Sunday, April 19, 2026

Rodeo Nights and Carnival Lights!!

Just over here living our best life! Rodeo Nights and Carnival Lights! It's Fair time! It's the best time of the year! It's the Clark County Fair and Rodeo! time! Piper and I made it!!! We caught up with the fam and spent the rest of the week and weekend with them! We already hit the ground running! Doing all the fair things!! Hers is Thursday's fun!
Catching shows! The high dive show and the motor cross shows were our favorites! So good! Eating the fair food is the best! Shopping all the vendors! and already spotting all the friends! Piper even got her Henna! lol The girls do this every time! Henna tradition and Piper could not wait another sec! lol She needed that Henna asap! 
Night 1 for the Rodeo! Our bff Honey's came out to play! We loved having the Decker's join us for the fun! We of course shopped and ate all the food together before heading into the rodeo!
We had a blast all sitting together! The Rodeo  was awesome! Such an incredible night!

Friday! We were up and at it!! My brother and fam arrived and brought a bunch a Mav's friends! Yayyyy! We love friends! :) 
Friday is the best day for Carnival because it's not as packed! We were on and off and back on those rides so fast! No lines! Wahoo! I love the rides! It's my favorite! 
More arrivals! Cousins!! Cash and Piper each had a bestie cousin for the day and that was so fun! The played the entire day together! Oh how we love cousin time! 
Grama DeeDee made it out too! The kids had so much fun spending time with her! Henna for Penny and Sophia! Yayyyy! and the Carnival riding did not stop! 

                            
Gramps even made it out! He stayed for the Rodeo too! It was so  fun to spend the day with him too! Riding rides! Eating food! and Sitting around! A perfect day! 
This cousin 4 pack  played at the carnival the entire night! Skipped the rodeo to ride rides! lol Love it! The had a blast! 
Oh how I love my mans!!! The grand master! He's the one that makes everything possible for all! I absolutely love these pics of us! Living our best life together doing what we love to do! This was our 18year doing the Fair together!! Such an amazing tradition he started with me while we were dating! Love every moment with this man of mine! 
Rodeo night 2!!! We had a new crew with us! All the teens! Love it! The Henderson crew thanks to Mav and man do they have fun together! Love Mav and Penny's bestie co9usin bond they have always had together! Then you add best friends in the mix and the fun is even better! 
After the Rodeo we always shut the carnival down! We ride the rides until the lights go out! lol Lots more friends spotted around the carnival night life for Penny! She sure loved running into all her different friends! It was a great night for all! The teen girls stayed with us and the teen boys stayed with Ryan! WE don't ever want the fun to end so all the friends are always welcome to stay in our trailers! lol Tired but ready to do it all again tomorrow! lol 
Saturday! More amazing fair food! More shopping vendors! The squishys and needohs were the find this year! Farm fun! Checking out all the animals! Penny was off early with her Henderson group off- roading and fishing!  Saturday was already off to an amazing start!
We started the rides early!!! Saturday gets packed with the long lines but if you catch it early you can rides the rides before it starts ti get busy! Piper tried and tried every way to get tall enough for freak out and she never got to ride it! Ugh! She stuffed her boots with paper towels! Rocks! Extra socks! Nope nothing worked and she was so bummed! She loves that ride!  The crazy part is she rode this ride several times last year! She gets in the line to wait to find out they raised the height by 2 ins from last year! Ughhhh! Even with her growing all year she was still about a 1/2 inch to short for their new raised height! Dang it! Poor thing! We still rode everything else multiple times! That height change didn't stop us! lol She's a wild one for rides! 
The aunties even came out to spend the day and rodeo with us! Yayyy! I love that they came out! It was the best day with them! 
Penny played from sunrise to sunset with her Henderson crew! Even more new Henderson friends arrived to play all day too! Honz even got them all in for the Rodeo too!! Fishing and off roading to start! Then carnival all day! Then Rodeo at night! Then back to carnival to shut the place down! Wahoo! A fun filled packed day with awesome friends! She had an absolute blast all day!!
Yee-Haw! Rodeo night 3!!! My sisters and the Facers were there along with my bro! It was a wild Rodeo night! So  much action and excitement! We had a blast as always together!
Carnival lights to end the night! We rode the rides yet again until the lights went off! Our last night to shut the place down! Then back to the trailers for more partying! lol The teens cont the fun way into the night!
Sunday!!! Last day! Hate when the fun has to come to the end! Penny and Cash were back working and helping daddy around the fair grounds! Oh and have I mentioned the golf cart was the best thing on the fair grounds for the Grand Master! yayyyy! 
The take down was already in motion and Penny and Cash were working hard! I came back out to get one last bite of the fair food with Piper! We finished packing up our trailer and grabbed all the kids to get back into town since we had school and work the next day! The Grand Master stayed out for a bit longer to keep taking down! Such an amazing Fair time! We hate when it all ends! It's one of our most favorite traditions we do as a family all year! We love making memories together especially Clark County Fair and Rodeo memories! Until next year!!!! We can't wait!!!
Penny's photo booth pics! She had fun in there! lol Too many cute pics to not post them all laid out and lined up! Great times at the fair forever!













