I'm open..........

Just for a little bit anyways. To make it easier for a couple people to view the blog, I opened it up.

Finally, decor in the dining room............

I'm so excited! When my friend Tamara and her sister made a surprise vist to me just before spring break, we did our traditional run to Goodwill. Happened to be there on 50% off linens day, and they had some cute stuff from Target. A lot of them were not colors in my house but I wish they were cause they were so cute.

Anyways, I found these, and got them for $1 each. Target is still selling them right now for $10 each. They have subtle cream and red stripes running down them.

On the runner I put black coasters that have a slot for pictures and filled them with pictures of each of us.

It's a feel good room now, I love it. But any suggestions on color for the walls?

My Kids...............

The whole crew!

Trevor, AKA "Bo Bo", has gotten pretty good at posing

Taylor was starting to fall behind, and without me knowing it, Trevor went back to get her. He held her hand to help her, and they started skipping. When I turned around and saw, I tried to get the camera out quick, I just barely missed the hand holding, but I still love this pic.

Love this picture of Cameron.

Trenton's a poser too.

Taylor, the princess, even on a hike.

She had a "bad day".................

Actually, 4 bad days. Everyone knows when my kids are calling because my phone ring for them is "had a bad day". We all actually really love that song. Thing kids sing it so cute. It's also become very fitting.

This was las Thursday. She tripped over her own 2 feet, hit her chin on the tile, and now she has a permanent bump in her chin, along with this lovely bruise for now.

This was the next day. We went to the drive in movies. She stood up in a camping chair, that was on a tilt, on "BOOM", she went down. Split her head open.

The next day...............Trevor ran her over with his scooter, she went down, and a nice bruise appeared on her cheek.

We thought the streak was over. Thursday, we went hiking with Amanda and Ella and Bentley at Red Rock, which was a ton of fun. Ella is so fun. Anyways, while we were loading up, she went back into the desert, into a field of cactus, and YES, she fell right in. It took me and Amanda about 40 minutes to get everything out. This was the end result...........

It was quite a sad thing. Trevor got so worried and teary eyed for her. Then on the way home her gave her a scolding. "I told ya don't do that. I said stop and then ugh." He's quite good at replaying things.

Their spirits for hiking aren't dampened, thank goodness. So we'l be back out there next week.

Another day on the quads.........

I put my hand up to show that Trevor had "FULL" control of the throttle. At first he was hesitant, but not anymore. He's a mad man.
Trenton's gotten really good out there.

Do ya love Chris's jersey. I about died when he brought that home. Apparently it's "cool" though. I like it now. Trevor has got some talent. Doesn't he look like a pro?

I'm so glad we have something to do that makes memories for our kids. We seem to have such a great time when we're outdoors together, so I'm trying to keep us out.

Welcome Little Lana................

The newest family member. Carli and Mark have an adorable little girl.

She's a little particular. She's just starting early.

So cute!!!!!!!!!! What fun!!!

History....................

Grandma Denis passed away this month. This was our favorite picture. She made my Grandpa add lace to the dress to make it modest, so that's how they have it framed, but we all like the original.

I love this picture of my grandpa.

Ok now!!!!! This is apparently where Trevor really gets his fro!!!!!!!! (my mom)

Red Rock....

(there is a waterfall in the background but some kinda poltergeist made it invisible in this shot! Weird.)

Went to Red Rock Monday and had a blast. We love going out there and exploring. I need to remind myself occasionally that "there is beauty all around", even in Vegas.

Great imaginations in these two.

They had a blast!

Love hangin' out with Uncle Mark and Carli.

Trevor wanted his picture taken at every corner....always acting like monkey!

Watch out for that tree!!
Carli needs to be done with this pregnancy.

She's just a "little dingy"

Taylor was very concerned about getting there on time. She kept on telling us "Come ON! We're gonna be LATE"! (imagine the influx in her voice as she said it)

Oops! Wrong way! But we made it down.

The day wasn't short on adventure. Trenton decided to hide in awkward crevices. Yeah.......not a good idea! He got really stuck for about 6-7 minutes. He had his leg in some weird position and he wasn't budging.

Say Cheese!

"Mom, take a picture!!!!"

Always posing. Lots of fun.

Al - le - lu - ia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has happened. Taylor is finally potty trained!! The same day she professed what kind of "person" she was, she came to me that night and said, "I want to potty train". I said "What? You want to potty train and wear underwear?" She said "Yeah" So the next day we tried it. No accidents, no #2's though either, and I still had to tell her when to go. Today we were out of the house from 7:45 til 1:00 and everywhere we went she told me when she had to go, and she went. And when we got home she came to me 3 times saying she needed to go (#2), but to no avail. The 4th time she tried she announced from the bathroom, to everyone, including my Mia Maids, "I did it! I did it!" Finally, she can do it all, and without my probing. It is a heavenly day!