A day at the Salon

I am way behind on all of my blog posts, but eventually I will get caught up. Violet's birthday was on June 23rd and she chose to have a salon birthday party. She only invited her best girl friends and they were pampered on all day. It all started with a light lunch and Italian Sodas.

Then she had her cake because...

"Mom, we don't want to mess up our lipstick with cake later."

So the treatments began with a homemade green mask. It was cold and it didn't smell great, but the girls couldn't stop giggling.

Then they soaked their feet and enjoyed a relaxing pedicure with a manicure to follow.

Poor Kaysha was a little too small to soak.

Look at those beautiful feet.

After that they put on their favorite dress and got their hair and make up done.

It took about 3 hours to get to this point and they were loving every minute of it. When they were all dressed to the nines they strutted their best runway walk down the red carpet (those pictures didn't turn out) Then we did a photo shoot. Here are just a few.

She finished it all by opening her presents!!

So now she is finally 7,

but will someone please remind here that there is not a 1 in front of that 7!

Horton's were Here

A few weeks ago we were blessed with a visit from Jenny's Family and Grandma. They drove all the way here from SLC area. When they got here they had a gift for me. Jenny and Shiela worked together to make this beautiful picture of the Idaho Falls Temple for me!

Isn't it amazing? I love it.
We really enjoyed having them here. Cory and Mason did a lot of golfing while the other kids did a lot of swimming. We all know the Horton's are no strangers to the pool, but Michael is still getting use to the idea.

Mason has grown about a foot since we last saw him and Brooke is beginning to look like a beauty queen. Kobe is now so sweet and calm it is like they have taken the hurricane right out of the Horton.

My kids just loved having their big cousins here to play with. They look up to Brooke and Kobe so much.

One day we actually had the privilege of going out to eat with no kids thanks to Grandma. We showed Jenny and Cory our little Mexican fix. It is no Lorena's but it isn't too bad.

Grandma decided to go for a walk with the kids to enjoy the beauty of Blanchard. She took the kids and set off. Despite my warnings not to wonder left sure enough they did. Soon Dash looked up and said, "Grandma, I think we are lost." But it wasn't long before she found her way safely back to the trail.

Grandma also spoiled us all with her wonderful cooking. She made all kinds of wonderful things to eat and she helped clean up the kitchen everyday. I wish she could stay forever and do that.

Thank you guys for coming to see us. We love and miss you all so much.

New Nieghbors

My brother and his lovely family have moved into the house right next door to us. It is wonderful to have family so close. We have missed that. They have three kids as well and they are fairly close in age with ours. My whole world has changed by having them next door. I now have the convenience of borrowing things (in case you forgot our closest store is 7 miles away), swapping childcare, and having a real live face to face adult conversation in the middle of the day. It's been great, we are so happy they are here. 1 down 7 to go. We will have you all here before you know it. Kelly will do the real estate, Corey and Jason will develop the community, while Austin runs the sales office. Not to mention all the farm land that is here, Howard!!! And hey there is not one dentist nor chiropractor in this town yet so it is ripe for the picking.

Professional Golfers' Association

Troy passed the PAT!! The playing ability test is 36 holes of golf under an immense amount of pressure where you must shoot a qualifying score to pass and become an official member of the PGA of America. Troy has had a journey trying to get through this, but he has worked so hard and is now rewarded. We couldn't be more proud!

He played a course in Missoula Montana and this particular course required a score of 156. He shot a 76 the first round and felt great that he only needed an 80 to pass. However, on the second round he and his playing partner teed off from the wrong set of tees on accident and incurred a two stroke penalty. He pulled it together and finished with an 80 so he passed without a stroke to spare.

Jack Jack

He is literally into everything lately!

REALLY?! With Elasta Girl and Mr. Incredible

~Last week I took Jack Jack to the nursery so that I could teach my class of 6 year olds and he stayed! But about 10 munutes later Sister Primary President brought him back to me and told me that he was not allowed in there until he is 18 month old.
REALLY?!!
This was two weeks until he was technically old enough. So it is better to distract a class of 10 kids than to take a child to the nursery a few weeks early. WOW! REALLY?!
Since when is the primary considered a tough process to be a part of? I mean do we need applications and a list of references to have my 18 month old play with old germ laden toys and eat old Ritz crackers that have been in the storage closet since David O. McKay!
REALLY!

~And get this the other day I was driving the kids to soccor when Violet with a great deal of attitude shouts, "Mom you forgot my H...2.....O!"

REALLY?!

My six year old daughter is now citing elements from the periodic table. I mean REALLY?! Am I getting dumber by the second? Really....H2O???? Whatever happened to the little kid wearing rough rider pants, with dirt 2 inches thick on the back of his neck, willing to give up his life for a grape soda!!!!!! I mean REALLY....

~And while we're at it Kobe Bryant!.........REALLY?!
Do we have to watch this guy celebrate one more time? I mean really the guy is the most arrogant over hyped player in the league. REALLY.

Kobe Bryant. Really? Really? Are we still talking about him...He reminds me of a troll, he has the face of a convicted rapist without the jail time...I mean really, can we please rally around the Boston Celtics for hte next few weeks and get hte job done, and rip away any success from him...If he picks up another chapmpionship and gets his second ring since Shaq left I think I might puke all over myself....Kobe really, he is a bad guy, why does he get off scot free and Ben Roethlisberger is being hounded like a criminal without even doing anything. Kobe really, really the comparison to Michael Jordan is so far off, it's like comparing a white guy who can't jump, to a blak guy who plays golf. REALLY?!!! REALLY!

To all you Moms

As many of you know I recently had a birthday. So I was asked, "what do you want for your birthday?" I don't know what I want. So I decided to confide in those I spend the most time with, my kids, afterall I spend all day everyday with them so they should know me the best.





I said: "Kids what should I get for my birthday?"





After putting much thought into their answers they sincerely responded with what they thought I would like the best!





Dash said: "I know mom. Scentsy stuff."





Violet with great excitement said: "Cleaning Supplies!"





Well, there you have it. Mom in a nutshell. I sell Scentsy and I do housework.





So my question to all of you mothers out there, and I want you to put a lot of thought into it, is what would you choose to do all day if there was no outside work, cleaning house, laundry, dishes etc. I have been doing the mommy grind for so long now that I had a hard time coming up with something that I would like for myself.





So as a Mother's Day gift to yourself. Dig deep, think about it, who are you outside of the daily grind? Then share it with us.