt so special and loved having you guys there! We love you!

Baby Piper 2year pics!

 

I'm only a couple months behind getting her 2yr pics taken and posted! Her Jan 3rd birthday is hard for me! lol! The weather is crazy cold and we have all  been sick on and off between her birthday to now but hey we got them done and look how perfect she is! Oh how we love this "salt and Piper!" She is a spit fire! Lots of personality come out and she will let you know when she is mad! She does not like to be bugged and bothered especially if she's in her salty mood! but when she's on she's on! She's friendly, smiley, happy and talking! She has really been using lots of words lately and we are just loving her little voice and words! She's becoming a smart little one! Penny and Cash are still obsessed with her even when she's nasty! lol! She's definitely a busy bee! Always into something keeping momma on her toes! Oh how we love you Piper Rae! You bring our life so much joy!

My 3 little Lucky Charms!

 

Happy St Patty's Day from my 3 little Lucky Charms! No one was getting pinched over here! Cash thought it was pretty cool that since me and him have green eyes we never can get pinched! lol! These 3 have my heart! they are busy but so much fun! I look at their sweet faces and just fall more in love with them! 

They woke up to a Lucky Charm trail through out the house with chocolate gold coins and chocolate green clovers leading them to a pot of Surprises! The Silly little Leprechaun also turned all the milk green and the toilet water green! Cash thought this was the funniest! Such a fun Day! Happy St Patrick's Day to all!

Chad's Alumni Basbeball Game!

Take me out to the Ball game! Its always so fun to go out for Chad's alumni baseball game out in Logandale! They kids always have so much fun and love watching their daddy play! Chad makes all the shirts every year! They turned out great as always! It was a bit cold with the dang wind but we sure had a so much fun being together as a family! Love my family!

Dune Time!

 Love long weekends! For President's weekend we headed to the dunes! It was a cold  and windy weekend but Saturday turned out to be beautiful during the day! We always have fun no matter the weather! The kids played non stop!

 I even went on a ride! Penny drove her mini razor and followed behind us! She did great! We went up and all over the little dunes! So much fun! Loved watching her drive and keep up with us! Poor little Piper her helmet is so heavy for her so she ends up falling asleep cause she cant fight keeping her head up! Too heavy! lol!! Love my little family so much and all the fun memories made!

Then as we were driving home it was snowing! The kids were so hyped! It was so beautiful! We went over to our friends house up in Summerlin where they had blankets of snow! The kids had an absolute blast playing and building snowman!

My Sweetest Little Valentine's!

  Happy Valentine's Day!! These 3 have my heart for sure! Seriously can't handle these sweet faces! Love them so much

 These pics are from Valentines Day! They woke up to Cupid stopping in and leaving them surprises! Then it was off to school! They had so much fun today at their Valentine party's!

We even got out! lol! Chad surprised me with dinner and the Golden Knights game! It was an epic night of laughs, talking, eating and gaming! We watched the 1st half of the game in  our seats and the 2nd half up in the NV Energy suit! So fun! I was all decked out in my sparkly glittery gold and black from head to toe of course! lol Such an amazing night with such great friends!I love you honz! Thanks for always making it possible and spoiling me! You're truly my one true love! My best friend, my rock and my whole world! My dreams couldn't come true without you by my side!

Pretty in Pink!

  

Pretty in  Pink was exactly our sweet little Penny! It was the annual Daddy Daughter Dance this past weekend and both could not wait! Penny picked out a floor length pink ball gown and even picked out the pink tie for daddy! She loves her special night with daddy! Daddy loves it too! We dolled her up  from head to toe! Makeup and all! She was ready for her date!

It's the best tradition that these brothers take their daughters to the dance! They have double dated every year for the Daddy Daughter Dance! The girls love it so much! They went to the dance! Then to Wahoos for dinner, then to cinnaholic for dessert! Such a fun night to be spoiled! Another amazing daddy daughter dance in the books!

Cash's Fun Field Trip!

 

Cash's pre-k class went to the Natural History Museum for a field trip! He loved it and so did little Piper! I pushed the stroller the whole time with no one it! lol Little Piper was having way too much and had no time for that stroller! She sat with Cash and his class when the Teacher would talk about each room and the animals! Shes getting way to big!! Cash loves school, his teacher and all his friends! He had a blast! Piper loved all the animals and would get so excited when they would play the sounds of each of the animals in each room! Such a great day! Thanks Mrs. McIntyre! We sure love you!

Fun Run!

