Field Trip Fun!

Cash had a blast at his 1st kinder Field Trip to the Gilcrease Orchards! He was so excited to  get on the big bus to go! Cash was also so excited to get to go with his best friend Noah! Going to school with your cousin is the best! Such a fun day for Cashy!

Labor Day Beach Vibes!

 

Oh how we love the Beach! Why is it sooooo goooood! lol Seriously the best! So relaxing for me and the kids play all day long not bugging! lol Labor Day weekend Fun right here! 

 

I love getting a good photo shoot on! Love her sweet sweet face! She's growing up to fast!

 

Baby Girl loving the beach! She had a blast playing with all the sand toys! Love her posing for me!! Sassy little thang!

 

Love my boy! He also loves to pose for the camera! lol Get it! 

 

This trip was the best! All my siblings came!!! Eryka came down from  Utah! So much fun to have all the cousins together! They all play so good together! The 1st day we enjoyed Huntington Beach! Our usual spot! Been going there for 11yrs!

 

Couldn't keep Cashy boy out of the ocean! He's such a blast to watch! He truly was loving his life! Catching the waves on his boogie board! He has no fear at trying anything! Ummm that scares me! lol

 

2nd day we spent at Newport Beach! The rest of my family had gotten a Beach house down there! Newport is so fun! A pain to park but the beach is close to walk to! It was gorgeous there! 

 

Penny's photography with the close head shots! I'd say she did dang good! lol She's always wanting to take the pics! lol Just love all these smiling faces!

 

These are the photos from the hotel! We also popped into the swap meet! Had so much fun there! Oh how I need to get back there! Best Labor Day Trip in the books! So many amazing memories!

Apex Fun Run!

 It was the Apex Fun Run and the kids school! It was early this year and boy was it a hot one when they were running! They love it so much! Penny ran her butt off completing 45 laps!!! You go girl!!! It was so fun to watch her! She kept catching up to her friends and getting me to take pics of them! lol

This was Cash's 1st Apex Fun Run! He loved it! Running his butt off and completing 42 laps! He almost beat Penny! Wow! Killing it son! He was running so hard and fast! lol! Hes definitely my competitive one! Penny not so much! She's like her momma! We are there to be social and have fun! lol! It was so  hot for me just standing there cheering them on! So  proud of my hard working kids! They truly love life to the fullest! I love it!

Penny's Stake Activity Day Camp!

 Ohhhhh how we had the best day together! Penny had her stake activity day camp up at camp Stimson and I volunteered to help! I loved being able to go and be with my sweet little Penny! She loved me there too! I never get to go and just do things with just Penny there's always a few more children with me always! lol It was so fun to watch her interact with her friends! She is such a sweet girl! I loved being with the other leaders to! We have some amazing ladies in our ward! Such great friends to me! Day Camp was a blast! So many activities, crafts, hiking, eating, singing and lots of laughter! Such a great day! A memory we shared together that we both will never forget! Love my sweet Penny pie!

Piper's 1st Day of Pre-Pre-K!

 

 Oh my sweet baby is off to Pre-Pre-K! She was so excited to wear her backpack and go to School! She just thinks she is big as her Big sis and Big brother!

We are so lucky to be able to put her in  pre-pre-k at 2 1/2yrs. My sister n law Bre's sisters teach the class! Miss Madi and Miss Kylee! They are amazing! The cutest fun teachers ever! Piper loves them so much and loves her new friends! She has so much fun at school! She just loves it! I love it too! I'm getting a little break from my stage 5 clinger! lol Oh boy oh boy does she ever love her momma the most!  I love you too my sweetest baby Piper!

Back to School!

These little cuties couldn't wait to go to school! Cash was beyond excited that he gets to go to "big kid" school  and go to the school  where Penny goes!

 

Penny started the 4th grade! Where is the time going!! She loves school! Loves to learn, be a leader and loves her friends! She came home the 1st day and made 3 new friends! She is just the best! Hard worker, loving and kind! She is absolutely beautiful inside and out!

 

My little Cashy started Kindergarten! Like I had mentioned above he was so excited to start school! He was counting down the days to get to go to "big kid" school! lol He is a natural at making friends and excited to learn all the things! He kept telling me "mom I'm going to be the best boy at school, help my teacher with whatever she needs and make tons of  friends!" and that's exactly what he did on the 1st day! He had the best day! His teacher and a lunch helper both came up to me separately complimenting me that my boy was such a great boy and such good listener! He loved every minute of it and was such a good boy!

 

These are the pics from 1st day of school of us walking him into school! Kinder has their own little gate so I parked the car and we all walked him to school! Penny showed him a round and then headed off to her 4th grade class! He lined up when the bell rang and was ready to go! 

 

These are the pics I took of him when I picked him on the 1st day! I normally drive through carpool  lane but since it was his 1st day ever in "big kid" school, Piper and I walked up to get him! He was beaming! All Smiles!! They even celebrated his birthday! His birthday was the day before school! He loved it! They sang to him and even in his specials which was Spanish she sang to him  in Spanish! He felt so special! It was the icing on the cake for is 1st day! Then right after school we met up with Aunt Bre Favorite, my nieces and nephews at Dutch Bros for a Frost Surprise! This was my first time going and taking the kids! We all loved it so  much! So yummy! It was the perfect treat for the perfect 1st day of school!

These are the pics from the school meet and greet! They got to go and meet their teachers and check out their classroom's before school started! Penny of course showed Cash all the ropes so he was ready for his 1st day!! So proud of my kids! I love that they love life to the fullest and love school so much!! Here's to a great year of learning and making new friends! Love you 2 so much!

Cash's Birthday Fun!

 

 Oh how we love to celebrate Birthday's! To kick off Cash's 6th Birthday week we went to Gravity! This was the first time we have gone all summer long! Summer went by way to fast! Dang it! We had a blast! Piper was busy! Last year she wasn't moving this fast! lol My bestie neighbor Sue had her grand kids in town all week! The kids played non- stop the entire week!!!!

 

On Saturday! The day before Cash's birthday we took the kids to see Lion King! He has been wanting to see it so we went! Piper was terrible as always in theaters! lol! But Penny and Cash Loved it! It was so good!

 Sunday came and it was his actual birthday! Happy 6th Birthday my Cashy boy! He has kept us on our toes for 6yrs and i don't see that changing anytime soon! He's a delight to be around! So full of life! Such a Funny boy! a Tease! My neat freak (just like mommy)! My organizer! Makes friends every where we go! My social butterfly! So athletic! He can do anything on the first try!! Has no fear! Not scared of anything! not even me when when he's getting in trouble! lol I truly think he thinks he's invincible! A super hero! and that scares me! lol and with all these things he's also very sweet! Has a big heart! Life is always great and fun in eyes! When I'm having a day! He's the first one to hug me and check in to see if I'm ok! He's a lover and a fighter! lol Fighter in a play full way! lol Oh how I love this boy of mine! He's the most like me and that's so crazy to me! Happy Birthday big boy!

 2 things i know for sure are very difficult to me! Taking a selfie/picture where everyone is looking and the camera and smiling their best! and the other Stake Conference with small kids! Yikes! lol! Today Piper was just on one! Teasing, laughing and running off when we are getting after her! I think I have another Cash on my hands with Piper! They are so much a like! lol Yikes! Lots of teasing with those too! So today at Stake Conference we were already sitting out in the foyer! No seats! However that didn't stop my kids any from being busy! Piper found a small bell under the couch at church and proceeded to take off running into the sacrament with the bell just a ringing it! Ugh! Not to bad...your thinking! Well the icing on the cake was when she pulled her dress off (a slip over your head kind of dress...a llr scarlett to be exact) and bolted for the Sacrament room with just her underwear on! OMG! I can't run after her! Chad's not running after! So we sent Penny in to chase her down as Piper proceeded to  giggle naked and continue to run away from Penny all through the sacrament room! UGHHHHHHH! Penny got her and I was ready to leave! lol I have 2 mottos in my life....1.Don't mess with Pretty! and 2.Don't embarrass me! She definitely did that 2nd one today! Every one close enough to see Piper streak through Sacrament did and was laughing! Sigh........lol

Back to Cash's special day! lol He woke up telling daddy! "It's my birthday and you are going to play the YES challenge with me! Everything i say and ask for you have to say YES!" lol who comes up with this stuff! Oh Cash does because remember he's always teasing, joking and loving life! So daddy went along with it! Daddy said yes to making pancakes for breakfast, yes to playing Disney infinity, yes to playing basketball, yes to ordering Domino's pizza (cash wanted a cheese and a pepperoni pizza-2 pizzas lol), and yes to a sprinkled confetti cake! Oh how we love our fun loving playful boy! He's seriously so funny! We hope you had the Best 6th Birthday! We love you Cash Money!

Happy 11th Anniversary!

 

Lucky in Love!!! Happy Anniversary to my one true love! Last week we celebrated 11yrs! I say all the time I’m the lucky one to have found you!My best friend, soul mate, my rock, my biggest fan, the one I call my dream boy and so much more! Still laughing the hardest, smiling the biggest and truly just loving every minute of life with you! Thanks for always making everything possible for me and our 3 beautiful kids! I love you the most hons and can't wait to celebrate many more amazing years with you!

We were lucky enough to celebrate at the temple! No better place to be then right where it all started! We went to the temple for our bff neighbor Chad's endowment! He's going on a mission to Mexico! We couldn't be more proud of him! It was a lovely anniversary! We even recreated one of our wedding photos! 11yrs later...we still got it! lol

The day before our anniversary! We got to see our same bff neighbor family their son Jade come home from his mission! He served in the Chicago, Illinois Spanish speaking mission! Mission Complete and job well done! My Cashy boy has been so excited for his bff Jade to get home! He ran up and gave him a BIG hug and Jade said "Hi Cash!" Cash ran back to me and said with excitement "mom he remembered my NAME!" lol So cute! Piper even ran right up and gave him a hug! She was 6mons when he left! Such a great day and the following day at the Temple! Our hearts our full! We love our Bff Neighbors!

Birthday Bash!

 

Penny's 9th and Cash's 6th Birthday Bash was amazing as always! I always plan the party at the same time! Their Birthday's are 2wks apart so we do it in the middle! Right after Penny's birthday and right before Cash's birthday! A BIG Thanks to my daddy for letting us use his big back yard and pool to accommodate all the family that came to their party! The Cane's tailgate was a hit! Ordered over 100 chickens, fries, bread, sauce, potato salad, macaroni salad,  bags of chips, and fresh fruit for the WIN! There wasn't anything left! So I would say Canes was a big hit! 

 

Cupcake Time!! Cash wanted Fortnite cupcakes and Penny wanted music note cupcakes! So you know i made it happen! So much fun! Cash blew out all Penny's candles and his! Such a tease as always! So we re-lit Penny's candles so she could blow hers out! 

Present Time! If they asked me one more time when they could open their presents i was going to throw them all away! lol Non-stop can we open presents...Can we open presents...like a broken record! lol boy was it a blast! They had so  much fun opening their surprises! Thank you all for spoiling my kids, loving them so much and coming out to their Party!! Until next time for the best and biggest fun swim birthday party of the Summer!

Bulloch Family Reunion at The Ranch!

 

Another fun and memorable Bulloch family reunion in the books! Thanks Grandpa Bulloch for having such an amazing place for a ranch! The views are breathtaking! The trail ride adventures are exciting and fun! We had such a blast! 

 We arrived Thursday! Its quite a trek to get into the Ranch property! But this girl drove for the first time in! That's an adventure in itself! lol My honz and everyone were so impressed! I loved every minute of it! 4 wheeling in with no dust was the best!

 Riding trails! Making crafts! Shooting Guns!

 The trail rides were so fun wild and crazy! The most breathtaking and beautiful views ever!

 Saturday was when all the family showed up! It was a great day!

 Great pics from Saturday!

 Epic water balloon fight!!! Piper kept getting me!!! And if you know me well....don't get me wet especially my face!! lol

 The meadow! My favorite spot to look out and feel the fresh mountain air!

 My favorite reunion! We had a wonderful time! Thanks to Brent and Diane for putting it on! And thanks to my honz for creating our reunion shirts that were on point! Best ones yet!!!

Penny's Fun Birthday Weekend!

 Happy 9th Birthday weekend Penny Pie!!! I love spoiling this one! She's so easy to shop for and shop with! Every year I take her to Justice to shop! She got  her backpack, lunchbox, and clothes! We love that store! Well while we were there they asked her to come model at their back to school fashion show which ended up being the day before her birthday! Of course she said yes and had an absolute blast! She got to shop the entire store trying on clothes to pick out and wear for the fashion show! She nailed the runway! She's just so dang cute! Has lots of personality and pizazz! She was working that fashion show! At the end she got to pick out 1 item from her outfit to have! Then of course we shopped some more! lol Such a fun experience! She was meant for the stage! lol!

