Summer Fun!

We are having alot of fun this summer! I can't believe it's almost over. Time goes by way too fast!

Swimming with friends

Group picture of rasberry picking.

The Fair:

Brayden and his cousin Dylan

Tyson

Brayden got mommy's lip gloss!

Stinker!

Rock climbing ( he wasn't really climbing, he just thought it was fun to hang :)


Tyson playing in the water at a church activity:

Tyson and his friend Conner

They thought it was the coolest thing that water was spraying out of the hose.

Mohawk dudes!

Cute little stinkers!

Brayden and his friend Chloe

This was the best pic we could get of the neighbor boys with princess, Chloe :)

Fun Stuff!

Alot of fun things going on at our place. From Brayden painting his toe nails with his friend Chloe, Rasberry days, to Finding a house!

I guess this is what happens when Brayden has girl friends. He wants to do what they want to do. As long as he knows he's still a boy, that's fine with me. Brent was telling him that painting nails was for girls. He said, "Brayden be the girl"

This is what they decided to do with the bubbles: pour them all out and bath in it! Oh boy! they were dirty kids after that.

I made a path through my in-laws Rasberry bushes so we could stand in the middle and pick, without branches scratching the crap out of our legs! Rasberry jam is now a summer tradition :)

Brayden and Owen playing while we picked rasberries.

And..........

Our Home!

Everything has fallen in to place so fast! We randomly were looking at homes and this one caught our eye: 4 bedrooms 2 baths, fully finished, beautiful big backyard, fully fenced with that nice vinyl fencing. for 150,000! What a great deal for this home. The sellers were rushed to sell and this house was only on the market 11 days. They had another offer, but they chose us! How exciting! Our offer went through, our loan went through and the appraizle is getting done Monday! If everything goes smoothly we will be moving at the end of September.

Happy Anniversary!

We have been married 6 years today! I am so grateful for Brent and what a wonderful husband and father he is. He is such a hard worker and provides so much for our family. I love you Brent! Thanks for everything :)

Crazy Day!

The morning after the crazy day! Scary huh?

It all started the day before when I was running. My bladder and crotch area hurt and burned really bad! I stopped at an elementary school and called Brent to come and get me, because I couldn't make it home. I was still a couple miles away from home and I had already ran 4. I rested most of the day and took it easy.

Yesterday morning (the crazy day) I wanted to make jam because I had picked alot of rasberries at my in-laws and needed to use them before they went bad. I was making jam all morning while my boys were all over the place and wanted to play outside. (stressful)

After I made 2 batches of jam, thanks to my neighbors, Katie and Ileah for helping me stir until the sugar disolved, I decided to clean my kitchen floor because it was a mess! Well, my boys would not stay off the floor and wanted to help. So I gave them each something to clean with, a mop and a broom. they ended up hitting eachother with them and Brayden got a little cut on his head from the mop!

Finally I decided to call the doctor, because I was hurting pretty bad. they said I needed to see a Urologist, because I have had reaccuring bladder infections.

After I was off the phone, made an appt. with the urologist, I go into the kitchen to find that my boys had pulled down the bowl full of sugar and were throwing it everywhere and eating it!

At this point I started crying. I was feeling sick, but needed to finish jam and clean my carpets! I was so overwhelmed, so I called my Mom. Brayden was all concerned that I was crying. He kept telling me that it was okay and saying "sorry mommy".

My mom came and took my boys for me so I could go to my urologist appt., finish my jam and clean carpets.

The first thing the doctor said was, "well, your urine looks like crap!" He was really cool & gave me lots of good info. I for sure had a bladder infection and also was dehydrated. They are keeping my urine to culture it to see what other bacteria is growing in it. I could have irritable bladder or just prone to have bladder infections! CRAPPY!

So after I got things done at home, my mom brought my kids back in time for bed. They would not go to sleep! I go to check on them and Brayden was in Tyson's room dumping the baby powder all over everything, the bed, the floor, his toys and the rocking chair! When I walked in it looked like it was full of smoke. They were hitting the bed and puffs of powder would come up. Are you kidding me! It never ends!

So I had to clean all that up and get the vacum out at 10:00 at night. Then the kids finally went to sleep. Tyson woke up 3 times before 2:30 am. so finally I gave him Motrin. I'm guessing he is getting his 2 year old molars already. Tyson still got up at 7am this morning! That little stinker!

