Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Labor Day Ranch Adventure!

 

We traded in our Labor Day Beach trip for some Mountain time! This year we switched it up! We headed up to Chad's family ranch! The lush green mountains! The fall changing colors! The cooler weather! The rain! The outdoor wilderness! We had a blast rain or shine! First stop was the Iron County Fair!! You know me, I can't pass up a good carnival and fair! I packed up my girls and we headed to Parowan for the evening! We had an absolute blast! Squishy hunting! Yummy food! Carnival rides all night! Penny even saw some of her friends from home that were there for the weekend ! So fun! Piper is absolutely fearless! She loves all the wild rides! lol That's my girl! We all had am amazing time!!!
Honz met up with us later that evening and brought the boys! We stayed at Gramps house for the night! Woke up and headed to Walmart to get all our food for the long weekend! Then headed up the mountain!! Wahoo!
We made it! Yayyy! and Cash and Noah were already off on quads, rangers, motor cycle, and talan! There was no  stopping these boys! They love the ranch life! Cleaned! Unpacked! Got settled in for the rest of the weekend! Yayyy!
Ruby living her best ranch life too! lol Eating the best food! Playing games! and being lazy!! 
Walked the runway! Hot girl walk! lol Penny and Emma had a blast on the quads too! Night time making smores is always the best! Love sitting around the fire! Such an amazing day!
Rained and Rained and Rained some more! So we relaxed! Took naps! Ate all day! and played lots of card games! lol The boys however never stopped riding! The got soaked from the rain and loved every min of it! The dirt was turned into mud and it was all over the bikes and themselves! lol
I absolutely love all of Cash and Noah's selfies! Lot's of snaking and card playing! 
More "hot girl walks!" with the boys too! lol With all the rain the sunset was gorgeous! Had such a wonderful beautiful rainy day!
Our last day we packed in more adventures! Shooting shot guns for the boys! Cashy sure has good aim! We was knocking the clay pigeons right out of the sky! Way to go Cashy! The big girls took me on a Ranger ride! So fun! The most delicious breakfast burritos for breakfast! Thanks to my Honz for always cooking up the meat! :) 
On the road again...back home! All good thing must come to an end! Dang it!  We had such an amazing time together making the best core memories! Love this family of mine! Love all of our adventures together! Such a fun Labor Day weekend trip! It was so fun to switch it up and head to the mountains! Love this life with my favorite people! 











Tuesday, September 8, 2026

September Wk 1 Fun!

It's a new month!! It's September! Here is the weekly recap for September wk 1 fun! Off to school we all go! lol Another week down and it was good one!
Girls night for Penny! and We loved supporting our favorite girl Ainsley at her first Home game for Cheer! Yayyyy! It was an incredible game! Go Aggies! Ains did amazing with all her stunting and cheering! We were proud parents in the crowd! lol
Shopping! Lounging! Hanging! and Playing! 
Some more shopping! lol This time with my bff Jackie! We always have a blast together! My highlight was grabbing lunch with my bestie Shayla!! We had an absolute blast just catching up! We both had no kids and no husbands! lol That never happens! lol So we were soaking up our time together! Love it! Since it's September the Halloween décor went up! Wahoo! The candy corn had already hit my mouth! lol and the Halloween candy bucket is already full! Love this time of year!!  The rest of the week takes us into the long amazing Labor Day weekend! That post is up next!! Yayyyy!
 

Monday, August 31, 2026

August Wk 4 Fun!

Wow August us coming to a close! Here is the weekly recap for August wk 4 fun! It was another jam packed week of fun over here! Loving the late start for Penny so I can see her off every morning and get a daily pic! Also car selfies headed to school/work! Piper had a fun week! She found her picture on the Change Maker Wall! Yayyyyy! She also spotted her Cheer Championship trophies and banner! She was so excited! Piper also scored a perfect score on her testing last year and was awarded an ice scream party! Yayyy! Way to go Piper! She had such an awesome wk!
Cash had his 7th grade open house! Nothing but great praises for  my boy! We are so excited for his 7th grade year! He's already winning his teachers over! lol Keep it up Cashy! We can't wait to see what you do this year! It was also so much fun that Penny came along to see her old teachers! They absolutely loved to see Penny!!! I love it! Penny made such an out standing mark on them and so did they to her! It was such a fun night!
Penny has also had a fun packed student council week! They had their 1st dress up wk and 1st assembly! So awesome! and such a success! Such a fun theme too! Race into the new year!! She did amazing with all her social media conent and recap content! Great job Penny! She is crushing this student body historian thing! :)
Hanging with his homies! lol and the homey is his bff cousin Noah! All day everyday if I'd let them! lol I took the boys shopping for new club volleyball shoes! Lunch! 90's sunglasses! lol and all the things together! 
Penny and all her social outings! It's hard to keep up with all her fun! lol From working at DQ with Char! To bjs with the besties! To late nights at in-n-out parking lot! She is loving her freedom of driving and whipping around to when and where ever the wind takes her! lol
Outside of school Piper has some fun this week too! 3 nights of cheer and tumbling! Hanging with her bestie Charlee! and the highlight of it all was her bf Gio's birthday at the skating rink! She got just as spoiled as Gio did! lol She came home with a packed filled goodie bag of squishies! She was so hyped! Love it! Squishies are life right now! lol Love all the fun pics from Gio's birthday party! 
Penny has spent her last 2 Saturdays doing Student council meetings at different schools around town! This week was at Basic HS and it was a service drive! She had a blast representing Arbor and spending the day with her stuco friends! Then the weekend night life continues! lol She was invited to a Bible study hang out with a huge group of friends! She had an absolute blast! She's living her best life and I'm totally here for it! :)
Penny also managed to sneak in a gma and cousin shopping day for her birthday! For the girls birthday's gma gave them each cash and took them all out shopping together! Penny had so much fun laughing with her cousins! Thank you gma for spoiling my girl! 
Back into the full swing of school Cash completed his first science project for the year! He made an atom! Copper! He did such a great job! He's so crafty! lol He had to video himself with his project and turn the video in to his teacher! His teacher reviewed it and followed up with a 100%! Wahoo! So proud Cashy! Great job! 
Honz and I ran up to St George for the day to  celebrate Luke and Bailey's temple wedding! Yayyyy! We are so proud of our favorites! It was a beautiful day! Then that takes us to Sunday Fun-day!!! yayy! Now that's a wrap for August wk 4 fun! Such an amazing month in the books! Let's see what Sept brings!!!






