I can’t believe she is 8!!!

I can not believe Taylor is eight years old! The years have went by so fast. Taylor is such an amazing little girl, she has taught me so much. I love this little cutie more than words can say! She is such a blessing in our lives. For her birthday she wanted to go to Jumpin Jacks. We had family and a couple of her friends over for cake and ice cream and after that we headed up to Jumpin Jacks.

She got a lot of fun things for her birthday, a CTR ring, a baptism book, littlest pet shop stuff, a bridle (im not sure if that’s what its called) for her lamb, a gift certificate to the corner station, toys for out side, money and more!!!

I wish I had a picture of her looking at the camera with her cake! Hehe

The girls were pretty cute on the ride up to Jumpin Jacks!

Taylor and Shae thought they were pretty cool because they had the very same outfit on shorts and all!!! How cute are they!

The girls loved when my brother played with them. Michael (my brother) and Mike were pretty good sports when it came to entertaining the girls!

 

Happy Birthday Taylor!! We love you SO SO much!

May Day

For those of you who don’t know what May Day is, Taylors school puts on a little dance recital where each class does a dance. Normally it is outside on the lawn but due to the never ending rain they moved it into the gym this year. The theme was “Night at the Movies”. Taylors class did a dance to the Lion King. It was really cute. Sadly my camera is getting worse every time I use it and I didn’t get any good pictures. These are the best ones, isn't she a cute little lion!!

Spring Dance Recital

Taylor and Brooklyn had their spring dance recital on May 17. They have both worked really hard this year and and have done so good with their dances. We are so proud of them! Brooklyn's age group did a daddy daughter dance. It was the cutest thing ever and something im sure Brooklyn will never forget! I think Mike even enjoyed himself a little, he was a very proud daddy!

Family Vacation!!!

Warning – This is kind of a long post with a lot of pictures!!
My parents took my whole family on a trip to Mesquite!! It was so much fun. Our whole family was able to come except Mercedes, we missed her. We left Sunday morning, May 1st and got there around 4:00. I was starting to think maybe we weren't suppose to be going because when we left Ft. Green we drove up to check on our sheep and of course they were out so Mike got them back in the field and then we were off……. or so I thought. When we got on the divide just about to drop down into the canyon there was girl pulled off the road broke down. We had to come back to Ft. Green to get some things so Mike could fix her car. By the time we finally got on the road the girls had already been in the car for an hour!!! Anyway we made it down there safe and sound!
When we got there we ordered pizza in and then went outside and ate on the lawn. It was SO nice to be outside and not freeze! Now for the those of you who are wondering, no my girls cant eat pizza but I brought down the things I would need to make them there own low protein pizza and then we had a lot of yummy fruit and green salad to go with it!!

My mom and dad!!

After dinner we played in the water and out on the lawn.

Brooklyn and Taylor watching Michael, Justin, Mike and Corbin play this game, I forget what its called but it was pretty fun.

Bless Brandon's heart he played duck duck goose with the little kids, they thought it was great!

Taylors first time playing tennis!

The next morning we got up and made some breakfast for the girls then my parents watched them for us so we could go out for breakfast. When we got back my parents took all of us bowling! Now im not the best bowler in the world however I thought bowling with Nicole id do ok…….. um no, even though she is blind she still beat me, without bumper pads! Hehe

I have to document my moms strike she was very proud!

After bowling we went back to our condos and BBQ some turkey! Of course I brought low protein meat substitute down for my girls.

After dinner my parents took us to see Rio in 3D and somehow none of us got any pictures in our cool 3D glasses.

Here are some pictures of us swimming

The water was cold so that's why we are in the hot tub and why im not in the pool!!

I don’t know if you can see the look on Nicholas's face but it shoes how cold it was!

We had so much fun. I want to go back soon. A big thanks to my parents for giving us these cherished memories!! I love you guys so much!