A Friendly Day At The Zoo

We had a fun friend day out yesterday.

We met Angie and Erica and girls at the zoo, braved the rainy weather and survived taking 6 kids to lunch at Red Robin! We are strong women!! These 3 really crack me up. They were all born with in 4 months of each other.All the kids except baby Courtney. Little Alle on the slide
Little matching umbrella's.

I love that Anna and Avva are all about Princesses, then Kaylee has Batman!

So funny! Angie and baby Courtney

Anna and no longer the baby in the group, Abby

Erica named her Mary Kay unit "Erica's Eagles", so I totally made her go stand by this so I could take her picture. So funny!Pretty sure all the kids (and mom's) had a fun day!

A Day With Grandma

We spent the day with Grandma at Lagoon. It was so nice. NO crowds, we got right on most the rides and Chris and I were able to ride the big coasters while my mom watched the kids. Plus Chris got to ride the rides I won't (Blast off) with my mom. It was a win-win day!

Grandma & Abby

Coming down the Log Flume

Chris tried to soak me on Rattlesnake Rapids.
Didn't work did it Chris!!Abby absolutely loves to be outside. She's such a people watcher.My mom was just as excited as Anna was to ride the Dinosaur Drop!Mom being Chris's ride buddy!

Trouble Times 2!

I was going to wait until Monday to post this under my "Not Me Monday" post, but I couldn't wait. When my kids make messes the first thing I should do is run and get a towel/mop/bucket/cleaner. That's what I SHOULD do. But me being me...I RUN for my camera!

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Abby got a hold of a leftover banana in Anna's room.

I'm sure she enjoyed SMASHING it into everything she could!

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ANNA + WATER + HOLLY = MUD FIGHT!

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I've had a nasty cold this week so getting up at 7:30am hasn't been ideal. One morning as I tried to sleep in a bit, I could hear Anna outside laughing and Holly barking like mad. Plus I could tell the water hose was running. Finally I peeled myself out of bed to find that Anna had a dirt fight with Holly. I'm pretty sure Anna won.

An Amazing Story

My niece Jodi and I attended a financial seminar last week called Smart Women Smart Money (Imagine A Happier You) that was hosted by Zions Bank. It was geared towards helping you financially with debt, budgeting and savings. The conference was very informative and I'm already planning to convert the girls' savings accounts into 529 accounts this week!

The keynote speaker was Lee Woodruff. Now if you're not familiar with her, you may remember the story of ABC anchor Bob Woodruff being on location in Iraq when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb. Bob was severely injured and by most accounts, should not have survived.

But he did. And his wife Lee tells the story of his survival and more emotionally, her own. Her amazing story is one of strength and spirit. If you have a chance, check out her book "In An Instant" and "Perfectly Imperfect" (that's the one I'm really looking forward to).

It's stories like Lee's that makes me realize how precious life is and how in one instant, everything can change. Living life to the fullest is really what it is all about.

http://www.leewoodruff.com/

http://www.imagineahappieryou.com/

Not Me Monday

Nope. Not me.

I brought Abby into our bed last night because she was teething and wasn't sleeping well.
But I did not let her crawl on Chris when she woke up hoping he would have a better idea of how to get her back to sleep.

Nope! Not me.

And I did not simply roll over when I felt the sheet wet from her leaky bottle. Nope. not me.

And this morning I did not give Anna back the toys Chris had taken from her (from not listening yesterday) because I was too exhausted/delirious from the lack of sleep, to get up and help her do anything creative with the other toys in her room.

Nope. Not me.

Oh and there is not a full load of clothes still sitting in the washer from last night.

Nope. Definitely Not me!

Simplicity. It's what's for dinner.

I was making chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight, and Anna decided she wanted to help.
Julia Child she is not!

Teeth

This one is teething...badly!!

Two straight days of fussing, crying, non-sleeping nights!!

I'm pretty sure Chris and I got a total of 4 hours between the 2 of us last night.

Anna was never this bad.

Sometimes I think she cries just to hear her own voice!!But when she isn't teething, she's pretty darn cute!

Even if more food ends up on her face than in her mouth!

Congratulations!

Just a quick shout out to our dear friends Josh and Virginia who were married last week in Jamaica!

Congratulations and.... It's about time!!
Mr and Mrs Wheatley

A Nice Family Day

On Sunday Chris decided we needed to get out of the house and go somewhere nice and relaxing. So he convinced me to take the long drive up to the Uintas to go to Mirror Lake for some fishing. We drove up through Evanston and the drive alone was quite nice. I'm so glad he made us go. It was beautiful and relaxing and such nice weather on the lake. I just wished I had taken a book to read or journal to write in, I'm not much of a fisherman these days.

I think Chris and Anna caught 5 total!

And if you stop at the Uinta's Drive-In in Kamas for food...don't ask for a FRESH LIME drink. It's simply sprite with fresh lime squeezed in. Um, not exactly what we were expecting. BUT they will mess up your food order and give you extra fries and onion rings in addition to your own food. The burgers are really the best part. Whatever kind of bread they use (maybe chabatta?) was well worth the wait and crazy service we received.

Welcome to the world Courtney

We're so excited to finally meet you!

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Courtney Dana Kinnersley

August 7, 2010

7lbs 5oz , 19in
Congratulation Angie, Jason and Kaylee!