We took the travel trailer (camper) out this weekend

Yahoo! We had sooo much fun in our new toy this weekend. We traveled to Fairview Canyon but we didn't get to the camp site until Friday night and it was really dark. It was hard finding a good spot but Terry did it! I loved the spot we camped at.

We saw a ton of deer. Although, I never seemed to have the camera when the deer would stumble into our camp site. I promise...they were HUGE. LOL

Take a peek at some of the fun pictures I was able to capture from this past weekend. (Sorry for the long post but I have too many pics I want to share.)



Trevor trying to hold back his smile...

This is Skyler, Trevor's best friend. He lives in Tulsa, OK and is visiting for two weeks. I love this kid. He is so much fun.

Thatcher playing with his goggles.

Alyx is always ready to pose for the camera. :-)



Ah! Check out my boys. Trevor and Thatcher are really close despite their age differences.

Thatcher had so much fun fishing. He had been asking us to take him fishing for a while...here are some pics of him fishing. He caught his first fish. Woo Hoo...It was so exciting.

Look at that smile. Thatcher is reeling in his prize fish.

Woo hoo! Thatcher catches his first fish.

Alyx patiently waiting to catch a fish....

...she didn't have to wait long.

Alyx caught 3 fish in 2 hours.

Skyler is a pro-fisherman. He didn't need any help casting and catching his trophies.

This is just 1 of 3 in two hours.

Trevor knew what he was doing too

but the first thing he reeled in was seaweed.

and the second, and the third and the fourth. All he could catch was seaweed. Poor kid!

Terry taught Skyler how to ride a manual ATV. He caught on really fast and didn't want to stop riding.

Alyx loves riding her pink ATV.

As it got late, we let the kids roast marshmellows and make smores.









one last ride before it got too dark.

TREVOR is coming home

Trevor has been in Arizona since the first of June (almost a month and a half). I get to pick him up at the airport this evening and I can't wait. All of us have missed him immensely. Thatcher has been expressing his feelings for the last month. "Mom, I miss Trevor.", "When is Trevor going to be home", "I love Trevor". I think Thatcher has had the hardest time with Trevor being away so long. He absolutely adores his big brother.

Our NEW camper

I know...I know...not the smartest thing we've done but WE DID IT! We are so excited. We picked our new camper up today and are going to take it out this weekend! Terry, the kids and myself love being outdoors and camping and we plan on doing a lot more of it now.

Thatcher's 4th Birthday!

We celebrated Thatcher's birthday at Magna Park along with Hunter's. Hunter is Thatcher's "best bud" so we combined both of their birthdays. They are both BIG into Transformers so we had to pick that for a theme. The boys had a great time and we had lots of family and friends celebrate with us. Thatcher is already saying, "Mom, on my next birthday I will be 5, huh?!" LOL Since we celebrated Thatcher’s birthday a little early, we didn't celebrate (or even mention his birthday) on his actual birthday...I was afraid he would think he was 5. He is great and always makes us laugh. Here are some pics from his party.


Ah, he is so cute.........


Thatcher and Hunter


Thatcher blowing out his 4 candles.


This is Hunter. Thatcher always refers to him as his "best bud".


Thatcher and Uncle Josh


This is some of the kids...they all got water guns which was a huge success. The adults stayed dry and the kids all got wet.

Alyx - DaNcE

Alyx's just finished up her dance season and has a few months off. Her Jazz team and hip-hop team took 1st place at competition. They did AWESOME! Alyx loves dancing and I love watching her. :-)

This pic is of her production team practicing just prior to one of their performance.



This is Alyx and her friend Danika in their hip-hop costume.



These are pictures of Alyx in her Jazz costume. Too cute!!

CALIFORNIA

We spent a week in sunny California and can't wait to go back for another visit.

5 Years

Terry and I are celebrating our 5 year anniversary June 7th. I NEVER imagined I could be this happy and love someone (other then my children) this much. I’m so grateful that Terry came into my life (and my kid’s lives). Most of you know the story but I'm going to highlight it anyway. Terry and I met in January of 2003. It took a while for Terry to convince me to go out on a date with him. Terry was/is nearly 6 years younger then I am and I didn't think he was ready for a divorced woman and two small children. Terry was persistent and called me nearly every day. Surprisingly, we started building a foundation for the rest of our lives and we had not even gone out on a date yet. I finally realized that Terry was (is) very true to his word and sincerely wanted to get to know me and my children. Once I let him in, I knew he was the man I would spend the rest of my life with. Terry, Thank you for being so persistent. You truly know how to love and you have brought so many blessings into my life and I’m thrilled that I will be in our loving arms eternally. Always and Forever! Do you remember this song from our wedding?

"Forever And For Always"
Shania Twain

In your arms I can still feel the way you
want me when you hold me
I can still hear the words you whispered
when you told me
I can stay right here forever in your arms

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't no way--
and there ain't not how
I'll never see that day....

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together all of our day
Wanna wake up every
morning to your sweet face--always

Mmmm, baby
In your heart--I can still hear
a beat for every time you kiss me
And when we're apart,
I know how much you miss me
I can feel your love for me in your heart

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't now way--
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day....

[Repeat Chorus]

(I wanna wake up every morning)

In your eyes--(I can still see
the look of the one) I can still see
the look of the one who really loves me
(I can still feel the way that you want)
The one who wouldn't put anything
else in the world above me
(I can still see love for me) I can
still see love for me in your eyes
(I still see the love)

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't no way--
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day....

[Repeat Chorus]

I'm keeping you forever and for always
I'm in your arms