A Family Party and A Day Bed...

So I decided Walmart.com takes forever. My daybed finally came Friday but we just had it shipped to the store in Clinton. It took two weeks for it to get there from the warehouse in Hurricane, Utah. Then it sat at the store for 2 days when I finally called them and we didn't get the e-mail telling us it was here til Sunday. So at that point it would have been at the store for 4 days before they notified us it was there. I am so glad I called them and they told me they had it. So ridiculus.... Anyway ya i was just a little anxious to get it. I just wanted to be able to enjoy it a little bit before the summer was over. So Brandon and I put it together Friday night. I love it! It looks so good. Brandon was a little worried about the green cause he doesn't like green, but he said it looks much better in person. So yay, all of you need to come over for a barbeque at our house now. Thanks for the bed honey!

I also had a family party at Pioneer Park in Brigham on Saturday and then we went swimming after. It was lots of fun. I got to see some of my family I don't get to see very often. Brandon had to work and it was Kevin's weekend with the kids so I just went alone. I just hung out with my brothers and my dad. It was nice to have some time with just them. I had fun watching my neice and nephews swim too. Jackson was so brave, he went down the big slide by himself. Anyway no pictures of swimming. My mom took some but I didn't like them so much sorry.

My Birthday Present ( I love it)

Our new patio furniture

(I look like a dork in this pic)

My brothers and I

Me, my grandma, and my cousin Ned

Megan(my sister-in-law) and Natalie

My cousins Meggie and Emily

My other family Makenzie and Britton Hekking (I used to live with in Kaysville)

Doug and Mathew the other Kaysville family

And my sister Jane (not really but kind of feel like it though)

My handsome dad

My cousin Paula and brother Kyle

Cousin Ned, his daughter Meggie, and Uncle Bud

Me and Mom

My brother and his boys

Joe and Natalie

My dad made me wear his hat with my brothers

HaPpY bIrThDaY to Me and Grandma!!!

Last Saturday (the 14th) was my 28th BIRTHDAY! It also was my Grandma's 80th Birthday. So it was a very busy weekend. Saturday we had a party at The Lodge to celebrate my grandmas birthday. The kids had fun and enjoyed spending time with the family. They love their cousins and don't see them often so it was a lot of fun. Then Brandon and I played games with his parents that night. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday we had a barbeque at Brandon's parents to celebrate my Birthday. My parents and little brother came down and all of Brandon's family came. My father-in-law is the best cook ever. He always make sthe best food and I would rather him barbeque then go out to eat anywhere. I wish the kids could have been there but their DAD would not let them come!

Just a little story of how great Brandon is.....
Brandon is the best husband ever. He had wanted a new grill so bad and we were planning on getting him one the night before my birthday. When I told him lets go get you a grill he said no I need to get other stuff more important first and I said like what he proceeded to tell me he bought me this outdoor daybed that I have been wanting for our deck and that he was going to get Hayden a new car seat because he was in need of a new one. He has been getting so tall he is growing out of his other one. So after he bought all the other stuff he didn't have enough to buy himself a grill for Fathers Day. I knew he was a little down about it but he sacrificed his grill to get me the bed I had wanted, for my Birthday and Hayden a car seat. (And that's not the first time he has sacrificed for me and the kids. He does it a lot.) I then decided I would take all my Birthday money and get him a grill. Well when we went to his parents on Saturday night of my birthday his parents told him they wanted him to have his Father's Day present a little early. They took us out to their garage to find they had bought Brandon a really nice grill for Father's Day. Wow how emotional I was. Brandon just stood there in shock. They are so proud of him for taking on me and my three kids and being a wonderful DAD to them. I STRONGLY believe in CARMA and I believe that he got some pretty dang good CARMA for the sacrifice he made. I have a wonderful husband and an awesome family. His parents are so AMAZING! THANK YOU Kim and STEVE!

So we got a patio set of table and chairs with my birthday money. YAY! And I am so EXCITED to get my bed you have no idea. He had to order it so I hope it will be here soon. Thank You honey for being so wonderful to me!!! Happy Fathers Day! And Thank You everyone for a GREAT BIRTHDAY!

My cute Birthday cake my mother-in-law got for me.

Me and my wonderful mother-in-law.

Look at my cute dad. I'm glad we got him in a pic.
(I had to put my mom in charge of pics cause my camera is broke)

My AWESOME hubby!

Brandon's cousin's little boy Ryker and Uncle Darrell.
(Lilly loves Ryker so she was so jealous she didn't get to see him. I think he loves her too.)

My Father-in-law the AWESOME cook!



THESE ARE SOME PICS AT GRANDMAS PARTY AT THE LODGE

My cute Grandma

My FAMILY

My brother and his wife. (I wished I looked that good after 3 kids)

Hayden is definately Brandon's boy. he wouldn't even talk to me that day.

