April Fun

April started a little rocky with another trip to the ER.  Lame kidney's.  However, the rest of the month totally rocked!!! 

I REALLY LOVE GOLF!

It's probably the only sport I have ever been good at...and when I say good I mean I always shoot below 100.  :)  

I love that it's outside and how beautiful the courses are.  I love that you get to do it with other people and socialize and just hang out while you are getting exercise and enjoying nature.  I love that Curtis loves it too and that we do it together.  My kids are taking lessons this summer and I hope it will be something we will do as a family the rest of our lives.  

I really enjoyed watching the masters this year.  

I love seeing movies with my kids at the "lay down" theater.  We honestly haven't missed a kid movie there since it opened.  I love sharing a seat with my kids and snuggling them both.  It's heaven to me.  

Playoff hockey is so much fun to watch.  The only thing better is Olympic hockey.  

LET'S GO PENGUINS!!!

Kylee has been struggling lately and as an incentive for going to school and not coming home I promised her a sleep-over with friends.  She met her goal and a party was planned.  Little did I know she would invite so many girls and all of them would say yes to coming.  I thought most families didn't do sleep-overs any more or wouldn't feel comfortable letting their kids sleep over at someones house they didn't know.  I was wrong.  The next thing I knew I had 6 kids in my house and just me to entertain them.  

Luckily they are all really cute kids and we had a way fun night.  

We made ice cream sundae's

Did a "photo shoot"

And watched movies and camped out downstairs.  It was a very fun night.  I told Kylee that next time the limit was 2 girls at a time though.  :)

Happy Birthday Cannon

MY BABY IS 7!!!

Time is flying by way too fast.  

Gosh he is a cute kid!  

Cannon picked Krispy Kreme for his birthday...again.  

He has the cutest personality.  He really makes me laugh!

Since Cannon has yet to have a friend party and Kylee has now had two, I thought it was only fair he get to have a big bash this year.  I asked him what he wanted to do and he picked going to Classic Fun Center in Layton.  It ended up being an awesome day.  The facility did a great job on his party and took care of everything.  I just had to pay...which was extremely nice and way less stressful for me.

I love to see my kids with their friends and to see how other kids love them.  Cannon is so easy to love and it was no surprise when he had a great group of boys show up to his party.  What was a surprise was one of the boys being the son of a kid I grew up with.  It is a very small world.  

Kylee liked being the only girl for once.  Sabrina was there too, but she wouldn't hold still long enough for a picture.

When all was said and done Cannon told me it was the best birthday he had ever had.  

Happy birthday to me

I woke up my birthday morning to find Kylee had wrote out HAPPY BIRTHDAY on post-it notes and stuck it to my door.  It was so cute.  I loved it!

Curtis got me 35 roses...one for every year of my life.  I can't believe I'm 35!!!
I honestly wouldn't have it any other way!

My kids made me homemade cards and gifts and they were the sweetest things ever.  I am so lucky to have such amazing and sweet children.  

My friends at work all made me feel extremely loved and special all day long.  My carpool buddies took me to breakfast on the way to work, out to lunch during work, and told everyone we saw it was my birthday.  They are great people and I am so lucky to work with them.  I can do any job as long as they are with me.  

My sweet friend Janina made me my favorite Oreo cupcakes and it was an absolute perfect birthday.  

Curtis and I had a discussion the other day...he asked me if I could go back in time...would I change anything?  I thought about it and decided I absolutely wouldn't change a thing.  I honestly have no regrets in my life and am very proud and happy with who I am and what I've done.  I hope this doesn't sound like bragging...I'm just very content.  I really have a simple life.  I've had a lot of hard times too, lots of challenges and sadness.  In the end though, they have led me to where I am.  At the end of the day I have amazing friends, family, and a great life.  I am blessed and happy.    

Spring Hikes

One beautiful spring morning Kylee and I woke up and decided we wanted to take the morning and go on a "GIRL HIKE".  We geared up and started up Adam's Canyon.  Our usual Adam's Canyon hike just involves a quick jaunt to the small waterfall and a picnic, but my Kylee girl is quite the hiker and she wanted to make the big hike all the way to the BIG waterfall.  So we set out on our hike with a lunch in our backpack and it was an awesome time.  

We completely wore Minnie out.  This was her before we even left the parking lot.  

Not even 3 days later and we had a crazy spring snow storm.  I had arranged to spend my morning with some work buddies hiking.  When I got to my buddies house and he tried to tell me we weren't going now because of the snow I was NOT having any of those lame excuses.  

We geared up again in our warmest clothes and waterproof shoes and hit to the mountain.  

It was so BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Probably one of my favorite hikes to date.  

We didn't even get cold.  It was fantastic and an awesome SPRING HIKE!

Spring Break

For spring break this year we went BACK TO OREGON!!!  I love that place very much and it had been a few years since my kids had the chance to go so we talked our friends into renting a house on the beach at Depoe Bay and it was an AWESOME vacation...even with my kidney problems.  

My kids love to hike and that makes me VERY happy.  

They don't complain too much and love the nature and the treats in their backpacks and its just a great time spent together.  

I look awful...freaking kidneys.  

Cannon decided he wanted to sit and meditate on this rock for a minute.  

He is such a funny kid.  

The Denker's were a fun family to play with.  

Got to love the Cheese Factory

It really is one of the most beautiful places ever

I could go there over and over and over

Munson Falls

We loved our little house right on the beach and played in the sand almost every single day. 

And we took walks every single night

Sitting in the hot tub was also a favorite activity.  

We really loved being able to spend time with Aunt Tonya too.

This was the tub in our bathroom.  My kids took baths every single night with no hesitation.  

I was too drugged on pain killers to drive so I was very thankful for J being willing to drive us around once Curtis left.