Busy, Busy, Busy!

Trying to stay on top of our crazy little life... Can not believe we are already getting into June!

My mom and older sister:

Parks has been attending Special Education for behavioral children for the past year. He has grown dramatically and we were so grateful for the opportunity he had to attend the school. Below are a couple photo's of his "Graduation" performance.

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Tracen thinks he is at least a year older then he really is. He always wants to be so independent and such a big boy. I worry about him on occasion because he has no fear!

I have been wanting to grow Tray's hair out, but because the sides were longer than the top I decided to trim up the sides. He looks so big now with his new haircut! 

His new thing is also toothbrushes, and wants to suck & chew all over mine! =/ Teething!

Parks is totally into reptiles lately and I am the biggest baby- so luckily his grandma is such a bad "A" and caught this lizard with him. He was so thrilled.. I was actually a bit worried about the lizard because Parks was squeezing him and tossing him around.

 Tyson's work paid for us to go on the zip line, so we took Parks. He LOVED it, and surprisingly was not scared at all. I, on the other hand, am super afraid of heights and thought I was going to die-- FOR SURE! As long as I didn't look down I was okay though....

Relaxing:

 My older Sister just finished their backyard and pool. So we went over for a swim...
The water was a little cold and Tracen would hardly even dip his chunky little feet in. Parks and Paris swam together for a little while. I think I'll wait till' the pool warms up a little more!! :)

It's a Party!

Parks turned FOUR!
It's so surreal to say I have a four year old. 
This year Parks asked to have a Dino party.. so that's what we did.
We just had a small party with family and a few close friends.
Parks got his bike for his birthday and the kid was ecstatic. He asked for an orange bike with a horn AND a bell.
I attempted to make a cake. It tuned out fine. I think I need to work on my cake skills a little more though... 

Thanks to all who came and helped us celebrate his special day!

Fish Lake, UT.

Memorial Weekend.

We spent the weekend up at Fish Lake with Tyson's side of the family. We went in memory of Tyson's Grandpa, Lynn, who passed away last year on July 6th. Tyson was very close to his Grandpa so it was important to him to go and be apart of the weekend with his family.
Parks had the time of his life with his cousins and Tyson spent a lot of time fishing with his dad and brother. Here are a few different photos of the weekend:

The cabin that Tyson's Parent stayed in!

Tyson's Parents- Tom and Stacey!

Trevor and Teisha fishing. Tyson's siblings.It was freaking freezing!

This was the cabin that our little family stayed in!

Hate's Long car rides! =/

Someone was suppose to be in bed!

Tyson and his cousin, Colby-- bit of a Bromance?!

Tom - Tyson's Dad, and his catch!

Zach and Parks with the puppy!

Tracen and Tyson

Trevor Fishing - Tyson's younger brother

Parks watching his morning cartoons on the travel DVD player! Scooby Doo is his favorite!

Playing in the car- trying to entertain Parks

The View from Tyson's Mom's cabin!

The View from our cabin

Tyson's sister and her husband - Keevin and Teisha

Feeling a void.

There are so many times in life where we feel a void. 
We each have our own story to tell, or a story that is being told. 
I, like many others have lived through trials and tribulation. 
I once shared my story with someone and they replied, "Gosh, I sure am glad I have had a boring life.". This statement has stuck to me like white on rice. I realized that I am glad I have had up's and down's, good and bad, light and dark. How would I have learned? How would I have grown? 

Many that know me, know that at 16 years old I lost a dear friend of mine in a tragic car accident. The story is one that I have relived through my thoughts and dreams for years with questions upon questions. I am sure I have mentioned the story before on my blog. 
However, today, as I read The Spectrum News about four young males passing away in a plane crash, my feelings of void tend to resurface. 
When my friend Brooks passed away, I remember his step-dad telling his mom that he had passed-- to watch her sadness, and her wailing at god, is a pause in time in my memory. I say "pause", because that is how it felt. I felt like time stood still. I would have done almost anything to take her sadness away and to rewind time. Could I have prevented this?  My own sadness seemed unbearable- but compared to a mother's loss, I felt nothing. Reality was, we were all numb. A life can be taken in a matter of seconds. It is almost unfathomable. 


I do have a testimony of Christ. He lives and he does in fact have a 'plan' for all of us, but more importantly, that we all have a mission. I know my loved one's are around me often. I know it takes a long time to go through the mourning process. It has been almost 10 years since Brooks has passed, and look - today, I am still mourning him.


I feel so sick inside thinking about the families and friends of these four men. I pray that they all feel peace inside, and know that each of their loved one's are not far from them.