Fun 1st Week of School!

We are still in August wk 2 weekly recap! Still in the 1st week of school and there's always so much going on at the school! School year is already off and running! lol We all had school picture day this week! My big kids got their lanyards and id cards ti check in each day at school and I got not 1 but 2 id cards! lol I needed all the options! 1 with glasses and 1 without glasses! hahaha Love it! We were all looking so good too! Our very best for the year book pic! hahahaha

Lots of student council fun for Penny this wk too! They were prepping for Senior Sunrise! She had a fun morning celebrating the seniors! I can't believe this will be her next year! Yikes!! lol Time needs to slow down!

Piper was awarded the first award of the school year for "be the Change" wall! She was a huge help to the kinder friends when they arrived to school! She noticed it was chaotic and she jumped right in to direct them to their class! Mrs. Ellis noticed her "be the change" and little Miss Piper was given the first award of the new school year! I couldn't be more proud of my little leader! She was so excited! Way to go Piper! She also was selected as 1 of the 6 Jr Lt House members to be apart of the Leadership team! She got to be apart of the first assembly of the school year! Wahoo! She really took charge and kept the students quiet during the assembly! Wahooo! So proud of my girl! She is already rocking the new year only 1 wk in! Getting awards and hosting assemblies! lol Piper you're amazing! 

 

Happiest 13th Birthday Cashy!

Happy Happy 13th Birthday Cashy!! I officially have another teenager in the house! We made it to his actual birthday! Yayyy! Hip Hip Hooray!! Can't believe my #1 boy is 13!!! He woke up and we celebrated him early before we headed off to school! Lot's of fun birthday surprises for our birthday boy! Accessories for his surron! New rc boat! Lot's of clothes! Football cards! Gaming headset! A picture of Christ! Squishies! A sketch book for drawing! and lots of gum! He's fun to shop for and he always loves everything he gets! Such a great morning!! Love my birthday boy!

Cashy's big birthday surprise! Meta glasses!!! Matt Black with transitioning lenses! Yayyyy! He was so surprised and so excited! I love these action shots of him checking himself out! haha! He immediately downloaded the app and was already talking  to Meta! lol Taking pics and videos! haha Love it and man was he loving his new fancy glasses!

Next up! We were all off to our 2nd day of school! Yes his birthday is usually the first or 2nd day of school! Poor thing! lol But he's a good sport and loves all the birthday attention! I put a Happy Birthday Pin on his backpack! He loved it! All his teachers had each class sing to him! The admin and hall monitors all wished him happy birthday in passing! He was all smiles and felt so great all day! Daddy dropped off a surprise Canes lunch to him that I got to surprise him with at his lunch time! He loved it! I snapped some lunch time pics of him and his friends all sitting together! I love his friend group! He truly was living his best birthday life! He had the best day at school surrounded with all his friends! He felt special all day! Yayyy!

After school we surprised him with "Disneyland" which is Bass Pro to him! lol He has begged  for several months to go to Bass Pro but its clear across town and I never have time to get him out there! So on his special birthday we surprised him with the Bass Pro experience! lol He was so hyped! He was so hyped that he forgot to put shoes on leaving the house! lol Thankfully daddy had an extra pair in his trunk! lol So Cashy walked the entire Bass Pro in giant dad shoes! hahaha We spent some time there too! lol He of course went to the fishing section first! Then to the guns! Then sat in every boat and atv! lol We all had a blast! He got a bunch of new fishing items! He was set! 

Next up birthday dinner! We headed to Cashy's favorite restaurant Ohjah! We all love the cook in front of you place! lol Delicious food and they even sang to him! My birthday boy was all smiles!

Then back to the house for birthday cake! Tres Leche his favorite!  It was very last min and thankfully Jackie, Shayla and her kids and Aunt Bre and couple of her kids came over to sing and wish Cashy a Happy Birthday! Oh how we had the best day celebrating our boy! Happy 13 Birthday Cashy!! Best birthday ever! Oh how we love our new teenager! :)

 

Kicking off Cash's Birthday Week!

Along with celebrating my anniversary and back to school it's also Cashy's Birthday! and you know me I like to make sure my babies feel extra special for their Birthdays! Especially when your birthday is right in the middle of all the crazy busy life things! lol So I made him feel extra special since he's gonna a be a teenager and we celebrated him for a week leading up to his big day doing all kinds of fun things! Yayyy! To start I took the kids to Ninja Kidz! We had never been there and the kids had a blast! Besties cousins got to come with us too and that always makes it that much more fun!

