Emily is having a BaBy BoY....

Wow lots has been going on....I went to my friend Emily (Ream) Kawa's baby shower last Saturday. Our friend Tina through it for her and she is so fun and creative. She made the cutest little advice book (that I forgot to write in sorry Em I will). It was so good to see Em she has always been such a good friend to me. We used to do everything together. I used to go see her every week in logan right after the divorce when i was going to counseling. And now that she lives in Logan and I in Clinton we don't see each other much. She is so cute pregnant she could be one of those pregnant models for cute maternity clothes. I miss you Em and can't wait to see the little one. You and Kenji will be such AWESOME parents. Good Luck with the delivery I love you!!! It was also so good to see Tina too. We became friends through Emily and she is such a fun, sweet girl. Tina has the cutest little girl. It was so good to see everyone at the shower. The shower was awesome Tina. Thank you for your friendships!

Tina, Ava, Emily, and Me

SaNd CaStLeS aNd WaVeS

When we went camping a couple of weeks ago I met my friend Laura at Bear Lake and we let the kids swim for the day. Her girls didn't know we were coming so they were so excited to see us. We had lots of fun that day. The kids loved building sand castles with motes around them. I took Hayden out to swim on a raft. He loved the things that made us go up and down (waves). It took me a while to explain to him what waves were. He was so cute and fun. The girls loved to follow us out on their own rafts. I love my kids! They bring so much joy and fun to my life.

Birthdays, Birthdays, And More Birthdays

I swear I don't know what I was thinking having all my kids born within 10 days of each other.
Oh well! It was Lilly's Birthday on July 13th she turned 10, Alyssa's Birthday on July 23rd she turned 6, and Hayden's Birthday on August 5th and he turned 4. Wow! See what I mean about Birthdays? Its also Brandon's Mom's Birthday on the 23rd with Alyssas. So we have just been doing alot of partying and shopping in the past month. All three of the kids got a new trampoline for their Birthdays plus an individual present for each one of them. Lilly wanted to go shopping at Justice for Girls just cause I never buy her anything there cause it is way to expensive. So I let her do it just for her Birthday. Then after Alyssa saw all the cute stuff Lilly got she decided she wanted to do that too. Anytime you asked Hayden what he wanted all he could say was a 'bue ipod'. So thats what he got. Also my parents gave Alyssa a MP3 player and Lilly already had one. So my kids are just rocking out listening to their ipods. Hayden can't figure out that he doesn't need to talk louder when he is listening to it. So he just walks around yelling everything to us. He is so funny! So we have had a busy summer. Plus we go camping almost every weekend so I am a little worn out right about now. (I will add more pics when my dad sends them) Happy Birthday Kids!!! I Love You!!!

Hayden and his 'bue ipod'

Grandma Kim and Papa Steve gave him this cool tractor

Hayden loves my dad!

Brandon such a good dad. I love him : )

The fan was blowing my hair so it looks dorky.

My cute grandma and Lys.

My parents gave him the helmet.

He loves anything that he can pull a letter (really its a trailer but thats what he calls it) with

Cute Lyssy!
Lys and her MP3 player that had to be pink.

Grandma Kim and Brandon's Grandpa Wes

Lilly and her new back pack

The new tramp.

I think she might be a photographer when she gets older. She loves to take pics and is pretty good at it.

wHiLe I wAs PoStInG!

So while I was doing my last post Brandon lit a firecracker(M80) right by the window of the office, which was right by my ear. It was so loud my ears were ringing. So after I got mad at him he told me to come outside. This was what I came out to. He had wrote this on the driveway with gunpowder and when I got out there he lit it on fire for me and then said he was sorry. What a dork! I love him though. He was the one that lit the field on fire when he was a kid. Can you tell? I just had to share. It was kind of cute.