Sammy turned 10!!!

Sammy turned 10 this year! Where does time go?!  For her party we took some friends to St. George and went to Anti-Gravity Arena and can I just tell you we had a TOTAL BLAST!!! SO much FUN!!  Then we went to Sam’s favorite place to eat, Golden Coral.

Sunday we had the family over for cake and ice cream. (Well ice cream cake actually)

We are so glad that Sammy is a part of our family!  She has such a wild imagination and is very outgoing.  She loves sports and dancing.  Pretty much if there is anything she can be involved in, she is there.

WE LOVE YOU SAMMY JO!!

Pre-Preschool!

A couple of weeks ago Taryne was able to go to a preschool class that the parenting class at the high school had for a couple weeks!  She loved every minute! She still talks about it.  

Midnight 5K

Last Friday Curtis and I went with Marlee and TJ down to St. George and ran the Midnight 5K!  We had a lot of fun (well besides the running part that is…….JK)  I was glad to see so many people we know there too! (Missed ya Bob and Sue!)

Garden

Well last week and this week we have got most of our garden planted!  In fact our peas have started sprouting up!  I am thinking it will go pretty good as long as the deer will leave our plants alone. (crossing our fingers!)  The kids really enjoy helping in the garden.

Curtis is 30!!!!

First of all just have to say Happy Birthday to my AWESOME HUSBAND!!  I think we had a lot of fun for his Birthday and the world didn’t even end!

On his Birthday we met up with some friends and headed out on four-wheelers!  We took the back way thru Pinto up to Pine Valley and did some geo-caching and exploring on the way! Even some hiking to get to some of the caches!  We had a BLAST!  Couldn’t have asked for a better time!  We can be a little crazy when we get together but we ALWAYS have fun!

Here are the people that went with us.

We found a cave that was once going to be a tunnel. (Jared gave a  history lesson).   We all walked down to it and of course the guys all went in…..Us girls? Yeah, we think not!

Then on one of the other stops we hiked way above the Pine Valley cemetery! Yeah, Jared “made” us!   But it was a great workout that was rewarded by a great view!

Curt had never been geo-caching but it was so much fun that he wants to go back out next chance and go again.

When we got to Pine Valley we went to Brenden and Rachelle’s cabin and ate pizza and junk to our hearts content while we played games.  Oh man this group can be hilarious!!

When it got later and we all headed home, Curtis and I came home and changed and went over to the Preston’s for some hot tub time!

What a great day!! Thanks to everyone!  Thanks to my parents for watching the kiddos too!

Happy Birthday Babe!

I made it!

So the track team up here put on a 5k for a fundraiser.  CONQUER THE E-HILL!!  So why not?!  Sounds like fun right?!  Ok…well it did to me and well actually it was, even though it was probably THE most challenging physical test I have put myself through! (Not counting the 3 times I had kids of course!)  There are 2 hills that are almost STRAIGHT UP!! It was CRAZY! And hey, I even got a 3rd place ribbon!! The pictures above are the hill we climbed and then a view from the top. (Hey, I had to stop up there and take a pic while I was there-who know if I will make it up next time!)

Gonna give it a try…..

So as most of you know, each year since Grandma passed we have helped my parents with a garden over at Grandpa’s.  This year we are gonna give it a try at our houses (gulp! I really think her soil was magic!).  However we are pretty excited to see if we can get anything to grow here!  So we have, with some great help, cleared, tilled, fertilized, and made our rows.  Nothing big but it will be just right. I mean Gosh! It’s only like an 1/8 of the garden Grandma would plant but that will  never cease to amaze me!  She was amazing for sure!

Next up……irrigating.