Family Picture Time!

It's that time a of year again for us! We always do  a family photo shoot 1 time of year! I can't believe it is already this time of year! Our amazing cute neighbor Kaylee Decker took our pics! We are amazed at how amazing she is! She has got the eye for photography for sure! It also helps that my kids absolutely love her! So they were extra good for her in the pics! We Love, Love, Love how they turned out! Get ready for your Christmas card! lol

These 3 make my heart burst! Love them so much! Each has their own special little personality too! They sure know how to make us proud!

This beauty turned 10 this year! I still can't believe she's 2 digits! She's beautiful inside and out! She loved posing for Kaylee! She has no problem getting in front of a camera! :)

This little handsome stud turned 7 this year! He's the tease and loves getting his sisters and momma going! lol Lot's of  personality! No fear! All boy! Wouldn't have it any other way! 

My sweet beautiful baby is 3... almost 4! I can't believe how fast time flies! She completes our family perfectly! She's definitely runs the show around here! Boss baby! lol She has such a cute little personality too! We just love our little caboose.

Fun pics! The dang wind picked up just enough to get my hair but we still love these! I love my sweet girls and father and son have the best bond! Perfect pics!

Love this man of mine! I'm the lucky one to have score this man! He is the hardest worker I know! He loves his family and  friends unconditionally! He's the glue to our family! He is the one that makes everything possible for our little family! My rock! Thank you for being you!  I love you honz! 

Amazing pics Kaylee! You are hired every year for our family pics!

 

School Picture Day!!

 School picture day! School picture day was a little different this year. Since the kids are not in school we had to sign up for a picture time to go to the school. The kids wore their masks in and out! Penny loved that I got to curl her hair and put a little makeup on! Normal picture day I get them so cute and ready and they end up taking pics after lunch or p.e. lol The hair all messed up. lol So I guess that was the only great thing about covid lol Their hair was perfect for pics! Piper also had picture day at her pre-school. She was so excited! Love these cuties so much!!! It was a great day! We can't wait to see how the pics turned out! :)

Zane's Football Game!

 I love being proud auntie! We finally got up to St George to watch my cute nephew Zane play football! This was his first year playing tackle football! He's so amazing! He plays every position. He's their kicker! He plays offense and even plays on defense! Way to  go Z!!! You killed it out there!! After the game we ate lunch! Did hair! They ate some more! We love cousin time!! Such a wonderful day!!! 

Trump Boat Rally!

Back at the lake! This time for the Trump Boat Rally Parade! This was a blast! We got there early to beet the crazy crowds! lol We found the perfect beach and the kids played all morning! Then it was time to head over to the parade! We heard there were over 1,200 boats in the parade plus tons of people on the beaches watching us go  by! The parade went from Boulder harbor all the way to the damn. So many beautiful boats! Everyone had their boats decked out with Flags and banners! Even the people were dressed in their red, white and blue! It was so amazing to see and be a part of! We could not believe our eyes as to  how many boats were out there! Crazy cool! 

                              

Beach Fun!

Parade Time!

Cliff jumping too! The kids had a blast with this cliff jumping! Such a wonderful day! Beautiful people and beautiful weather! We sure have loved using our boat this summer! Can't seem to get off the water! 

Labor Day Weekend Adventures!

Every year we spend Labor Day weekend down at the beach! This would have been our 12th year going! Since covid we don't feel comfortable going to cali so instead we had a very adventurous and spontaneous weekend! We started first at the Lake on Saturday! Had a wonderful day with family and friends! So much fun in the sun! My honz got a wild hair...... so we packed up the lake stuff to unpack at home and repack for a mountain adventure! Saturday evening we headed to the Ranch to spend the rest of the weekend up there! Totally exhausted but totally worth it! The best holiday weekend spent with family! Can't ask for any more! 

From Water to Mountains! Love our spontaneous amazing weekend!

An amazing hike and a very adventurous wild ranger ride to get to the start of the hike! So much fun! 

Movie night on the big screen! Do these kids know how lucky they are! I mean come on rt?? lol The memories we make with cousins is priceless! Best Labor Day weekend yet! Thanks honz for making it happen! 

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

My sweet little Piper off to  pre-pre-k!! Oh man was she excited to go to school! She loves being a big girl. She tells me all the time "mommy I'm not a baby" Oh sweetie you will always be my baby! lol 

These are the pics from school that Mrs. Megan took! She had so much fun making friends and seeing her teacher!

                             

She came home saying "Best day ever" lol I love this happy baby! She is the best!! We surprised her with an "lol" for being so brave on her 1st day of school! We love you sweet Piper!! We are so proud!

Yearly Birthday Pics!