They like to tease each other.

My handsome nephews. They are so fun.

Hayden and his dollar. He takes with him everywhere. Long story....

Megan and my cute cute neice.

Memorial Day Weekend!

We were suppossed to go to my in-laws property up in Idaho (it's about 20 minutes from Bearlake) and camp for the weekend but it was just too cold and muddy still. But we all took a drive up there on Saturday since we had never been up there before. They bought it the end of the summer last year. They have 10 acres and Brandon's aunt has 10 acres right next to them. It is so beautiful up there but so so muddy still. I'm so glad we didn't attempt it with our motorhome. Our truck was covered in mud when we got there because Brandon has mudder tires on it. Steve's truck didn't look so bad. The kids had fun in the mud though.





Brandon's crazy brothers were sifting for gold in the creek. It was way to cold for that.

This picture has a little story behind it...on the way up we passed this little area of a bunch of little log cabin looking houses and Brandon made a comment that we were probably on the Oregon Trail and thats probably where the pioneers lived. And about 20 minutes later we passed a sign that said Oregon/California Trail so it was the big joke Brandon was right but he really had no idea. We went to eat at Artic Circle in Montpeliar and this center was acrossed the street so I had to take a picture.

We went to my Grandparents house on Memorial Day for a barbeque and Lilly was so excited that my cousin Jess came with her family. She loves Hadley. They played a bunch of games.

My dad had to get in the picture. He is such a dork!

My dad and Lys.(Yes my camera sucks I know I need a new one)

Hayden playing with Grandmas toys. They are always so much more fun than your own.

My mom and my little neice Natalie. Natalie is getting so big and my sister-in-law always has her dressed so cute.

~aLySsA~

Alyssa has been tagged......I am going to combine this a little with a post I was planning on sharing already so here goes-

So a couple of nights ago I had been at work for about an hour when I got a phone call from Brandon informing me that the DVD player had fallen on Alyssa's head and that her head didn't look very good. He said it had split her head open and there is blood everywhere. No one at home knew at that point why the DVD player fell off her dresser and on to her head, but I just knew I needed to get home quick. When I got home my mother-in-law was at our house and just holding Alyssa with a rag on her head. She showed me her head and informed me that it wouldn't stop bleeding so I called my doctor luckily they were in til 8 but my doctor was not there, but to bring her in and they will take care of her. So we all got in the car and took Lys to the doctor in Kaysville. They cleaned her up cause not kidding it looked like we had put a red dye on her hair. They were actually able to glue the split, thank goodness and they just wanted us to keep an eye on her for fear of a concussion. We found out later that night that they had there V-Smile plugged into the dvd player and when she went running into her room she tripped on the cords and it pulled the dvd player right out and onto her head. So she is doing well now. She is a little sensitive about washing her hair in that area and it kind of sucks cause her hair parts really funny cause it won't part where the glue is. Oh Well they said it will dissolve in about a week so....We are so glad she is ok and doing better.

Anyway so fIvE things about our Alyssa:

~She was my SCARIEST baby ever. When she was born they were having troubles keeping her oxygen levels up. I just remember Lilly hogging her and not letting me hold her. When the nurse came in and said she was purple and they were taking her to the nursery. I was released twelve hours later when my doctor came in and told me that she had pneumonia and that the spot that was on her lungs had been there for a while and they were life flighting her to McKay Dee where they could take care of her better. I was so terrified! The Primary Childrens hospital crew came to transfer her. Lilly and I cried when they put an IV in her hand and took her away. After a week of trials and problems they finally told me they were releasing her. You have no idea how excited I was to hear those words. I was so tired of sleeping in the hospital bed and I just wanted to take her home. But she did have to come home with oxygen and an APNEA monitor for 6 weeks. It was so scary but we did it and we are so glad to have her today. You really do take for granted when you have a healthy baby.

~She is my DRAMA queen. If someone is not paying attention to her she will come up with some sort of drama til you are. She is also so MOODY! She can be so happy one minute and so pouty the next just like someone flipped a switch. But she can really be a sweetheart though.

~She loves ART. She will never get bored as long as you have some paper and some crayons. She also is a very good reader and loves to go to school. She is so smart!

~ Her BEST FRIEND is Maya. She loves Maya. They spend pretty much everyday together. If Maya isn't at our house Lys is at hers. They are such good friends and they get along so well. WE are so glad Lys has such a fun good friend. They will call each other before school to find out what the other one is wearing so they can match. It is so CUTE!

~Alyssa's nicknames are Lys, Lyssers, or Lyssy.

WE love Lys and are so happy to have her in our lives. We are so blessed to have such a special little girl. She is such a good sister and her brother looks up to her so much!

Some pics of Lyssy and her BF Maya.

They are so CUTE!

Thank you for such a fun TAG Tara. Lys is tagging: Marissa, Gage, and Hadley