My little pumpkin!

Fall is my favorite season! I love the colors, the smell of the air and of course chilly days! On Friday the 16th I got the chance to take Rynn to the pumpkin patch in Rock Springs! Rynn is obsessed with pumpkins so I knew she would love going! They had such a cute setup there to take pictures so I took advantage of it! Gabe didn't want to go because he was staying the night at his grandmas and some of his cousins were there! :( I sure wished he would have wanted to go so I could have taken some cute fall pictures of them together!

1st Grade

It's already that time of year again! I can't believe my little boy is in the 1st grade! He is such a handsome little 1st grader!


Gabe had a great first day of school! He was excited to see some of his friends and of course have recess! ;)
It is going to be a great school year, Gabe got the teacher we wanted and I am excited to see all the great new things he will be learning and doing this year!! :)

Well it happened...

I turned the big 25! I am a quarter of a century old! I remember when I was younger my mom told me to enjoy the teen years because after that time flies.. well she wasn't kidding! There are days where I just want to slow the hands of time down!

I had a wonderful birthday this year! We actually celebrated my birthday for two days lol! Well we celebrated my birthday on the 13th because Lance had to work on my birthday the 14th. On the 13th Lance took me fishing.. it was so relaxing-- but we did come back empty handed! Then that night Lances mom took us out to dinner to Mi Casita and then we came back to our house where we had cake and ice cream! (Lance had baked me a cake) :) Bobette got me a gift card for maurices and Lance and the kids got me a zune and the Blackberry Curve! I know they spoiled me! :) Then we cuddled up and watched a movie!







On my birthday my mom, grandma and uncle took me out to lunch were we visited and laughed for a good 2 hours! When my mom and Grandma get together they crack me up!! :) My mom got me a tackle box and $100 gift certificate! and my grandma got me a pink tool box with all pink tools so Lance doesn't steal them from me lol and my grandpa got me a new fishing pole! I am super excited to get out and use my new pole.. I just wish I had more time!! :) Then lucky me my husband got off early and took me to dinner! So I was an overly-stuffed happy birthday girl! It was an awesome birthday! I love my family so much and was happy that we all got to spend time together!! :)

Gabes 6th Birthday

Happy Birthday Gabe! On August 9th we celebrated Gabe's 6th birthday! Where has the time gone!? I feel like we just celebrated his 5th birthday and wow we are already on the 6th! My little man is growing up!

This year Gabe decided he wanted to have a mario birthday as his theme! And instead of doing a cake.. we decided on doing cupcakes.. and they turned out so cute!! :)


We celebrated his birthday at Centennial park-- which turned out to be a wonderful place! We had to bring our own BBQ grill but that's okay.. It all turned out wonderful! We had hot dogs, pasta salad, chips, BBQ beans and macaroni salad! It was delicious! The kids had a blast playing at the park! He got tons of cool gifts this year-- he got the new wii sports, a scooter, a slip and slide, a nerf gun, tons of cars, clothes and some games! :) I think me and Lance enjoy the scooter and the wii sports more than he does ;) LOL






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The camping trip.....

During Lance's vacation we decided to go camping. We were so excited, we stocked up on food, borrowed my Grandpa's camper trailer, bought fishing licenses -- we were ready to go!! :) We like to try different places so we decided to go up by Meeks Cabin. The drive going through there was so beautiful! I remember going there on my 6th grade field trip there and it was so much fun! We decided beforehand that we were not going to stay at a campground because we were never really fond of them and we hate paying for them lol :) Well this is where some of the trouble began..... We drove around for a good half an hour looking at spots but none of them were that great so we decided to go ahead and drive through the campground to look. Well we found a couple of spots nothing that great but would work if we didn't find anything else, so then we decided well lets drive up the road further and see if we find something better! We loaded back in the truck and off we went.. up the road and up the road further till finally we were on this skimpy little road that lead to NO-WHERE (at least not by truck with camper)! By this time we were so frustrated because we went so far up just to have to turn around and go all the way back! So back to the campground we go! Talk about frustrating! Things were not going out way that's for sure!

