Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to all the amazing dad's out there! There are millions of dad's in this world, but Heavenly Father picked this one just for us! You are perfect for our family! There is absolutely nothing as more valuable or more important to him than his family! He goes above and beyond to make everything possible for us! You were meant to be a dad! Our 3 beautiful babies are the luckiest to have you as their dad! You are our everything! We love you more than words can even express! Happy Father's Day my love!

This man right here has best the greatest example to me in my life! I'm so grateful for everything he has done for me and my little family! We had a scare with his health over father's day weekend! In fact he spent father's day in the hospital! I stayed at his house to take care of his sweet German Shepard Gus while he was in the hospital too! We are so grateful for modern medicine, the amazing nurses, and skilled Dr's. that cared for our dad these last couple of days! We knew once we could get dad to the hospital (he's a stubborn one) that he would be in excellent care! He is home now resting and healing! Thank goodness we didn't loose him! He's my only living parent and I need him here longer! We love you daddy/grandpa so much!!! You truly are the greatest father there ever was!

Lots of Summer Fun!

Lots of summer fun! From cousin sleep overs to swimming with friends, to Emma's 10th birthday party! We love summer time!!!

Grammy Vicki even celebrated her 60th birthday! Her amazing daughters and husband (chad's dad) planned her a surprise 60th! and boy did we surprise her! They just finished their pool too! So we all got to enjoy their amazing pool and ate yummy food! Such a wonderful day!

On the News!!!!!

 If you didn't hear or see us....American Stitch was on the News!!! So awesome! So proud of my hard working honz! Got our 3 little cuties all dressed up in their best American Stitch apparel!!! Our kids were so excited to be on the news! They had a small part but they still made the prime time! lol When their cousins saw them on tv it was a pretty big deal! lol

 1st out was Fox 5! They ran a 15-20 sec clip on my honz! He has been running a fundraiser for all local small business! All in on Vegas! Free to join in the fun! All we need is the companies logo and we do the rest! We make up the art and print the shirts! For every shirt purchased we will give $10 back to the local small business! Chad loves giving back to the comunity! He's the hardest working and most giving man I know! 

 Here's the kids posing for their Fox5 segment! :)

 Next out was channel 13! They did a 1-2 min clip on my honz! Chad once again did such an amazing job! Way to go honz you're a natural on tv! :)

 Here's the kids posing for their channel 13 segment and they also did a family shot!! I even got to be on tv this time! lol

Channel 13 was amazing! After they filmed the segment they let each of my kids play with the big fancy camera and each got to film a small segment! They thought they were so cool! lol So much fun!! Making  memories! Being on tv is for sure one memory they will never forget! They were so proud of their daddy! I am too! Thanks honz once again for making it all possible! You truly are 1 in a million! 

Sondi & Skips Wedding!

 The big day has finally come for this beautiful and amazing couple! Congrats Sondi and Skip!

So our  bestie neighbors that live right next door piratically family... their daughter go married! She has been a friend of mine for quit some time! We loved being apart of her special day from shopping for flowers , food, and drinks, to her niece using my kitchen to make the wedding cake, to myself doing her makeup on her special day! It has been a busy 2 wks with family and friends all coming into town! Some even stayed in our trailer (the casita) and in our house! We even threw her a bachelorette party at my house! Now that was fun night!! lol

We are beyond excited for this new chapter in their lives! Congrats Bride and Groom! Best Wishes always! We love you!!

Oh and it's not a party if the cops don't show up! lol Sondi and Skip got married in her mom and dad's backyard and so was the dinner and  reception later that evening! What a way to end the night! Sondi's brother Nick set off loud huge fireworks in the drain/gutter right by the house and boom boom later we had all the neighbors worried that we were under attack! lol Before we knew it the Cops were knocking on the door! They were the nicest cops ever! 

Congrats Sondi and Skip! We love you!

Tiny Nails for Tiny Piper!

Love this sweet baby girl! The big kids headed over to swim with cousins but my poor little Piper can't go swimming with her broken arm! So my sweet friend surprised her with tiny fake nails! So while everyone was swimming little Piper got to get her Nails done! She felt so special and loved getting them on! She held so still! Tiny fake nails for the cutest tiny Piper! Thank you Kaili for making her feel extra special when she couldn't go swimming! You're the best!