 

Friday, April 17, 2026

April Wk 2 Fun!

No school Monday and coming off the Easter long weekend! We were so excited for our neighbor besties to hit the town! Here is April wk 2 fun!!! The kids have an absolute  blast when their besties come into town! It's instant non stop playing! We joined in on their Easter egg hunt they were doing! So much fun! Love that they have so much fun all together! It was an amazing day off with all the fun! We sure love our bestie neighbors! 
Cousin Jimmy came to town! We sure loved seeing him and visiting him!! Car selfies heading off to school! Piper had lots of cheer! 
Honz and Penny headed out to the fair with the trailer! Set up camp and continue to work! Penny cont to work all week out there and loved it!! She loved being there on opening fair day too! Living her best life making all the new friends!!!
Then Honz had to come back to Vegas to get more banners for the fair and surprised Cash and picked him up and took him out to stay!! Wahoo!  Cash was loving his life! He got out there with Daddy and got to work! The two of them worked on projects all day!!! I came out with Piper 1/2 day at school! Our full Fair post is up next!
While we were off playing at the Fair, Ruby was off playing with my friends! She was living her best life! Thank you bestie Wendy's family for loving on my girl!! As you can see she loved getting o ut the house to play!!!!


 

Monday, April 6, 2026

The Happiest Easter!!!

Happy Happy Easter!!! The kids woke up to the Easter Bunny finding them! Wahoo! We had a beautiful day enjoying General Conference and being surrounded with family!! I love my little eternal family! My faith in Jesus Christ and His resurrection gives me strength, hope and peace everyday! He Has Risen! 
For the afternoon we headed over to Auntie Lynn's house for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! But first lunch! Delicious food and treat! Quite the spread! :)
Group photos! Thank you Gma DeeDee for such a wonderful day together!
Then it was egg hunt time! The kids had a blast! It doesn't matter their age they have so much fun! Gma DeeDee had out her store and the kids could use their tickets they found in their eggs to spend towards the store! So many fun things! The hit was the money eggs! You could pick and egg with money or coupon to spend time with Gma! It was a hit! The kids used most their tickets on those money/coupon filled eggs! lol Such a wonderful day together! Love hearing the cousins chatter and giggle! It was the Happiest Easter ever! 


 

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Knott's Berry Farm Stuco Retreat!

Nothing but fun for this little one!!! Let the good times roll!!! Penny was off to her Knott's Berry Farm Student Council end of year party! Her student council rented busses and took them all down to play all day in Knott's Berry Farm! Penny had an absolute blast! Here's the bus pics!! Love these babies of mine! Penny's senior besties are the freakn best! I'm truly blessed that Penny has these amazing examples and girls in her life!! They have so much fun together! Loving these selfies too!
Bus ride success! They made it!!! Seriously love these faces! These cutest seniors are so good to my Penny! Love it!! Penny is sure going to miss these girls so much! 
Then they picked up James and Trey along the way! lol Penny has the best time with these bros too! Such great friends! 
They had the food wrist bands and ate all day! lol Rode all the rides several times with their fast passes! and took a ton of pics! Love ittttt! Penny had the best day ever!! Amazing memories made! She will carry these high school moments with her for the rest of her life! Love it for her!! She loves student council and has had an amazing 10th grade year doing all the school things! 



