A camping we will go...again!

Thursday we leave for Buckhorn Wash!! I'm super excited to try out the new tent I bought. It's ginormous!! (18x10 to be exact) It's a great story so let me tell you. Last year our tent leaked so we decided to get rid of it. Well that and we have 3 kids plus us and all of our junk to put in a tent now. I looked online and I found one for $200 that was 20x10. My smart bro-in-law Jason said I should look at Sports Authorityand Big 5. Sports Authority didn't have anything big enough. So I headed to Big 5 and got a little excited because they were having a sale on camping stuff. I went in and saw a sigh that said that an 18x10 tent was $99!! I couldn't believe my luck. I couldn't find anymore so I asked a sales lady and she said that was all they had. I was CRUSHED!! Then she suggested she could look in another store had one...and they did!! I raced to the other store and bought it. I took it to Jason and Kristy's to use their front yard to set it up, ya know making sure it was big enough. HOLY CRAP!!! I know that 18 feet by 10 feet is big but I guess I really didn't realize just how big it really was. It's like 3 seperate tents pushed together, it has removable room dividers and 3 doors and the top is mesh so you can see out side (there's a rainfly in case it rains). It didn't take that long to set up once we figured it out. And being the awsome tent roller I am (with the help of Jason, Austin and Tyler) we were able to get it back in the bag!! So after we get back I will be posting pictures of my awsome tent. Hope everyone has a great weekend while we are gone!!

Happy Birthday Scotty!!

The 4th is Scott's birthday. As a matter of fact it's also Brett's sister, Ali's birthday too. It's kinda trippy that the oldest and the youngest were born on the same day. I didn't think Scott's death was going to affect me the way it has. I realize (of course too late) that he really was a great brother-in-law. I wasn't the friendliest to him all the time, sometimes downright rude, but he never said anything mean to me or behind my back (at least not that I know of!!). He was always polite to me and the kids and was never rude. He did somethings that I wish he hadn't but that evil part of his life is over now and I realize that wasn't who he really was but that's how I perceived him. He was a great dad to his kids, a hard worker, nice to everyone he met and devoted to his family. It's too bad that we realize these things after people are gone from our lives. But that is life!! I know Scott doesn't want us to be sad and mopey on his birthday. We need to celebrate his life and remember all the good times we had with him!! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTY!!! We miss you and love you!!

Any Ideas??

I really need to get better about taking pictures when we go do fun things. I went to the zoo with Renae and totally forgot the camera. I've see all the animals it's the expressions on the kids' face I want to capture. So I'm going to hint to Brett that I want for my birthday or christmas is a decent camara. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should get?? I don't know ANYTHING about cameras, so it needs to be easy to use and take great pictures that I can be proud of showing to people. thanks!!

We are back from CAMPING!!

It was such a great week! Bear Lake is by far the most beautiful lake I have ever seen. It's really clear and deep so it the most goregous blue color. I could just stare at it all day. The kids had fun playing on the beach and getting sand in every crevis on there bodies. Luckily we had access to a shower or I don't think Khloe would be walking straight from all the sand in her butt. We went four wheeling and mostly went down to the beach to swim...the water was pretty warm. The tractor was to pull hte boat down to the water...the kids liked to play on it, so we had to yell at them a few times. But all good things must come to an end but it was a great week!!

Camping, Camping, can't wait to go camping!!

We are leaving thursday for Bear Lake!! I can't wait. We haven't gone camping all year so this will be the first trip with all three kids......we shall see how it goes. I'm sure it will be a fun time. So I will be putting pictures up as soon as I get back!! YEA!! Just thought I would add this picture of Gage being cheesy!

What a GUY!

I just wanted everyone to know that I am married to the best husband in the world!! He does everything in his capacity to make sure I am happy. And believe me that is no easy task. He works hard to provide for his family. He takes time to play with the kids and teach how to be great people. My favorite thing about him is he can make me laugh over anything. I can remember when we were first together and I was mad at him over something (probably something stupid) and he was joking around trying to make me laugh and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't not laugh. So I'm not able to stay mad at him for very long. I love him more then anything in the world!!

Gage's Big Day!!

Gage turned 2 on Saturday and it was such a blast! We had pizza at a local park and then had a huge water balloon fight along with squirt guns, then a pinata and cupcakes. It was a good time and I'm glad everyone came. I forgot the candles for his cupcake so we just sang to him. That's the picture where Brett is holding him. He loves all his new toys....mom and dad not so much especially the ones that make ALOT of noise (Thanks Grandma Val!!) We go to Bear Lake is Two weeks!! I can't wait!