End of Summer Neighborhood Olympics!

I stole this idea from my friend Jen. She did this with her family and I thought it was such a cute idea! We did banana races, jelly bean races, water balloon toss, cake decorating competition, and had hot dogs! It was so much fun! We had about 16 kids there and it was so cool to see them having fun! Goodbye summer we will miss you!! ( ha ha my kids will, I am excited for school to start:)

Flash Back Friday!

Good times on Parker's Bed!!

Tuesday.....

Crazy things going on with us this week-

Matt- Just got home late Saturday night. Had the biggest smile on his face in the bishop's office on Sunday when he realized his wife was getting a calling and not him. (Thanks babe) Working all day and then at night from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. Getting back to the gym.

Melissa-Starting a kickboxing class today at the gym! Having a end of summer Olympics with all the neighborhood kids. Training for cross walk job:) Going to dinner and card swap with my girls!

Parker- Got a HUGE Fat Lip yesterday. Signed up for Jr. Jazz. Is so glad his dad is home so he is not the only boy. Read a Tree house book in 2 days! Got a post card from his new teacher at school.

Taylor- Signed up for dance classes. Is glad her dad is home. Went swimming at friend's pool. Hasn't thrown any fits this week:) Wants to do a fashion show every night for her dad.

Oakley- Signed up for dance classes. Surprised her dad with her huge fits!! (Look what you missed babe!) Is excited to go to the park today!

Lily-(our dog) had her stitches removed today from getting fixed. Cried the whole way to the vet because she thinks she is going back for more surgery. Is trying harder to tolerate our puppy.

Bella-(our puppy) hasn't pooped and peed as much on my wood floors! Good girl! Had learned not to jump on Lily or you might get the smack down! Has gotten fluffier!

Woo Hoo I got a job!!

Look out all you crazy drivers! you are looking at the new Reading Elementary Crossing guard! Yes you read that right. I am now a Crossing Guard! I am really excited to do it because it will give me some play money, and I can still be with my kids! Oakley will get to go with me, and Parker and Taylor will be in school! I am stoked~!!!

Little things that make you smile:)

So today we registered Oakley for preschool. She will be going two days a week and she is so excited! We did a little school shopping in the afternoon and tonight I started going through all the clothes we have bought. First off, I can't believe how many clothes I bought them. Here I was thinking that I needed to do a little more shopping for them. Forget that!! Anyways, so tonight the girls wanted to try on some of the clothes we had bought. Pretty soon we had a full on fashion show with a runway! It was so much fun. Parker even got into it for a few minutes. He tried on a Nike hoodie and threw me the peace sign and said "What's up Homie?". Cool, so I am a homie now. I love my kids so much. It was so much fun to see them having fun trying on clothes!

Brilliant Weblog Award

My friend Jen did this on her page and since I am bored out of my mind, I think I will do it:)


Below are questions I have to answer and post onto my blog. Then I have to choose 7 fellow Brilliant Bloggers and pass this award along!


A. Attached or single? Attached
B. Best friend? Matt
C. Cake or pie? Cake
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item? Lip Gloss
F. Favorite color? Purple
G. Gummy bears or worms? Worms
H. Hometown? Magna, UT
I. Indulgence? Shopping
J. January or July? July
K. Kids? 3 or 5 with the dogs, or 6 with Matt:)
L. Life isn’t complete without? people to love
M. Marriage date? October 16, 1999
N. Number of brothers & sisters? 1 brother 1 half sister
O. Oranges or apples? Apples
P. Phobias? Small dark places
Q. Quotes? "It's all good"
R. Reasons to smile? Family
S. Season of choice? Summer
T. Tag seven peeps! (see below)
U. Unknown fact about me? I am terrified of being alone
V. Vegetable? Squash
W. Worst habits? Shopping? :)
X X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound
Y. Your favorite food? Eggplant Parm. at Olive Garden
Z. Zodiac sign? Libra
7 Brilliant Bloggers I am passing this along to:
1:Charise
2:Tiff
3:Angie
4:April
5:Jenny
6:Kristy
7:Rachel

Dinosaur Park

We went out to Ogden to the Dinosaur Park with grandma and grandpa. Parker was so excited to show his grandpa all the dinosaur bones and the fossils and rocks. Both Parker and grandpa are really into fossils. Taylor and Oakley had fun playing on the playground. Oakley's favorite time was getting to make grandpa push her in the swing for a long time. They sure have their grandparents wrapped around their fingers!