Welcome Home Elder Ence!

We have been counting down the days for my nephew Chance to come home from his mission! The time has finally arrived! We gathered the troops that could make it to the airport! lol Honz made a bunch of signs and we were ready  to go! We were so excited for his arrival off his plane! lol 

My #1 is home! Welcome Home Elder Ence! Wow it's crazy how fast and slow 2 years can go! lol It was crazy to see him walking towards us in pure joy! You did it Chance! A job well done! We are all so proud of him! Chance is such a joy and  light in this world! My sunshine! I know the people of Baton Rouge are going to miss him! We are extremely excited he is home to us! Everyone loves Chance!!! He's the absolute best! 

The fun candid pics of all the hugs and loves! Love my #1 Chance! My Cashy sure looks up to him! He is truly S=such an amazing example to all my kids! Oh how we love our Chance! Welcome back to the real world! You got this! Amazing job returning home with honor! Best airport reunion and pick up ever!

 

Happy Happy Birthday To My Honz!

Happy Birthday to the man who means the world to us. You are the heart of our family, our steady rock, and the greatest example of kindness, strength, and love! Every day you put us first, work hard for our family, and make everything possible! Watching you as a husband and father is one of my greatest blessings. Our children adore you, and I couldn’t have chosen a better person to share this life with! Thank you for making us laugh, for cheering us on, for your patience, and for all of the little things you do that often go unnoticed but never go unappreciated! Happy Birthday to my best friend, my favorite person, and the love of my life! I'm so grateful you were born! We love you more than words can ever express. Here’s to another amazing year together. You deserve all the happiness this year has to offer! 

Top collage is from his birthday weekend! He headed up to the ranch to work! That's his happy place! They got so much done and had the best time! 

Happy 43rd Birthday my love!! Oh how I love this birthday boy of mine! Lot's of surprises and crafted cards from the kids! He loved it! We had a fun morning celebrating our #1 guy! Then we headed to the airport to welcome home my nephew Chance form serving his mission!

The rest of the day we continued to celebrate Honz and Chance too! We went to Ryan's after the airport and ate lunch and sang to Honz with bundtini cupcakes! Then the bff Decker's came over in the afternoon and brought him a surprise and sang to him again with Jackie's famous peanut butter bars! Then for dinner we went to Steve and Jess for taco night to celebrate Chance coming home and Honz birthday! We sang to him again with a german chocolate cake! lol Lot's of birthday singing to our favorite birthday guy! He's easy to love and truly the best! Cheer's to another year around the sun! Happy Birthday Honz!

 

July Wk 2- Summer Fun wk 7!

Another packed filled week of fun! Here is July wk 2-  Summer wk 7! Cash was begging for a bleach so thanks to big sister Penny she handled it! Got the job done! Turned out so go! Great job Penny!!! Love my little bleach headed boy!

Cousins and hang outs is always the best! Penny driving us around! She is doing so good! License apt is  getting closer!

Piper had a 3 day fsy camp for activity days! She was so excited to go! We arrive the first day to head out on a hike and sadly she got sick in the car! She spent the rest of the time with Jackie waiting to see if she would feel better! Poor thing! Thanks to Jackie being up there to be with her and take care of here! They ended up coming off the mountain early cause Piper kept throwing up! Poor baby! She ended up missing the rest of the days of camp cause she was just not 100%! She was sad to miss all of it but we got her back  feeling better agsin! Thank goodness! 

Our bestie neighbors were back  from the river and ready to play for the rest of the week! Wahoo! Best wk ever with them! All the kids get along so good and have the best time together! Movies! Swimming! Nails! Eating! Gaming! All the things! Love it!

We went to the temple too! The adults plus Jaxon did a session! and the teens did baptisms! Such a fun night!

     Shopping! Thrifting! More eating! Sleep overs! The fun never stops when our bestie neighbors are in town! 

We went to the  movies too! Live action Moana! Loved it! We also played so mahjong! 

Saying our goodbyes to Jaxon! This was our last summer with him! He headed to the Philippines for his mission! Cash was so sad! Jaxon and Cash have such a special bond! We are all going to miss him but he will do great things! He's going to be such an amazing missionary! 

7-11 free slur-pee day! We never miss getting our free slur-pee and our pic! lol Honz golfed and had his own temple day! Yayyy! More to come for this wk! Honz birthday and Chance came home from his mission! Hang on tight this is All coming up next! 

 

Happy 4th of July!!!

Let Freedom Ring!! Happy 4th of July! Happy 250 Birthday to America! So proud and blessed to  be an American! We headed to Cedar City to enjoy the long holiday weekend! Ate at Ninja Japanese restaurant! It was delicious and we even celebrated Honz birthday a little early! :)

The boys were up and out early to go fishing! Cash has been loving his new hobby and was so excited to fish up at Navaho Lake! The water was glass and the fish were biting! They caught 3 and had a blast! Wahoo! Love these  memories for my boy! He was loving his life of fishing with Gramps and his daddy!

Shopped, ate and Hung out with Troy and Erin fam the whole day! Love my people! 

Happy 250 Birthday America!! We headed to the parade! Our favorite 4th of July tradition! Honz was out there getting them to throw the candy to us! lol He was hyped! He was passing out $2 bills left and right! lol Pretty sure Honz had more fun then the kids this year at the parade!

It was a great morning being together celebrating America! Love the 4th of July!

