My Very First Post

So here is my first post ever, it's only been about a month in the making. After being a stay-at-home mom for over five years now, all of my kids are now in school, which is how I am finding uninterrupted time to do this. They started school yesterday, Alyssa is now a 7th grader, Taylor a 3rd grader, and Jayce is now in Kindergarten. Ryan and Siara are my husbands children from a previous marriage, so I won't have a lot of information on them since they live in another state, other than we miss them and wish we were closer to them. I have a mixture of emotions regarding the kids starting school, part of me says WoooooHoooo it's finally happened!...the other part of me says BooooHooooo I miss them and don't want them to grow up.

So my kids go to a year round school and that gives only 6 weeks during summer break, which is great all the way around, less boredom for them, less stress for me! So what have we done over summer break?

I took my girls to an American Idols Live Tour along with a friend and one of the many grandma's. We all enjoyed it. It was my girls first concert that they have ever been to.

My daughter Alyssa and I waiting for the concert to begin

My daughter Taylor and I waiting for the concert to begin

Me and my (other) mother-in-law after the concert

I was previously married, but still claim my mother-in-law

We took a day trip to Bartlett Lake. We all love the lake and would live there if we could. Maybe not at that particular lake, but at a nice lake nonetheless. We even took our car sick dog along for the ride. She is a very sensitive dog, that's the nice way of saying wimpy.

Me and my honey

Jayce, Alyssa and Taylor

We took a trip to see where a Meteor Crater had crashed into the earth in Northern Arizona. It was neat to see, but not very budget friendly to pay to see a Huge Hole in the ground.






We took a drive to Jerome AZ. It is a little town on a hillside and it has a lot of artist shops selling a variety of many different things from paintings to jewelry, you can watch glass blowing, etc.

We took a drive to Montezuma Castle and Montezuma Well. Very historical trips we took here...though I can't really tell you that I paid much attention to the history side of these places. Montezuma Castle has Indian Ruins in the side of a mountain, and Montezuma Well is a large well that also has some Indian Ruins. It was very interesting to see, and it made me thankful to be living today instead of back then.




We took a trip to a lake in northern arizona with our friends Amanda and Levi and their kids Rhiannon and Layla to go crawdad fishing. It was a really good time, up until we had to pack up and leave early...our son Jayce gets migraine headaches and he got one that day, so we had to head back home.

My husband Jason and Me

All the kids and my honey in the background

Gotta love your friends! Amanda and Me

We filled in the rest of the summer visiting family and friends, going to the movies, etc. While browsing in the mall one day I found a wonderful (wonderfully hilarious) game to play with friends. It is called "Would You Rather...." I LOVE THIS GAME. Provides lots of good fun and tearful laughter.

Now as for tomorrow...my girls and I are off to a baby shower in lovely Colorado. What a trip that will be. There will be six people in my truck and three people in another vehicle, for an 8 hour drive. I may not want to come back. I haven't been to Colorado since childhood and I still hold very fond memories of the week that I was there.

So this is it for my first post (novel)..can't wait to report on my trip to Colorado once I'm back.