Oh happy days

I love that the weather is starting to cool off here! We've been enjoying being outside alot more lately, tonight we did FHE on the trampoline and the girls loved it. But that's not really what this is about.

After we finished the story, Kevin & Halli started jumping, and Halli was practicing her flips cause she wants to get strong for gymnastics (we'll be signing her up soon), anyway, I was sitting on the trampoline with Lexie in my lap and Halli did her first flip....and Lexie started laughing! Then Kevin went and she did it again! It was hilarious watching her get so worked up over them doing flips, and Kevin and I were laughing harder than she was! We tried to get it on film, but I'm so unorganized that I don't know where I put the camcorder. This is such a fun stage, and I love watching these little babies start interacting a little bit more. It'll be even more fun when she's out there joining in, and it'll come all too soon!

Seven 5's about me - Tag

5 things on my to do list:
1. Finish the laundry
2. Figure out dinner
3. Clean the bathrooms
4. Figure out the girls halloween costumes
5. Clean the kitty litter, yeah!

5 things I would do if I were suddenly a billionaire:
1. Build our dream home
2. Have a little work done...you know, a nip here, tuck there...and get laser eye surgery!
3. Take our families to a fancy villa in italy
4. Put alot in the bank (this is to appease Kevin, yes we would save a ton of it!):)
5. Do some major shopping for all the things I want but can't have now!

5 Places I have lived:
1. Utah (almost everywhere north of salt lake)
2. Elko, Nevada
3. Redding, California
4. Durango, Colorado
5. Houston, Texas

5 jobs I have had:
1. worked the front desk at Anderson Athletic Club
2. worked in the office at Bridge bay resort on lake shasta
3. personal trainer
4. Waitress at Rodizios Grill
5. Physical therapy Aide at Mountain West Physical Therapy

5 things you don't know about me:
1. I am really competitive..okay, maybe some of you know that
2. I am very non-confrontational, to a fault
3. I hate to unload the dishwasher, but don't mind loading it
4. I used to be able to high jump over 5'10" (well, I did it once)...probably can't anymore though
5. I have almost no bottom eyelashes

5 bad habits:
1. I eat WAY too much sugar
2. I'm incredibly forgetful
3. I procrastinate everything!
4. I don't make my bed
5. I spend way too much time on the computer

I tag: Allie, Jamie, Aubree and Stacy

Timeline Tag

20 years ago I:
1. Had just been baptized
2. Had a best friend, Michelle Ogzwalla, weird, but I still remember her phone number!
3. We were getting ready to move to the boonies (Elko, Nv)

10 years ago I:
1. Was starting my first year of college at Ricks
2. Moved away from home!
3. Started my first year of college track

5 years ago I:
1. had just become a mom
2. moved to Durango, Co when our baby was 1 week old
3. started my life as a basketball widow, at least that's over now!

3 years ago I:
1. was getting ready to buy our first home together
2. Had moved to Houston and was living with the inlaws
3. Was VERY ready to have another baby!

1 year ago I:
1. found out I was pregnant with Lexie
2. decided it was a good idea to run away from a wasp....and tore my achillies tendon
3. had a huge birthday party for two little girls, the day after surgery

This year so far I have:
1. Had another baby girl!
2. sent my oldest off to kindergarten
3. lived through a major hurricane

yesterday I:
1. went shopping for Halli's halloween costume
2. nursed a baby alot
3. designed some more christmas cards

Today I:
1. Took Halli & Brooklyn to school
2. Took Peyton & Lexie to the park
3. Did ALOT of laundry

Tomorrow I:
1. might be running a 5k
2. Will watch Blake play in a soccer game
3. Will go to a baptism

Next year I:
1. Will not be pregnant or have a baby!:)
2. might get furniture for our bedroom!
3. will take a vacation with my hubby!

I tag: Jenina, Shalene, and Janell

Odds & Ends

This may be slightly late, but saturday evening me and the girls finally made it home from our trip. It was long, and tiring, but well worth it! The girls loved spending time with their grandparents and cousins, and Peyton made new BFF's in Ryan and Kate as well. We took the girls bowling for their first time while there and they loved it! I loved having an excuse for bumpers and ended up with a pretty good score! We also did a tour of the Jelly Belly factory and it was pretty neat! Some of it was a little long, but the kids really enjoyed seeing the candy moving through the machines. Here we all are at the entrance, ready to be enlightened.

They had pictures like this all over, and it's made completely of Jelly Bellies. They had tons of different people too, pretty impressive!

I love this picture. This is my cute nephew Chase. I hadn't got a good picture of him the whole trip, he was probably a little shy around me, but he's a doll, and I love his little smile!

I forgot to write about this, but on thursday, the 2nd of October, our sweet Lexie rolled over! My other girls didn't do it till they were four months, but she's just over three, granted she hasn't done it again yet, but she still did it!

Now that we're settling in back at home and getting into our routine again, I've started to get ready for Halloween! I saw these BOO plaques on tip junkie and thought they were so cute, so I copied it and made them this morning. They were actually really easy and I love how they turned out!

I made this sign in photoshop and just painted a frame I already had, making this a VERY inexpensive decoration, just the cost of the scrapbook paper that I used for the matte.


We're almost ready for halloween, now I just need to get the costumes all figured out!

My parents house

There's just something about being at my parents house, things seem to slow down a little. after we left St George we hopped in the car with all three kiddos and made the 11 hour drive to sacramento. It was long and the girls did about as well as you could expect, but I was glad to be here and relax for a little. We spent our first morning here picking apples and eating them on the swings. There is so much fruit here to just pick fresh. We had apples and pomegranets, there are lemons and oranges, although not in season right now. We also saw lots of wild turkeys running around, and Halli got to go on a motorcycle ride with me and grandpa. I love relaxing here with them and the girls are enjoying it too, but I'll still be ready to go home when the time comes!

All the yummy fruit in the backyard

Halli enjoying her fresh fruit

Peyton looking sweet on the swing

Pee-wee and her main man

St George

We had a fun visit in St george with my family. The house was on a golf course and had a pool and the kids all had a blast swimming and running around the golf course in their swimsuits. (my mom took pictures of that, but I accidentally deleted it, sorry mom!)

Halli in her signature goggles, at least their not on her face for the first time this summer!

The hot air balloon we saw our first morning there, we thought it might land right behind the house, but it didn't. The kids loved watching it!

My cutie nephew tyler with his missing teeth! love that smile!

Peyton and her grandpa watching the balloon. She was really worried about it and kept telling it "NO" as it started descending.

Halli watching the balloon lift back up and leave.

Snow Canyon

while in St George, we made a trip up snow canyon with the family. It was really hot, but the scenery was beautiful and the girls had fun hiking up the red rock. Here are a few fun pictures of the little adventure.

This is Halli and Tyler, her cousin having deep conversations on the rock

Halli with t he beautiful backdrop of the mountians

Halli and Tyler hiking

Peyton and the new leading man in her life, my dad, she wouldn't leave his side! (this picture and the next are compliments of Kate)

Peyton and her grandparents

Peyton on a big climb

It was tons of fun and there is still alot more to come of our fun little vacation, so this is too be continued.

PS if you want to see some really beautiful pictures of my girls and my nephews, check out my sister-in-laws blog here. She took some awesome pictures this weekend.