Hawes family

Preference 2010

2010-04-23T18:47:00.000-07:00

Kenzie, her best friend, Sadi and some other friends took their dates out to Sand Hollow Reservoir to kayak across the lake and have a picnic, for their day date!
Here they are driving out there...

Kayaking across the lake...

Kenzie and her date, Justin!

Kenzie and all the guys!

All cleaned up and ready to go...
Kenzie and Justin look so darn cute! Sean and I were the lucky photographers, well I should say Sean, I was just there for moral support!

Kenzie and Justin - Sadie and Darren! These four all play basketball for Pine View High!

Jake sporting his Pine View jersey getting a little love from the girls!

We can't forget to show a little love for soccer!

The whole group - they all looked great :)

EASTER 2010

2010-04-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

I love our families Easter tradition of getting together and doing something fun! I can remember before I was married going to Snow Canyon and bar-b-queing with all the family, then as I began my family it changed to different parks, and lately has been crawdad fishing up at the Veyo pool! I must say that my kids love crawdad fishing, especially because it is the only time of year that we go. We love how my niece Jamie and her darling family come each Easter, to celebrate this fun tradition with us. (Too bad, I don't have a picture of them!) My mom and dad bring all the food, prizes and buckets for crawdads. We all just show up for the fun and good food!!!

Spring Break in Newport Beach!

2010-04-07T16:43:00.000-07:00

Our first stop this year on our spring break trip was Riverside, California. Not so great of a city but what a fabulous little gem "The Mission Inn" is. This place is definately worth checking out if you are ever in the area!

I must apologize for a few of these pictures! My family thought it would be so funny to flip me off in an unnoticeable way while I was happily taking pictures. So laugh out loud at their humor, while you look at these. As you can see in the picture above, it was hard for them to contain themselves from completely losing control! Jordan doesn't quite dare in this picture and thank heavens, Hudson doesn't have a clue as to what is going on!!!

We spent a day in Hollywood! Kenzie was happy to have her picture in front of Ringo Starr's house, being the Beatles fan that she is...
Jordan was equally excited to have her picture with the Mad Hatter!
The whole clan with Wolverine.
And last but not least, as my children called him "the fat Spiderman"! What uncanny skills he had lifting Hudson up for this picture... He truly was amazing!!!
We drove around with the "Movie Stars Map" and found Simon Cowell's house in Beverly Hills! It was one of the few that you could actually see from the street. Can't wait until the next trip to Southern California...

Kenzie's Jr. Prom 2010

2010-03-22T17:53:00.000-07:00

Kenzie arrived home after their day date, covered from head to toe in whipped cream! After bowling, they went to the park for a picnic and then had a whipped cream fight. Looks like lots of fun!

All cleaned up and ready to go!

Trying to pin Konley's flower on.....

Finally Sean had to step in and get the job done!

Kenzie got asked by Konley Heaton and attended the Jr. Prom at his school (Desert Hills High)! She has known Konley since elementary and had such a great time. Don't they look fabulous :)

UnDeFeAtEd

2009-11-16T08:53:00.001-08:00

Our neighborhood team was the Orange Dragons and they were AWESOME out on the soccer field. Here is our team with Coach Jake.

Here they are acting all silly - but let me tell you that they were totally serious on the soccer field. We went undefeated the whole season and only had 4 goals scored on us. These boys really listened and learned from their coach and displayed some awesome passing skills, played tough defense, and stayed in their positions quite well for 6 year old boys. It really helps having a coach that LOVES the game of soccer and LOVES coaching these kids.

Hudson was the high scorer for the season and averaged 5 - 6 goals per game. He lives for soccer and is determined to score and win when he steps on the field. We are so proud of him and look forward to next season.

Orange Dragons 2009
U7 Fall Champions

6 is Super!

2009-11-09T15:06:00.000-08:00

I can not believe that Hudson is 6, the years have flown by so quickly!!! He has been such a blessing to our family and we have all enjoyed watching him grow into the crazy, confident kid that he is.

His Halloween birthday lasts about a week with all the parties that go on that week. He had his birthday celebration at school and then the Halloween party at school, and then handing out Halloween treats and being sung to at his soccer game and then the family party at Nana's.

Here he is at kindergarten with all his spooky friends.

Nana always does a birthday poster for the kids!

