Memories....in the corner of your Mind....

So for the lack of anything else to blog about, I decided to try this. And why not? This is a great way to start laughing while remembering the good 'ol times. I am trying to find some old photos of my friends and I when we were younger, so we'll see what I come up with. Ha ha ha!!

1. As a comment on my blog, write about a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next (if you choose to), re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

EAST CANYON DAM

Happy Pioneer Day to us! Oh, and you! We decided to do the non-typical (parade and carnival) Utah thing this year and go boating. The weather was great and we had such a good time. Eric's dad and our friends Justin and Kim joined us. It was Kims birthday and this helped her to pretend it wasn't and as you can see she only has just over two weeks left till her baby is due. Maycee loved the water and would try to get in anytime she was close to the edge of the boat. She enjoyed being in the water and using her life jacket to float, but did not want me to let go of her. Kimberlen is like a little fish and has learned this year that her life jacket will hold her up and not to be scared in the water. She also practiced jumping in off the side of the boat and diving off the back with the help of her Dad. I was able to get up on the wake board and stay up this time (YEAH) and it was actually fun. Although I crashed really bad and hurt my neck I will definitely do it next time. Justin also got out on the wake board and showed me up big time (he has done it a few more times than me). Eric says he is getting to old to do water sports and only got in the water to put the boat back on the trailer. Little baby.

And yes Maycee wore her life jacket the whole time except when we took those few pictures.

Cherry Hill

We broke down and spent the day with Desiree' and her friends at Cherry Hill. My mom came too. Both of the girls just love the water so we had a great time.
I only got these pictures of us playing in the kiddie pool where I hoped that my camera would not get wet.
Here is Grama putting Maycee in the spraying waters. She just loved every minute of it.

Kimberlen doing her famous people watching.
Hudson was watching what was going on with everyone.
Maycee did so good to leave her hat on. This poor white girl tends to get sunburned easy despite the use of sunscreen.

On the way home Desiree' stopped and got the kids an ice cream. This was Maycee's first cone all by herself.
Tired eyes.
Sleepy eyes.
Hudson loved chewing on the cone.
Maycee was in heaven.

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream

The other night while Eric was out working on his race car me and the girls decided to have some Ice Cream. What tops off a bowl of Vanilla with Strawberries and Chocolate better that whipped cream out of a can.
This was Maycee's first experience with the whipped cream and she LIKED it. It was funny to was the face she pulled as I was squirting it in her mouth but then the smile as she loved the sweet taste. This was sugar free but still pretty sweet.

I only let her eat right out of the bowl one time and then she just kept trying to do it again and again.

I got a little carried away with the whipped cream in Kimberlen's mouth, but she sure did not seem to mind it.

Since Ice Cream is one of my weakness' and Eric loves it also Maycee knows what we are talking about when we say "Ice Cream". I guess we will have to start referring to it as..... I C E C R E A M and spell it out like someone used to do when I was little......MOM!

Garden of Green

We have been able to have a taste of our home grown goodness. Sunday night we were able to eat our first zucchini and it was so good. Monday night we had another zucchini and a yellow squash. It has been a bit of work growing our garden but totally worth it when we get to eat fresh vegetables.
We are lucky to have such healthy plants this year. For about the first three weeks or so the sprinklers were malfunctioning and nothing got watered. We did lose a few but who needs cantaloupe and watermelon anyway?

Both of the girls love the vegetables. Maycee tried to eat them after we picked them. She was licking the zucchini and took a little bite before I got it away from her.


Maycee stuffed her face during dinner. It makes the girls so happy to be able to help out. Kimberlen will come out with me to pull weeds when they start to take over. Next year we are opting for the weed barrier to help with that.

Reunion

Friday night was my 10 year High School Reunion. A few of us decided to go without our spouses. We meet at Sara's house so that we could ride together and talk about all the people that we thought would be there. Then be able to talk about those that actually were there on the way home. Unfortunately there were not too many to talk about on the way home. I thought there was going to be a lot more show up. Here we are at Sara's house getting ready to go. There is Sara, Stacie, Shannon, Becca and Me.

Amber was the only one who wanted to bring her husband so we just met her there. We were at the Maddox Lodge. We had a great dinner and the ROLLS we excellent.

We had a great time, but then again anytime we get together we have fun. Becca was laughing so hard she was crying. Something must have been HilAriOus!!

I know they look like they are trying to keep some type of secret from us but really they are just talking about someone that was close by. He he he.

Here is one of Becca's profesional "take one of yourself" pictures and Hey, she did a pretty good job. All in all we had a great time.

After the reunion we stopped by and watched Becca's brothers sing. Her one brother is in a band and then her two other bothers kinda started there own hip-hop part during the show. We only stayed for a little bit, but they were pretty good. This was there first paying gig so it was exciting for them. The bands name is The Kristian Heald Project. I have yet to figure out how to take good pictures in the dark, Sorry.

