Memorial Weekend at Grandma's!

Aaron and I decided to go to Emery County, Utah this year for Memorial Weekend. We both grew up there. We stayed with my mom in Huntington and traveled to Aaron's Grandma's house in Emery for their annual get together. My city girls loved the country! Here are some pics of our weekend there.We could not keep them off of these swings except when it rained for 2 days straight!


My cute little Maddie!

This is a little playhouse that my dad helped my sister build for her girls. She still hasn't moved it to her new house so it was there for my girls to enjoy!


Ashlyn cleaning her "kitchen".

These are my mom and dad's chickens. Every single one of them has a name lovingly given by my mother. This is a picture of Pete and his "chicks". These hens follow him everywhere. My mom sadly has to get rid of him because he has the annoying habit of crowing at the worst times. I had a horrible headache for a couple of days and one night I was actually able to start falling asleep and right when i was about in la la land I heard him crow. I thought to myself "NO NO NO it is not morning already I am sooooo Tired and I was almost asleep". So I got up and looked at the clock and it was only 12:30! He crowed about every hour until about 4am and I seriously had to talk myself out of clubbing him with my dad's 9 iron. Sorry animal lovers but I had a severe Migraine and he wasn't helping at all.

This is George. He gets beat up alot by the other roosters and has been forced to live outside the coop! I feel so bad for him.


My mom loves her chickens and they don't kill them and eat them at all. They are more like pets so I thought it was so funny that she had this sign on the side of their chicken coop!

This is a picture of a creepy old church in Emery, Utah where Aaron grew up. I'm pretty sure it's haunted, but I wasn't about to find out.

They found another swing at Aaron's Grandma's and took turns pushing eachother on it.


This is Jodie. He is Aaron's cousin Charlie's son. I had to take a picture of him because you just couldn't help but smile seeing this kid. He looked so cute with his little cowboy boots, marshmallow face, and the best part of all his toilet paper binoculars! I call this picture "Mischief on Wheels!"
We built a fire in the backyard and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. It was so much fun for the kids. Don't their faces look like they are having fun? No? I guess hot dogs aren't as much fun as marshmallows. They don't catch on fire.

This is Scruffy. Ashlyn tried her hardest to catch that little thing and I felt so bad because she just wasn't fast enough, but she didn't let that stop her from trying every chance she got.

Maddie was more successful. Poor little Scruffy had to be rocked like a baby the rest of the night.

And last but not least the Mother of the Year Award goes to, ME! for not packing my children jackets. They were forced to wear Grandma's. I've been the recipient of this award numerous times and for numerous reasons.

Guess What

Well we went to my mom's house this weekend for Memorial Weekend and so I have alot to post about except really quick I wanted to tell everyone that Aaron and I are expecting our 3rd child! I am only about 5 weeks pregnant but I'm way excited! We're crossing our fingers for a boy this time, but we'll love it no matter what. I'll post pics from the weekend later today!

OUCH!

So yesterday while I was out shopping I got Ashlyn all buckled in and then shut her door and I don't have any idea how this happened, but I shut my finger in the door. I had to open it back up to get my finger out. I didn't sleep last night because it was throbbing. I looked on the internet today and it said to relieve the pressure under the nail by heating a paper clip until it is red hot and then sticking it on your nail where the most blood is. I am too chicken to do this! Has anyone done this before and does it hurt?

When it rains it pours!

Sorry for this depressing post but I just had to vent. It seems like when things get bad they get REALLY bad before they get better or at least that's the way it is with Aaron and I. I know to some a car accident isn't that big of a deal, but for Aaron and I right now is the worst time to have this happen. We have been dealing with cut hours at his job(not too bad at least he has a job) and a while ago he had to travel to California to work on a cabin and on his way back he got a speeding ticket. It was totally his fault, but it still sucks to have to pay. Then today we were merging on the US 95 from Lake Mead and this lady totally ran into the side of our car. We thought it was her fault but of course we got the ticket and are now responsible to pay for her car to get fixed. I think we are going to try to fight the ticket because it totally doesn't make sense that it would be Aaron's fault. I was pretty upset for a while, but I realize that it could have been worse and at least it wasn't that bad of an accident(only a few scratches on each vehicle) and my children are safe. It's just money right?