Thrifting! He loves to go thrifting so we spent one day hopping around to different thrift stores! and then grabbed dinner with daddy and Penny! 

Then the nest day we headed to a differnt jump place with more fun experiences! Spy Ninjas! Carter got to come with Cashy! Yayyy! Cash was so excited! He loves hanging with Carter! Best of Friends! 

Lot's to do at Spy Ninjas! Rock climbing! Ropes course on the roof! Jump area where the boys and Piper mastered their backflips! The boys were so hyped! and whole underground of tunnels  to climb through and slides! The kids had so much fun! We were here for 3 hours and I was still begging them to leave! lol They did not want to go! lol

Cafe Rio for Dinner! His favorite! Carter even spent the night! Cash was so happy! Then next night was the new Spider Man movie! Then daddy made his favorite dinner! Steak and Fried Rice! and his favorite breakfast French toast! We packed it in to make our birthday boy have the best wk!

To top the week off his best friend Bennett invited him and their friend group to the Lake! Cash was so hyped! Cash loves the lake and we just don't get out enough! So Cash was living his best life! 

He crushed it surfing! A natural little pro! lol Even caught a football and threw it back to his friends while surfing! Let's gooooo! So much fun! He had the best day! Next up Cash's actual 13th Birthday celebration!

 

First Day of School Success!

Summer is over and we are ready to Rock this new school year!! Doing my weekly recap a little different this wk! We had so many highlights that most are individual posts! So from youngest to oldest here is each of my beautiful babies first day of school! 

Piper! Piperoni! She is ready and off to 4th Grade!!! Can't believe my baby is starting the 4th grade! It's so wild for my brain to process! She is a born leader! She is so excited for her new teacher Mrs. Scheel! Look out 4th grade Piper is coming for you!!!! She's going to excel!! Can't wait to see her soar!!

I love working at the school to caption the on campus pics! Caught her in the hall had to snap a pic! She took her teacher from last year Ms. Anderson a 1st day surprise and of course she brought her new teacher Mrs. Scheel a surprise too! I also donated a beautiful school color wagon to her class! Mrs. Scheel was so excited! After school I took Cashy and Piper to get them a 1st day of school surprise! They found squishy's at  $5 below! We popped into Sephora and Piper got some makeup! I totally remember Penny at her age wanting to start to wear makeup! So fun!!! Love it!

Oh how love my Boy!! Cashy Boy! He's off to 7th Grade! and man is he so ready to crush it! He was so excited to walk his new sched and see all his fiends! He was mostly hyped for his new backpack! Penny freshened up his bleach and he was ready to go! His contagious personality and excitement for life will get him far!! Go get it son! You got this!! Ready or not Cashy is coming for you 7th grade!

Pretty Penny! My big girl is an upper classman!! 10th Grade here she comes! This is the 1st year she is driving off to her 1st day of school! Holy Moly! I can't believe it! She's a Junior!!! She's dedicated to her school  and loves being involved! You're looking at the Student Body Historian of her school! Yayy! So amazing!! So excited to see what this Junior year brings for my Lucky Penny!! Let's go Aggies!

Love the pics taken during the day at school! Hers is Penny's first day with some friends! Love that she took a pic of her car parked in the parking lot for the 1st time on the 1st day of school! That's the best! She is already off to an amazing new school year!

Ohhhhh! That's me! Here's  my 1st day of pics! lol I'm headed into my 5th year as a SPED Aide! I love it!! Love being at the school with my kids too! I'm so ready to Rock this new year!!

Here's the rest of my 1st day! All the pics! Love my little friends at the school! Love my work besties too! It's going to be a fabulous school year for all! and It was a first day of school success for all!

 

Happy 18th Anniversary!

Just a couple of love birds lucky in love! On 8-8 we celebrated 18 years married with eternity to go! We had the most wonderful time doing a day trip to St. George to support our favorite cousin Bailey and Luke! There's no better place to celebrate our anniversary then being at the temple where it all started 18yrs ago! After the temple we went to dinner! Then got an Instagram alert that my sister Eryka was out selling her apples! We popped in her coordinates and away we went! It was absolutely the best surprise ever! Eryka's face was priceless when we flipped around to buy apples as a customer and her realizing it was me! She had no clue I was up in her town! lol It was amazing and so fun and of course we bought apples! They are delicious!!! Happy 18 to us!!! Oh how I love this man of mine! 

