Catching up and Hair cut!

Ok so I have some serious catching up to do so hang in there.

I decided at the last minute to cut my hair. I went to Emilee's shop and we debated and debated and then I turned the chair around so I couldn't see in the mirror and said cut and color do whatever you want. I didn't see it until she was all the way finished.


This year the kids have been good so we bought them a little pool. No more coolers for swimming. They love it

It's not big but it serves the purpose!

WE have some new members to our clan. Brook and callie! The kids have wanted some kittens forever and we never could because of the dogs. But we were able to now and my mom had these. The kids fell in love with these two so we brought them home.
Preslie and stetsons cat callie!

Lainee and Tanners cat brook! They all love them and spend all day playing with them. It's so cute to watch!

There is nothing like home! We went to my moms for a few days and the kids wanted to hike to mossy cave. I forgot how beautiful it is there sometimes I love the area where I grew up there is no place that even compares to it.

Grandma, Tanner, Stetson, Austyn, Lainee and Preslie on our way up!

Tanner, Stetson and Austyn in the cave

Preslie playing in the water

Lainee in the water

Stetson, Tanner and Austyn floating down the waterfall

on our way home posing for one last picture!

We went camping for the 4th of july on cedar mountain. We took the kids over to the ice cave at duck creek. This is everyone who went into the cave.

Ron sat and helped everyone in and out.

We went to Brian Head to watch the fire works. All the kids laying on the hill.

Me and my girls waiting for fireworks.

Preslie at the cave

Lainee enjoying a marshmallow

Stetson with a rock chuck they shot

Tanner showing his mussels

And finally The end result I had to wait so did you!...................................................................
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The hair. I love love love it. It feels so good. Thanks Emilee you did a great job!

What to do what to do?????

Ok so I am trying to decide what to do with my hair. It has gotten quite long. Most of you know that I have always had my hair long. Every once in a while i will cut it short but then it grows right back out. It has been long for several years now I think and so I feel like I might be ready for a change. I really like this cut but I'm not sure might be too short but if I'm gonna cut it I might as well go for a big change. What do you all think? this is me now a recent picture and this is the cut. Should i or should I not. Leave it long or cut it short? Give your honest opions! and Emilee is this doable.

~Baseball and a Wedding~

Saturday the 13th Derrick and Ashlie were married! It was a very small and beautiful. They were so cute together and and the colors were beautiful. We are thrilled to have ashlie in the family she is great and we wish them both all the luck in the world. I hope they both along with their 7 children have all the happiness that they deserve!

This was the exchanging of the rings!

The I do kiss wow. was it a long one!!

The marriage ceremony.

The very beautiful and handsome children of the groom. (kiera and Zoey were with ashlie so I didn't get them in the pic I wish I would have done another with them they were beautiful as well)

Ashlynn, Shaylynn, Shontae, and Shaycie they were so very pretty! They all seem like babies to me but they were beautiful young ladies this day!

Tanner at first base he loves t-ball I think he will be ready for little league next year! (thanks trish for the cleats and pants he loves them)

slugging it out there.

Stetson at first base. He is such a stealer. He makes my heart stop. He went to first base and stole all the way home before the next batter got on base. I was proud but I thought I would have a heart attack before he made it to home plate.

Up to bat!

It's been a busy spring but I enjoy watching the kids in their sports.

Happy Birthday Tanner!!

Friday the 22nd of May my little Tanner Thomas turned 7 years old. I can't believe it. It really does go by so fast It was just yesterday I swear i was swollen and put on bed rest with high blood pressure. The Dr told me he would let me go home if I promised to come in the next day at the exact same time and have another bp check if it was still high he was going to put me in the hospital. I cried all night and about an hour before my appointment the next day I went into labor. 2 hours later here came my little brown eyed boy. I love tanners chocolate eyes and his spray of freckles across his ohhh so pinchable cheeks. Tanner is a lover. he loves to cuddle and would always say when he was little ohhh mamma I love you soooo much. He is full of energy and such a joy. I am thankful every day my heavenly father picked me to be this special little boys mother. I love you tanner always and forever Mom..

Tanner and his cake on the mountain camping.

Acting silly

He loves smores

He loves to fish

swimming in jackson hole.
Happy 7th Birthday!!!!!!

Well it has been awhile so hang with me on catching up. Easter was great we all had a blast.
Preslie snuggled up with grandpa clark.

Stetson is very timid on his dirt bike which is fine with me but watching everyone else he began to get a little brave. He started to jump .

