Spring Boarding Brighton

So we decided to break in the first day of spring with a trip to Brighton for some Blue Bird Spring Boarding! Oh it was a beautiful day and you know how we are just couldn't pass it up. So we headed up the canyon and had a great time. We hit Majestic first to warm up then we got brave and took all the kids up the Crest Express. Tia was nervous at the first but ended up loving that lift. It soon became all of their favorites! At about 11:30 we took a break and brown bagged it with a super yummy Terry made lunch at the truck. Then we hit a few more runs and Tregs little muscles couldn't take much more after 1:00. So Terry and Bowdee took off for a couple runs while I took the kids to the truck and sat out in the sun just soaking it up. What a great day on the slopes! Too bad it won't last long.

Treg's Student of the Day

So Treg came bounding out of the school doors today with such excitement he could barely stay on the ground. He was awarded the Student of the day, they only pick 2 kids a day from the whole school. Treg was nominated by his teacher for writing such good stories in his journal and for always obeying the classroom rules. Treg, I just can't tell you how proud I am of you for your sucess in school. You are an amazing reader with incredible math talent. And if you keep striving for better and higher you just might be that "milliondollarair" that you are always talking about. Love you kiddo!

Mountain Man Bowdee

Today at school Bowdee got to dress up as a Mountain Man and go to the 4th grade Rendevous. So Bowdee had to have eggs & sausage for breakfast and he ate it off a knife. Because hello mom, mountain men didn't eat yogart from a spoon... He had a great time winning the arm wrest competition in his group (which he just won both arms for his whole class a couple weeks ago), shooting the rubberband gun, and trading his feather throws for beaver pelts. I am just glad he had such a good time. He would have been a great mountain man back in the day. And yes I did make his costume after all the birthday parties were a thing of the past. I do love you Bowdee!

The Leprachauns Strike Again

Only if you could have seen our house in the morning after the leprechauns struck. The left trails of string all through the living room leading the kids to their box of treats. Then they messed up everything, I tried to take a photo of it but it didn't do it justice. Then for dinner we ate all this yummy green food. And of course after we danced to the Irish jigs to the Irish music that was playing. Oh if you could have seen how cute Tia and Treg where!
Okay so I do love a good holiday one that you get to paint your kids hair and dress in fun colors. Eat yummy food and smile, laugh, and be merry!

Angels to Witches....

My friend sent this to me and I LOVED it. So just in case you are wondering, yes I have a broom and I will use it when my wings get broken...But lucky for Terry that doesn't happen very often.

Women are angels.
And when someone breaks our wings,
we simply continue to fly...
on a broomstick.
We are flexible.

Treg's 6 years old

Today at 11:22 my little 6lb 10oz bundle of joy turned 6 years old he is now 40 lbs. But I guess that just tells me there is more of him to love. My family just wouldn't have been complete without Treg. He makes us all laugh with his witty silly personality. I love the way he can make new friends and play so well with pratically anyone. I love the way his mind is quick and he picks up on reading and math so well. I love the way he is determined and has a heart of gold. Today I followed him to school on his bike as I ran behind because he has been wanting to do that and Bowdee and Tia say it is still too cold. Then when I picked him up from school we made plans to go ride our bikes and have a picnic at the park. I just did whatever he wanted to do today just me and him. I love being with you Treg I love to hear the way your mind ticks and how you can do the monkey bars like nobodys buisness. Thanks for the fun memories of today I will never forget the day you turned 6 and we spent the afternoon just bummin'.

Snowboarding Brighton

Last year both Matia and Treg got snowboards and yes we took them once last year. So what a shame it would be to let the year go by and not get any use out of their boards so we went to Brighton and paid $62.00 for Terry and I to get beginner passes and the kiddos were all free. We spent the day going up and down the mountain falling and learning and everyone loved it. Okay so after 2&1/2 hours Tregs muscles were shot but Tia was LOVING it. I have to say my favorite part was being all together and see how each year everyone improves but me... what is up with that? Oh well just as long as my kids love it and have fun.Thanks Terry for being the instigator. I must say I really wanted to get Matia to church since she is going to be baptised soon. But once we were in the mountains I was happy we were there together creating memories. Although I did feel a bit guilty and kinda like I was a bad parent when her young men missionaries came over that night to give her the lessons and they asked if she would please go to church next week... Oops then she replys I really want to go, I love church, I will try. Then she looks at me and her dad... Okay chalk one up on the bad parent side. I will admit it.

