Time Flies

So as I was thinking about blogging and had decided that I didn't have anything to post. I was thinking about all of the posts I had done over the last couple of months and realized that I didn't post about Alysen turning 7, the spring sing, the spring dance recital, gymnastics, or Ashley turning 6. I missed most of the important stuff! I also have pictures for some of that stuff!

For Alysen's birthday we went to Build a Bear. She had been begging for a year now. I told her that we would go it she didn't have a friends party. The girlies had fun and they still love their animals. Alysen sleeps with hers, it may not last long.

The spring sing was funny. The girls got to dance silly with their dad and they learned a few new dances.

Ashley did dance this year again. Alysen was going through who know what and didn't want to. They did some really cute dances and Ashley had a blast. Actually I think I did post about this because I am remembering the tights being on the outside of her leotard.

Last but not least, Ashley turning 6! We didn't do the birthday party thing. We went on that trip a couple of weeks ago to the zoo and Boondocks for her b-day. She got a Nintendo ds and has loved playing against her sister. Actually I think I had more fun on it this weekend with April then the girls have had.

April came and stayed with us this weekend. She usually spends a bit of time with us each summer and we love it. They girls stay up late and sleep in. On Saturday Ainsley was up at 8, but April and Aly were up at 10. Ashley came rolling up about 10:30-10:45. That girl can sleep. They say you grow when you sleep, well she needs to sleep for a couple of years!

This weekend is our weekend at Fish Lake and I can't wait! Hopefully I will have pictures when we return!(Note to self: remember the camera)

Off

I took last week off from work, although I wouldn't call it a vacation. Monday after a few errands we met up with the Crane's at the ranch for some of Grandpa's dutch oven cooking. I have to say the cobbler was my favorite.

Ainsley, Adri, Kendal, and Aiden. This was the prep table and close to the food. They were starving and didn't go to far from here until after they ate.

Ashley's cup has a lizard in it, you can see a leg if you look close. The kids love to catch lizards and pack them around while we are there.

It took Aly a while to warm up to the lizards. About 20 minutes before we left she finally held one and then wanted to take it home. I think at one time the kids had 6-7 lizards.
Tuesday and Wednesday we went to Boondocks and the Zoo. We were supposed to go to Lagoon, but they weren't open. The hotel sold me a Lagoon package that morning and after we got checked in we found out they weren't open during the week yet, weekends only! The kids were really disappointed. I am sure we will make it again later in the summer. This pic is Ashley at the zoo. We rode the train and touched some pretty weird stuff. I had never been before, so it was fun. The kids loved it!

Thursday I baled hay with my dad and Mark. Friday I went with my SIL to Salt Lake and came home late that night. The kids played in Nephi at Aunt Laura's. They always have a blast when they go up there. We can't wait to go back for the Ute Stampede.

Saturday I worked in the yard and mowed the lawn. That afternoon we went fishing. The kids all caught at least one. Ashley caught three! She was really proud of her pole. It was funny to hear the kids talk about how her pole was the one catching all the fish. It had nothing to do with the location or the bait. It's all in the pole, the red pole in case you weren't catching anything with the pole you own. Yours is probably the wrong color.

Sunday...Cleaning and relaxing. We changed sprinklers and ran the wheel line into the fence. Don't ask me how. It all is a mystery to me.

I am glad that summer is here (wish the weather would get above 50). I am also glad to be back to work and have life back to normal. I got up early this morning and came to work, EARLY!

On the run

This past week was great!

Thursday night I worked for Mike.

Friday I worked for Will.

Just kidding. I did more than work. On Friday Will and I worked our sheep and herded them to the East side of the valley. It was crazy. I can guarantee that if it would have been recorded from above I could have secured the $100,000 grand prize on America's Funniest Home Videos. I got a really nice suntan, some of you called it a burn, but today it is nice and tan.

Saturday I cleaned around the house a little in the morning. That afternoon we headed to Richfield and saw Katie's cute little new baby girl, Kaylee Ann. I should have taken the camera, but forgot. We spent some time in the hospital loving on the baby and then went to Hannah Montana the movie. Thanks Amanda, Paige, April, and my Dad for meeting us there. I actually liked the movie. It was a lot of fun and the girls LOVED it. That night we headed over to Mace and Amanda's for a sleep over. I watched Amanda plant her garden (no help whatsoever) and the girls had a blast playing. We had dinner with the Sudweeks and laughed a lot. It was great!