All the birthday gifts. Nana makes her homeade stew in a pumpkin for his birthday dinner and he gets to eat on the "special" plate and drink out of the "spooky" cup!

This picture is my very favorite... whenever I asked Hudson what he wanted for his birthday he would reply "a nutcracker!" So I found this pirate nutcracker that would match his room and he was sooo excited. I also love Sean's smile in this picture, he just cracks me up!

This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!!!

2009-11-07T15:36:00.001-08:00

Happy Haunting!!!

Sean, Jordan and I feeling like total rockstars at the neighborhood fall festival.

The make-up was quite time consuming so at the last minute on Halloween (actually because we were running out of time) we decided to not do the whole KISS production.

Soooo, on Halloween...

Jake was a skater punk..... with his friends Daniel and Bradley!

Jordan was still the KISS drummer. So funny that all her friends are in little dresses and then KAPOW - here's Jordan all rocked out! She loves to be unique :)

Hudson was Nacho Libre and he looked awesome! I knew that watching that movie 12 times on our motor home trip would come in handy for something!!!

I dressed up as a witch to hand out candy and Sean threw his Joker mask on to take Hudson around the neighborhood. My mom stopped by real quick as a spider witch to say hi too!

Kenzie was at Sadie's that night for the Monster Mash, so pictures of her and her date and friends will come later -

FOOTBALL

2009-10-17T09:18:00.000-07:00

Jake is loving football this year! He is on the same team as his best friends and getting lots of playing time. He has caught 2 two point conversions! I am happy that he jumped right back into football after taking 2 years off to play soccer. I am not a huge football fan due to all the injuries but he is having a good time and enjoying himself and that is what matters most!

These are the 3 best friends... Devin Rivers - Jake - Preston Allen. They are all so supportive of each other out on the field.

Preston is looking fiesty in this picture. He looks like he is going to tear someone up when he gets back out on the field.

A few action shots of our game against Snow Canyon. Yea - we won!

There is so much joy in watching your kids participate in what they love, no matter what it is. I truly live for the weekends (even if they are crazy busy). I know too soon that this will all be over and done and for now this is what truly matters the most;)

The Agony of Defeat!!!

2009-10-16T14:29:00.000-07:00

REGION 9 CHAMPIONS!!!

Pine View Varsity soccer had such an amazing soccer season this year! We lost only 1 game all season and were the Region CHAMPIONS! What an awesome group of ladies! We are so very sad to say goodbye to our beautiful and talented 5 seniors! (bottom row)

Our first game in the State Playoffs was Timpanogos. Not the greatest draw for us but we were ready to play. Timpanogos was 5A last year and took 2nd place in state. We knew this was going to be a tough team and every girl played at 110%!

Our Varsity team was short handed. One of our Star Seniors broke her nose at the previous game and could not play. We did not sub the entire game and were exhausted.

We put up an awesome fight but in the end walked away defeated. Heartbreaking to say the least! Until next year.........

Fall Sports #1

2009-09-27T16:58:00.000-07:00

Fall is my most favorite time of the year. I love the weather cooling down, the leaves changing colors and all of my children participating in sports.

My sweet Jordan, decided to take a break from soccer this year and tryout for the 7th grade volleyball team. She made it and is playing awesome, in fact her whole team is playing great! I have never payed much attention to volleyball, but what a fun sport! I also have never payed attention to what long, skinny legs Jordan has! Lucky girl :)

Hudson is on our neighborhood soccer team "The Dragons"! They are 3 for 3! They are all good little soccer players and have fun playing together and winning!
Check out Hudson's form - he is such an amazing little player. I love this picture with his friend Mitchell behind him. Mitchell has his tongue out in every picture we take. He plays with as much aggression as Hudson. The 2 of them are hard to stop! They really support each other too!
Pine View girls soccer is #1 in region right now at 8 and 1. We have just 3 more games to go! I can't believe it is almost over. Kenz has played awesome this year especially after adjusting to a new position! We love this team and all the girls on it - they are such great gals!

Here is Kenz taking a shot (left footed) against Snow Canyon!

My next blog will be about Jake and his PV 7th grade football team whom are 2 and 0! I just haven't been able to get the good camera at one of his games yet.... But what a bunch of studs they are!

