4th of July

We had 2 family reunions and also Liberty's birthday party over the 4th of July and so here are some pics of our fun weekend.

Trip to Richfield

We recently went to Richfield for a quick visit. It was our first trip in our new truck and we had a lot of fun besides getting car (or truck) sick in Indian Canyon. I guess its just the truck being a lot higher off the ground than my durango. Saturday Jill, Brandon, Garrett and Sierra met us and we took a drive to Fremont Indian State park and did a couple of hikes and a visit to the museum. It was fun and a nice little historical trip. Then we went to Hoovers to eat. They always have good food. Sunday we just hung out and visited some friends in town, and then Monday before we came home, we took a four wheeler tide to Saul's meadow. That is always a pretty ride no matter the time of year.

Shae comparing hand size with some that were in Hundred Hands Cave.

Heber down in the pit house.

Clint helping Heber down the ladder into the Pit house.

Grandpa Jerry and the grandkids.

Clint and I- Love self portraits!

Jerry, Carol, Jill and Heber

Anika, Heber and Brashae playing with some play corn inside the museum.

Heber was a good helper to push the stroller

Jerry and Carol posing for a pic with Liberty when we stopped on our four wheeler ride.

Anika, Liberty and Heber in the back of the Rhino when we stopped for a snack.

Busy summer!

I haven't posted in quite a while but here are a few updates!
Liberty is almost 6 weeks old! I can't believe it! Each day she grows and changes a little more. I recently went to Scentsy convention in Salt Lake for 3 days and then went school clothes shopping before coming home. Clint stayed home with all the kids and let me tell you he did WONDERFUL! He didn't call me one time to ask for help with a problem or to complain. I am so very lucky to have this man. He has been wanting a new dog for quite a long time and as his reward he is getting one tomorrow morning! I will post pics later of the dog.
Now about Scentsy convention.... As some of you may know, they are discontinuing quite a few scents and EVERYTHING is 10% off this month! If you need more information please leave me a comment. Now on to convention... they unveiled SO many new and wonderful things including new and returning scents as well as wonderfuland exciting new products. I can't share them with you until September 1st, but I will tell you that you should book your parties now to get the new stuff for FREE! I was inspired by my wonderful company and can't wait to expand my team and spread the world of Scentsy!

This is a group picture of Kim, Lavina, Shannon and I with one of the dancers from Scentsy's 5th birthday party.

Lavina shaking it like a salt shaker!
Anika is starting 3rd grade and is going back to Discovery. I can't wait to find out who her teacher is and if she has any of her friends in her class.
Riley is starting the 6th grade and it is bittersweet for me. I'm glad he is growing up and becoming such an awesome boy but I'm also sad because he is the oldest and he is growing up so fast!
Brashae starts kindergarten this year and Im excited to see how she adjusts to school and that environment. I hope she isn't too stubborn to listen to her teacher! Heber is growing leaps and bounds and her vocabulary is expanding every day. I can't believe she turns 3 in a little over a month.
As I mentioned before, Liberty is almost 6 weeks old and is smiling and cooing when talked to. She is such a blessing in our lives as are all of our children, but as she is our last, I can't help but think she is a little more special! Im not favoring her just treasuring her milestones one by one.
I have set a goal to be more organized in my life and am looking forward to accomplishing it. I have 2 problem areas that I am tackling this week before school starts so I can be a better example for my kids. Clint has also set a goal and is tackling that as well (more info to come on that as he progresses.)

I will post pics as soon as I can find the adapter for my memory card in my blackberry!
Have a wonderful day!

Baby Shower

Yesterday my family threw me a little baby shower. It was so much fun even though we didn't have many people attend. We played some fun games that Leslie made and had some wonderful food and fun decor from my mom and Aunt Teri. I got some wonderful blankets that I will cherish and can't wait to use! Enjoy the pix!


My mom won the Don't forget about Daddy quiz. It was a bunch of questions about Clint and what he said when he found out we were expecting. My favorite questions on there were the ones about what he wanted the baby to get from me and from himself. He wants the baby to have my smarts and his sense of humor! Let's all hope those don't get switched at birth!

Here is my Aunt Teri. She is such an awesome woman!

Here are Julie and Delaine chilling. Julie won the scrambled baby words we did.

Here are Anika, my step mom Carmen, and my Grandma Donna.

My most awesomest cousin Leslie (those were her words)!

Here is my wonderful friend Amanda opening her gift for the Nursery Rhyme game with some assistance from Heber.

This brown and pink blanket was made by Delaine and I just love the patterns to it!

My Aunt Ruth made this quilt with the purple minkie on the back and the ladybugs and frogs on the front! I am tempted to use it for myself!

This is a blanket that Carm bought the material to make and then found another blanket with the same material so she bought it too!

This is a blanket that I helped Carm start waaaaaay back when I was pregnant with Anika and we never ever got it finished. Carm made up the border on it and suprised me with this gift at the shower, and I love it!

This is Heber checking out the Winnie the Pooh gift sets I got!

Anika loves the tutu Delaine made for the baby! Now all my girls have tutus and I will have to post pics of them!

All in all it was a wonderful shower and we had a good time. Now who is coming over to put all of this stuff away for me??

Movie Day

So today Carm and I decided that since Dad and Clint had to work, we would take the kids to the show. Riley and I had already read the book and Anika is reading it now in her class. First we decided to go to lunch at JB's and boy was that a mistake. Riley was throwing one of his sulking fits in the parking lot so we all loaded back into the car and headed home only to have him promise to be good, so we did go in and eat. Of course Heber wouldn't sit still , but we finally finished and headed to the theater... Last time we went to a movie was Thanksgiving night to see Madagascar 2 and the kids all did really well. Heber even loved it and sat through all but about 5 minutes of it, so today we thought would go well. OH boy were we wrong. Heber kept getting up and down, and throwing fits, so we had to keep going for walks and in the very middle of the movie she pooped her pants. Oh yeah fun, so into the bathroom we headed! Man I love having a 2 year old. Finally after about an hour and a half of walking around with her, she finally fella sleep on my mom's lap! Thank goodness. The only drawback was that the movie ended about 10 minutes later! Oh well, I guess I can wait for it to come out on video to see the whole thing, the book was better than what I saw anyways!

My new village...

Today my kids went with my parents to finish up some shopping and look what they got me! I have wanted to start a village but just never had the space for one. So this year that is what the kids gave me for Christmas. I was so excited, I hurried and put it up. I will post more pics tonight when you can see all the lights. Each one of the kids got to pick out a building and they each picked out way cool ones. Riley got me the cinema, Anika picked the beauty shop, Brashae the one with the train, and Heber picked the fire station. Carm has a beautiful village and I hope that one day mine looks as good as hers does. I hope we can keep that darn cat out of it too!