Treg's Mario Party 6

So right after Tias party on Friday night I stayed up late to set up for Tregs party on Saturday at 10:00.
It was a fun party planned with 10 different missions to collect coins in their coin boxes like the video game.
Then when they collected the 10 coins and defeated Bowser that is when they got their party bags. The kids loved their Mario hats and mustaches. And of course all the games. After the party grandma C. wanted to take him and Tia somewhere special so she took them to Build a Bear. I think it was a good thing I went with them because it was really busy and my mom was a little overwhelmed (this being her first visit and all). But I tell you after that Terry and I were bushed and I was most thankful that Tregs dream dinner was Top Ramen Noodles. :)

Matia's 8 - CRAZY

So I remember just 8 years ago giving birth to the most beautiful little girl I had ever seen. My insides and outs were completly in love with her and like they say I felt like there was nothing that could make me love her more. Well after 8 years of living with this little lady I do love her more. She is so special to me, always always making me smile. My heart is torn not sure to feel excited she is growing up because she is so much fun I just love to hear her views in life. Or be sad she is growing up because soon I fear she won't need me anymore. I just love being involved in her life and watching her little personality grow. Oh Matia you will never know how much I love you...So we had her party Friday night and it was a Late-Night-Movie-Party. She invited 9 of her closest friends and boy did we have some real fun. I only wish Troy was off work so we could invite her other 2 cousins her age. But we had fun making hair flowers, then eating hotdogs, playing the claw for bouncy-balls, popping balloons, then going to the sticky shoe to watch Princess and the Frog. What a fun night, really it couldn't have gone smoother. All the girls were so excited and they loved the looks they got as people drove by. Here is Tia's birthday cake that we didn't have time to cut and eat that night. So we just had to do it another time.

Moms March Madness Begins

Why, why, why do I do this to myself. That is the question I keep asking myself about the 10th of March every year for the last 6 years. You see I have 2 kids that their birthdays are just 4 days apart from each other. And I love each of them so much that I go to all ends to make sure they know that. I know not the smartest way of doing it but I do it. Even though every year I tell myself okay it is one kid or the other that has a party and then we will swap the next year... But no it never works out that way. So here I am in the middle of my madness trying to stay sain and this year we get to through in a baptism in the middle of it as well. So this weekend we are hosting a "Late Night Movie Party" for Tia, and a "Mario Party 6" for Treg. Yes, they will both be great fun and I always love having their friends over to play. I just hope I can make it through them then recover my office which has been hit by a tornado.

Crew

Oh my hannah-banana this kid goat is so stinking cute. My brother is getting into pack goats for hiking and this is his first addition to the family. He is only 2 days old and has to drink from a bottle. It reminds me so much of when I was a kid myself having to feed our kid goats from a bottle. Oh and the cutest little sound he makes when he cries.... It just makes my heart go pitter patter. I would keep him if I could!

Hunters Ed!

Where did it go? Lets see we started the month out with Bowdee and I going every Tues and Wed to Lehi for our Hunters Ed class. It was 3 hours a night and we did that for 3 weeks. By the end of the course Bowdee and I were both ready to purposefully flunk our tests so we could do it again. We just loved the time that we had to go off together and learn some really cool things about guns and safety. I honestly feel like this is a course EVERYONE should take. Not just those who want to hunt but everyone I feel like there would be so many less gun accidents that it would be worth it. Anyway we both passed our written tests I got 100% and Bowdee got 94% we were both excited about that but nervous about the shooting test. The big day came and after a couple times going out practicing I felt like I could pass the test. However, Bowdee had a .22 that was way to big for him, so we were all nervous for him. But fear not he pulled through and passed the test by the skin of his teeth. I passed with 28/30 and felt I could have done better if I relaxed and went pee before the shooting began... Anyway both Bowdee and I now have our Hunters Safety! Ya Ya so cool. Last night Terry and I even put in for my first deer hunt. We will see how that goes, it should be a fun camping trip anyway.

Ice Fishing Again

I know I know we should learn there just isn't a whole lot of action when ice fishing... But it is just so nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air. Terry and his friend Rusty were going out so I talked Rusty into waiting until me and the kids got out of church and then we headed up to Deer Creek. The kids had fun pretending olympics on the hill next to us, Dash and Ziggy tormented each other, Terry and Rusty chatted and I caught all the fish.... Okay well I caught one and had like 4 other good bites. The boys couldnt stand the thought of me out fishing them so I took the kids home and they stayed to out fish me... I don't know how much they paid who for the fish the brought home but somehow "Right when I left the fishing got AMAZING!" Huh figure that one out. Well it was another nice memory created. Thanks Rusty and Terry for letting us tag along.

Valentine's Day

So this year since Valentine's Day was on Sunday we got to celebrate it all weekend long. Starting with all the class parties on Friday! I went and helped out with Tregs class and I have to say he has some really cute kids in his class. And Mrs. Bigler is always wonderful. Then after school we delivered all our valentine cookies to our loved ones. Then on Saturday Terry and the kis decorated my kitchen with these cute balloons and flowers. Then I made pink pancakes with powder sugar hearts on them. We went swimming and then practiced shooting. Sunday I just couldn't leave my sweetheart home alone so we skipped church and I sacrifice and took him ice fishing. Just the two of us out for a couple hours it was so nice to just be able to sit and talk without the fishing interupting our train of thoughts... So no we didn't catch any fish. But it was still fun! Happy Valentine's day Terry I hope you know how much you mean to me. I feel like we make a great team and there is nothing we can't conquer!

