New DS

We are taking a family vacation and new we needed something to keep Kam occupied on our flight. I did not want to spend the money on a new one for a 3 year old. We got this at the pawn shop for 30 dollars. Great deal and everybody is happy!

Summerland Tour!

              Summerland Tour 2012!!!
                                           (Katie,Lori,Me)


The Summerland Tour was all 90's Bands..... Everclear, Marcy, Playground, Sugar Ray, Lit
and the Gin Blossoms.


We had such a blast. We had dinner at House of Blues and then made our way out to the concert in the Mandalay Pool area. Most people just wore their swimsuits. You could sit on the sandy beach area or stand in the water and be in the front. We chose the water. We were as close as they would let us.

                                     (Nick,Eric,Jimmy)



Sugar Ray by far put on the best show but all the bands did well. The weather was so nice and being in the water cooled you write down. Thanks Katie and Jimmy for the invite! We had a great time with great company.

Kasen's Baptism

Kasen was so excited to be Baptised. Although Kasen can swim like a fish he was really worried he might drowned when they put him under the water. We practiced several times in Grandma Julie's pool so Kasen would not be nervous.

My parents were able to come.

Great grandpa and grandma and grandma Julie also came to support Kasen on his special day.

Brother Witten Baptised Kasen and Drew Witten (which is our friend) confirmed Kase.

The two little girls are twins and then Kasen

After the Baptism we had Bishop Dance bless Kamden. It was such a special day for our family. We went back to our house and had lunch. Las Vegas Grandma and Grandpa gave him a journal, a baptism pillow case to color, CTR rings and a song book. We also gave him a journal. Kasen said, "I loved everything about today!"

Swim Lessons

Every summer I sign my kids up for swim lessons. Kam was still to young. He was mad. This is him trying to talk me into letting him get into the pool.

After a very LONG conversation and multiple reasons why he couldn't go swimming he decided to relax and watch Kasen and Avery.

My kids loved their instructors. Kasen was so excited that on the last day they let the kids jump off the lifeguard watch stand.

Avery's teachers name was Peanut. (nickname) She was so kind and worked well with the 3 kids that was in Avery's class. My kids now jump into the deep end of pools and never wear floaties. I am so proud of their progress.

                                 

Mammoth Creek

We spent the weekend up at Mammoth Creek. It was just my family and grandma Julie. The kids had a blast. The cabin above us had a little girl and boy about the same age as our kids. The cabin down below had two boys about the same age as Avery and Kasen. Our kids were definitely not board. They spent the weekend floating between the 3 cabins.

We had heard there was a Balloon Festival over in Panguitch which is about 35 minutes away. The kids really wanted to go.

It was so neat. They blocked off the Main Street and blue up the massive balloons. My kids got to pull the handles to blow the fire. Kasen thought this was so cool. They also had all of the traditional bounce houses, face paintings and booths.

Kasen, Levi, Kamden

Kasen wanted to take pictures with the Rodeo Queen girls.

Grandma bought Kamden this cute cowboy hat.

It was so pretty seeing the balloons lit up at night. I did not realize how massive they were.

Levi,Jake,Avery,Kam,Kasen

The boys over for lunch.

 My kids had so much fun with Jake and Levi. They were such nice little boys and my kids were sad to say goodbye.

My Mom and the Craziness

We were headed to Vegas to visit with my parents. You should know that there is never a dull moment when my mom is around. Today was no different. I had just gotten off the phone with her about picking up a pizza from Sam's Club. Not 10 minutes later she called and said their house was on fire and to get there as soon as possible. I just figured something tiny, so we payed for the pizza and went to her house. When we pulled up their were 4 fire trucks and realized this wasn't anything small.

My mom had said she sat down to go to the bathroom and heard a crackling noise. She thought it was just the fan that had been running to get the steam out from the shower. She hit the fan to see if it would stop and flames just shot out. The fan had shorted out and caught fire in the attic.

As she is calling 911 my dad is throwing little cups of water. (which is doing nothing), So my mom runs in the backyard and gets the hose and just starts spraying. By the time the fire department arrived the fire was pretty much out.

They had to cut the ceiling open and make sure the fire hadn't traveled. They are so lucky it didn't spread. Two of the trucks stayed and checked everything out. Kam was freaking out, but the other two were very curious.

The fireman were wonderful. They let Kasen and Avery tour the 2 firetrucks, hold the house, sit in side the rucks and even gave them  fire hats. This fireman was humongous. He was 6ft. 7in.

Thanks to the quick response of the fireman and my mom who thought to get the hose. Only the bathroom was damaged. I promise mom I will take you more serious next time!!

Father's Day

Nick has had an extremely stressful past few months. He loves to golf and what better way to relax. I bought him a round of golf and Nick and his best friend Keoki golfed Sunday morning. The kids got him a book on tape, and the next day I took Nick to dinner and a movie for some alone time. Later Sunday afternoon we got together with his brothers, wives and his mom and swam.

(frame I gave Nick)

Nick is a wonderful father and I couldn't have chosen anyone better. Nick is always involved in our kids lives whether it be school or sports. I fell like he really knows each one of our kids and understands there different personalities. We love you!!