WELL HELLO

My current situation is kinda crazy... We sold our house in 6 days, and had to move shortly after that (wow) All of our belongings are in storage (yikes) We are living with my mom while our next house is going through the SHORT sale (nothing short about it!!!) So I will have lots to catch up on with the blog (to be continued)

San Diego

It was a great trip, I'm glad we had a getaway to spend time together!

Things that make you go hmm!

This trip brought us many laughs! of course Kash and Kate were very funny, but not much tops the photographer hired by sea world to follow families around to capture all of their moments! this guy was nuts... he would jump around taking pictures and giving the families the thumbs up, taking massive amounts of pictures, he would even take pictures of the trainers, and give them high fives. Who knew the camera man would be the attraction of sea world, sorry to the photo guy now you are on my blog in front of the camera, thanks for the laughs!!! Not much can top off the day like the next guy that we watched sitting in the front row of shamu (in the splash zone) bellied up to a tray of fries, a hamburger in one hand, and a coke in the other with no lid that cost him 30 dollars! Thanks to him I shed tears on this trip (and not the sad ones) watching him wave his hamburger in the air in excitement the first time shamu came out, to eating his salt water soaked hamburger to the very end! every time shamu came by he was the target! it was GREAT even the trainer was laughing, thanks everyone for the entertainment!

LOOK

I found this barbie at sea world, she comes complete with a wet suit! and fish to feed the animals she is training! Love it!

Animals

We made animals at sea world, and the kids really love them, that is the new thing at our house! so cute!!!

Our Hotel

We had a great hotel! Breakfast every morning, anything you could think of to eat!, great room, fireworks every night that we watched from the beach, and fire pits outdoor seating it really made every evening enjoyable!

USS Midway

This day was hmmm... a disaster. I discovered that I might be a little claustrophobic??? so the tour made me sweat a little. Kate fell on the deck, and Kash fell shortly after that, Andy tried to make the day fun, but we did give up! We were the people that you spend time looking at while you are people watching, and thinking what is wrong with this family!

more family vacation!

Notice that there are no pictures of us on a sunny beach :( I REALLY wanted to go in the summer so we could go to the beach, but not much luck with that.... it was the coldest temperatures on record since 1978, but oh well it was nice to wait for the shows at sea world, and not be dying of heat, and I'm so thankful that we could go on vacation, and have a little getaway!!! Just so you know San Diego next time we visit, you owe us a beach day!

Fireworks

Can I just say... I can not remember a time that I have had to wear a coat to watch the fireworks, it was so cold this year, it kinda puts a damper on things when its cold in July??? I also want to mention that weather plays a big part in my mood, I wish I could roll with the punches since I cant control the weather, but it really has a way at getting at me...

Smore fourth fun!

We had a great fourth of July, we are so lucky to live in this great country, but also lucky to live in Utah, and be able to be up any canyon in a moments notice, it makes for a great day!

The day of the fourth

Some cute opportunities for some pictures with all of the grand kids in Andy's family, I love my little Kates face in pictures, she is so funny!

Night of the fourth

We had fireworks at moms house to round out our holiday weekend!!!

FUN

We took the jeep on an all day tour of American Fork canyon, and we had a great day!!! I love having the jeep our whole family has found something that we can enjoy together,(did I mention I LOVE it) the kids had a great day, and that makes me the most happy :D

T-ball

Wow who knew how big of a mess T-ball is? Kash has been having a great time, so that's all that counts, and its cute to watch them try to play!

Can I say we need new family pictures... I cant get my photographer to return my call, and every time I see this blog I think wow we look so different! time for new pictures!!! so if anyone knows anyone, I'm on the hunt for a new photographer, my girl is missing the boat...

This photo album personalized with Smilebox

He did it!

Kash will always be good at school! It is so important to him to do well, and he loves school, I think he will miss Mrs. Jennifer, and her daughters, but he is ready to move on, I just don't know if I'm ready for the next step??? LOVE YOU KASH! You did a great job in preschool!

Cake?

You gotta LOVE the cake eating pictures!

