Happy New Year

I am not about to share my resolutions with everyone because I think most of mine are more on a personal level. Everyone has something they would like to improve upon and I am one of them for sure. So I decided that I will take my time and just be happy.

Emily and her girls came over to our house for new years and we had a great time. I saw a local morning show not to long ago share some fun ideas for a new years party with kids and my sister and I did so many fun things with the kids. Clint caught up on some sleep(YEP! he got to come home) and Emilys husband had to work. We filled gift bags full of activities and each hour on the hour(or when they needed a new activity) We started a new project or game. This was really geared towards the little kids but the big girls got involved and had a good time(I hope). I think the funnest one was throwing the sticky hand to grab the paper. We laughed and laughed all night long. We also played flashlight limbo. I think it would be more fun with more kids so maybe we will do this one again in the summer with the neighbor kids.

I hope everyone has a really great new year ahead of them and we love you all.

My blog is in need of an update...

SO MANY things have happened in our lives since I last posted. Halloween, major surgery(for me at least), my sister came and stayed over for a couple of days(this never happens) and the boys having their birthdays(Ashley made the cake), I made a skirt for Sugar(YES this is a big deal) and the Miley Cyrus concert! These things may not have happened in this order but it still made for a busy month.

Sky View Vistauns kids camp

Sky View high school Vistauns puts on a clinic every year for kids preschool age to 9th grade. Sugar went last year with Ashley, but this year she went by herself. I always have a hard time leaving her(especially when she got lost at the fair). She loves to dance and she had a great time, especially when she found out they were dancing to Hannah Montana songs.

Utah State Fair

Well the Peach Days thing did not happen. The lambs had to be sheared and someone had to do it. Well Clint, Jason and I sheared. The kids had a great time playing even though they were supposed to help. The lambs look great and they are ready for the fair(I hope).
We are praying that they at least sell. We could use some of your prayers too. I am not sure if I need anymore stress right now. This has been a fun but super busy year. The kids are getting so excited for the fair. Ashley is going today with the FFA. She loves being in FFA. I hope that my kids are able to do things like this with thier kids when they are old enough. I wish I had these kind of opportunities when I was younger but who knows if I would have the same feelings about it now. I love working with my kids. It makes me so happy. I hate the stress it brings on but in the end I am so proud of what I see them accomplish. Spencers lamb is about 150 pounds and this little guy only weighs about 70 pounds if that. He has struggles with him lamb but he smiles and cries and still wants to hang in there. Tanner and his lamb are both about 100 pounds. Why they grew so differently I have no idea. The lambs were all about the same size when we got them, BUT not now. We leave for the State Fair tomorrow night and we will be there for the next three days. Stop by and see us if you can.
This is Ashley and her lamb. She sold this one at the county fair.

End of summer!

The end of summer is coming fast. I love it when the evenings cool down and the leaves change. Sardine canyon is so beautiful in the fall, but it goes fast. One thing I have really enjoyed this summer is yard sale shopping. I have been blog hopping and I have found the cutest websites to find some things to look for as I go yard sale shopping. We also have a couple of antique stores in town and of course the DI. I have learned to love spray paint. My kids say if its not cute give it to mom she will spray paint in and make it cute. I am not a designer and I am living in a house where I can't hang things on the walls, but that doesn't mean I can't buy things for later. One of the things I have loved this year is getting up early Saturday mornings and going out to find a great deal with Clint. He looks for things that are completely different then what I am looking for but we still have fun together. Now that my kids are all in school I spend my 3 hours alone checking out different blogs. I love the technology that we have. If I didn't have the internet I think I would be so bored or my house would definately be cleaner. I was just thinking this morning that I need to get myself into a better routine because time flys when your having fun. I hope everyone has had a great summer. I am taking one(or two) more outings this year and I can't wait. I have never been to Peach days in Brigham city so this year we are going. I canned peaches two years ago and I am in need of some more, so hopefully we can bring a couple of boxes home and I can teach Ashley how to can them this year. We also have the State fair on the 17th, So if anyone wants to stop by and see us we will be there until the 19th. This is the end of our summer playing. Now my kids have to get back into thier piano, school work and just hanging out with me. FUN

Madsen Bucket Bikes.

I think this would be the coolest thing to own. I want to try to win it because there is no way I could afford it unless I sold my truck(NO WAY Am I doing that!)
Anyways check it out it looks like fun. By the way the corprate offices are in Salt Lake. How come I have never seen them before?

KINDERGARTEN...

Woo hoo. My baby is in kindergarten and my oldest started high school.The boys are in Jr. high and elementary, but as for now all my kids go to different schools. WoW.

I had a hard time sending Sugar to school yesterday but I survived and so did she. I was expecting them to call me and tell me to come get her because she wouldn't stop crying, but they didn't. When I went to pick her up she was all smiles and she had had a GREAT time. She was really worried so we told her it was like preschool. Well she said " MOM, it was funner than preschool!" (sorry mrs. lamb).