My Birthday

I had a great b-day this year. I turned 31... I rememebr when 31 seemed old. I can remember when my mom was 31 and she seemed ancient to me, now she is much older then that but still seems young to me. I guess time and age really are relative.

The weekend before my actual b-day Josh took me to my favorite place in the whole world, The Mona Lisa. We had a wonderful time.

The weekend of my b-day we had a little BBQ down at the park and ended up having a great time.

Warm Lake

Every year we use to go camping around the Warm Lake area.... it is one of the most beautiful places I have been to and I use to often think that someday it would be "my heaven"...that when I went to Heaven, my family and I would always be at Warm Lake camping. I LOVED that place. We went for 5 years in a row and then I had Ry in April of 2005 and was not about to take a 2 month old camping for a week... so we didn't go that year. The next year some friends of ours invited us to stay at there cabin in Cuprum so we didn't make it in 2006 either. In 2007 a horrible forest fire came in and wiped out the area I LOVED so so much. I was so sad... so we started camping at another area... which I love but it isn't Warm Lake.

We hadn't been back since 2004 and decided a couple weekends ago to head up there and just see what it looked like. It almost made me cry... the whole area is gone... completely burned up. It will take decades to be back to the place it what at one time. But the memories it brought back were amazing!!!

Here is some pics of our trip... it was flooding terribly but everywhere is right now. I am glad we went.... I hated to see the condition it was in, but was happy to see it again.

Memorial Day 2010 and other things

Jaces last day of School was Friday the 28th and I cannot believe he will be in 2nd grade already. 1st grade flew by and he sure loved his teacher... he almost cried the last day. Mrs. Smith was great with him and he excelled immensly with her. He went from reading 15 wpm with 76% accuracy to reading 73 wpm with 100% acuracy! He also made some wonderful friends this year, all in all it was a great year.

Memorial Day weekend was pretty crummy weather wise but we did take a ride in the hills on Saturday and only got rained on briefly. I am really, really tired of this rain!!

No more preschool

On Friday night (May 14th), Ry graduated from preschool. I am still trying to come to terms that the preschool years stage of our lives are done, I just can't wrap my mind around it. It went by so, so, so fast!

Ry couldn't be more excited for it to be done. He is beyond ready to start Kindergarten and I believe he will excel immensly in school, he loves to learn! He asks me everyday if he can go over to Kindergarten and has been asking me for the last 2 months.

His graduation was awesome and he has made some really great friends in preschool who I honestly believe will be lifelong friends. His teacher is amazing, Jace had her as well and I wouldn't ever reccomend anyone else for preschool. She has taught my kids so much and they love her!

Ry and Teacher Erica






Ry, D'Orr and Trenton


Jeffrey, Ry, D'Orr, Trenton and Jaxon

cute

Answers below by Ry: age 5

1. What is something mom always says to you?
take out the trash (??)

2. What makes mom happy?
when I am nice to you

3. What makes mom sad?
when I am mean to you

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
tell me a joke

5. What was your mom like as a child?
you liked doll sets

6. How old is your mom?
13

7. How tall is your mom?
hands about 2 feet apart

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
go to the fair

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
sit and be sad

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
dancing (lol)

11. What is your mom really good at?
Super Mario Brothers

12. What is your mom not very good at?
Batman (on DS)

13. What does your mom do for her job?
drive bus

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
hamburgers

15. What is your mom's favorite animal?
monkey

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Spongebob


17. What do you and your mom do together?
eat lunch

18. How are you and your mom the same?
I look like you

19. How are you and your mom different?
I am a boy

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
cuz you always say that

21. Where did mommy meet daddy?
Frosty palace

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
the zoo

23. Who is Mama's best friend?
Kim (lol)

24. What is Mama's favorite color?
pink (no)

25. Who does Mama love?
me and brother


Answers by Jace (age 7):

1. What is something mom always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes mom happy?
I do

3. What makes mom sad?
If I am gone

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
do funny things

5. What was your mom like as a child?
you liked pancakes

6. How old is your mom?
30

7. How tall is your mom?
50 inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
dance with me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
drive bus

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
cleaning (lol)

11. What is your mom really good at?
dancing (hmmm)

12. What is your mom not very good at?
driving bus (what the heck)

13. What does your mom do for her job?
drive bus

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
tacos

15. What is your mom's favorite animal?
giraffe

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Batman


17. What do you and your mom do together?
play

18. How are you and your mom the same?
i was in your belly

19. How are you and your mom different?
i am a boy

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
you say it ALLLLLL the time (lol)

21. Where did mommy meet daddy?
The Drug store (lol)

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Applebees

23. Who is Mama's best friend?
Tonya

24. What is Mama's favorite color?
purple (I hate purple)

25. Who does Mama love?
your dad

Ry's trip to the Zoo

Jace had a trip to the zoo a couple of weeks ago but I am waiting for the pics from another mom (yes, I forgot my camera).

Today Ry's preschool (he is done with preschool in 2 days, another post for another day) went to the zoo. We had so much fun!! A little stressful because there was ALOT of kids there and we were tryignto keep track of the 5 boys in our group, which is much harder then it sounds but all turned out well and Ry had a great time.

Mothers Day 2010

What a great day it was! The boys got me a card and then also made me one, Josh made me dinner and Jace at one point brought me in some tulips he had taken from our flower bed... unfortunately he pulled them up by the root and stuck root and all in a vase. I thought it was hialrious and adorable, his dad... not so much.

I had no idea how much I would love being a mom... I knew I always wanted to be one, that was never in question... just never knew how much I would love it. My boys are my life... and to me they are perfect in every aspect of the word. I cannot imagine a day without them.

Happy Mothers Day to all you amazing moms out there... it truely is the most selfless, rewarding job there is.