I honestly could not have been prouder of London last week. She had her first big girl dance recital. She performed 4 numbers (1. opening number to stop in the name of love 2. Ballet to Princess in the Frog song 3. Tap an old 50's song 4. Ballet Hannah Montana GNO) She did awesome and there was no running off the stage (if my family remembers my episode when I was this age and messed up one step and when running off the stage) She had so much fun and cannot wait till next year. If you look close she is missing her front top tooth which makes these memories even sweeter. So the pics below have the other girls in them too but I tried to fuzz thier faces the best I could but London should be crystal clear.
Monday, May 10
Dance Dance Baby
Easter Day
Here are some pics from Easter Sunday, we were all a little drained from our Easter Adventures and from wathcing and listening to Conference. Plus Janae and her crew were starting to not feel so well. But I was not going to let a photo op go by especially since all the girls were dolled up. Unfortunately I did not get a great pic of all of them but I managed to sneak a photo of all of them somewhat together for my mom!! The prego pics are so so, Janae was not feeling so hot, I was tired and I edited them a little crzy feeling different today!!
Catching Up.... Eastering
As traditon goes in Blading we head out to Cooton wood or as Sydney said becuase she could not remember the name and has been reading a lot of Dr. Sues books lately Woodville. We went a day early to get the great weather and stay away from the crowds. We were able to get the perfect spot at the falls. Although the water was super muddy from the winter run off we had a blast as you can see. We did some four wheelin, panned for gold, even the dog had fun swimming, made our egg trails, rolled our eggs, made the egg trails even better with a little fire, raced our homemade boats (thanks grandpa) overall we had a great family day with grilled hotdogs and subway sandwiches. We were all worn out and dirty by the time we went home.
Random Thoughts
So we had a great Mother's Day weekend. We took a trip down to Blanding but we also took in some sights. We headed to Arches National Park in Moab for a little adventrue and some great picture taking (pics to come soon). Brandon and I were able to get some free time and see a movie. Thanks to his parents we ate good food all weekend. And the girls had a blast hanging out with gma and gpa and playing outside. Brandon and the girls did treat me with some new earings, money to spend on whatever I want and a cala lilly plant for the yard.
I did have some random thoughts last night. I was watching Brothers and Sisters (anyone else) It is almost the season finale ( I am not a die hard fan but I do enjoy the family dinamics of the show it reminds me of my own family too a point) The whole show was based on the family business that they had worked so hard at for years having to close thier doors. I could not watch and think of my own family especially my parents and all thier hard work. Family business is all I ( I am just speaking for myself my siblings may have a different perspective) ever knew growing up. My Dad has and is still working so hard to keep it running. Although he has scaled back a bit I still remember the good old days when Mom stayed home and took care of the kids, We saw dad after we had already ate, and bathed and got to help him with his boots and hang out in the yard before heading to bed. Packing lunches for not only Dad but brothers and later on husbands who had joined the crew. There was a time when the company took care of everyone and was a safety net if we ever needed it. I can remember as a young girl wanting to work for my dad too ( I guess I felt left out) For some reason he never pushed us too, but I still wish I would have pushed him. I would have loved to have learned the ropes younger of running a business. It was not until years later that I had to step in for a little bit and clean the books up but by then it was almost too late and the economy changed and the business was just not that safety net anymore (this is where the show was so relevant) We had to sell land, equipment, let go of employees, and scale back, mom had to step in and takeover a few things in the office and so forth. But still today they are somehow managing to keep it going just the two of them. But as I look back I am gratefull for the way I grew up and the examples my parents are to me. I always joke I should have known better than to open our own practice. But in all reality there is nothing better than looking at what you have created or accomplished with your own hardwork. There are a few things we are doing different. The kids help, even at the young ages they are they help with filing, bank deposits, cleaning, customer service and a lot of the little things which will hopefully turn into great learning experiences. I guess over all I just want to say thanks to my parents for all of thier hardwork and even thier failures (if you could call them that) so that I could have those learning experiences along the way.
I did have some random thoughts last night. I was watching Brothers and Sisters (anyone else) It is almost the season finale ( I am not a die hard fan but I do enjoy the family dinamics of the show it reminds me of my own family too a point) The whole show was based on the family business that they had worked so hard at for years having to close thier doors. I could not watch and think of my own family especially my parents and all thier hard work. Family business is all I ( I am just speaking for myself my siblings may have a different perspective) ever knew growing up. My Dad has and is still working so hard to keep it running. Although he has scaled back a bit I still remember the good old days when Mom stayed home and took care of the kids, We saw dad after we had already ate, and bathed and got to help him with his boots and hang out in the yard before heading to bed. Packing lunches for not only Dad but brothers and later on husbands who had joined the crew. There was a time when the company took care of everyone and was a safety net if we ever needed it. I can remember as a young girl wanting to work for my dad too ( I guess I felt left out) For some reason he never pushed us too, but I still wish I would have pushed him. I would have loved to have learned the ropes younger of running a business. It was not until years later that I had to step in for a little bit and clean the books up but by then it was almost too late and the economy changed and the business was just not that safety net anymore (this is where the show was so relevant) We had to sell land, equipment, let go of employees, and scale back, mom had to step in and takeover a few things in the office and so forth. But still today they are somehow managing to keep it going just the two of them. But as I look back I am gratefull for the way I grew up and the examples my parents are to me. I always joke I should have known better than to open our own practice. But in all reality there is nothing better than looking at what you have created or accomplished with your own hardwork. There are a few things we are doing different. The kids help, even at the young ages they are they help with filing, bank deposits, cleaning, customer service and a lot of the little things which will hopefully turn into great learning experiences. I guess over all I just want to say thanks to my parents for all of thier hardwork and even thier failures (if you could call them that) so that I could have those learning experiences along the way.
Sunday, April 11
It is a Federal Offense
For the last month or so I have been a great couponer/ finding deals and freebies on the internet. I entered to get a free sample of 5 react gum. I was so excited to find it in my mailbox on Sat. But when I took a close look my gum was not in the box. The 3D glasses and a little note were there but no gum to be found. I just want whoever is out there stealing all the free samples of gum to know that it is a federal offense to tamper with other people's mail!!!
New Site with Great Deals!!
Here is my refferal link to a great site to find deals in your local cities. http://www.groupon.com/r/uu1690036
Monday, March 29
The Gilrs
Just as a side note, while I am writing this post I am also, cleaning my house, making fajitas from dinner, helping London with her homework and also getting the other girls in the tub so we can eat get in our jammies and head up the canyon for some easter egg dying at a friends house for family home evening.
So here is my new header for a while anyways. These are the girls in thier Easter outfits although you cannot see them very well. I am going to try and get better pics outside this weekend if the weather cooperates. The funny thing is my sister and her girls have the same dresses. We happened to be shopping together and while I was picking out dresses in the older girls dept. she was picking out dresses in the little girl dept. and they just so happened to be the same ones. (this happens a lot, you would think we were twins or something)
These pics are for my sister. I made what I think are adorable headbands for my girls to make thier outfits all kind of go together and match. I figured I would be nice and if she wants some I would make them but I thought I would put them up here for her to check out.
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