busy weekend

Last weekend we celebrated Brett's birthday!For Brett's birthday I bought him a guided fishing trip in Park City- one of the best birthday presents I have ever gotten him! I was so thrilled for him to go, he LOVEs fishing & never allows himself time to go- it was for two people so Brian got to go too. They had a fantastic time & now want to go fishing again sooo bad. Unfortunately-- real life has prevented another fishing trip. Again, GREAT Present- he had to go because I spent the money on the trip & it was scheduled. If I just suggested it... I would still be waiting for him to go. With a new job, family & church duties he is just too busy!

Saturday night we had cake & ice cream.
He requested our new favorite coconut cake.

It was an extra special celebration because we had company here.

The Brittany's- Marcus, Johnna & the baby.

Isn't he tiny & so cute? -- Marcus' hand looks giant!

Also- Aimee & Sean were here!! We were so thrilled to have them. It has been a couple of years since they moved back to Washington state & we miss them so much.

They brought their two darling kids & spent the night.

We loved it. It was so nice to visit & see what wonderful parents they are.

aaah- kids around the house again- fun times.

Just before they got here, Brett put up a swing on one of our backyard trees. It was perfect. Lucky for us & them the weather finally turned summer. It hit 80 degrees- crazy considering we had slushy snow on the back deck five days prior.

Now- summer has officially begun. I haven't blogged because I have been running. Running to get things done- everyday... I have so much to do & get done before my new grandson is born! I cannot- CANNOT wait to go out & see him!!

hurray aimee, sean & cole were here!!

It's been a couple of busy days around here!

Because of the Olympics I am actually getting some computer time without having to beat anyone off. I am so incredibly tired right now I can barely keep my eyes open. We have 9:00 AM church, were up late & when we did get to bed a huge storm started up. Thunder, lightening, wild wind & rain= NO SleeP. It was all I could do to get up & sing with the kids at church today. Hurray we were so excited to have company over for dinner last night!

The peanut, ruthie & brittany, plus aimee, sean & cole are in town-

it was fantastic to see them!! we miss them so much.

We BBQ'd & had a great time seeing how big cole is now. When they moved cole was the peanut's age 10 months. There is a huge difference between 10 & 19 months!

Cole is so smart & such a cutie. He's just about ready for piano lessons... maybe. He loved playing the piano & it was so funny because he moved his hands really fast, but hit the keys softly. See, I told you he was a smart kid!

Brett & jack were gone at scout camp this week & came home Friday night. No wonder I am feeling that school isn't starting early enough this year... partly I was missing dad & all his help. I worked a luncheon on saturday afternoon & the girls & I have done some school shopping. wow- it's been a crazy busy weekend.

Now I'm going to take my sunday nap! ZZZZZZ

*do you take a nap on sundays?

Gardner Village With Prego & the Girls

Today I went to Gardner Village with my pregnant sister Ruthie & my nieces Aimee & Britt.

(I have to call her prego sister now cause it's almost time for that baby to be born ya know.) Aimee brought the always stunning Cole & he was sooo cute. I got to hold him a lot & he was so happy & smiley! As you can see I have no pictures...I forgot my camera~ dang!

So I am posting a little picture of a postcard I bought for my favorite old friend steph. I just love to send her funny cards because I can picture her in my mind laughing & I know how much she appreciates funny things.

My friend Jill is back from having her Internet down for seven days. I thought two was bad~ I would truly go crazy. Her link is to the right. She is amazingly thoughtful & has tons of great friends. I feel like I learn a lot about friendship & service reading her blog. She is very inspiring to me. One of those kind of people you wish lived in your neighborhood!
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This afternoon Trent brought home a note from his teacher.

this is what it said-

"Your child's behavior was inappropriate today

Trent hit _____ on the head, took his shirt and pulled it, then put his face in ____'s face and talked loudly to him. Trent said the reason was because he didn't get any sleep last night and that he was too hyper. (while talking Trent wiggled around & flapped his hands & arms- lol) I asked him if he was able to run around at lunch recess to see if that helped him with his wiggles. He said it didn't really . I visited with him about school & class rules of keeping hands, feet & other objects to himself. He said he knew the rules. I told him that when you break a rule like this you need to pay 5 minutes of recess and write sentences. He said- OK, I will. Please visit with him."

