STADIUM OF FIRE!!!

My dad is now retired from the Military but he was still able to use his connection to get us some really cheap Stadium of Fire tickets. We were so excited because we really wanted to go but it was just too expensive. So I guess it is about who you know sometimes:) My camera and my photography skills are not that fabulous so I just got some pictures of us enjoying the show. I would have got pictures of Carry Underwood but it would have just looked like a piece of rice. She put on a good show though she definitely has real talent because even being live she sounded amazing!

My hot husband and his look alike son.

Me and my look alike son.

Ryan and Ella ( she did awesome, not even one cry just some hand clapping)

After the show on the long walk to the car a lot of people got another show of my very tired son and his plumbers crack.

A Day Out With DAD

On a Thursday afternoon I get a phone call from my hubby and he said that he had to go to a meeting on Friday for work in the morning and then he would be off for the day. He thought it would be a great idea for me to meet him in Salt Lake with the kids when he was done and we could go to the ZOO. The kids and I were all very excited!!! We don't get to do a lot of outings with dad in the summer because he is sooo busy. So this is our fun day out.

Little miss Hollywood

This is the closest I have ever seen the Rhino it was cool. He is a big GUY!

Jordyn and Cory thought the Rhino was pretty cool too.

How does she measure up?

The giraffes are my favorite you get to see them so close up. This one made me laugh at his awkwardness. I wouldn't know the struggles of being so tall.

My Three BIG Apes:)

Thanks DAD for the wonderful day we always love playing with you.

AND THE DOCTORS SAYS.........

This last week I had my ultra sound. Everything looks good and healthy. We saw two arms, two legs, all the vital organs, and drum roll please...... a little(sorry Cory, a huge) male private part!!!:) So my little baby girl gets to stay queen of her thrown. She will be surrounded by boys but hey I survived it didn't I? I actually really enjoyed having all brothers. I never had to share my clothes, my room, my bathroom, and my girly toys (well that I knew of maybe Ryan was stealing them when I wasn't' looking ;)). But, now I have to pray more than ever that Jordyn will be my best friend, because she is the only other girl, so we've got to stick together. Part of me wanted another girl because as Tiffany says I need to experience what sister are. The other part of me is ok with another boys because lets be honest I always was more comfortable around boys. Either way the decision is made and we get to be blessed with a healthy little one THAT I am thrilled about! Now the hard part is to think of a name and to make Jordyn's room gender neutral or half and half. I may have to talk to my Sis Kathi to rack her creative mind. I'll have to put up pictures later when we figure it out. But, ta ta for now.

My little Rembrandt

I had to post this picture of Ty's artistic abilities. You may not be thinking it is anything great but, I think it is wonderful. He just turn four years old and I was very impressed by his details. They have fingers and toes and most of them even have five, they have belly buttons, ears, I mean come on I still draw in stick figures. I just thought it was well thought out and cute so I thought that I would share:)

******Ashton's Birthday******

I know that I am a total slacker, Ashton's Birthday was almost a month ago and I am just now getting this on my blog. Hey better late than never right? This year we gave Ashton a choice to either have a big family party or to get a big gift and he chose a gift. I think he made a good chose because he really needed a new bike. This was the bike he had before and if you can tell it is very small for my BIG six year old.

Yeah this is his new bike that Grandpa and Grandma Slade pitched in to get and it was daddy's job to get it put together. This was way after bed time but he was too excited to wait so he talked Cory into putting it together.

How many men does it take to put a bike together?

No Birthday is complete without a icecream cake YUM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BIG SIX YEAR OLD!!!

(Where does the time go?)

Survival Mode

Sorry that it has been awhile since my last post. The last month I have been on what I call survival mode. As you can see by the little baby ticker that I am pregnant with our fourth child (yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!). With every new child there comes a wide range of emotions... excitement, fear, a prayerful heart, nervousness, love and many more. But, in the beginning it is feelings of nausea, exhaustion, being overwhelmed, and feeling like a horrible mother because my other three kids kind of survive on there own in a way. So to say the least my blog has been put on the back burner until I can get past the worst of it. I am not there yet but, I am hoping to see the bright light very soon:) I am due in September and if this baby is as healthy, energetic, adorable, and fun as my other three than I will feel very blessed and overjoyed.

MY BIG FOUR YEAR OLD

My baby boy Ty turned four years old on February 13th! We decided to take him to Pirate Island because we have not been there yet and he thought it sounded like a lot of fun. It turned out to be a BLAST!!! We invited everyone in the family that wanted to join us and to our surprise we had about 30 people there. One of the gifts he got was a Bumblebee outfit he has worn it every day since.

Doesn't Ty Aunt Brooke look hot in her Pirate Hat! His cousins Logan and Beckham loved the place too they kept raiding the souvenir shop it was so funny.

Isaac looking on as Ty opens his gifts.

Here is Grandpa and the boys playing games it was hilarious Grandpa had just as much fun as they did. We ended up with 977 tickets in the end and around 600 or more were from Grandpa. It was a really good day lots of family, lots of fun, and the food was way better than Chucky Cheese, we will definitely do it again sometime. Happy Birthday to my (little sorry big boy) Ty!!!!!