How Do I Love Thee?.......

1. I love the way you make me smile.

2. I love the way you make me feel.

3. I love that you are a great daddy.

4. I love how hard you work for our family.

5. I love that you are my best friend.

6. I love that we can have food fights while we carve pumpkins.

7. I love looking into your eyes.

8. I love going on our weekly dates and I love that you know how important dates are to me.

9. I love that we can still be in love after 12 years.

10. I love that you love going to musicals and you aren't afraid to admit it.

11. I love that you will watch chick flicks without putting up a fight.

12. I love that you snore. (That means you are alive)

13. I love that you talk, dance, and sing in your sleep.

14. I love that you still imitate Beavis and think you are sooo funny.

15. I love that you let me be who I want to be and don't force me to be anyother way.

16. I love your eyes.

17. I love that you put your family first and always want to spend time with us any second you get.

18. I love that you love me.

19. I love that you can fix anything that needs to be fixed.

20. I love that we are together forever and that makes me want to be a better person.

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Too Much Fussin

This just happened as I was taking BayLee to school and had to come straight home and put it in writing so I wouldn't ever forget it.
We were pulling up to the school and passed a group of girls sitting in a circle on the grass.
BayLee : "There's Daryn and the 'group' " (mind you Daryn and Bay are bestfriends so I didn't understand 'the group' phrase)
Me: "So, are you part of the group"?
Bay: "No, I don't want to be a part of any group. I want to be friends with everyone. Groups have to much fussin, whinin, and drama. I don't have time for that stuff."
Me: "Oh, I see."
I was laughing so hard inside because of the choice of words but I was also so very proud of her. She is the type to avoid drama and likes to make sure everyone is included. It was so sweet. There was no sign of jealousy because she knows that she could be a part of a 'group' but doesn't have a desire to be. So as she got out of the car she saw her friend Hannah whom is Down Syndrome and gave her a big hug and proceeded to walk across the grass hand in hand with Hannah and all the girls in the 'group' waved and yelled her name. She waved and just kept on going with Hannah. I felt honored to watch such a thing.

Good Clean Fun

Aren't we so thankful for the toddler years? Mia is so much fun. Super laid back compared to other offspring I have brought into this world! Adam is my shower cleaner. It is his designated "chore" and he happened to do it on Sunday. He started the shower, went into the garage to grab the cleaner, came back to the bathroom and found this. Mia had been with me so he thought it would be ok. We had to capture this moment.
Now mind you, a year ago she was SCARED to death of water. She hated baths, showers, puddles, rain, swimming pools, and didn't even like to drink it much. Now every day when I am in the shower she will try to inch in little by little. So she must have felt very successful Sunday as she made it all the way in with her clothes on.

And yes.....that is a cell phone in her hand!
Look at that happy face.

I Have a Job!

I have taken the plunge and have decided to add one more thing to my overflowing plate. I am now a Tupperware Consultant! I am so excited for this journey and the opportunity it will give me to get out of debt. That is my sole goal for this. I am anxious to see where it takes me. I know that the turnover is great and people are in and out home businesses like these but I really am striving to make it work and be a successful distributor! I have five parties lined up and hopefully I can get more parties lined up in the very near future.If you are looking for Tupperware and aren't sure where to look, I have my own little webpage that you can order from here and it will be delivered to your home! Feel free to do so. Also, you can do a catalog party from this site and earn free Tupperware for Christmas gifts. Let me know if this is something you would like to do and I can help you with it. There are so many new items and so many items always on sale. The great thing about Tupperware is that the warranty is for life and they also keep some of the "vintage" products around.Here is to a great opportunity that will hopefully be a success!

Happy 101 Birthday Grandma Simkins

Today one of the greatest people alive turns 101! I can't even begin to tell you how much of an inspiration she is to me year after year. She just keeps going and has one of the most positive attitudes I have ever seen. These are just a few things about my Grandma that makes her special:
1. She always has a way to brighten a room.
2. She knows all of her Grandchildrens, Great Grandchildrens, and Great Great Grandchildrens likes and dislikes. She has a special place in her heart for each and every one of them.
3. She is a HUGE Utah Jazz fan. She won't miss a game for ANYTHING!
4. She still uses a treadmill everyday and has to get to the basement to use it (I must admit this one makes me nervous)
5. She gives the greatest hugs and kisses.
6. She loves her yard and really cares about what it looks like.
7. She uses Jergens lotion and that right there is a memory I will have for life.
8. She is always thinking and has a great memory.
9. She is a great example to my children. They love her so much and wish we could see her more often.
10. SHE IS MY GRANDMA AND THAT MAKES ME HAPPY!

It's Halloween Time!

WHEW! We made it past Halloween and boy did we end up with a lot of candy. It is crazy how many pumpkin heads you can fill up in three hours. I think we ended up walking three miles at least. We covered way more ground than we ever do. I told Adam everyday should be Halloween, it would get us out walking as a family. I had a great time with the kids and Adam. We go a couple miles away from our town because I prefer to do the door to door style and not car to car style in trunk or treat.
We met up with some friends and ran into a lot of people that we know, so that made it even more fun. Next year we need to just all go together.
Before we went Trick or Treating our church had a really fun Chili cookoff and carnival for the kids. It was so much fun and it was really great to have the kids eat dinner before instead of after.

This is the best picture I got of Mia I hate to say. My camera is dying a slow painful death so good pictures are hard to come by. She made a cute witch.

This is part of our group. At one time there were about 15 kids from BayLees elementary all going together. It was so much fun.

BayLee and her friend Daryn with Logan in the middle of course.

I am not sure what the tongue sticking out thing is all about but BayLee did it in most
pictures. This was when Mia was trying to figure out what was going on.

Australia Anyone?

I just had a really fun weekend! My friends Maggie, Kim, and I had been looking forward to this weekend for a LONG time. We were so excited to go down to Las Vegas and let it loose! Saturday morning though, Maggies awesome hubby Eric had to go to the ER and was admitted for some health problems that he has. We were ready to call the whole trip off because Maggie is so much fun to be around and we felt bad leaving her and felt bad having fun while her poor hubby suffered. But she insisted that we go anyway and so we did. We had a really good time but missed her terribly. But that means we will just have to go back!
Kim and I loaded up the car and headed to Vegas. First stop was FOOD! I must say we pretty much ate ourselves through the day. We started out at In n Out Burger. Which I must say the one in Vegas is sooo much better than the one in St. George (go figure). I was introduced to "animal style" which is grilled onions on the burger. TASTY!!! After that we headed to the outlet mall and found way fun stuff -hence the feathers in our hair. I am now in love with feather accessories. We fell in love with some boots but left them on the shelf....sad day..... I still dream about them. After which we saw a DUNKIN DONUTS and I HAD TO STOP!!!! We ate a donut and a beverage of choice. Yummy yummy. We then spent the next hour laughing so hard we couldn't breathe. It was so much fun. After that we went and just wandered the strip. I must say the strip is getting pretty bad these days. Just don't look down as you walk the street. You will see that you are not built the way certain others are built. I will just leave it at that. :)
We then went and had dinner at Rainforest Cafe and had yummy dinner. We had a waitress slip and fall and hit her head on the ground thus throwing her into a seizure. Kim and I were wondering if things could possibly get anymore exciting. WELL, IT DID!!! THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER was an amazing show. I think it has a way bad rap. It wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. We saw more on the strip and in the casinos then in there. Wowzers, those men have such great talent. Their dancing was incredible and I am not going to lie, they were H-O-T!!!! It felt so good to be silly and to laugh and to know that I have a great husband that supports me and understands me and lets ME be ME. It has been really hard to fit in here in Utah. I just have my own agenda and with the pressure to be this or that drives me nutso and I forget who I am. I feel like I need to form myself into someone I just cannot form into. Does that make any sense? I think I just need to remind myself from time to time that it is OK to have fun and it is OK to laugh and act crazy. I came home such a nicer and patient mom and wife. I needed a breather and it is OK to breathe it is OK to leave my kiddos behind and have adult fun. In fact.....we are planning another get away next year....HOLLYWOOD HERE WE COME!!!!!

No Time Like Cuddle Time

I need to cherish moments like these. She is our last baby and it is so sad to see the time flying by. I can't believe she will be two in a couple of months. Where has the time gone?

A Girl After My Own Heart

Can I just tell you how much I love this little girl? She is such an example to me. She always TRIES to be nice to everyone and tries to make everyone feel included. Granted there are times she has an "emotional moment" but I will totally accept that and love her for that. BayLee just goes with the flow and loves to express herself through her clothes and her random hairstyles. She is getting to that age where she knows what she wants and will ask me to do her hair in that way. This particular morning she wanted two buns on top and one in the middle. I asked her several times if she was sure (because I knew it would be kinda silly) but she was sure. I tell you what, she walked up to that school so full of confidence it really made me think and it made me realize what a great kid she is. I could have convinced her to do her hair otherwise, I could have convinced her to wear matching socks (she is in a multi sock color phase), I could have convinced her to do just about anything. But I let her be who she is and she was so sure of her self and I think that is what really matters.

