Avi's Birthday!!

Avi turned 8 this year and we had a party in our backyard with all the cousins and friends. Avi only requested Webkinz for her birthday, she got about 15 of them. She now has so many she has to carry them around in a huge bag. We put up our water slide and ate pizza. It was the perfect afternoon!!

Lava Hot Springs

This year for Memorial Day we decided to go with a big group of friends to Lava Hot Springs. We had 4 trailers and 13 adults and 9 kids. It was a lot of fun. We sat in the hot springs once, they were way too hot, we went to the pool for an hour or two, and then it rained. We had a hot spring right across the bridge from our trailers and the kids spent most of there time over there. We ate a lot of good food and had fun hanging out late in front of the camp fire. We cant wait to go again!!

Fired!!

As most of you know I was recently fired. I had been laid off since right before Thanksgiving. They called me in at the end of May and told me that my position was being eliminated. I am actually very happy that I don't have to go back. I have never had a summer off and with Avi being on a traditional school schedule I get to spend the whole summer with my kids. Poor Avi has been in daycare since she was 15 months old, this will be a nice break for her too. I don't plan on going back to work either, so Ryan better hurry up and make some money!!

Coolest Bike Ever

Is this not the coolest bike you have ever seen?? I came across this bike on another blog and loved it. Its a little pricey. And I don't if I would be strong enough to carry both my kids in the back. But I sure would look cute trying!!

Girls Night Out

It was my friend Remi's 30th birthday this past weekend so we decided to get all the girls together and go up to Park City and stay at my timeshare. We had a ton of fun. We went out to dinner, went hot tubing, talked and played games until almost 4am!! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Its always nice to be able to slip away with friends for a night away!!

The Torch Has Been Passed

As many of you know Avi wore this Spiderman costume everyday of her life for about 3 years. She even wore it one year on Halloween under her Power Rangers costume. Its about 6 years old and has holes in the seams and strings hanging off of it but we have kept it because I just couldn't part with it. Well now it fits Laney perfect. Ever since she has found it in Avi's drawer she cant quit wearing it. Avi will put on her Power Ranger outfit and Laney in Spiderman and they run around the house and yard fighting crime.

The Misadventures of Laney

I could write a book of all of Laney's mishaps. They range from minor ( walking and falling down) to serious ( poking her eye out with a hanger). Today she decided to stick a jelly bean up her nose. We were in the car on the way home from WalMart and she said Mommy I'm bleeding. I thought she was just pretending. She was holding her nose and green stuff was oozing out of it. I said Laney did you just stick a jelly bean up your nose, and she started crying. So I tried to push it out which didn't work, I tried to get her to blow it out, and I tried to pull it out with tweezers which just shoved it further up. I called Ryan and you know what his solution was. To use his drill bit to pull it out. Are you kidding me!?!?! So I took her to the doctor and he told me I had to get it out. So he told me to push the side of her nose the jelly bean wasn't stuck in and to open her mouth and blow in it as hard as I could and I did all this and the jelly bean popped right out. It was crazy. I think that is such good advice. They should write this in all the parenting books and magazines. So if this ever happens to you, save yourself a doctor visit and try this method first!!