Kenny, Camping, Cabin & B-Day

A couple of weeks ago my best friend Sunny invited me to go to the Kenny Chesney concert with her at the Rio Tinto Stadium. It was so much fun to have a night out with her and without the kids. We had a blast singing and dancing like we were back in high school. Thanks for taking me Sun. I had an awesome time.

Over the 24th we decided to go camping up by Payson Lake. Ryan, Hailee & Carter came with us along with Jake, Annalee & Avery. We went fishing and just hung out around the camp fire. I really do love to camp despite what anyone might say. I love hanging out around the campfire having smores and being dirty. I just hate the nights. I am a very afraid of the Bears eating me and my family in the night so I made everyone put their coolers and food bins in their cars for the nights so we didn't encourage any animals to come near us. (I am sure that no one will want to come camping with me again) On top of our sleepless nights we had a HUGE thunder storm the second night and TJ and I quickly found out that our tent leaks. Needless to say Addie and I ended up sleeping in the back seat of our car both nights. We had a lot of fun despite the sleepless nights that we had.

Just the two of us.

The Boys: Ryan, Teej, Jake & Josh

My cute little baby Addie. I could just squeeze her all the time.

Daddy and Addie doing some fishing

The little ones: Avery (1), Addie (16 mths), Taylor (almost 4), Carter (2 1/2)

To finish off the month we went to Bear Lake for Raspberry days. It was a little bit of a downer this year since the craft fair was half in size and pretty much all the sold there was jewelry. We always have so much fun at the cabin. We are so grateful that we have such an amazing place to stay and enjoy nature. Thanks to TJ's parents for letting us all enjoy their getaway place with them. We love it.

TJ helping Tay paint her ceramic bear at the craft fair.

Taylor being a stylin little fish

Daddy and Addie enjoying the pool.

It was also TJ's 29th birthday this week, so I wanted to give him a little shout out. TJ is such an amazing husband and father. I couldn't have asked for more. I truly feel blessed to have him in my life. He works so hard to support our family so we can enjoy life with each other. Thanks for everything Teej. We love ya. - Jenn, Tay & Addie

More Summer Fun!

It has been a crazy couple of weeks. The week after the fourth our little family went up to Park City to spend some time with my family. All of my family have timeshares up in Park City and they all got their places at the same time including Milan and Sarah who were here from Texas. Then on Saturday my mom had planned the day full of Family Pictures, dinner & going through the South Jordan Temple. We had lots of fun and loved spending time with Milan and his family.

This past weekend we decided to take the girls and their Grandma up to RockPort Reservoir for a little fishing. We sat there for about two hours with nothing. Nobody around us was catching any fish either. We decided to start packing up to get ready to go and TJ decided to let Taylor bring in the fishing line a couple of times and sure enough a FISH!!!! What a lucky little girl. It was only about 4 to 5 inches, but it was her first fish and she was really excited about it until her dad almost hit her in the face with it and then she started to be a true girl. But once we got back in the car and headed home all she wanted to do was call her Grandpa (who was fishing in Alaska) and tell him all about it. It was so much fun to get out and do something different.

A few other random things that we did. I got to watch my cute little nephew Carter last week and the kids were getting really crazy so I decided to go outside and let them run their energy off. They loved the slip n slide. Even Addie thought that it was GREAT!! (Yes Sharri that is my garden in the background. I can't believe how many veggies I have.)


Also last week TJ decided to build the girls a tent out of blankets and chairs. They thought that was the coolest thing ever. They didn't want to ever take it down. Addie thought she was hiding from everyone and just did not want to come out. I remember doing this as a kid all the time, an I kind of forgot how much fun it was.

Happy Fourth & More!!!!

As always it has been a while since my last post. We have LOVED having the hot summer come FINALLY! The past two weekends we have spent up at TJ's parents cabin up in Bear Lake. The first weekend was way too cold to go to the lake so we just hung around the cabin and went swimming at the Bear Lake West pool instead. This past weekend we were able to get out on the lake for a day and enjoy Summer. The water was still FREEZING, but we managed to still have a ton of fun. On the 4th we headed over to Paris (a little town just outside of bear lake) for a fun little parade. The crazy thing is that this little town gives the kids WAY more candy then any parade I have been to here. After the parade we hung out for a while and then the kids did sparklers and pops (Thanks Ty & Kort, Kevin & Keri for the sparklers & pops, we owe ya). We had lots of fun, but are glad to have a little break back at home.

