So I have not written in awhile so I thought I would!  I had my birthday a couple of days ago it was a good!  My kids sang Happy Birthday to me all day long and all my brother and sister's called and sang which is vary nice!  I really like this tradition.  Mckayla has been going down to the gym and working out with her Aunt Sandi she is really enjoying and she is really starting to look good!  I've decided I need to start going down with them and not let myself get over weight also.

Josi, Sadee and Trevor spent most the week at Grandma Ludlow's the girls said they got to ride there bike's down to the park were Trevor had his soccer camp,  they enjoyed that very much!  The girls picked raspberries and enjoyed eating them also.  Sadee said grandma got really mad at Brandon and she said the "D" word I laughed so hard I asked why she didn't remind grandma we didn't use language like that she replied "Mom grandma was really mad, so I just stayed quiet!"  Thought that was very perceptive and giggled at the whole thing!  

Trevor had a really fun time at his soccer camp,  the coaches said he was always the 1st one there he said he didn't mind cause he got to play one on one with the coaches!  His coaches name was Joe and he was from England Trevor now really wants to go to England!

Tara has just hung out w/ her friends there is always a lot of drama. but I just let them work it out!

Russ still hasn't gotten a job yet, but has not yet given up so here's to getting that called anyway that should cover all our happenings this week!

So Here is my rantings for today!!!!  It has been a year since my husband lost his job and we have officially run out of everything! Now everything is starting to break!!! I continue to pay our tithing with the little money that I earn and now because of my knee I can't teach my swim lesson's like I normally do during the summer I'm looking for a night job!!!! Which will be good because I'm a night person.  It's very frustrating considering we thought that all our trials and struggles were finally over with a couple years ago, that's what you get when you get a little hopeful!  Anyway we will see hoping things will start to turn around soon!  I guess without all of these struggles we would not grow and learn,  just wish they wouldn't all come at once!!!! It's very frustrating to have to constantly tell your kids no!  Oh well that is part of life!!!!

                                                         Summer lovin had me a blast!
          
                So this is from last year cause I forgot the camera again last few days we have been doing a lot of things with the family we got together with the whole family and had lots of fun lighting fireworks, of course I don't have to light any of them I just let the kids do it!  Tara is my little pyro and loves to light them so we let her!  We also went up the canyon with Grandma and Grandpa Carroll and played games till it got dark, kids went on many little hikes!  Yesterday we went to Lagoon and took Billie (niece)for the first time, of course I don't have to do much with all the help I get from the kids I only had to put the sunblock on the girls didn't want to miss a spot so if a spot got missed they wanted me to be the one in trouble!  Trevor got to go on the the whale ride with Sadee and Billie which is really funny considering he is almost 11 and shot enough to get on those rides.  Then we went over to the cars and a boy who was only 6 and really excited to ride the cars was to tall I felt really bad, cause Trevor was short enough to go on them.  Hopefully soon he will get a growth spurt, Billie really enjoyed the boats which Sadee was the only one short enough to ride with her!  Mckayla and Tara stayed till closing with the Mckeans and had a good time, we left early to get Billie home to mom who she was really excited to see!  So now it's time to get the messy house clean!  Still praying and hoping that Russ will get a job soon!  We'll just keep praying!

Pics

If you find these pics amazing check out Tia's photography she is amazing and has grown so much as a photographer in the last year!!!!!!! Just want to make sure she gets the credit!!!!

The Family

Alright so I've decided to start a family blog so that my children will not have to read my diaries from when I was teenager and going through all the hormonal ups and downs!!!!  I have been married for 15 yrs to my wonderful husband Russ (38) we have 5 beautiful children Mckayla (14), Tara (12), Trevor (10), Josi (9), and Sadee (7).  Yes we had them very fast did not plan anyone of them, but are very grateful for everyone of them they bring so much joy to our hearts and home and even in those embarrassing moments! Russ and I have decided we had them so quick, so that we would still be young enough to enjoy them and the grandkids (someday).  Our family stays very busy with our children continuously on the go! So here I go wish me luck and hopefully I won't poop out on this!