I was completely at a loss. I read the note to him except for the LOL part- and asked him what the heck happened. First he said it was private then he admitted the kid in front of him in the lunch line- the one he "hit"- wouldn't go & was bugging him so he pushed him. He has NEVER hit or done something like this before.

What to do ... what to do...

I figured the sentences & 5 minutes of recess were enough & reminded him to never do that again. I have never known Trent to ever be aggressive, I really think he was just messing around & it went too far. For now I will leave it at that. I am meeting with his teacher on Monday about other things so I will get the details I'm sure. She is really fun but she is strict and she never disciplines without letting the parent know- thus the note. I don't think in my 20 years of parenting any of my kids have ever brought something like this home before. They miss behaved sure- just never got caught, I guess.

Chloe's Birthday Dinner

Tonight was Chloe's birthday dinner.

She decided to have her birthday dinner tonight instead of Tuesday~ since that's the night before the first day of school. She chose the menu~ steak, chicken, potato & fruit salad~ plus peach & blueberry pie with ice cream.

YUM!

Notice I put 12 candles in the pie on accident.

Brett noticed & pulled one out just in time.

Aimee, Sean & Cole came~ is he the CUTEST baby ever or what?

Brittany was here too!

Megan brought her friend Tony.

It was a lot of fun. We should do this more often. Chloe is such a doll~ and I am not saying that just because I'm her mother!

Happy Birthday Chloe~ We love you!

Summer Fun!

In my attempt to do something fun with the kids before school starts we sat down & made a list of all the things we want to do in the next 3 weeks. One of the many, was to visit IKEA. This may not seem like a big deal to most- but it's big here in Utah. The store just opened in May & it is amazing, if you've never been to one you really need to check it out. Trent was super excited to go into the play land which is ultra cool with tons of modern toys & a large ball pit. The girls were in heaven wandering through the many "decorated rooms." Let me just say they each have new ideas for what they want on their birthdays. The best part was Aimee my niece met us there. She is so cute & so much fun. We got trent out of play land then had lunch~ .99 mac & cheese for kids! He was a little overwhelmed by the whole place. He kept saying - we're never going to find our way out of this place- (it's huge!) Every so often there are little kiosk areas with activities for kids who are undoubtedly board since their parents are completely mesmerized by millions of affordable products. On the way home we stopped off at Dad's office & brought him some swedish raspberry cookies- did I mention IKEA is a swedish store? Well we're back home & ready to drive ballet carpool. I am hoping to do a ballet post tonight or tomorrow.

Have any good ideas for us?

Cousin's Camp Has Started

Baskin & Robbins- yummy!


Aimee & Cole- two cuties!

BEFORE

AFTER
Two summers ago Ruthie & I started Cousin's camp with our kids. We've had so much fun now it's a tradition. This year it is two nights & two days at our house. Sarah & Chloe made a spa & have treated us all to our choice of spa treatments-LOVED IT! I had the foot & back rub, with a hair brushing. I highly recommend it. We just had our official kick off meeting where we voted on activities and now we are having a DDR tournament. We are heading off to Baskin & Robins or as Trent calls it "Basket of Robins" at 2:00. Happy Day- Aimee & Cole came to join us- I can't believe I'm a great aunt!?. Our newest cousin Cole is arguably the cutest, even though they are all cute. We are doing a boys craft- making bird feeders. A girls craft- homemade scrapbooks. Hailey is in charge of making & teaching the girls how to make taco salad for dinner. Then, we're watching an outdoor movie with roasted marshmallows later tonight.