Pine View Homecoming 2009

2009-09-14T18:27:00.000-07:00

Kenzie had her first formal dance this last Saturday! It was such an exciting day and yet I can't believe that she is already old enough to date! Yikes! Homecoming already? Really?
It was so fun for me to get her all dolled up! Kenzie is my total athlete that is happy 100% of the time in her soccer clothes. I must say that she cleaned up nicely! And I think she enjoyed all the pampering and oohing and ahhing herself.

Her date was Trevor Oldroyd and he was quite the handsome guy! They looked great!

Our favorite hair stylist "Stefani Jones" did Kenzie's hair. It turned out awesome, but we knew it would with Stef in charge!

Front, back, side to side, front, front, back, back, side to side....

Sweet Sixteen!

2009-09-09T13:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Sweet Sixteen to McKenzie! August 24, 1993 does not seem like it was 16 years ago - oh, how the time has flown by...

We had a small family party, because it was a school night and she doesn't get home from soccer practice until around 6 p.m. She chose cupcakes from 25 Main insteade of a birthday cake.

We had invited both the grandparents over and Uncle Milt and Aunt LeeAnn. My parents had company show up from New Zealand and Canada and my aunt Gayle from Nephi so brought them along. We all cracked up because Kenzie celebrated her 16th birthday with a lot of older people. She is such a good sport and just enjoyed all the attention!

All excited to open birthday gifts!!!

Some gifts were much better than others... :)
Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter , whom brings so much joy and laughter to our lives.

Week 1 of our summer vacation

2009-08-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

This has really taken me a long time to put together. There were SOOO many pictures! Here is a quick look at week 1 of our summer vacation! Bear Lake lookout point!

Jake with an entire cheer squad in Bear Lake!

Grand Tetons

Yellowstone

We encountered 5 bears on this trip! 2 of them babies :)

The kids enjoyed climbing in trees and look

Kenzie has on a jacket! Imagine that in July!!!

We did lots of hiking and the smell of sulphur

was everywhere.

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Jumping rope with neighbors at the campsite!

Baseball 2009

2009-08-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hudson played on the Cubs T - Ball team this year! He had such a great time and the team consisted mostly of our neighborhood boys. Here is part of the team. Hudson loved that you got 3 coach pitches to try to hit before they brought the T out.

The breast thing ever!

2009-06-23T21:12:00.000-07:00

Do your boobs hang low? Do they dangle too and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow???

These boob scarfs are the breast things I have ever seen!!!

Utah Summer Games

2009-06-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

We have spent the last 4 days up in Cedar City watching Kenzie's team compete in soccer. This year was cold, windy and rainy which is not weather that I really enjoy but I do enjoy soccer, so I put up with it.

The Bombers is such an awesome team - we have been together for about 7 years and have just loved watching these girls grow up and become such great soccer players. They are a tight knit group that get along so well!

We have been to the Summer Games for many years and usually dominate, we have had a few years of 2nd and 3rd place, but this year it was Gold all the way. It is so much more fun when you win the GOLD!

Our first game we won 4-2. Second game was a tie at 2-2. Third was a 4-0 win. Our fourth game was the semifinal game and we won 6-2. The gold medal match was played in the Colliseum and was a tied game throughout. We knew this game was going to be a 1 point game and it was a fight to the end. We had to go into overtime, which is where we scored an awesome header goal and won the game! Very exciting times!!!

It was pouring rain when our game ended. So we all huddled and waited for our turn to get our medals.

The team and their GOLD medals!!!

California Dreamin' Part II

2009-06-08T10:11:00.000-07:00

The kids were so excited to run out into those big waves and boogie board. But it looks like Jordan is a little bit worried with something - what does she see????She sees this fin coming out of the water. Could we possibly be in waters with starving great whites out there waiting to eat one of us?
Jake and Kenzie are taking no chances. Jordan was to shore long before them... As it turned out it was just a dolphin, well actually two of them. So back to the water they went.
Jake spent the most time in the water. He has always loved the water and really should be living in Southern Cal. being a little surfer dude.
When the kids weren't in the water they were building these little rock formations. We had a family competition of who could build the highest and Jake one with 11 rocks (sorry don't have a picture of that one)! Sean doing what he loves best. How nice to ride up and down the beach checking out all the hot chicks. The bike is so much better than running because you can cover twice as much beach in less time!
If we weren't at the beach the boys were skateboading!
Hudson is always happy to throw out some gangsta signs.

