Service or Serve Us!?

Honestly, why is it when you have this beautiful plan in your head that you are going to go and serve one of your neighbors, that your going to teach your children this wonderful lesson in serving each other, that they are going to cooperate and find the joy in giving, that you are going to walk away feeling triumphant in your good parenting moment only to have your children asking, no begging the whole time for a cookie (which was for after my triumphant moment) and to have them argue because one child isn't doing as much as the other child is and your back is begging for mercy and the poor sweet people you went over to weed their yard for are the ones picking up after you and your children are riding their scooters around oblivious to the "wonderful lesson" right in front of them. So you pretend like they did a good job and give them a dang cookie; then walk home feeling good that you kept your patience in check that at least one of them didn't start crying and thankful that you had friends there to help and take care of Ivy. Well, you still walk away triumphant...because you know that you helped lighten somebody else's burden. Now, I need to go get my back fixed.

Fine!

I keep trying not to post these pictures but something inside of me wont let me not post pictures of my inner teenager trying to get out. Now that I have read the book I am slowly getting back to feeding my family, doing the laundry and catching up on all my shows I have Tivoed.. Plus watching the Olympics. So here you all have it. I admit it; I went, I celebrated, I made a shirt, I wore the vampire teeth, I ate the free cake and I loved it!

Friends

Aren't Friends the best?!

Memory Lane

Memory Lane...the tag that gets everyone involved


Not really a tag person but thought I would give it a try.... I am sure you all have ONE memory.. :)

I hope you will play along. Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Never ending fun!

We have been having a blast since returning from Utah. It seems like non stop fun. We went Black Berry picking a few days ago. It was such a beautiful overcast day. We loved it. I have loved the smoothies Russ makes me with the berries.
















































We also went on a field trip to a museum on bugs. They took us out and let the kids catch as many bugs as they wanted. Luckily it was a catch and release kinda thing.































Some girls in our ward put together a Hawaiian Luau for the kids. Treasure hunt and all!




















































Last but not least I had a birthday. Russ and the boys made me a cake. We had some friends over to celebrate. Actually, I have milked the birthday thing for more then a week now. I love birthdays, I know as you get older they are supposed to be not that big of a deal but for me I still have an excitement for them. I like to be treated like a kid and get to do whatever I want. Here's to the big 32!

Cheesy I know!

You Are Ariel!

Headstrong and fiesty. You have a mind of your own that's full of romantic dreams about the world around you. Exploring exotic places is your ultimate dream, and although you can be a little naive you'll realize that there is something to be gained from your family's wisdom.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Found Pic's

My camera has been giving me trouble lately. And all of a sudden more pictures decide to download. Here is a family shot we took our first night in Zions.












One of my friends from High School lives close and made the trip to come see us while we were in Zions. It was sure fun to see Janice and meet her cute little family. We got lost on our hike together and ended up singing songs with the kids so they weren't as afraid as we were. It was dark and late but we finally found our way off of the mountain.