18 years of marriage, building a life together, raising our family, making memories, laughing through the good times, holding each other up through the hard ones, and choosing each other over and over again. I’m so grateful for the life we’ve created and for the husband and dad you are. There is no one else I’d rather do this crazy, beautiful life with. We may not have it all figured out, but after 18 years, I still know one thing for sure I’d choose you all over again.  Happy 18th Anniversary to us! Here’s to everything we’ve already lived and all the memories still waiting for us. I love you Honz!

 

Getting Back to the Grind!

We are still in August wk 1- summer wk 11! I went back to work this wk to prepare classrooms and hallways before the students arrive next wk! I had a jam packed week fun! Loved seeing all my work besties! We are ready to rock this school year that's for sure! Love being an Eagle! Love my job!  Love my people!

Penny worked all week with her stuco to prepare for Aggie round up! Paid the fees! Got her sched! Walked the halls! Met some of the teachers! She also worked her stuco booth! Can't believe she's going to be an upper classman! A big Junior! Wow! Also 1st time with a class out in a portable! lol She loves her school and loves being an Aggie! Aggie round up success! Great job filling the halls with all the painted signs! She's going to have an amazing year!

Piper!! She was also back at the school with her Jr Lt House team welcoming all the students back for their Meet and Greet! Piper was put up at the front door! Smiling and directing families! She also got to meet her new teacher Mrs. Scheel! We are both so excited for her teacher! Can't believe my baby is going to be in 4th grade! Wow! She had a blast seeing all her friends too! Piper is so excited for 4th grade! She's going to knock it out of the park! Let's fo little Eagle! You got this!

 

August Wk 1- Summer Fun Wk 11!

How are we already here! Another month down and a new month awaits for the excitement.... August  has arrived! How is summer over! Here is August wk 1- Summer wk 11! Our last wk of summer!!! Penny was back all week at school doing student council! Getting her fabulous school ready for the new year!! and She drove herself to and from school and all the places in between too thi swk! Still can't believe she's off into the wild driving! lol As a tradition her Junior class stuco goes to a movie as a class every summer before school starts back up! Penny loves it! It's a way to see her stuco friends before school starts and meet any new members of stuco for the year! This year they saw the new Spider man movie!

Hang out after hang out! Squeezing in every last hang out before summer comes to an end!

I even snuck in a last apt for her before school starts! She was so happy! The rest of the pics from the rest of the wk! She had fun wk packed full of amazing hang outs and friends!

Cashy! Fresh hair cut for back to school! All summer Cash has been gardening! He also has been working in the yard and pool keeping it in tip top shape! Thanks Cashy! Also with his cousin Noah they have created a flyer to pass along with things they can do! They are wanting to earn some money! How cute is their flyer they created! They have been going door to door passing it! We will see if they get the calls! Sweet boys for going out and trying! Working hard and having fun before summer comes to an end!

Piper! She got herself a fresh cut too! One last early am squishy hunting with her bestie Charlee! Playing with friends and hanging with her big bro! She sure had a blast on her last wk of summer! 

Honz headed to Salt Lake for a convention for 4 days! He met a ton of people! Had amazing classes! Built new connections! We were super excited for daddy to come home! Last hangouts for summer!

Sunday Fun-day!! Penny got put into the YW presidency! You're looking at the new President! Yayyyy! So proud of my girl! Seminary kick off for Penny as well! Always Penny with all the boys! I was the same in highschool too! lol Then home for Father's Blessings and into bed!!! There's still more to come for the weekly recap!! Stay tuned!

 

Huntington Beach Get Away!

Soaking up every last bit of summer down in Huntington Beach! This was the kids and I weekly recap- Beach style for July wk 5- summer wk 10! Oh how we love the sand between our toes! The salty ocean air! and Beautiful sun rays! This was our last who-rah for the Summer celebrating Chance returning from his mission and kicking off my Birthday Boy Cashy! Since we were kicking of Cashy's birthday I let him invite one friend! He chose his bff which happens to be his cousin Noah! Yayyy! They have the best time together! We were off to a fabulous week! We hit the beach cities and went straight to Huntington Beach! 