NUMBER 5

Moab... that is the only thing Kash wanted for a present, and in luau of a party, Kash is so grown up I wonder if he will ever want a party, or toys??? so at the moment we could not take off to Moab, so we are going in the fall, but we had a little family party in the meantime! I think Kash is going to be a great adult, he just has this meantime of being a kid (kinda) he is so cute, and we love him so much!!! I can not believe that he is 5 WOW!

The Roadhouse

Kash loves to eat at the roadhouse, so this is where he wanted to go for his birthday! He loves steak, loud music, and the girls dancing, and he could not wait to get on the saddle for his birhtday, he thinks it great, he was so cute the whole night! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOODLEBUG!

Strike a pose!

OH NO! I cant find the video! OH WELL she did most of her dancing in her teachers arms, but it was cute, and she did go out there, she is also the youngest in the dance studio, so next year should be a little easier!!! After the dance Andy Kash, and I went running to find her, thinking we would find her in tears, but she could not have been happier (which made me happy!!!) Her teachers do a great job, so a BIG thank you to them, and to everyone that came to see her THANK YOU! We love you Kate! GREAT JOB!!!

DANCE!

This is the face of a scared Kate! Saturday was her dance program! None of us thought that she would do it, because she was so wigged out that day, but she did, and it was great! After the performance we went to get her from her teacher, and she can see us all the way down the hall, she is yelling I DANCED DAD, I DANCED MOM, I DANCED BROTHER!!! she was so excited, it will be a great memory! I have the video and more pictures to come, but I cant find that camera, so this is before, and stay posted for the after!

Im Sorry

I have always thought that doing my blog was such a great thing! With that said, I have been reading back (tears!) and I have decided that Kash may not like me to much when he grows up, because since he was born I have been airing his dirty laundry for anybody to read! I will keep blogging, but I just want to take the chance to apologize to Kash now!I LOVE YOU!!!

Marley/Kash

If you have seen Marley and Me you will recognize this story! Kash is crazy when there is a thunderstorm! If it starts to thunder this house is turned up side down, he hates it, and he has for years, and god forbid it starts to thunder at night, we know we will get no sleep until the thunder has stopped... I feel like the babysitter on Marley and Me, but I cant leave as soon as Kashs owner comes home! So dad decided to put a stop to this and take Kash outside while it thunders to see that nothing can happen, so we will see if it worked by the next storm, and if not I'm going to get sedatives, but I don't know if I will give them to Kash or myself! If you have not seen Marley and Me you must, and think of us!!!

ZOO

This was our ONLY trip we will be making to the zoo this year... It was fun! but I'm not going to go when it is hot it is a waste of time... none of the animals like the heat, so its much better in the spring we saw all the animals, and we did not have a heat stroke while we were there!

Intermission

I will keep going until I'm caught up! but I have a few things to tell, before I forget! First WOW we need a new family picture, so put that on the long to do list... Second Kash had his five year old check up today, and it was crazy so I want to blog about this so I can read it to him one day!
The nurse asked him to pee in a cup when he got there, he had never done this, so he says to her "What do you want me to do?" so we go to pee in the cup and he want to know if he has to fill the thing up, I said no but he did anyways, so he is carrying it back to the nurse under his shirt behind his back and he say "I do not want anyone to see my pee" he is full of questions during this appointment I wish I could have recorded it. They prick his finger next for a blood sample and he says to the nurse "ooh you are making me see my blood!" Last of all time for shots, and he is going crazy yelling at the nurse "why would you do this to me? why? why? why?" Leave it to Kash to make this an appointment to remember! As we are walking out the doctor says to him "You were brave, so now you are ready for kindergarten" Kash said to me "is this what you have to do for kindergarten, I will just stay in preschool mom!" I'M OK with that never grow up you are just to cute, and we love you!

some cute trip pics

It was a quiet drive home, but they had a great visit! and yes that is a picture of my kid in the bar, that's where you eat in a town of 68 people, its like one big family! Kash was excited to have his ROOT BEER in a bar!