Time Out For Women

The Fam- Krista was here, but she had to leave before we pulled out the camera!

My good friends...missing Camille, she also left before we snapped the photo!

YEAH! For my sister Angela telling over 25 ladies about Time Out For Women...let's just say it is a tradition. We will return and have another GREAT time. If you know me well, you know I love all things spiritual, crying, sharing heart to heart feelings, laughing, good food, great friends, beautiful music, excellent speakers, laughing, staying up till 3am, being with my mom and sisters. Really, the only thing missing that I love more is my husband and kids. But since they were together (and were not invited) I knew all was well. This is a MUST for any female out there that reads this. Honestly, if you h

ave been to education week or women's conference at BYU like I have, yes, you love that...but this I love. It just was done perfectly for us.

Here are just two silly pictures of a funny morning. Yes, there is TONS of laundry on the floor. Yes, the kids are supposed to be sorting them. I thought I'd have this great idea while I was working Deals to Meals yesterday to turn on a movie for them WHILE they worked. Um...note to self. This does not work! They decided to go to a "drive-in movie" instead of doing their jobs.

Because they are so cute and clever I decided to take a picture of them happy before I turned off the movie and ruined their fun. Sorry, we try to live by the "work before play" phrase around here. That sounds like I'm super strict, because once again those that know me know that I will take imagination play over working any day!

Ok, here's to marshmallow. My dad gives all the grand kids the largest marshmallows ever. I think my kids are kinda sick of them, considering I found them doing this!

Sleeping Beauty

Ok, so for some of you, you will be totally shocked that my little guy is dressed like a beautiful princess...I guess this is the curse of an older sister. Yes, Alayna plays dress up. I have yet to have Jacob even interested in playing with her until the other day. To my surprise and my sisters because they were over with their kids playing. We had little Princess Jacob come down dressed head to toe like this...Anyways, we were BUSTING up laughing. We decided that it was just too hilarious to pass up an opportunity for a photo moment. Ok, so we started asking him questions like what's your name princess? He said, "Princess Beauty." Later we found out the reason he dressed up was so his cousin Kennady would play with him. Apparently, she only wanted to play princess and he didn't...or I guess he did! So he decided to be the princess instead of prince charming.

So within a few minutes, to our surprise he said he didn't want to be "Princess Beauty" anymore. So we thought he was done...Oh, don't worry he was ready to be Cinderella. Hilarious.

I just can't stop laughing at this picture. Good thing Jacob you are a true BOY at heart...Considering this princess dress up lasted for a short 5-10 minutes and yes, you began tacking and running around and playiing football again! Welcome back. But for a moment Jake, you provided some great entertainment.

Park City 2010

Really, as I go through my hundreds of pictures I realize it is impossible to document every moment of the trip. When you are vacationing for an entire week...Sunday to Sunday. You take LOTS of pictures. We walked on main street, went swimming, ate Carmel apples, went swimming, rode on the trolley, went swimming, ate lots of good food, went swimming, played with cousins, played tennis, cross-stitched, more swimming, eating hot pepper contest, and even more swimming, etc. Really the list goes on and on, you get the idea we went swimming and hot tubing every day! In the end some were ready to go home and others (my family) wanted to stay another week!

Here is a cute picture of Caleb enjoying our daily adventures to a fun Park City park. We returned there everyday. The mom's had a monkey bar contest. We can't forget the obstacle course we set up for kids and parents. Little Olivia won both, she's amazing.

Alayna was in HEAVEN having her cousins by her side from morning till night. Now, that she's back in school she doesn't see them unless it's on the weekend or something fun and she just is hoping for off track time again!

Our annual tradition is to hike up to the Payday lift. It takes about 1 hour and it is intense for the little ones. Alayna is our little "prayer" girl. If it gets a little rough, she says, "Mom, I need to say another prayer!" Last year, we attempted this hike with our 5 two year olds. This year we did it again...all 5 walked on their own and they did amazing! Really, as an adult it's hard for me, but yet the little legs just inspire you to keep on going. The joy at the end of the hike is a free ride down the lift. We were privilege enough to see two moose down below. Overall, our week was fabulous and it was SUPER great weather! Until next year, we love Park City!