HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!

I want to wish Jake a very happy 31st birthday! I can't believe it's been a year since I threw you your 30th surprise party. Crazy how time goes faster and faster. But I am so happy I have spent the last 8 years with such a loving, kind, fun and just GOOD person. I am grateful for the choices you have made in your life. Not just as a youth, but as a man. You have made very good decisions to follow the Lord and to be an advocate for righteousness.

You have been a very loyal husband and I am so grateful for that. I KNOW that I was very close to you in the pre existence. After all, our mothers were pregnant within 6 weeks of each other! That means I knew I couldn't be in heaven without you. You are truly my soul mate and best friend. I hope you have a wonderful 31st year of life! Happy birthday hunny buns! I LOVE YOU!

Ok Last One! I promise!

For the requests of the people!

Ok, this is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing. I've told many people about this spoof, but I just decided to put it on my blog. The first is the original trailer but if you haven't seen it, watch it first. Then watch the spoof. So funny!

Original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYBF3HKzrmE
Spoof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbAppj00nZo

Meet Jacob Black!

I ADORE HIM!

1st day of 1st grade

Well the day started out the night before. I kept saying "you're gonna be fine! He's been going to school for 3 years now!". Yes, he has, but not ALL DAY LONG. When Zach was younger, I couldn't wait for him to start school, he was just so active! But he is such a joy for me now. He is a big help to me and loves playing with Brady. So anyway, I was saying that the day started last night. I went to check on him before I went to bed, and I slowly bent down to kiss his cheek and I TOTALLY lost IT! I was bawling right by his bed. I didn't leave the room for 10 minutes, just sobbing. "This has gone by way too fast!", I kept thinking.

Then I finally walked out of his room, checked on Brady and went to brush my teeth. You would have laughed to see me staring in the mirror with my toothbrush in my mouth, bawling my eyes out. I climbed into bed, and texted Jake (who was just below me watching sports center). I sayed, "I can't stop crying." He just sayed LOL and that Zach would be fine and that he's so ready to be gone. Men. They just don't have the strings to their children like mommies do. Although I have a lot of friends who celebrated today. I just couldn't bring myself to.

SO, we woke up and got ready. Ate breakfast, comb hair, brushed teeth, and took some pictures. You can see that Zach is "SO READY" as Jake said. He has a bunch of friends in his class this year so I am not worried about that. Oh, and he already received a love letter from the girl that sits across from him, stating that she loves him. Zach hid the note next to his bed. Oh brother, I definitely am NOT ready for that AT ALL! Anyway, here are some pics! Thanks for listening to me rant about how ridiculously pathetic I am. :)

His buddies in his class and his best girlfriend Sydney
.Before going through the gates Way excited.....too excited if you ask me.
Zach posing for mom outside. Sun is really bright at 8:15 am.

Crazy July!

So July is a big month for us! We have lot's of birthday's and of course the 4th! But this July was especially crazy. It started out with me getting really sick at the end of June and I had to start on antibiotics. I had a viral infection on top of a bacterial infection. It was a huge bummer because I had been called to be the girl's camp director 8 weeks prior and camp was a week and a half away. Luckily by the 3rd I was feeling better but knew I was going to be crazy the following week.

The 4th was great. We had a bbq at my parents house and then went to the bee's game. Fireworks didn't start until 11:30 pm because the game went into the 12th inning! My kids were DONE! We didn't put them to bed until 1 am! I felt like a terrible mom, but at least they are both good sleepers and slept until 11 am.

That whole next week was a blur of running and meeting like crazy to get all in order for girl's camp. We left on the 6th and it was SO much fun. Everyone was awesome so it turned out awesome. There was no drama, which is odd for girl's camp and all of the leaders pitched in tremendously to make it run super smooth. sigh. I thought I was done with YW's when they called me back into it to be the personal progress leader. So I get to stay with the girls! It will be fun! And I have never had so many YW babysit for me! It is well worth the calling.

I returned home on Friday only to go shopping that whole afternoon for Zach and Brady's birthday's which were 2 days later. Jake was gone all Saturday at a golf tourney so we had to get it done! On Monday morning we had a little party for Zach and then took him and a couple buddies to a movie. On Tuesday, Brady got to go out to dinner and we celebrated that night. Then on Saturday we had a big birthday bbq with both families. And then went to the temple open house after. It is SO SO beautiful. In fact it rained really hard one day and I went out to my back yard to find a rainbow arched right by the angel Moroni. Cool huh? Anyway, I am glad July is over. Now onto Zach starting school as a 1st grader. YES, I will cry my eyes out. He has really been so good as he has gotten older. Such a help to me and is so sweet to Brady. I have loved having him around this summer. But he is way excited to have 2 RECESSES so go figure. Anyway, there's some pics of the birthdays! oh and.....I am NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER WINTER. (can you tell that I am yelling!) :) Loves!

Just a random update!

Well we are just truckin along. At the the bottom you will see that my kids are washing windows! Yes, that's right. I start them out early. In fact, this is one of Zach's weekly chores. He does a great job!

Next you will see Brady trying to imitate his older brother in soccer. You should see him swing a golf club. Seriously cute. He will be a golf addict. :)

"Oh what do you do when it rains.....?" We make cookies! Zach's friend Mason is in the middle of the pic. Brady and Zach LOVE to make the famous "Criddle Cookies"! Yes, they are famous...

So my new love is "glitter toes". I had a small party here before my brother and sister-in-law got married and we all got our nails glittered! They are so cute and the picture doesn't do them justice!

Finally, at the top, is my little soccer boy! Zach's team was undefeated this and last year! It was fun to watch! This year he finally started scoring goals. It's way more fun to watch when your kid is actually getting a goal or two.