So we got to the campground paid the fee and unloaded. Woo hoo here we come fish!!


There was a little trail from our camping area down to the lake so we gathered up everything and strolled on down! Well come to find out it was the biggest mud pit ever, we couldn't even stand there without sinking into the mud! Gabe lost his shoes in the mud, Rynn was covered and the fishing polls were just a mess! So back up to the campground we go! With no fish, one shoe and messy Rynn!




*This picture does no just justice of what Rynn looked like with all the mud, this was just what was left over from her face, I forgot to take the muddy picture*

We all just decided to hang out at the campground because at that time it was the best thing for us to do lol!

Lance brought his BB gun and taught Gabe how to shoot it! That was pretty interesting but with the luck we were having.. I am happy to report that nothing went wrong!! :)


After playing around it was getting pretty late so we decided to start the campfire and get dinner ready! Everything went well-- we ate, we chatted you know the usual! Not too long after we laid Rynn down for bed and she was coughing up a storm, she had a little cough for a couple days but nothing too extreme.. so I was just thinking she had some allergies or something! So off to bed Rynn went and then soon after that off to bed we all went! An hour later wake up time-- Rynn had woke up, so I went and grabbed her but she had puked all over this place! So needless to say we were up all night with a sick baby and of course while we weren't in the comfort of our own home! Sunrise hit -- we packed up and home we came!! And all I can say is no more camping for us this summer but next summer will be an all new adventure! Stay tuned!! :)

Something new...

This summer we decided to put Gabe into his first sport, which turned out to be soccer! We wanted him to play tee-ball but I missed the sign-ups so he got to play soccer instead! It is so funny watching the kids play.. they are so cute! We can also say that you can for sure tell this is his first year lol. There were many times the ball would go on by him because he was very busy watching the clouds or the planes lol! :) Or he would see that I was taking a picture and just stop where he was so I could take it! My funny man!


Gabe says he doesn't like soccer but when he starts playing.. I think he loves it! :) I think we are going to try indoor soccer this winter and see what he thinks of that too! We enjoyed going to the games and watching the kids, it was a pretty fun experience!

What an Amazing day

Saturday July 18th was an AMAZING day :) I will always remember that day because it was the day I received my endowments! Lance and I went to the Vernal Utah Temple and it was an AMAZING experience!


I can't believe it has already been a year since I was baptized. Wow, time flies! :] It was pretty special getting my endowments in the Vernal Temple because Lance received his endowments their too. Next, Lance and I are planning to get sealed which will be another special moment in our lives as well as another AMAZING day! :)

Our Anniversary

Lance and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary! I can't believe how fast time flies when you are having fun! :) We have actually been together for 7 years :]


It has been kinda a *Rough* week with Rynn being sick that we didn't get to follow through with our beginning plans! For our anniversary we thought we would load the kids in the car and take a drive. I love driving on dirt roads seeing if we find anything cool while also enjoying the scenery... so we decided we would drive up through Mckennon and that area because I have never actually been through there! We were driving down the road when we saw tons of cows and bulls. We got so close to this one bull I took a picture of it and it scared me because I thought it was going to charge through our vehicle! (But I think he was just sneezing lol) :]


We also took to drive up to Spirit Lake and take some pictures! It was *VERY* beautiful up there I would love to take our next camping trip up there! Another idea I had while we were up there was to take our family pictures up there.




So even though *Our Anniversary* didn't go as planned we still had a wonderful day! I am just blessed to have WONDERFUL husband and kids and truly I couldn't ask for anything more!

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!! We woke up today feeling fairly lazy! I had planned to do a BBQ tonight with the family but some of the family was off camping and Lance had to work so I thought maybe Bobette and I (and of course the kids) would just go out and grab a bite to eat! After I picked up Bobette and went and got some sprinklers and other kid-friendly fireworks Vicki had called and said they were back.. so we decided to pick up smiths chicken, macaroni salad, potato salad, rolls, tater babies, coleslaw and for dessert cake and ice cream! It was amazingly AWESOME! It really did the hit the spot even though it wasn't home made!


