Front teeth anyone? How about a really big snake?

Will lost one of his front teeth!

The Kindergarten class went on a field trip in May. They walked up to Rocket Park and had a presentation put on by Scales and Tails.

Will was totally excited to check out some reptiles!

Listening to the guy talk about the various items he was showing.

Will was chosen to come up and hold onto a surprise.

Getting ready!

Waiting.....

The surprise was a 15 foot anaconda named Bubbles!

This thing was huge!

Will is starting to look not so sure about holding this after all.

He was trying so hard to be brave and strong. He was totally worried about dropping the snake.

Yeah, he's really not liking holding the snake now. They boys that were supposed to be holding up the head, had let it go and the snake had started to wrap around Will. It terrified him!

Part of the snake.

I asked Will later if he ever wanted to hold a snake again and he said, Yes, but only if it was a smaller one.

I only wish that I had gotten more pictures of his little terrified face.

I know that's mean, but that's what a mom's for!

It's been week, that's long enough to start laughing about it now, isn't it?

Mother's Day

What is the best part of Mother's Day?

It's not what I receive on this day, but what I get everyday that I truly LOVE.

It's being a mom to my children....

It's watching them grow into fine young adults....

It's hearing their laughter....

It's seeing them smile....

It's them asking for help to bake a cake to hide a question in for a girl....

It's seeing the joy they get from the simplest things....

It's watching them learn new things....

It's being by their side as they embark on a new journey....

It's teaching them how to drive....

It's taking them to their first day of Kindergarten....

It's taking them to their first day of Junior High....

It's teaching them how to ride a bike....

It's taking them to their first friend birthday party....

It's a boy calling the house to talk to your daughter for the first time....

It's being there when they need you....

Being a mom is so many things...it's joy, it's happiness, it's tears, it's hard, it's frustrating, it's the BEST job I've ever had.

I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the whole world.

First day of school 2004

Camryn and William 2003

Shawna' at her band concert, she plays the trumpet. 2010

Colton 2004

Will and Dallin in the back of Colton's new truck. 2010

The three stooges. 2010

Christmas 2009, playing the Wii.

Colton and friends getting buzzed...check out the stash on him! 2010

Trip to the Planetarium 2003

Little Will, just born 2004.

At the zoo 2003.

These are the reasons that I love being a mother.

Happy Mother's Day!

Narrated G...for Ghosts, Goblins, and Gobblygook

Dallin and Camryn were in their school play this year.

It was called Narrated G, for Ghosts, Goblins, and Gobblygooks.

There were three small plays:

Liza Lou and the Yellow Belly Swamp,

It Could Always be Worse,

and Rumplestiltskins Daughter.

(sorry for the sideways pics...I'm tired and don't want to take the time to go and fix them correctly)

Dallin and Rumplestiltskin

Camryn as the Grandma

Doesn't she make a cute Grandma?!

Rumplestiltskin

Grandma

Dallin was also a Guard in the Rumplestiltskin play.

The musical

Dallin trying to look all mean and scary.

More music

Grandma and the Swamp Haunt

Grandma getting ready to hit the Swamp Haunt.

Rumplestiltskin started out as a puppet show...but them turned real!

Here's the maiden telling Rumplestiltskin that she'd rather marry him than the King.

Colton even came to one of the kids preformance's. You can't tell, but Colton grew a "mustache"!
Thanks to Wendy for help with the costumes...they were Great!

William turns 6!

Well, what can I say....on March 7, 2010 we celebrated William turning 6. I can't believe that my baby is 6....he's almost finished with Kindergarten, which means that he will be going into first grade in the fall.

When did he grow up? I mean I know that this has taken six years to come to where we're at, but come on, REALLY? HE'S SIX?

I LOVE this boy!

I love that he likes to sit and watch how something is done and then try it, Ilove how out going he is, I love how his favorite t.v. show is How it's Made and Dirty Jobs, I love how he's learning how to read,  Ilove how kind and compasionate he is, I love how genuine he always is, I love how he is always willing to help, I love how he calls me Momma, I love how he always needs a hug and a kiss before I go somewhere, even if it's just up the street. I could go on and on about how much I love him, but if your reading this, then you know what I'm talking about too.

