Sunday, June 26, 2011

The power of Sweet Loving Family!!! Part one of my many May adventures!!!

While in Utah the kiddos enjoyed playing in my grandmas gorgeous backyard! Her backyard has always been up there with my fondest memories of Utah! BUT the best part was just being around ALL of my family!
These are some of my beautiful cousins in Utah! Quincy and Lexie who really enjoyed playing with my kiddos!
My cute nieces Trinity and Lauryn!
Ha ha! For some reason any time my mom picked up Rohnin he would wiggle, fuss and eventually cry, this is him trying to get away...It wasn't until the very last week of our family adventure that he started to warm up to her, she was there helping him when he was really sick...
Look at this little stud muffin!
We all really missed Art...Pictures like this just aren't the same when he is not in them!
My elder sister and I this picture makes me miss my blonde hair...
ONe of Addy's many attempts at forcing a smile...Ha Ha Ha!
I have wonderful memories growing up with my cousins we were all close in age and I love that my nephews and nieces have that same opportunity! Lauryn may be older but Sierra and Lauryn are still best friends and cousins! Beautiful Young Ladies whom I love and miss!
These next photos were at my grandma Connie's Surprise Birthday party! Even though her Brithday was back in April we rallied the extended family together and all met up to throw her a wonderful reunion in her honor for her 80th birthday! It was so amazing getting to be with all my mom's side of the family! It has been a while!
Rohnin LOVES Lexie BUT this picture sure doesn't show it!
Family chatting and embracing we only get to see my cousins and grandma once in a blue moon so this really was a wonderful surprise for everyone!

This was one of the first pictures of my grandma when she entered the room!
My mom's only sister Margo who hasn't seen any of my family in years! She also threw was the main one responsible for putting this Surprise Birthday Party together!

My uncle Ross, Margo's Hubby, and My aunt Vicki!
Addy started screaming when I tried to get her to smile and well this is at the beginning of our family reunion, the only one missing from the picture was Art...He was hard at work back in AR...
More family chat time with my dad's cousin's...
These are my dad's cousins who also live in Utah in walking distance of my grandma Connie's home! It has been years since I have seen this side of our family and it was great!
Lottie...
I also got to stay with are amazing friends from Vegas on my drive up to Utah, This was also the morning when all the wonderful vomiting started with Rohnin! I didn't start driving to Utah until 3pm to try and prevent the fun from continuing...no such luck! But Katie was such an amazing help that day threw it all! Thank you again Katie for letting us stay with you!
Addy got a hold of my camera...
Some of my other cute girlfriends from Vegas met up at Katie's home for a little get together! It was soo great seeing them and their growing families!
Right after Rohnin threw up...N-I-C-E...
This little ADORABLE munchkin is Katie's cute little man, Diesel..he was so fun to watch I just love her kids...
Uncle Nick and Aunt Hannah were staying with Art's parents and to say the least both of my kids fell head over heals for Uncle Nick! He was so amazing with them both! It was soo wonderful seeing family, they usually are off at school in Provo, Utah!
This was at the Bentonville Airport hey anything to entertain the kids at an airport...Before we took off to sunny HOT AZ!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Happy Fathers Day To All the Wonderful Men I have the Honor of knowing and Loving!!!

The LoVe of Addy, Rohnie, and ALWAYS AND FOREVER MY/Our LIVES! The Very Best NUMBER ONE Husband & Father one could ever hope to have! We Love you!!!!
First I Have to Send a special Message to my AMAZING Hubby, whom I LOVE, and Appreciate All He does for our family, including working today, which really stinks...BUT I am SOOOOO very grateful my Heavenly Father placed this amazing man in my life... He is the Most Incredible Father to our Adorable children, and and Excellent & thorough Doctor, and THE ABSOLUTE MOST Fabulous & Funny, Talented & Intelligent, Handsome & SEXY MAN I will EVER KNOW!!! I know I can be a roller coaster at times but Thank You for trying to enjoy our ride and striving to make life a little easier for me and our Beautiful children! HAPPY HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!These are Arthur's absolute FAVORITE Pictures with his sweet little angels!

Arthur was the only one missing in the photo below because he had to be back in Arkansas for work, BUT we truly ALL missed him every day we didn't get to see or be near him...me and our kiddos were pretty much, well, literally "sick" with out you l-o-v-e!

Next is to my Talented Father whom just happens to share his Birthday this particular "Father's Day!" SO I/WE hope and Pray you have an amazing...relaxing...stress free...BEAUTIFUL day way back there is Arizona! I/WE hope you have a Magnificent Fathers Day and We of course will be trying to call you and skype you on your VERY SPECIAL Day! I/WE truly wish we where there to celebrate your Birthday, BUT, Please just know how grateful I am and was during our trip to Utah and all the little things you did for me and the kids when we were all so very sick...Addy is really missing the fishing right now and Just said yesterday how she REALLY wishes she could go see all her family and cousins in Arizona...it was so sweet and sad because I feel the same way! We all miss you and thank you again for ALL the little things you do for our family and so many others...I LOVE YOU DAD, WE LOVE YOU....We All miss you and Again Happy Birthday and Fathers Day!!!
To my Brothers, Uncles, Grandpa's, Father in Law, Brother in Laws, and Friends I/WE hope and Pray you ALL enjoy this Fathers Day with Loving family and friends who truly think the world of YOU! Thank you for being so Amazing and a very special part of our world! I/We Love and MISS you all so very very much and are thinking of each and every one of you on this special Fathers day! Have a Blessed and Beautiful Fathers day!Grandpa Rick we all know you are a sweet'ol teddy bear... under that "rough" act you tend to play! We ALL know How much you love and care about each and every one of us! Thank you for being such a wonderful, tender-hearted father and grandfather to us ALL!Ben...I still can't thank you enough for helping me out the morning of my departure...especially when you not only carried my heavy luggage, but both of my sleepy, sick children to the check point! Love you!
Awe John...You always bring a smile to my face when I think of you and yard sales! Love ya!
I couldn't find the picture I took of you when Addy put stickers all over you face, You are such a great uncle to Addy and Rohnin!
You may not be a dad yet Nick, but, you are a wonderful uncle to my two adoring children!

