Mobing sale!!!

I think the entire universe is aware of how much I LOVE yard sales. When I say love, I mean the kind of love that I feel for my husband and children! So, when I ran across this sign awhile back, you can imagine my shock and utter disbelief. If you look closely the sign says: MOBING SALE ALL WEEK. I laughed so hard and had to drive by the sign multiple times to see if what I was reading was correct. I was just sure if I continued to drive past it, it would magically spell MOVING SALE instead, but sadly, it never changed and the poor person never realized they broke yard sale rule # 1- GET YOUR SIGN RIGHT! I thought this was blog worthy. Hope it made you laugh!Yup, it is confirmed, Nampa has some real winners!

The laundry is done!!!

When ever I see the bottom of the laundry basket, I get this overwhelming urge to jump up and down, fling my arms around wildly and scream wonderful things for the world to hear. It would probably consist of something like, "Holy crap I did it!" I always want to share my joy with someone, but 6, 3 and 1 year olds don't care that the laundry is complete. So, instead I move on to the next task without praise from anyone and my crazy urges within begin to slowly fade away. Trav comments some times, but he doesn't get it. They have no idea the incredible battle it was to tackle the overflowing heap of clothing that smelled like urine, poop and sour milk. So, in honor of my empty laundry basket, I thought I should add it to my blog as evidence that only a woman would understand!

A morning at the car dealership...

Last week our brake light kept coming on, so I took the Jeep in to get an appointment. Of course it wasn't for days later and naturally it fell on a day that Trav was at work. It wasn't a problem except I had no idea how we were going to make it home, (most my girlfriends have mini vans, but they too, have lots of kids so we weren't all going to fit) until I found out they could shuttle you back home. Yeah! So we set out Thursday morning and had to wait while the "shuttle man" was in Meridian on his way back. The kids and I stayed outside, but I didn't want them running around the parking lot, so I took the car seats out of the Jeep and strapped the girls in them while we waited. They actually thought it was fun hanging outside against the wall. They also loved the ride home from the nice stranger. Thank you "shuttle man"!

Miss Daisy and the ducks...

Daisy loved the white duck, so we had to get a picture of her next to it. They had a great time at the park, but those poor ducks were fed the only food I had in my diaper bag- granola bars! We haven't been back to see if they are still alive or not, but I hope they survived. Next time we will definatly bring the bread!

She seriously wanted to jump in after those ducks!

Grace is fasinated by anything that moves, plus she loves water. So, a day at the park near the water and moving ducks was quite the adventure. We eventually had to leave because she was freaking me out, I doubt she would have drowned in a foot and 1/2 of water but she's fearless! I thought she looked so cute watching them.

A day at the park...

Last week we took the kids to the park for the afternoon. Wow, were we in trouble for not bring bread to feed the ducks! They had fun anyway. Here's Tristin just hanging out.

Grace's 1st camp out...

Grace was the reason I was so worried about the camp out. Like every other 19 month old on the planet, SHE'S EVERY WHERE!!! But it really wasn't that bad! Much better than I thought. For the first time in her life, she was a pain to get to sleep, and then she woke up at 4:45 am, but I actually got to snuggle with her for 2 hours! I think she was cold, so she fell asleep right away with me in my sleeping bag. Thank you Grace for an enjoyable time.

Tristin hiking up the hill...

Tristin had a blast hiking up the big hill near our tent, and then happily running down it about 10 times. He was completely filthy, but had so much fun. He loved camping and wanted to stay longer, maybe next time Buddy...

We survived the campout!!!

Honestly, I was not looking forward to our ward camp this weekend. I envisioned bears attacking our tent, my children drowning in the near by stream, mosiqutos biting my rear end again (probably the reason we haven't been camping for 8 years!) and germs that even my travel sized Lysol couldn't kill. But, I am pleased to report, none of those things happened! And, we all had a great time. (There were some bedtime issues, some snoring problems I had to endure and a few other unpleasant encounters) but other than those, it was no problem! Here is Daisy helping Trav sent up the tent. We arrived yesterday and are happily safe at home now. It was about a 24 hour trip, not too bad for our first family camp out!

My sweet Ryan...

Ryan has been my best guy friend and like a brother to me since 3rd grade. He's watched over me for most my life and he's just been like apart of the family,. Mom and Brent adore him as I do. We have so many fun memories with each other running around on the play ground when we were 9 and 10, passing notes in Junior high, being there for each other after break ups with boyfriends and girlfriends in High school, going on motorcycle rides ( my favorite was when I didn't realize my 4 inch boot was resting on his muffler and it melted half of my heel off! and left black rubber melted to his muffler), camping with his family, trips to his Dad's cabin ( my favorite was when he was so drunk one night and I was nominated to hold his throw up bowl. All I can say is it's a good thing he was my brother, because other people's vomit is so disgusting!) holidays with our families, the time we were Christmas shopping and laid down in a hammock, but I got up too fast and he flipped out of that thing and ended up on the floor! I'm still laughing about that! ( and a 1000 more memories). We've been through so much together and although our visits are few these days, we're still there when we need each other. We've been there through marriages, the military, divorce, jobs, kids, houses, and heartache. Ryan will always be one of the sweetest guys I know and one of my favorite people in the world.