Since it has been so long I never got a chance to give a little shout out to Teej for Fathers Day. You are an amazing husband and dad. I honestly don't know what I would do without you. Our girls are so lucky to have you as their dad. They love you so much and they just brighten up when they hear daddy is home from work. We love you.

Addie's first ride on Grandpas Rhino. She LOVED IT!!

Cute Tay & Carter Bug going on a ride with TJ

Addie just a hanging out at the pool.

Taylor & Carter showing off their blow up muscles.

Addie & Avery chillin in their floaties. They are both so funny.

My Chubby little babe laying out at the pool.

4th of July Paris parade.

Daddy & his girls at the parade.

Shantele, Hadley & Taylor getting ready for sparklers.

Tay loving her fireworks

Dance Recital

WOW! It has been a while since I have sat down and wrote on our family blog. This past week Taylor had her last Dance Recital until she starts back up again this August. As always the girls where so cute & really funny. You could have watched them for hours. Thanks to all the family & friends who came to support her. She thinks she is pretty special when everyone comes to see her dance. Here are a few pics from the recital.

Tay doing a little bootie shake.

Looking like a cute little ballerina!

Taylor & Hadley showing off their flowers they got from Ms. Brittani!

Other Things!

Since it has been a while I looked back on my pics to see if I had missed any fun things. We went to the Legacy Center with Hailee & Carter Bug a little while ago. It took Addison a little bit to get used to the water, but she eventually warmed up to it. I just had to post this pic because it is one of my favorites of her. It shows her personality so much. We also got to go to the special Olympics to watch TJ's cute nephew Josh. Of course I forgot my camera, but it is always a lot of fun & we love going to support Josh every year.

That is about it for us for now. We are all looking forward to Summer & having lots of fun in the sun.

Easter & Stuff

Addie's One Year Appointment!

I took Addie to her one year doctors appointment thinking the doctor was going to tell me that Addie was a VERY big baby, but actually she isn't as big as I thought. She weighed 21 lbs & her height was 29 1/4 inches. She is actually only in the 50% range on both height & weight. However her head is still off the charts (as in BIG)!!!!! Addie is crawling around like crazy, but still refuses to walk. With my luck she won't start walking until she is 18 months.

Our cute little family

Easter Fun!!

Every year we get to go to my parents on the Saturday before Easter for a little Easter Egg Hunt, and then on Sunday we go to TJ's parents for another Easter Egg Hunt. On Saturday before we went to my parents house we went over to our neighborhood park for a ward Easter party and hunt. Taylor just wanted to candy inside of the eggs, and Addie just wanted the eggs to play with. We had lots of fun, and brought home WAY TOO MUCH CANDY!! Especially since TJ and I started a new diet thing (AGAIN! SINCE SUMMER IS ON ITS WAY)

Taylor with her Easter basket from the Easter Bunny.

Addie with her Easter stuff from the Easter Bunny.

Taylor & Hadley showing off their eggs in a ballerina pose.

They are soooo cute.

Couponing!!

I never thought that I would say it, or do it but I have come to the conclusion that I am an addicted couponer. After getting several things for FREE or less than a $1 I just can't stop. Let's be honest who doesn't like FREE!! I am amazed what you can do with coupons at stores, and what they will let you get away with. Last week Walgreens had a sale on Schick razors. I had a couple coupons for them, plus I stacked them with their in store coupon which made me get them for FREE plus overage. Here is what I got. I bought eight boxes of razors (3pk), & 4 toothpastes for just over $4.00 plus I received $7.00 back to spend on my next shopping trip. Can't beat making money off buying stuff. Also, yesterday I went to Target and got 6 boxes of fruit snacks (10 pk), 2 trial size deodorants, 1 Johnson & Johnson soup, and 2 travel packs of huggies wipes for $2.18. Awesome Right?? I have doing this for a few weeks and can't believe the size of my food storage now. If any of you are interested let me know and I can get you started on the addiction.