MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS

Scott isn't a cowboy at all.  But he IS 50!!!!!!!  We celebrated by going to Brazeiros for all you can eat Brazilian churrascaria.  He enjoyed it soooo much!  I'm so grateful I married this amazing man 27 years ago.  He is fun, a hard worker, creative, spiritual, and kind.  He is the cutest 50 year old I know!  And he only gets better with age!  Happy Birthday, my better half!

Scott makes 50 look GOOD!

We had a fun Toastmasters meeting a few weeks ago where we talked about selfies!  We all practiced making the "duckface" selfie.  Here's mine:

My daughters got to see Nathan!  No fair!  I wanna see him too!  He went on a college tour and ended up in Rexburg.  It made this mama's heart so happy to see the relationships Amy and I worked so hard for keep lasting into their adult lives.  They loved spending time with their "brother from another mother."

Kiara, Nathan, Skylar, Katia, Cody and Skittles

"MY" children!

Yes, I claim all three!

Kiara is giving my grandson such great memories: they went to the rodeo with their friends: Laura and Peanut Butter.  Peanut Butter is Skittle's best friend.  And Kiara LOVES Laura.  They had a great time.  Kiara said that Skittles especially loved the food.

Gettin' Ready!

Future Cowboy?

She always wanted to be a Cowgirl!

Livin' the dream!

Laura, Peanut Butter, Skittles and Kiara

Here are a few miscellaneous pictures to brighten your day:

This is what happens when you ask a 4 year old to get ready for church.

He can't button the buttons on his shirt.  Ha ha ha!

He played too hard.  He put himself to bed in the middle of the day.

My friend, Jan, visited from Colorado!

I sure love her!

Again... Skittles can fall asleep anywhere when he's exhausted.

I LOVE this boy!

WHERE'S THE FINISH LINE?

Why do I put off writing my blog?  Because I'm running a race that includes: packing, cleaning, and preparing to move to Idaho.  Scott has done what he is able to, but his employment JUST rolled out a new system and he’s been putting in 70 hour work weeks and was even in Utah for a week to help out.  So I’ve been dealing with workers in and out of our home by myself.  The good news is that our home SHOULD be on the market next week.

Here are the happenings behind the scenes:

My eldest son is a year older! They celebrated with homemade sushi with friends and a hike with the family gang in Rexburg.  Scott and I celebrated by sending him a present and singing to him in our harmonious way.  (Ha! Ha! Ha!)

Happy Birthday, Cody!

Yumm!

Typical Cody smile... Ha! Ha! Ha!

The whole gang!

(Katia, Shanae, Skylar, Cody with Skittles on Skylar's shoulders, and Kiara taking the photo)

Skittles said he loved hiking on Uncle Skylar's shoulders!

He wants to go again!

I love these crazy kids!  I claim them all!

When Scott was in Utah, he was able to go to the temple with our nephew, Landon, who took out his endowment in order to serve a mission.  He felt the tender mercies from our Heavenly Father that he was able to attend.  He also was glad he got to spend an evening with his brother, Kevin, and Valerie.  (Although he didn’t take a photo for me.)

Landon is in the orange tie.

Scott's sister, Stacey, was so glad that Scott made it to the temple.

So proud of our nephew!

Wish I could have been there too!

I’ve been taking selfies with people I know my daughters love and want to remember… So far, I’ve seen Abbie (who has graced this blog with her presence MANY times in the past) and Celeste (whom Katia calls a “kindred spirit.”)

Abbie and Me

Celeste and Me

One of our YSA’s finally tied the knot.  Travis and Rebecca got married two weeks ago.  I loved the dinosaurs in the decorations.  I had to share:

One of my best friends here in Kentucky is Wilma Armstrong.  She passed away this week.  I was able to help with the funeral a bit by taking charge of the music.  It was a lovely memorial.  And I can’t wait to see MY Wilma again someday.

MY Wilma

Saturday Kiara, Cody, and Shanae ran the Teton Dam Race.  Kiara and Shanae ran the 5K.  Cody ran the marathon.  They all had personal records (Kiara and Shanae = 48:32 and Cody = 3:33:04). And I’m soooo proud of them!

Best Friends, Cousins, and Race Participants

Kiara and Shanae

Cody "forgot" to take a picture for me of the race...

So this is an older picture from one of his runs.

And after the race/showers they modeled their medals for me.

Red Skittle thinks he participated too since he "ran" the whole race in his stroller.

And then some random photos:

I did this as a kid all the time!

Yummy!

This little baby bunny was too scared to hop away when I took it's photo.

I was right next to it.

Isn't he cute?!

This is where I'm moving too.

This is a picture from my sister's flower garden.

And my sister... I can't wait until we are living closer!

Flowers for mommy!

I don't know?!  But he's adorable!