Yellowstone!!

Well we did it! We finally went on a vacation! We haven't been on one for a couple of years, other than going to St.George to see family. We went to Yellowstone last week. We went with Shawn's family. His parents were unable to make it and couldn't get a refund for the first night, so Shawn and I were able to use their room. We had the kids stay in our cabin and we stayed in theirs for the first night. That was nice to be alone with Shawn. That night we ate at the Canyon Lodge dining room. Nicholas got a coloring book with a map of the gift shops in the park. At each gift shop they gave him a sticker to put in his book. When he got all the stickers they gave him a cute stuffed moose. The next day there we saw 7 bears. We saw a mother bear with cubs and the cubs were climbing the trees it was so adorable. That night we went on the east side of the park and while we were there the road got washed away because of the high river. The road was down to one lane so we had to wait for our turn. We ate breakfast at the cute little diner called the "Soda Fountain". It was so cute. We got Nicholas a junior ranger hat and a badge. He didn't take it off for the rest of the trip. It was fun walking around looking at the hot pots and seeing how beautiful Yellowstone is. We went to one area that had a bridge and the fire hole river . Shawn started fishing it and the funniest thing happened. Tourist would stop and watch him fish and were taking his picture. I tried taking a picture of all the Japanese tourists taking his picture but they moved on to quickly. Nicholas was picking up little rocks and was throwing them in the river and at Shawn. We stayed in a room that had 1 queen bed. The kids slept on the floor. On the way home from Yellowstone we went to Beat World. That was so fun to be so close to the bears. One bear actually tried to get in the back of our truck. We also got to feed the bears. They have a few rides that the kids could go on. Nicholas loved that part. We had a fun time on our vacation and it was fun to be there together as a family.

I am the F word Now! :(

Yes, it sadly is true! I am the big Forty! 40! No!!! If you really stop and think about it, My life is half over. Ive been a little depressed about turning the f word, with help from some wonderful friends, They helped me get over my fear of being the f word. For my birthday they took me out to breakfast and we had a girls morning out! It was so much fun! This was one of the best birthdays I have had in years! You know, I'm going to look at it differently now, I still have half my life to look forward to and with great friends and family it will be fun!!

I saw HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!!! I saw DONNY!! I was debating all week if I really wanted to fight the crowd and get up early and wait for hours in a line to see him, and I decided not to go. I've been ornery and depressed and didnt want to go. Well I woke up saturday with a migrane and really knew I wasn't going to see him now. He was to be at Walmart at 11 am and I woke up at 9. I thought that there is no way I could get in line and see him now. Last time I went to see him I went 2 hrs early and was still about 50 th in line. Well about 12:30 I decided to just run to walmart and run in and just look at him, but when I got there the line was so short I just got in line with the kids and went for it!! I talked to him!!!! Yeah!! He said Nicholas was a cute kid! and He liked my Donny earings!! What a cutie he is!!! I love my DONNY!!!! Yeah!!

The Royal Wedding!!!

I loved watching the Royal Wedding on TV. It was like watching a real true and live Fairy Tale wedding. Kate looked so elegant in her wedding dress. I loved her earings. It was so cute to see Prince William glance over at Kate and smile. He looked like he was so in love! He was beaming.

Of course, that is what I thought when I watched Princess Diana and Prince Charles get married too, and look how that turned out. Somehow, I think this Fairy Tale wedding will have a longer and happier ending! One question though, what is the deal with the ladies hats? I think that hats are over rated and annoying. How the heck do they get them to stay on their head!

Daddy Daughter Date

How Cute is this?!! I love this picture of Madi and Shawn!! So adorable! Madi was so nervous for the Daddy Daughter Date, little did she know was that Shawn was probably more nervous than she was. When Shawn found out that there was line dancing, well lets just say I couldn't even get him to dance at our wedding! I think he really was excited, especially when he came home that night from work with a little gift for Madi...... a pink suede cowboy hat with sequins and a tiara!! How cute is that!! That was so sweet of him to do that! All in all, they had a lot of fun and even won a game. The sad thing was is that only 2 dads showed up for the activity. Well, I guess Madi will always be her Daddy's little girl!

Valentines Day

yes, it is true!! I love holidays!! Oh, my how I do. I love to decorate and have fun!! On Valentines day I made heart shaped pancakes for breakfast. Yummy...no, I did not put red food coloring in the pancakes. My kids are so picky they probably wouldn't have eaten them. The kids got some cute little stuffed animals and candy. They love it!! I got Shawn an exercise ball that he has been wanting. For dinner that night I made heart shaped scones for Navajo tacos and then the best part.......chocolate covered strawberries!!!! Yummy!! Shawn was sweet and brought home some roses for me! I love Valentines Day!!

Update

I just noticed I never blogged about Nicholas's birthday! Yeah that was 2 months ago!! Here is the cake I made for him.

December seemed to fly by so fast as it usually does. I love Christmas and wish it would last a whole lot longer!! We had a surprise visit from Santa !! He came to our house 5 days early and left us a few things. That was truly amazing and wonderful!! I love Santa and his helpers!! We were able to go down to St.George and visit my family. That was a lot of fun, although we went down in the terrible snow storm and that was so scary. I was begging Shawn to stop in beaver and get a motel, but we kept on going. I will never go down in a snow storm again. Its just not worth it.

Starting back up to work in January was a little tough. I liked hanging out with my kids and just having fun. I do love working at the preschool. I work with great ladies!! It makes work fun to go to!! I went down to St.George again with Kim from work and we had fun. I was able to go and visit my sister in law who has been sick from fighting breast cancer. She had her new little grandbaby with her. My niece Kaya had her baby and what a cutie patutie he is!! I love newborns, they are so dang cutie and snugly. That was a fun trip!! Shawn even missed me when I got back. :) Friday night I had a girls night out with friends and it was a blast. I really need that!!

Today in church I felt like the messages being taught were just for me. I feel like I was sent messages from above. It has been tough for us with things going on in our lives, but with a great group of friends that I have, they keep me smiling! :)