We also went to the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, which was in Oceanside. I love the architecture of the Missions. This one was pretty but Santa Barbara's is still my favorite!

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'

2009-06-06T19:06:00.000-07:00

What is better than hanging out at the beach in Southern California for a week??? We had such a good time at the Carlsbad State Beach. What a little gem it was and we ran into 3 St. George neighbors there. Sean took so many pictures that I am going to have to break them up into different categories and blog them seperately. We spent many days just laying out at the beach while the kids boogie boarded. We did a Disneyland day, of which I have no pictures. None of us wanted to worry about carrying a camera. We hit the Orange County Flea Market - which was an awesome day of getting lots of good stuff at el cheapo prices. We rode bikes all over and checked out a few of the little beach cities along the way.

I'll start the pictures with our RV! We love this house on wheels - it is the greatest way to travel for us!

Here is our campsite. We are down on the beach looking up- the campground is right on the beach - just up on a bluff. This was a huge campground with 222 sites. Lots of families hangin' out having fun!

Here we are inside - we had just showered and were getting ready to play our nightly ritual of UNO before we went to bed. I liked this campground because you could not have your generators on after 8 p.m. which meant no WII or movies - just good old fashioned family games! Kenzie always seems to have a soccer ball involved somehow.

Here I am behind the wheel, which was my first time in this RV. It drove a lot easier than the last one so even though I look very stiff and scared - I am actually doing ok. That is until I look in my side mirror and see my children hanging out the windows. In one way I felt like I had transformed into the movie "Sound of Music" and that I should break out in song and the other side of me kinda wanted to throw up a little. Could Hudson's face be any funnier???

Just hangin' out around the campfire.

The girls on their beach cruisers. We rode around so much and Jordan's little basket came in so handy when we made quick trips to the store or to drive ins.

Boys and Baseball

2009-05-26T18:49:00.001-07:00

Hudson is signed up for coach pitch/t-ball this year and the boy loves to practice. We practice with a foam bat and tennis balls so Maggie can run and shag the balls for us. Maggie does this so perfectly, running and getting the ball and bringing it right back to our feet. I love practicing like this because I don't have to chase the balls - I can just pitch the balls to my boy. Tonight Jake came out to help.
If you look at each picture of Hudson hitting - he totally has his tongue out! We took a lot of pictures of him and in every one that little tongue is showing. He is so serious about this.

Here is Maggie retrieving the balls and bringing them back to my feet.

Jake hanging out watching my wicked pitching skills! ha ha

Dixie College Preschool Graduation!

2009-05-07T18:13:00.001-07:00

Hudson had his graduation at Dixie State Preschool. They put on a small program with some great songs they had learned.

They then got to put on their cap and gowns, and walk through the big "D" and receive their diplomas.

Hudson and Mrs. Provost. He loved going to her class and is missing her already! I can't believe that my baby is going to be off to kindergarten.

Spring Break in Sedona!

2009-03-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

So this year we decided to head to Arizona in the RV and it turned out to be an excellent choice. We started our trip out with a stop at Jacobs Lake for lunch which was still pretty chilly with snow still on the ground. The kids didn't seem to mind and went out and played frisbee while I made lunch.

We continued on to the Grand Canyon and stayed at Mather Campground which was completely full. I was amazed at how many people were staying in tents - it was still really cold at night. We did a couple of hikes at the Grand Canyon and continued on towards Flagstaff.

We stopped at Red Mountain which is about 30 miles out of Flagstaff to do another hike which was awesome. The kids played at this cinder cone area for about an hour. On our hike back we were told that a group with 10 kids had lost one little boy. Well the search and rescue began... Sean and Jake went back out searching for this 7 year old boy, after checking in at the trailhead they headed back out with McKenzie and they searched for a couple more hours. Jordan, Hudson and I stayed to talk to the police and be at the trailhead in case he wandered that way. Well, helicopters were brought in and search and rescue people started showing up at dusk, they sent us on our way and told us they would notify us. They did not find this little boy until the next day around noon. He had spent the night out there alone in below 0 temperatures and was just fine. We were all just sick with worry until we got that call. Pheww we are so happy he was found and safe.

We spent the night in Flagstaff at an RV park that was right next to the railroad tracks, so besides being worried about the little boy we were constantly awakened by the trains. Next morning we headed to Meteorite Crater. This was a big dusty hole in the ground that was way overpriced and not that exciting. We were a little upset that we had spent so much money to see this.

