CoUsInS aRe ThE bEsT!!

It's Friday, Friday

Gotta get down on Friday

Everybody's lookin forward to the weekend, weekend

YOU'RE WELCOME!

Now try to get that song out of your head:)

Fridays are always better when you have a campfire, marshmallows and cousins to hang out with!  Tops off the week!  If only we would have taken more advantage of the nice fall weather when we had it.  

 Brooks

 Kenli

 Benson

Bentley

 Troy

 Cute Wends entertaining the girls!

 Blakley and Ally

 Carter

 Yep!

It was a good Friday!

Sept. 28th 2012

Murray's Homecoming

My two beautiful nieces on the day of their homecoming dance.

Jessica

Tristin

Blakley and I went over to their house to watch them get ready for the dance. When the boys came to pick them up, Blakley wasn't to sure what was going on.  She thought she was going to the dance with them.  She even got ready in her Tangled dance!!! lol 

 

"Why can't I go to the dance?"

Sept. 15th 2012

Blakley Doo starts preschool!

My baby girl started her first year of preschool. sniff sniff

How can she be old enough to be in preschool??  She's my baby. She couldn't have been more excited, though.  She gets to go with her cousin Bentley! WIN! And she gets to have her favorite nursery song leader Ms. Hillary as her teacher! DOUBLE WIN!  She thinks she's pretty big stuff now.  She picked out her very first pink backpack, which is about the size of her.  We tried to get her to get something smaller but couldn't talk her out of it.  Her mind was made up:)  

She missed her first day of school because she was just getting over hand, foot and mouth disease.  Aghhhh! Hope to never see that disease in this house again:(  But she was ready to go by the 2nd day.  I walk her to the preschool and has expecting a little hesitation from her BUT nope nothing!  She marched right in there and didn't look back.  I was a little sad but oh so happy that she was going to be OK without me.  I miss her when she's gone.  She's become my little side kick, now that the boys are in school.  I love to see her face lite up when we pick her up.  And oh boy does she get excited to show you what she did that day.    

Love my little girl so much!!!!

Bentley and Blakley

Sept. 6th 2012

Here comes trouble......

 This little girl of mine loves bath time.  Well, as long as she can just relax in it and doesn't have to rush through it.  Like mother like daughter! 

Silly girl!

Don't let the cute face fool you:)

On this particular night, I got her out of the bath and got her ready for bed before heading downstairs.  She comes down a little bit later and is telling me she wants a treat.  Not unusual with her....she is my treat-a-holic!!! Anyways, after 10-15 mins I run upstairs and hear my shower running.  I go into my bathroom to find this......

My sweet little girl has turned the shower on and thrown in some towels to clog the drain.  Couple more minutes and it would have been over the top of the shower base and onto the floor.  Wow!! Close call.  Good thing we stopped it in time.  

Park City Marathon

26.2 MILES

My philosophy 

Driving it: no problem.  

Running it: NO WAY IN HELL!

I'm not sure why people like to run that many miles at one time.  But I sure do admire those that can.

Clint's philosophy

Why drive it why you can run it!

It has been so fun supporting Clint on all of his marathons.  There is nothing like standing at the finish line cheering the runners on.  I get teary eyed every race.  Rather it be watching the ones struggling to get to the finish line or the ones who look around the crowd for their cheerleaders and their eyes light up when they finally find them. And of course every time I see Clint coming towards the line.  I am so proud of him! I know that marathons aren't easy but he just seems to make them look like they are. 

Finish Time: 4:01:31

Daddy with two of his biggest cheerleaders!

August 18, 2012

School Starting Already???

Can I just tell you how excited I was for all three of my boys to be in the same school this year.  We have been doing two schools for the past two years.  Two different schedules, two different starting times, two different ending times, one year around, one traditional, one has early days, one does not, one has a dress code, no does not... EXHAUSTING!  Well no more!!! All three of my boys are in the same Charter School and we couldn't be more happy!  We have loved this school since day one. 

Tanner

My big 6th grader

Troy

My big 3rd grader

Carter

My big 2nd grader

 I was so nervous for Tanner to start a new school for his 6th grade year but he seems to be loving it.  He realized that he knew some of the kids already either from the neighborhood or sports that he has done.  It made it that much easier to adjust.  And I can't say enough good things about his two teachers.  They are AMAZING!  They have completely made Tanner feel welcome there.

Tanner getting accepted into this school has been an answer to so many of our prayers.  I remember the day I received the phone call from the cute secretary telling me that Tanner had been accepted to go there next school.  I was driving in my car and literally had to pull over because I was sobbing so hard.  We have wanted to get him in with his brothers so bad.  This is his year!

Good Luck Boys!

May you cram your brains with lots and lots of much needed knowledge.  We love you so much!  

Aug. 15th

Once Upon a Trip to Bear Lake......

My mom's cute cousin, DeAnn invited our family up to Bear Lake with her family.  After a very rocky start (she rolled her trailer pulling it up Parley's Canyon) we all made it there safe.  We are so thankful that no one was hurt in the accident.  Miracles really do happen:)

On our first day, we spent it playing on the beach and making sandcastles.  The kids had a blast hanging out with Grandpa Tom all day.  He really is just a big kid at heart.  I'm not sure who had the most fun... him or them!

Clint lathering himself up with sunscreen. Think he has enough???

A trip into town for some famous raspberry shakes.

A MUST!

We did lots and lots of boating.

All three of my boys tried wake boarding this year.  It was so fun to see them all get up.  

  And lots of tubing....

My only complaint was the stupid mosquitoes.  I think we all came home with lots of bites. Poor Carter got bit on the arm and it swelled up and itched like crazy.  Poor dude!

Look at the size of that bump...

After a night of rough winds and big waves, our boat was pushed in shore a little too far and we couldn't have gotten it out without the help of this tractor.  We were so grateful these men came along.

 Every night this little creature and his friends would make their way through our campground. They freaked us out!  We were told that the skunks make the same path around the campgrounds every night.  They usually don't bother anyone but with our luck one of them would probably spray us if we got any closer. (I took this picture while standing on top of the picnic table.)

While we were cleaning up and getting ready to leave, Clint and Blakley climbed on top of the trailer.  She was so excited to be so high up.  Funny Girl!

 Wait a minute......

Was my mom there that trip????

Oh there she is! Glad we got at least one picture:)

Thanks for hiding behind the screen door mom. Silly Girl!

We had such a great time up there.  I really hope that we make it an annual trip with the fam. Love them all so much!  We really missed Cody and Wendy's Family though.  Maybe next year:)