My Poor Little Piper!

 Oh man! She's going to be my accident prone child! Yikes! She was my 1st with stitches and now my 1st with a broken bone!! My poor little baby! Piper fell off one of our high bar stools landing on her left elbow! She gave out scream of pain I had never heard from her! I didn't rush her right away to the E.R. I waited a few days watching to see how she was using it and sure enough after watching her not being able to fully extend it I better take her in. I called her pediatrician who is amazing Dr. George and he told us to go to the Summerlin ER for x-rays! The ER is the last place I want to go with Covid-19 still around! But we went and surprisingly there was no one in the ER. We got straight back! They did x-rays and results came back.......Non-displaced fracture of the Radius Head! So broken right in her elbow joint! What's our deal with broken elbows over here! lol The ER put a splint and sling on her and told us we needed to see the Orthopedic!

With our pediatrician being so amazing... Dr. George got us right into the Orthopedic the next day! We saw Dr. Thomas. Dr. let us know about the type of fracture she had. No surgery needed thank goodness! He put on a different splint on and off we went! She is to see the Orthopedic in 4 wks to follow up! My poor baby! She has been such a trooper the whole time! So brave!!! We love you little Piper hope you heal super fast!!!

Cutest Little Singer's Company Girls Ever!

 Sad Singer's ended the way it did! Of course thanks to covid-19 the girls singer's classes have been on  zoom since March quarantine. Then as the months have gone on we were never able to get to having practices in real life again! Their final performances were in the middle of May and yep we are still quarantined! So the girls sweetest teacher Mrs. Brittany did an end of season  drive by pick-up surprises and costumes! So fun! The girls were so excited to see Mrs. Brittany and wave hi to some of their friends!

 Cutest little Singer's company girls ever! Since their performances had been cancelled that didn't stop me from getting them all dressed up! Performance ready and I had them put on their little show for me, daddy and brother! They did great! So much personality with these two! :)

 Piper was so excited to get in her little performance outfit! I can't with these beautiful faces! :)

Here's some of their action shots from their favorite song to perform"Lights! Camera! Action!" They are just too much fun! Love them so much! They make my heart burst!

Memorial Weekend Fun!

 It's been our tradition of 12yrs going down to California and enjoying Huntington Beach... well because of covid-19 beaches are closed! Ugh! Dang ti! So instead we stayed in town and had a wonderful time with family and friends!

 We had a blast Saturday at my dad's! He made us a huge breakfast! Swam all day! and then dad BBQ'd for us for dinner! Best day ever!!

 Monday we played with the neighbors! They had so many family members in town visiting! We love when they come into town! Fun swimming and eating! :) lol

We also bleach dyed tee's! The kids had blast doing this! In fact we loved doing it so much we have made more shirts since! lol! who knew I could craft ? lol  

We definitely missed the beach but we sure had a blast poolside all weekend long! Great weekend!

Fun Kinder Graduation Party!

 What crazy end of year it has been! Due to covid-19 we have been in quarantine since March! So this sweet boy of mine never got a Kinder graduation! But hey that's ok  we through our own little Kinder graduation party for Cash, his best friend Cole and all his little cousin...Noah,Jacob,Zoe, and Brooklyn! My sweet friend Lisa let me borrow her caps and gowns so we could put on our own little ceremony and capture the moment with pics!!! These little cuties had so much! We made them feel extra special! After the little ceremony they swam, ate pizza and yummy cupcakes! Such a great night with family and friends!

 Yay! You did it!! Happy Kinder Gradutaion! Chad even made them awesome fun shirts to wear too! Staight Outa Kindergarten Quarantined #2020! lol We also honored our 5th grader cousins! Benjamin, Hailey, Umi and Parker! Pic below! Way to go guys! You're off to middle school! WOW!

You're off to 1st grade! Can't believe my only little boy is growing up!! He's the coolest little dude I know! We love you Cashy! You're on your way to great and amazing things!! We can't wait to see what life has in store for you!

End of School Year Drive By!

Another school year under their belts! Who knew we would be in quarantined for so long to even end the school year! What a way to end the year off! Penny finished 4th grade with flying colors! She loved her teacher Mrs. Skelton so much! She was an amazing teacher even through quarantined with the distant learning! She received 3 awards! She was awarded Leader of the Month! She got her Nevada Citizenship Award and Metal for that! and received her AR Reading Goal  award! YAY! Penny you rocked 4th grade! So proud of you!

 

Cash finished Kindergarten with flying colors! The school  put on a drive through graduation! It was definitely strange but so fun for him due to the current situation! lol He kept saying in the car "This is so sad! I'm all  done with kindergarten! I'm a big kid now! I'm sure going to miss Mrs. Brown!" He was so proud to wear his shirt that daddy made him! The teachers loved it! I love him dabbing out my sunroof! lol Way to go Cash! You knocked Kindergarten out of the park! Class of 2032! We are so proud of you!!

Little Miss Piper finished her 1st year of pre-k in quarantine! lol She missed seeing her friends and teacher so much! Her teachers did a fun drive by to pick up work sheets and their end of year gift! She was so excited to see them! She picked her out fit our, boots, hair up and even put lip gloss on! She's getting so big! My baby growing too fast! So proud of my baby learning and growing! Love you sweet Piper!

Best Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! Man was I spoiled! Woke up at 10:30am! Say what!!!! lol The kids and daddy made me my favorite breakfast french toast! Lunch my other fave..BLAT and for dinner....Steaks with Chad's amazing fried rice! YUM! I was definetly spoiled all day! Sweet letters from the kids and surprises from daddy and kids! Got my first fanny pack! Yes I have been wanting one lol and it's cheetah! They so know me! lol 

I'm the luckiest mommy that these 3 sweet angels picked me to be their mommy! Being a mom is the most challenging and rewarding job ever! They keep me on my toes! I love being their momma! They make my heart burst!

Better Late than Never....Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

Due to covid quarantine we had to move back our annual Easter Egg Hunt with Grandma DeeDee and cousins! We had a blast! This year we did it at Jeffery and Melissa's so we could enjoy the pool too! They have nice big yard to hunt eggs too! The kids had a blast swimming and hunting eggs! Piper was just to dang cute getting excited over every egg she would find! Love it! We had a lovely day! Thank you DeeDee for keeping the traditions alive! We love making memories!

Happy 11th Birthday Mav!

 This little Mav has my heart!! Happy 11th Birthday Mav!! We sure do love this boy! We celebrated up in St. George with the Jim Ence cousins!! Such a wonderful time to be with everyone! We don't see them enough! We ate, laughed, swam and ate some more! Perfect day for the perfect Birthday boy! We love you Maverick!

My Happy 40th Quarantine Birthday!

I have officially joined the 40's club!!! Yes it was my 40th Birthday and yes we were all still under quarantine! lol What 40th Birthday to remember! I was the 40th quarantined Birthday Queen! I had the best day! So many surprise visits from family ans friends! They all made my day so special being locked up! Penny even made me cupcakes! My honz surprised me with my favorite Splash drink! My sisters stopped by with donuts! My friends stopped in with plates of homemade treats, more donuts and gifts! Seriously the best day ever!

 My best-est friends and my Honz surprised me by throwing me a quarantined queen 40th Birthday Bash! Oh my goodness did they go all out for this! My honz surprised me with a custom quarantine queen t-shirt, a Huge custom Banner and an amazing cake! Jackie decorated her house from top to bottom in 40 decor! lol Liz and Jackie put on the dinner and more desserts! Liz even set up a splash bar of all the yummy syrups, juices and soda! They had a few couples that were fine breaking out of quarantine to come! We had a blast! Eating, Laughing, Dancing and visiting!

 Photo shoot by the Birthday Banner! Love my girls!! Such amazing women!!

The 40th Birthday partying continued on!! My other amazing friends threw a fun pool party with Cafe rio catered in and amazing homemade deserts! Beautiful weather too! We had a lovelt night! 

I sure felt all the Love! Thank you all for making my BIG 40th Quarantine Queen Birthday Bash a Blast for days!

Panaca Fun!

 Spontaneous and fun! Spur of the moment we headed to Panaca for the day! Panaca is Chad's family house! My brother has  been  dying to get out of town so he was totally down  with the plan! It was a fast trip but so much fun! Weather was rainy and cold but we still had a great time! Swung on swings! Jumped on the tramp! Even climbed on top of the house! lol! The kids had a blast! We watched movies all night and slept on the big couch! We woke up and came home! Such a fun little adventure! We sure do enjoy getting out of the house during this covid quarantine!

