Primary Girl

Hailey was SO excited to show me her special paper she got from Primary...

They do a "Getting to Know You" spotlight in Primary... HAILEY was last weeks recipient!! I remember asking her the questions, and just LOVED her response!! It is in its resting place on our fridge and she shows me EVERY morning!!

On ANOTHER Primary Note:
Hailey gave the scripture AND prayer in Primary last month. We had been given the opportunity before, and practiced it, and when we got to church she was NOT going to do it... no big deal. So THIS time I was prepared for the same thing to happen...
I almost had tears while she lead the scripture. She was SO cute and daddy and I are SO proud of her! She is growing up SO fast and I LOVE every second of it!!

Family Camping ~

We had a BLAST Camping with friends in the Ward. We went up Friday Afternoon and came home about the same time Saturday Afternoon. The kids were SO excited about Camping!

We had a nice group; The Farnsworth Family, The Dunning Family, The Mills Family, The Tim Ryan Jr. Family, The Garcia Family, The Mergenthaller Family and our family were able to enjoy nature with us. The Jensen Family came up end enjoyed nature with us but not overnight. I think the BEST part of camping was sitting around the campfire with all the adults just having a good time!

 Matt got a DEAL on our new tent. It is a 9 man tent! Our previous tent we got for a wedding present... he convinced me it was time for an upgrade... this tent takes less than a minute to set up! The poles telescope up and out and it wraps up nicely and fits in the bag without a struggle... JEALOUS??

Just behind the campsite was a huge mountain mostly made of rock. The older kids in the group enjoyed playing capture the flag! We took our kids on a little hike up to the top of the mountain...

 Matt and the kids yelled "ECHO!!" and then listened for the Echooooooo... the kids loved it!

On our way back down Matt and Landon wanted to show me how STRONG they were for completing the hike! The kids joined in on the capture the flag game, but did not quite like being in Jail...
It was a GREAT get away and one I can do again... as long as it is ONLY one day... because there were no bathrooms... I HAVE LIMITS PEOPLE!

Hair by Carissa ~

Remember how I told you my girlfriend needed me to model for her portfolio...

 So she did my hair...

This is the Results of the Photo Shoot.

It was a TON of fun!

I went for the classy natural look...

There were other models, but I did not get approval to put them on my blog so you only get me...

Thanks again Carissa for the hair do!

Anyone need a new stylist? I can HOOK you up!

Happy 4th

I am SO lame...
I left our camera at home for the Ward Pancake Breakfast...
I would have ADORABLE pictures of cute little kids in a parade riding bikes and scooters around...
Instead you get this...

 After our WONDERFUL breakfast (and almost loosing Landon during the breakfast) We took the kids shopping. First we hit up Fresh n' Easy to prepare for our impromptu BBQ that night. Then we went shopping shopping... like clothes, shoes, FUN stuff shopping...

 After shopping we relaxed at home then went over to our friends for dinner. We had almost every fruit avaliable, tri-tip, hot dogs, rice pilof and for dessert we had brownies, apple pie, and ice cream. HELLO!!
The kids played in the water while we made dinner, ate, then played inside while we sat and talked and laughed and had a great time!

We did some sparklers in the back yard then walked around the neighborhood to watch fireworks! It was a fun time with GREAT friends! Thanks Sorenson's for the FUN TIME!
Next time we can ruin my house for a BBQ!!

i WORK out!!!

Did I tell you before that we signed up for a local Gym Membership??

 I think I did. We did it on Matt's Birthday.

We wanted to go about 3 times a week and so far we have done pretty good...

It is hard right now, with F.H.E., Y.W., and the Men's Church Softball all on different nights...

BUT we are trying!!

So I HAD to get new shoes for this... because my old shoes are like 6 years old! I know I bought them before I had kids... so NEW KICKS...

I tried on like 10 different shoes... these were the very first ones I tried on!

I LOVE them... they are ADORABLE and they are the same brand I used when I ran Cross Country SOOOOOOOOOOOO long ago!

Not saying my starting weight... but I am down 6 lbs... YES!

