BD Parties, July 4th with Lovelaces & more Horses!

Arielle with ribbons from her 1st Western show
Taking care of Sis after show

Just liked the St. George background here

Looks like she has a tummy ache, but apparently this is real western posture...

Stella, Kylie & Arielle at Toby's BD

crazy kids!

what a fun group of boys (and GOOD boys!)- they are gonna be missed!!!

4th of July Mylie & Arielle

Doesn't Jim look like he's having a blast with that sparkler?

Mady's Elvis impersonation

Hawaiian cheetah crashed the July 4th party

Mylie had Jim playing the "hawaiian pirate cheerleader"

Always glad I clean up before family comes to visit ;)

words can't express...

Toby celebrated his 12th birthday at the pool with some of his crazy pals. We had the party early since we'll actually be in NC on his BD. Arielle invited a couple girlfriends to run around with as well. Toby was stoked 'cause he got MONEY from most of his friends which is what he's into these days (LOL) Aren't we all? Arielle had another horseshow this month, western this time...after she rode in her class, we found out that she was actually riding in a more advanced class by accident. She did great and still took a second in her class! Also this month, Scott, Crystal & the girls hung out with us for July 4th. We gave Mylie a bunch of Arielle's old dress ups and she had a ball celebrating July 4th as a cheetah! She dressed up Jim & Scott too which was entertaining. We celebrated Jim's BD low key while the Lovelaces were here, ice cream cake & Flight of the Conchords. He had to work that night which was a bummer- hopefully the teenage mutant ninja turtle cupcakes I took him for him & his ICU friends cheered him up :)

June 2009

Utah Summer Games Cedar City

Toby Long Jumping

Arielle with her relay team

Toby's relay team

Gold Medals!

Cute Sisters! (Buffy & Meg)

Jameson (did I spell that right?!), Meg, Kristen, Debra, Me

Crystal

Meg, Buffy, Me

Mom dishing out her favorite things!

Sheaner & Debra

Mylie & Mady (my adorable nieces)

Crystal & My Bro

Grandpa Extraordinaire!

Annie, Anna & Arielle at Tidal Wave (Lagoon!)

Tidal Wave

Seth & Toby at Lagoon

BFFs!

Arielle & Anna looking like drowned rats after it poured on us at Lagoon

Beautiful double rainbow on the drive home from Lagoon, pics don't do it justice

Big Bus & Baby Bus

Sloans

My awesome work team! Missing a few key players though...

Toby ruckusing at the lake

Twizzler Love

Wilkinsons, Us, Greens

Jocelynn, Julianne, Sierra

Heather & Craig

David, Jocelynn, Hannah

Wow- seems like I just posted yesterday but its been a month! June has been action packed, even more so than usual (and for us that's saying ALOT 'cause we're always on the go!) We really wanted to take advantage of everything around us in Utah before we move to North Carolina next month. This month we took a little Vegas trip, stayed at Worldmark and enjoyed the lazy river, Coke Store, M & M store & Silverton Aquarium. The kids also did Utah Summer Games where they each took home a gold medal for 4 X 100 Relay. Next we took off for Salt Lake to say bye to friends & family. Mom & Meg organized a wonderful Bunko reunion with my girlfriends. We did a "favorite things party" where we each brought 5 of our 1 favorite item and exchanged..lip balms, photo frames, room sprays, bath & body works, cookies, candy, herbs...all kinds of little goodies. We stayed up late talking and catching up. We also went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House (beautiful!!) and made a Lagoon trip with the kids' best friends. We went to Buca Di Beppo with my family and enjoyed a couple walks & bike rides around Oquirrh Lake in Daybreak. I even fit in a 5k (Herriman's Step Rock n' Roll) while we were up there. The day after our Salt Lake Trip we had a fun family night with The Greens & Wilkinsons at Sand Hollow Reservoir. The kids had a blast riding on the tube behind the Greens boat and playing in the water until the sun set. The ladies chatted and tried to resist all the wonderful homemade goodies (I didn't do too good in that department ) My work team took a little trip to Fremont Indian State Park where we had a good time hiking & learning about Native American culture/history. OK- so it was ridiculous how much stuff we've done in June!! Beginning in July, I will no longer be working for the State of Utah, just spending time with the kids, packing and getting ready to move! We will be adjusting from 2 incomes to none!! Can you say HELLO student loans? I will try to get a PT job established once we get settled in NC. I think I'm actually ready for things to slow down a bit...after the move of course!