Ok... Here we go...

We went to Utah from Saturday at noon to the following Sunday at 5am. It was a long Vacation for three small children and two weary parents, but we did it and loved it.

Our first adventure was with Aunt Nan... We went to the Old Bubble, now called the Bountiful Rec center.Everyone had a great time and got very waterlogged..except me. I slept in a lounge chair most of the time because My main man and nanny had the kids. I was surprised that I didn't get burned... On Sunday we took the kids to temple square where we toured the conference center and climbed on anything and everything, especially fountains. The kids had never seen all the things on temple square and still haven't, because we got hungry & tired and went back to grandma's to rest. On Monday we went to the Hoggle Zoo... Wow! There were a lot of animals and stuff. We took a train ride around the Zoo and even found a fountain to play with. Monday night we met at memory grove with some families we know in Utah, for my birthday. We had a great time (except for the wasps trying to eat my burger). The park is so beautiful and has water running right through the middle of it. The kids had a great time and it was so nice to see some good friends again.
I am going to have to end this blog and start a new one because it is hard to move the pictures in a long blog...

We're Baaaaack.........

Utah was one fun thing after another. So much fun indeed, that I can't blog it all out right now because I need to go to choir, But I will blog some tonight so that I don't forget all that we did.

#1 boy is six!!

Happy Birthday Big Boy!!!
My big boy is now six years old. Here are some pictures from his birthday at the park.

He wanted a spy party so we put some spy gadgets on his cake. They have been playing spy everywhere now! His cousins started wrapping everything they liked to give to him for a present. I thought that was so sweet. They had a great time having a water balloon fight. I like this picture of Bella. She is his Cousin.

I am not sure why two showed up... I tried to fix it, but I can't...

I have been BUSY!!

I am not dead or sick or hurt or grumpy (well maybe grumpy) I am just so busy. School starts on the 20th of August and we are going to Utah for our last shabang of the summer. I got subs for church and work, I finished teaching the Hip Hop Hustle training, and now I have a little time to RELAX...something I don't do very well...I think I'll clean out the garage for my relaxing activity.

So...

So I am sitting here and thinking, which is something I do being vice president and all, and I can't really think of anything to say that will make an impact so I'll just post this.... ... a monkey. There is a story that goes with this Monkey. When I was a little girl (about 5 or 6) I lived with my grandparents for a little while and I found out that it was my Grandpa's birthday. I rode my bike to nearby garage sale and I bought him this monkey (which I thought was so Beautiful) for about $.50. When my sweet grandma passed away. He got remarried (at 82 years old!!) and moved in with his new wife, Barbara. He asked me all the time what I wanted for a token to remember her (and I did get a very nice porcelain girl that I always loved-and still do) . As I was in his garage one day-taking out the garbage-I noticed that he still had kept this monkey. I asked him if I could have it and he smiled and said,"sure Sweetie" the way he always addresses me. I told him my story and he said that he just hadn't gotten around to figuring out what to do with it, but he hadn't thrown it away and that made me smile... It's been almost 30 years since I bought the Monkey. My kids love it and have so fondly named him Simon. He sits happily clashing with the decorations around him. And he will always have a home with my family... silly huh?