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10) Went to Moab with the Memmotts. Fun! Spring Break! Warmer than Burley! Had awesome company! Pictures below!






9) Briana won 2nd place in History Day competition. Wow! Trip to Boise! Smart girl! Pictures below!

8) Our friends from Tooele came to Idaho for an awesome visit. Erin and Jared Stoker! Fun! Easter Egg Hunt w/them! Made us miss our Utah friends! Pictures below!


7) Had a fun and relaxing Easter. Church! Family! Food! Fun! Kites! Pictures below!



6) Welcomed 2 new babies into our family. Thayne (Martin and Bekki's babe)! Blake (Mike and Tiff's babe)! Cuties! Boys! Finally get to meet Blake Sunday!
5) Made a quick trip to Logan to see my good friend Angela. Darling kids! Miss her! Love her mom too! Forgot the camera! Waahh!
4) Celebrated lots of birthdays! Kaycee's 10! Kelsie's 6! Brian's old! Pictures below!
3) Kaycee won 1st place ($150!) in a Safe Kids poster contest. In all of Idaho! Nice plaque too! Will be in a calendar! Richer than her mom! Picture below!
2) Attended the girls Dance Recital. Lots of performances and rehearsals. Girls were beautiful! Glad it's over! Pictures below!



1) Had our last day of school 2008-2009! Yippee! We love summer! Capris! Flip-flops! Family Reunions! Bear Lake! Watermelon!

There you go, that's a bit of catch up on my part. I can't wait to go visit all of your blogs and catch up with you too (and to see if you've been slacking too!)! Hope to see a lot of you this summer!

Here's a shout-out for warm weather!

Okay, the calendar now says March 1st...so that means Spring, right?! I am SO ready for some warm weather and good times! Get me out of the house already! I'm posting some pictures from last summer to get me in the mood for sunshine! (If that stupid gopher, or groundhog, comes back out of his hole and sees his shadow again, I'm going to bop him as hard as I can...I'm DONE with winter!)

Bruneau Sand Dunes and Balanced Rock

It's President's Day, no one has to work or go to school...what do you do?! Well, I was GOING to catch up on laundry, clean house and paint my bedroom, but who wants to do that?! Brian had us pack a few snacks, some warm clothes and get in the truck for a family outing. And then we drove...and drove...and suddenly we were at the Bruneau Sand Dunes. Apparently my Dad took us here when we were younger (but I don't really remember it!). It probably would have been extremely fun, but the wind was so strong that we couldn't even talk to each other, seriously, or we would have a mouthful of sand! It was beautiful and we did have some family fun. But we were still finding sand in our ears, in our pockets, you name it...for days and days! After the Sand Dunes, we stopped for a hike up to Balanced Rock, but Kelsie and I decided to stay in the truck while Brian, Briana and Kaycee trekked it! I'm really not a wimp (or pregnant, as Debbie thinks!), but someone needed to stay with Kelsie, who REFUSED to get back out in the cold and wind! Fun times, I tell ya!

At this rate...

...I'll have 10 total blog posts in the year 2009! Yes, I've become quite the blog-slacker, but I've become quite the Facebook-er! Facebook is much easier to maintain since you just quickly comment, reply, etc. You don't have to "decorate" a blog or give it facelifts...you just come and go! Okay, so you fellow facebook-ers...are you slacking on your blogs too or are you ignoring housework, children-time, making dinner, etc. in order to maintain your blog?! Oh look...I posted something below!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

On Christmas Eve we read from the scriptures regarding the birth of Christ, we open our gift from Grandma and Grandpa (usually jammies!), we throw some oats out for the reindeer to dine on while Santa is inside leaving gifts, we leave Santa something yummy and then we try to go to sleep...but you know how hard that is! I remember as a kid sleeping in the biggest room with all my brothers and sisters and just being so excited for Christmas morning to come. THAT was always a party!

Christmas Party...I mean "par-tay"

Brian's family Christmas Party consists of talent sharing, games, gift-exchanges, fish ponds, and yummy food! Here's Kaycee playing Jingle Bells on the violin, Briana sharing some of her scrapbooks, me doing some Hokey Pokey cuz that's what it's all about, and Kelsie....well, Kelsie's picture is from AFTER Christmas because she chickened out of singing with cousin Colby!

Win Cool Stuff!

Hello everyone! My friend from high school has a pretty cool new website called "Give Away Today" and apparently, she's giving stuff away...for free!

Right now, the give-away is a $100 gift card for Target! Who couldn't use THAT this time of year?! Just go to her blog at http://www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com/ and then follow the easy instructions! Wowzers! That's all I can say! And then, check back daily! Hope you win! Actually, no, I hope I win! Hee hee!

Santa...fact or fiction?

At night when I tuck the girls into bed, I always say, "do you need to talk to Mommy about anything?" Well, the other night, Kaycee said, "yes" and so I snuggled in bed next to her and we began THE TALK. No, not the "how are babies made" talk, but the "is Santa real" talk.

So she asked if Santa is real, and since she is 9 years old, (and an honors student, I might add!) I decided it was time for the truth...I responded with, "well, what do YOU think?" and she laughed and said she thought Santa was me and Dad because "how could someone fly around the world, in one night, being pulled by animals that aren't even real." (Aren't reindeer real? I saw some at The Quilted Bear a few years ago!) Well, we had a great chat about how it is fun to believe in Santa and that the IDEA of Santa is real...Then came the next questions...

"The Easter Bunny?"; "The Tooth Fairy"; "Mother Goose?" (That's a Campbell Family New Years' visitor...apparently NOT REAL either!) So we had a great chat about all of them as well. You could tell that she was actually kind of proud that she was in on the whole Santa thing now-you know, she has a younger sister that "still believes" and Kaycee likes the idea of knowing something that her sister doesn't know.

Well, just as I was feeling like a great Mom, and as I was kissing her cheek one more time prior to leaving her room, she blurts out, "Oh! So Heavenly Father and Jesus aren't real either!" Crap! I've got a lot more teaching to do as a mother...