Great spot for kids...maybe

Tonight we hiked Ensign Peak. It was a great hike for kids (minus a few cliffs! AAAAAhhhh!)

Too windy for Birdie though!

We've got the best neighbors ever!

You may think you do but yours don't hold a candle to mine! Our kids are practically brothers...comfortable enough to just walk into each others kitchens and help themselves... oh wait...that was probably me...sorry Jen!

They have amazing Talents!

And you've gotta love their loyalty!

I'm thankful for those things and so much more because It seems that our kids share a brain some days (well, we're a year behind, but whose counting!)

I'm hoping that Jen will use this mosaic for her Christmas Card this year!

You're wonderin' where they get it?

Like father like sons!

We LOVE you guys!

One of my Favorite things!

Go here if you need some motivation to get yer butt on over there!
You Rock Kam! Still one of my all time favorite posts!

Going in Style on the first day

This was Thatcher's idea on travelin' to school in style for the first day!



And my oh my did he have a great one!



He was reunited with his favorite girl!

Every Diva needs a Bib, Right?!?

With both boys gone to school I get tons of 'quality' time with my Bird

(please sleep, please sleep!)

Seriously, she is at my favorite age!

oh yeah, she does tricks too...like close your eyes!

So New!

It's a New School Year!

So to prepare, We got a ...

New backpack

New haircut

New shoes

New tooth...Almost!

AND...

A new splint and sling...cast comes on Friday!

Have a GREAT Year Tag!

Family!! Hug Your Kids!

Its funny, people romance the road. However, it happens more often than you think, you wake up in the middle of the night, and the quiet is just not just right.


Tonight, (and it is 2am) I just miss my kids, I miss my wife.

Things I saw out and about today

Makes you feel all warm inside doesn't it!

My Mom's got SKiiiiiLLS!

She sews like a pro! This was her summer project!

and how appropriate because these girls are quite the cheerleaders!

'Sew' nice Gramma Debbie!

Dave has a Snow White-ness about him

So my sweet husband has this thing for animals...namely birds.
He's carried ducks off the street and built little beds in boxes for abandoned sparrows in our back yard.



Today he was out back and heard some troubled birds with his sixth sense. After hunting a bit he found two baby quails stuck in my neighbors deep window well. Their mother was frantically pasing on top of our roof.







Snow White...I mean Dave put on rubber gloves and got a baseball glove. Then carefully rescued the birds from their pit.
We watched from inside as they were reunited with their worried mother.


My husband has such a big heart!

CAN'T WAIT...

To see if Katee is that tiny in person...Gev too! and I'm gonna cuz I got me some tickets!

Goin' with my lovely sister Shauna (who does the best Cat Deely imitation!)

Hopefully with my other lovely sister and her hubby (What a secure MAN!)

I'll let ya all know how it goes!

Time is a FLYIN'!

Does anyone else feel like this summer has flown? We start school in 25 days! I haven't gotten a thing done on My list and as far as my kids go...we've done nothing but PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!

So...any tips on maximizing my last 3 weeks?

Today is the Birdie's Birthday!

My sweet little Bird turned one today. It wasn't your typical birthday, but a good day with her nonetheless!

My favorite hospital picture of her!

She has been so fun watch grow and I can't wait to see what the next 50 years bring!

I love you Birdie!

Whoa...We're back!

Email...59
Google Reader... 274

So with a vow to be a better blogger, I'm going to do the post a day thing.
(Seriously, Don't hold your breath!)

I had good intentions to get a good post up today then decided that Thatcher's head really did need stitches. I know, I know... my priorities are screwed! Blogs before Kids...isn't that why we had kids anyway... to blog them?!?!?!

So, spent the day in the Dr. office!

Grundles of pictures and deep thoughts tomorrow!
Love you all!

ps, just googled 'stitches' for a good picture...NEVER, NEVER do that!

See you all soon...and again after Monday!

So, with no husband in sight...and a 14 hour road trip with my 3 kids...I, needless to say, have 1,000,000 (spoken like Dr. Evil) things to do.

Google reader has 1,000,000 (same accent) things for me to read but I'm pretty sure the tiny town we're headed to doesn't have the internet.

I have 1,000,000 (L.O.V.E Mike Meyers) things to blog about but alas they wait until next week!

Can't wait to see you all on Monday and then it's off in the the wild blue yonder!

Catch you all next week! Hope it's a great one for you!

This is my LIFE!

The Bird's a bitter!

pay attention to Charlie's face!

Carl's Jr. ...Junior

CornDog

Fries

And a Shake

Don't bother me...I'm eating!

It's here again! And I can't wait

I find myself looking so forward to Wednesdays and Thursdays this summer. I sleep deprive my kids to they'll go to bed around 7 so I can vote! I neglect all things that can't be done in front of the tube! And we're down to the top 12!

I'd like to make my top three couple predictions

In no particular order...

my final six people are...

Chelsie and Mark

Kherington and Twitch

Katee and Josh

I also can't wait to see what Mia Michaels comes up with tonight!

So...what do you think?

We have a new little MONSTER!

So Saturday night we were sitting around doing nothing and talking about Sprout...

next thing we knew...

Here we were!

And He was looking up at us with These eyes...

Now...Meet MONSTER!

He likes the neighbors (when they are on their side of the fence)

He's our third dog from the pound. Not surprisingly he looks like a combo of the other two and he's equally as good. Really he's been too good to be true! House broken and all! I'm so glad to have a dog around again!

AND, He likes Legos!

The Fourth!

I love the traditions of the Fourth! Hope yours was as good as ours!

Have a good weekend!

Memories...From the corners of your mind!

Salvador Dali, "The Persistence of Memory," 1931

I've seen this one out there all over the place. It's been so fun to read and to think fondly about those that are playing!!

What you do is...

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 don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments!