Doing a little catching up

So here are a few of the picture-worthy happenings in my life...

My little buddy Taygen had his 2nd birthday a few weeks ago...what a cutie! He loves his cake!

Taygen's Aunt Kara and her sweet little girl.

Hannah and I took ANOTHER trip to Montana this past week. We planned on helping my sister move into her new home and then they didn't close in time. I am starting a new job next week, so I couldn't really change my plans so we went anyway. We got to spend a night up in a cabin in the middle of nowhere and have a campfire and a great time.

My sis swore she would kill me if I posted this picture... hehehe.

The kids posing in front of the cabin... Roasting marshmallows for S'mores.

On the way home we stopped at Idaho Falls. I've driven through there so many times and never stopped and saw what it was all about. Now we know!We headed to the PowWow last night and got rained out.... we were lucky enough to get to see Mrs. Red Elk from school.

We ended up huddled under this tent when the rain and wind started. This guy was nice enough to let us take a pic with him before we ran for the car!

Today we spent some time at the state park taking a few fun pictures and then headed out to the car show.

We found this Woody and the kids HAD to get a picture for their mom.

Hands

Hannah stopped by to see me at work yesterday. While she was here she asked me for Maria's phone number so she could call her. I grabbed a pen and wrote it in the palm of her hand so she could call when she got home. She opened her hand up and stared at her palm with those great big blue eyes...then she said,

"Mom, I am so glad we have hands!"

Me, too.

Three B's...and a crashed car.

I told myself that when I finished this last semester I would spend more time blogging...hahaha.

I haven't really done anything except work and more work (and a couple parties, here and there.) The good thing is the paycheck should be looking better, but the blog needs help.

This past week we had three B's... Baby shower, Baptism, and a Birthday Party.

Friday was Kellie's baby shower. I absolutely love Kellie! She is so stinking cute!


(Hannah has Kellie's middle name, that's how much I love her, and she also was there in the delivery room when Hannah was born, so, yeah... we are close) This is her 2nd boy, and we are so very happy for her! Two weeks to go and I'll be posting some photos of the little one...
This is Hannah, Kaden, and Hannah... the bartenders for the event... they were so cute! Kaden would ask, "What can I get'cha?" Then name off the drinks, then one of the Hannah's would ask if we wanted ice or not... it was quite the team. I may hire him for Hannah's b-day party.


Susan Lynn Bosshardt (Hannah's BFF) was baptised on Saturday. What a great day. It was nice to get to meet her Dad and step-mom and their families. The baptism went well and there was plenty of good food afterwards! Susan's family is moving soon, so we were happy to get to share such a special day with them. Here is Susan and her mom, Cherle.
Some of the kids after the baptism... Maria, Hannah, Susan, Ryan, Maya, Preston, and Sammy.

Some of the family and friends that attended the baptism.
Grandma Freddie had her 60th birthday party on Sunday. (I know, all Sarah does is party, party, party...) Ok, so she really isn't even related, but Hannah has called her grandma since she could talk. We are practically family, if that counts. It was just a small get-together with the family and some close friends. Again, Hannah enjoyed getting to catch up and play with the "cousins" and eat more great food. The memory card is getting full so I only took this one picture.
Here is Grandma Freddie and her sisters.


One more little tidbit...
Grandma B's car... On her way home from the store and got hit in the intersection a half a block from her house! Almost 80 years old and never a ticket...
She is doing fine, but unfortunately, she is in need of a new car.


So here we are at another Monday... blah. Back to reality, back to work. Today was also the first day of Tap lessons. We figured we needed a little something to keep us out of trouble this summer. Hannah absolutely loved it!
I'll post more when I'm not out partying...

The Best Day

We have had a great time the past few days. Lots of friends and family and time together.

Tuesday

Last night we were able to attend the Taylor Swift concert. This was Hannah's first concert and so much fun! I am so glad I was able to be with her for this experience! Kind of bad timing with it being a school night, the poor thing probably fell asleep in class today! We finally got home about midnight and she just kept saying how much fun she had and telling me about her favorite parts of the night.
This is from on our way into the show, the girls stopped for a pose in front of one of the trailers out front...

The opening act was a group called Gloriana, and they were awesome! We went out for the meet and greet so Hannah could get and autograph... she was so excited!

She wants me to frame it and hang it on her wall...

Taylor Swift was amazing! If you ever get a chance to see her...GO! She is an awesome performer and entertainer. My camera battery died as soon as she went on stage.. go figure.
Monday
Well, so here we go back a few days. We spent Memorial Day just hanging out around the house working in the yard and had a little picnic out on the lawn. We went to grandma's house and fed Sunset and put him to bed. Hannah insisted on taking her picture. We were sitting on the lawn having dinner that night and Hannah said to me, "Mom, this was the best day." I agree.Sunday

After church we headed down to the valley and spent the afternoon with my good fried Marie. She has 5 little boys and was feeling a little overwhelmed, so Hannah and I went down to pitch in. Here she is with Bridger, Morgan, and Wyatt.

Bridger is so adorable! I would have brought him home with me if I thought I could have handled him...
This kind-of sums up how you feel when taking care of a 2 year old and 5 month old twins... To sum it up, the past three days have been awesome. I am so blessed to have such good friends and my amazing little girl here with me. I get pretty overwhelmed with school and life sometimes, so it was so good to just be able to spend some time together and have fun. It makes me even more excited for this summer and all of the fun things that we have planned!

Busy Thursday!

I was able to volunteer and ride along on the field trip with the first grade. We spent the day at the Clark Planetarium and the Children's Museum. We had a super fun time and were exhausted at the end of the day. We saw a fun movie at the planetarium, can't remember the name, but it was about the ocean and some really cool fish!We walked over to the food court and ate our lunches and then posed for a silly picture...Hannah loved the climbing wall at the museum. Hope she doesn't take this new interest to any extremes...
I thought this part of the museum was pretty cool. The Helicopter makes some real cool noises, as you can tell, Hannah wasn't that impressed.The girls got to practice being on TV and anchored the news. It was hilarious to hear them! You can tell who watches the news and who doesn't!We made it home just in time to go home and take some Excedrin... Then we prepped for her big end of the year recital...

Hannah has been taking a singing class this year with Jenny Cook. They get together once a week and sing and dance and learn about being on stage. Hannah and Susan took the class together this year. It made it fun for Hannah and Susan to be able to spend more time together and also made it a little bit easier with us being able to carpool.

I may try and upload some of the video later, but for now, you just get some pictures.

When it was all over we took Susan with us to the Dairy Keen for a shake to celebrate the end of another fun year of singing and being together.

Locks of Love...

Hannah has been begging for a new haircut for years. She hates long hair and wants to be more independent and "take care" of her own hair. Well, yesterday was the big day for her. We went to "Cookie Cutter" hair salon in Salt Lake to donate her hair for Locks of Love.

http://www.locksoflove.org/

Hannah was so excited she could hardly stand it! I was still thinking to myself, can we change our minds?

The ponytail measurement...They have to have at least a ten inch braid for the donation...

Almost time...No turning back now!

This is the part where I wanted to cry!

So cute! She was very excited to have this done, and I am very proud of her for wanting to help someone else in the process.

Well, I guess this explains it all...

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