Independence Day

Nick had decided he needed a break from Pahrump so off we headed to Cedar City, Utah. Some of my best friends are their and I of course was so excited. Cedar is such a pretty town. It is nice and green and people just seem to be happy and friendly. We were hoping to escape the heat, but that did not quite happen. It was still in the low 90's. We were very excited to spend time with our friends Carrie and Matt and their daughter Kadence. Unfortunately Matt had to work overtime patrolling the mountain so we only got to see him for a moment. We spent Friday night at Carrie's and at about 9:00 set off the first round of fireworks. The girls sat in the back of Nicks SUV acting scared. It was cute. Kasen just wanted to be up close to those fireworks.

Saturday we woke up early and went to the home town 4th of July parade. The kids loved chasing after the candy and seeing the fire trucks and tanks. We wanted to get a head start over to the park for some fun activities so we left the parade a bit early.

Matt was able to join us for the parade so that was nice. At the park they had about 6-8 different bounce houses in which the kids absolutely loved. They also played a fishing game and for a dollar they each got a stuffed animal, a bendy animal and another little toy. It wasn't bad. We then headed over to Applebee's for a nice lunch. Later that evening I took the kids to visit my other good friend Toni and Randy. Our kids love playing together as well. We then headed back to Carrie's and lit more fireworks. At about 10:00 p.m. the city did there big fireworks show. Carrie lives about a mile away and we got blankets, popcorn and drinks and sat in her front yard and watched the big show. It was such a fun weekend and my kids were very sad to leave. I wish I lived closer to my friends and that we could spend a bit more time together.
Thanks Carrie and Matt for entertaining us for the weekend.

Ice Age

I took the kids to watch Ice Age. We loaded up on pocorn, candy and drinks. The kids thought the movie was funny and to my surprise sat quietly the entire movie. Kasen loved the big scary dinosaurs and Avery thought the baby mammoth Peaches was so cute.

Threadzfest 2009

Nick put on Threadzfest for the second year. Let me just tell you that it is an amazing event and that I am so proud of Nick and his accomplishments. It takes months of planning. Threadzfest is a free event for the town of Pahrump. He holds a skateboard competition at our skate park and right next store he has vendors come (both food and product like DC, Circa, Vans), and holds a huge concert. This year he had 9 pretty big name bands. A lot of them were currently touring on the Warp Tour. The younger kids were all big fans of them. We had people come from Vegas, Arizona and Pahrump.

The event drew about 2000 people. My kids loved being there all day and helping there dad. This was a picture of the stage. This year Kasen enjoyed climbing the rock wall that they had. We tried to get Avery to try and it was an absolute no. She had fun eating her Italian Ice. We had a lot of fun!

All of Nick's family and friends came out and helped. We want to give them a big THANKS! Threadzfest was a huge success and the feedback was all positive. Until next year.......

In Loving Memory

Yesterday was a tough day for Nick and myself. Our first son Rayce Jordan Moore was born at 27 weeks. As I went for my routine doctors appointment we found no heart beat. As there had been no prior problems we were devastated. Rayce would have been six years old. As Nick and I reflected back it is amazing the love and joy that our son brought without even taking a breath. Kasen and Avery talk about there brother often and yesterday Kasen decided that he would like to pick out the flowers that we would put on the grave. As I fought back tears the entire day Kasen at one point said, "mom you do not need to be sad. When you get old and when I get old we will get to go up to heaven. Mom when we get there we will be able to play and run around with Rayce all we want. Mom I really love my brother. "A smile came to my face and said yes that is right and off he ran. The faith that little children have is remarkable. We love you Rayce.

In Loving Memory
Rayce Jordan Moore
June 25, 2003

Father's Day

I am so grateful to be married to such a wonderful husband and father. Nick loves to play with the kids, read stories, and loves to be involved as much as possible. Nick must know my cooking pretty well. The kids and I offered to cook him breakfast or go out. He chose to go out. I let the kids choose what they wanted to get Nick for Father's Day. Kasen said that Nick's favorite thing in the whole world was diet pepsi, so that is what they gave him. Nick of course chuckled but thought it was so cute that they came up with there own idea and gift. We also got him another gift from me and the kids. A bit later Kasen and Nick enjoyed a round of golf. Kasen was so excited that just him and Nick were going he is still talking about how fun it was with dad days later.

Later that afternoon all of Nicks' family gathered at his parents house and we barbecued. All of the cousins get along so well . The kids cooled off in the pool and played for hours. I could not have asked for a better father for my children.

Circus

The kids kept seeing commercials on the television about the circus coming to the New Orleans casino and event center. After they begged and pleaded we decided it would be a lot of fun for all of us. The kids brought some of there money to spend on a souvenir toy and we were off. When we got to Vegas we had a nice dinner at TGI Friday's. Before the event you could take the kids out to see all of the animals that were in the show. Avery loved the elephants and cried because she couldn't pet or hold them. Kasen's favorite animal was the Zebra's.

Show was about two hours and the kids laughed, cheered, clapped and danced to the music the entire time. Call me cheap, but the only problem I had was paying $12.00 for the bag of cotton candy. Other than that we all had a fun time!

Birthday's

Nick turned the big 31 on May 31st. We were actually gone to California to a wedding. On our way home from California my parents stopped in Pahrump and surprised Nick with a cake on his actual birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We love you! We had decided to have a huge barbecue for both Nick and Kasen on June 10th. It was pretty funny because Kasen just kept telling Nick that he was now an old man! Nick is always a trooper and this year they had a Power Rangers Birthday!

We took Kasen to the party store and let him choose what type of birthday party he wanted. He decided on Power Rangers. We walked out with more stuff than we needed! We had tattoos, power rangers masks, pinatas,noise makers, balloons, centerpieces and the list keeps going. Kasen was so excited so that is all that really mattered. This year I just made both Nick and Kasen's cakes.

We surprised Kasen with a trampoline for his birthday. (deep down I think me and Nick wanted it just as bad). It is the number 1 best investment we have made. It is the one time of the day where we only hear laughter. My kids want to be out there morning, noon and night. Kasen and his Friends had fun playing crack the egg, practiced there Power Rangers moves and tried to see how high they could bounce Avery. Of course Avery wasn't as thrilled over that game as the boys .Kasen loves opening presents. Once again he got very spoiled. He got Transformers, race cars, books, clothes, learning books, movies, a soccer ball and some other little gifts. Thank you to everybody who bought Kasen presents he loved them all!Kasen at five is , fun, energetic, intelligent and kind.We had a wonderful day and I love my two boys very much.

My parents were not able to make the barbecue so they came out a few days later and we celebrated Kasen's birthday again. It was fun.