She got her call...

My sister got her mission Call...
Watch the video to see where she is going!!!

We were taking a video with my camera of Matt's Phone while we were on Facetime with the family...

DID THAT MAKE SENSE?? :)

Anyway...

TAMPA, FLORIDA...

you have the most amazing missionary coming your way!!

Mission ~

My BABY sister Sharon turned in her Mission Papers a little over a week ago...

I told her to post on FB that she had, so we can all guess where she is going to go...

But she is lame and has not done it yet... so here goes... 

Where do you all think THIS adorable girl is going to go... ? ? ?

MY WISH is for 

CLOVIS, CA...

But I will submit a GUESS as well...

Melissa: SALT LAKE CITY, Temple Square.

Matt: Texas, San Antonio ~ Spanish Speaking

I asked my children where she was going to go...

Hailey:  "to RIO to see all the beautiful birds."

Landon: "in a rocketship to the moon." 

So I asked him WHO would Sharon teach on the Moon? His response "The Aliens!"

OK. YOUR TURN!! So leave a post with your guess...

SO EXCITED FOR YOU SHARON! 

I will update you on where she goes when she gets the call!!

BLONDE

A. Why do blondes always smile during lightning storms?
Q. They think their picture is being taken.


A. Why can't Blondes dial 911?
Q. They can't find the 11 on the phone!


Q. What is eternity?
A. When 4 blondes meet at a 4-way-stop-sign-intersection!


Q. What does a blonde see when she looks into a box of cheerios?
A. Donut seeds.


Q. How do you get a blonde to laugh at a joke on Saturday?
A. Tell it to her on Tuesday.


Q.Why did the blonde get thrown out of the M & M factory?
A. She kept throwing out all the W's.


I have EMBRACED my inner blonde ONCE again...

 My girlfriend Carissa called me to see if I would go Blonde for a photoshoot she is having for her portfolio...

 I said SURE come on over girl whatever you want... just don't go TOO crazy...

 this is the FIRST day... and I LOVE it! 

And another girlfriend came over the same day and brought me THESE... 

THANKS AMY! I missed you too!!~~

 I am a LUCKY girl!~

Sugar Daddy

FATHER'S Day IDEA!

No, i did not find this idea on Pinterest...

I googled it myself! HAHA!~

Just a little something we made for the Young Women to give to their "Sugar Daddy!" Found THIS cute poem for the handout. Had Yellow Paper at Home. Bought candy at the DOLLA HOLLA store. Used my AMAZING ALEENE'S tacky dot's to put the candy on the handout.

 Honestly this took me 20 minutes from start to finish. I only had a little problem when it came to getting the candy to STAY on the handout!! First I tried using regular tape, the candy was so heavy that they just fell off. I thought about using a hot glue gun, but was worried that would melt the candy... so I remembered the TACKY DOT'S I had from a previous craft, and they did the trick! 

They held the candy on without problem! YESSSSS!!!

The girls wrote a special note under the candy for their daddy's and gave them to them after church. I know it is not much, but we wanted the fathers to know that we care about them, and were thinking about them on this special day!! 

Baseball...

YEP! We went to yet another Grizzly Game with the kids...

It works out SO nice because it is the big Monday Night Madness Package, 

so we enjoyed our F.H.E. at the ballpark!

With our tickets we get into the game; Wild Water Park Passes, Blackbeard's Mini Golf Passes, 

Storyland Park Passes, and a hot dog and a soda. 

 Check out Landon's LOOK when I asked him to say CHEESE!! haha! Hailey did not want to look at the camera when I took our picture; such is life... but she did enjoy reading the Playbill to me! :)

 We got our seats and settled in for the first few innings. Then we got a text from friends that they were at the park too! So we moved to find them and found out that 4 different families were at the ballgame... below is Hailey with her friend Ryan! These two girls love to play together!

 At the end of the night I took a family picture for my friend and she offered to take one for us too...

 This is our attempt to get a good family photo...

NAILED IT!~

Go Grizzlies! Go Giants!!