We headed down Oak Creek Canyon which is so beautiful down into Sedona. We stayed at a beautiful RV park in Sedona and did lots of hiking, exploring and eating. We went to Slide Rock State Park and Jake and Jordan slid down the rocks even though the water was only 43 degrees. Crazy cold - but they had to give it a try.

We also went and saw Montezuma's Castle which was really cool and free because of our State Park Pass. Much better than the Crater.

We had such a good time and really loved Sedona. I hate being back to the daily grind of cooking and cleaning. So I better start planning our next trip!

2009-03-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

Soccer season has began. Saturday we got to attend 5 games. Kenzie had 2 and the others all had 1. It was a cold day - but I was the only one who seemed to mind. This is my favorite time of year - spring is in the air and my kids are all playing soccer. Such good times!

Kenzie

Jake

"Beckham"

Jordan

Hudson scoring a goal!!!

6,210 days later

2009-02-28T10:57:00.000-08:00

Isn't it amazing that for the last 6,210 days I have been waking up to the same person, and I still really dig him! 17 years of marriage and 4 kids later - I couldn't have dreamed of a better life. I love Sean and all he does for our family (which is so dang much)! The best way for me to sum up what a great husband and father he is would simply be "LIFE IS GOOD!"

Here we are way up high in the sky. Sean loves to fly and for once it looks like I am pretty comfortable up there too!

2009-02-22T17:20:00.000-08:00

Well - we are back from our weekend in Santa Barbara. We had such a good time.

Our first stop was in Yermo, California at Silver Valley High School. This was the school Sean graduated from. Sean's family got transfered there his Senior year - what a bummer! Here we are in front of the gymnasium and school where he strutted his stuff!

Onto Santa Barbara!!! This bus the "Solstice" has been in Santa Barbara everytime we have been. Last year while we were playing at one of the parks we met the boy that lives in it. David stayed and played with us and told us about living on the "Solstice"! His bedroom is the upstairs section of the bus.

Here I am on the American Riviera! Beautiful isn't it?

Our main reason for going was to watch the "Tour of California". The timed trial was being held in Solvang and we met up with our good friends, Chip and Jen and Paul and Micci. It was a beautiful warm day and we had a good time watching all the riders and hanging out with friends.

The boys even had some eye candy for them. It was a good thing because we were surrounded by men in spandex.

Here is Lance Armstrong!

And here is Levi Leipheimer the winner of the Tour of California!

Oh the things that come out of 5 year olds mouths!

2009-01-26T13:11:00.000-08:00

Hudson walks in the other day and tells me this. "Mom, did you know that people have hair on their privates and none on their bodies and dogs have hair all over their bodies but none on their privates. Cool huh?"
What am I to think? How does my 5 year old make such keen observations that I just seem to never notice. He is always making me giggle =)

Get To Know Me...

2009-01-25T20:03:00.000-08:00

My friend Jan'L had this on her blog and I found it quite interesting. I whittled it down a bit, I am just not that interesting.... anywho here we go -

1. What time did you get up this morning? At 7, I got to sleep in, it's Sunday!
2. Diamond or Pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last show you saw at the cinema? Twilight, which my girls and I loved.
4. What is your favorite TV show? King of Queens
5. What do you eat for breakfast? I take my vitamins and drink a glass of water.
6. What is your middle name? Lou
7. What food do you dislike? Sushi
8. What is your favorite CD at this moment? Katy Perry
9. What kind of car do you drive? Range Rover
10. Favorite sandwich? Philly steak sandwich
11. What characteristic do you despise? Dishonesty
12. Favorite item of clothing? jeans
13. If you could go anywhere on vacation, where would you go? Europe
14. Favorite brand of clothing? True Religion Jeans
15. Where would you retire to? Santa Barbara, California
16. Favorite sport to watch? whatever the kids are doing - soccer or basketball
17. When is your birthday? August 28
18. Morning or night person? morning
19. What is your shoe size? 8
20. Pets? Maggie a chorkie, a fish and 2 birds.
21. What did you want to be when you were little? A solid gold dancer!!!
22. Favorite candy? Hot tamales and Mike and Ike
23. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Feb. 19-21 Hubby and I going to
Santa Barbara!
24. What was the last thing you ate? Deep dish apple cobbler
25. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? yellow
26. Favorite restaurant? Claim Jumper
27. Real hair color? Dish water blond
28. Favorite toy as a child? paper dolls
29. Summer or Winter? Summer
30. Hugs or Kisses? Hugs
31. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
32. What did you do last night? Went to dinner with our friends and celebrated his birthday!
33. Salty or Sweet? both
34. Favorite day of the week? Sunday, because we are all home together
35. Do you make friends easily? yes