**As she was headed to the door, she asked me to take a picture for the blog and she came up with the title of this post. **

Over the River and Through the Woods

We took advantage of Conference Sunday and took a ride through Zion, Kolob, and down Cedar Mountain to visit with my parents. My dad fell at Bryce Canyon yesterday and ended up breaking his arm. Poor guy.
The ride was beautiful and the kids had a great time on the drive. We were a week to late for the bright vibrant colors. The colors were pretty though.
It brought back great memories of Sunday drives I had as a kid and made me realize we need to do it more often. Sure there is bickering and potty breaks, drink breaks, and photo opts, but it was all worth it.
After we visited with my parents we headed the back way home through Enterprise. We are so blessed to live in a place that people travel all over from to see. I need to stop and smell the roses a little more often.

Some nice ladies saw us at the side of the road taking pictures so they stopped

and offered to take a family picture.
My sweet kids.

BayLee is my little social butterfly. She will talk to anyone and everyone and by the end of the conversation they become her "new bestfriend". I love that about BayLee. She is so thoughtful of others and tries to make everyone feel included. I know that she has a special heart and loves to have friends around her all of the time.
Yesterday she had a friend over for 7 hours so we decided to make homemade pretzels. What good kids these two are. They were bummed we had to run a few errands so I pretended I was their chauffer, then at the drive through car wash I told them that we were then in a submarine. They loved it and jumped right on board with it. I love it when kids use their imagination!!! I am grateful that we can have video games and tv around and still balance "good ole play" right along with it. Most of all I am thankful for my cheerful daughters that make life worth it all.

KAPOOT

I have officially hit rock bottom. I am so tired and worn out. The carnival sucked everything out of me and now I must figure out if it really was worth all the tears, strength, ignoring of my family, bickering, being around negativity for three weeks straight, frustration that open mindness isn't an option.
But because of this carnival my kids ate way too much fast food, Mia spent hours and hours and hours and hours in the car while I ran errand after errand after errand, Adam had to take a half day off just to watch my kids because babysitters fell through. Shouldn't I be able to watch my own kids? How do other moms do it? How do other moms put their families on the back burner and be way involved in EVERYTHING and still move forward with everything else?? I just can't do it. I am not going to put what I love most on the side just so I can feel better about what I do to help others. Sometimes I worry so much about what other moms are doing that I forget WHO I am. I am a mom that LOVES to be with her kids and husband. I am a mom that LOVES to plan parties, so somehow I need to balance the two and move at my own pace and not at other supermoms paces.
I sometimes wish I could just be one of those moms that just sit back and let the school take care of EVERYTHING and not help one bit with the PTO or anything for that matter. But I know that my kids love seeing me be involved with their school lives.
I didn't get to spend ONE minute with BayLee at the carnival. I was stuck in a tiny hallway inside the school with the silent auction. She had been worried that she wouldn't be able to reach the top of the rock climb and sure enough she accomplished it and I wasn't even able to watch her do it. I missed my kids during the past two weeks, I missed my husband these past two weeks, I missed REAL food, I missed quiet phones, I missed Mias perfect schedule that is now totally messed up, I missed watching LOST Biggest Loser SURVIVOR and many more shows I love, I missed my quiet days and quiet nights.
SO for now, over and out and I need to refocus and rebalance my life. Would that be so bad

Sunday Craze

So Sunday is the day the kids look their best. Dressed up in their nicer clothes. Hair done perfectly. The best accessories possible. The house is harmonious. Everyone is helping eachother get ready, everybody is listening. UMMMM.....probably not. Sundays are the most chaotic mornings of the week. For some reason everything goes wrong, everyone is cranky, so here is a look into our sunday photo sessions.

These are yesterdays pictures.

I wanted to capture Mias darling dress......unaccomplished

Here is my poser. She loves getting her picture taken.
I felt bad that Mia wouldn't pose with BayLee so I jumped in.

Such a sweet sister, she wanted to take a picture with Mia so bad.

We moved it outside and the dang dogs wanted part of the action. ARG!!

And still smiles on BayLees face.