 

April Wk 1 Fun!!

April has arrived!! It's my birthday month! Been saying that my whole life! lol and boy did we kick off April  wk 1 with a bang! Always running through the week  just trying to keep up! There was no better way to start April and to start the wk then by going to the amazing Walk With Jesus event! Holy moly amazingness! The walk is incredible! The Spirit is strong and absolutely moving! Emotional and beautiful! Oh how we love Jesus! His sacrifice for each of us! Such an incredible way to start this Easter week remembering Him!
Car selfie fun! and I played Mahjong again with my bestie neighbors! We are having a blast meeting up 1 night a week to play! anddddd guess who has been the Big Winner each wk!?! MEEEEE! lol Wahoo!
Penny has had a blast this week going out with daddy to work getting the fair set up! She's gone out there pretty much everyday after school! She loves it and daddy does too! She even drove every time heading  out to Logandale too! She's collecting her hours! Yayyyy! Such a good little driver too! Pics with her fair friends and pics with her senior besties! 
Piper mastered another skill! Her ariel! Wahoo! She also passed off her round off back handspring with her ASMT coaches too! Wahoo! So proud of her! She works so hard with practice pretty much every day of the wk! She made her favorite teach Ms. Anderson a clay dish for an Easter gift! Ms. Anderson loved it! So proud! In between all  her gym and  tumbling time she squoze a few hang outs with her bestie Remy! Yayy! 
Cash hustling out on the court! He's on 2 teams for Volleyball and loving it! Practices pretty much everyday of the week between the 2 different teams! He crushed his games this week too! He is loving his new sport!! So proud of my boy! He works hard and plays hard! 
My star student!! Penny not only plays hard but she also works hard and it's paying off! There's nothing better then getting emails from the school about how amazing your child is! and that's my Penny!! Amazing! She was awarded the Academic Letter Award! She has gotten straight A's every semester since starting as a freshman until now! Wahoo! 4.0 GPA! Extremely proud of my #1! and the best part was I showed up at her awards ceremony matching her! lol and didn't even know what she was wearing! She heads out to school before I'm even up! and then I showed up to her school...matching! She loved it! Twinning is always winning! Loved that she loved matching her mommy and was not embarrassed at all! lol She loves her mama! Way to go Penny! Keep up the incredible work!
Gramps came into town for Easter weekend! It was fun to  have him around the house! Our Washington besties came through town and hung out for a day before they headed to the River for their Spring Break! We love any chance to see them! The kids had a blast as always even though it was only a day! Love my furr baby even when I have to clean up the trash she shreds into tiny pieces! lol She's even posing for me! Also got a new front entry rug and Ruby has already claimed it! lol Cheetah of course! Love it!!!
After the playing hard on the court cashy played hard on his e-bike! Carter even got to sleep over! The boys rode hard all day! Love the bond these 2 have! Best buds for life! 
Hitting the jumps! Hitting the BIG jumps! lol Cashy is getting so good! Love the action shots they send to me!!! Cash's been flying! lol
To celebrate Penny and her academic excellence I took her to her favorite movie in Broadway form!! The Notebook the Musical at the Smith's Center! It was amazing! Right down Penny's ally! She loves to perform and she absolutely loved watching the play! This was her 1st Broadway show she's been too as a teenager! Love our little adventures we do together! Making the best memories! She is at such a fun age! We are the best of friends and I hope it never changes! We even took Grandpa John's binoculars! We loved using them! We were so cool in the rafters! lol They worked great! Like soooo good! A game changer! lol
The Broadway play during the day and Henderson bros at night! lol She loved having Josie come over too! Mav always brings the party! Penny and Mav are are a hoot together and always have a blast hanging!  I love the cousin bond they have! Easter post up next!! It's been quite the April 1 weekly recap!!!and there's even more to come! Wahoo! :) lol










 

Monday, March 30, 2026

March Wk 4 Fun!

