Happy Birthday to my 10 yr old boy!!

For Joshua's birthday this year instead of having a birthday party with friends, he decided he wanted to go bowling and then to dinner and bring his friend Skyler with him. So on Saturday we took them bowling and we let Siera come too. She is always home stuck babysitting and so I asked my Mom to watch the younger 2 girls while we went out. Siera did really well on her report card as did Josh and Savani so we thought we could reward her too by bringing her along. We had so much fun bowling. I haven't been bowling in years, but it was a blast. Siera kicked the boys butts! She got 3 strikes and they didn't get any. lol She was very proud of herself. By the end of the 2nd game everyone was doing well and the boys ended up getting spares, so they were happy about that.





After bowling we went to Red Robin for dinner. I made sure to tell them it was Joshes birthday so they could sing to him and embarass him. They brought him a mud pie for it being his birthday which he loved.


On Sunday, this was his actual birthday, I woke up early and made him his favorite breakfast called Breakfast muffins. It is a muffin that you make from scratch and cook in the microwave and then dip in butter and a cinnamon and sugar mixture. My kids all love them and beg me to make them all the time. Then for dinner Joshua wanted chicken roll ups. We invited my parents over for dinner and we enjoyed having them over to celebrate his birthday with us. My Mom gave him a gift card to Game Stop and some clothes and my sister Cindy stopped by and gave him some money as well.


Also my Mom likes to take the grandkids out for their birthdays and do something special with them. So on Monday she took Josh and his cousin Noah who's birthday was in January out. They had so much fun bowling over the weekend and my parents hadn't been for years that they decided they wanted to go and Josh and Noah were very excited to go bowling again. They had a blast too. Josh got a strike and he was very happy about that. I think we all have the bowling bug now and are going to have to go again. Then they went to Ihop for dinner. They have such a wonderful Grandma and she is creating such great memories for them. I think his birthday was a success. Josh is such a great kid. I am so happy to be his Mom. He is polite and sweet and I adore him to pieces. I am proud of the young man he is becoming. Happy Birthday baby! We love you and are so happy you are part of our family!!

Basketball season comes to an end

Basketball ended a couple of weeks ago. I was sad to see it come to an end. I love watching Joshua play. He started the season out a little rusty and it took him a few games to really start to get agressive and get into the groove of the game. The last few games he played he really did well. He played in a super league, which the games were played on Saturday and Wednesdays. He learned so much this year and really improved his game by the end of the season. He loves basketball and will spend hours outside by himself shooting baskets. He and his best friend Skyler were on the team together. It was a fun season. Joshua is #15.

Swimming for FHE

The kids have been buggin me to go swimming with them and so we decided to do it for FHE a few weeks ago. It was really nice, the pool was not crowded at all and we all had a good time. It was something fun and different to do together.






I put curlers in the girls hair for church. Milika hated them. I tried to put her to bed with them in and she freaked out and ripped them out of her hair. I guess we will have to wait until she is older to try again.

Happy Birthday and Retirement Daddy

My Dad retired. He has been working for the government as an accountant for as long as I can remember. 30+ some odd years. He turned 65 on Feb 5th and finally retired. But first just want to back track a bit. The weekend before me and my sister Cindy flew to Las Vegas on Friday night and stayed with my sister Tara for the weekend. We had a great time. We went shopping and to lunch and dinner. Tara's husband was great about taking the kids and letting us have sisterly time together. Then on Sunday we all drove up with the 2 kids and Tara so that she could be here for the week to spend with all of us and especially for my Dad's retirement party and bday the end of the following week. I think my favorite part believe it or not was riding in the car, even though I was a tad squished in the back between Tara's boys. ha ha I loved just chatting and laughing and just enjoying each others company with my sisters. I love them both so much. None of us took pics of our weekend. We were too lazy, but now I wish we did. It was a great time that I cherish and look forward to many more of those type of trips. So this is a picture of all of us at my Dad's retirement luncheon with his work friends. We went to Little America and ate. The only person missing was my little brother Kenny who was unable to come. We missed him though and wished he was there. So from left to right it's Me, My Mom, Dad, sister Cindy and Tara, my bro Kelly and his wife Cherish. (BTW not loving this pic of me. I look pregnant. I think I need to throw away that sweater I'm wearing. I do want to lose 10 lbs though. Don't you just love pics of yourself sometimes. yuck!)

Us eating enjoying visiting with my Dad's coworkers a bit.




After we had finished eating his work did a little program for him. They gave him a few awards, including cash awards that will pay for his upcoming Hawaii trip, lucky guy. They also teased him by giving him some U of U stuff and doing a cheer. They know what a huge Y fan he is.

They made up for it by giving him a Y golf towel.

After his boss presented him with the awards and said a few words, they opened it up to anyone that wanted to say anything. He had quite a few people that stood up and said so many nice things about my Dad. There are a couple of young girls there and they said they will really miss his advice and his drawer of candy that he had stocked with licorice. What? How funny. It was fun to see this different side of him and how other people view him. He then made a little closing speech and I was super impressed because he spoke about every single coworker of his, said there name and what position they held and there was approximately 20+ people he introduced. My Dad is such a great guy. I am proud to call him my Dad. He would do anything for any of us, and has done many, many things for all of us. I am excited for him to be able to sit back and relax and enjoy golfing daily. He definitely has earned that and deserves that. So this was Wed, then on Friday we had planned as a family to go to the temple together and then to dinner to celebrate my Dad. It has been about 8 years since all of us siblings have been in the temple together. It was so great and a very special evening. Not all the spouses were able to come, but it was great to be there with my parents and brothers and sisters, what a great gift for my Dad. Then we reserved a room at Lonestar Steak house and then came back to my parents home to have cake and ice cream with the kids. We gave my Dad season tickets to Hale Theater. We wanted to give him a season golf pass, but my Mom had already given him that for Christmas. Anyways, families are so wonderful and I am so greatful for mine!!!

Milika turns 2 :(

I can't believe my baby is 2. Here is a look back at the last 2 years of her cute little life. Warning, lots of pics a head!!


2 months


3 months

4 months




6 months


10 months


12 months

Lika on her 1st birthday.


14 months

15 months

16 months

18 months


21 months

22 months

23 months old



My little princess had a great birthday! The dress up clothes she got was her favorite and she dresses up non stop.










I can't believe how fast 2 years flew by. She seems so big to me now. She is talking full sentences and she is just so much fun. All of us spoil her rotten and enjoy every minute of her!