Carly babysat today when I went to work and when the kids came home Tippy was so proud of her hair. She kept saying "mom I want my hair in ponies everyday" So it looks like I will be taking Tippy over to Carly's to get her hair done everyday. Thanks Carly for saving the day, the kids had a blast.

Broken Down

 

 

 

 

So on the way back to Utah from California the Wilkins car kept over heating. We stopped at a rest stop for about 2 hours and then drove to Baker California and went to a mechanic. He told us we wouldn't be able to make it 10 miles so we got in the car and we were going to try to make it to Las Vegas, which was 100 miles away. We went to the gas station and stocked up on water and we headed off. We had to stop every 10 miles to fill our car full of water. We made it to Vegas at about 11 at night and so we decided to make the most of it. We got a hotel on the strip and we went to a Yummy dinner. We got up at in the morning and Stuart Stout came to rescue us. He came down in a Semi truck and we loaded the car on its trailer. Christy and Tucker rode in their car and Caleb and I were in the semi truck. I was on a bucket for the 3 hour trip. lets just say I was so ready to get out of there. It took us 6 hours to get to California and on the way back it took us 13 hours to get all the way home. It was so worth it though. It was a fun adventure and I am glad we were went through it with the Wilkins, they may be the funniest couple I know. Their humor helped when we were stuck on the side of the rode in 115 degree weather. Sorry about your car Wilkins, hopefully next time we go we will have a car that we wont have to worry about!!!

5 Whole Years

 

 

 

 

I can not believe that we have been married for 5 years. It has gone by sooo fast that is seems like we were just married, but like everyone says it feels like forever. I can't wait to see what the next 5 years will bring us. I can not imagine my life without Caleb. He is the best Husband ever. He is so supportive in all my weird ideas and he is the best dad ever. The kids adore him almost as much as I do:)

Anyways, for out anniversary we went to California with the Wilkins and mom came to babysit the kids. We had such a blast, it was a good thing our kids weren't with us or we may not ever have come back. We were in California for 3 days and we went to the beach every day. The girls mostly laid out while the boys got beat up by the ocean.
While we were there the waves were a record 28 ft. high and someone died while we were there and so the lifeguards were paranoid so we couldn't go out too far. I got stuck only one time, the riptide was so strong I couldn't swim back in and the waves kept getting me and so Caleb had to swim out and get me. That was the only scary thing that happened the whole trip.
I think Tucker threw up 3 or 4 times from swallowing so much ocean water. He would come up from being pummelled by the waves and he would be coughing and would threw up. It was pretty Hilarious.
The last day there we went to the U.S. Open surf competition and those people are pretty amazing surfers. It was fun for a little bit but there were to many CRAZIES there so we decided to go do our own thing. It was a fun getaway and I hope we can do it every year.
Happy Anniversary Caleb, I LOVE YOU!!!

Toquerville Falls

 

 

 

 

We went to Toquerville Falls a couple of weeks ago with Kade, Mary and the Stouts. It was so fun we wish we could go every weekend. The kids have a blast and Matt even brought his homemade canoe for all of us to try. Thanks for coming we need to go again pretty soon.

New Hair Cut

 
 

Caleb cut Gage's hair a couple of weeks ago and boy is Caleb proud of it. I wasn't so sure about it at first but I think it has grown on me a little bit. I wanted to blog about it because I am hoping this is the last mohawk in our family for a LONG time.

4th of July

 

 

 

 

We had an awesome forth of July. We started the day off with the Hurricane parade. We then went to the Hank's house for breakfast and then later that night we went to the flood street park in St.George. We hung out for most of the evening there, eating snow cones, riding swings, playing at the park,m and hanging out with awesome friends. We were a little nervous that our kids would freak out during the fire works, right when they started Tippy came running from the bathrooms and was screaming "Mom I didn't cry!!!" She was so proud of herself, it was so cute. Gage did really good, he got really hyper and was running around everywhere, It was a little scary just because there were so many people but other then that he was awesome. We had a wonderful night and we are glad we spent it with awesome friends.

I wanted to just post a little thought for the forth of July on the blog letting my little family know how thankful I am for this beautiful country that I live in. I love this time of year that we get to reflect not only on our country but also on the pioneers and how hard they worked for us and for this country. At church today as I was listening to the testimonies being born I took the chance to reflect on my own testimony and especially this wonderful place where we live.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Grandma!!! I just wanted to write a little post about my grandma Swensen. She is the most generous person I have ever met. She is one of only a few people I know that will not judge you not matter what is going on in your lives. She will love you no matter what. Growing up she was always do things for other people. I remember we would go over for Sunday dinner and she would never sit down and eat, she was always delivery food to other people in the ward or helping one of us kids. She is also one of the hardest workers EVER!!! She loves to do things on her own and not ask for help.
I have really missed being so close to my grandma. I loved living close and going over there all the time. I even lived with her for a little while in High School. I miss those times with her.
Grandma, thanks for always being there for me, I really need your Mac and Cheese recipe because it is the best thing ever invented. I hope you had a wonderful birthday!! I LOVE YOU