On Martin Luther King Jr. day we went out

with some friends to their ranch.

Can you believe this is January!

We rode horses and 4-wheelers

roasted marshmallows and got rained on.

books

I just finished this book last night!

I loved it 

5 stars
Favorite lines from the book......................

You mustn't wait for someone to rescue you...A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself.


"She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal."


"You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing"


Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power."


"The cage door opened and the cuckoo bird fell, fell, fell, until finally her stunted wings opened, and she found that she could fly."

Has anyone else read it?

I would like to know what you think about it?

Last week our family was asked to clean the church.  So on Saturday night we went over and started vacuuming, taking out the trash, ect. One of the chores on the list was to clean the chapel.  ((WOW the Cheerios  we found!)) We needed to make sure all the hymn books were all a certain way.  So we went row by row and arranged them all. 
 On Sunday morning we sat down in our seats and Kalab had to fix our hymn books.  He tapped me and said look! 
I was so grateful for the lessons my kids learned about keeping our newly remodeled church clean and tidy!

bad week for Aubrey

This past week has been a hard one for my sweetie girl....

first she cut her foot.  The screen door hit the 

back of her foot .  We went to the ER 

and she had to get 6 stitches.

Next Kalab dropped the top a stool on her little toe~

Same foot!

She had just started walking normal too!

 

I hope nothing else happens to this poor foot~

all she likes to do is Dance, Dance, Dance!

Aubrey was in her 1st dance recital today.  And she rocked!  She did a tap dance to "Kiss the Girl"
I bought these flowers for her and had Blayne bring them up when they came.  She thought her dad was AWESOME for bringing her flowers...

No stage fright and she LOVED being on the stage.... I wonder where she gets it!

We are ALive!

I'm still here and do miss my blogging... but we have been at the baseball field!

I will be back with posts... I promise!

Kalab wanted me to wrap him up this morning.
He said he would stay that way until the kids came home from school.
He lasted 2 minutes.

Septemberfest in pictures

We went to the Governors mansion a few weeks ago for Septemberfest.
They open up the mansion to tour and also have free activities to do.
The Oklahoma History Museum was also free for the day.


Storie time from the library They were pretending to be wolfs.....

Waiting to go fake fishing!

Radio Disney..... Our favorite radio station!

Milk'n cows

Laser tag

I did not know that this was how peanuts grew....

fun fun fun

the FAIR (in pictures)

I tried this recipe yesterday and it was a hit!

Apple Brownies
Ingredients:
1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 C. flour
1 tsp. Baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 large or 4 small apples, peeled and diced
granulated sugar (for sprinkling on top after baking)
Caramel Ice Cream topping (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Choose your pan size: either a 9 x 13 pan, two pie pans, or a pie pan and four mini-loaf pans. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and apples. Mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar.

The Tooth Fairy has returned!

Aubrey has lost her first tooth....
She lost the tooth somewhere in the living room
but the tooth fairy still came!

over heard....

I have been attending a Photoshop Elements class on Monday and Wednesday nights. Those nights have been hectic getting dinner done and me out the door. Wednesday night I needed to leave early to close out my booth at the craters mall so Blayne was not home yet. I dished up the spaghetti and put it on the table for the kids..... Chase sat down to eat his and said.....
SO HOW WAS YOUR DAY....
I chuckled all the way to my class.

Practice

I have been taking a Photoshop Elements class and I am loving it!
It has opened up a whole new world of BRUSHES.
They are like Stamps and you can create anything out of them.
this is my new favorite WASTE time!

My Civil Duty....

I received a letter a few weeks ago informing me that I was summons to Jury duty on the 31st of August. I was so nervous, the not knowing what to expect part of it. Blayne tried to reassure me by telling me what happens. He told me that once they find out that I was married to an attorney that practices in that court, I would be let go. I figured I could do it. I mapped my way downtown and found a place to park ($8.00 uhg ) I went to a room that was FULL of people.. I felt like a turkey being herded to a new turkey shed... Any way I checked in and found a seat next to a lady who I struck up a conversation with. This was her 4th time going through this and I felt that she was a pro at it. They called out 50 names and they left with a judge. So I sat there and read while I waited for my name to be called. After a short break and 7 other judges request for jurors, it was my turn.

I left with 20 other people, followed a balif down the ramp and up the stairs. My heart was about to jump out of my skin.... I did not want to do this and I thought that I would be released and sent home. We sat in the benchs and recieved instructions. Then our names were all put in a box and pulled out one by one to fill 12 seats....... I was Juror #7

We were asked several questions as a group, then some individual ones. The Judge asked us to tell them what we did for a living and then our spouse. I figured this was my chance to get out of it..... NOPE I was chosen to be 1 out of 6 jurors.

It was a personally injury case. Once I was in there and listening to the instructions of being a Juror, I started to get excited. I was able to see what Blayne did and how the process all worked. I listened to opening and closing statements and the whitnesses. The plantiff fell asleep, not a good thing to do infront of us. We found in favor of the defendant and it didn't take us long at all to diliberate. We finished and were able to leave by 4:30. I did NOT have to go back. I was finished with my CIVIL DUTY!

Dance...

I finally...FINALLY put Aubrey in a Dance Class.

I Thought that she would be so excited and thrilled to go. NOPE.
She cried and complained because her tights itched...... She sobbed because the boys were going fishing and she wanted to go.......... WHAT --fishing instead of DANCE --what little girl would choose that?????

I told her I would buy a chocolate dipped cone and that cheered her up, then her dad told her he would wait for her to get home. So she
was ready to go!
I found the shoes for $2.00

1st day of School....

It was a rainy morning so we woke up to dark sky's.

Bad weather for pictures, but it felt like summer was over.

Taylor started middle school and has to be gone earlier than the others.
Some highlights of his day....
~periods
~lockers
~binder

Chase started 4th grade and was just excited to go!
Aubrey is in the 1st grade and she thought it was fun to eat at school...
My little Kalab is in Pre-K and just loved to play on the playground.

My 2 1/2 hrs alone have been a treat for me...

free fish day!

I still have so many things we did in Utah that I have to get recorded.......
This was one of the funnest things we did

We went up Ephriam Canyon and went fishing.
It was free fish day and all the kid got free fishing poles.

Kalab sat on the bank and casted his fishing pole the entire day.

Grandpa was getting a little tired of untangling all the line.