{Birthday Wishes}

Happy Birthday to my WONDERFUL friend Kaycee. I love this girl! She is a sweet, beautiful, funny and giving person. Anyone is lucky to have her in their life, I know I am.
She dated my brother-in-law a while ago and we hit it off! Well her relationship fizzled with my brother-in-law but we continued to stay in touch. At least something good came out of that relationship huh Kayc!?

{Memory Tuesday}

Write about leaving the nest and the first time you lived away from home

I was 18 years old and my friend Natalie (middle) needed a roommate. I jumped at the chance to live on my own. I had a great job and a car...now that I think about it I was a great catch! LOL. Provo, Utah Cinammon Tree Apartment # 41. Bottom floor in the corner. We had a blast!

I met some really fun people and even keep in touch with a few of them. Jenn , Aimee and AnnaMarie they lived in another apartment. We even had the nightmare roommate PAULA! EEEEEKKKKKK Thank you Jenn for moving in and taking her place!

Below you will witness some of my old school scrapbooking skillz! What was I thinking!?!!! Sorry it is hard to see some of the pictures but you get the idea.

{Summer? Is that you?}

This is what happens when there is just a small glimmer of summer. I think the news said it was about 68 degrees. HEAT WAVE! The boys threw their swimsuits on and played in the pond in our backyard for about 3 hours.

{Memory Tuesday}

Ahhhh....a fresh page. Hopefully this will encourage summer to get here quicker! We are still colder than normal for this time of year and it is killing me!
I was driving through the canyon last week and I have never been so happy to see those stinkin orange construction barrels.....a true sign of warm weather ahead.

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TRY, THAT YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED BEFORE? (A new hobby, a new food, etc.)

With all of my scrapbooking that I have been doing, I have been thinking about trying to do a little bit of Digital. I haven't looked into it yet so I pretty much have no idea where to start so if any of you do it please let me know how!!

{Scrapbooking.....again}

I am the luckiest chick around! I was able to scrapbook 2 weekends in a row! First with my friends and second time with my family.

We had plans to go to my sisters cabin but it is still snowed in so my dad offered to have it at his house. Thanks DAD!!! Love you! He made sure we had food, treats and plenty of diet coke!

There were LOTS of laughing! Some counceling, many trips to the scrapbook store, even test driving some bikes ha ha!

We missed you Janie!!

I wish we could get together like this more often.

{Memory Tuesday}

What are some things that drive you BATTY!

I like to think that I am a pretty laid back, easy going person. I will complain about things but try not to dwell on it too much. If something bothers me I am not afraid to voice my opinion even though that gets me in trouble sometimes HA HA!

A few things that come to mind:
* People that pull their car out into the middle lane to wait for traffic. Come on people, chill out! You will have your chance. I got hit by someone doing this once because they didn't see me. It still scares me to this day and I don't trust anyone!
* The drug cautions on commercials. When they list 10 or more serious side effects it's probably a good idea not to consider taking it!
*Men that think they are superior over women. Don't challenge me to anything because you will lose! I would like to see you work a fulltime job, (yes men, stay at home mom is also a fulltime job) go home and clean, do laundry, cook dinner, run the kids all over town for sports and/or to play with friends, homework, entertain YOU, and still have time to read a book or start and finish a project!
*Don't mess with my kids! They are far from perfect but I am the parent, if my kid is doing something to annoy you come talk to me about it and I will put a stop to it. Example? My son was digging in the sand at Bear Lake next to a car (yes they let people park on the beach) Well I guess he was hitting her car with sand and she yelled at him to stop. OHHHH no she didn't! LOL She got a mouthful from me.
*Judgemental people. You are not better than me just because I don't do the same things you do.
And last but not least....
*Uptight people! Life is short! Please just laugh about things, it won't hurt I promise and you won't go to hell for it either!

{PANIC!!}

I am seriously having a panic attack right now. I dropped my camera in the sand on Sunday and now it isn't working!!!!! Thank goodness for my memory card saving all my pictures but my camera not working?????!!!! I am lost without my camera!


So maybe it is time for a new one. My birthday and Mother's day is coming up (wink wink sweetie!) but which one do I buy? Any suggestions? I need a good zoom, not complicated, great pixel and not expensive.

