Hot N' Cold

It's been kind of crazy around here lately with the

weather getting hot and the school year coming to

an end. Taggart finished up his last year of preschool,

so he's on to kindergarten this fall! He has come so

far since he started two years ago! He was struggling

with some speech his first year, so we put him in speech

therapy. He progressed so quickly that even

his speech therapist was amazed! He finished

all the steps in just 5 months. He is such a fast learner

and I am so proud of his accomplishments! Also

even though his last day of school isn't until tomorrow,

Zander graduated from kindergarten last week.

I can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday that I

was dropping him off for his first day! He has come so

far too! he is growing up so fast, its just weird

to think he will be in first grade.

I think its officially summer! It's been so hot lately, the

kids and I have been taking every advantage! Of course

I have also been losing my mind and have forgotten

my camera everytime!! We went hiking up to red cliffs

about a month ago, and with all the snow melt off, there

was a lot more water up there than normal. My friend

Annie and I decided to be a little crazy and went cliff

jumping into that icey water! I don't think I have ever

been in water so cold! It literally took my breath away!

We have also spent a couple of days playing at the river,

and a couple of days just this week swimming at Sand

Hollow Reservoir. The kids have so much fun playing in

the sand and water, I feel so lucky to live so close to these

fun places!

Mothers Day

I have to say that I think I have the best husband in the
whole world! no offense to all those other wives who think
the same thing! ; ) Well BJ let me sleep in on mothers day,
and him and the kids made me breakfast in bed! French toast,
and they were really yummy! BJ is always doing sweet things
like that for me. He really likes to cook, and his favorite meal
to make is breakfast, so I guess I'm really lucky! Plus I didn't
have to clean up the mess either! Zander and Taggart were
super excited to give me their gifts they made. Zander made
me a flower with his handprint for the flower and BJ helped
Taggart make me a card. He drew a picture of me and him
and a tree, so we could pretend to climb it. I love the way
kids think! Zander and Taggart kept saying they loved me
and wanted to give me hugs all day, they said it was because
it was mothers day. later that night when everyone was
getting ready for bed, Zander asked me if I had a good day.
Sometimes I forget how thoughtful he can be! Being a mom
is a tough job, most days! Even though I want to scream at
them or pull my hair out sometimes. But when they say I
love you or give you a big hug, just because it makes it all
worth it! I wouldnt change the way my kids are for anything.
I love my family more than anything and I appreciate all the
wonderful things they do for me! I feel so blessed to have such
great kids and husband!!

Taggart and the White Sox

The anticipation has been like waiting for christmas

morning, I honestly didn't think he was going to make

it! We signed Tag up for T-ball a couple months

ago and ever since he has been asking,

"Do I have baseball yet?" The wait is finally over, he

had his first practice lastnight! He had so much fun!

He really likes his coach and the other kids on the

team. His team ranges from 4 to 6 year olds.

Taggart is such a friendly little guy and it cracks

me up everytime someone asks him his name.

His coach asked him lastnight and he didn't just

say Taggart, he says, "Taggart Brown". Most of the

time people have to ask again because they aren't

expecting him to say his first and last name so they

don't understand him. So all through practice his

coach kept calling him Taggart Brown. His first game

is in a couple weeks and he is way excited!

I just love watching him learn and I can't wait

to watch him play in his first game!

GO WHITE SOX!!

BJ was helping with first base. A lot of the kids are

first time baseball players and so some of the dads

helped usher the kids from base to base. The kids

didn't really need much help though, once the coach

showed them one time where to go,

they caught on really fast.

Easter in Kanab

We went to Kanab this year for Easter. Even though

It rained a lot! We all still had lots of fun. My brother and

both my sisters were there with there kids so all the cousins

got to play. My grandpa Hunt also stopped by I don't get

to see him very often even though he lives in Fredonia.

We got a picture with him and all his great grandkids, if you

notice in the pic there are a lot of boys! My parents have

13 grandkids but only two are girls! I guess it just kind of

makes up for my dad only having one boy because he's got plenty now!

It got a little crazy with all those kids running around and especially being

cooped up in the house most of the day saturday since it rained

almost all day! I bet my parents were happy to see us go!

I love bringing my kids to Kanab, they have so much fun there

and it just makes me thankful that my kids get to live so close to

there grandparents and cousins like I did growing up.

Family is so important and I'm grateful for all of them! coloring eggs with Uncle Ryan

Calista and her cousin Carson just wanted to eat them!

The Easter bunny stopped by and left a bunch of

eggs for the kids to find.

All the kids waiting so patiently on the porch.

we had about a 10 minute break from the rain and

as soon as all the eggs were found it started raining again.

spring break adventures

This last week has been full of fun times and cool

adventures! My friend Sara planned a really great week

of activities for spring break, my kids and I were lucky enough

to join her and her kids! Monday we started out with about a 4

mile hike to 3 falls in hurricane. Calista of course wouldn't

walk, so I carried her the whole way! She is getting soo heavy!

The weather was so nice last week so It was perfect to be

outdoors! The picture below is almost halfway, we took

a break and let the kids roam around the caves. Sara and I

together have 8 kids, plus a couple of sara's neice's and nephew's

came along too.

This is the end of the hike. The boys were pretending to be

cave men, so they look pretty barbaric! Over all this was a
really fun hike, we had a picnic about halfway through the
hike and it took a few hours to get there and back. The younger
kids were tuckered out, but they still had fun!
Wednesday we headed up to Zion. We originally were
going to do the riverwalk hike and go to the emerald pools,
but sara couldnt stay long cuz her son had scouts. So
we just ate lunch on the grass by the giant screen. We took
some pictures and went on a little walk by the river to kill some time
before our movie started. We went to Dinosaurs alive in 3D. All
kids all thought that was pretty cool! Even Calista sat through it!
She doesn't normally sit still for movies so I was pretty amazed!

Thursday we just packed a lunch and went to

the park to relax a little and let the kids play. Friday

we headed to Snow Canyon to do some more hiking and

explore some caves. We left earlier in the morning that day

so it was so nice, but it got pretty dang hot by the time we

started hiking back to the cars! Calista even did pretty good,

she walked on the way to the caves, but then I carried her

all the way back. You would think my arms would be super

strong after this week!

The cave was pretty cool, I had never been there

before. Its pretty sad that I have lived in southern

utah my whole life and had never been to Snow Canyon

State Park! We all had flashlights and made our way to

the bottom of the cave. After everyone sat down we had them

turn off all the flashlights so they could see how dark it was

in there. Zander was a little skeptical about it, but he did

great! We used the night vision on sara's camera and took

a couple pics in the dark. They turned out pretty good, since once

the flashlights were off, we couldnt see where the camera was.

I had a blast this week hanging out with sara, since we usually

only get to see each other on special occasions, this was

pretty amazing to see her 4 times in one week! Thanks for

inviting us!

GO LIONS!!

This last Saturday was Zanders' first Soccer game

of the spring season. They only had one practice before their game

so I was a little worried that they might have a hard time

understanding what they were supposed to do when they got out

there on the field. I was quite surprised to see they knew

exactly what to do! They knew how to dribble the ball and

steel it from the other team. They had a lot of fun and did so

well. They won 4-0! I am so proud of Zander! He loves playing

and tries so hard. He loves to practice so he should just keep getting better

and better. He also has a lot of friends on his team so I think

that helps. I can't wait to watch him play the rest of the season!

Tagged by Brandi

The 8 mysteries of me

8 favorite tv shows
1) Bones
2) Fringe
3) Medium
4) American Idol
5) Heroes
6) Biggest Loser
7) Life
8) Americas next top model

Wow I didnt think I was going to be able to come up with 8 tv shows!
Thank goodness for DVR so I can watch them when I actually have time!!

8 things I did today

1) Went running
2) car pooled kids to and from school
3) Cleaned bathrooms! (oh joy)
4) fed my kids lunch
5) went to the dentist
6) got dressed before I went to the dentist!
7) ate dinner
8) read to my kids

8 things I'm looking forward to

1) finishing our basement! (it's taking forever)
2) getting our chair for our living room that we had to order
3) warmer weather
4) getting back in shape
5) Zanders' soccer game on saturday
6) Watching Tag play t-ball
7) family vacation!
8) going to bed (I'm so tired!)

8 favorite resturants

1) olive garden
2) red lobster
3) china palace
4) subway
5) not a resturant, but I love california rolls from harmons
6) smoothies ( I make the best smoothies!!)
7) I can't think of 8
8)

8 things on my wish list

1) do something with the side of our house where its still dirt
2) re-paint calista's room
3) happy family (i agree brandi)
4) having more patience with my kids would be nice
5) get together with friends more often
6) develop pictures and get them in my kids albums
7)
8)

8 people I tag

1) Cyndi
2) Holli
3) sara jimenez
4) sarah hirschi
5) Tiffany Clausse
6) Sarah Richins
7) Cami
8) Jodi Petersen