The boys were automatically on Amber's boogie boards! There was a strong rip tide/current and the rental guy wouldn't rent boogie boards or surf boards because it was sp crazy out in the ocean! The waves were big and the rip tide powerful! Well you know that didn't stop my boy! lol They would just start tours away from us and get pulled down to us! lol We watched the sunset which is always incredible and ate at TK Burger right off the pier! Ended the night at our favorite fro-yo America's Cup! Day 1- Tuesday was a success! 

Day 2- Wed! Left our hotel which  was pretty much lipstick  on a pig! We have stayed at this hotel my entire life and man has it gotten run down! They even remodeled it but that's where the lipstick on the pig comes in! Our door getting into our room didn't even work! lol But hey it was a place to stay and we got through the wk! lol But we were off and out early to get down to the beach! We love Banzai Bowls and found one down by the pier in Huntington!! Yayyy! So we had to stop! and mad was it delicious! Yum

Living the beach life!

The news was even out there due to the strong rip tide/current! They caught Cash and Noah to interview them! The boys were hyped! Cash's interview made the clip on the news! So awesome! Cash was on air! lol It was the highlight of the day ! We were all on our phones trying to catch the live news to see Cash's clip! Love it!

Lights! Camera! Action! Here are the pics from his interview for the LA News! He was so stoked his interview clip got aired! This mama was so proud! His little voice was so cute! Love his little face too! It was aired on the 4pm live LA News! YouTube! CBSLA.com! TikTok! Seriously all  the socials! Cashy your famous!!! Love my sweet boy! Such a fun highlight for his early birthday wk!

Watched the sunset! Yes please! Dinner at Pick up Stix! Yum! and ended the amazing 2nd day at America's Cup for fro-yo!

Day 3-Thursday! Sun's up so we are out and off to the beach! The beach never gets old! New adventures and my fave people watch every day! It's the best!

Piper got in the ocean on this day! lol She's my little shadow and is always sitting by me or on me! I love my baby! Enjoyed the snaking and chatting! 

Cash and Noah did a timed sand challenge with each other! Dig a hole burry the other one and fill the sand back up in 12 min! They both accomplished it in time! lol Dinner at Stg Pepp's!  Delicious! and of course end the night at America's Cup! 

Day 4- Friday! Another amazing day up and early and sitting on the beach! Lot's of tanning and relaxing! But still haven't worn any of them out! lol

The pier was packed! It was the US Open for Surfing all wk! So many fun places to shop! Food trucks galore! Live music! Photo booth! Lot's of freebie stickers! And a gigantic sand castle! We had a blast! Today was our shopping day too! Walked the main drag to hit up all the best stores! Finally gave in and got Cash a high end boogie board for and early Birthday surprise! He was beyond excited! Cash and Noah even got posters signed by the pro surfers! They were hyped!

Enjoyed the rest of the afternoon on the sand and loved another sunset! Then off to Wahoo's for dinner! and America's Cup for dessert! Yayyyy

Day 5- Saturday! Well you know the drill! Up and off to the beach! The beach never gets old for up! Seashell hunting today! Piper's favorite!

Back to the main drag for more pro surfers signings and free hats! I was obsessed with that part! I love hats and good name brands  too! Played some more where all the activity was where the surf jam was happening! 

Getting our last summer tan on! lol Soaking it all up! 

Cashy played for hours on his new boogie board! Love that it is red with checkers! So easy to spot him out in the ocean! He was doing so good! Highly entertaining! lol Dinner we repeated with Pick up Stix and of course the America's Cup repeat for our last night!!

Day 6-  Sunday Fun-Day! Why does the fun always have to end!! We sadly packed up and headed out! This time it wasn't to the beach we were on our way home! But 1st Banzai Bowl for the road! Delicious! Funny pics of Cash- every night after getting back to hotel from our long beach days him and Noah would go run miles and work out at the gym! lol They are such a hoot! They loved the hotel gym so much! lol Such an incredible wk! We all had such a wonderful end of summer beach trip, welcome home Chance and kicking off Cashy's Birthday for the wk! Jammed packed with lots of sun and sand! Yayyy! We did however miss Honz! Beach life is not the same with out my mans! but he is the one that makes everything possible for me to get away with the kids to make the memorable memories! Lot's od pics for lots of fun! This trip was one for the books! We had the best time together! Love my people! Cali we will  see you soon!