Jenn Turns 40

Jenn is so extremely special to me.  

She is kind, thoughtful, amazing, strong, and all around awesome. 

I am so thankful to have her in my life. 

When we got an invitation to her 40th birthday weekend get-a-way we knew we had to clear our schedule to be with her.  

Bryan surprised Jenn with a huge and awesome cabin in Heber. 

The place was gigantic! It had everything you could ever want.

An awesome pool, air hockey, ping pong, foos ball, pool table, hot tub, bounce house, and snowy hills.  

 We had 3 days of wonderful company and nothing but fun.

I really can't say enough about how much I love Jenn and how much fun this weekend was.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENN!!!

Hayden turns 1

I can't believe this sweet baby girl is 1!!!

We love this little girl so much!!! 

She had a big birthday bash and she was so cute and happy the whole day. 

Emilee is an amazing mom and went all out for the big day.  

She even made the cake herself.  She did a great job.  

We had a great time at the party.

My grandma is so dang cute!!!

Hayden loved the attention although she didn't really love eating the cake.  

We spent Valentine's Sunday together continuing the celebration and I couldn't have been happier with my cute Valentine's.  

Happy Birthday Kylee!!!

My little girl is 9!!!

I can't believe it.

Time needs to slow down!!!

Double digits next year!!!

She is the prettiest, sweetest, bestest kid ever!!!

 

She wanted to have a sleepover with 3 of her friends and it was a party. 

We had pizza and ice cream sundaes and in the morning I made them all crepes.  

The next day we went bowling and out to eat with just the family. 

And of course we then celebrated at Grandma and Grandpa E with the extended family.

Hayden looked so cute holding this card for Kylee.

Dear Kylee Amanda,

You are such an amazing kid.  I can't say enough how proud I am of you and the amazing girl you are.  You are so responsible and sweet and kind.  You succeed in everything you try and find happiness in all you do.  You are a great example to others and a great friend.  You are so helpful and thoughtful.  I am just so very proud of you.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY GIRL!!!

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.    

March Fun

Of course we can't talk about March fun without talking about this handsome dude.  Curtis turned 35 on the 4th and we had a great day celebrating him.  He is a great husband and awesome father and we are so lucky to have him in our life.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY CURTIS!!!

We love to hike and since things are starting to warm up with spring we take advantage of the warmer days and get our butts up the mountain.  We love discovering new trails and letting the dogs all run free.  

Everything is pretty dead and dry still, but signs of spring are slowly showing up.  

Kylee and I loved this show.  Kylee is such a sweet and kind girl and is not always treated the same way by other girls her age.  She is A LOT like her mom...and that makes me feel really bad for her sometimes.  

We have all had this horrible flu that has been going around.  Kylee missed a whole week of school because of it and Cannon had it over the weekend but still ended up missing some school.  I'm not sure I worked much of the month of March to be honest with you.  We all started to feel better FINALLY.  

We love to walk the dogs around the neighborhood every night.  I think sunsets are the most beautiful thing in the world.  I LOVE THEM!!!

We got to watch Baby H be blessed and it was a very special day.  She is the cutest baby ever and we love her with all our heart.  She has some pretty amazing parents too.  

Curtis played on a hockey league this year and I'm pretty sure the kids and I loved it more than he did.  We really loved watching him play and cheering for him and his team....even when they would have bad game.  

It was fun to watch him play with old friends and I really hope he will get the opportunity to do it again next season.  

The month ended pretty sadly with me heading into an unexpected surgery to remove some kidney stones...which ended up being too risky to get them all and me still having to do lithotripsy and passing over 15 stones in a weeks time.  I also got a kidney infection on top of that and lets just say it was miserable and sucky.  :)  My sister Tonya just happened to be in town and it was a good thing too.  Between Curtis being at work and my parents taking care of my kiddos it was very nice to have someone with me during the whole ordeal.  Thank heavens for sisters.