airworx

After the first weekend of state baseball/softball, a bunch of the kiddos stayed at our house and we all decided to go to Airworx (we had all purchased groupons:). It was so much fun!! The boys loved dunking, the girls loved taking fun pictures, and I just loved watching Allyson who was literally in HEAVEN!

she bounced the ENTIRE hour!

and the babies watched on the sideline:)

ashee!

LOL

we so fly

benji gots hops!

go ellie go ellie go ellie!

ash carrying allyson up the slide lol

weeeee!

we be ninjas

and yes, we are horrible parents who made our child fall!
(she was fine!)

tired nanas! (notice allyson is still going lol)

ava loved to bounce too!

crazy kids

safe!



jacy, austin, ben, tyler, alissa, eli (ash was taking pic)



then these crazy kids got all dressed up to go parrrtayyy

I know I am biased, but I have the best looking family:)

LOVE them!

state playoffs for baseball/softball

For the first two weekends in May, we were busying running around to lots of baseball and softball games to support grampa & gramma (who coach the SJHS varisty girls softball team), cousin Jacy, cousin Kyla, uncle E, uncle Ray (who coaches the SJHS varisty baseball team), cousin Austin, cousin Garrett, and cousin Tyler! I dont remember how far the boys made it - I think they made it past 3 rounds? and the girls made it to the championship game! It was SUCH a great game too - they lost 3 to 2 in eight innings. SJ softball hadn't made it that far since like 1994 or something crazy like that! So way to go girls! (and mom & dad!) 

we had a photoshoot with these little softballs:)

austin played 3rd base:)

fun dip is my life saver!

she loved going to these games
cuz i let her eat candy the whole time!

timeout with ellie, austin, and uncle ray

ellie base running:)

and he scores!

LOVE this pic:)

my kilee sleeping thru it all!

rockin' the shades!

proof that she was awake for
PART of the game! haha

and now she's out:) lol

some good sleeping! look at that drool!

love her:)

ava with her momma

obsessed with grampa!

"the best things in life are not things"

Trials. We all have them, some more than others, in all different shapes and sizes. This past month has been rough. Seems like everything is going wrong/breaking at once...pool pump, fish tank pump, AC unit - just to name a few. But luckily, those are all monetary issues. And yes, I know money is important - you need it to survive, but it is not everything. And I am sure glad God gave me these two angels (and Ben:) to remind me of that:)



how do you not love this face?

 

my beautiful diva



I know that if we keep paying our tithing and keeping our covenants, the Lord will provide. Just gets hard to keep that faith sometimes:) On the up-side, I might've landed an accounting job I can do from home! Fingers crossed:) I also just have to say how grateful I am for family. I get teary-eyed every time I think about it. I was having a breakdown the other day and my dad called me and knew exactly what I needed to hear. My family has been (and still is) going thru our own heap of trials for over a year now. Family is hard and sometimes it just seems easier to say "you know what, I am done, I don't need this" but you dont get to choose your family. God put you with your family for a reason. And with all our flaws, I would never change my family. I love them all as they are and always will.

and I love moments like these...she was so proud to wearing mommys pitty shoes

little story about this crazy girl: since our upstairs AC unit is not working at the moment (waiting for parts to arrive), we have all been sleeping in our downstairs spare room. That means Ben & I are on a queen size bed (yes, we are SPOILED and used to a king!), Kilee is on one side of us in her bassinet and Allyson is on the other side of us in the pack-n-play. Well, a couple nights ago Allyson puked around 2am. So we got her up, changed her blankets, gave her a bath, and put her back to bed. Well, about 20 minutes later we hear her say "daddy"! And Ben says "what?" She replied "what you doing?" To which Ben replied "sleeping" LOL. She repeated the same conversation with me about 10 minutes after that. Makes me chuckle. She is SO high maintenance these days but gives us a good laugh every day! And every night she tells us "night night. i love ye mommy. i love ye my daddy." People who choose to not have children are truly missing out:)

uncle "Richie" gets married!

A few weekends ago (yes, I am behind on the blog!) my brother-in-law Richard married the beautiful Alivia in the Mesa temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and they are such a cute couple! The pictures are kind of out-of-order, but on Thursday night, the company started making their way into town. On Friday Alivia went thru the temple to receive her endowments. Ben and I attended that temple session with them while Gramma (my mom) watched the girls. I was so glad she happened to be in town that day! Thank you mom! On Friday night, Arden & Capri hosted a dinner at my house for all the immediate family of the bride and groom. I posted a few pics of that...lots of yummy food and fun! Its so nice when two families get along so well:) We had a house-full on Friday night with everyone staying at our house (which we love:) and then Saturday morning was the wedding ceremony. The aunties watched the girls for us during the ceremony. I just love listening to the words in LDS sealings...such a great reminder of the blessing of an eternal marriage:) Also a great reminder for me to try to live up to my temple covenants:) After the sealing, we ate lunch with Ben's siblings (Wayne & his wife Preet, Sam, & Amanda) at Ben's favorite burger joint in Mesa and then everyone made the trek up north to Prescott for the open house at Arden and Capri's house. The open house had MORE yummy food and there was a nice turnout. After helping clean up a little, we came back home that night (since its so much easier to have the girls sleep in their own beds!) Ben's siblings and his mom (who rode up with his sisters from Colorado) also came back to the valley that night and stayed at our house. We were able to visit with them a couple hours before church on Sunday morning which was nice:) Overall, it was a fun, family-filled weekend! Congrats uncle "richie" and aunt "labalalabala"! (L's are hard to say ok! lol) and yes, this is picture overload, but hey, I narrowed it down from 400! lol. plus, this is my journal, so these pictures are mostly for me:)

beautiful bride & groom!

so in love:)

the parents!

the siblings, parents, & grandparents



everyone! haha




i just think this picture is hilarious because
it descibes my Allyson to a T! DRAMA QUEEN!



the girls with aunt livi!

ki & alivia

pure sweetness

my love!

at the BBQ

playing bball in the pool at the BBQ!

alivia with her nephew Rio in the hot tub!

allyson & auntie sammie

allyson & her gramma barney

what? im innocent? (not)

grampa & gramma barney:)

auntie lauren & allyson

love her:) of course she slept the entire time!



preet, wayne, amanda



we are so hot lol

we're just so sexy! lol

love us:)

richard and babysitter lissa!

here ducky ducky!



LOVES auntie sam!



mr. cool dude

walking with uncle wayne!

amanda, samantha, lisa



ben, richard, wayne, richard's friend(haha)



alivia & her mom

me & pretty alivia!

:)

alivia & rio:)

rio with his gramma:)

i just love this pic!

smelling alivia's fake bouquet lol

auntie sam was her fav!

she was in heaven:)

hmmm...what can i get into next?

attempting a family pic lol

the best we could get lol



the cake!



look at the bride's hand lol
SO richard & alivia!

cuties:)

not sure where she found this? lol

where's kilee? lol

pretty flowers in arden's yard

wedding flowers:)

such a good baby:)

the food! well, part of the food haha

cutting the cake!

richard was nice and alivia smashed it in his face...
as it should be! haha

the decor and gorgeous background!

my hot stuff hubby!

alivia's sister ambre caught the bouquet!

richard get out of there!

mission accomplished!

this little boy caught the garder lol
he was so confused!

allyson loves uncle richie! (eyeing his flower)

running out to their car!

blowing bubbles!

tuckered OUT!