redfish and other fun

So Tyler was able to move the pictures to this one but not the words so until i have more time to write more words, everyone can enjoy the pictures!!!!Pearson at the Hopkins reunion! The only pic i was able to find on my crazy computer! We had such a good time with Tyler's family! The kids got to see all of their cousins, play in the frog pond, they all loved the playmill theatre!(even Pearson which suprised me!!) We all stayed in a big cabin together so pretty much it was non stop fun unless you were asleep! First Day at Redfish. Alot of the family had gone to the gold dredge when we arrived but Jake, Stacey, Mom, and Dad were there, and the kids made a killer good Sand castle with some help!!!The Next day we skiied some and played on the beach but then some of them ran up to the other end of the lake. There was hiking to the Lily ponds and cliff jumping. Toph and Cree went with all of their cousins and others, and had a glorious time!! Dad gave driving lessons to a bunch of the grandkids. I think they had alot of fun!!
Pearson was not a very happy camper. He ran a fever part of the time. He did make some trips to the beach and would have spurts where he didn't screeam the whole time. Yes I waterskiied! Yahoo i am so excited that i was able to get up!!!

Fun!

bad time

Just posted a blog about Redfish and Hopkins Reunion but did it on the wrong blog. Trying to figure if i can move it but not looking good. GRRRRRR

Catching up!!

Sorry about the space. I am having the hardest time with blogger!!!!

So we have been up to alot lately which hasn't left a whole lot of time to blog. (OK i have had time but I have been using my spare time for other things). Anyway now I get to try to play catch up!!! Just have to pick where to start. Since I didn't get any pictures of Creedance's Dance Recital maybe I should start there. Her whole team did soooo good! They are just so stinking cute! She did her regular two dances and then her Ballet class did a dance! I know i should have taken pictures, but Tyler stayed home with all of the boys, and recitals are sooooooo crazy for me. I always seem to be like a chicken running around with its head cut off! Anyway since dance is done for the year, things should be a little slower for me! Oh wait the kids are out of school so things will probably be more crazy!

We have been working on getting another room done in the basement! I am attempting to help but not doing so good! I can sand the walls just fine but i am not very good at mudding! Tyler also has other helpers who don't really help!

The kids watermelon juice stand!

Toph had pack meeting a couple of weeks ago and recieved a bunch of awards. I think is favorite being the pocket knife one! The kids love builing forts! They are trying to come up with all sorts of fun plans for this summer!

Oh and T.J. graduted from Preschool he is very excited about this and keeps asking me about when Kindergarten starts. I was a little bummed at the graduation. They forgot to call his name and he had waited so patiently through more than 30 kids. I took him up to get his stuff though, so in the end it all worked out!

Crazy Weekend!!

We had a Dance Competition and a baby blessing this weekend. We thought Cree would dance in the morning or the afternoon on Saturday, but alas she ended up dancing saturday night. Nate and Kim's ward meets on Sunday at 9am. Now this might have not been to bad but Cree danced in Twin Falls and Nate and Kim live in Spanish Fork. We left Twin about 8:30 pm and made it to Spanish Fork about 12:30. Which isn't to bad considering stopping for gas and slowing down in some spots for construction.

Anyway we left IF Saturday morning, stopped in Pocatello so Tyler could do a little work, then stopped to check out Shoshone Falls. It was way pretty. There is alot of water going over right now. The kids loved getting out and running around(it was actually warm enough to get out!!!!)

Then we drove in to Twin. We stopped at Artic Circle which was way to wild and the food was not at all good!! Then off to the College campus for the competition. Things ran behind and we ended up dancing around 6 and 8ish. The Girls did so well though. They got Superiors on both of their dances, and get Highest Score in their division on "Music Box Dancer". Then came the driving. Which was better than i thought it would have been. We then got to crash at Rachel's Place (what a good name for Sean's grandparents house). She even waited up for us. What a nice sister! We Love YOU Rachel!!!


The next day we were up bright and early. Yes Toph started getting out loud toys at 6:30!! The only good side is we got ready in plenty of time for the blessing!!







Lily is an adorable baby. She was good through the blessing, and Nate did a great job!! After they had a luncheon and me and Creedance got to hold Lily. I think we both would love to have another girl around our house!!! Kim made wonderful (breakfast) Luncheon food. We all ate way to much. Thank You Kim!! I know having us all over is stressful but we love you guys!!




After all this fun we went back to Rachel's for a much needed nap! Although i don't think i got much sleep it was enough to revive us a little bit. We hung out with them for awhile and then decided we should attempt to go home. We stopped a couple of times and in the end didn't make it home until 10:30!! We all fell straight into bed!! Me and Creedance are having a really hard time waking up and fuctioning!! She ended up being an hour late for school cause she was just to tired to stay awake. Hopefully tomorrow we will all be rested and ready for another crazy week!!

