Mother's Day!

I had an amazing Mother's day weekend! It started it out with an hour and a half massage. Then I headed up to Park City to Westgate for a three day get away all by myself. It was so fun to sit in the Jacuzzi tub in my room, shop, eat out, watch movies, and stay in my PJ's all day. My family did drop in on Sunday to tell me how much they appreciated me. I love my family and I am so grateful I am a mother of three beautiful children who teach me so much. I am very blessed.
Lounging around!

Wow they are building fast!

We cannot believe how fast they are building our house. They are telling us that we will be in our home the first part of August. It is turning out beautiful. We went to our new ward and loved it. It should be a fun new adventure.

Here we are in front of our new home after attending the ward.

What? You got suspended?

You never think your child is going to be suspended from school, but it happened, I got a call from the Junior High Principal letting me know that Austin had punched a kid in the eye and he would be suspended for a day. Apparently this boy had been bullying Austin and pushing him all week. He finally had had it and punched him as hard as he could in the face. The principal said it was so bad that the boy had to go to the doctors. He also said that Austin was really sorry, and that he was defending himself. Needless to say the boy had a shiner and his eye was swollen shut. I can guarantee that kid won't be bothering him again. Part of me was so mad at Austin, but Grant assured me that he needed to defend himself. Of course he ended up painting the entire day he was home. No bon-bons and soap operas for him.

My Mom's House

It's be an adjustment to move in with my mom in Bountiful, but we are so grateful for her willingness to take us in with our two dogs and cat. We have loved being surrounded by trees and nature. It will be hard to leave it. Deer visit the yard daily and quail seem to find their way into the house. We wanted to leave my mom's house better then when we found it so we repainted the outside of the house and helped remodel her bathroom. Here are some pics of her yard and our daily visitors.

Band Concert at Muller Park Junior High

My kid's have loved being at the new junior high. They had their spring band concert. I have to admit they were really good. Better then the 9th grade band. I was very proud of both Austin and Marissa. Here some pics.

Austin loves percussion.

Marissa is one of the best flutes.

Grant Returns From Turkey

After being gone to Turkey for months Grant finally returned. It is always so touching to see all of the families gathered to greet their soldier. It's hard to describe the feelings of pride and happiness we all feel. Here is Grant's plane landing.

The kids and Grant's mom are all ready to give Grant a patriotic welcome home.

Grant existing the plane happy to finally be in the United States.

Austin was so excited to have his father home he started to cry. He loves his dad. Being in household of all women is rough on him.

Family shot!

Grant with his mother.

Prom!

Oh my gosh! Can you believe I have a daughter old enough to go to Prom? It was so fun to prepare for it. Of course we had to go to 10 stores before we could find a dress that was modest and not over $300 dollars. Luckily we were able to rent the dress for a fraction of the cost. Here are the pictures of the exciting night. Poor girl had to put up with her camera happy mother. Bare with me, but I loved taking pictures of her. Also, her dad is in Turkey and needs a play by play on the date. Isn't she gorgeous?

Here is John and Bre going on their day date. Lunch and a movie.

My Brother decided he should be in a picture with them.

The beading on this dress is awesome!

I love these shoes!

Aah! So cute!

I love this picture. Boo is thinking he is going on this date.

John was such a gentleman. Bre's dad will be happy his little girl is being treated like a queen.

Have you ever had one of those week?

Have you ever had one of those weeks where everything that could possibly go wrong does. Here are some high lights of my horrible week. Marissa had a horrible headache and we ended up in the emergency room. Against my better judgement they did a spinal tap on her that caused her to be in extreme pain for a whole week. No one could tell me what was wrong with her. I finally went to the hospital and fought to have them pay for all bills from here on out because the test was unnecessary. After crying and worrying we found a doctor that let us know that she had been leaking spinal fluid all week which was very painful. We finally got it sealed up after a week of missing school. Unfortunately after we left the doctors I was headed to my photography class when I was rear ended at a stop light. The impact was so great that I hit the car in front of me who then hit the car in front of them. The ambulance was called for the car in front of me and I ended up getting x-rays on my back and neck. Luckily it wasn't anything serious I little whip lash which kept me sore for a few days. Of course after getting hit all I could do was just get out of my car a cry. Once I cried I began to laugh thinking to myself "what else could go wrong." My brother heard about what happened and came straight to the scene of the accident to be with me. He was so sweet. He stayed with me all through the accident reports and x-rays at the doctors. Here are a few pictures he took since I had my camera with me. He told me to look like I was dead in one of them. He made me laugh! I love him! Of course there were many other things that happened, but it would take up too much room to describe them all. My brother kept telling me all week to make sure I don't leave any bad luck behind.