Fun Day Trip to Phoenix!

So what do you do when you a need a rapid 24hr covid test to go on your Hawaiian vacation???? You drive down to Phoenix for the day and get it done! Wahoo! We had such a fun little adventure! We made a whole day out of being in Phoenix!  Such a blast! All of our results came back negative! Hawaii here we come! Can't believe it! 

 

Penny's 1st Piano Recital!

So proud of our Penny girl! She performed in her very 1st piano recital. It was a Christmas Recital! She has been begging for over a year to learn to play the piano and we finally got off Mrs. Andrea's waitlist! Yay! Penny loves learning to play the piano and absolutely loves Mrs. Andrea! She also takes voice lesson from Mrs. Andrea a well. We all know little Miss Penny loves to sing! She closed the Christmas Recital  killing it with Rocking around the Christmas Tree! She is so fun to watch perform! She really puts on the show!! Love her so much! Our little performing star! 

 

Santa!!!

SANTA! In your Best Elf voice! lol Oh how we love to see Santa even if he's behind a plexi glass wearing a mask! lol A year to remember that's for dang sure! lol Definitely had to document seeing Santa in 2020! 

It was actually kind of nice having to book an appointment to actually see Santa because there was no one in the kid area what so ever. They got to play all the fun little games this year. Normally I don't let them play in the kid area because it is so packed with kids and adults everywhere. You can't even get around in that area of  Bass pro with all the people. Today we walked in had the whole area to ourselves played and left. So nice! The kids had a blast!!! 

Love this time of year!! Just checking Christmas traditions off left an right! lol

 

Gingerbread House Fun!

Keeping our traditions alive!! Making Gingerbread houses with cousin's! The kids love getting together to make their houses! Little Piper and Little Navy did so good this year all by themselves! All their creations were a masterpiece! Such great times together!! 

 

80's Party!!

Holy 80's!!!! I must say we have some of the coolest friends ever! We celebrated 2 of friends Birthday's at the Crystal Palace Skating Rink 80's night!!! Holy throw back!!! It was so much fun! It was a blast getting our outfits all planned! Then wearing them was amazing!! We love dressing! Even Chad had so much FUN getting into it!! I haven't been in skates since highschool! We had a blast!! 

Such a great night with amazing friends!! Skating the night away! lol

More Thanksgiving Fun!

We had loaded our trailer up and spent our Thanksgiving at Chad's Dad's in Logandale! Once we were done there we headed up to my sister's in St George to stay the rest of the long weekend. What a blast we had! We took over my sister's street with mine and Ryan's trailers! All the kids bikes, scooters, mini razors, barbie car, chairs, ramps.... the list goes on!  We took over her street! lol  Thankfully she has some amazing neighbors that didn't seem to mind at all we were there. Half her neighbors are our cousins! lol So much fun! We were the "Cousin Eddie" for sure! lol The kids played non stop! I shopped! We ate, laughed, and visited the whole weekend!

I love being with my family! Just fills my soul! Ryan cooked dutch oven both nights! So good! We had such a wonderful time together! Best Thanksgiving long weekend ever! :)

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast at Chad's dad's house out in Logandale for Thanksgiving! We enjoyed amazing food and a wonderful time visiting with family! Such a great day! 

So grateful for family and especially this family! We love you all! Thanks for a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

 

Drive in Movie Time!

 We love the drive in! The day before Thanksgiving we went and saw the new Croods 2 movie! It was so good!! It was a bit cold but we all sure had a great time! What will we see next.....

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween from Tiger King!! These kids totally did this one for me! lol Love my kids! Such good sports! They were a hit everywhere we went! lol People loved their costumes! I did too!! Tiger King for the WIN!

The Best Carol Baskin! lol

Cash money nailed Joe Exotic!! lol He loved wearing his mullet hat!! lol

Can't forget the Tigers!!! The cutest little Tigers ever!! Piper and Ruby! lol

For trick or treating we have gone to Chad's aunt house the last few years! So of course we went again! They have a great safe neighborhood and it's so much fun to trick or treat with cousins!! But before we headed off to trick or treat... we decorated sugar cookies and ate dinner! So yummy and so much fun!

Then it was time to head out to trick or treat! The kids had a blast with their cousins! The community wasn't as packed with kids like in the past and most homes just had their candy out on a chair! Dang covid! But the kids got more full size and king size candy bars than they have ever gotten! The kids were so  hyped about that! A lot of the homes did goodie bags packed with candy too! They got so much candy that Penny's bucket handle snapped in  half! lol! Another great Happy Halloween in the books!!

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Such a fun night! Pumpkin Carving checked off our Halloween list! We had a blast! Each year the kids get older and really get into it making it easier for us parents! Penny was  determined to carve hers all by herself and she did it! No ones help at all! She was so  proud of herself! Cash didn't want help either but it was taking too long so Chad stepped in to get the job done! Sweet little Piper decorated hers with tons of pumpkin face stickers! She was loving it! Our new tradition with Jeff, Melissa and their kids! We love family time! Especially cousin time! Great night! Great memories!

 

Letter "H"

Piper had a fun week at pre-k! Letter "H"! She had Horrible Hair day for H! She loved it! She wanted her hair in buns all around her head! It wasn't horrible it was adorable! In fact she loved it so much that she had had me do her hair everyday like this since the 1st time we did it! lol

Then it was her Halloween party, parade and songs for H! She got to wear her costume!! She paraded around and sang the cutest songs for all the parents! She said it was the best week ever! Love this sweet baby! She's growing too fast!! Hurts my momma heart! 

