Price - Monte Carlo

Saturday, May 30th - A couple of weeks ago Eric and Jerry decided they were going to make a fast trip to Price to pick up Eric's Monte Carlo. Jerry has wanted that car since he was nine. It was suppose to be a fast trip, but the weekend got closer, Eric decided he wanted to stay the night. In talking to Cody, we found out that a family friend was getting married that weekend, so we decided it would be fun to go down and stay the night. The boys, Eric, Parker, Jerry, and Mason got up early Saturday morning and headed to Price. Maisie stayed with me while I went and took pictures at a birthday party in Preston, ID. Maisie and I left straight from Preston a little after 3:00 and headed to Price. We got there about 7:00 p.m. The boys had the Monte Carlo all loaded and ready to go. Shortly afterward we arrived, we headed to the wedding reception. Bridget and her girls were there too. It was so nice to see them, since we don't get to see them very often. We stayed until about midnight and then headed to Cody and Lexi's. We visited until about 2 in the morning and then headed to bed. They were nice enough to put us up for the night. We put Jerry and Mason in the camp trailer and we stayed in their spare beds. In the morning, we went to breakfast at Balance Rock in Helper. We went back to Mary's and visited with her for a minute and then left about noon. It was a fast trip, but a fun one.

Memorial Weekend in Grace, Idaho

It's become an annual tradition to go to Grace Idaho for Memorial Weekend. We camp at the Caribou RV park. It's a smaller RV park/golf course with only 10 spots. We go as a group with my co-worker Shannon and Kyle and Misty's family has always joined us. This year there was five trailers in our group. There's not a whole lot to do, but it's a nice place to get away. Eric had to work the whole weekend, so I was brave and pulled the trailer all by myself. It's actually not too bad as long as I don't have to back it up. Saturday we went to Lava Hot Springs for a couple of hours. It was a little rainy, which was nice to soak in the hot tubs.

We cook meals as a group, so we end up only cooking one meal. We definitely don't go hungry the whole weekend. I cooked taco soup for dinner. Everyone loved it. We watched a few movies and just hung out.

Sunday, we let the kids hit golf balls. It was quite entertaining seeing the kids who have never golfed before. Lots of practice shots.

We left Monday about 11:30 and Kyle was nice enough to follow me home and back the trailer in. Thank goodness for nice brothers. 

A weekend of Lagoon and wedding's

Friday, May 15th was USU's Physics day at Lagoon. The four of us got to help out. Eric was a judge, I took pictures, and Maisie and Parker were miscellaneous helpers. It was a cold and rainy day, so we didn't get to enjoy much of Lagoon. After we were done helping with Physics day, they fed us lunch, and then we went and sat in the car for about an hour and warmed up. Parker decided he really needed to go to the bathroom, so we went back in the park and rode a couple of rides.

To kill some time, we went to Ruth's diner in Salt Lake City. We had our friend's David & Sherry's daughter's wedding, Erin, wedding reception in Salt Lake later that evening. We arrived at the reception at 7:00 and stayed until about 9:00. It was so good to see them. We haven't seen there girl's Erin and Ariel for 10 years.

Saturday, was Lexi's sister, Erin's wedding. We went to the reception in North Logan for just a few minutes and then went to their wedding dinner in Preston. We had a great time hanging out with them and Cody and Lexi. We don't see family near enough.

Maisie is an Honor Student

I can't believe that 6th grade is already over. This year has gone by so fast. Spring Creek had a Honor's breakfast for all the students who got straight A's. Maisie did so awesome this year. She was always so good to get her homework done and turn it in. Not always on time, but she focused on doing what she needed to to get an A. So nice that 6th grade is a transition year and eases them into working hard.

Last weekend before school

I have thoroughly enjoyed the last couple of weeks with no school. I told the kids we could try and do some things this weekend as a last weekend before mom goes back to school. Friday night, we cleaned the house so that we could play the rest of the weekend. Saturday, we left to go over to Bear River City to have my cousin cut mine and Maisie's hair. Then we went to the Garland City Boutique. My sister had a Scentsy booth set up. Kyle and Misty met us there. I wanted to go to the Bountiful Costco to have some scrapbook pages printed. Kyle and Misty decided to come with us. I couldn't believe how packed Costco was. We could hardly find a parking spot. We walked around for about an hour and then my pictures were done. Then we went to Target. Kyle and Misty left from there cause they had a family party. I took the kids to Golden Corral for dinner. We still weren't ready to go back home so we stopped at Wal-mart in Brigham City and decided to go to the late movie. We saw Paul Blart Mall Cop 2. The kids really liked it. We didn't get home until just before midnight.

Sunday, today was Mother's Day. Today is a great reminder of the reason I love being a mom. I have two beautiful kids that I am so proud of. I don't need presents or flowers. I just need my kids to give me hugs and kisses. That's all I need.

We went over to my parent's for dinner and dessert. It is always nice to get together as a family. I love having family so close. I wish we could see Eric's family more often.

Spring Semester

I am so glad this semester is over with. I took Math 1050 and Music 1010. The music class wasn't all that bad, but very boring. Math 1050 was a killer. It was so time consuming and consumed most of my life for the past four months. I am so glad to have my math classes out of the way and moving on to bigger and better classes (wink wink). I have had the last two weeks off of school and have enjoyed every minute of it. Still going strong with a 4.0 gpa. Not sure how long I can hold it, but still working at it. This summer I am taking a business class and a geology class and am kind of excited for both of them. I am just hoping I can still fit in lots of fun this summer.

Camping Trip - Easter

We always try to make Easter our first camping trip of the year. Because it is still pretty cold we have to stay a little bit lower in the mountains. We decided to go up by Hardware Ranch. We took the trailer up on Wednesday because Eric had to work until 7:00 on Friday. It is a good thing we did cause there were a lot of trailers up the canyon. We had to go past Hardware a little ways to find a spot. I left work early so I could take a one year old's pictures and then we finished packing and then headed up. Sallie and Jerry camped with us this weekend. It's the first time they have stayed the night. It was really fun having them there. The kids enjoyed dyeing eggs and searching for eggs on Easter morning. Parker was so excited about finding eggs that he did not see his new bike sitting by the trailer. He saw Maisie get her new scooter and wondered why he didn't get one. Maisie had to point out his bright new green bike. We now see what is more important to that boy, CANDY. We fixed breakfast and cleaned up camp and then headed home. We are looking forward to lots more camping this year.