A Princess's 8th Birthday

Makinley turned 8 on March 16th. A special birthday for sure. I took her shopping for clothes the week before her birthday and this cute outfit is one she chose all by herself. We had so much fun walking in the mall holding hands and going from store to store. She loves going shopping with her Grandma.
She's ready to open all her gifts from her family and us. I had already let her wear all her clothes we got her but we had to throw in an extra few for her to open.
She's really into Justin Bieber so I couldn't resist getting this beach towel for her.
She certainly loves her Papa and I know he loves her.
Makinley got lots of birthday cards from her class friends. She loved reading all of them too.

Makinley is such a big helper. She loves taking care of her little sister and brother. She loves to play the piano and is doing so well at it. She is such a beautiful young lady and I know she'll grow up to be an awesome teenager and make good choices. I love you Makinley!! Thanks for always going shopping with grandma.

Colby Lincolns 4th Birthday

Isn't this what birthdays are all about? Look at his face. He is so elated with all his presents.
Colby turned the big 4 on Feb. 25th. He had a fun little party with a bunch of his friends. The house was full of kids making a huge mess haha..
Gentry loved the cupcakes that Aunt Kori made.
Ha! Typical kid huh? They love the frosting.

Colby is such a doll. He has the biggest dimples like his daddy. He has a great smile and beautiful blue eyes. Colby loves to tackle grandma on the floor. We can wrestle forever. Colby is in pre-school and is really learning a lot. I love my little sweetheart so much!! Happy Birthday Colby!

Happy Birthday Rog # 55

We had such a fun day on Rogers birthday. We all drove out to Tooele to see Daxton baptized then came home and had a bowling party for Rog. He loves his family so much and it's always fun to get together even though Shana and her family weren't able to make it. The kids gave him a nice set of scriptures and he loved those. It's so cute how Adaline is trying to help her Papa blow out his candles. Kids are so cute..
It's a bowling party at Fat Cats in Provo. We all had so much fun but bowled like crap except for Jared.Kristi has the right formKori, Addie and Kristi having a fun time.
Look at those cute smiles. Gentry loves her Papa.
Jared and Easton waiting their turn to bowl.
I think Kori rolled a strike and she's pretty excited about it
This was supposed to be a picture of me and Jared but Troy always loves to get his mug shot in the picture. I love these boys!
My sweet Colby. Look at that cute face.

Kori in her new yellow pants Troy bought her. She thinks she's all it. lol Which she is.
Look at the lefty bowling!!
My sweetheart as he reads his card from me. He always gets emotional and I love it. My cute husband. It's hard to believe we're as old as we are. But I pray God will bless him to be with me many more years. I don't know what I'd do without him. He's my rock. Happy 55th birthday honey.

A Special Day For Daxton

Daxton was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Feb. 11,2012. On his Papa's birthday. I"m so proud of him for choosing the right and making the right decision. He's such a happy young man. Full of spunk. He loves to talk your head off and is so smart. On the day of his baptism there were 15 kids being baptized too so there were a lot of people. But I don't think there were as many supporters as Daxton had. Lots of friends and family came to witness this great ordinance.
Look at all the people who came to support him.
His daddy baptized and confirmed him. What a special day for him. I pray he'll always remember this special day and keep his promises to his Heavenly Father and always be an active member of the church.

Living Aquarium

Rog and I had so much fun meeting Shana and the kids, and we picked up Easton to go to the Living Planet Aquarium in Salt Lake. There's lots of neat things to see such as live penguins, snakes, fish, etc. You could pet the stingrays, some crabs etc. The kids loved it there!!Daxton measuring up to a penguin.
Brayden with Presley inside one of the exhibits
Hadley with her Papa
Brayden's looking at whatever is in the cage there.
Easton, Presley and Brayden looking at the fish
Easton wanted every toy in the gift shop
Shana and Hadley looking at the taranchulas
Brayden is petting one of the stingrays

Easton showing off his skills of driving a boat
Presley's pretty in purple.
Brayden's always so good to help with the kids.
Easton wasn't quite sure about petting the snake.
Brayden, Dax and Presley with a giant frog
Hadley's wanting to get out of the stroller and go explore
Brayden was showing grandpa an exhibit
Dax wasn't afraid to pet the snake.

Our Visit With Carol and Blaine Cordner

On this fun day, Feb. 4th 2012, Geri and Kayleen and I drove up to Taylorsville to visit with Carol and Blaine Cordner in their assisted living center. We also met their daughter, Karen, there. What a blast we had laughing of old times and the fun memories that Blaine and Carol shared with us of the fun times they had with mom and dad. They also have two sons, Steve and Jimmy, who were not there today. They're just a couple of years older than me and so they're the ones I knew growing up. We hope to meet them someday too. After we were done visiting and having lunch, we drove home and were talking about how much fun we had and how happy we were that we got together. What a fun way to spend a Saturday.We went outside of their assisted living center and had someone take this picture of all of us. Geri, Kayleen, Karen, Me and Carol and Blaine.
We gathered in a reserved room for us to have lunch with them. We visited and laughed at all the fun memories we all shared.
Geri, Kayleen and Karen. Karen is their daughter that Kayleen had found on facebook. That's why we were all able to hook up again with the Cordners.
Carol is 79 and Blaine is 90. Such an awesome couple. They were such wonderful friends of mom and dad and I'm so grateful we got to go see them before they pass away. Blaine was at the hospital on the night my dad took a turn for the worst. He was in the room trying to give my dad a blessing when he was disrupted by the doctors booting him out. My dad was in desperate need of a tracheotomy in order to breath.

God bless you Blaine and Carol.

Two Weeks Post Op

Well, I'm not two weeks post op of having my breast reduction surgery. And I can't tell you how happy I am. Before having my surgery I had talked to people who had had it done and they said it was the best thing they ever did. I now know what they're talking about.

I'm still very sore where my sutures are and I still drain a little bit that gets on my garments and sports bra but that's it. I can say that the surgery and post surgery experience has been much better than I ever thought it would be.

I've started tap dancing again last night. I also walked around the track at the Rec Center yesterday. So slowly but surely I"m going to get back to doing the things I love to do.

Yeah for small boobs!! Well, they're still a C cup but it's small to me. I've shown my family and friends my new tah tah's and they're so happy for me. I've shown them my before pictures and all they can say is "Wow, how did you carry all of that around?"

I go back to work in 2.5 weeks and I'm so sad about it. I've really enjoyed the time off being with my sweetheart and having him help me. But life goes on and I have to face the fact it's time to get back to work.