BAYA Turns 1

Happy Birthday to Baya!!! She loved her cake... and let us share her party with our dads on Father's Day. Baya is truly such a blessing in our life. She has us all wrapped around her finger and did I mention that she loves to eat?

Another dress story...

So my in-laws are so great about making traditions. We have the one dress of Baya pictured below that all the grand-kids have worn at around 9 months. Now we have this cute sailor dress for the grandkids to wear when they turn 6. Blakely is such a doll and Abby enjoyed posing with her too!

Amy's lost her mind... ragnar relay and tri

So, I decided at the first of the summer I wanted to do a few races and things before the next babe enters our lives. So, I've been thinking of trying a sprint tri and after some consideration, I talked my 2 sisters, Lindsee and Karri into doing the Pleasant Grove tri June 13th. It was fun... super hard on the swim, but fun. Then a few days later my good friend, Ang asked me if I'd fill in for someone on their wasatch back, ragnar team. I was scared... but decided to go for it. So, here are some pics from the race. We were an all women's team of 12 running the 188 miles from Logan to Park City. I was runner 1, and ran 3 different legs. My first leg was in Logan -5.1, second from Snowbasin to Weber canyon-8.5, and third was from Coalville to Kamas 4.8. This was all within a 24 hr. period with little sleep. Crazy what we do for fun!

Capital Reef Trip

We got invited by our good friends, the Smith's to stay w/ them in a cabin near Capital Reef. It was such a nice little trip. We went into the park for little day trips and spent a lot of time chilling at the cabin with the kids breaking rocks, running around and four-wheeling. They even hauled bikes down for us to do a little riding. We had great weather and a fun time... with our 6 little girls!!!

Last week of school fun....

The last week of school had lots of action! The Oakdale carnival had a climbing wall that Blakely and the Little's kept wanted to do. Blakely was in a cute play the kindergartner's put on and did a great job. She also finished up her spring soccer season that same time. She did such a great job this year in school and is way excited to be a big first grader!

St. George May 09

We had a few days to burn in May so we headed to St. George. It was a lot of fun... We tried out Sand Hollow Reservoir for the afternoon. What a pretty lake. Baya loved crawling through the water fountains near grandma's and swimming is always a must. We also took the girls hiking in the grueling 100 degree weather... what were we thinking? But, we always have a great time down south.

Happy Birthday Abby!

Abby turned 4 today! She was the ultimate princess. We had a fun party w/ lots of little princesses running around. She is such a funny girl with a lot of things going on in her head. We love her very much and are so glad to have her in our family. She comes up with some pretty classic sayings. "Mom no adults are allowed at my party!... and no boys either."

Enchanted... Up with kids...

The girls have been working so hard on their musical production, "Enchanted" with 'Up With Kids'. They were so darling. Abby was runt of the litter, and Blakely was Flower. They both had speaking parts and sang in 3 numbers. Neighbors Claire and Lauren were also involved and it was so fun to watch these kids be so brave and adorable. Abby was the youngest one up on the stage and was a hit...

Temple Square Tulips

Wow... I was so impressed by the flowers this year at Temple Square. They were amazing. We spent a fun day going to the Planetarium seeing an Imax, then taking Trax over to temple square the flowers were so pretty. Too bad I hadn't done my kids hair this day so we are looking a little bit ragged. We got pored on along with all the pretty brides out for some pics!

Mothers Day

I think this day is an interesting phenomena. Sometimes people including myself don't know how to act. I love and feel so grateful for motherhood. I am grateful for my mother and my mother-in-law and my grandmas... and Bry's grandmas. They are amazing. Sometimes I have to say though, it's hard to take praise yourself for being a mom. I love my kids and am grateful almost every second of the day for them, (minus the tantrums, pinching, and totally ongoing messes!). But, it's hard sometimes to take it all in. Am I really their mom? Do they look at me like I hold all the answers to this world? Good thing they have other's to lean on in this regard. Like the common phrase, it takes a village to raise a child... it will take that and more to raise mine! I am grateful for the recent talks given by Sherry Doo and others about how motherhood really is a women's divine calling and whether you have children or not as a woman, you are indeed taking part in mothering the children around you to become better individuals. I am grateful for all the sisters, aunts, sister-in-laws, friends, moms, grandmas, and neighbors/leaders in my life. Girl Power... I couldn't do it w/out you!