Singing Happy Birthday and getting ready to blow out the candels on his WallE cake.

Will helped decorate his cake!

He also asked for a Bluberry pie, so how could I not make him a Bluberry pie with dog bone as well.

Besides, how many six year olds ask for Blueberry pie?

Waiting to open presents.

Getting ready to open his gifts.

Oh my...Star Wars guys...Awesome!

Just what I wanted!

Ahhh...a ship...cool!

Happy 6th Birthday son! I hope that you had wonderful day, with many more to come!

We love you!

Dirty, Filthy Children

This weekend I have come to realize that my children are dirty filthy heathens. (I have been well aware of this for some time, but have not wanted to fully admit it!) They absolutely did not inherit my OCD tendencies. They are perfectly fine to wallow in their own filth, and enjoy it too! Various items are just strewn along their rooms. Wet towels dropped on the floor, better yet even left in the basement. Will's idea of cleaning up his room is to sweep everything under his bed, then later ask me where a certain toy is. Will is also my cyclone kid. He enters a room and in no time flat, every toy that he owns is all over the floor. My girls are no better either. They are pack rats, they try to keep everything, and I mean everything!

What's a mother to do??????

(I would post pictures but my computer is having issues and we have yet to replace it)

Done!

We have officially wrapped up the selling of Girl Scout cookies at our home.

Shawna' sold 400 boxes and Camryn sold 315 boxes!

Way to go girls and a huge thanks to all of our family and friends who support them every year.

So, until early March when I have picked up 715 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that will need to be delivered.......we wont talk about cookies!

There's cookie's in the air!!!

There's cookie's in the air!!!

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES THAT IS!!!

Today kicks off the first day of Girl Scout cookie sales. As I am typing this, both of my girls are out taking orders for cookies! They are each trying to sell 300 boxes +. A goal that they both will easily reach. (As past years have shown!)

So, if you know of anyone looking for cookies, then leave me a comment and we will call you to take your order. Feel free to let family's and friends know. We'd be happy to take orders for the Bountiful/Centerville areas!

Thanks for your support!

Below is some fun cookie facts!

Cookie Fun Facts

• Little Brownie bakes over 4,500,000 Thin Mints Girl Scout Cookies per day during peak baking times.
• We make our own caramel for Samoas®. It‘s cooked the old fashion way in copper kettles to 234 degrees.
• Do-si-dos® and Tagalongs® take 230,000 lbs. of peanut butter per week.
• Peanut butter crème is deposited onto Do-si-do® cookies at the rate of 2800 per minute.
• After exiting the oven, Thin Mints travel 300 feet on a conveyor belt to cool before being coated in the chocolate.
• A rotary die shapes Trefoils. There are 300 identical Trefoil shapes engraved in one rotary die. The die rotates 17 times a minute equaling 5100 cookies a minute.
• Samoas® go through a cooling tunnel at 40-50 degrees before chocolate is applied.
• Do-si-dos® are wrapped at 64 packages per minute!

WEEKLY INGREDIENTS (during peak production):

• Flour: 21 truckloads, 1,050,000 lbs.
• Shortening: 7 truckloads, 300,000 lbs.
• Cocoa: 50,000 lbs.
• Chocolate coating: 500,000 lbs.
• Sugar: 14.5 truckloads, 650,000 lbs.
• Peanut butter: 230,000 lbs.
• Toasted coconut: 75,000 lbs.

MIXING TRIVIA:

• Mixers are machine operated. Ingredients are weighed and released with the push of a button.
• Each batch is 1200-1500 lbs... It takes 10 minutes to mix the dough, which lasts 20-30 minutes and takes 5-7 minutes to bake.

BAKING INFORMATION:

• Each oven approximately 100-280 feet long and has 4 baking zones with very specific jobs…
  1. 1st: prepares the cookies to be baked by softening them.
  2. 2nd: bakes cookies from the bottom up
  3. 3rd: brings the cookies to a flat shape
  4. 4th: gives the cookies their color