Turtle

Today we were outside playing and I noticed a turtle against our back fence. When I pointed it out to the kids they were so excited. It isn't too often that we see an animal in nature. Logan started naming all the things he knew about turtles and I told him the things that I knew. They seemed really interested. Logan asked if we could keep him and I had to tell him no. Mainly because he would either die or Corey would have a fit (Not an animal lover). So we just tried to feed him some lettuce which he didn't want, and then took pictures with him. Lexie thought he was great, from a distance. Notice in her picture that she didn't want to get to close. They just thought it was so cool.

Young Women Recognition

Well I have finally done it. After being in YW since I was twelve I have finally accomplished the YW Recognition award. I had my interview with my Bishop last night and I should be getting my award in church soon. I always regretted not getting it when I was in YW, but at least I did get it done now that I am a leader. I really have my mom to thank because she just recently got hers and we helped push each other to get things done. This weekend we have some fun stuff planned so I should have some new pictures to post. I know I have been horrible lately, but summer brings on the laziness in me. Must be the heat. More to come soon.

Anniversary Present

Well yesterday was our 8 year Anniversary and Corey and I had a really great time going out on a little date last night. My mom watched our kids (thanks mom) and we went out to eat Mexican. It was so nice to sit down and just talk about things that we have been through together. It was fun to go back and laugh at some of our early mistakes and how young we were. But it was very endearing to me and I will treasure that time for the rest of my life. I got Corey a bronze divot repair and ball marker set. I got Corey's initials engraved on it and I think that he really liked it. Corey got me my rope silver necklace and earrings to match. This is the first real jewelry I own besides my wedding ring. I really love them and think they are just beautiful. He did a really good job picking them out. We are so excited to spend the rest of our lives together and build more wonderful memories.

Girls Camp

This past week I was at YW girls camp for my church. It was a lot of fun. I don't have any pictures because I didn't want to take my camera up there. But I got to get a little closer to the girls in our Ward. We had this huge Thunder and lightning storm the night before we left and it was amazing watching that from a tent. I went with my mom and we had tons of fun and made lots of memories. One of which, my mom accidently took my birth control pill while we were there. It was so funny. My mom was ok, just a little nauseated from the hormones. But I also grew spiritually from it. It was a great week.

Family Pictures

So I had written about our family pictures last weekend. Well we finally got them back online. So I am posting some of my favorites. They actually turned out pretty good. This was a first for us. We usually get bad pictures or bad photographers. So we got lucky this time. Boy what a cute family..

What's Up

Tonight on the way home from my mom's house I turn around the there is Lexie with Logan's hat on and just smiling. I had to take a picture it was so cute. And of course I have to share.

Church Picnic

On Saturday night we went way way way out in the country to someone in our Ward to have a picnic. If you live here you know that our ward boundries are huge. It took us about 40 minutes to get to this house from Coweta. But it was so beautiful with a small pond and dogs running around. There were lots of outdoor activities for us and the kids. And of course there was a BBQ on top of that. We had the best time and the kids really loved it.


Lexie was not shy about running around getting into the muck of things. I always had to keep on eye out to make sure that she was ok most of the time. But with lots of friends there it made it easy to enjoy myself. This is Lexie and her good friend Riley. We hang out alot and they just loved this little puppy. They would follow it around everywhere.

Logan had a lot of fun with the boys his age there. There was even a pond where they went fishing with little poles. This is Logan posing for me by the pond. Once again we have that cheese smile that we try for him not to do.

Lexie and Gabe also tried at the fishing deal. Daddy was a big help with the wonderful Barbie pole that we had. The only kid to really catch anything was Gabe. It was tiny and we had to of course throw it back. But he was really proud of himself. I didn't get a picture because it took so long and I found myself somewhere else taking pictures.

They had this little juniper jump there and Lexie liked it only if there were no other kids playing. So we finally found a time to be alone and all she did was press her face up against the mesh. But she thought she was big stuff.

Gabe was such a stud while we were there. I turned around and saw that he had climed onboard the tire swing with these two girls and was having a good old time. You can see him smiling. He can be a real flirt when he wants to be. All those girls out there better watch out.

Here is Gabe and Logan doing some badmitton. They couldn't really hit the little birdie with the rackets so they were playing with a small beach ball instead.

I tried to show the boys how to play fetch with the dog and the frisbee, but they didn't know how to react with the dog. When you were holding the frisbee and running the dog would run after you and try to tackle you. This kinda scared both of them. They are not used to dogs that much.

Logan sliding down the slide

Lexie on the swing, she didn't want to get off. I had to keep bribbing her to have her go somewhere else.