Life can change in a moment

I have been following this blog over the last week really believing and praying for a good outcome which was not to be. I find myself as a mother overwhelmed for this Mother and Father as they prepare to move on and find peace. Reminds me to cherish every minute with our loved ones, never forget life is temporary and can change in a moment.
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Preslee

Girl's night

Alan took Jacob camping so I decided to plan a girls night out for my e little girls. Lindsey went to a carnival with a friend. The twins were so excited because they see me go out on girls night out and are always desperate to join. In fact they play girl's night all the time when pretending (we better warn their future husbands).

Anyway the girls chose a local bakery that has huge dessert case to drool over. It was a priceless time. Dinner conversation was the best part of the night Hailey said when she grows up she is never going to get her kids in trouble. Then she remebered she wants to be famous so she can't be a mother Sydney is quite sure she wants to be mother, but Hailey is very serious about becoming famous. I told her she could do both motherhood and being famous. I also asked her what she would do if her kids were bad? Sydney piped in that she might put her kids on time out but she would never ever yell at them. Hailey agreed. Oh my. The ladies behind me were laughing so hard.
As we drove home Hailey wanted to go to a store, a "make up store" which is Ulta. We picked nail polish. A real treat. I have thrown every nail polish away after so many serious disasters recorded here. I pray I won't regret it. The girls declared it the perfect girls night ever.
It's nights like this that reward me on my path of mothering. Being a mother to these girls. Innocent, excited and sweet. It's a gift today. 

Football Camp…

I think I won Jacob over with this move. I found a football camp that was at his favorite college.  This means he got to meet the coach, learn and play football, see the school, meet players, play on the stadium field.  It meant waking up every day at 7am for the week and driving him almost 45 minutes to the location (and waiting till it ended).  Worth every second.  I have a feeling this will be something we do every year. It was so fun!

While Jacob practiced we toured the campus.

It was so fun showing the girls where I went to college. It brought back so many memories.  I used to walk these stairs every single day.

They have a lot more food places there now. Like Jamba Juice.

We toured all sorts of free museums on campus. This was Jacob’s favorite the sports memorabilia museum.  It had all the trophies, the locker room and other cool stuff to see.

Those are some big guys who fill these seats!

We also toured the Bean museum which has taxidermy animals.  I didn’t really know what we were going to and it proved to be interesting but… Hailey said “she was going to cry” seeing all the dead animals and Sydney was scared they could come back alive.  It was free so we all agreed it was okay.  But I am not sure we are going back.

Then we waited in a long line for the creamery ice cream which is well known to be the best.

on our way out we stopped at the Dinosaur museum. Which was so cool. Lindsey got asked to be on a little t.v. spot for the university and she was thrilled. It has since aired and it was absolutely cute!

We had so much fun touring the campus every day and seeing the museums after it felt like a mini vacation. We really loved it.

On the last day he got to play at the real stadium. This was one happy boy!

One thing I observed about Jacob was that he is self confident and friendly. He would walk right up to strangers and just ask to play with them. It made my heart happy.

They have the cutest cheerleaders!

Here he is with the coach from BYU’s football team.  So fun!

It was a perfect week!

Family Fun Day 2010

Every year our church puts on a big carnival for the neighborhood.  It’s free for all who want to come a lot of fun for the kids.

 

It it includes a parade.

Sunshine opps this year it was  rainy and cold. It was middle of June and we were freezing.

Kids having fun rain or shine.

 

Posing with a pony.

Free food- Which made Jacob very happy.

It was a great day!  The minute we got home the threatening rain clouds began pouring rain down. We were so lucky for a cold but somewhat dry morning.

Water Park

This year all the kids are older. No naps. No babies. Actually this was true for us last summer too but we didn’t have much of a summer last year with the illness my mother in law went through…  Anyway, its much easier to do fun things.

 

SO around birthday season I told a little birdie (Grandpa) that the kids would like season passes to the local (and new) water park.  The kids were thrilled and all of us are looking forward to a nice summer in the sun and water.  We have been twice and its been wonderful! I love that the park isn’t huge :)

Lucky for us Grandpa bought them for all the grandkids birthday’s!

The waterslides are fast and the lazy river and beach are warm :)_

Just don’t stand under the big bucket when it dumps or do if you are kid – they seem to love it!

Happy Birthday, Alan…

We drove home from Yellowstone on Alan’s birthday. In fact he did all the driving. So when he ran a quick errand I rushed and made him a birthday cake. Nothing special but at least we celebrated the day with cake.

The next day we woke up to snow. May 24th, 2010

we had another party at my parents…

But the best celebration (at least for me) was breakfast at the Silver Fork lodge. A very favorite spot for me.  It was a holiday weekend so we got a few us together (though the big kids had school). Fun!

 

Have a little lemon in your water?  And look a two headed girl- poor photography but funny.

Happy Birthday Alan!

Yellowstone 2010

When leaving for Yellowstone the forecast for May 21st was snow and freezing temperatures! It did not disappoint. It was VERY cold!

Old Faithful. Just taking this picture was painful and slippery!

   

Yellowstone lake looked like Antarctica (have I mentioned its been a really cold Spring)?

The hot pot’s smelled really bad. Last trip 2 years ago Sydney made herself sick. This year she did much better. It was stinky!

It was very slippery!

After this stop we had lunch.  The snow finally stopped blowing and we went on a hike. Don’t let the blue skies fool you. The wind was bitter and it was SO cold!

We saw Boiling mud (above with Jacob) and other cool hot spots.

Us girls did great (although this was the first time I took my hood off the whole hike).

Later that night we had a great dinner at the lodge. The night was not uneventful. Hailey woke we my up with the croup  and Jacob (sleeping in another room) threw up all over the place (poor Grandma and Grandpa).  He wasn’t sick the next day so we never knew why that happened. I tried to blame the costco size box of tootsie pops and other junk Grandpa was handing out but we may never know. hee hee.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids.

Even though the trip was really cold we had a great time and I know we won’t forget the unique experience!