 After the Justice fashion show I took the kids to a pet store to play with the puppies! They have been begging me to get them a puppy! Yikes! If you know me you know I'm not an animal lover! lol! But it was so fun to see their sweet little faces light up when they would bring in a puppy! This little white one was my fave!! lol

 Then it was her Birthday! She woke up to daddy's famous french toast that she loves and presents!!!!! Piper was excited too and said it was her birthday as well!!! lol! I can't believe she is 9!!! Times is flying by! Penny is the sweetest! She is loving and kind and cares for others! She has the best personality! Her smile, care free  attitude and love for life is contagious! She is an absolute joy to be around and I'm grateful everyday she came to our family! I'm the lucky one to be her mom! She never gives up! She's a hard worker and very determined! She never wants to disappoint me and never breaks any rules! She's happy go lucky with sass! I scored with this one! We love you Penny! We hope you had the best 9th Birthday!

 I Surprised her by taking her to get her nails and toes done! Tips and Dip please! lol She was in heaven! They even matched her toes to her new nails! We were both Loving every minute of it!!! She's just so fun to be around!

For dinner she wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese! Hey that's what I love to do on my birthday too! lol! We all had a blast! She ended the night with her bff cousin Emma sleeping over! She had the best day and night! Happy 9th Birthday Penny! We love you so much!!!

Big Girl!!

 Look who's a Big Girl!!! Where did my baby go!!!! It's hitting me hard! My baby is not a baby and we are not having any more babies coming!! The Bierstedt final chapter of babies has come to  an end! Sad but also feeling really good about it! No more baby aisle! lol! We have been busy over here! 1st day in i was like ohhhhhhh how I hate potty training! She went pee every where but in the toilet! lol I prayed all night! Please Piper have a better day tomorrow! lol! I'm too old for this! lol Day 2 came along and it was a perfect day! It's like it clicked and she totally got it and my prayers were answered!! lol Since then she tells me when she needs to go potty and even has been pooping in the big girl potty! Yay! She has been my easiest child to potty train! We have had a few accidents here and there to be expected but dang this baby is a smart one! She totally gets it and she Loves her big girl panties! She's just the cutest! I seriously can't believe no more diapers!!! No more baby things! We sure love you Piper Rae! The perfect final chapter to our family! You're perfect! We are so proud of you and love you so much!!!

Another item of firsts to document!!!!! 1st time with piggy tails!!! She loves them! She was so proud of herself!! I love her sweet little face with these pig tails! She looks even more grown up and totally looks like little Boo from Monsters Inc! I can't stand how cute she is!!! Love you big baby girl! You will always be my baby!!! You make my heart the happiest!

Soaking up the Hot Sun!

We have had so much fun this summer spending time over at my dad's house swimming and bbq-ing! On Saturday Janene's daughter's came into town so we all got together to swim and BBQ! So fun to see all the cousins play! It's been a while since we have seen Ali and lil Em's families! Their kids are  growing up fast! We had a wonderful day catching up and reminiscing about the good ole days! Sure love you all! Hope to see you all again real soon! Travel home safely!

Happy Happy Birthday to My Honz!

Happy birthday to the love of my life! 36 never looked so good! This is the one that makes dreams come true! His team surprised him this year with a Japanese theme decorated office and making tee's with "American Stitch" in Japanese! He was totally blown  away with the Japanese "American Stitch!" It was very clever and thoughtful! If you don't know this about Chad he is part Japanese! His grandma on his dad's side is full Japanese from Japan! So the Japanese culture is very special to him! So to have his company name converted to Japanese was amazing and he was totally taken back by it! Great job team! You nailed his Birthday this year!!! So I snuck Penny down to the store the night before when they were decorating so she could help! She had a blast and felt so special she got to surprise her daddy! All the kids were so excited for daddy's birthday! When they woke up they gave him his presents right away! We took daddy to get donuts for breakfast! Then we rushed to the store before he got there to hurry and get in our Japanese American Stitch shirts and hide! Cash and Piper were so excited for the hiding part! They jumped out of their hiding spots and yelled surprise! Piper was so proud of herself! lol! For dinner we kept the Japanese theme going and went to Ohjah Japanese Steak House!We sure hope your special day was as amazing as you are! I’m the lucky one to have found you! Thank you for making everything possible for me and our sweet little family! We sue Love you the most honz!