Happy Birthday #8

I can't believe my baby is already 8. Now I really feel old.
We had a little party for him on Sunday, the big party will be on his Baptism Day.

Winter Entertainment

They had such a good time, this went on for 2 days. This is a time when I love being a mom and watching my kids get along.

We had a sunny winter day and my kids went outside to play and this is what I found them doing.

Happy New Year!!!

We had a blast for New Year's, we invited 10 families to join us up at our property in Paradise. We had a huge party with WAY more KIDS than adults. There were about 60 people who came and spent the night. Then on New Years Day we had snowmobiles, 4-wheelers and a range rover. They all had sleds behind them and the kids had so much fun. The weather was perfect not cold at all and very nice.

New Year

Merry Christmas!!!

This year we spent our Christmas up at our cabin in Bear Lake. What a blast! When we got up there the snow was less than at home but on Christmas day it snowed and snowed about 11 inches. So by the time we left the mountains had about 3-4 feet of fresh powder. We spent 3 days of just relaxing and enjoying our kids and what a blessing they are to us.

Cousins Came to Stay!

I had my sisters kids for 4 days and they had a blast playing in the snow and then we went down to Willard Bay to see the lights and Santa and his raindeers were there. They had fun building forts with every blanket in the house and playing. They get along so well it's nice.

Festival of the Trees

This year I got the opportunity to be on the committee for the Festival of the Tress. It was such a great experience. There was lots of late nights and a lot of driving an 1 1/2 hour drive each way but I loved it. I was in the gingerbread department. I can't believe how many talented people there are. This castle was 5 ft tall made all out of gingerbread auctioned for $2000, the house is a twilight house with Edward in the tree went for $500, and the handblown glass tree went for $26,000. There were so many awesome items with touching stories that broke your heart. I can't wait to do it again next year.

Teenage Parties!!!

I can not believe I now have a 15 year old. He is driving with a permit and thinking that he has to hang out on the WHOLE WEEKEND!!! He doesn't think me and his dad need to have date night any more because he needs to go to parties or have parties all the time. I don't know what I will do when he actually starts dating.

New Business!

I have been slacking in my blogging but there is a good reason, I am in the process of buying a new business and have been spending alot of time with that. It is a Internet MODEST Clothing line called Great Lengths Clothing. There is a link on the right so check it out. I just flew down to LA to meet with a clothing manufacturer and bought the new line of Prom dresses. I also decided to bring in day dresses and skirts for women and pre-teen.
I would love your feedback on the site and any ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated. I am so excited about this I hope it goes well.

I Cut My Hair!!

I finally did it, I cut my HAIR!!! I cut 11 inches off and donated it to Locks of Love. I have always wanted to and my hair got long enough to do it and so I did it. I was afraid that it would be to short after but its not and I love it. I feel 5 pounds lighter. I miss quick ponytails but I feel younger with this new do.

A Great Movie with a GREAT Moral to it!

We just took our kids to a refreshing movie. My friend suggested it because she had seen it and really enjoyed it. So for family night we invited my dad and sue to join us for this movie.
The movie is "Forever Strong" it is about a boy who gets in trouble for drinking and is sent to a juvenile detention center here in Utah, he is a rugby player and now is in his rivals territory playing with them. Watching the changes he goes through and seeing how it is done is so inspiring to want to be better examples to your own kids. It speaks of triumph of the human spirit over human weakness. The part the coach plays is so incredible, if I could parent as well as he coaches I would be awesome.
The best part is there is no language or sex scenes. You walk away feeling so uplifted. My dad loved it so much he sent his college class to see it as homework.
All my kids loved it from Payton who is 7 up to Thatcher who is almost 15. Make sure you stay through the credits it shows pictures of the real Highland team and it is amazing what this coach has done in his career.

Lake Powell without KIDS!!!

Mike & I just got back from Lake Powell. We went with 4 other couples for a week. Talk about pure HEAVEN!
I have never been without kids and it was nice not to be worring about when the kids were at all times, if they had on enough sunscreen and who had on their life jackets.
I even learned how to wake board. That is so fun, it's not to hard to get up, but the staying up and the VERY PAINFUL CRASHES were not so fun. I am no longer young and I felt the abuse the next morning. But it was worth it.
I felt bad Mike had to go with his foot in a cast but that didn't stop him from having fun and totally relaxing. Which is what both of us needed. After spending the summer selling and moving houses it was a great break for us. I am so greatfull we had the chance to go. Not to mention the weather was incredible, high 90's in the day and cooling down to the high 50's at night. My only complaint is that it went way to fast.




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