It's about time huh?!?!?!

I know I haven't posted in a long time so I have alot to catch up on so sit back and enjoy! I am totally converted to facebook because my pictures upload alot faster and it is just fun! So if you don't have a facebook I suggest you get one and join the millions that have one:)

Our beach!

We went to the beach on the 3rd when Heidi got here with her girls. We had alot of fun! It was perfect sand and great weather! The water was a little cool but you got used to it quick! We hung out there why the guys back home were putting in the floor in the bathroom! It was alot of fun!

4th of July!

We had alot of fun on the 4th! It was great to have my sister Heidi here with her family! My kids loved playing with their cousins and loved doing sparklers together. We had a bon fire and had smores and just hung out! We love our fire pit it turned out awesome! Landon and Allie loved the sparklers they were even trying to grab at the hot part. We had an all around good ol' time together.

a little bit at a time!

Being that our house was built in the 70's there are countless things that we would like to change! But we have to do a little at a time because it is pricey! Since my bro in law Jeff was coming up for the 4th he suggested laying down the hardwood floor we wanted in our bathroom. He is amazing and always does a perfect job....we are so lucky to have him in our family:) Plus he gives us a great deal! Jason and I had fun taking all our aggression out getting the tile up we did that to lower the cost of the job. I must say that it was really fun actually hammering the crap out of it!:) The end result is amazing and we LOVE IT!!! Thanks Jeff....now we have a little piece of your home in ours:)

Jason doing some sanding....you can see how much crap was in the air....ahhh! He helped out alot it was kinda fun to see him working that way:)

I did it!

I have been training for my first 5k run and was finally able to run a full 3.1 miles plus to my house so a little longer:)! My sister is a big runner she once ran the St. George marathon so I figured since she was going to be visiting us for the 4th of July I would put her to work and have her train me and see if I could run the whole way......she is an amazing coach and was able to slow me down when needed and push me at the end! I sure wish that she could run the actual race with me on the 18th! Knowing that I have done it once pushes me even more to do it again!
Thanks Heidi, you are awesome!!!

Kenzie's butterfly!

Kenzie caught a caterpillar about 2 weeks ago and wanted to keep it. I told her to get some leaves and sticks and put it in a jar. She wanted to take it to show one of her friends the next morning. When she went to get it she couldn't find it and realized it had turned into a cacoon (spelling?) she was sad because she wanted to show her friend but I told her that it would turn into a butterfly soon and to wait. Well sure enough it did and she was able to hold it before it flew away! Now she can't wait to find another one!

lunchtime or naptime?!?:)

Olivia was so tired the other day she was in the middle of eating her yogurt and fell fast asleep. I can't imagine how uncomfortable her chair was, but to her she didn't care......this is why I usually wait until after her nap to feed her:)

Landon is 1!!!

Our sweet boy Landon is one! That means that we have been in Wisconsin now for a year! Crazy how time flys! I remember when we moved how he was just a few weeks old and slept alot! Now he is just as active as the rest of the kids and just full of life! He is such a fun addition to our family and we couldn't imagine life without him! He loved his birthday but did not get the whole cake thing.....he didn't like getting all messy!

Lemonade anyone?!?

It was 95 degrees the other day and we were soo hot! The kids wanted to do a lemonade stand so we ended up doing watermelon and lemonade... it was alot of fun for them! We had all sorts of visitors from bikers to grandmas:) They ended up making a whopping 20.00$ and change!

Locks of Love

My girls and I went to a cancer walk about a month ago and they had locks of love there cutting hair if you donated atleast 10 inches. Well Alyssa had no problem, in fact she wanted a hair cut. I on the other hand needed a trim but in no way wanted to chop all my hair off....I thought you only had to donate 6 inches, so I wasn't going to. Well after people around us kept sharing there stories about their cancer and losing their hair etc.....Kenzie looked at me and said, "mom if you do it I will!" Now if you know my Meckenzie you would know that she has not wanted me to cut her hair because she wanted to be Rapunzel! So after she said that I was sold....I couldn't believe that she was really going to do it! Alyssa and Kenzie ended up cutting off 12 inches each and me 10! It was an awesome experience that we had together that we will never forget! We were all telling each other, "oh it's just hair, just do it!" but to the people who have lost their hair, it is not "just hair" it is their gold!