I WILL have one....OH YES I WILL!!!!

We went camping this past weekend and put a tent, a cooler, four sleeping bags, food, camp mate, four pillows, clothes bag, four camp chairs, diapers, wipes,2 dutch ovens, a lantern with propane tank, 24 pack of water, four fishing poles, two tackle boxes, and five people into our little Dodge Intrepid. It was CRAZY!!! We have lost our van due to an accident that Adam had in it last month so I am thinking that this is the prime time to buy my dream vehicle! I have wanted one of these forEVER!!! I want a tie died one with a peace sign on the top. So we have begun the search and I WILL find one. :) I can just imagine us cruisin up the highway to our campin spot and better yet travel around the USA in this beauty. The best part is that Adam totally supports my desire for this beauty. Wish me luck!!!!

Funny Joke

I heard this joke the other day and thought it was hysterical.


Oppression is when your neighbor loses their home.

Depression is when you lose your home.

Recovery is when Obama loses his!!

Man that was good. I laugh more and more each time I hear it. Thanks for listening!!

Hey BayLee!! I need a loan!!!

Yesterday we played Monopoly as a family and BayLee ended up owning the WHOLE board at the end of the game. It was insane. I am somehow the first one out of the game EVERY time we play it. BayLee didn't even have to really try to own the board, luck just fell in her lap and she knew what to do with it. I was so impressed with her bargaining skills along with her math skills. She was a gracious winner of course.

Big Kid Pinewood Derby

Lastnight we went to a church Pinewood Derby race for the men in our ward. It was a blast. I have never seen so many men excited about the same thing at the same time. There were close to twenty racers and they were all like proud peacocks with their cars as feathers. I tell you what, they were so proud of their cars and they were so nice to eachother. All day saturday we had people at our house getting help from Adam and just chillin around the kitchen table doing the finishing touches on their cars. It was so fun to watch them.

The races were all pretty close and the heats went by a lot faster than the scouts derbys! We were all done with the whole thing in an hour and a half. Adam won first place in the outlaw race and lost the regular race by three HUNDRETHS of a second. It was awesome!!!! I think I want to make a car. :)

What's an Encore???

These two were a riot to watch play this!! They both have good rhythm. This is BayLees bestest friend JD. They are a fun pair to watch.

Back to School

I was so sad to see the summer end! We had a great one, from catching frogs to camping in Yellowstone. They both got to stay a week with family up in Northern Utah. They had a great summer but were both excited for school today. Logan is going to the intermediate school this year so he was a little nervous for the seven classes a day idea and three minutes to get from class to class.I can't believe that BayLee is in second grade. It was fun today as we turned the corner of the building you could hear all these kids yell "BAYLEE"!! and came running to her. It was really sweet. She is lucky to have so many great friends. Here is to a new year and it is going to be a great one. It looks like I have been sucked into PTO again!! :)

My "cool" 6th grader!
My happy 2nd grader!

BayLee and JD. Year three of them together!! They are in the same class this year!!! YEAH!!

She is sooo happy!!!! I love the reflection on the wall of her.

Girls Night Out

I am so lucky to have these great friends who are sisters and daughters and daughter in laws. They bring me into the fold and consider me a daughter and a sister too. I have it so good I have a sister in all of them, and a friend to all of them. We have such a great time no matter what we are doing. Lastnight we went to 25 main (delicious) and a quick stop into DI (of course) and the movie The Proposal. What a great time and it felt great to cut it loose and shake a leg. Love ya girls!

My "sister" Maggie, My second mom Becky, My "sister" Kris, Me, My "sister" Brandy, and My "sister" Heather.

Maggie and I are the "crazy" sisters that you have always wanted. Going to DI is great therapy. We have a great time whenever we go there. MAN, I should have bought the salmon polyester jumpsuit I saw there last month. It was awesome.

Love it Maggie!!!

All Ready to Go!!

Mia Mia Mia. She is so stinkin funny. She is now obsessed with purses, beads, and shoes. She loves to empty her shoes out and carries them all around the house. She loves to wear Tiaras, and jewels. She is so much fun and is talking more and more. I love this stage when they are totally intrigued with the world and what surrounds them.

Oops He did it again!

