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October 6th was Madee's 9th birthday! She is so awesome! We had a great week before celebrating all the October birthday's in our family in Disneyland! What great fun!

We are so proud of Madee. She is a great sister and friend. She is so smart and such a joy to have in our family!

We Love ya Madee!

Wow! Back to School time is busy! I can't believe we have been back almost a month! I thought I would show you where I spend a lot of my time. I have definitely seen a drop off of students thanks to the economy, but I am so grateful for the kids that I do have. We are having so much fun!

Little Preschool on the Corner!








Here is a picture of Rylee in her backpack, it is as big as she is! She is too young for preschool, but loves it! She likes to act like the big kids. Luckily she hasn't turned into a terrible two monster yet(maybe she won't!)



I had planned on doing preschool for about 5 years, now I am in my 12th year! I feel so blessed, it is great to be able to do something I enjoy and that is so good for my family!
Hope you are all enjoying back to school!

SumMeR fuN!

Ok I have been a terrible blogger! On June 18th my beautiful daughter Maridee celebrated her 13th birthday! We had a fun day going to lunch and getting her nails done. Maridee is my right hand gal! I could not live without her! When madee was born Maridee was her second mom(at age 4)! Now she is really a life saver with Rylee!

After our fun day we headed to the Manti pageant and Arches National Park as a family. We had so much fun. The pageant was awesome and Arches was beautiful. After a week of rain, Arches was very hot, but we had a blast!

Maridee and I went to girls camp (Surviver) the first week of June.We survived the hike in four inches of mud, unfortunately I didn't get any pictures. We had a great time. I tried really hard to be a leader and not mom so much...

Mitchell is in Marching band this year, so we have had fun going to parades and watching him play. He plays the trombone. We are so proud of him. Rylee loves the parades especially the candy and feels that she should eat it as fast as she can pick it up! Madee also did a cheer camp so we got to see Mitch play and Madee cheer in the same parade. Fun Times!

I hope you are all having a safe and fun filled summer!

I know it is a little late, but I thought I should do a little post to mark our special occasion. Sunday was Roger and I's 18th wedding anniversary! I don't feel like I should be old enough but here we are. I have now been married pretty much half my life! I actually feel very blessed that we have made it this far. I also feel very blessed to have our four awesome kids! I love that Roger loves being a dad so much. I love that he loves to hang out with our kids and can be a big kids himself. I also am so grateful that Roger is willing to work so hard for our family!

This is a picture of Rog and I in Yellowstone last summer. We spent our honeymoon in Yellowstone so it was fun to take the kids.

To Sand or Not to Sand

When we first moved into our house my father in law asked if he could do a project at our house with our son Mitchell. We said yes and ended up with a huge sand box, two uneven bars, a fire pole and a big blue slide that Mitch could barely caring over his head with most of it dragging behind him.
Since we have cats we have had issues with our sand box. Several years ago we made a cover for it. Last year we did not open the sand box once. Since the cover does not seal, rain water and sprinkler water can get inside. We debated rather we should replace the sand yet again with new sand, thinking that Rylee would like to play in it. I was not looking forward to having sand everywhere but we gave in. Rylee loves it and I think Madee is happy too. Here are some pictures of Rylee playing in the Sand box. These pictures were taken as we were shoveling the new sand in. She was a little excited to get in and dig. She didn't care that we had shovels and rakes all around her. And yes we have sand everywhere. In the shoes, socks, diaper, bed, crib, couches, and of course the wood floor!

If you look close you can see that she has sand in her hair and all over her face. Look at that smile how could we say no?

haPpy moTher'S daY!

I just wanted to wish all you Mother's out there a wonderful Mother's day. I don't know about you but there are few things I enjoy more than being a mom! Somedays I wonder about my parenting skills and some days I feel like I am running in place and not getting anywhere, but one little smile, thank you or love you makes it all worth it!

I hope you are all happy and well and Have a GREAT DAY!

MOTHERS ROCK!

kiDs sAy thE funNieSt tHinGs!

When Mitchell and Maridee were little I bought the cutest Anne Geddes day planners and wrote down some of the cute things they said and did. I also did the same for Madee in her darling Pooh Bear baby book. I have not come across a baby book I just love for Rylee. She has two scrapbooks I am working on. Being inspired again by one of my blogger friends I decided to make a book for Rylee to write down all the things she is saying. I found a great 2 year planner and decorated it for her. I thought I would share it with you.

This is the front cover and inside cover. The plaque reads, May you never lose your sense of Wonder.

These are a few devider pages within the planner.

I am so glad I wrote things down. My girls were reading their books yesterday and some of the things I had forgotten. Most I remembered and it brought back fun memories.