How is March almost over! My last post was wk 3- Spring Break and here is the weekly recap for this past wk- March Wk 4! We got back from the beautiful Hawaiian island to reality! lol Ruby went to the groomers!! The girls had Ortho appts! Piper was a check and Penny was an adjustment! She's getting so close to getting them off! We even saw my favorite Mav while we were in Henderson and took him and his girl to dinner! So much fun! We also this wk tried a new restaurant! Little Avalon which is delicious! The vibe is so good there too! Such a fun little place and so yummy! 
Penny! Our car selfies and bestie car selfies! Love it! She was busy with Stuco this wk but always has so much fun! They did a park clean up for community service! Her and her besties make everything fun even if it's cleaning up a park! :) 
I played Mahjong with my bestie neighbors for the 1st time! We all had a blast! It is such a fun but yet complicated game! lol We loved it so much that we are going to make it a  weekly thing!!! Can't wait! My car selfies with the littles going into work and school! Went back to the Little Avalon place because we loved it so much the first time! Honz got an Eagle golfing!! He was hyped! Cracked his ball hitting the flag! Wahoo!!!! You9 crushed that hole honz! Loved the excitement of him giving me the play by play! So awesome!
Penny seems to keep the busiest social life always each week! Love my little social butterfly! lol Her bestie from St George- Kaycee came to town and they went to the temple! Then met up with Mav and his bro- ate dinner all together then went back to the temple with the boys for round 2 in one day! Love it! 2 times the temple fun in 1 day! Then she continued on the rest of the week and weekend meeting up with Mav and his bros! She is loving her new Henderson hang outs! 
Always got to snap those digi flicks! lol She hung out with her bestie Portlynn  all weekend! this night they went to a barn dance with lots of friend! She had a blast and tookt he cutest digi pics! 
Piper!!! Glitter Dumplings! lol Finally was able to get out hands on one! The viral sold out toy! lol Lots of Cheer and Timbling! Wahoo! She got a new skill and got to ring the bell! It's a big deal! lol! Round of backhand sprang! Wahoo! They have already changed their performance for her to do her new skill for the next comp! Yayyy! Wow! So proud! 
Honz has been working the fair! Prepping and getting all the the things ready and in order for opening day next wk! Can't believe the Clark County Fair is already here!! He's been taking Penny out with him too to work! She loves it!!!! He's even had her drive the whole way ther and back! She's got to earn those hrs! She's doing amazing! Honz also ran up to Cedar to see his dad! He loved spending time with his dad! He even got to see Hunter and Olivia's new baby too! With all the Henderson fun for Penny I got to spend the time with Ryan and Em! It's been so much fun! I'm loving these Henderson hang outs! I get to hang out too with my family! Love it!
Cashy! He had his first Volleyball Game of the season for his middle school team! They plays so good together! I was impressed with how good they were! Cashy had a great game! He was diving and hitting so good! Wahoo! We had fun in the stands! lol Love that bff cousin Noah are on the same team! They had some amazing plays together! Great team work! Cousin team work! lol
More of Cashy! Lots of riding!! He loves it! He's got himself some wheels and man does it get him around from one hang out to the next! He just rolls up on his surron! lol
Sunday Fun-day! We made it!!! It was Palms Sunday! and boy was it a beautiful sacrament! Piper and the primary sang! Then after church we had our first ever Linger Longer Ward Activity! It was a huge success! The ward members loved it! 
To finish off our Sunday and wk we went to Uncle Jeff's and Aunt Melissa's for a bbq and swim! The kids had a blast! Such a great time together catching up! and that's a wrap! The weekly recap for March wk 4! A great week to end the month! Next up my Birthday Month! lol April!!!! Yayyy!