Sunday morning we started our trip to Heber at 6:00 AM. We all have different ways of figuring how long it takes to travel from point A to point B. Thanks Amanda for getting us there an hour and 20 minutes early! Better early than late. We went to church and Emmitt was blessed. Matt did a great job. Then we headed to their house for lunch and again, Matt and Rachel did a great job! The kids got into swimming suits and ran through the sprinklers while I did another tanning session and chatted with Rach's family. They are a lot of fun and easy to laugh with.

It was another great and busy weekend. Here it is Tuesday and I am already looking forward to the jam packed weekend coming up! More sheep, traveling, and family!

About time...

Will did his driving test for his CDL today and PAST! He has been procrastinating about doing this for over a year now. He is required to have one for his job. He is so funny about tests and gets really nervous. His boss, Cory, and I were chatting on the phone while he was doing the driving test and laughing about how uptight he gets. If you know Will, chilling is not something he does well. Well its done and his response was "I never have to do that again." Those are the words of a relieved man! Glad your done honey and can quit stressing! (about that at least)

Irresponsible...I know!

So it’s time to regroup and get focused. I have been a major procrastinator and so unorganized that I am scaring myself. This is what happens when you can’t say no and want to experience everything. So I am currently behind at work, at home, and at school. Who can I blame? Nobody (except myself of course). In the past when I was behind I would spend extra hours at work getting caught up, give up sleep to clean, and tune the world out to do homework. Not so much as I am getting older, priorities are changing, so why aren't my responsibilities?

This weekend I stopped for 30 minutes to play t-ball with the girlies. Two years ago that would have never have happened. Friday night, when I should have been doing homework, I went with my parents and Mace’s family (minus Mace) to the ranch for a hot dog roast. We had a great time. The problem is that nobody did my homework for me while I was off playing, irresponsible I know.

My Internet has been down for a week now, making it difficult to do homework. So instead of going out to work to do it, I let Will and the girls take me out to eat for Mother’s Day. I know I have sinned.

So to the professor patiently waiting for the three assignments I owe him, THANKS! I am in the process of kicking my butt and disciplining myself so this doesn’t happen again. I am regrouping and will not let the process take more than 24 hours, as I don’t have any more time to waste.

Goals for the week:

-Monday-stay late to work.
-Tuesday-(1 assignment)
-Wednesday-(2 assignments)
-Thursday-(2 assignments)
-Friday-Work for Mike, go shopping for a dress, work sheep, wash horses for 4H, shop for girls 4H clothes, get trailer and tack ready for Saturday.
-Saturday-Herd sheep, take the girls to 4H, finish remaining homework.
-Sunday-Heber City

I may have to sacrifice sleep, appearance, and exercise, but I can do it, right?

A GREAT WEEKEND!

What a great weekend! Friday I went grocery shopping, by myself. That never happens and I was able to browse for a few things that I needed to investigate. It was wonderful. Plus it took half of the time it normally does when I take all of my little darlings! My parents came over and spent the night so they could help us in the morning.

Saturday Mark and Emiko, their kids, Will, myself, the girls, my dad, the sheepherder, and a neighbor boy docked lambs. It was great! It went so, so fast and smooth. We got the majority of the herd done in one day, not only one day, about three hours! Thank you, Thank you! We came in cooked lunch and just hung out. That night we went for a ride on the mountain. Will is famous for leaving the truck on empty. Well, this time it was my fault. I left the truck on empty. We got half way up the mountain and the fuel light came on. We continued. We got to the upper reservoir. Will and the girls ran around, threw snowballs at each other, yes we were all wearing Capri's. On the way home we let the girls out so they could ride their bikes home the last three or so miles. We had fun and didn't run out of gas.

Today we did some cleaning, homework, made a great dinner, and played with horses. This weekend they are taking the cows on the mountain and needed to put shoes on the horses. Ashley rode her horse for a while and Aly worked on just trusting her horse, poor girl. They didn't get to far, but they got a good start. I have got to start getting my homework done at nights during the week so that I can hang out on weekends. Spend my time cleaning, with the kids, riding 4-wheelers, horses, etc.

I am loving the rain we had this weekend and spring in general!!!

SPAZ

So our cat, Spaz, had kittens this morning some time. She had them in the stupidest spot in the garage and conveniently suffocated two. I am allergic, deathly allergic to cats, so this is a good thing. The remaining at least three maybe four, will be absolutely loved to death by my girls. Aly was already at school, I was at work, and Ashley was at Maxine's when Will called me and told me heard them in the garage. I had to run home and grab some stuff for my boss, so I grabbed Ashley and took her over to be the nursemaid. She wasn't sure what to do, but didn't mind watching. Hopefully the remaining ones will be alive this afternoon and we can get some pictures!!