Family Reunion #1

The Anderson reunion came first this year

and it was A LOT of fun.

(Although it was sad that Micah couldn't go with us!)

We had tons of fun canoeing,

 visiting,

 riding horses,

 blowing bubbles,

 digging in the dirt,

 riding four wheelers

and SO much more.

Thanks everyone for a GREAT time!

The first of Summer fun!

I have LOVED watching Kody play Soccer!

I have to quiet my exuberant cheering (yelling) so as

to not embarrass him, but I just can't help it!

Here he is in action!

 Here are the girls trying to get warm at the game.

It took for-e-ver to get warm here in Idaho.

 We also found an awesome animal exhibit at the 

library too!  You could even touch all the animals.

We loved it so much, we went back a second time!

 We also went on a fun bike ride too!

I tried to wear out the kids before bedtime, but I 

think I wore myself out more.

However, it did put Lacey to sleep and Ty was

definitely thinking about it!  :)

 We also had another Simplot Family day!

Luck Bryan and Cali got to go with us this time.

I LOVE the protective gear you have to wear.

It ROCKS!

End of the year happenings!

The end of the school year is always busy, but fun!

Here is Josie getting her perfect attendance award.

 Phil Meador Toyota offered the kids a free bike and helmet 

if they got perfect attendance.  It was a very good incentive!

Here she is on her new bike!

Here is Kody getting his Reading award.

(Not sure why he had that goofy smile! :)

I can't remember exactly how many points he had,

but it was a lot!  He's a really good reader!

 When we (Lacey and I) went to Tyann's Kindergarten Graduation, 

Lacey wanted to be the star of the show.

She's SO me!  Ha ha ha!:)

Here is Ty at her Kindergarten Graduation.

I hate that they play the graduation song.

Just hearing it makes my eyes tear up.  She's SO excited for 1st grade.

(Good thing I still have Lacey at home or I would be having a heart attack.)

 Josie also had her 11th birthday! 

She's growing up so quickly!  She's the best helper

and very fun to have around! Love you, Josie!

 I love this picture with the Birthday Wreath!!

Doesn't it just shout out, HAPPY BIRTHDAY?

I also got to go with Josie on her "bike hike"

on the last day of school!

Thanks Cali, for keeping Lacey!

We had a blast together. I'm so glad I'm able to make time

for these special moments!

 And last, but not least, Josie graduated from 5th grade!

I'm seriously going to have a mild breakdown next

year when she starts middle school!

Our fun date!

I'm not sure why the time goes by so quickly.

I try to be a regular blogger and end up doing about 1 post a month.  YIKES!!  

Here is the fun date I told you about in the last post.  Micah and I got to go see WICKED the musical!

 We loved it!  It was amazing and I totally want to go again and take my two older kids.

We're still listening to the music and my kids can all sing a long.

On the way up, we were able to attend 2 temples!  It was a first for us and so fun.

We went to the Twin Falls Temple and the Bosie Temple.

Talk about AWESOME day!

 Another fun part of the trip was that we got to stay at my cousin Kristin's house in Boise.

She and her husband stayed up visiting with us all night and they made us feel so welcome and comfortable.

It was so fun to get away together.

Thanks again MOM for keeping the kids.  You're seriously the BEST!

Time is flying by!

Another month has flown by.  Here is what we were up to.

I got to go with my mom and sisters to BYU Womens' week!

It was amazing!  We had so much fun together.

 I enjoyed a VERY nice Mothers Day.  I even got a pot of flowers and the Josh Wright CD

my sister wrote about here. The other highlight was when my husband fixed a dutch over meal

consisting of Ribs, Potatoes, and Peach Cobbler!  YUM!!!

 I LOVED this custom hairpiece that I made for someone.
Isn't it fun?

We went to ALL of Kody's soccer games.  He did awesome!

I just need to work on not yelling so much.  I thought I was helping, but apparently

I'm embarrassing.  :(  Nice to know.

We also went to all of Josie's recitals and competitions. 
She is doing amazing as well!

That's all for know, but keep checking back.

I still have to post on a SUPER fantastic date that
Micah and I went on!  :)

The last month in review!

Kody had his first Pinewood Derby on March 19th!

(Which also our 12th anniversary!  Wahoo!!)

During spring break, we all went rollerskating! 

I started a blog with my sisters!  It's awesome. 

Have you checked it out?

Click here to see it.  Seriously, you'll LOVE it! 

It really lives up to its name, "bits of everything"! :) 

I spent 3 days at the Holt Arena for the "Spring Fair" with my sister and a good friend!

We sold our Girly Accent stuff there and did really good!

It was very tiring, but overall a really great experience! 

My friend Lisa and I drove to Burley to see our friend,

Lyndsey, who just had a baby.

This is the three of us and our "babies"! 

Too bad mine is getting so big! :) 

Josie is also growing up too fast!

She had her graduation from the D.A.R.E. program!

We even got a little education on drugs and gang symbols.

It was very interesting! 

Our friends, the Bartels, got to come visit.

It was too short, but we LOVED it! 

Our van hit 180,000 miles. :( 

So we bought something a little newer!

A 2004 Chevy Trailblazer.  We LOVE it! :) 

I was a "hostess" for Jr. Miss Scholarship program. 

Micah helped me get a little "spring cleaning" done! 

He is seriously the best husband ever.

We washed windows (inside and out), cleaned blinds,

shortened the blinds (a project we've been meaning

to do for 3 years), and washed all the curtains

and hung them back up!

It feels so good to have that done! 

And today we started our Easter celebration.

It was so nice to have my sister, Cali,

and her family come and join us.  We had such a good time.

We dyed eggs, had a egg hunt, played outside,

and grilled hot dogs for dinner! 

What a cute group!! 

Whew!  That was a busy month!

My own little makeover!

A "before" picture has to be taken without make-up, right???  YIKES!

I had been growing my hair out for a while, but I didn't LOVE it.

So, one morning I woke up and decided that I had had enough!

It needed to go!

(I don't really recommend this.  It's way harder that you expect!)

I was trying to tip cut the top when I got this little beauty!

Luckily, Tyann was available to take my picture.

This is how I do it!

And this is how it turned out!  It feel so good.

I am a short hair girl!!!!

(Plus the make-up helps too! :)

The side view!

What the back looks like!

It's hard to take pictures of yourself in the mirror!  :)

So there it is....what do you think?

(Actually, please don't tell me if you liked it better long.

I'll probably never go there again!

I just FEEL so much better with it short and off my neck!)

This is the damage on the floor!  It was A LOT!

Well, a lot for me, anyway....  lol