our favorite pet ever

2009-01-20T09:39:00.000-08:00

As I was browsing through our pictures online, I came across these of Roxy! We found Roxy while we were 4 wheeling and honestly thought that she had been ran over and was on the brink of death. The kids of course wanted to give her a fighting chance so we agreed that we would take her to our house in Richfield and see what happened.

Upon arrival, I ran over to the family dollar and bought an eye dropper and kitten milk, while Sean was deciding where to dig the hole to bury her in the backyard. Well, after dropping a little milk in her mouth she started looking a little more lively. By that evening, she took her 1st steps and we were all in love!
We brought her home and she was with us for 6 months! She was the best. I potty trained her in a litter box which she caught onto the 1st day. Her little hands were just fascinating, how she would clean her food, and how very soft they were. She was only nice to us, other people made her very nervous and she would run and hide and sometimes put out this awful smelling musk defense scent. YUCK!

We let her go over by my mom's house in Bloomington and she made friends with some other racoons, whom were probably very jealous of her shiny well maintained hair. We still see her every so often and are proud to say that she now has 3 little babies of her own.

I know you are thinking how racoons carry diseases, so where we. We had a vet come and check her out and she was only a few weeks old when we found her and the only food she had was from her mothers teet. So the vet said she was no different than a dog or cat, because she hadn't been exposed to anything.

1st vacation of the year!

2009-01-15T12:06:00.000-08:00

Anyone that knows us well, knows that we love going on vacation. It can be a 2 day trip or a 3 week trip, we just love escaping reality and bonding together.

This year the kids had 2 full weeks out of school for the holidays. Some of you may moan at this, I get giddy with excitement and start planning.

We stayed in St. George the week of Christmas, there are so many things going on, fun family traditions that the kids do not want to miss out on. But the week of new years, we were out of here.

Sean brought home the RV and we loaded her up. I love this hillbilly side of our family. We just love being "on the road again!" I can just hear Willie Nelson singing this.

We headed to our most favorite spot --- Santa Barbara, California. What is not to love about this quaint oceanside town. We explore parks, the local zoo, walk out on the pier late at night when it's really foggy and this trip we went and explored the Santa Barbara Mission. I think I should have been raised Catholic because I just love all the crosses and decor of the Catholic churches. Would anyone really be offended if I had a huge wooden cross in my entryway???

Our 2nd favorite spot is 30 miles north of Santa Barbara. It is a small danish community called Solvang. Cutest town ever. It was in the movie "Sideways". We spent an entire day here shopping in the shops along main street.

We seem to head to Santa Barbara 2 to 3 times a year, we love it so much.

Solvang

The Santa Barbara Mission

2009-01-14T15:35:00.000-08:00

OK - So this was my New Year's resolution, I love looking at my friends and families blogs and thought they would enjoy looking at ours. I am so not computer savvy and hope that I catch on to all of this as I go.

Anyways, our family lives in St. George, Utah. My husband, Sean, is a custom home builder that has been idle for several years. I think our home that we are living in was his last big project and we moved in a year ago. We spend our days together like a little old couple.

I am a soccer mom that loves to take my kids to all their athletic functions. I do try to hit the gym 4-5 days a week to keep me happy and somewhat able to keep up with all these kids. I love my family so much and savor every day and moment, knowing how soon they will be off to college and on their own!

Kenzie is 15 and a freshman at Pine View. How funny that she goes to my high school. It doesn't seem that long ago that I was there. She is totally into soccer and basketball!

Jake and Jordan, my sweet little twins, aren't so little anymore!!! How can 2 kids that start so small, grow so big. They are the funnest kids ever and I am so thankful that they came together!

Hudson, what a crack up. This 5 year old is such a blessing to all of us. We all enjoy him so much. He finished our family off just right!

Maggie is our new puppy. She is a chorkie (chihuaua/yorkie mix)! Soon I will get a picture of her on here.