Kaylie rolling her Easter egg.


Tanner with his Easter loot.

Then lainee had her spring and end of the year dance recital. She loves to dance and loves being the center of attention.
Lainee with Grandpa and Grandma clark.

Lainee with Grandpa and Grandma MacIntosh (sorry the picture is blurry sometimes my camera will do that since the dirt incident (sheena).

Lainee with mom and dad.


Thanks to the Grandparents who both traveled to be there for their little lainee. She loved it and was very excited for the whole week before counting down the days until they could be there to see her dance. I know it is a lot to travel for an hour of time but it means the world to her and to us thanks we love both!!

And next was an early mothers day. Which totally surprised me. Ron always has me get what I want he never just goes and gets things so this shocked me and thrilled me and showed me how much he thinks of me and loves me. I have been wanting a kitchen mixer for awhile but will never break down and buy one. So while I was away working this week ron got a bonus check at work. Well if you know ron .usually if he gets money he has it spent before it hits the bank on something for hunting. But he took his WHOLE check and took the kids to wal mart by himself and gave them each five dollars to pick me out something. They all picked jewelery and tanner picked a twilight key chain. I loved every piece they picked they done a great job. Then they decorated these little brown bags and had their gift inside it. And ron picked out a mixer for me all by himself. When I got home the kids were itching to tell me I knew something was up but I was floored when I seen what they had done. ( the house was all cleaned too) I just started to cry. I was so floored and happy. It meant so much to me for him to put that much thought and time into me. Thank you ron I will never forget it. I love you so very much and I know I married the best one out there. Thank you thank you thank you!!! I love you !!


All my gifts. This was definitely the best mother day ever!!!

New post

I will be doing an update soon I am having trouble downloading from my camera. So next week i hope to get a new post.

To race or not to race?

OK so steph said I should do a post on our poor sports at the Pine wood derby. I have been so bothered by this that I think it is a good idea to just voice it. As you all know we are seriously into racing it is just deep in our blood. So when stetson joined boy scouts last year we learned everything we needed to know to produce a fast race car. Isn't that what every parent and their scout does. work hard on your car and take it to win. Whats the point of the derby if you don't try to win. I know you can't always win and learning that is good for kids. But don't you at least try? Well last year we took the car not knowing what to expect I was so worried that Stetson wouldn't win and would be heart broken I had the speech all prepared for afterward. But ... that thing was dirty fast and I mean dirty fast. no one could believe how that thing..I couldn't believe that thing! So as the year passed and we all forgot (OR SO i THOUGHT) life moved past the derby. Then as the new year came and went so did another derby approach. Stetson grew excited as it got closer and I took the exact same knowledge that I had and we helped stetson create another derby car.
So on derby night we again worried and I told stetson that if he didn't win it was ok. He was especially worried because all week the boys at school in our ward were harassing him and saying that they were gonna kick his butt this year. It was relentless all week long. everyday he would come home from school with things the boys had said. so I told him that he did his best and that no matter what it was ok whatever happened. Little did I know what we were in for. The parents were awful I don't want to go into a lot of detail but I felt like we were stoned. Stetson was threatened that if he won again he would lose friends and they tried to cheat him out of a race saying he had lost one and shouldn't be where he was. I fought that and then saying that where his car came of the track because the track had a bolt sticking up he should lose that race. We also fought that. It was incredible the way the people acted. Stetson did win first place again and I was so proud of him. he was ecstatic.
As we left stetson said mom I hope none of my friends will be mean and not be my friends anymore. I told him he should never feel bad about winning he should be very proud of himself and if someone wasn't his friend because he won them at something then he doesn't want those type of people for friends anyways. I was so mad about the whole thing.
So my dilemma do We:
1. Buy stetson out and not do the derby next year and take him to do something else fun.
2. Fix stetson's car so that he will lose to appease all the jealous sorry losers.
or
3. Take what we know and make the exact same car as we did the first year and this year and go to the derby and try to win. And to heck with the rest of them. If they can't take it then that's their fault.
That's what I think we should do. I don't want to teach stetson that you should not excel at something if it hurts others feelings. If it was baseball would he strike out because his friend did and he doesn't want him to get his feelings hurt? Their will be things some of his friends will be better at than him and vice versa. But is it worth all the drama of the people who would like to stone us out of the neighborhood and call us cheaters because we won the derby...
What your opinion. Put yourself in the situation and answer honestly.