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a lovely visit

Last night I was one lucky gal and got to spend a couple hours with some of my lovely ladies. It was a bit of a surprise. I wanted to go, but Jon NEEDED to work late all this week to get some projects done (got to pay bills) and since we are a one car family I had given up hope. So when Mckayle called and asked me to watch her boys Thursday night I said yes.

So I was just sitting around the house doing my Mama thing when Jon calls to tell me he is coming home “early” so I can go to the party and that he will watch the four kiddos!!! (I may have cried with joy…)

YUP! BEST Husband EVER!

So I got to go have a lovely visit with all my wonderful ladies!

I haven’t seen Dorothy in 5 1/2 years. She’s been in Thailand working hard to help everyone in the 10/40 window. She does some AMAZING work over there. She’s in the country for a bit to visit people she hasn’t seen in years. Then she is going back to Thailand.

And the rest of my lovelies I saw last at Kaylee’s baby shower 3 1/2 years ago. So it’s been a while.

I let Sally know last minute that I was going to make it. She kept it a secret from everyone. I got quite the reaction when I arrived. It was awesome!

Dorothy, Me, Sally, Alicia, Lovely lady I never worked with and have forgotten her name (yes I feel bad!),Val, Malynne.
This is how much fun I had EVERY day working with these awesome amazing women! They are crazy FUN!

Malynne (in red) was the wonderful lady who took a chance on me by giving me a job at TLC. She was an awesome boss.

Dorothy (in dark blue) gave me my second job/promotion at TLC. She was also just the best boss ever.

Those two ladies are the BEST bosses I’ve EVER had. They had endless patience for me as I learned. I feel SO lucky and blessed that I got them.

Sally, Chris (had to leave for a bit, but came back later after I had gone home.), Dorothy.

My first year or so at TLC I had the pleasure of having my desk next to Chris. And Sally (funniest accountant I’ve ever known) was one room over. These three women really looked out for me while I worked at TLC. They are funny, wise, loving, and strong! I learned so much from their examples.

I had SO SO SO much fun working with these AMAZING women at TLC. They taught me so much and I am ever grateful for their examples and love and for them taking me under their “wings” and showing me the way.

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April 15th

So my Mom thought it would be awesome to spend an ENTIRE day hiking Bryce and Zion (it was free fee week!) while my sister Jack’ee and her boyfriend Jason came to visit. It was both TONS of fun, and completely exhausting. I was shocked at how well the children did. 5:30 am – 9:30 pm (long long day). Photos in no particular order.


There was SO much snow on our way to Bryce.

Jason and Jack’ee started a snowball fight with Kaylee. She totally schooled them with her mad snowball fighting skills. Look at Jack’ee’s face!


Kaylee contrary to her facial expressions LOVED being carried in the carrier.

Our last hike ended at the entrance to the Subway. There were all these cool looking rock towers. Jack’ee Jason and Kaylee made some before we left.

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Easter

On Easter Sunday I fell in LOVE with the children’s outfits. And the sky was all cloudy and perfect. AND my parents were here with their nice Cannon Rebel. So I got myself some new family photos.

We drove ALL over Cedar and hit up tree different spots. Picking photos out of the bunch was WAY easy this year. I am SO excited!

I ordered the prints today and they will arrive just in time for Mother’s Day (It’s my annual gift from Jon and the children). YEA!

So here are the pictures that will be hanging in all their 11×14 glory in my living room.

Kaylee wanted the playground BAD! It was hard to hold on to her (little stinker!), but her wiggling was also making her and Regan laugh sooo……..

But then she gave me this beauty so all was forgiven. Then she ran off to play while we got some photos of Regan. We called it quits for the day when she started screaming from splitting her lip open (lots of blood).


We got some of Regan in the same tree (as above), but I just love his smile at our rock location, so this is the one I picked of him. Oh, I finally got him some suspenders. He wears them ALL. The. TIME. Going to get him more (gotta keep his pants up somehow)!

And all our sweet Mom’s/Grandma’s, don’t worry I ordered your copies as well. It is after all a Mother’s Day tradition now right? RIGHT.

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