Our pampering day!

Kerstyn was enjoying the little "jacuzzi" for your feet

Brittany and Kerstyn both picked out VERY bright colors for their nails. Kerstyn picked an almost neon color of orange, and Brit's was bright green!

Cami and Courtney were twinners with their toes, they both had a purple polish with white flowers painted on, we had fun getting the nail art.

I just love these sweetie pie girls of mine, way to go Cami for being very persistent on having this "girls day"!(Check out the toes below-Cami and Brit's!)Curtis and Kemp planned a fishing trip to Montana this week. So what is that saying-Oh yeah- "When the cat's away the mice will play!" We---ll I promised Cami and Kerstyn we would do something girlish, so we got pedicures, my nieces Brittany and Courtney came with us. I was in heaven being pampered and my feet feel so good after a foot massage and some tender loving care! Brittany is so great to take along, she just steps in and helps out with the girls and they love her!

Happy Pioneer Day!

Here we are for the 24th of July, doing fireworks. I decided last minute to buy some fireworks and the kids had a lot of fun. The smoke bombs were fun to watch with the diff. colors.

Reid and Darci's family came for a visit and they were very fun to have around, we were sad to see them go home. My kids just love having cousins around! Thanks to Uncle Issac for being the firework man, he will be a great dad!

Kerstyn and her cousin Brooklin. Kerstyn absolutely loved having Caitlin and Brooklin around. Caitlin is so helpful. She was helping my girls with their hair and getting them dressed, and playing so good with them. I told Darci I got a little taste of what a nanny would be like, and how sweet it was!

Cami and Caitlin (Reid's oldest daughter). They rocked out to Hannah Montana together.
Kerstyn was a little fearful of the sparkler burning her, then she caught on to the idea of spinning it around.

Kemp's baseball team picture 2008

I feel so horrible that I never got any pictures of him in action on the baseball field. He surprised us this year saying he wanted to play baseball. Kemp has always been a real easy going kid, not too competitive. I was so excited to see him really get into the sport. Curt and him would go up to the park and the batting cages, he did so well and I feel guilty I never had my camera. Here is a picture of his team. He has also said that he wants to go out for football this year. Maybe he is trying to please Grandpa Garrett, who has said he wants to see him play before he dies, Ha! Nothing like laying on some guilt. We laugh about it because Kemp is such a nice boy that we couldn't see him hurting a flea, but Grandpa says those kind make the BEST football players, like Uncle Reid!

What a cutie pie!

I can't even describe how in love this girl is with singing and dancing. Kemp and Cami are always telling her to be quiet because she will sing at the top of her lungs in the car and it drives them crazy. The other day she came running to me and said, "Mom I made up a song by myself!" So I asked her what it was and she sang these lyrics: Happy, Happy, Yellow, Yellow, Song! I could not get better laughs or joy anywhere else than with being a mom! Here she is dancing in the living room with her new cherry suit.

Awesome poem

I have a new favorite quote that I have to share on our blog. It is in the book titled "I am a Mother" by Jane Clayson Johnson. It applies to so many aspects of life and I think of Christ teaching us to endure to the end and then we will receive our glory. I think I may frame it in my bedroom!

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit...

Success is failure turned inside out.

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit.

It's when things seem the worst that you must not quit.

-Author unknown-

4th of July

Kerstyn wrapped herself up in the hammock, She is so darn cute!
Cami and her crazy Dad out wave running, two peas in a pod!
Kerstyn wasn't much of a fan of the boat, but she LOVED this little kayak! Kemp is in the background playing on "The Molecule".
I tried to get a shot of the molecule that the kids would ride on behind the boat, it was far away, sorry!

We decided to head to Bear Lake for the 4th, after some deep thought about the price of gasoline. Even though it did cost more than just staying home we had a total blast! Curt spoiled the kids by wave running, tubing behind the boat, teaching Kemp how to knee board, and the fact that Curt is such a kid at heart makes it that much funner! Jeff and Gina Smith and their fam also came up and our families thoroughly enjoyed each other. Thanks for making the long trip up, our kids would not have had as much fun without ya! Ben Kohli and Papa and Grams Smith were also there. It was fun to watch Ben learn how to waterski. I am prego, so I stayed away from the water activities, wish I could have been on the boat to see my little skeets do the kneeboard. The tube that the Smith's pull behind the boat is called a molecule, it is huge with several places for people to ride on it. Cami is our little daredevil, she was flying on that thing behind the boat and just loved it! Kerstyn and I had a blast sunbathing, looking for seashells on the shore, and buliding sand castles. We also dug a good size hole and Kerstyn said it was her own little pool. The fun and sun and relaxation did us all good.

Our 11th Anniversary!

Curtis surprised me and took me up into the Uintah mountains to a place called Bear River Lodge. There are individual cabins that you stay in. There was a fishing pond that was stocked with fish, 4-wheeling, and definately in this environment lots of rest and relaxation. you are totally up in the mountains away from everything. Let's just say we sure needed the vacation! We hiked down to the river to fish and realized we forgot the camera, ugh! Well neither of us wanted to go back up, and boy am I sorry because we caught a TON of fish. Every time Curt would help get the hook out of my fish and I would cast again there would be another fish on. Let's just say Curt didn't get in as much fishing time, but he was so happy I was having fun. I could never understand why Curt loved fly fishing so much until I was actually catching fish! It is a lot of fun. We rented a 4-wheeler after fishing and we went on a 4 hour ride through the mountains. There was a point in the trail where it can go 2 ways- steep or the normal trail. For me I am thinking of being pregnant and I say, "Curt we better take the normal trail", of course we don't and he takes the steep. All the while he is reassuring me that it will be fine. I can't even describe how STEEP the ride was! I know there were times where I felt like I had to hold on for dear life on the back of the machine or I would fall right off. The 4-wheeler was climbing over rocks and bumps that were making me nervous and my stomach was feeling tight, so I told Curt in my dramatic, pregnant, hormonal state, that I was getting off and walking! That only lasted so long because trying to hike in that terrain was more impossible. So there I was crying and telling myself I was stupid for going on that ride and being irresponsible for this little life inside of me. I quick said a little prayer that we would get back safely and everything would be o.k. Then I felt much more relaxed and not so tense. I started to figure out how to maneuver myself, so that when Curt was driving over all the rocks, and inclines I didn't feel the shock so bad. Once we were on the main trail back to the cabin I felt so relieved and we thorughly enjoyed the rest of the ride. I can only imagine the pressure Curt felt as the driver with me on the back, thanks honey for being such a patient man! We had such a relaxing time the rest of the weekend. Oh, just a side note, my children stayed with Lesley and Isaac and they said they had the best weekend ever and we asked if they missed us, Kemp said "nope, not at all", Cami said "nope" and Kerstyn said she cried for me when she was tired, it is so good to know our children were in such good hands, Thanks Sis (and bro-in-law)!I know this is a lengthy entry, but this is also kind of a little journal for our family, so thanks for being patient in reading!