Raspberries and Limes: Shay

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

On Sunday we took a walk to the park so the girls could play. It was Oakley's first trip to the park. It was fun!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

This past Saturday we met up with Darin, Chandra and Camille and went to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. I had never been there and it was free that day, so we thought - WHY NOT! :) The kids all had a great time and learned a lot of fun stuff. This is definitely a great place to take the kids. Maybe pick a less busy day next time so there is more opportunity for them to do everything.

Kim and Shay Photoshoot - August 2010

We took the girls out for a long overdue photoshoot to get some updated pictures of them. Some didn’t quite turn out, but some were super cute! Enjoy!

New Decorations and Fun at the Park

Sunday, May 2, 2010

So Josh's family has a friend that does vinyl lettering, and boy oh boy do we appreciate all she does! We ordered some new things from her and put together these plaques that we painted for the girls' room. Enjoy!
Oh, and we had some fun at the park a couple weeks ago - here are some pics!

Kites and Swings Weekend

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Well a couple weeks ago when we had the girls we planned a ton of fun things to do and hoped that the girls would think it’s as fun as we did. I found a ton of Easter crafts and Josh and I prepared supplies to make our own piggy banks at home. First thing first though… Josh had an eye doctor appt. His doctor is in the vision center at Wal-Mart – which turned out to be a blessing for the girls and I because we were there for two hours! We wandered the toy aisle, the clothes section, the Easter stuff and the pet department before going to check on Josh. He still hadn’t been called into his appointment. Well, I got some Easter browsing done and got an idea of what the girls were interested in getting in their baskets! On Saturday we headed up to mom and dad Jackson’s house and were able to spend some time with the family. Tiffany and I took the girls shopping for a new dress for Kim, while Josh helped his dad fix the wood machines. After we got back we got ready and went over to Heidi and Jordan’s house for a BBQ. We had a great time all together and even got to watch New Moon!

On Sunday I woke up and forgot it was stake conference. Dang! I didn’t wake up until about 9:45 so there was no way we would get ready and make it by 10:00am. SIGH. We spent the time all together doing crafts and making piggy banks. Everyone also had a blast playing the new mini-golf game on the Wii. We decided it would be fun to pack a picnic and go over to the park. The park was PACKED! It was crazy how many people were there. The girls didn’t get to do a whole lot because there were so many kids. After we ate, we pulled the kites I bought out and the girls had a really fun time flying them. So much fun that it was heartbreaking for us to get them to leave. But it had already been a long day and their alligator tears proved how tired they were. Both zonked out on the way home and Shaylee stayed asleep for another hour or so while we watched The Tooth Fairy. It was a really fun day. When we dropped them off Ashlee mentioned that she may be going to the Police Academy next spring, so maybe we will be able to take the girls for some longer stretches of time. That would be so wonderful.

Suberbowl Sunday

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

This past weekend we had a really great time! On Saturday we loaded up and took off to see some apartments. Our lease is up the end of April and we are needing a place to move to. Preferrably with room enough for Kim and Shay to have thier own room and so we don't feel so cramped. We saw some good ones, and some really good ones out of our price range, and then some that work perfect - except that they don't allow pets. UGH. Apartment hunting is kinda frustrating. But Josh saw one by himself earlier in the week he wants to take me back to. They aren't open on Saturdays, so I may need to take a long lunch or see if they can stay late a day. We also stopped at my parents house and dropped an organizer off to my sister for her beads. She is into making some awesome jewelry with her work and she made Kim and Shay a necklace for Valentine's Day. She also made me a necklace with a black stone in it, I love it! Totally wearing it now! Later on, we met up with Josh's family and his sister Jamie was in town with her three kids. We sent all the kids off playing and had fun catching up with family. Jamie bought the McDonalds special of 50 chicken nuggets for $10. Yep - FIFTY! Between about 9 of us we ate them all. HAHA. A few of Josh's aunts came over, and by direction from Heidi we made a really fun Valentine's Day craft. We kicked the men out and made them go watch a movie, eat pizza, and watch the Jazz game (poor babies!) Then we gt started on our craft. It is a styrofoam heart and you take squares of fabric (we used a couple different patterns of red and pink) and push them into the styrofoam with a pencil and glue. It turned out really really fun. Some ladies did larger squares so thier hearts were bushier, some did smaller squares and it gave the effect of roses. I started mine with the larger squares, then finished with the smaller ones. It looks super cute. I love it! That night we crashed at Jordan and Heidi's house with the girls. We were all exhausted. On Sunday we got up and got ready and went to Josh's parent's ward. It was fast and testimony meeting and Josh's dad got up (which they say is rare for him) and bore testimony of his love for the gospel. I'll eave out the spiritual stuff, as it is too sacred to write here, but I thought it was great how he said that usually he is not a fan of the superbowl and hasn't ever really supported watching it, but that five of his six grandchildren were in the congregation right now, and if the superbowl is the reason for them all coming together and him getting to spend time with them, then he is thankful for the superbowl this time. He also made me cry because he talked about Josh and I getting ready to go get sealed in the temple and how much he loves me. Yep, cried. Darn father in law - making innocent women cry. HAHA. The rest of Sunday was great. We all gathered at Heidi and Jordan's house to eat food and watch the game. the food was really yummy and it was really fun to have everyone together. We left for about 40 minutes to run Kim and Shay to meet thier mom, and as always it is sad to see them go and miss them for another two weeks. We went back up to Heidi's and spent the rest of the evening with the family. We had a great time and loved being there with everyone. I'm thankful for the superbowl as well, and hope it always has the power to bring families together.

**I'll post some pics later today, as I'm missing some and I want to be sure you see our fun!**

Conference @ The Bingham's

Thursday, October 8, 2009

This past weekend we decided to head down to Vernal and spend conference weekend with Josh's sister Jamie and her husband Jake and thier three kids. We had Kimberlee and Shaylee for the weekend, but decided it would be fun to surprise them with where we were going. We packed everything in the car the night before so the girls didn't see it, and then told them we were going for a little ride (3 hours long!). When we got there, Kim asked if we knew anyone at the house, and we told her to try knocking and see who answers the door. Immediately there were excited yells from the kids inside, and Kim and Shay got really excited. When the door opened, Spencer and Baylie jumped out to greet thier cousins. The girls were very excited. All of the kids had been begging to play together down at Jamie and Jake's house in Vernal. Josh's mom and his youngest sister Tiffany were there too. The weekend was a ton of fun. Josh jumped in the pig pen and started chasing them all over with the kids. We picked bags and bags of apples from the orchard. And we ate some really great food. Saturday was Tiffany's 17th birthday and we celebrated by having 7 layer bean dip, going for a fun walk by a really muddy lake, and all of us ladies pitched in to make the yummiest cake ever. Happy Birthday Tiff! We also had a great time listening to conference and taking in what our prophet and apostles had to teach us. The kids got handmade coloring books with a conference theme, though they had a billion things to entertain them :) On Sunday, we went oveer to Jake's parent's house to watch conference and see thier gorgeous place. It was raining cats and dogs and the kids got SO muddy going out to see the tree house before lunch. I'll have to get the pictures of Spencer out in the mud from Jamie and show you. It was a riot. Overall, it was a really great weekend and we had such a great time. Thanks again Jamie and Jake for letting us come play!

This is Tiffany's birthday cake. We got the reciepe from http://www.kevinandamanda.com/. Yes, those are chopped up Reese's Peanut Butter cups!