Go Fish

Stacia and Landon were in a play for school called "Go Fish". It was really cute, it had a star fish who couldn't get a call back, an octopus with only 7 legs, a blow-fish with allergies, Stacia was a clown-fish who couldn't tell a joke and Landon was a Tuna who couldn't carry a tune. They did such a good job especially considering, they both took on extra lines at the last minute! It was so fun to watch, it's times like these that I just love being a mom!

Fun At The Park

We have some really fun parks by our house and we are taking full advantage them.

This park has some really nice hiking trails and the kids love it. They want to go hiking everyday, it's their new favorite thing.

Award Winning Girl

Stacia received two awards at school. The first one was a "Character Counts" Award for being a good example and the second was for meeting her reading goals. She was very excited and told me that the rest of the kids had been working on their reading goals since before we got here!

Good work Stacia!!!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was great this year, I love being a mom to my four beautiful kids! They made me all sorts of fun things this year, flower pots, beautiful pictures, poems, cards, and a birdhouse. What more could a mom ask for? My favorite part was that they all kept wanting to do more things for me and they could hardly hold in all their surprises. They kept wanting to tell me what they had made it was really cute. Bobby got me all of my favorite things, diet Dr. Pepper, a brownie warm delight, junior mints, and the best gift, a flight home for June 1st to be there when Amanda has her baby!! If she can wait that long :) I love my family so much!!

Bobby's parents came up for the weekend which was so much fun. The kids have a great time with their grandparents and Marie always has a lot of fun things planned for them! They do crafts and play games and enjoy their time together.

Since we don't have a garden, Marie brought us some Topsy Turvy planters. Soon we will have yummy tomatoes and strawberries!! Thanks Marie

Even though the weather wasn't ideal we took the kids to the beach and of course they had a great time. How do kids do it? they didn't seem to notice the cold at all.

This particular beach has a big pirate ship with a zip line. The kids love it and it's a good workout for me running the rope back and forth. Even Lauren took a turn but we didn't get a picture because we were too concerned with making sure she didn't fall off.

It was a fabulous weekend, and to all the awesome mothers in my life: I love you, you are amazing!! Happy Mother's Day!

I know, It's a Miracle!

So the last few years have been interesting. We have had some good trials and learned a lot. With life being crazy and me working so much I just didn't have the energy to blog. Now that we are living in California and life is getting more stable, I decided it's time to get back on the ball! I don't think I can ever catch up so I am just going to start fresh.

Easter 2011

Coloring Eggs!

On Easter morning I got my girls all beautified for church and about 5 min. after I finished Lauren she found the face paints and went to town! Luckily it wiped right off.

The kids looked so nice for church.

After Church the kids realized the Easter bunny had come. They had a blast searching for eggs.





They also got to do an Easter egg hunt at Bobby's work and the Easter bunny was there so they had a lot of fun this year!!

It's all about Stacia!

Stacia turned 8 on Feb. 8th


She couldn't decide on a theme for her party so we had Wizards of Waverly Place party favors, this is everyone putting a spell on the birthday girl :)


We had a High School Musical pinata


and an American Idol cake so I guess her theme was Musical Wizards :)


She had a lot of fun with her friends, singing, dancing, eating pizza, cake and ice cream and even giving herself a little make over.



When her friend party was over we were off to Grandma's for her family party. On the way she said it was okay if the family got her clothes because she already got a lot of fun toys from her friends, which made me laugh. She was right, she got a lot of cut clothes from the family, but she also got some toys...she's just a little spoiled:)




About a week after her birthday I took her to get her ears pierced, she was excited and very nervous. It just happened to be the Saturday before Valentine's day and the jewelry store was packed so we had to wait forever but her turn finally came. I took the before picture and her smile looks a little apprehensive which still makes me laugh.


I was surprised she smiled for this picture because this is the second ear, but when I asked her about it she said she smiled because she knew Aunt Cindy would see the pictures and she wanted her to see how brave she was. What a cute girl, and she was very brave.


She looks so grown up :(


Another very special day was soon to come. Stacia was Baptized on March 6th. She has been looking forward to her baptism for a long time and it was a really wonderful day. My mom and I had taken her shopping for her dress and all of her cute accessories, (thanks mom she loved spending the day with you!) Grandma and Grandpa Ginn flew in to be here with her, and got her a set of her very own scriptures. Bobby preformed the baptism and confirmation, it was a great day that I know she will remember forever. Thanks everyone for supporting her.





At one point Stacia said to me, "it seems like it's been all about me lately" and I told her that it's okay to have it be all about you sometimes, we are so proud of her and love her so much. I can't believe she is growing up so fast!! Time passes so quickly and I'm glad we can have these moments where we can stop and celebrate.