Love my family! Love our great nation! We even went over to visit Grandpa Bulloch's grave! We put flags and flowers on his grave! Honz even gave Grandpa his favorite chocolate shake! So precious! We love and miss our grandpa so much!

Went on a little side quest up to  Parowan! Cash was excited about the car show we stumbled on! He loves old cars! That was a fun adventure!

Jeff put on an amazing bbq! With several different meets! 2 different cakes! and yummy side salads too! All of it was delicious! Thank you Gramps! You truly cook the best and the best Host! Right before eating Cash pulled a tooth out! That was fun! Enjoyed great company with yummy food! 

Family photoshoot! Bomb pop photoshoot! lol Long Sparklers! So Fun!

Of course a sparkler photoshoot! The kids loved the long ones! So much more sparkler to burn! They had a blast!

We headed over to the airport to watch the fireworks at the end of the runway! Super cool! but first a night time photoshoot! lol Love my babies! Piper posing like her big sis too cute! Cashy looking real tuff! :)

Experienced and a natural when it comes to taking pics! She lights right up for the camera! Love her!  Love all my kids and their 4th of July photoshoot! :)

Just a few more pics before the fireworks began! lol The fire works were so  beautiful and we had such a wonderful night! The best 4th of July tradition being in Cedar City with the best peeps! Love my family! Now that ends our weekly recap for July wk 1-summer fun wk 6!

 

July Wk 1-Summer Fun Wk 6!

We finished June and already moving and shaking for July! Here is the weekly recap for July wk 1- Summer fun wk 6! Cash on his wheels! He's always out and about meeting up with friends and even took himself fishing!!! Love that he packed his tackle box, poles, drinks and snacks in his backpack! He's the coolest kids I know! :) Also caught him reading his scriptures in his dark room late at night! He was using his phone as a flashlight! Love my sweet spiritual boy! He's the best! 

Piper had her wart follow up apt and they gave it another zap! Hopefully this will get it gone! She had cheer and tumbling this wk and lots of play dates with her best friend Remy! 

Penny hanging and playing with all the friends always! Lake day with cousin Mav! Kaycee from the cruise came into town too to hang for the day before she starts her mission! 

Jackie and I had a fun lunch date togther! Honz golfed with his besties! and even  Ruby had a great wk lounging around! :) Next up 4th of July- We headed to Cedar City to finish out our July wk 1- summer wl 6! 

 

River Fun!

To finish out our June wk 4- Summer wk 5 we headed to the River for an amazing memorable adventure with the Facer's and McKay's! Honz stayed back and I took the kids to play!! So hold on tight....Picture overload but this was a week for the books! lol We had the amazing opportunity to go to our bestie neighbors Family River house! We love our neighbors and all their kids and grandkids! Their daughters are my age and their grandkids are my kids ages! So we have all gotten really close over the years! We love our summers together and this year instead of doing our annual beach trip together we headed to their family river house! Wow the set up! So much to do and the Colorado River and it's just out their back door! So amazing! 

The kids were already on the water having a blast! The rope swing was a hit! 

Wave runner adventures! Swimming! Swinging! Splashing! Then we headed into the nearest town to eat dinner and grocery shop for the wk! :)

We were up and at them early and already out in the water! Soaking up the sun! 

Non stop playing! Riding! Swinging! Lounging! and Henna too! lol

Cash even got a lesson in driving the wave runner! He loved it!

The evening came on and Cash was out fishing! Then riding! Penny was doing henna! and Piper was on golf cart rides! These kids are living their best life!

The sun was up again and the girls took a wave runner ride out to "secret island" and had a photo shoot! Love it! These are so freakn cute! I love my lucky Penny!

I'm loving thier water photoshoot! So fun! These beauties are the best!

Back at the shoreline we were living our best life! It was my Bestie Sue's birthday! yayyy! We headed into to Havasu for lunch! We returned Kaili's rental car and had lunch at In and Out! Just the ladies-Kaili, Sue and myself! It was so fun! The rest stayed back at the river and had a blast! 

Riding! Tanning! Swimming! Jumping! Tubing! Fishing!

Fun action shots of the kids tubing! They loved it! It's so fun to sit at the shore and see them fly by! lol

Happy Happy Birthday Bestie Sue! We had such a fun day celebrating her! and every night we played card games way late into the night! lol The best!

Sunset point is the best spot for another  photo shoot! I seriously love the photoshoots! Penny and Kami!!

Penny and her bff Bridget! There's never too many pics! Especially with their beautiful faces!

My beautiful lucky Penny!!!! 

and more of my girl!!! I love these!!

Our last day! and I got on the boat! lol

Great action shots of my boy! Cashy knee boarding! He was doing all the tricks! Jumping! and 360 turns! Amazing and so fun to watch! He was crushing it out there! Born natural! and always so athletic! 

Piper! It was this little ones turn next! 1st time out there! After watching Cash she was like I want to try it! Yessss! She did so good! So proud of her! So brave! Just wanting to be big and do all the things that her siblings do! Nothing stopping her! She was so cute out there! She was even catching some air too! Way to go Piper!

Tower jumping! and just loving the boat ride! It was a beautiful day! Soaking up all the Sunshine

The days are great out here! Love being so close to the water and on the water! River days are the best! days!

The kids tubed in the evening! More golf cart rides! and me and the ladies walked watching the sunset! What an incredible wk! We truly had the best time! So grateful for their hospitality and having us join their family fun! We love the river house! Amazing core memories were made with our favorite people! We can't wait to go back! We are river rats for life! Thank you Dude and Sue for an amazing adventure togehter!