Sheesh what a crazy day and night! Hopefully today is better. I just need to make sure I have my priorities straight. I need to take time to read my scriptures, say my prayers, make time for my boys and things should go some what smoothly. Everything seems to go better when I put the Lord first. I guess I needed this crazy day to realize I can't do it all, and I need to make sure I put the Lord first ALWAYS and talk to him when I need him.

Thanks for reading my spill. I'm not looking for sympathy, just needed to vent :)

Up-date

Today is Brent's B-day! Happy B-day Brent! He is 27 now and still looks like he could be 18! We are going out for dinner tonight while my Mom watches the kids. Then we will have some cake and ice cream with the kiddies.

We Celebrated the 24th in Mendon, like we do every year. I ran the 10k Saturday morning and got 3rd place in my age group! Technically I got 2nd, because the girl who was first got 1st over all, so she doesn't count right? I got a free cheese burger and drink. Woo hoo! even though I didn't feel like it till way later. I didn't feel like eating much that day. because I felt sick after the race. I'm still trying to recover. I pushed myself pretty hard!

Brent played in a Basketball tournament earlier in the week and their team got 2nd place. He had alot of fun. We also tried to play in the Volleyball tournament Saturday, but they already had enough teams. We were subs, but nobody ever wanted a sub. Owell, we got next year :) Brent also played in the horse shoe tournament with his brothers while Me and Joann (sis.-in-law) took the older kids around on the fun bouncy slides and toys. Brayden also got to ride a pony. :)

We enjoyed parades and fireworks for the 24th and I attempted to take the kids to the Aquatic center Friday, all by myself, and I did it! The first thing Brayden wanted to do is go down the water slide. I could only go down with one of them so Brayden ended up going down all by himself. (he was barely tall enough) I told him I would be right after him and that the lady would catch him at the bottom and sent him on his way. He looked back at me all worried because he thought I was going to go with him. I saw him after the first bend still turning to look at me all worried, then I saw him down the next bend and he was on his stomach going head first! uh oh! I don't know how he got into that position. I felt so bad for him, because I knew he was scared, but I couldn't stop laughing. He wouldn't stop crying and talked about it for a long time after. He didn't want to swim after that. He ran away from me and headed for the car. he wanted to go home! After I chased him down with Tyson in my arms he sat in a chair and watched me and Tyson play in the water until he was ready to come in. When he did and got comfortable in the water he didn't want to leave. We stayed there for 2 hrs! I'm glad I stuck it out and had a fun time with my boys :)

Green River Trip!

We went to the Green River the weekend of July 16-19th with my family. We took Brayden with us, and Tyson stayed with my in-laws. We had alot of fun, even though it was so stinkin hot! We rented a raft and my Bro.-in-law gave us rides after rides on the river. We also floated the river. It was fun, but not so fun hitting rocks! ouch! And the horse flies were terrible! they kept biting us and they hurt.

Story:

One night, when I was braiding my nieces hair I kept hearing this bussing/hissing sound. I look around, didn't see anything. Kept braiding and I heard it again. It sounded way close. there was alot of bugs around especially since it was dark and we had the propane light on. So, when I heard it again I look down and I saw a huge- A- brother Beetle/Cock Rotch thing on my shirt! I freaked out, said a bad word as I jumped up and tried to swipe it away. I swiped and it didn't move! It was stuck on my shirt! Then I really freaked out and swiped it some more until it unlatched itself, then I felt wetness on my shirt! Sick and wrong! that beetle/cock rotch thing either was trying to hurt me with his juices or he peed on me! It was so freaky. I hate bugs! It was fun catching a lizard though :)

Any way here are a lot of pics from that weekend. the words might not go with the pics, but I'm sure you'll figure it out. I don't know why it goes all weird when I post it. Owell

So pretty!

I told Brayden to stand by the tent and this is what I got:

Weirdo

Brayden never wanted to swim, all he wanted to do is pick up clumps of sand and throw them in the river! Whatever keeps him happy right?

Rope swing my Bro.-in law, Troy set up

Mom, Dad and Trish, after a ride on the river.

My cute nieces: Jayden and Sydnie with their hair all done in braids (geeze that took along time!)

My niece, Addi, fell asleep while I was doing her hair :)


My fam on the river

Floating the river!

Playing at the beach

Riding in the truck for another

ride down the river

Alisha and Brayden

Grandpa and Brayden

Sisters!

Brayden's Shrek face

Yummy ice cream to cool

us off after a hot day!

My sis. Alisha and her boyfriend

with Brayden

Me and my sisters, Jessica and Alisha, being silly at the ice cream shop :)