 

Monday, August 24, 2026

Ruby's 6th Birthday!

Happy Happy 6th Birthday to our fur baby! Oh how we  love our little Rudy! She has been the best thing that has happened to  our little family and I can't believe she is 6! She brings us so much joy! The best emotional support! The sweetest little baby ever! She is such a good girl and puts up with all of the kids mauling her! She even puts up with mama's photo shoots! hahah Couldn't live life without her! She had the best birthday better yet every day is the best day in Ruby's world! She is perfect and just precious! Oh how we love our perfect little fur baby Ruby!! 
 

August Wk 3 Fun!

We have completed another week of life! :) Here is the weekly recap for August wk 3 fun! Celebrated more birthdays! Piper celebrated  bestie cousin Navy birthday and Honz celebrated bff Jason's birthday! Oh and there's Cashy out riding! 
All the school fun! With Penny's school starting later I'm able to snap a pic of all the  kids before they start their school day! Yayyy! Cash and his friends  walking to  Target about every other day after school! lol Spotting Piper  in the halls is my favorite! Another great week at school for all!
Penny and all her fun! Sand volleyball! A Blind date! Thrifting treasures! Back to school pool party! She's always living her best life and I love it for her!
Cashy and Piper had a fun week with friends too!! Comp Cheer started back up for Piper! Cashy tried out for a club volleyball team and he made it! Yayyyy! Vegas United here he comes! He's so stoked! We are all excited for this new volleyball adventure!
-Penny was busy with student council on Saturday! They had a multi school wide training! It was a full day event! Penny had so much meeting new people! She is loving stuco and is already off to a fun busy year!
Honz and I went to the temple to  celebrate Sadie!!  We are so proud of her commitment and journey to grow closer to our Heavenly Father! It was a beautiful day! We love Miss Roses! She is such an amazing example to me and my kids! 
It was an early 2:30  am adventure for these 2!!! They were off to go fishing with the Deacons in the ward! Cash loves to fish! He had the best time with his boys and leaders! It was a beautiful lake morning and lots of fish catching!!!They had a blast!  Love the boy adventures Cashy has with his daddy! Always making great memories together!
Sunday Fun-day!! We spent the morning in Logandale for cousin Blayke's mission farewell! Yayyy! We had such a wonderful time seeing all our family and catching up! We are so proud of Blayke! He is going to be such an amazing missionary! Can't wait to  hear about all his missionary adventures in Idaho! Now that's a wrap for August wk 3 recap! It's been a packed filled wk thats for sure!





 

Sunday, August 16, 2026

August Week 2 Fun!

If you follow along with my blog the previous posts were all still in the same wk! Here is the last of the fun for August Wk 2 weekly recap! Off to school selfies! Cafe Rio Cashy's favorite! Ruby such a good sport when the kids get playing with her! lol and Penny and Cash both had their yearly well check's with Dr. George! They are growing great and on track! 
Honz golfed this wk! Played the best round of his life! He was so hyped! So proud honz!!! Also work selfies with his work crew!
My bff Mel's 40th birthday party! Such a fun night together! My fave cousin Angela and family came down for the Benson Boone Concert and we grabbed dinner together before they headed out to their concert! I love seeing my faves!!! 
Speaking of Benson Boone!!! Penny last minute grabbed tickets with her senior besties! A spontaneous night of fun!!! This was her first time going to a concert with out me and first time going downtown and out on the town without an adult too! Wow my baby growing up! She had an absolute blast being with her besties! Benson Boone was incredible once again!
I definitely had fomo! lol I love concerts so much! I was living through her! She also loved running into all her different friends and family that went to the concert too! It was an all around fabulous night!! Love that she got to go out last minute and have a blast! The unplanned nights are the best of fun nights!
Penny loves supporting her friends especially when it's her best friend Charlize! Charlize is headed to Miss America and Penny got to got to her send off celebration party! We are so excited for Char and can't wait to see her on stage at the Miss America Pageant! The rest of the pics in this collage just hanging with friends and we have made it to Sunday!!! Sunday Fun-day pic concludes our extra busy Birthday wk, Start of school, and all the other things we fit into one wk!!! Now that's a wrap for August wk 2!!!



 

Saturday, August 15, 2026

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!