(Sand Dunes}

I got home from the retreat on Saturday around 5:00pm, took my stuff in the house, packed a bag of camping clothes and headed out to see my boys that had been at the Sand Dunes since Thursday. Dave was nice enough to take them to play for their spring break!

I have never been to this place before and wow, it was impressive. Too bad there wasn't a big ocean next to all this sand!

McKay is getting really brave and really good at driving a 4 wheeler. One time I was riding on the back of his and I screamed, (we were going up a huge hill! GEEZ). He looked back at me and said "Chill out mom!" Oh boy, i'm in trouble.

These pictures don't do it justice at all! Those are some big hills!

McKay

Garrett and Dave

Garrett riding by himself

No pictures of me but yes I drove a 4 wheeler also. I took the easier routes but I got the job done! Give me a break, this was my first time. The sand is very deceiving. It's fun going up a hill but you don't know what is on the other side. Driving in they have a sign that says "____ days since a serious accident." In the space it said 6 and when I left it said 0.

{Another weekend in heaven}

It was that time again for our weekend scrapbook retreat that we do twice a year. AHHHHHHH I LOVE IT!

I have made some really good friends with the regulars to these retreats and I get so excited to see them and spend 3 days chatting and catching up. (we missed you Heather!)

These are the girls that I came with. Plus Laurie. She is a regular that sat by us. From Left to Right. Laurie, Leesa, Tara, Me and Malinda.


And of course I can't be without my Midge and Madge. These girls are so funny! I am so glad we met doing what we love!! We have a great connection.

The last couple of times it has been fun to get matching clothes or shirts to wear while we are scrapbooking. Midge and Madge sported the black and pink I'm cute but PSYCHO outfits while we went with these Crop or Die shirts that Malinda made and our sweats with cross bones on them.


this is us trying to get home with all of our stuff. It fit fine on the way to the retreat but they give us so much free stuff while we are there it bairly fit to come home. (I AM NOT COMPLAINING! LOL)Not only did we scrapbook our hearts out, we also had to get off of our behinds and do some dancing, yoga and even gymnastics. Check out my slideshow

{Memory Tuesday}

Did your family eat in the kitchen or the dining room? Did everyone have a special place to sit?
Yes, when I was a child my mom made sure a lot of the things we did were ALWAYS the same.

It was a rare occasion if we didn't sit as a family and eat dinner. We all had our places. My mom was at the end of the table, then to her right was me, Kent, Lynn, my dad, and Teressa.

In church we always sat 3 rows from the front on the far left section

In the car I know everyone had their spots, I don't remember who sat where in the back but I always got the crappy end of the deal since I was the youngest. I sat on a pillow, in the front middle on the parking break. VERY SAFE! Sometimes my dad would let me shift from 2nd to 3rd! ha ha.

{Birthday Party}

FOR THE LOVE!!!! Can it quit snowing already!? Yes we just got about an inch of snow on the ground this morning. I'm ready to move somewhere warm since Utah isn't providing that right now. Please remind me in the summer when I am complaining that it is too hot that it could be worse! I would much rather be hot.

On Saturday we went to my Sister-in-Law (Tara's) birthday party. Now that Dave's family is getting closer (weird how a death in the family does that to ya) We had a great time!

We spent a little time outside while the sun was shining. The boys even found a clown bike to ride. We laughed our pants off when Dave started riding it!

This is Tara, me and my soon to be sister-in-law Kelsey. I love hanging out with these 2! They crack me up. And the kids got a hold of my camera. These are just a few of the pictures they took. I think my entire memory card was filled up.

Not so cute Kory!
Cousins
Her parents are in so much trouble!

{Memory Tuesday}

My friend Heather, that I copied Memory Tuesday from, posted this as hers and I thought it was kind of fun.

Wow, this makes me sound perfect! I am far from it and most of these things I need to work on. I guess it is saying what I have the potential of being!

You Are A Gold Girl

You're dependable and hard working. You never miss a deadline - and you're never late. You have a clear sense of right and wrong. You're very detail oriented. You get frustrated when your friends are sloppy - or when they don't follow through. You're on top of things, and you wish that everyone else was!

What Color Girl Are You?