Birthday/Easter Weekend

So T.j.'s birthday and Easter were the same weekend this year! Putting two things on the same weekend always makes things a little more crazy around here. But we wanted to have fun anyway!!! T.j. decided that he wanted to camping, and swimming at Green Canyon. Thinking it was warming up me and Tyler both agreed. Although we did have a good time it was REALLY COLD! Our Firewood was still to wet so it didn't burn very well. When we got there the kids played for a little bit while Tyler was cooking dinner, but in the end we all ended huddled up in the bus trying not to freeze.

We had to sing and eat cake in the bus, but none of the kids seemed to mind. I think that T.J. thought it was really cool.

Easter was a bit warmer for us at Home!!! The only down side is we had church at 9am and we stayed up to late the night before. We did get our eggs colored the night before, i was really worried we weren't going to get it done with the way life has been going!!! The kids loved hunting for their baskets that the bunny had hidden. And all the stuff we found in the baskets was great too!!!

I'm not sure Pearson really got it, but he thought it was great to get to have candy for breakfast!!!

What we have been up to lately!!

Actually I am not a hundred percent sure what i have been up to lately. It seems like everything is going to fast and that i am trying to cram to many things into the next couple of months. I mean some days we are fine and laid back but i usually pay for this later because i won't be prepared for whatever is coming next!!

Creedance is on the competing dance team this year. She enjoys it ok but seems to get tired really easily while the other girls just burst with energy. I am not sure if she even will try out again for next year but really want to leave it up to her. Anyway, we have done two comps and have one left. Then they have to more performances still coming up in the next month or so! These are some pictures of her and Pearson while we were in Logan for the competion. We ended up performing friday night instead of saturday which was a little crazy but worked out fine in the end. Tyler and the other boys didn't come since Tyler had windows to put in on Saturday and i can't help the team and watch all of them we left the older boys with him. (It did drive from Logan to Rexburg to get them and then we came back home). I found these pictures and also remembered that we went up to my parents cabin for confrence!! Funny thing is i didn't have any pictures of toph or tj. This is cree and pearson in a cubby hole above the tv room there. My brothers use to call it the farting lounge though i don't think that is what my kids call it!! We had a great time. The kids love spending time with my parents and brothers. And getting to play in the snow up there!!

Let's see what else are we up to. Toph loves scouts and attends once a week. T.j. loves preschool but is on spring break this week, since his teachers daughter had a baby and of course grandma has to visit.( What girl wouldn't want grandma around to help and keep her sane!) I also have been doing other performances with my non competing dance classes. We just did our nursing home performances last night. Oh yeah my friend Jessica has invited me to come and play tennis with them on their team. I haven't played in almost 9 years but am way excited. Now if i could just get pack meeting, performances, and tennis practice to be on seperate nights(unlike last night) Then maybe i might eventually be able to figure this all out!! Oh well I'll try to stay on top of it.

It is a good thing that i have friends and family to remind me that easter is THIS week and that T.j.'s Birthday is Friday and not just some day in the future or i could be in ALOT of trouble!!!

The Weekend

To Start the weekend Friday was crazy hair day at school! The kids thought it was great getting to get to do their hair up however they wanted!!

After getting the younger kids off to school. I got to do the frantic pack a bag for overnight for the all of the kids. They went to my mom's house for the night while me and Tyler went to Salt Lake for the Blue Comedy Tour Show. It was the first time I have ever left Pearson over night, and I was a little nervous.

When we got down their we went to out to dinner with friends. We went to the Mayan where they do cliff diving and a little show while you eat. Was pretty fun, and Tyler can barely wait until he can take the kids. He think that they will love it! After dinner we headed to the show. Most of it was pretty funny, atleast i understood what two of the three guys were saying. Larry the cable guy sounded very mumbly to me. Tyler loved the whole thing, and laughed a ton!!! The next morning we went to temple square. We went to the south visitor center and checked out the cut away replica of the temple. It was really cool being able to see all of the rooms. After that we went out to eat and then to Kirkhams. Tyler got me a new pair of Chaco Sandals which i loooooove!!!

After that we headed to Ikea!!! Man that store is always fun to go through. We wanted to get a new table, a bed frame, and a new dresser. But in the end even though we found one's that we really liked we decided we didn't really need them right now and will wait since we can get them any time we are down there for T.J.

We also stopped at Smith & Edwards on the way home. And Tyler really enjoyed walking through there and finding more fun stuff for him.

The weekend was great, but i missed my kids.