After dinner I let Gabe play with the poppers and the snake things! It was pretty fun to watch! Rynn really wanted to play with the snakes after they turned to ash and of course she got filthy but that's okay :)

When it started to get dark we grabbed blankets and met Lance at the baseball field where we watched the fireworks! I have to say they were better this year because instead of them lasting 4 minutes.. they lasted 11 minutes lol! My kids loved them! After they were over we returned home where I let them play with the sparklers... they thought the sparklers were the coolest thing ever!! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! :)

The Move

Well we finally did it! We had been discussing for a long time that we thought we would buy a 5th Wheel and move into it for a year to two! Well I hated that idea.. I honestly thought with two kids and our living habits that wasn't going to work! So instead we bought a $4000 trailer and will move into that until we decide what we want to do! We are saving so much money by going this route that we have no regrets! The trailer we bought was FOR SURE a fixer upper it had to have all new flooring put in, walls repaired and painted, new trim and crown throughout the house and whatnot! Before the winter we want to have all the windows replaced and sometime down the road get it vinyl sided! After we did some remodeling we have made this into a comfortable, livable home. And call me crazy this home actually feels more home-like than our last home! We have a really good feeling about this and we think we have made an awesome decision! I will post the before and after pictures once we get settled in a little more!!

Sick of Winter!

Okay this winter has been awful. My family has been sick pretty much the whole entire winter months. But the confusing part is... We had never had flu shots until this year and this year we decided to get them.. and guess what. We have been sick ever since! It's crazy. If there is some kind of virus going around.. we will for sure get it! It has been one after another and I am exhausted from it.

So recently my family had caught what I thought was the common cold. But then it became worse as time went on. Well turns out it was a sinus infection.. okay so we can deal with that. Well Rynn just never seemed to get better. Well I took her into the doctor today and to find out.. she still has her sinus infection, an ear infection and strep throat! Are you kidding me?! So she is back on antibiotics! Ugh will this ever end?

A day in the life of Rynn

Top of the morning begins anywhere from 6:30-7:30 AM. We get up and are usually in a rush to get Gabe off to school! Rynn loves to help her brother do everything including brushing his teeth. The one thing she has to do before Gabe goes to school is hide his shoes. Drives me nuts! Because sometimes they are hidden so good.. I start losing my mind trying to find them and need I mention that I still to this day I can't find a pair of my dress shoes! ( I think the garbage must have ate them)

9:00 AM- Rynn is usually eating breakfast about this time and planning her busy day of tormenting the cat and making messes!


10:00 AM- Cleaning away! She loves to help me clean house.. Although I have to say cleaning really is not the word that I am looking for!












11:00 AM- LUNCH TIME!! You will know when it is lunch time in this house. She will point and grab things out of the cupboard! And when I start to cook her food she will grab the foot stool and put it in front of the stove/microwave.. and wait patiently for her food timer to go off! Way too cute!


12:00 PM- Nap time! One of my favorite times in the day!! She is usually a pretty good napper! She will sleep anywhere between 2-3 hours... which is awesome because that is mommy time. I can catch up on things I can usually do while she is awake!



3:20 PM- Time to pick up Gabe! Another one of her favorite times of the day! Although she hates riding in the car she gets super excited when she sees her brother. She will wave to him and start clapping! I wish had a video of this because it is just the cutest! But I don't! :(


5:30 PM- Dinner time! Need I say more! :)


6:30 PM- Bath time. I can honestly say she is a water baby! She can be really good in the bath some days and others all I can see is watch out because there could be a flood!


7:00-7:30 PM- Bedtime! She is usually zonked out after laying in bed for five minutes! But other nights she will fight me!

I can honestly say that From sun up to sun down, Rynn is a very busy girl! She keeps me on my toes thats for sure! Although I stress like everyone else.. I truly treasure these moments because they certainly don't last long!