Fun in the Sand & Sun

The kids wanted to have one more sandy beach party
in the sandbox before school started. I knew they were
just playing in the sandbox and didn't realize
how much fun they were having until I went out and
saw their bodies & hair completely covered in muddy sand.
At least they had fun, and I had fun hosing them
off before they came in the house.

Sleeping, Blogging, & Dinosaurs

I love seeing the kids sleep like this, with
their bum straight up in the air & their feet crossed.

I have not blogged on this blog very much because I have been so busy with my other blog Sweet Coconut Lime. There have been many times when I have wondered if I should really have another blog, and then there are the countless times that I feel that for some reason, I need to. So for now, I am trying to find balance.

In the meantime, I have been creating lots of digital art for my blog and to share with others. I was so surprised and honored when one of my favorite bloggers spotlighted me my design for school on her blog for all of her readers, which is over 15,000 to see. Lets just say I felt very cool! :) Brian wanted to take a picture of me with my art in the background to remember the start of something that I have no idea of where it will take me. The pink rose on the side is from Brian telling me that even though no one else may know how hard I am working, he does & he appreciates all my efforts, and to keep going. I am grateful for his faith in me.

We took the kids for a fun day at Thanksgiving Points Dinosaur Museum. The kids LOVED it! They loved looking at the dinosaurs, playing with the sand & water, digging for fossils and drawing & taking pictures of the dinosaurs. They were in awe the whole time & it was fun spending the day together.

A Music Concert

One of my friends from High School

Joshua James, is now a popular singer.
He had a free roof top concert in Provo
for families along with some other singers
& artist. My parents are good friends with his
parents & lived in the same ward with them for

9 years. Josh & I went to seminary, highschool,
& the first year of college together.
The concert was a lot of fun, and our good friends,
Paul & Nicole met us there as well. We all had
treats to share & the kids loved staying out late.

Morgan & Jackson loved jumping & Hallie loved dancing to the music.

Landon was really good the whole night. He sat there and listened
& would get up and dance every once in a while.

I remember one day in highschool, one of my friends had all of us fill out a questionaire
of where we thought we would be in 10 years and where we thought those around us would be.
I knew that Josh always played the quitar and could sing, but I had not idea he would
make it big like he has. I think it's really cool. The funny part, is all the funny memories
I have of Josh. I remember him saying "Word" all the TIME in our church class on Sundays.
I am sure he drove our teachers, Sis. Bybee a woman full of class & propriety & also a famous opera singer who sang at the Grand Metropolitan & her kind & proper husband, Bro. Ford crazy! For the rest of us, it was entertaining. Whenever they asked a question Josh would always respond with "word". Which to them, I don't t

hink was even part of the proper English language, & of course it didn't make sense to us either.
Josh always had his skateboard with him, caught his apartment on fire-well, a small fire,
& told me he would kiss me right on the steps of my apartment in college because he was surprised I hadn't kissed anyone yet, and was even more shocked when I said I wanted to wait until I really liked the guy.

What a fun journey life has taken him on. He is so unique & has such a funny sense of humor. I love his billboards & pictures around because it reminds me that the best part of being ourselves is being different- the way we were meant to be.

Landon's Hand-Eye Coordination

Landon loves putting things in boxes, wholes, containers,
anything he can think of. He loves putting things together
& is really smart with how things work.
He kept putting his drinks in the box & played
Peek-a-boo with them.

He always got so excited when he opened it and his drinks were still inside. :)

Then, he would take a drink from each cup and put it
back into his treasure box. I love how kids get entertained
from the simplest things.

Jackson is 6

One of my favorite pictures of Jackson. I still need to edit the rest of all the pictures, but for now wanted to at least get this one on here. July 16

Jackson's 6 year old pictures

We took the kids to Heber for our cousin (Justin's) baptisim. We decided
to stop at the Heber Creeper and take pictures of Jackson & the kids
for Jackson's 6th birthday. Landon was not too happy because he had
barely fallen asleep when we had to wake him up, but the others thought
it was really cool taking pictures by the train.