My Mother My Friend

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving


My Beautiful Mother. My Beautiful Friend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Today is my Mother's birthday. We had a wonderful evening at the Alpine Country Club. We hit a bucket of balls on the golf course and then enjoyed a nice dinner. It was so fun to have the family together in such a nice environment. I hope that I am as beautiful as she is when I am her age. The older I get the more I understand how amazing my mom is. I look to her more than she knows. I hope to be half as good of mother as she was for me and my brothers & sisters. **I love you mom **

Tagged...

I was tagged by Hollie and so I thought I better get this over with :P I'm really bad at this sort of thing. I have to really think hard about what I like to do that would be special and I just don't think I'm that exciting, so sorry to bore you, but I was tagged so here it is.....

1. I LOVE TO PARTY! If there is a party coming up in 2-3 months, I start OBSESSING about it immediately. I am told that I go overboard with things, but when you see the faces of the children - - it's all worth it!
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time...”

2. I'M COMPETITIVE! Whether I win or loose, I love a good game. And as my family can attest, I never loose :P -heee hee!
I'm just teasing. But I do love being pushed and challenged and learning new things.

3. I'M A BOOKWORM! I love a good story. When I find a good book I will read it from front to back that day (unless it's Twilight and that took a day and a half because my husband made me go to bed:P ). The problem is, the house suffers, Rob will come home to toys everywhere and dinner not started, so he's not a big fan of my "hobby".

4. I LOVE FUN SHOES! I do, but part of it is the bargain I'm able to get.... so if I can find some metallic, hot pink shoes for $7 I will buy them! It's fun to see the reaction you get from people when you walk into a place wearing them!

5. I LOVE TO COOK! But I have a bad habit, I cook according to flavors and tastes that I love, not recipes. And so when people ask me for my recipe I can't help them because I don't even know it. That has come back to bite me in the butt, because when I have a cold and can't taste -- I can't cook :P My family is stuck with Mac n' Cheese for a week!

6. I LOVE TO DANCE! It's a way I let go and just enjoy the moment. I love that Rob loves to dance too. And that when he hears the music he thinks of me and whatever I'm doing (like dishes) he will come and ask me to dance with him. What a romantic :P

So there it is! I survived! Now I get to tag 6 people: I don't even know 6 people who blog -- So Natalie * Libby * Lara * Linz GOOD LUCK ! Here are the rules:

1. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
2. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and post their names; then goes to their blog, leaves them a comment by letting them know that they have been tagged and invites them to read your blog.

Camping This Weekend

We love going camping! The moment it hits 40* we head out. So when the Drury's invited us down to Cherry Creek for Trevor's birthday party we could not say no (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR). We headed down Friday afternoon and as soon as we arrived we got covered in dirt from head to toe as we collected firewood, played in the sand, road our dune buggies, and raced our motorcycles. What a BLAST! Later that night we roasted marshmallows and sang songs around the campfire with our friends, the Drury's and the Hunter's. Saturday morning was perfect weather. We got up early and headed out for a group ride down to the lake to play. Then as we went back to camp we celebrated Trevor's birthday by playing games and racing our bikes. There was lots of good fun, lots of good food, and lots of good friends! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and love hanging out with them. Thanks for the great weekend!

If you head over to Coleton's Blog you can see a slideshow of this weekend.

Easter Morning

Happy Easter! This year we were not sure if the Easter Bunny came or not at first. We walked downstairs and it looked exactly like the way we left it the night before. But mom knew the bunny would not do that to us -- so she had us search the entire house-- and that's when we saw them, our EASTER BASKETS! Woohoo!










This weekend was a blast! We love spending time with our family, we love eating yummy food, and we love candy! It doesn't get any better than this! Check out our slide show below for all the fun pics we took. LOVE YA ALL!

Happy Saint Patties!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! This morning was nice. Rob actually slept in and had breakfast with us. We ate yummy GREEN waffles on green plates (it's funny how the color changes the way you think it's going to taste... Elise had a hard time getting past that). Then we headed to Faith's school program. It was so cute to hear them sing about Lucky the Leprechaun and then we got to tour the classroom to see the messy trail Lucky left as he bounced from trap to trap. We thought we did pretty good because it looked like Lucky stayed and had a snack in our trap (1/2 the chocolate was gone) :P

MOTOCROSS STARTS SOON!!!!

Coleton's first race is Saturday, April 12, at Rocky Mountain Raceway!
If you're interested in details email me-- I know he would love to see everyone there!
Press the play button to see the movie Rob put together!

AREN'T THEY CUTE

My Girls

A Girls Day Out

Rob and Coleton decided to head down to the DUNES for some riding so I took the girls out. We had so much fun getting all dolled up to go out to lunch and then shopping! We were looking for Easter dresses and boy did we hit the jack pot. We grabbed 20+ dresses and headed for the dressing rooms! It was so much fun to be silly and try on all the dresses. The girls were princesses! Elise found her Baptism dress and we found a few dresses that 'we just had to have'. Thank you daddy for your credit card :P

Now it begins...

It's official... I'm a BLOGGER! I guess I can add that to my list of interests. (hee, hee) I'm excited to get this up and running. It will be fun to share all the fun things that happen in our lives with everyone. To begin I just thought I would introduce you to my family: Rob, is my hopelessly romantic husband! He is incredible! He works long hours to support us and then he still comes home and plays with the kids. He is always happy, always encouraging, and very supportive of our kids and their interests. I am so blessed. Next there's Coleton, our oldest child and only son. From the day he came into our life, it has been an amazing adventure! He is an avid MOTO X RACER. In the 10 short years he has made "tracks" wherever he goes! Racing at the E Center, Racing at the Delta Center, Racing with Governor Huntsman at RMR, Being interviewed on TV... the list goes on -- what a ride! Elise is our 'middle' child and oldest girl. What an amazing woman! She plays the piano, drives dune buggies, and loves to dance. This girl has so much inner strength! We tease my sister, Bekah, that Elise can beat her up, because Elise has won her in an arm wrestling match (Bekah is 25 - Elise is 7). Elise can do anything she sets her mind to and she does it with SAS! Love it! Faith, our 'baby'. Only she isn't like your average "youngest child" syndrome... she is so Ms. Independent! She taught herself everything she knows, just ask her -- she'll tell you. She loves to dance, ride bikes, put on make up, and TALK! If she doesn't have a friend over, she is on the phone talking to one (keep in mind she is only 6) She keeps us laughing! We are so blessed to have these 3 beautiful spirits in our home. Each day is an adventure and we are Lovin' Life!