NEW CALLING!!!!!

I had the most wonderful time on Sunday enjoying my new calling in the . . .

I was so so so so excited when they called me to be the new Laurels adviser in the Young Womens! I fell in LOVE with these girls when they asked me to be our wards Girls Camp Director this last June. What amazing women they are growing up to be and what powerful testimonies they have! They increased my testimony more than ten fold! I look forward to every Sunday I get to teach them and learn from them!

What a beautiful sunrise there was this morning. Joe was running late for work and as I rushed him out the door I remembered that it was trash day so I took the trash can to the road which woke me up enough to stay out of my bed and not watch tv till I had to take Darrell to school. It was nice, the sun was just coming up and it made for a great start to a great and productive morning!!!

I swear the sunflowers were stretched as tall as they possibly could be trying to get that sun!

I got the stinky beasts fed!

Enjoyed the beauty of my butterfly bush that is swarmed in humming birds.
Took Darrell to school.
Helped Tad make cards for everyone in our family and his cousin Bradlee.


This would be Joe. He had to have a tool belt cause, " my dad is a hard worker and he needs his tools in his picture" :0)

This lovely lady would be me, THE MOM, not to far off from what I really look like in the mornings!

This is his card for Darrell. He drew him a train because he said, " I know Darrell loves trains so much and I know he would love a card with a train on it" he is so sweet and always thinking of what he could do to make someone happy!

I love love love when kids are learning how to write! I love watching their chubby little hands write cute wiggly letters! Tad is our writer/drawer! Any chance he gets he is drawing or coloring or something like that.

Welcomed Darrell off the bus. His nice bus driver let him give Tad the grand tour!



Finished up a cute little project I started last night. I saw these way cute pumpkins on another blog and had to try to make them, they turned out cuter than expected! Then finished two of the million baby burp rags I am making for Staci and Andrews baby girl! I found this sock monkey fabric and couldn't resist!!!!
Laundry is in and dishes are on their way to the wash down as Darrell would say! A great start to a great day!

That's why I love him!!!!

After a frustrating day that didn't end very well this is what I found on my mirror in my bathroom the next morning written in my eye liner. . . .


Joe has always been way good about leaving me little notes all over the house since we have been married, where ever we have lived. People thought we were crazy when we lived in our cracker box in Show Low cause we put up a dry erase board next to our toilet in our bathroom! Ha ha ha but it was always nice to find a note whenever you went in there.

THANKS SWEET CHEEKS, I LOVE YOU TOO!!!!

What a weekend!!!

What a fun and productive weekend it was!!!

We relocated the boys sand box to the back yard under the Juniper tree so they have more shade and room! I thought my arms were going to fall off after carrying the eight railroad ties with Joe. It probably didn't help that we had helped my dad earlier that morning load 3 tons of pellets into our truck then from the truck into the shed for my gram this winter! Then we went and got new sand for the sand box out in Richeville. I had no idea sand was so cheap! We got it done and they love it! It is world war three trying to get them out of it to go anywhere, they just want to stay and play in it all day!


We built our piggies a new pen! Holy smokes those stupid things can SCREAM!!!!! They are still small enough that Joe and I could just carry them. So Joe sent me in the stinky muddy pen they were in to grab them by their back legs and "wheel barrow" them out. So me wanting to look tough (I have a problem with this) I say no prob and went in to get them. I learned my lesson. They stink they are loud and they are strong little beasts. I got the little one "PIGGY BANK" over to Joe but "BACON" is a little bigger than Piggy Bank and was a little more intimidating and stronger than the runt so Joe had to crawl in there with me and catch her. After she was caught I was tough again! ha ha ha we put a grain sack over her head grabbed her by all fours and ran! I am shocked the cops weren't called over. It seriously sounded like we were ripping someones toe nails off! Glad it is over was way fun though to build the pen and move pigs with Joe and have some time together, even if it was stinky!






We got the back yard all cleaned up and got some much needed relax time next to a little bonfire! It was nice to just sit and chat or not to chat just sit together and enjoy each others company! I don't get many pictures of Joe but this one I got, I love!!!




Sunday was our day of rest! ha ha ha we went for a drive up to Big Lake to see the areas that were burned and enjoy the cool air and the beautiful views. We saw SEVEN huge Mule deer bucks right when we got into Round Valley! Seriously why couldn't we have seen them in an unprotected area two weeks ago during archery season!!! The boys decided they wanted to push down a tree and be cool like Paul Bunyon and they were successful in pushing over a small tree!!! Ha ha ha Being Sunday and a way good day at church, I was already feeling thankful for my Father in Heaven and what he has given me and done for me and my family and going for a drive up the mountain and taking in all the amazing things that were surrounding me just made me realize even more how blessed me and my family really are!

It was a great end to a great weekend!!!!

Just a little late

I am just a little behind the eight ball when it comes to posting. I completely missed posting Darrells birthday which was in July, so I decided I would post his with Tads whos birthday was the end of August. Just a few weeks late right? :o)

Darrells cake
(he picked everything out himself)

Darrells "peeyatta"
(that is how he says it) ha ha ha

Happy 6th Birthday Sweet Pea!!!!

Still in shock he is 6!!!

Tads "BUZZ" cake
(he picked his out too, had to have buzz and had to have a cake on top of another cake. ha ha ha)

I let them help me decorate and then rearrange! Ha ha

Happy 5th Birthday Boogzie!!!!

His most favorite toy he got. He loves taking pictures more than his mama I think!!! This camera goes everywhere with us. I will have to post some of his pictures he has taken.

MOM and DAD LOVE YOU BOTH TONS, TONS, TONS!!!!!