Happy Easter!

 It's Easter! Can't believe it!! What a beautiful Easter day it has been! The kids were up early to see it the Easter Bunny found them and as you can see he sure did! Penny kept saying "mom the Easter bunny did so good this year"! lol He sure did! Just look at the jumbo new Easter baskets he brought full of the fun surprises!! Yay! Love it!

 All dressed up and no where to go! lol Normally we head off to church in our best Easter Sunday dress! Well church is now at home due to the dang covid virus! We still get dressed in our Sunday best! We sing primary songs, say scripture and prayer! Chad gets to pass us the Sacrament and we both give a beautiful weekly come follow me lesson to our kids! It's definitely strange but I love being with my family and am so grateful we can bring and feel the spirit in our home each week! Today was more special! We focused on Jesus's Resurrection! Because of him we are an eternal family! Because of him we can live again! Because of him I can see my mom again! So many things I can list off because of him! I'm grateful for my Heavenly Father and Jesus in my life!

 

I do my kids pictures every year for Easter and this year they all wanted to hold their new picture of Jesus! I love these faces so much! They make my heart burst!

 

Sweet babies! What a beautiful Easter it has been! I love my eternal family! Happy Easter! #helives #becauseofhim

Surprise!

The last few Easters it's been our tradition to go to St. George to be with my sister's family and hit up every egg hunt around her town! lol Well do to covid-19 once again all events cancelled and closed! Ugh! We have been so sad! We still wanted to see her sweet little family and our original camping plans got cancelled as well so we drove up to Eryka's just for the day and Surprised her and her family! and come to my surprise my brother was already there visiting! We had such a wonderful time together! Eryka even gave my honz and Cash both a fresh cut (all salons in Vegas closed)! They needed it! lol We couldn't do anything out and about up there either but had such a wonderful time visiting and seeing each other! My sister and family were so surprised and my brother too! lol Piper cried when it was time to go home! lol Love my family so much! What a blessed day!

Easter Fun!

 

 Today we started our day with the world wide 24 hr fast! We need this covid-19 to go away so we can start our small businesses back up again and everyone else in our same situation! We just need life back to normalicy!

 Before the day ended we had tons of fun decorating eggs! If you know me you know I don't do dye messes or really any messes at all! lol So my kids have only died eggs 1 time at my sisters house last year! lol So thankfully we went to Bailey and Reese's (my kids babysitters) house to make a mess there! lol Actually it wasn't that bad at all!The kids did so good and loved it! I was so proud of their creativity! They are just the best! Such a fun new tradition....Dying Eggs! :)

Drive By Easter Basket Drop Off!

 

When your on lock down you get surprise "drive by" visits! lol! My sweetest dad and Janeen took a drive out to my house with Gus to "drive by" and drop my kids a huge Easter basket full of eggs, treats and  peeps! The kids were jumping for joy and absolutly loved it! I especially loved it too! Had no idea they were coming! It made our whole day! We had to snap a couple pics to document how crazy the times are that we visit from a truck 6ft from each other! lol They didn't get out they literally drove up dropped the basket to Penny.... I snapped the pics.... and said Hi- I love you- Thank you- and Bye! Quickest surprise ever! 

We normally have our annual big Easter money egg hunt up at my dad's every year! But with the crazy virus and being quarantined they had to cancel! So sweet of them to come "drive by" and bring my kids an Easter basket surprise! It was so fun!!! Best day ever!

Spring Break Quarantine Style!

 Happy spring break quarantine style! We wear masks when we go out and when  I say go out we go to the grocery store! There's not much we can do but we sure have found the fun in it! Our wonderful neighbors let my kids swim in their pool! Kids stay in their "day jammies" most everyday! lol We took advantage of no one being down at the strip and finally got the "Las Vegas" sign picture taken! lol I have wanted to  do this my whole life but never wanted to wait with all the tourists! lol We did it! Piper had fallen a sleep so she's not in the picture! She'll have to see it when she takes her own family some day! lol Drove the strip at night! It's crazy how there is no one around! My kids loved it! We loved seeing the hotel rooms lit up with Hearts or sayings! All I can say is Wow! Crazy times we are living in! What a spring break to remember! We went no where and really did nothing but had a great week  together! lol