Fall Break

For our Fall break this year we took a trip down South. We stayed in Cedar City at the Trammell's house. They are some very good friends of ours that treat us like we are their children. We love them dearly and it felt so good to stay in their home! We went to Bryce and Zions National Parks! It was so beautiful. I can't even describe how beautiful it was. The boys hiked all over and never complained. They absolutely loved every minute of it. If you haven't been...GO! It is worth the time and drive and energy to hike around a bit! I can't wait to go back and see some of the things that we didn't have time for.
On the bridge to go to the Emerald Pools


Weeping Rock! We didn't get a picture of how soaked the boys got!


On our way up the rocky paths to the upper Emerald Pool


Beautiful sight


The rest of the pictures are at Bryce Canyon. I had never been there before and was amazed. I think it was my favorite place!

Last week I had an old friend that I hadn't talk to in years until recently (to my great happiness) comment about my blog. She had very nice and positive things to say about it, which was very nice of her. But, since that time I have wondered about this whole blog thing. It seems to me that we only post the happy times. I guess that is because that is what we want to remember and we want to help and uplift others. But, I also think that we should know that there are a lot of days that are DANG hard. There are a lot of days that I go to bed feeling like a complete loser of a mother. I feel like I have yelled at my children all day long. There are a lot of days that I just feel lonely. There are a lot of days I just feel completely overwhelmed with all that I have to do and know there is no way I can get it all done.
Please, anyone that is reading this...don't take this the wrong way. I have good days even great days...but sometimes bad days just happen. I don't want your sympathy. I don't think that we need to be negative and bring anyone else down with us...but somedays it's nice to know that there may be someone else out there that isn't perfect. So here I am gals...very imperfect and looking forward to a better day tomorrow!

Summer Memories

I was just looking at some photos taken this summer and thought I would share a few fun memories!


This was at five mile. The boys hiked up a hill to see the sunset.


Kyle next to his new motorcycle. This was his first ride at 5 mile!


Landon and I ready to eat some hotdogs!


Jared helped Spencer drive the four wheeler. Spencer was a crazy driver!


This summer Laureesa Cook gave my boys private swim lessons. She is an amazing teacher! The boys loved it. She took Spencer down the slide on his last day!


She said Spencer could float longer than any of the boys!


Jared learning how to dive. This was not his favorite part of swim lessons!


Landon tried and tried to do a perfect dive!


This summer we hosted a neighborhood scavenger hunt. After the kids found treats, popcorn and prizes at each clue they were lead to our backyard where we set up a tent and watched a movie and had some glowstick fun!