Happy Birthday Micah!

For Micah’s  b-day he got a castle cake… we were actually just trying it out on him, because My sister and I are  making one for my nieces b-day, so we wanted to make sure we could do it. Micah had one request though – he didn’t want it to be a “princess” castle. So we made it with chocolate frosting instead of pretty white and pink! We will be using some nicer things for the windows and accessories for the real princess cake, but this was definitely a good run through. Thanks for the two artists who came to help me build this cake (Tim and Robyn).  Needless to say, we have plenty of cake leftover. “There’s some in the refrigerator, there’s more in the garage… the rest is at the Johnsons.” I think Micah had a good birthday… I think you know you’re getting older when you start getting things that you need as your gifts (i.e – money for new shoes, a fan for work, etc) instead of all those fun toys you can think of! Jackson, Lacey and I had a great day celebrating Micah’s b-day. They loved the streamers and sign, and then we got pizza for lunch. We also had lots of visitors come over to play – so it really was a party for us! Happy Birthday Micah!

The last picture is of Jackson and some of the things that he’s done in school. He loves school!

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Summer vs School

We’ve had a pretty nice summer around here. Most of our time away from home and the heat of July has been spent at the cabin. What a blast! We were so glad to get away for a week at 4th of July and a week in the end of July.  We loved being with the Andersons, Kings, and Mamama 4th of July week. McKay, James, and Ashlyn were so good at playing with and taking care of Jackson and Lacey. I thought it was so cute last week when we saw McKay (after not seeing them for 3 or 4 weeks) Lacey went right up to Kay kay and gave him a big hug. Kay Kay was like the best big brother we could ask for at the cabin. Jackson hasn’t quit talking about him and looks up to him so much! Jackson loved the fireworks and the rest of the week they played hard every day outside, inside, at the lake and anywhere else we happened to be.The last week of July we were there with Mamama and the Woods and we always have a blast with them. Jackson always loves to be with them and Lacey’s pretty sure he has the right idea about things like that! Jackson and Max played a lot, but its not just Max-donal that makes that family great. He loves all of them… Wizzy, Shakob, Daniol, Muri, Bacca, and of course Worwi. Lacey is just so happy to play with any and all of them that will play with her.What great cousins!

Lacey got very attached to her aunts there… Robyn and Lori. She could just cuddle them all day! Does it mean you’re a bad mom if your daughter would rather go to one of them instead of you for just about everything? I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t… but sometimes I just wish she just loved me MORE! J/K ! I definitely appreciate my good sisters who are so sweet to my kids.  They love YOU!

We also had other visitors up at the cabin… a few deer, foxes, and BEARS! They mostly came at night to check out the garbage. I was glad I didn’t run into any of them…I guess I’m just not friendly like that.

This weekend, we got to attend Daniel’s baptism. Jackson loved it. It was great for us to talk to Jackson about the decisions you make when you decide to be baptized. He was so excited that he can be baptized just like Daniel, and I know that the examples of his sweet cousins are making a difference in his life!

In other news, Jackson started preschool today. He loved, and I mean LOVED, it! It was the highlight of his life! His excitement was overflowing as I picked him up today. We met his teacher yesterday and he was able to get familiar with the “school.” Today when I dropped him off, I took him up to the door and he rang the doorbell, he held my hand as we waited for someone to answer, I felt him get a little nervous. As they opened the door he snuggled closer to me at first in his shy little way and then one of the little girls from our ward yelled, “Jackson!” and came and gave him a big hug and took him in. Then he saw the other kids that he knew and he didn’t look back! It was perfect. Thanks to Keilah for the kind greeting! Sweet little Lacey was sad at first in the car. She wasn’t quite sure what was happening. Usually if Jackson gets out, she does too. We had a great time at the store together though. I think she’s going to get used to this one on one time with Mom! When we got home she was very happy to have my attention! She is such a sweet girl… she is so kind and loving and adores Jackson and she cracks us up!

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Blue or Green?

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Last year we had a hard time keeping the pool algae-free. This year Sarah took over and she is amazing! The only thing is that every day I hear about how it still isn’t blue enough. But every time I go swimming in our 93 degree bathtub I take 10 minutes to scrub the walls and nothing comes off. I’m convinced this is the color the pool really is.

Let’s have a vote. Do you think our pool is blue or green?

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Gardening Fail!

We’re not quite prepared for a major disaster. Let’s just say if we had to grow our own food the upside would be that we would lose weight. We joined a pumpkin growing contest of a friend and things were going pretty good for a couple weeks then the heat came. Our poor pumpkin plants couldn’t take the 116 degree temperatures and this is what happened. I had such high hopes of growing a massive pumpkin. Maybe next year we’ll start earlier and get a shade or something.IMG_4794
At least we can grow cute kids. We just won’t be able to feed them.
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PS – The dress Lacey is wearing was Sarah’s when she was a little girl.

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5th Wedding Anniversary

Welcome to our new blog home…
A couple weeks ago we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. We were given the best gift from Mike & Lori. They let us stay in their timeshare for a few nights while they babysat our children. We love Jackson and Lacey but it was nice to just be us. We decided to go to the same place we went on our honeymoon, Sedona Arizona. Sedona is about 2 1/2 hours north and is a very unique town. Lots of places to hike, you can take jeep tours, hot air balloon rides, horseback rides, atv rentals, etc, etc. We thought we would try to go on a couple hikes. The first day, the plan was to hike to Cathedral Rock (pictured below) and watch the sunset. We left a little late and were trying to run up the mountain in a race against the sun. We soon found that we’re not much for hiking especially the running up a hill kind. Our favorite part of the trip was the cowboy cookout. There is a ranch where you go on a horseback ride then have the best steak dinner while this guy plays his guitar. If you plan a trip to sedona we highly recommend this. The horseback ride wasn’t the greatest – we had gnats biting the whole time – but it is great to sit and enjoy the surroundings. You can see the awesome sunset I was able to capture that night.

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