AMAZING HUSBAND

WHILE SHEM HAD A BREAK FROM SCHOOL HE DECIDED TO DO SOME HOME REPAIR PROJECTS. ACTUALLY I TOLD HIM WHAT I WANTED DONE AND HE DID IT (BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT HUSBAND). THE TUB IN OUR MAIN BATHROOM NEEDED A NEW WRAP AROUND IT. THE OLD ONE WAS SO NASTY AND SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE. SO SHEM WENT TO WORK, GOT TILE FROM HIS BOSS, AND NOW IT LOOKS GREAT. OUR FRONT STEPS ALSO NEEDED WORK. THE SUPPORT LEGS WERE ROTTEN AND THEY WERE UNEVEN. I GUESS THIRTY YEARS OF FOUNDATION SETTLING WILL DO THAT. ON THIS PROJECT SHEM PUT IN NEW SUPPORTS, GOT THE TRACTOR AND LIFTED THE STAIRS UP UNTIL THEY WERE LEVEL, AND POURED CONCRETE AROUND THE BASE. THE STAIRS STILL AREN'T THE BEST LOOKING, BUT THEY ARE EVEN AND SAFE. THANKS TO AN AMAZING HUSBAND THAT WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP HIS WIFE HAPPY.

First Day of Dance

Don't they look cute!

LOGAN

We just spent four days in Logan with my family. Shem had a break from school, so we decided to go. Each day we did something different with the kids. The first day we went to Bear Lake, which was great fun. The second day I took the girls to my sister's school for haircuts. We all got new dos, but it was Abbie's First Haircut. On Saturday we went to Willow Zoo and all the kids wanted to do was look at the turtle and feed the ducks. Then on Sunday we stopped to see Shem's Grandma on our way home. She is such a sweet old lady, and it made her day to see little kids. Our trip was wonderful, but now it's back to regular life and laundry.

WARD CAMPOUT

Our Ward ROCKS!! We have activities all the time and they are so much fun. This month it was the ward campout. Yes more camping adventures being pregnant. We went up Ephraim Canyon for the night. Maddie made sure that we knew the way by following the map down to every detail. Let me just say she was sooo excited. Abbie slept on the drive up there, which was great because I knew it would be a late night. We really enjoyed ourselves. Shem got plenty to eat. They served dutch oven dinner and a mountain man breakfast. We also played horseshoes, had a fireside, and went star gazing. The kids did awesome - they are such little troopers.

Our family loves to go camping.

AFV

MY GIRLS FAVORITE TV SHOW IS "AMERICA'S FUNNIEST VIDEOS". ON FRIDAY NIGHTS AT SEVEN THEY CALL FOR DAD AND GET READY. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS THEIR FAVORITE BUT, THEY LOVE IT! IT'S A DADDY DAUGHTER BONDING TIME,THAT'S FUN AND SILLY.

EMMIE'S BLANKIE

Well her blanket is here and only three more months until she'll be here too. My sister Heidi makes beautiful baby blankets and this is Emmies. It's so soft and i can't wait to use it. Thanks Heidi for the awesome blanket!

4TH OF JULY

WOW! What a busy, crazy day it was. We started the day at 10:00am by heading to the Manti Park. We go there every year for games and activities during the day. It started with a little fashion show for kids dressed in patriotic clothing, then Maddie's clogging class performed, next they enjoyed finding money in the hay and then there was a candy scramble. Maddie and Shem also had a great time doing the three legged race. We had lunch at the park, took the kids on horse rides and Shem (being an awesome dad) stood in line for a half hour to get the kids snow cones. After the events were over we went home for quick naps and to get ready for family pictures. Its been a long time since there was a family picture taken on Shem's side of the family. We took tons of pictures and the kids did great considering it was four in the afternoon and 100 degrees outside. Now on to dinner for everybody at our house. After dinner it was back to Manti for the city fireworks and a huge finale! At the end of the fireworks the DJ made a special announcement for Britton (Shem's brother) to come to the stage for a special song. He sang "I Love You Baby" to his girlfriend in front of the whole city,which ended in a marriage purposal. The day was amazing and we all survived!