Sick Girl

Kimberlen has been complaining of a stomach ache the past couple of days and I just blew it off. I figured that she has done this same kinda thing in the past and got better in a few days. Last night she got up around 3 came upstairs and into my room to inform me that she was going to puke! I told her to get in the bathroom(that's the last thing I want to clean up in the middle of the night) After sitting with her for about an hour with no puke and replacing the cool washcloth on the back of her neck I got her some blankets and a pillow and made her a bed on the floor. When Eric and I got up to get ready for work I moved her into my bed and there she slept until 8:30 (just as I was getting ready to leave for work) She informed me as I kissed her goodbye that her belly still hurt, so I told her to take it easy while I was gone. I decided on the way to work that this was a little worse than last time and for peace of mind I would call the Dr. My father-in-law called about 10 and said she had a fever of 101 and he was going to but her in the tub and give her some Motrin. The Dr wanted to see her because of the fever. When I returned home to get her to go to the Dr. my father-in-law said her fever got up to 103. WOW!!
We got to the Dr's and they took her temp, it was 107. No wonder she didn't feel good! The nurse immediately got her some more Motrin.They made her give a urine sample (that was interesting) and after seeing the results she had to get blood work taken. Ouch!! This little trooper that was crying the entire time after I got home didn't even cry when they drew her blood. She watched the blood go up the tube and into the vial. I think the guy that took it was more shocked than I was. Even Eric just about cries when he has to give blood. We had to wait around for the results and finally the Dr. decided that she had a Kidney Infection. How does a little girl get a kidney infection anyway? By the time we left the Motrin kicked in and her temp was down to 100. Now she is on a very expensive antibiotic and we have to call tomorrow to see if all the results are in from the blood work. Good thing I didn't make her suffer through this one, Poor Little Girl.
Lets hope she gets better, I love you Kimberlen.
And by the way a two hour Dr's appointment is not the place for a One year old. We went through a couple of tongue depressors, a roll of tape, my whole purse and a popsicle from the nurse who could tell she was over her limit!

Who needs a Water Park......

When you've got a Pool and a Slide!?!?

So this is how we got wet yesterday, how the Girls got wet yesterday. Kimberlen kept trying to tell me that we just needed to put the slide inside the pool and I kept telling her that it wouldn't lift up high enough to get the pool under. Needless to say the 6 year old won again and it worked.

She had a blast sliding down in all different directions. She tried forward, backward, on her stomach and even on her back head first.

Maycee was just as happy to sit on the end of the slide and put her feet in the water every now and then. Kimberlen didn't think it was such a good idea that she sat there. She was always in the way!

Then they decided to run and jump in from across the yard, as if they needed all the running room for speed. I love the tube Kimberlen has around her, like the pool was deep or something.

Maycee took her turn running as well. Although she came short of jumping in she just loves to do what Sisi does.
Kimberlen kept saying "Mom do you think I can do it this way without getting hurt?" I would say you'll just have to try it and after her splash at the bottom she would let me know she was ok and not to worry it didn't hurt. I think that a few times it did hurt her a little but she didn't say a word worried she would have to stop playing.

In and out all day is what Maycee did. She would put one leg over and sit on the pool and bounce for a while and then lean forward to swing her other leg out. Just then SplaT, she would hit the wet ground every time.


I think that finally Maycee got tired of the water and went over sat down at the picnic table and just sat there like "Ok, where's the food?" I'll tell ya that girl can eat. If she thinks your getting food out or ready she will go over to her high chair and try to get in. She is a funny thing, that girl.

July 4th Girls

FUN, FOOD, FAMILY/FRIENDS and FIREWORKS!
The four-f's of July. (I had to put Family and Friends into one.)

This year we didn't go to the parade and I have to say that getting to sleep in was awesome. It would have been better if Eric would have been home but he had a race in Las Vegas that I was not attending. He did great there and I am really proud of him, out of 22 cars he finished 11th and that was with all the big time racers from California. It was a quick trip. He left Wed morning and raced on Thurs and was home at 10 on Friday. That's why I didn't go. They rode in the semi hauler that transports the cars and had to shower at the truck stop.....not my type of Vegas trip. But I was sure glad to get him home. I do have a hard time being without him!

Eric had another race here on Sat and we all ventured out in the heat for it. He didn't do too hot at all here. Something went wrong with his car and he didn't get to finish the race. I still love him and as long as he is safe it doesn't matter to me win or lose as long as he has fun. (He did report this time was no fun) A lot of work goes into this whole race car thing

Although we didn't go to the parade the girls looked fabulous all day, (if I do say so myself) in their cute festive dresses that I made them put back on the next day to take pictures cause I forgot.

We had a great 2008 4th of July!

Congrats Party

So here is the Party we had for Larry and DJ. They were married in March in California were they reside. It was nice to visit with them again since there last trip up for Chrsitmas. I too, like Desiree', do not have many pictures of the adults. It was a very hot day, but luckily there was a breeze and the pool always helps the kiddies cool off. It was a small gathering mostly just our immediate family. Small and nice and not too crowded.

Cake

My cousin from Cali and her new husband, DJ and Larry, came up for the holiday and we kind-a threw them a congrats party since this was the first time we have seen them since they became the new couple.
Once again I tried to better the last one and decided I would make flowers out of the fondant I use to cover the cake.The flowers are the same that she had in her wedding and were very fun to make. Kimberlen, my little helper in all this, kept saying "Wow Mom they look just like the real one (I had pulled up a picture on the internet to make sure they looked real) and you are a great creator". She meant creative but that's in her own words.
The cake is off white and the decorations are white. It's a little hard to see the color contrast in the photos.
Here is the latest and so far greatest.

Here is the website that I have used to help me try and master the whole fondant thing:
http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm