4th of July = Food, Fireworks, Fish Grab, Family & Fish Lake

We spent our 4th of July weekend down in Fish Lake and then went down into Glenwood for a Sampson family reunion. Fish lake was beautiful as always and the kids had a fun time playing, riding the Ranger and catching fish.

Glenwood with family and cousins was a big hit for my kids. They enjoyed every minute of being with the cousins. Mitchell's favorite part was sleeping outside with cousins in ONE big tent and the Fish grab at the park. Mckade loved hanging out with ALL the cousins & riding 4 wheelers & Sadie liked the firework show and playing house & eating breakfast with Grandpa and Grandma every morning.

We had a great time, we ate lots of yummy food, spent a lot of time with family talking and laughing and we were able to top off a great weekend with a mean game of kick ball & a great Firework show in Richfield.

Look who's 4!

Sadie has been counting down the days until she turned 4 years old. Well the anticipated day finally arrived and it was truly fun to see Sadie's excitement throughout the day. She even was able to have a Princess tea party/swimming pool party with a few neighbor girls and a couple cousins. I had the party for 3 hours and at first I thought we might have a little drama with all the princesses in the house, but it went off without a hitch and we had smiles the entire time. We did glitter toes, played games, ate a tea party lunch, decorated water bottles, opened gifts, swam and decorated cupcakes. It was a huge success and Sadie loved every minute with her cute, cute friends.

We love Sadie and her spunky attitude and so grateful she is in our family to keep us all in line!
Happy Birthday PRINCESS we love you!

Little League Champions!

Mitchell and Mckade both had a fabulous season in baseball. They both did very well, played hard and had a lot of fun.
Mckade's team was able go all the way becoming the Little League Champs in 2010! He was on the Bee's, he had a excellent coach and there team played as a team and had a awesome season.

We are proud of them both! They are already great little players and it will be fun to watch them both grow over the next few years!

SURF, SAND & SUN Maui Style

With the long dreaded winter we were having here in Utah, Maui Hawaii was calling our name. We couldn't have been more excited and it came at a perfect time. We had yet another morning where we woke up to SNOW, but we ALL had smiles on our faces because we were heading out to spend some well needed time in the sun and sand.




The kids highlight of the trip was at 1:00 o'clock each day by the pool. $1 dollar snow cones. They loved this. I think we tried every flavor combo possible after 7 days. It was the best deal in all of HAWAII!
Mitchell and Scott enjoyed snorkeling, boogie boarding and playing beach frisbee. McKade loved exploring the resort, he also was a little fish and truly enjoyed playing basketball in the pools, going down the waterfall slide and soaking in all the hot tubs. Sadie and I spent all our time at the Shipwreck pool. Sadie loved this place. We had a hard time getting her to want to go anywhere else. She would play for hours and I was able to soak in some rays and even read a few magazines. We truly RELAXED for 7 days straight. IT WAS PARADISE!










Hawaii is a beautiful place and I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE all the green everywhere. We were able to find the hidden waterfall again and Scott and Mitchell were able to BRAVE the 30 ft. jump off waterfall. We enjoyed a picnic there and were able to soak in the sun and enjoy all the lush green jungle setting all around us.

We had a wonderful and relaxing trip and can't wait until our next Hawaii experience.

Spring has Sprung!

Spring is wanting to start but Mother Nature keeps getting confused and letting winter come back. I got excited for Spring the other day and went out and got these baskets of SPRING flowers for my porch. They make me happy to look out my window and see the bright colors. Sadie loves to smell them.

Spring at our house also means BASEBALL! Mitchell and McKade both love baseball season. They are on different leagues so that makes for 4 games and 2 practices a week for us. That is a lot of baseball if you ask me. They both are doing very well and love the game. I enjoy watching them and love they are enjoying the sport together.

A Chilly Easter 2010

We headed out for our 1st big camping adventure for the year. We went to the lower Glenwood hills, we all thought it was going to be kind of warm, we were wrong but it was super fun and super chilly. The kids had a great time and always have fun when we are enjoying the outdoors. We were able to go on lots of Ranger rides, we dyed easter eggs, rolled easter eggs down the hill, played several great games of wiffle ball, roasted marshmallows for smores, had a great easter egg hunt and even watched a few videos and best of all we snuggled in the new trailer and were able to listen to General Conference and stay super warm.
I LOVE heaters and a nice bed when we camp! It was a GREAT 1st camping trip for the year and I am sure there will be plenty more.

Just CRUIS'N

Scott and I were able to go on a 7 days Cruise with his work. We had a fun group and Scott and I loved every minute of just being together and relaxing. Relaxing we did, we were able to sleep in, work out, have 2 couple massages ( they ended way to quick), take naps during the day, lay out by the pool, watch dolphins and whales by the side of the ship and of course enjoy way to much food.

We stopped at 3 stops. Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas. They were all pretty and warm. We both were able to try out parasailing, snorkeling wave riding on the ocean and experience the open market (this made me grateful for package meet in america). The little kids in mexico of course are excellent salespeople and you can't resist there sweet little "Please Lady" . I had to take a picture with the 3 little ones there that got me and the other 3 girls and all our $$$$.

We truly had a wonderful time together and the kids did well with grandma and the nanny so it was a great little getaway for all.