The Apex Fun Run is always a highlight for Penny! She loves it every year! Sadly this year I wasn't able to make it do to colonoscopy but daddy went in my place! And she was so excited! He never gets to do the fun school things because of work but since mommy couldn't be there he didn't disappoint! He took her Gatorade and a snickers to surprise her! He also last minute volunteered to be the lap marker on the kids shirts! Penny loved that! She went to him every time to get her lap marked! She ran her little butt off and completed 40 laps! I promised her i would give her $1 a lap and would take her shopping! She was so excited to get $40 bucks! She spent every last dime on slime making stuff! Silly girl! She's good and making slime too!! lol! We love you sweet Penny! Great job running! We are always so proud of you!

Surprise!!! Happy 60th Jeff!

Surprise!!! Happy 60th Birthday Jeff!!! Oh what a surprise it was! He had no clue! Great job planning Vicki! He was loving it and felt so special! We had a wonderful night celebrating Chad's dad birthday!! Here's to many more!! We love you!!

Ice Skating Fun!

 We still  weren't done celebrating Piper's 2nd birthday so we decided to  take the kids ice skating! We went to the Golden Knights practice arena! Who knew how amazing this was! lol! it's huge and so much fun! My boy was beyond excited because he Loves the Knights! My kids have never been ice skating so this was a fun adventure!! My brother and family came and then I had a couple older cousins and friends to come help out on the ice! lol I was not skating! I can't be breaking my elbows again! lol and plus I needed to stay with my Piper and watch and cheer them on from the sidelines! lol and yes we were celebrating Piper's birthday and she didn't even skate! lol

 Seriously so much fun watching them skate! Cash could only go fast and get his balance with his little helper! Penny got better the more she went around but still liked holding the bigger girls or auntie Em's hands for extra support! Chad on the other hand took off like he was professional  and trying out for the team!  lol He would make sure the kids were steady and he would skate off carving the ice! My brother and I were in the stands watching him in excitement with how good he was! lol Seriously pretty dang impressive! We loved it!

 After skating we went to Macayo's! They sang to Piper and she about jumped out of her highchair in fright! She wasn't as excited about it this time...she was more scared about who are these people singing to me really loud and they are very close to me! lol She has the blowing out candles and eating icing off cupcakes down! We had a wonderful day! and as you can see in the passed out asleep pics littel Piper had the Best Birthday ever! We  love you Piper!

Happy 2nd Birthday Piper Rae!

 Happy 2nd Birthday Piper Rae! We still can't believe you are 2! Penny had so  much fun decorating, wrapping and setting up Piper's present display! Like i mentioned before she loves babies! So she got a baby set up with a bed, highchair and little cupboards! More babies and baby car seat! So cute and she hasn't stopped playing with it since! i wrapped and she unwrapped her present like3 times! I t was so much fun! She's just the cutest best little personality!

For her birthday dinner we went to Frijoles! I brought cupcakes with 2 candles so we could sing to her! She loved us singing! She even clapped when we were done singing! lol and she even blew out her own candles! She's just so dang cute! You bring us so much joy! Oh how we love our little Piper!

Piper's 24mon Candids!

Each month I capture candid pics of my baby! and this month she turned 24mons! 2yrs old! What?! How did this happen so fast! My baby!!! She getting too big and too bossy! lol Nothing stops her! She keeps up with her big sister and brother! She's talking more and definitely knows what she wants even if she can't say it! Her brother loves to pester her! She on the other hand does not like it and she lets him know too! lol Sweet little Piper sure loves babies, purses, phones and treats! She loved her binky until she bit a hole in it! I never gave her a new one and she seems fine with out it! Maybe potty training will be this easy! lol Our sweet little Piper is full of life and we can't even imagine life without her! She can be so sweet and so salty! lol I still can't believe we are going into toddler days! We  love you so much sweet baby girl!

Happy New Year!

 Happy New year!! Finally getting around to posting this! We have been so sick and finally feeling better so now I can catch up on my blogging! Besides having colds we had a wonderful New Year's eve! Our Bestie Decker's invited us over! It's truly the best! We just walk across the street! They let off floating lanterns! Posed in front of the New Year decor props! Ate great food and deserts! and played games! I put the kids to bed and rang in the new year with my honz and besties! Penny really wanted to  stay up to ring in the new  year like last year but instead rang it in with a 103 fever in bed! My poor girl!

For lunch we met up with my dad, bro and kids at Macayos! It's our favorite place with my family! Such a great day! So here's to the best year yet! Happy 2019!!!