Kaycee's Black Eye

The night before Kaycee's first day of school, she got a black eye

from Caden. They were playing on my bed and Caden came back

with his head and hit Kaycee right under her eye. It was the crazy to

watch the bump grow.

In the morning it wasn't as swollen but she had a nice shiner to

go to school with. I told her that it would help her make new friends

because they would ask what happened!!

4th of July in Park City

We got to go to Park City with my family for the 4th of July! We

stayed for a week. It was so much fun. My kids always enjoy vacations,

even it is only 30 mins away!

Kaycee and Garrett anxiously waiting for the parade to start!

We took Kaycee and Caden on the alpine slide. I was a little worried

Caden would be freaked out and not want to go down with Sloan. When we

got to the bottom, Sloan told me Caden was trying to push the handle

down so they could go faster!

Here are my 3 fish! Even though it was a little chilly that week they were always

in the pool. Although they really enjoyed the hot tub. We spent most of our

time in there.

I love this picture of these two. I had to keep a close eye on Makayla

because earlier that week she decided to jump off the stairs into the pool

when I wasn't by her. My sister told me she has never seen me move so fast.

Cute table refinish!!!

After I read Laura Hildebrands blog about that really cute table

she found at the DI, I was in search of one!! I happened upon one at the DI!!

I was so excited to sand it down and repaint it. I have to admit that it took me

a couple of months to finally finish it. I love it!!

I was sanding it by hand until my husband came to my rescue with his

electric sander. But it could only do so much because it was a circle one.

My great neighbor Fallon let me borrow her sander. I got the job done in

half the time!

I found the basket at TJMax. I love that store. The balls are

made out of styrofoam balls with twine (I can't remember the real

name for the stuff) wrapped around it with hot glue and spray painted!

Las Vegas!

For my birthday present this year, Sloan surprised me with a trip to Las Vegas!

We went the end of April. We were able to go with some of our friends! The

best part was that we didn't have our kids! It was such a fun trip! It wasn't

that warm that first two days. It was actually a little chilly and windy! The first

day we went shopping! I found out about this store called Fashion Q. I dragged

everyone there (including the men)!!! I bought 12 shirts!! I loved that store! I

asked the cashier if she knew if they were going to come to Utah anytime soon.

And she just kind of looked at me with a weird look on her face!! I highly

recommend going to that store if you make it to Las Vegas!

Matt, Chris & Sloan waiting patiently for the next

course! We went to the Melting Pot. I've always wanted

to try it so we figured why not since we are on vacation.

Let me just tell you I finally got rid of my craving to go there!!

The dessert was the best part!! I wasn't really into cooking my steak

in oil! It was defiantly out of our spending budget!

Me, Chrystal, & Camie

On our way to eat dinner at the Bellagio! They have a buffet that is

pretty good!

This is a real guy standing like that. Every time someone tipped

him he would move and then let you take a picture with him! He was

pretty cool! I couldn't believe all the people dressed up, on the strip, as

movie characters making money. It was insane!

Kaycee and Caden Both Play Soccer!

So I haven't figured out how to get the pictures in the order I want

them in!! Maybe one day!

Anyways we signed Kaycee and Caden up for soccer this spring.

Kaycee loved it. It took Caden a couple of games to get

the hang of it. I loved watching them run after the ball.

Makayla loved watching them play from her chair!

My stud Caden! He would wait so patiently for his soccer game.

Kaycee's was right before his, so he got to cheer his sister on from

the side lines.

I love the way he runs......it is so darn cute!

I think Kaycee is going to be our soccer star!! She scored 3 goals

in one game. Right after another!

You gotta love her poses for the camera!

I love these two kiddos. I'm so proud of them for doing a great

job playing soccer for their first time!!

Gus (our 2 week dog!)

Meet our dog Gus! We had him for two weeks in March. The kids

loved him. But mom couldn't handle it. I had anxiety

with having to know where he was all the time. We loved

him while we had him. My kids still to this day tell me

they want Gus back. Hate to break it to them but he's

not coming back.

Caden and Makayla making sure that he got a drink!

Kaycee's 1st lost tooth.....I finally did it!

A couple months Kaycee lost her first tooth. She

was so excited, especially for the tooth fairy to come!

The first thing she wanted me to do was take a picture!

I finally did it! I cute my hair! I love it and so does Sloan!

Its been a couple months since I've cut it so it doesn't look as cute!

This was on our way to Boise, Idaho to visit his brother and

sister.

Our little dancer!!

My kids love to dance. They are dancing to the credits

of Madagascar 2! We kept rewinding it to the beginning

of them because Makayla and Kaycee were getting into it!

Kaycee's 6th Birthday!

I can't believe that Kaycee is 6. I love her so much.

She brings such great joy into our family! She had a really fun

birthday party. She loves doing a pinata! Of course her

cousin Garrett was the one that broke it open!

Kaycee's friends and cousins that came to the party!

Playing Catch-up! Our Christmas!

We had a great Christmas! The kids loved what Santa brought them.

It was fun having two of them understand about Santa.

Makayla was having fun trying to fit into the box!

What a mess the kiddos made! I got the game ticket to ride!

If you haven't played it I highly recommend it! Or if you want

you can come to my house and play!

Gingerbread house!

Our friends the Ulrich's invited us over for FHE to make

gingerbread houses. I haven't made one since I was a kid.

So I was pretty excited! Kaycee couldn't wait. She knew what

gingerbread houses were about. I bought some candy to put on

like candy canes, m&ms. Not much. We get to their house and Fallen

has every piece of candy you can think of! It was great! Sloan made

his own house (see below)!!!!

Kaycee and I made one together. Kaycee was so creative! We had so

much fun making it. My favorite part of it was the tree on the right

with nerds all over it! We definitely will be doing that again next year!