Every year I take pics of the kids around their birthdays to put on my wall. I can't believe how much they grow and change in  a year. These are Mr. Cash Money's pics! He just turned 7!! I can't with how handsome he is! He's my organized, clean, athletic, wild child! All boy and has no fear! 

Here's Miss Penny pie's yearly pics! She recently turned 10!! 2 digits! I can't with how gorgeous she is! She is beautiful inside and out! She truly lives life to  the fullest! My happy go lucky! My Lucky Penny!

 

Piper's Meet and Greet!

 Oh my sweet little Piper! She had her meet and greet for pre-pre-k! We were lucky enough to snag Mrs. Megan's last spot for pre-k for little miss Piper! Thank goodness! I need one child out of my house especially since i'm the teacher for the other 2 kids! lol My sweet little Piper loves being big! She was so excited to meet her new teacher!! 

Gone Fishing!

We had a blast fishing in Otter Creek! It's been while since we have gone fishing and man did we have so much fun when we were there! We took our trailer and camped with my family! The kids had an absolute blast! Non stop riding bikes, lounging under giant trees, playing cards, and of course fishing!!!

Beautiful weather! We love when the rain storms come through too! There was a great little burst of rain on Saturday! So beautiful and it gets the fish really biting!

Such a wonderful weekend camping with our family! We love going into the small  town and eating! They have the best food and homemade pies! Yum!

Fishing action shots! This was fun! This was the first time in a long time that I jumped on the boat and fished! I think I was the lucky charm! We were reeling in some big fish left and right! We trolled and had a blast! Such a rush! lol The fish were loving Chad's rainbow lure! I reeled in a 5 pounder! Yes you read that right! A big momma! It was the biggest fish that was caught all weekend long! Yay!

Here's a little photo shoot of the big 5 pounder! My brother was totally trying to claim my big fish! lol It was awesome! Such a fun trip! We all can't wait to go fishing again! Until next time Otter Creek!

 

1st Day of Virtual School!

School is back in session! Very strange this year because they are home with distant virtual learning! Oh my! Dang covid once again causing to many problems. lol Ugh! They were both so excited to start school! I think they actually like to be home learning now that we have gotten into the groove of things!! Not sure how this momma feels about it yet!

 My Lucky Penny! 

Penny started 5th grade! Ruling the school! :) She already loves her teacher Mrs. Frehner so much!! She also has Mr. V and really likes him too!. School is very strange but this little one is smart and has already picked up on how to be tech savvy and get her way around google classroom. She has not needed momma's help for one second! :) She always has a positive attitude and loves learning new things! She loves seeing her friends on the zoom classes too! So proud of you my little lucky Penny!

My Cash Money!

Cash started 1st grade! He already loves his teacher Mrs. Hays! He didn't quite get the fact that he wasn't leaving for school! lol He quickly figured out I was the mean teacher at home! lol He loves seeing his friends on the zoom class! Mrs. Hays is fabulous keeping these 1st graders attention! lol It's hard to sit still and stare at a screen! lol It's long! It has consumed my whole day! Once he is done with zoom he has 1-2 hrs extra of work on the computer and work pages. It's definitely a different school year! More work for momma making sure he's paying attention on zoom and making sure all his assignments are complete and turned in! Oh my! When is this going to end! lol All will be well! We are already getting used to the daily routine and we are getting the school work done! Proud of my boy to be able to adjust to this way of learning! He's killing it with his reading already! So proud!

Virtually unstoppable! We are kicking off this school year strong! We are keeping positive vibes around here!

Ice cream for the WIN! Once we got through our 1st day we headed to get Thrifty's Ice cream! Our fave!! Then on Friday when we finished the 1st week I took them to $5 Below! Our new favorite fun store to pick out a surprise for their hard work! So proud of these kids! We can do this virtual learning! 

 

Virtual Back To School Meet & Greet!

Meet and Greet was very different this year for these 2 cuties! Due to covid their school is doing virtual distant learning for the 1st 9wks of school! Penny starts 5th grade and is beyond excited for her teacher Mrs. Frehner! Cash starts 1st grade and is super excited to have Mrs. Hays! Instead of going into the school to see their classroom and meet their teacher they got to meet their teacher super fast face to face in the carpool lane to pick up their materials they will need for class at home.  Then today they had their official meet and greet over zoom with their teacher! They leaner fun things about their teachers and got to see who would be in their live virtual classes! Oh what a way to start this school year! It's a lot on this momma to make sure I can get them in and on time in their classes each day! All the emails from the school and teachers! lol I can't keep them all straight! It's definitely going to be a learning curve and adjustment having school from home! Let's kick this new school year off with a bang! We can do hard things!! Let's face it Penny will be teaching me and Cash how to work google classroom and zoom! lol We got this! lol

Cowabunga Bay Fun!

One last hoorah before schools start Monday! Auntie Melissa had 2 extra tickets to Cowabunga Bay  and took my kids with her kids for an amazing fun day! They spent the entire day from opening to closing at Cowabunga Bay! Auntie Melissa completely spoiled them! Food, drinks, ice cream treats to even giving them money for the gift shop! Oh what an amazing fun day for these 2! They had a blast playing all day with cousins! Auntie Melissa thanks for such a fun day and loving my kids so much! We love you and your sweet kids! Penny and Cash are sure lucky to have you as their amazing Auntie!

Happiest 7th Birthday My Cash Money!

Happy Birthday to my one and only BOY!! My Cashy boy just turned 7! Can't believe it! This boy is all boy! Wild, crazy, determined, clean, organized, handsome, and strong! He loves life to the fullest! Always wanting to have fun and such a Big tease! He loves egging on his 2 sisters! Smack dab in the middle of  them and they know he's the buggy brother! lol He's not letting any of us forget he's around! lol Along with him being an all crazy boy but he also is sensitive, loving, sweet to others, and looks out for others. He makes friends with anyone and every one! He has the best little Big personality! I love spoiling my boy!

All he wanted to do was go to St George to play with his Utah cousins! So that's exactly what we did! We headed to St George! He wanted to go to Laser Mania up there! They played tons of arcade games! Played laser tag and did glow in the dark mini golf too! They didn't stop and had a blast!!! 

After playing at Laser Mania he wanted to go to Wingers to get sung to and get a big ice cream cake for desert! lol He was very specific in what he wanted to do for his 7th Birthday! lol So that's exactly what we did! Went to Wingers for dinner and sang Happy Birthday with his ice cream cake!  He's the best!

 He had the Best day! Ended the night with a  Slumber party with Utah cousins! Penny even got a Birthday present from Auntie Eryka! lol So much fun! We have the best time with my sister and sweetest kids! We love you Cash Money!! Happy 7th Birthday for the WIN!

Happy 12th Anniversary!

Warning!!! Selfie overload! lol Lucky in Love is what we have always said to each other! I truly am the luckiest one to have found my soul mate, my best friend, my one true love, the one that has changed my life forever, my rock, and the best daddy ever! We just celebrated our 12th anniversary on 08-08-20! We had a fabulous stay cation at the Trump Hotel to Celebrate! Such a wonderful weekend together! The Trump Hotel is beautiful! We ate an amazing Italian restaurant called Battista's Whole in the Wall! So yummy! Highly recommend it! After dinner we enjoyed walking around down by the Linq! We rode the Linq Ferris-wheel! I have always wanted to ride it! After the Linq we continued walking around the strip! Holy people watching! lol Too much to see for my little eyeballs! lol Went back to Trump and ate some more and played cards! We love playing cards! lol 

Such a wonderful much needed stay cation together! Wouldn't want to spend my life with anyone else! Here's to many more! Love you honz!

 

River Fun!

A very spontaneous invite and trip to the river to kick off Cash's Birthday wk! Our next door neighbor Dude and  Sue invited us down so we had to go! I love creating fun little adventures and memories for the kids! We all had an absolute blast! The kids didn't stop for 2 days of river fun!

From Mud cooking competitions, to mud spas, to swinging off swings into the water, to floating down the river, to kayaking! These kids did not stop but to eat and sleep! Cash also brought down his birthday rc truck to drive around and had a blast! Lots of open area to play! They also went on jeep rides and mini gold cart rides too! Non stop fun!!

 Thank so much Bestie for and amazing time! My kids are still talking about their rive adventures! What a way to kick off Cash's birthday wk!!

Fun in the Sun!

 Fun in the sun! We love going out to Logandale to swim in Grandpa Jeff and Grammy Vicki's massive pool! We all have such a blast! Did mention amazing food too! :) Thanks for having us out there! We love you guys!

It's Birthday Party Time!

It's Party time!! We had our annual Birthday Bash for Penny (10) and Cash(7) at my dads! So many friends and family came out to celebrate these 2! This year I catered in port of subs! I also made my first pasta salad! It was good! lol Fruit, Chips, veggie tray and tons of drinks! It was a happening Birthday Bash!

Present time! These 2 cuties were sure spoiled! Thank you all for coming and making my kids feel so special! 

 Whipped cupcakes for the WIN!!! So amazingly delicious! I cant' believe I have a 10 yr old! and defiantly can't believe my one and only boy is 7yrs old!! Time is flying by!! Can't wait for our next Birthday Bash Pool Party at my dad's!