Its Great To Be Eight.........

Kaitlyn just turned EIGHT!!!

Because we were going to be out of town on her BIRTHDAY, we started the partying EARLY.

FIRST with the FRIEND party the Friday before her BIRTHDAY........



And what GOOD is a party without CHASING the CUTE brother around the YARD first?


Kaitlyn's Friends. They are such SILLY girls. We had NON-STOP SCREAMING and GIGGLING for 2 hours.

Morgan, Brinley, Kennedy, Kaitlyn, Lydia, Gracie, and Kylie.

KAITLYN loved all the gifts her FRIENDS brought to her.

After some PIZZA, SODAS, and PRESENTS we went to the POOL to play our HEARTS out.

Here are a few pictures of our FUTURE SACRONIZED SWIMMERS OF AMERICA:

Kenna and Morgan

Time to DRY off so we can go home and have ICE CREAM sundae's!!

The girls thought the BEST way to dry of would be to ROLL around on the grass! SILLY girls, but it actually WORKED really well.


All WORN out!

Bridger was SAVED by his friend Jared, whom just happened to be at the pool that day!!

LUCKY boy, no more GIRLS chasing him!

Carter LOVES to play at the pool. He likes to CRAWL out as far as he can without going UNDER.

A very CONTENT little boy. I love this picture. He doesn't seem to mind that ONE more move and his ENTIRE head will be under the WATER.

The Army Crawl.

I've got to save this before I forget his little crawl. Carter is growing up and he no longer crawls like this anymore- before I know it he is going to be walking.

It is amazing how fast they grow and how quickly you forget all the cute little things they used to do. This is one of those things I never want to forget.

Our St. George trip..........In June!!

Since I am a slacker, I am just going to pretend it is still June, so I can update my blog. It might take me till Christmas, but I will Catch up, I swear!!

It rained so much the first of the summer we decided we had to pack up in June and go to St. George. I took this picture just out side of Nephi. I took it as a promise that it would not rain in St. George while we were there.

We pretty much hung out at the pool the entire trip. Nothing better than a little R&R for 3 days straight.

We swam, slept, and ate, then repeat for about 3 days. It was a lot of fun.

Jason, Ryan's brother in law, catching some shut eye.

It was pretty tough getting the kids out of the pool- If we did get them out they would just jump right back in- Whether they were in thier swim suits or not.

Ryan relaxing by the pool.

Here is my goober!

What a handsome Tiny Man!!

This is Ryan's Mom- Isn't she a cutie!

I love this picture of her.

Nope, Guess again!! This is Kevin swimming with Carter. We decided we are going to hire Kevin to babysit, because Carter doesn't cry when he goes to Kevin. Ryan and Kevin look so much a like, he thinks Kevin is his Daddy! Fine by me- just as long as it gives me a little brake.

Ryan likes to jump his scooter in the pool. This didn't make the owner very happy- I am pretty sure Ryan will always have a little bit of a kid in him.

Here comes the kiddie train. Choo Choo!

My bestest girlfriend, Machelle, and her sweet little girl, Shaylee.

I love these two girls guts!!!

Ryan's sis, Amanda, Machelle, and Shaylee. What a couple of Hottie's!!

Kaitlyn- My Angel!

Bridger, My Buddy!!!

Caroline, my joy!






What a fun trip. Can't wait till next year!!!

My New Job!!

As many of you already know,
I have decided to sell Mary Kay.






Ryan is planning on going back to
school.


So to help out, I need to find a job. The problem is I am a little stingy with the time I have with my family. Having four small children makes being home a top priority if at all possible, so I am really wanting this to work out.




Mary Kay will give me an opportunity to work around my families schedule and have an extra income.

Not to mention, the products are awesome and a lot less expensive than the products you can buy at the makeup counters in the mall.

I Love, love, love the satin hands and satin lips. In fact, I even use the satin hands on my feet because I love to walk around barefoot all the time, which is not the nicest thing you can do for your feet, but the Satin hands makes my feet feel so smooth I don't even feel bad about not wearing my shoes anymore.

I am also having a lot of fun trying out all the new colors too.

I tried Olive green (a color I would have normally never tried) and loved it.

Mary Kay has a program, were I can enter in someones hair color, eye color, face shape, etc. and it gives you colors to try that will look so good on you. So I am really excited about that too!

I have already asked many of you to help me out with practice facials and I am so grateful for you all helping me get my business going.

If you would like to host a party for me please let me know. It will be a ton of fun and a great excuse to get together for a girls night out. If you don't want to host a party at your house, I have a studio in Sandy were we can go too. They have makeup artistry classes, spa classes, and microdermabrasion classes. I have a great deal on all Mary kay products for any of my hostesses who invite 5 friends or family members to their house or the studio for a party.

Just leave me a comment and let me know how you want me to contact you.

(I will delete all comments after I read them).

Playing with Photo Shop

The last couple of days I have been having a lot of fun playing with Photo Shop. I changed up the back grounds (ugly fences, houses and garbage in the back ground....gone) and changing the textures and lightings. It has been a lot of fun. I think I have found myself a new hobby.

One of our favorite things to do....

A couple of weeks ago, the kids and I and a few of our friends decided to take the kids biking up the canyon.

We decided to take the opportunity to teach the kids some bike safety and patients. Bridger is a competitor- He likes to always be first, so it was good for him to have to stay with everyone and learn that sometimes the best bike riders are the ones that can go slow and keep their balance.


Even Carter loves going for a bike ride. He has such a cute little mug.

This is the whole group. Darin, Shy and Beck are up front. Cortney, me and Carter are in the back and Cortney, mine, and a couple of Cortney's friends kids are scattered throughout.

This is Cortney's little girl, Tanzynn. What a Cutie!!!

She loves to create things and play with just about every living thing- Including stinky, slimy slugs and snails. Yuck!!

My little guy looks all grown up in this picture.

Ty is the hardest working little guy I know. He is quite the sweetie too! Cortney has some very good kids- She is a great Mommy!

I love getting hugs and loves. One of the great benefits to being a Mom.

Here is most of the convoy, with the exception of me, Shy, Caroline and the babies. We had the kids all stay in a straight line, each taking turns being the leader. That way no one collided with the bikers going in the opposite direction and the kids all learned to stick together. It worked out really well- Otherwise with 7 little kids on bikes it would have been mass confusion.

Beck and Darin.

We stopped at the park and had some lunch and played on the playground for a little while before we headed back down the canyon.

What a lucky Mommy!! I love these kids so much.

Me and my girls

Cortney, Ty, and Tanzynn

Darin, Beck, and Shianne. Shy is my rollerblading buddy. We try and go 2-3 times a week.

I am so glad that she likes to go- Its always funner to exercise with friends.

Here are all the little bike riders, yup! even Caroline rode (she traded off between riding her bike and riding in the back of the bike trailer, but for only being 4, she did a great job). I was so proud of them- They followed directions really well and did great and we made it back without a single catastrophy.