Half day

Jace and Riley tubbing
Sadie

Noelle and Paige

Hallie and Hayley

Ryan and Sadie

We took the kids to the lake for half day and we a brought some friends, the Flake's. The kids had a great time....they swam, tubbed, wakeboarded and ate...I don't know what it is about the lake but everytime the kids get in the boat they have to be eating constantly....good thing I was preppared for 7 kids or we would have been in trouble. Ryan and I wakeboarded and I was so sore the next day, I felt so old! Riley is so close to clearing the wake and the girls are working up the nerve to wakeboarding and just tubbing it up until then. Can't wait for many more trips this summer. Love you guys!

Need a make over?

I have to say I love this girl, she has more style at 8 than I think I will every have, again Ryan's daughter... She is so stylish, it is so fun! This afternoon after school I heard a radio blaring somewhere so as I followed the sound I found this....My so cute 8-year-old with her ipod speakers, ipod, crimper (yes, it is coming back in style so she says), makeup and curling iron rocking out in her bathroom giving herself a mini makeover. I can remember as a teenager listening to the radio as I got ready but at 8 it was adorable and she did a great job on her hair. Maybe one day you will be my stylist Paiger!

Quote of the day!

My mom sent an email of a bunch of really cute quotes about friends, family and getting old and I laughed out loud when I read this one "Families are like fudge, mostly sweet with a few nuts".

What do your kids really think....

I saw this questionnaire on a friends blog and thought it would be fun until I heard some of my kids answers...no not really...I still thought it was fun! It is so interesting to hear how your kids think of you good or bad and where you could use some improvement :-)

Paige gave the most random hysterical answers...I almost could not even take it. She is funny! Riley was convinced he knew me best and kept asking is that what you would have said and Hayley could have cared less...she wanted to go play.

DISCLAIMER: None of the responses below have changed or altered to protect the innocent or guilty.

1. What is something your mom always says to you?
Riley-"Did you brush your teeth?"
Paige-"either be good or be nice."
Hayley-"I love you when I go out the door to school. "

2. What makes your mom happy?
Riley- When we don't fight for a day.
Paige- When we clean the house.
Hayley-Doing my chores in the morning before school.

3. What makes your mom sad?
Riley -When we fight.
Paige- If we hit her or if we do something bad.
Hayley -Yelling at her.

4. What does your mom do to make you laugh?
Riley -"This is hard you never laugh."
Paige"This is a hard one."
Hayley- Apparently nothing because she could not think of anything.
*The truth hurts...how sad my kids don't think I laugh.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
Riley - She loved to play basketball - (that was random but true)
Paige- Funny
Hayley-Cute

6.How old is your mom?
Riley-30
Paige-31 (correct)
Hayley-20

7. How tall is your mom?
Riley -5' 1" tall
Paige-30 paperclips long (she had me stand up and counted with her fingers)
Hayley-11 inches

8. What is your mom's favorite thing to do?
Riley -Go to Lake Powell....(yea baby I love to go to Lake Powell)
Paige-"Why would I know?"
Hayley-Go to Somburros (who doesn't)

9. What does your mom do when your not around?
Riley - Type and go out to luch with Dad.
Paige- Go to Somburros for lunch.
Hayley- Goes out to lunch.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Riley-Basketball-(again random)
Paige-Famous singer...shocked I said "singer" and she said ya your are a good singer.
Hayley-for buying a new house.

11. What is your mom really good at?
Riley -"Typing real fast, its crazy."
Paige-Singing
Hayley-typing

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Riley-Controlling her anger
Paige-Yelling at me
Hayley-watching Sadie

13. What does your mom do for a job?
Riley - "Type for people or doctors or whatever"
Paige-Tying
Hayley-type

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
Riley -Somburros
Paige- Somburros
Hayley-Somburros (is this is a recurring theme or what?)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
Riley-When she helps me on his homework
Paige-She is a good person
Hayley-She does my jobs for me so I don't have to

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, what would it be?
Riley -SpongeBob
Paige-Sunny (dont know who that is?)
Hayley-lucky...(who is that)

17. What do you & your mom do together?
Riley -Go to the mall.
Paige-Go get pedicures.
Hayley-Go get pedicures.

18. How are you & your mom the same?
Riley -We do triathalons
Paige-She said to me, "How are we the same?"
Hayley- "That too hard".

19. How are you different from your mom?
Riley -One is good at reading and one is bad at reading...(so sad and that is not ture...you are so very good at reading)
Paige-I have blond hair and you have brown hair
Hayley -I have longer hair than she does

20. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Riley-Somburros...(wonder how they know I love this so much?)
Paige-"I don't know, give me a clue" she said
Hayley-Sunsplash (NOT)

21. How do you know your mom loves you?
Riley-She takes care of me
Paige-Because of what she does for me.
Hayley-"Because you tell me...duh"

22. What does your mom like most about your dad?
Riley-That he is so hot..(hee hee)
Paige-"How would I know, it is your guyes relationship"?
Hayley-"He listens to you".

Softball 2009

Paige playing catcher
Why do kids make weirdo faces whenever you try to take their picture?

First hit smile....its about time, she was almost in tears last game because she keeps striking out...way to go sister you are awsome~!

The ready position

Paige signed up for softball again this year....I think this is her third year and she is coach pitch this year. She had a good time but is always worried about how good she can hit the ball. Her team was purple this year and they names themselves the Panthers. My favorite part of the entire season is all of the cheering...Riley's baseball team never does that :-). Girls just have more fun.

Easter 2009

Who got the golden egg? Nice hat papa

Sadie on her first egg hunt

Just before the big egg hunt...looks like Sadie is going to get a head start!

What kind of look is that?

Coloring eggs

On the run...with her makeshift snow attire...its all we had, not real prepared for this weather.

Every year for Easter we go up to dads cabin in Young. This year was no different except the weather did not want to cooperate this year! It was freezing cold and we woke up Saturday morning to rain/snow most of the day. We still colored Easter eggs and tried to keep the kids out of the freezing rain as long as possible but we couldn't keep them in all day. One of the things we love about the cabin is there are acres and acres for the kids to roam, ride quads and play...the rain was kind of a bummer. Anyway the Easter bunny still showed up and kid all the eggs and although no long ride on Saturday we still had lots of fun.

2009 soccer

Hayley pouting because Riley was behind her pretending to push her off
Love the missing tooth look.

Nothing better than taking a picture of yourself right?

Team waiting for their trophies!

Hayley signed up for soccer this year with a couple of her friends and she love it. Her team was like a powerhouse of 5-year-olds. A couple of games the other coaches asked our coach if we could put in our not so good players to give their team a chance but they were all so good. They practiced once a week and then they had a doughnut party after there last game. Hayley scored lots of goals and had so much fun!

Work from home?

Yes, I am crazy and I love it! This face says it all.

This is the progression from the love sac to the desk and then accross.

This is what working from home looks like with a baby....."I just need five more minutes". She crawls on the bean bag and then up on my desk, eats markers, makes messes, pours out my drinks, etc. This girl is CRAZY!

Where have I been?

I know, I know...I have MIA for the past month. Sorry for all of you have been looking for an update or calling. Between working, baseball, softball, soccer, tumbling, activity days, scouts and everything else in between my blog has been suffering. I am going to start getting caught up, I promise!