Summer Fun!

We were very fortunate to be able to do so many fun things these past few weeks. We went on our first official family vacation ( without either of our extended families) to visit my Aunt ,Uncle and Cousin in MONTANA! WE had so much fun... It is seriously one of my favorite places ever... I have so many memories there and it was fun to start making new ones with my family. I know this will be a place the kids will love to visit... hopefully every year!

Hunter got a "Buzz" fishing pole.... It was so nice because it came with a fish already on it :) He became quite the fisherman , he cast and reeled all day long.... He loved it ...
This picture shows just how beautiful it is there. This pond is like 5 seconds from their house... besides the mosquitos it was PERFECTION!
Here are the boys holding some real fish Matt and Uncle Bill caught... Matt got to go on a fun float down the river and got a lesson in fly fishing....

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Here are the boys in the raft... We had so much fun and can't wait to go back! We love you Uncle Bill , Aunt Chris and Tay Tay....
I don't have very many pictures of our next few adventures

( mainly because I am in them in my swimsuit and I didn't want anyone to barf)

but I thought this one was too cute not to post... my little Buzz and Woody.... My Aunt Cindy is building a cabin @ Bear Lake and we parked the trailer up there for the whole summer so we can just go up and stay whenever we want, We have gone several times and have LOVED it! I cant wait until the cabin is done.... This is another place where I have so many memories of going there every year with my family ... I can t wait to continue the tradition with my family....

Back to what he does best....

Josh played in the All State game last weekend @ Alta. It was so fun to see him back out there doing what he does best.




And here is "MINI JOSH " loving every second of it...

Cant wait to go Back!

We went up for a quick Day trip to Bear Lake visit Grandma , Grandpa and Cindy... The water was BEAUTIFUL and it was so sunny and fun. The kids loved it and cannot wait to go back to the BIG WATER ! (as hunter calls it)

Josh is all grown up....

I cannot believe my little bro is graduating! I feel like I just did....I am so proud of him and love him very much. Congrats Josh! Love ya!

Feeling like a bad mom.....

AS i was doing my usual "blog surfing" today, I came apon this most AMAZING blog. This woman (who I do not know) is my idol. She has 5 kids ( she says she doesnt know if she is done yet) , is BEAUTIFUL and you can just tell how much she loves her family. It left me feeling at first like I was a bad mom, but now I am inspired to do a total MOMMY MAKEOVER..... watch out family , you're about to get a new and improved ME!

How time has flown!

This picture was taken exactly a year ago..... I cant believe how much they have grown up! I am so lucky to be a mom and I love my boys so much. I cannot describe the unconditional love I feel for them, even though at times I feel like I could easily run away forever:) Those overwhelming feelings of frustration and stress leave at fast as they come when that sweet face says "are you OK? " as they pet your head. It only takes that one moment to put things back in perspective.... I know that I am blessed to have 2 beautiful healthy boys and I feel very lucky to be trusted by my Heavenly Father to raise them. My hope is to help them become respectful , hardworking men that have a relationship with the Lord. I know that free agency is a very real part of life and I am sure they will make some choices that I wish they wouldn't but I have comfort in knowing that they have such a great Dad to look up to. Matt is the reason I am who I am today and I cant wait to see the impact he has on our boys. He is my everything and I am so thankful for him. Al in all I guess I am just one blessed happy girl with the world at my fingertips...... I can t wait to see where we are a year from now.......

My Birthday Celebration....and our Trip to Montana

Danielle and I took a fun road trip to see our family in Montana. It was Taylor's Prom and we took up some stuff to help decorate, It was so awesome! The theme was Alice in Wonderland and they went ALL OUT! Danielle has pictures of it on her Blog if you want to see it. It was so fun to be with Danielle and just spend some quality SISTER time, Hopefully we can make this a tradition to do a sister trip every year! I love her so much, I loved giggling all night when it was time to go to sleep .... doing the "remember when" game and just realizing that we are still best friends.....
For my birthday this year Danielle used her "hook ups" to get me the most AMAZING birthday cake.... in my favorite color of coarse.....

It was such an awesome birthday and so MANY people did sweet things for me:) So thank you!