 

Cash Lost His 1st Tooth!

 Somebody finally lost their 1st tooth at 7yrs old! Wahoo! He has wanted to loose a tooth for a couple of years now and finally he wiggled and pulled it out!!! He was so proud of himself! He already can't wait to get his next tooth out!! This boy is full of life!! We are so proud of you son!!! 

Martial Arts!

 Cash loves going to Martial Arts with Sensei Lou! The boys just got their Gi's all embroidered up thanks to my Honz!! On the back of each Gi, Chad put their last name and a giant dragon! The boys love it!! They turned out amazing! So proud of what my hons can do! Seeing the smiles on the boys faces was priceless! The 3 amigos! Best little buds! 

Little Ruby!

Oh how we love our little Ruby! She just hit 10weeks! Not quite 3 lbs! We are all smitten with her! The perfect fit for our family!

She's official! Finally found a name tag that was small enough for her! lol! My tiny little teacup! She comes with us everywhere! She loved her little purse I carry her in!!

Little Ruby had her 1st bath! She did great! She stood so still! The kids loved bathing her and blow drying her! Making great memories with little Ruby!

Piper's 1st Field Trip!

Piper's fun  pre-k teacher took them to the Pumpkin Patch for their 1st field trip! We went to the Boca Park pumpkin patch! We had the whole place to ourselves! So much fun!

Piper ran from ride to ride loving her life! Even little Ruby rode some rides! lol She loved it too!

Little Ruby had so much fun she wiped herself out! lol

 

Pumpkin Patch!

I've said it before and I'll say it again! I love this time of year! We love going to the pumpkin patch! We have done it every year since Penny was born!! This year all the cousins on Chad's side of the family came to play! The kids had a blast! Non-stop running from ride to ride! Such a great night with family! 

Little Ruby even came too! Don't leave home without her! lol

 

Baby Ruby!

Brace yourself!! If you're reading this please sit down!.....all that know me best know that I would never get an animal! lol So it will come to you as a shock when you see these pics of our newest addition to our family!! Why the change of heart?? lol maybe because I turned 40? lol maybe covid? How about just 2020 in general! Unpredictable! We are all going cray in 2020! lol Hell has frozen over?? lol Well here she is and we are just smitten with her!! She has not been put down, but to go potty! lol She is so loved! 

We drove up to Salt Lake to surprise the kids! They were in shock! Penny cried! Penny has been asking for a dog for years and you all know me best that was never going to happen! :) SURPRISE!!! It was a great day! She has changed our lives forever!

Introducing Ruby Peps Bierstedt! She is 8wk old! Weighing in at 2lbs! Her breeder calls her a designer breed! She is a Teacup Coton-Poo! She will get to be around 4-6lbs! She's hyper allergenic! Non shedding! Tiny cute little ewok face! She has the most beautiful fur! Ginger with black accents! 

I never thought I could love an animal like I do her! She is just the sweetest! She loves playing with kids and when she's tired she comes and finds me! She will lay on my lap or by my feet all day long. She loves to be held and cuddled!! Spoiled already!!

 I have packed her around every where we go! Yes I got a purse just for her! lol! She will have a stroller soon! lol Yes I have gone from never ever ever wanting an animal to full on crazy dog lady! lol I'm  obsessed! We all are! She has been the perfect fit to our little family!

Picking Pumpkins!

Oh how we love this time of year!! We love going to the Gilcrease Orchard to pick our pumpkins!! We got there bright and early before school started to get our apple cider, hot donuts, caramel apples and of course pick the best pumpkins! Such a fun tradition!! 

The kids love hunting down the best pumpkins! Each picked one to take home!

Since we were kicking off the Halloween season! We thought it would be fun to go to the drive in to watch Halloween movie!! So that's what we did! We went to the drive in to watch Hocus-Pocus! Don't be shocked but this was the first time I have ever seen Hocus Pocus! Omg! I'm embarrassed to admit that! lol  It was so  cute!! The kids loved it! Where have I been my whole life! lol

 

Cash Money!

Cash has been begging to do an activity and what he really wants to do is Basketball and it's still shut down due to covid. So we put him Martial  Arts! He goes to Modern Sensei over by Frijoles (my fave) with his best little buds Cole and Beau! He loves it! He has been learning so many cool things. He loves his time to do something ! It's always Penny! lol Her signing, her dancing, her piano! lol So now it's his time to shine!! You're killing it son!

Just had to add this little collage of him! He's absolutely obsessed with super fast sport cars! He loves Lamborghinis! So of course we took him to the Lamborghini dealership! He was in heaven! He couldn't belive his eyes! lol! They showed him around! He was stoked that you can hand pick every detail on the car!!! He says when he gets bigger he's going to have 8 different sports cars and live in his own state that he builds! lol Dream Big Buddy! We sure love you Cash Money! He's the coolest little dude I know! 

 

It's Hunting Season!

 A fun quick little day trip for these hunters! They went out in Nevada somewhere and hunted quail! They did good!! Had so much fun!! Great bonding time for these guys for sure! Cash loved being with his daddy doing "boy things" he says!! lol  This is the 1st of 3 hunting trips they have together! :) Love it!!!

When the boys are away the girls will play! We went shopping! Had lunch together! Then went and got our nails and toes done!!! This is Penny's most favorite thing to do!!! This was Piper's first time getting her nails done at a salon!! She was in heaven!! Best girls day ever!