The Miley Cyrus Concert!!

I have had to keep this concert a secret for about 2 months!Ali loves Miley and when I found out that she was going to be in SLC I knew that I had to get tickets for us! I checked her out of school yesterday and told her that just her and I were going to go shopping without the boys! She was so excited to just be going with me alone that Iknew she was going to freak out when she found out what we were really doing! After shopping and eating, we went to the hotel and I gave her my little surprise bag I made for her...When she read my note about where we were going she freaked out and started screaming, and yes I started crying(I know I am so emotional!) It was so cute when we got to the concert she just kept saying "this can't be real mom!" After buying a t-shirt for her we went to our seats to wait for the concert to start! It was so fun to see how excited she was when Miley came out on stage, she sang her little heart out and danced around to all of the songs! I am so glad that I have a little girl to do fun things like this with... Love you Boo!

My Chicken Coop

So I have wanted chickens for a couple of years, and I finally talked Morgan into letting me get some! He built me a coop, and it turned out so dang cute! He did a really great job, he even matched it perfectly with the kids' playhouse! I got my chicks from Josh and Damion, they are called Bantams they are so cute and fluffy! The kids each got to pick one out: Ali's is named Tweety-Mcfluff (she made that one up all on her own!) and Ashton's is named frisky. It will be fun when they are old enough to start laying eggs.

Ali is a 3rd Grader!

So my boo is a big 3rd grader this year and I am having the hardest time with that. Third grade is such a huge year it really is the turning point from little kid to big kid!! She has Mrs. Weber for a teacher (which she is so excited about) and when we walked into the classroom on the first day, her best friend Emily Siddoway was sitting there! It was so cute to see how excited they got when they saw each other, even though at that point mom and dad were completely nonexistent! Ali loves school and I hope that this year is just as fun for her as the past three have been!

Ali called nama at 7:00 this morning to remind her to come and watch her get on the bus for the first time! Good thing Nama is a such a good sport!

Dad's Birthday!

This is the last time we were ever at the lodge with my Dad.

This year my dad would have turned 52. We celebrated his birthday at Red Canyon Lodge .... Dad loved it up there he loved to go fishing, ride our bikes, and just be together! Mom got his favorite, chocolate cake with white frosting, and we let the kids sing" Happy Birthday "and blow out Papas candles! It was so sad not to have him there with us, but it is so important to all of us to keep doing the things that dad loved so that we can always keep his memory alive. Every time we go to the lodge, there is a huge red tailed hawk that comes and sits in the top of one of the huge pine trees while we are eating, and this year watching him fly away reminded me of a saying that I love:" When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust him fully and let go. Only one of two things will happen, either he will catch you when you fall or he will give you wings to fly!" I love and miss you so much dad, Love Spike

This is the Place

We had never been to "This is the place"... it is so amazing, my kids absolutely loved every bit of it! They got to ride horses, pet baby sheep, rode on a little train, bought candy from the old ZCMI store, Morgan even got an old fashioned shaving, and they got to see all of the neat old pioneer homes! Ali loved the hat shop so much...the little old lady made each of us try on a hat, which Ali loved so she ended up talking her dad into buying her one. Ashton's favorite part was petting the baby sheep and goats. Gray just rode around in the stroller the entire time and ate treats....poor little guy! Anyway it was lots of fun, I am sure we will be making that a new tradition every year!