kiddo fun:)

 my little singer-she wants to be a singer "sooooo bad"....they are singing call me maybe!!!

 my thing 1 and thing 2-wouldn't change anything.

 our family watching fireworks in july at our old home...loved this night. same shirt-don't judge!!

 mike and i up camping-he wanted to take a picture with the hole....

 my sassy little hailey-this is her personality for sure!

ryker eating a dum dum at my grandmas home.

some pictures that are wayyyyy over due.......

 this is at the brigham city temple....don't mind the evil eyes, we are a nice family.

 up in yellowstone-that is a bear!!! we had such a wonderful time up there.

 my marathon-and kids k, what a fun day!!!

this is the lagoon incident-me laughing ryker crying. mom of the year moment.

Hooray!!

It was long and hard. Rykers little runny/stuffy nose turned into a cough. A good cough. It was loose, and I could tell he was working things out. He still has the cough, but he is eating and sleeping well. Thanks for all the prayers, and thoughts. My little boy had a cold, that did not need antibiotics, amazing.
I could not be happier. Doesn't take much does it?

battleing! again.

We have all had a nasty cold. Mine wouldn't go away, so I got put on some antibiotic. Hailey, dear sweet hailey, hers went away, or is at least on its way out. Mike, his just started. I hope he will be like Hailey.
Ryker, started off with a stuffy nose, and a cracky voice. He has developed a fever. No one else did. His is turning into something. I have prayed so much that it will go away and leave his lungs alone, will you pray with me?
Oh, I love my family. Please get better soon.

a first grade note, that warms my soul.

A note from Hailey:
"your young and beliblyliefle."

It was brought to my attention that it says, you are young and beautiful.

Thanks Hailey, I love you so much, I need to remember this more often.

Run!!!

Last night we went to the one mile race, that is held by a local college, and advertised at her school. It was awesome, and sooooo crowded. I signed them both up for the mile, and they were practicing running and stretching, such a fun and healthy atmosphere. I met "iron cowboy", he has participated in 23 ironmans and has more to go. I guess the record is 20, I don't know if that is in a year or what, but even still, pretty impressive. He told me he runs a marathon every weekend. He took it easy this past weekend, camein 3 hours and 15 minutes. He finished his last ironman in 10 hours and 30 minutes, that is so neat.
The races began, Hailey ran with her age girls and Ryker was allowed to go with the first grade boys.
When the gun went off, so did Hailey. Ryker grabbed my hand shaking. It was sad. I looked down with his number bib on and big alligator tears coming down, "my legs hurt", I said well we will just run what we can, and we can stop anytime.
His gun went off, and we ran hand in hand, and we stopped one minute later, and ended the race. He did not want to run, and I was not going to make him. I want him to enjoy things, and if he doesn't then, whatever, we will try something else.
We went to the finish to find Hailey. She finished 14:24. She did awesome.Her comments were too funny. "A mile is really long mom."
"I stopped and walked and then thought, oh, I need to keep running, I'm a finisher!!!"
"I met a friend and we talked and ran mom, it is much easier with a friend. I told her my mom should have ran it with me, mom you should have ran it with me."
This morning she rolled out of bed, "oh, my legs hurt! Is this normal, I must have ran real hard, mom."
Ryker said, "I should not have said I was going to do this."
I am all about finishing, but I did not want to carry him to the finish, like we do in every race, he is a big boy, and I am battling a cold.
Maybe not mom of the year, but Hailey rocked it, and I am so proud of her!!!!

Brigham City Temple and Lagoon!!!

What a weekend!
We went to the Brigham City Temple open house on Friday night, and we loved it. It was a long wait, but soooo worth it. It is so beautiful, and has so much little detail. Every temple is beautiful, but every one has such little details that make them such a different experience.
When we got up to the shoe covers, Ryker had the hardest time, I felt bad for the girl putting them on him, I just said please put them on, while Ryker was kicking and crying sooooo loud. I then said try being the doctor who gives him a shot and she started laughing.
Ryker did leave them on the entire time, but I was worn out. I held him the entire time, all 42 pounds of him.
We went to my sisters home, and let the kids sleep in the same room as their cousins, because we thought they were so tired they would go to sleep. They did, and so did the parents.
Hailey gave me a note the morning after, thank you leting us sleep offr we love it.
Then it was off to Lagoon. We had such a fantastic time. It was the best day, no wind, and very sunny.
We rode so many rides. Ryker: helicopters, swings, puff, baby boats, bulgie the whale, a little titel wave boat, and bumper cars (like 10 times). He was 45 inches and you had to be 46, but the guys were nice and let him enjoy the cars, thank you for letting him ride them. Ryker hates fast rides, he was freaking out on every one of them. He especially hated puff and the swings. He cried and screamed the entire time, I held in laughter most of the time, but the swings got me, I was laughing so hard and he was crying so hard, and yelling at me "don't laugh at me mom!" I would gain composure and assure him that he was fine, but then would laugh again. We were making all the moms and dads laugh, that didn't have to ride with their children.
Hailey is a thrill seeker, she rode: the scrambler 10 times and tilt a whirl 10 times, paragliders, that look like umbrellas, the planes, bom bora, which she didn't like this year, the bat, and all the baby rides with her brother, and the log ride. We had a lot of fun together.
We all rode the sky ride, and really enjoyed each others company. We stayed until they closed, and came home so tired.
We then got up on sunday and went to regional conference. It was a great conference, and I am glad that we went, even though, general conference, 2 hours, two kids, not a good mix, considering we were all exhausted, and mean to each other.
We are having a good week though: Mike fixed the dishwasher. We also fixed the washer and dryer situation. It will be so nice when our home will be a functioning home. What a sweet tender mercy.
We are looking forward to the temple dedication this weekend. I really like those so much.
I had a dream last night about my grandparents who passed away really super close together, and it seemed like I was talking to them, and that they were alive.....we were all talking about them, and they were just so kind and loving, which they always were. I just really miss them, and I am glad they got to visit me. I am thrilled that I know that our family is a forever family, and that we are all sealed together, and we can see and talk to them again. I don't think they are so far away after all.
That's all for now, hope everyone has a fantastic week.