Our Papa

Last Wednesday we got some bad news....Bryan's dad's cancer is back. (It happened to be his 59th birthday...not a very nice birthday gift!) Today Mike starts another round of intense chemotherapy. After this next round of chemo Grandpa will undergo a bone marrow transplant...courtesy of Aunt DeAnn. We feel very blessed to have had a good six months of Grandpa feeling well enough to enjoy 2 awesome vacations with all of us! We are so grateful that we have the bravest, strongest, happiest Grandpa out there! He NEVER complains! Whenever we call or visit his first question is, "How is everybody?". We look forward to "kicking this next round in the butt AGAIN"! We love you Grandpa! Go Team Halliday!

Am I Living On Another Planet?

Lately I feel like I am seriously living on another planet! My son is speaking a foreign language! Today I found out that "we are like the only people on the entire planet who do not own a Palkia!" Can you believe that?! I am in a constant state of confusion..."so and so traded me for Rapidash, and I beat him with my energy ball"..."Bulbasaur can defeat so and so with his awesome fire energy." ..."Pikachu is good but so and so is evil" (by the way I'm sure none of that was correct which really shows you I'm not following along) ....Help! I'm so lost! How in the world does the kid remember all of this and keep everybody's special powers and energies straight? Really...I'm amazed at his brain power! Oh and have any of you ever tried to read a Pokemon book for a bedtime story?? I would not recommend it!! How the heck do you even pronounce the names of these ...what are they anyway?

Our Hope Of America

The American Flag made out of hundreds of children!

Camry's choir group participated in 'The Hope of America' this year. It was held at BYU and hundreds of students from different schools were involved. Her choir group practiced for many months...long and hard...and it was worth every minute of it! This program was AMAZING! If any of you have children who are ever invited to participate...you should not miss this opportunity! Truly an inspiring program! After seeing this program you will be PROUD to be an American! Way to go Cams!

A little blurry...but this is Camry's choir group in yellow

Emilee, Lexi, Emily, and Camry after spending 5 hours at the Marriott Center!

The Best Job!

Mother's Day has to be the best day of the year! I love being spoiled by my family...but even more I love how excited my kids get when they give me their homemade gifts! Today I got pens, pencils, bookmarks, cards, and breakfast in bed from my cute kids (and husband)! I am so blessed to be able to be the mother of these 3 kids! They are a constant joy in my life! Even though I think motherhood is possibly one of the hardest jobs out there...it is also the most rewarding! Thank you guys for a great day...and a wonderful life! I love you!

My Favorite Mommies:

Happy Mother's Day!

I wanted to thank all of you who are examples to me of what a mother should be! Thank you to all of my friends who support me and have great stories to tell of their kids...so that I never feel like I'm alone! Thank you to my 5 beautiful sister in laws who are wonderful mothers to my nieces and nephews...and who love my kids like they were their own! Thank you to my Grandmas for being wonderful mothers to my parents and for being even better Grandparents! I can't forget my Aunts! Thank you for loving me and being wonderful examples to me in my most impressionable years! ...and most especially thank you to my mother in law and my mom for being the absolute best moms that ever were! I hope that I can be half the mother that you two were! I love you all and hope you all had a great day!

A Mothers Day Photo

Pause my music before playing. Happy laughing! I LOVED this!

Choose The Right????

Jace and I went to Deseret Book today to pick up a gift for my nieces' baptism this weekend. As I'm shopping, Jace is wandering around looking at the rings. A couple minutes later I'm ready to check out. I call to Jace and he comes skipping down the aisle with his hand in his pocket. Hmmm...''Jace what's in your pocket?" He assures me there is nothing in his pocket. My 'Mommy ESP' kicked in about now and I told him to turn his pockets inside out. He looked quite startled at the suggestion! He proceeds to turn his pockets inside out and sure enough there is a brand new (in the package) CTR ring. Seriously?! ...now I know that just about every child does something like this in their lifetime. I remember stealing a peanut at the grocery store once...I still feel guilty! But seriously...my children DO NOT steal! Do they? This has completely thrown me for a loop today! Jace is currently sitting on his bed reflecting on what he did and I'm wallowing in self pity wondering where I went wrong as a mother!

The only thing that is making this situation somewhat humorous for me is the fact that my child stole a CTR ring! Choose the right?? I don't think so!