Cookies! Cookies! and more Cookies!

I had an awesome opportunity to get together with a friend from high school, we met up again through facebook. She had posted pictures of the most amazing sugar cookies and I was privileged to go to her home yesterday and have her share some of her serious cookie skills. The roses are all made of chocolate. I can't wait to try these on my own. It was a great day and look forward to doing it again sometime soon. Thanks Mary!

Time Out

I received the most wonderful gift from my amazing husband for mother's day. The chance to not be the mom for the day. He bought me a ticket to "Time Out For Women." It was an amazing Friday & Saturday. The theme for the weekend was Sweet Assurance- The certainty that comes when you know life's truths. We were challenged at the end of the conference to share with those we love and those around us what we know, no matter what. What are the things you know, with out any doubt, no matter what else happens? I know my Husband loves me. I know my kids love me and need me. I know that we will be an eternal family, we have one that is already in Heaven. And I know that even on those days that I don't like myself very much my Heavenly Father still loves me. Take a minute after you read this post and think about what you know, if you like leave a comment I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The Actual beginning of Summer Vacation

The last day of school photo. They have grown so much this last year. I know school's been out since May 21, but in our house the real break didn't begin til yesterday. Yesterday was the beginning of the bookmobile coming, the summer reading program, free lunch started at the park, and the mean mom that I am got the kids workbooks for the summer and the kids started those as well. So yesterday felt like the beginning of our summer routine. I used the free lunch in the park as an incentive for the kids last summer. If they got their things done in the morning we could go to the park and have lunch with their friends. We made it most of the summer. Here's hoping this summer goes as well.

Spring Flowers

I love Spring when everything comes back to life and it's just so green and pretty. These are just a few of the flowers we planted last fall. I think we'll plant more bulbs in the fall it was a lot of fun to watch them come up as the snow melted. I thought I would post these even though we've moved on and planted some summer flowers now. I'll post pictures of those later. Spring is such a hopeful season, don't you think?

Memorial Day

These are a few of the graves we were able to visit this weekend. I really do enjoy the peace we feel when we go to the cemetery. I thought I would post these for those in our family who weren't able to come visit this memorial day, maybe next year.
This is our son Braxton's I can't believe he would be 13 this summer.




These are my dad's, another I can't believe moment...it's been 5 years this summer.



These are our grandparents.




This is our niece Kaili. Her family lives far away and we thought they would enjoy getting to see all of the things that were left in memory of her.


And finally a little family picture these are all of our kids.

It's all gone!

Why is it you don't realize how much hair you actually cut off til you're in the shower the next day and you pour way too much shampoo? Time for a new look. I had 6 inches cut off last night and then decided to try and figure out what my real color just might be. It's kind of a light to medium brown now. I guess I should be grateful that every time I've colored this last 6 months it's come in darker not grayer. So I guess we'll give this color a chance and see how it goes. Maybe brunette can have more fun:-)

Preschool Graduation!

We had the opportunity to be part of a parent ran preschool program this year and it was great! Brock had a wonderful time, mom got to help and Gracie tagged along. The pictures are of some of the kids that were involved this year. We celebrated the end of the year going bowling and to McDonald's. What more could a kid ask for? I can't believe he is heading to kindergarten this fall. Time sure flies when your having fun.

New Hobby~New Friend

I had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with a great new friend and learn a really fun new craft. Elizabeth and her sweet family moved to Inkom this year and her little girl always has the cutest bows in her lovely hair. I asked Elizabeth where she got them and she said "I make them, do you want to learn how?" and I jumped at the chance. So it was a play date for all. It was a great afternoon and I don't think my first attempts turned out to shabby. I can't wait to get to the craft store and try a few on my own.

Intense Playdough

Okay no pictures read the previous post to find out why...Last week was spring break and the weather was awful. So the kids played board games, drove each other crazy, and any other thing we could do to find things to play inside. We had a huge batch of play dough and the kids were having a great time creating when all of a sudden Gracie reached a little too far and fell off her chair hitting the table, Meggan's chair, and then the floor with her head. We ended up going to the children's clinic and they said it was to close to her eye for them to deal with, so we ended up in the ER. They used conscious sedation and that was a little weird to see a drunk 2 year old. Anyway, 6 stitches and a couple of hours later she is a good as new. The stitches came out on Monday and she is doing great and loves to show everyone her scar.

Way too long.

I know it has been forever. I've used the excuse that I just didn't have anything to blog about and the card on my camera was full so no new pictures. No more excuses. I cleared the card last night yes I'm waiting for an order from snapfish of over 350 pictures to put in the 2008 album. (Maybe we bought too big of a memory card) I only empty it once a year. Anyway look forward to some new pictures soon.