Boat Show 2010

This year we headed to the boat show on the opening day 2/11. Of course we hit subway first for our $5.00 footlongs that we all love. Tia goes for the Cold Cut Combo, Treg the Black Forest Ham, Bowdee LOVES the Subway Melt and Terry the Chicken. We also went with Troy and his 3 girls. It was lots of fun to have friends there with us. The best part was meeting all the pro wakeboarders having them sign our posters and then watching them board. Mom got sick of following the boys (a.k.a. Terry and Troy) around with a dry towel wiping off their drool off the boats. But it was all good there was plenty of my daydreaming moments as I would board a really cool boat.
There was a time we lost Matia... It almost made me panic but then I followed my motherly intuition and found her at the fish tank watching the fisher try to catch the bass. What a fun night for all of us.

Bowdee's Basketball

So we signed Bowdee up for Basketball and guess what they had no coach volunteer so Terry being the good man agreed to help the team out. Then he invited my dad to be the assistant coach. What fun have they had. At the first of the year they really struggled with every aspect of the game. But I tell you what Terry has started practices and reward points and they are really starting to enjoy the game. They even went to a BYU basketball game to enjoy the game from another view. I love going to watch them play. Bowdee plays with such an aggressive behavior it makes me wonder where he got that from. Yes, he is slightly competitive! But, like my dad says you can't teach that to a player!

Ice Fishing and Ice Castles

So last weekend we tried Deer Creek one more time. This time I caught 2 fish and was thinking I was pretty cool. Ya I know you really have to look hard to see the fish in this photo, but still IT IS A FISH! It was REALLY cold because of all the wind so the kids (including Terry) built this nice little wind breaker and kept warm by the heater. They really didn't seem to care if they even got a bite. After 2 hours of freezing our bahookies off we packed 'er up and headed for Midway.
We showed the kids the smurfs house and then headed to Zarmont Resort to check out the Ice Castles. They were awesome I highly recomend you taking a drive before they melt away. I just have to say it was fun to be with my family. We took this trip for Bowdee who is working on his Weblos badge.
He had to plan a trip and print off a map off the internet and give us all the directions of how to get there. I think that spiced things up for him and he learned when you drive you really have to watch where you are and pay attention. What a great day.

Midnight Snowman

So it was late one night when we were all ready for bed. On our way to bed one of the kids noticed how the snow was really coming down. Our whole family gets really excited about the snow and this year there hasn't been much of it. So Terry takes Tia in his arms and runs outside to take in the amazing view. They do a little dance and come back in. Well it wasn't long before the whole family was outside playing... Making prints, snowball fights, building snowmans you know the works well this is what we ended up with. For me it was a memory that will last a lifetime just watching my family play together and laugh till their bellies hurt! LOVE IT!

Ice Fishing Again

So Terry had this great idea to take the kids Ice Fishing at 6:00am to Strawberry then if we got skunked we would hit Jordenelle. Well, yes in this photo you see the sun just peaking over the mountains and we are on Strawberry we got there at 8:00 and left at 10:00 with no bites no action no nothing. I was kinda bummed because yes it is nice to get out of the house but seriously how many times can we really go fishing and get skunked so badly.

So we hit Jordenelle just to check it out and about 3 minutes after we put in Terry got a bite. So we all got excited it turned out we had 7 fish on our lines and only one came out of the hole so yes I was frustrated again not understanding how the fish just keep getting off right before we pull them onto the ice. Anyway it was fun to finally get some action.

Bowdee and Treg had fun sliding around and Matia of course stuck with her pole and kept trying for that fish. That girl is amazing when it comes to fishing she is our best fisher. Fun Fun just lovin the good life.

Shooting

We headed out west to practice shooting our guns. You see Bowdee and I am going to get our Hunters Saftey Cards soon (we hope) and so we just had to go practice shooting. It was great we called Troy and told him we were headed out past his house if he wanted to come. So here we are shooting our BB's and 22's it was just nice to get out of the house and feel the nice cold fresh air. I know this photo is kinda scary that many kid with guns at the same time, but I have to say they have been taught saftey by the best and only need a few reminders here and there.

Ya here is my hottie with the "NICE HOODIE" whenever he wears it he gets tons of women complimenting him on it so he thinks he is the bomb when he wears it. HAHA funny boy I tell ya.

Gin Blossoms

Terry suprised me with a telephone call one day saying "hey I can get great tickets to Gin Blossoms for cheap wanna go?" Well let me think about that for a minute... "Ya of course." So many people ask us what we go out to Wendover for and this is it... You see we have a nice 2 hour drive that is just him and me and the radio (if we choose). We talk about everything that is going on in our lives. We get to Wendover and we check into our Free Room and get our $5.00 Subway dinner. Then we head off to the concert some are better then others. Gin Blossoms was good if you just didn't watch them perform. After the show we spent our 20$ gambling and headed back to the room. It is just a nice cheap get away that Terry and I enjoy because we can spend so much time talking and catching up with each other. So another fun night in Wendover to be filed away in our memories together bank.