Our Weekend

Me, my mom, Hanna, Van and Daisy went to CA for the weekend while Danny stayed home with Max and Walt. We wanted to save money and not drive 2 cars and Max had been having a rough week so that is the way we split it.

While in CA we went to my cousin's daughters baptism on Thursday night. On Friday we celebrated my brother Kurt's 40th Birthday. On Saturday I was able to attend my cousin Amy's sealing in the San Diego Temple and later that day we attended her reception.

At the reception my nephew Baxter was playing on the water slide (of course we didn't notice) and in his brand new suit he fell in the pool. He was so cute and it was truly so funny, I couldn't help myself from laughing while my sister was trying to tell him that was a naughty thing to do. We had a great weekend. While I was in CA Danny and the boys were busy. They built this triple bunk bed, cool huh?! They put in a water softener we just got for almost free and they built a box for it to sit on and put up new lights in the laundry room. It was a wonderful surprise to come home to. Maybe I should go out of town more often.:)

Our Big Helper

Walt is our little helper. He's the one always wanting to help clean; he vacuums, he'll grab me the broom when needed, refill bathroom garbage bags, clean windows, pick up the backyard toys and even wash the dishes.

Yes, he's washing a knife:-
Walt is also our biggest mess maker! He is just a busy, curious little boy that likes to play, make messes, discover his world and thankfully (currently) enjoys cleaning too.

Camping at Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire is such a great place to camp! First of all the red rock that surrounds you is so beautiful and most of all the kids are constantly entertained by all the rocks they can easily climb. I ended up getting some food allergy and broke out in hives Friday night, so Danny and I had to head to town to pick up some Benadryl. By the time we got to the store my ears were swelling up, scary. Still not for sure what I ate, but I had a metallic taste in my mouth for 3 days nothing taste good. I am thankful for Benadryl!

Walt had a great time climbing the rocks, he wanted to climb the bigger ones that his older siblings were climbing.


Daisy pretty much sat here or was held most of the time. Oh ya, and she was constantly saying, "I'm hungry momma, I'm hungry." She had no interest in climbing the rocks!

As soon as Walt woke up Saturday morning he climbed this rock with his blankie in tow, too cute!

Camp fires are always entertaining!

Danny made a yummy dinner; bbq pork, green beans, dutch oven potatoes and dutch oven cobbler.

We always have a great time going camping with Tom and Becky and the kids enjoy being with their cousins of course!

Our traditional ice cream stop in Overton at the end of our camping trips, yum!

Hanna is 6!

We have friends that own a horse and offered their horse anytime we want to ride, which Hanna was very excited about. Well, I decided to ask that we use it for Hanna's Birthday; they kindly agreed and the little "Cow Girls" had a blast! I was surprised how many girls really did have cow girl boots, it was only Hanna and her cousin Ruby that didn't.

Love this picture of all the little "Cow Girls" on the gate!

Ruby and Hanna

Emily and Makayla

Ellie and Ashley

Daisy and Ruby

Walt and Hanna

Cow Boy Max

Hanna doesn't like cake so she asked for store bought sugar cookies instead. She got those with a bunch of other junk food. You can't have a party without the treats!
I am so grateful to have my sweet Hanna in my life! Happy Birthday Hanna we love you!

Poor Hanna

Hanna was doing some shopping with Danny the other night and while Danny was pulling a box of 3 large cans of nacho cheese off the top shelf, one can slid out and fell which hit the top middle of Hanna's head and cut it pretty bad. She ended up getting 5 staples in her head that night. She did such a great job, she's a trooper! I should have titled this "Poor Danny" he felt horrible! Danny said her first word after it hit her was, "Daddy"!

Max's Chipped Tooth

Max chipped his tooth while playing tag at school. He wasn't watching where he was running and when he turned around he ran right into a pole. Ouch! (He already got it fix, thank goodness).
Funny story... while picking Max up early from school; I had Walt with me and while we were about to leave he started to complain about his nose. I kept trying to have him blow it, but by the time we were in the car he was very upset about his nose. All of a sudden he sneezed and out shot a pinto bean! Apperantly, there were dried pinto beans on the school tables for the pens.

The Twins

Daisy and Walt got into my mascara while I was vegging on FB, oops!

Walt the "Destroyer" strikes again! He realized the glass table top moved and he just kept pushing it until...
Ready for the park on a cold winter morning.

Yes, my sweet babies are growing-up. :(

Snow in Pahrump

We had 4 inches of snow fall at the beginning of January and school was canceled for a snow day! Of course we were all shocked when we looked outside that morning! Pahrump actually looked beautiful (for a short time, at least).




Snow Angels are a must!

While on a drive near our house just 3 weeks prior to the snow fall, we had found these sand domes and hiked them. So we knew just where to go sledding, although it was later in the day and the snow was melting we did get pretty muddy. The kids had a great time sledding, having snow ball fights and building a snowman (which the head fell off as soon as I went to take the picture).


Hanna sledding down the rock hill in our backyard. I must say Hanna enjoyed the snow the most, she didn't care how cold it was.