Please pray for baby BREE!

Some friends in our ward, Justin and Kari Cook, have a 7 month old baby girl, Bree, who was just diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. When I heard this my heart was filled with sadness for them. I cannot imagine what they must be feeling. This baby is so sweet and she is always happy. If you want to see some pictures of her you can click on Justin and Kari's name under my friends list. Our ward had a fast for her and they do have some good news...it is in the intermediate stages. This is treatable and she is starting chemotherapy today. Please keep this sweet family and their precious baby girl in your prayers. I believe with all my heart that our Heavenly Father is mindful of these parents and that Bree will be surrounded by his constant love.

What a week!!!

Last Thursday me and my gal pals from college went to dinner at Olive Garden. It was a blast as usual. My friend Zan is moving to Sacramento the end of this month, so it was like a see ya later dinner. Which was really sad. I love these girls. I wish that Tera lived here so she could go too. I do love that even though it has been 10 years(yah I know I am SO old)....every time we get together it is like we are still kickin it in our little pink house. Crazy how time flys! We are planning a trip to see her next May...a little road trip like the good old days(mexico). I am so excited. I have never left my family to do something like this...but I know it will be worth it, And I could use the break. Plus four of us turn 30..all about the same time..so we are gonna celebrate with lots of laughter(thanks to Marie) and lots of fun!

Emily(with Kensly), Zan, Marie, Me and Alene

Then we moved this past weekend! My Dad came to help, and then Jason and I got to take him to dinner. Thanks to Dustin for watching the kids....And a big thanks to my Dad. Then Sunday Jason and Dustin had to go to Tucson to get our of our appliances.

Then Tuesday we were getting ready for Brenden's game and he says "Mom I don't think that I can catch cause I hurt my wrist at school playing football"...he has been home for hours and I am just noticing that his wrist is swollen...great mom I know. Anyways he decided to play and told me that he thought that he just jammed it. It bothered him all game but he did have one heck of a hit. Then the next morning he was complaining that it was really hurting so I taped it up for him. By 10am the school was calling saying he needed to come home. I took him to see the doctor, who thought for sure it was broke! We went to get xrays....no fracture! Just a really good sprain. So, no baseball or anything active for at least one week. Here is the proof!





Now this morning he is home with PINK EYE...does it ever stop???


Also, wanted to thank my friend Nicole...she took my girls to dance and let them play for a while at her house and brought me lunch. It was great to stop cleaning, unpacking and getting everything organized for a little while.

And...my Mom has been here helping me clean my old house, thank goodness for her. So Thanks MOM!

MEXICO!!!

So we are home safe and sound from our trip to Rocky point. We had a blast. The weather was kinda crazy(everything thing from really hot, to really cold, to super windy), but the water was great and we enjoyed all our family. Jason, and the kids and I stayed in one house with Pappa Ray, Grandma Patti, Nan, Dustin and Lindsey. Next door to us was Jason's Uncle Steve and his family. We took over 300 pictures so I tried to pick the best ones...so hard to choose though.

Brenden waiting to eat at Flavio's..a family tradition to eat here.. I swear I hardly saw this kid in Mexico. He was with Randy, Nate and Stephen all of the time.


Here is Hailey waiting for a BIG WaVe to come...on most days in Rocky Point the water is calm and snorkling is great..but this year we had waves taller than 6ft.


Rylie with her favorite person in the whole wide world, Grandma Patti. AND Yes she picked out those pink goggles all by herself.


Kenzie looking so COOL in her glasses that Grandma bought her....


Some of our favorite things to do here..ride the banana boat(this time it was a whale), and dig for sand dollars.




Yes, Hailey is crying...she was scared but was the first one to ask to go again. Both Kenzie and Rylie cried....they did not like it like everyone else. Lindsey and I are in the boat taking pictures and video.

Hailey showing off one of the many sand dollars she found.


Brenden and Jason spending time together late at night...and Brenden loving every second he gets to stay up.


Here are Pappa and Dustin...I call them twinners because I have never met two people more alike.


Jason having fun relaxing(no school, yipee) with Kenzie.


Hailey and Rylie with Pappa and Grandma, and Lindsey walking down from the house in the backround.


Me holding my very tired baby girl...and yep I am going on like three days without any makeup(Sorry)...


Nan and Kenzie in their PJ's...of course Nan's hair is perfect and Kenzie's well...it's a mess like usual!


Dustin and Lindsey...aren't they so SwEEt.


So one night we decided to have a family campout on the back porch. Jason and Dustin moved the matress from our bed outside and Brenden, Rylie, and Hailey are sleeping on the outside chairs. It was beautiful. You could hear the ocean and the stars were amazing...UNTIL we got woke up getting slammed with sand and wind. We had to move everything back inside. Dustin helped and he stayed up for a little while and saw this huge storm out on the ocean. He said it looked like a huge ball of lightening over the water. A piece of hurricane Norbert??? Maybe, but Grandma Patti definitily thought we were doomed. The house sounded like it was gonna come crashing down. The kids slept right through it...when we tried to get Brenden inside he came in and we found him on the kitchen floor like THIS::::





All said and done we had a great time. I love watching the kids on the beach...there is just something magical about it. I want to post some pictures of last year with this year...I can't believe how much my kids have grown. Those to come...sometime!

Toilet paper XOXO's

So today I am running around like a crazy woman trying to get ready for our trip to Rocky Point. I finally get a chance to use the bathroom and this is what I found waiting for me! Leave it to Hailey to leave a sweet note in a place like this.

BAd DrEaMs!!!

Have you ever had one of those dreams that are so dang real? Last night I did. I woke up crying at 5:30am and I was scared to death....I am not one of those people that put much thought to my dreams. I do not analyze them and I do not wonder why I was dreaming that. This just seemed so REAL. Hailey has nightmares all the time and we when she wakes us up we have her sleep on the floor of our room. I feel SO badly for her. She is always telling me how they seem so real. I have had dreams like this before but it has been awhile so I guess I forgot how scary they can be. I will now be more patient with her. I can say that I was really thankful that mine was just a dream. Funny how something like that can quickly put things into perspective. Have I mentioned how much I love my family?!?

We miss you, Brenden!

Brenden went home with Grandma Patti on Saturday and is coming home Thursday for our trip to Mexico. We wanted him to know how much we love and miss him so this post is for HIM!
The girls colored these signs for you! The sign they are holding is the one that they colored all by themselves.

Here they are jumping for joy because you will be home soon!


We all miss your fun loving attitude and I of course miss those special hugs you give to me.