A couple of post.....

Before the play "The Secret Garden" with great-grandma Jolley and grandma Shanna

They do love each other..... I enjoy moments like this!

Here are some 4th of July pictures.

SuMmER TiME

My mom and I took my girls up North to see the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and do a little school shopping, I can't believe that summer break will be done in a month. The Temple was so pretty, Jentri and Lexie really enjoyed the Temple, but Brynn just wanted to go where she was not suppose to go. We had quite the adventure finding the Temple, I seen the Jordan River Temple and we ended up there, we seen a nice police man who told us that we could not take the kids into that Temple, ha, ha and gave us some good instructions to find the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, I guess I will admit that I am a blonde:) We did finally get to the temple and enjoyed the tour. We ate dinner at the Mayan Adventure, it was the first time for all of us to eat there, we got to sit at a table on the 2nd level close to the diving cliff's, it was pretty cool, other then Brynn falling over with the chair and getting a bloody nose. After dinner went back to the hotel Jentri and Lexie went swimming for a while, when Shawn and I booked the hotel online all they cared about was the pool. It was just a quick trip but fun to get out of town, thanks mom for helping me with my girls.

Jentri, Lexie, ,me and Brynn having dinner at the Mayan

Outside the Mayan after dinner

Build a Bear workshop, Brynn got to make a cute Lamb that she is getting for her Birthday from Grandma Shanna, Jentri and Lexie where so excited to go and make a stuff animal, they both ended up choosing dogs, they had been looking forward to this store since we left our house.

My mom, me, Brynn, Lexie and Jentri after the tour of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple




Beauitful Oquirrh Mountain Temple

MaNTi PaGeaNt

A few weeks ago we took the Young Women to the Manti Pageant, I have not been there since I was in young women's. The Manti Temple is so beauitful! WOW!!
We stayed the night in Richfield at a friends backyard, Jana and I were way excited, we took dibs on the trampoline, while the girls sleep in tents, I don't care to sleep on a trampoline ever again, (ouch) the YW pres sleep in a pile of ants so I guess it could be worse. We woke up and went over to our first counselor parents house and had a tasty breakfast made by our bishop and his counselor and then headed home.

HaPpY BiRThdAY MoM!!

I want to wish my mom a HaPpY BiRThdAY! On Thursday afternoon my mom, Amanda and I went up to Salt Lake City. We did some shopping and talking without kids, which is always a bonus. We had a good time, I wanted to let my mom know how much I love her and thanks for all that she does for my family, she is such an amazing person! On Friday we got to visit with my grandma and grandpa Stubbs, my grandpa has been getting some treatments at the Huntsman Cancer Center so they have been staying up there at the University Guest House for several weeks, he will be coming home soon so Amanda, my mom and I went up to visit, we took my grandma up to the Huntsman Center to have lunch and show us around the building, it is a beautiful building and very nice facitity, and they have been great to my grandparents. Grandpa has not been feeling that well so he did not want to go out for lunch, but we did visit with him in the lobby before and after lunch, they have been telling us about these hot cookies that they bring out to the lobby at 4 PM each day, so we also got to have a hot cookie! It was such a fun trip, I can't wait tell grandpa can come and home and get feeling better,

thank you LaRee and Pam for watching the kids while Shawn was working.

My mom at the Sweet Tooth bakery in Provo, she had read about this Bakery on someone's blog and wanted to try it....

Yummy cupcake!!


Welcome home sign from my girls!! They do love me after all ;)

Thanks for the fun trip mom! I hope that you have a HaPpY BiRtHdAy, even if you had to speak in sacrement on your birthday day!

Strawberry Point

Quick trip, two weeks ago, Saturday during a rain storm we decided to go to my families cabin and spend the night, the mountain is so pretty when it is raining, on Sunday we took a ride over to Strawberry Point, I was scared with Brynn, she has no fear, and I am afraid of heights.
I hope you are all having a good summer!!

KiDo'S!

GLitTEr BallS! JeNtrI and LeXiE

LitTle LeXie PracTicIng tHe ArT oF CleAniNg TaBleS


BrYnN



BrYnN lOvInG tHe WaTeR

I have been the worst to blog latley, we have enjoyed the weather this week, I could spend the whole day staying in the SUN!! I love it! Jentri and Lexie are both done with Soccer, they had fun although most games where very cold and windy. Wednesday when I got home from work the fan from my car would not shut off, I called Shawn at work and he said to run it down to a shop and have them disconnect the fan, little problem Brynn was down for a nap and I had Hayden and Mac on top of three neighboor kids playing at our house, the fan finally stopped but my car was dead as dead, because of the fan running. Jentri and Lexie have been bugging me to get them a glitter ball, so I told them if they cleaned the down stairs then we could, (I love that I can bribe them he,he)then I relized that I did not have a car, Shawn who was still at work ask his mom if we could borrow her car, I was trying to buckle Brynn's car seat in LaRee's car and turned around to see Brynn in the sprinkler, soaking up the water, it was so funny I had to grab the camera, this was her second outfit that she had soaked that day.

where does time go???

Life has been busy, I feel like the last few weeks have been a big blur.... on Friday I got to go to a Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Banquet, just what any girl would want to do on her birthday right????? it was not so bad, we got a free diner with no kids, so I can't complain, then on Saturday Brynn, my mom and I ran to St George to do a little shopping, and lunch at Olive Garden, then came back in time to go Joseph a Nashville Tribute to the Prophet, with Shawn and Jentri. (thanks Quinn, Amanda and Riley for watching Brynn and Lex) the concert was so neat, if I ever get the chance I would go again, they came down to perform for the youth. Shawn and I went on The Martins Cove Trek this last June with our ward and it was such a humbling experience, the group that performed just came out with a Trek CD, and it reminded me so much of our trip, it gives me chills. Shawns sister Pam was in charge of arranging the concert to come to Cedar, so we got 2nd row seats, my mom was on the first row, he, he. One of the members of the band had lived in Cedar for a while before moving to Nashville, his name is Tim Gates, Pam invited my grandma Jolley and mom to come and watch the concert, my grandma knew Tim before he moved so she thought that it was way cool when he pointed and waved to her during the show. If you would like to check these guys out click on the link: Nashville Tribute Band Intro Video
On Monday I took Lexie to her dentist and she had four cavities! I thought that she only had two, she did so good, they gave her some laughing gas and she sat their watching Horton Hears a Who after I ask her if she felt sleepy and she said that it made her HAPPY!! and that she likes that stuff, she makes me laugh!!
Jentri woke up early this morning with a sore throat, I was going to keep her home but told her to try and go to school and if she continued to feel sick then to call me and I would come and get her, well she did not call me until 3:20, school gets out at 3:30, so I went and picked her and Lexie up I could tell that she did not feel well. She took it easy this afternoon and then when I got home from young women's activity tonight Shawn said he wondered if she had Strep, so Jen and I headed to Insta Care at 8:10 P.M. they checked her for Strep and it came back positive, we hurried and got her a prescription to start before it gets passed around. That is just a little of what we have been up to.....but that is probably more then you wanted to know.