Only a Dad

by Edgar A. Guest

Only a dad with a tired face,
Coming home from the daily race,
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he has played the game;
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of four,
One of ten million men or more
Plodding along in the daily strife,
Bearing the whips and the scorns of life,
With never a whimper of pain or hate,
For the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd,
Toiling, striving from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way,
Silent whenever the harsh condemn,
And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he gives his all,
To smooth the way for his children small,
Doing with courage stern and grim
The deeds that his father did for him.
This is the line that for him I pen:
Only a dad, but the best of men.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Yickes I am soo behind...Here comes April Happenings... more coming soon!

Awe my babysitter's last prom! Nicole had me fancy her hair all up! She loved it and she looked so gorgeous!

She is such a sweet, caring, and beautiful young lady, we are going to miss her babysitting skills when she goes of to college, in Idaho!
This is Rohnin trying to get the one Item MOM says " hands off little man " My beloved camera! Nice try... but no luck!
Look at that face he always has something in his mouth...
Addy got to talk to Lottie on the phone and boy was I surprised to hear my niece talk so much to me...it was AWESOME...Addy got kind of bored so I got to talk to her and hear all about her animals and her brother and family...I had NO IDEA she was such a little chatter box! I felt kind of bad but I finally had to let her go, I HAD to put Rohnin down for his MUCH needed nap, but while I was attempting that I kept hearing my phone ringing....LOL Yep little miss Lottie had called back 4 times I couldn't help but laugh!
This little guy gets to a point where he is almost gets upset if you don't put on the shoes he has brought out to you...it is cute but tends to hurt since he doesn't realize he is standing on your feet most of the time!
Yep this gal LOVEs to climb... I got alittle nervous when a bunch of other children where all attempting to climb this big ' oll boulder they have at the park, just a little nerve racking! BUT it did make a cute picture!

All of these pictures are out of order but you get the just of it all! I let Rohnin go at this park and by the end Addy and I had to head him off when he started following a dog...This boy is a DOG LOVER!
This was Addy's pre-school annual trike-a-thon It was pretty cute seeing all these kids zooming around!
Mrs. Nickie was so proud, and impressed over Addy on her Razor, she told me that her 7 year old daughter was not nearly as good as Addy, who can swerve and do all sorts of fun tricks...what can I say ***Talent b-a-b-y***Speaking of talents! I L-O-V-E-D Addy's recital outfit...Don't you! I even let her put on some of "mom's mascara and lip gloss" luck girl! I could not get enough picture of her in this adorable outfit! So enjoy her many faces and I still don't know why she was holding Rohnin's face like that...All that matter is that she felt GORGEOUS and loves her baby brother!




My camera WAS NOT working well when it came time to get her actual pictures taken and then both of my batteries died, so Addy was a great sport about going last so that mom could get a working battery up and running!

The little guy next to Addy was hilarious, anything you asked him to do, he did the opposite, Mrs. Laura was constantly tucking his shirt in, and he did not want anything to do with his brother during the picture...We went to a n different gardening store and before leaving a got these cute little stud's to poss!

This is where we go when the tornado sirens go off...N-O-T fun my bathroom basically turns into a mini toy bin!
I actually did a little scavenger hunt but am still mad at myself for not taking more pictures of the kids on Easter...dang..my bad...This is Addy attempting to carry Rohnin on her back...
A-T-T-E-M-P-T-I-N-G...
This little monkey has so much STUBBORN personality it is funny...BUT he loves putting on his big sisters shoes...

Car ride to the ???Strawberry fest???
They ran out of strawberries, we were soooooo bummed, BUT they did have strawberry shortcake and snow cones, and can we just say YUM YUM!
This sweet gal LOVES horses, who knows maybe one day she'll convince her daddy, to buy her one...BUT this horse was NO CHEYENNE!
She could have stayed on this horse ALL day, even though her ride only lasted like 5 minutes, to her well can't you tell she WAS IN HEAVEN!

Well he likes the idea of it but NOT IN it or on it...
BUT he did LOVE the mini goats and wee little piggie!

Addy had this in the bag...there were some kids that could not make it up this but Addy was a pro!
Addy waiting while a parent came to get a stranded daughter down!
BUBBLES......... BUBBLES........BUBBLES
We have, well had an awesome bubble blower, that broke the first time because of me and well maybe the second time as well, dang thing was a little complex to clean...hey it was one awesome day of bubbles though!!!
LOOK at those bubbles, they were amazing and Rohnin could NOT get enough! While the kids and I played with the bubbles dad, set up our new garden wagon! YEAH...

PULL Addy P-U-L-L...
The kids Loved playing on, in and around it

Rohnin, is afraid of nothing, have I mentioned that before...little stinker is in for a lot of injuries, hopefully not, but his poor head ALWAYS has some kind of bruise on it, poor guy doesn't even cry now when he bump his poor noggin...
I finally have some rose bushes, and some actual roses in bloom! Yeah sooooooooooo Prettie!!!! I love going out and seeing which ones have bloomed, I have a total of 3 BEAUTIFUL rose bushes! LUCKY me!Since Addy's last day was May 5th, due to the fact that we were heading down to Mesa for the next month...I got this last snapshot of Addy with her Pre-school teacher Mrs. Nickie! Addy always told me how much she just loves Mrs. Nickie!