Parade Loot

So imagine sitting at the side of the road for the Pioneer Day parade. The sky is blue and there is enough wind to cool you off. There are people lining Main Street in Cedar City watching the Parade. There are horses, floats, bikes, bands, dancers, police officers, fire fighters, and vendors trying to get you to buy balloons, food, and water.
Well, here in Utah it is a big thing for little town parades to throw candy from the floats to the people watching the parade. It is usually a huge brawl for kids getting the candy. Well, this year I watched it with my parents and Mia because Logan and BayLee were up with family in Northern Utah. We were just watching other kids fight for candy when all of a sudden a can of SPAM comes flying towards me! A single random can......not another one in sight. My mom and I just look at eachother with a quite confused expression. Noone fought me for this can of SPAM and now it will sit in my food storage and never be touched.
A part of me wonders if there is a prize inside of it.........

Happy 11th Birthday Logan

I can't believe that Adam and I are old enough to have a child that is 11! Logan David Dover turns 11 today and I just can't say how much I love him. He has such a great sense about him that can either make you laugh or if you chose to, drive ya crazy. He has a contagious personality and I am excited to see him grow up even more. I sat in church today thinking that a year from today he will be old enough to pass the sacrament. He is no longer a cub scout, he is a Boy Scout. He has grown up so much this past year and is always amazing me by his quick wit and sense of humor.
11 years ago today I was a scared mom starting out on a new journey and it has been a wild ride but I wouldn't trade it for the world. He has a strong testimony in the gospel and I hope it continues to grow even more. He is our number one son and is a joy to my life and my family's life.
WE LOVE YOU LOGAN!

Yellowstone Family Reunion

WHAT a time we had! Going to Yellowstone for a family reunion was a BRILLIANT idea. My aunt Ranae and Uncle Rick put together the greatest reunion ever. We stayed in two huge lodges in Island Park Idaho and lived life to the fullest. There was a room for each little family, there was a hot tub in each lodge, and great times together as family. It got a little loud from time to time but it was overall a great way to spend the weekend with wonderful family that we don't ever get to see.
I met some spouses of cousins I hadn't ever met and it only made me wish we lived closer. My cousin Matt has the sweetest wife Katie. They have the CUTEST twin boys and I loved squeezing their darling little cheeks. I also got to know Stephanie and her husband Brett better too. They have cute little boys. Man, they are busy cute little boys. Brett scared me half to death the last night by jumping out from behind a tree roaring like a bear. I grabbed Katie, screamed, and fell into a ball on the ground. Good times.
The first day there we all went to Yellowstone and all traveled at our own paces. This was good and bad. I was in a car with BayLee and my brother and his family, Adam was with Mia and my parents, and Logan was with my Aunt Aline and her son and his girlfriends fam. So we didn't really get to see Yellowstone together which was a bummer but we all pretty much saw the same things just at different times. We saw a bald eagle in a nest (that stopped traffic for 10 miles), a lot of buffalo, a lot of elk and deer, a lot of moose (is plural meese?), and a BEAR!!! I was so excited. I can't even begin to tell you how happy that made me. My sister in law and I ran to the river and the bear was on the other side. I have a video of it on my facebook, it is pretty cool.
The second day we went for a river floating trip. It was what we will always refer to as "crazy fun". It was a great time and we had a lot of laughs but what happened on the river stayed on the river! At one time we had a mom covered in puke(poor thing-I felt really bad), four kids crying at once, and my innertube capsized. It was great fun and it is something we will all remember.
It was a great time and I can't wait for our next reunion!!!!! Here are just 5 of my 516 photos of the trip!

My immediate family-Logan, BayLee, Annaleesa, Tony, Me, My dad, my mom, Adam, and Mia.

Missing from photo Jen and Ajay :(
Now these two could live in water if it were possible. Logan and BayLee were the only
two who wanted to do it all over again. It took us 3 hours to float five miles.

I loved being on the same grass as the buffalo. I really wanted to get closer!

She was so happy most of the time. Towards the end she started having the sniffles. Now she is fully fledged sick.

What a handsome kid. I missed not being with him at the park. But we were

at least able to watch Old Faithful together.

Not my Cup of Tea

I tried and I tried to get into this movie and I failed. I thought it was....well.....boring. I know that if you are a Harry Potter fan you will think I am crazy for thinking it was boring but I compare it to a musical that you just can't get into and you count the minutes for it to be over. I finally made myself fall asleep and when I woke up it was still going on. I have liked all the other movies but for some reason I just couldn't "get" this one. It went right over my head and I didn't understand anything that was happening. I don't read the books so maybe that had something to do with it. I love happy endings and Harry Potter movies have a way of killing off the good guys and thus showing that the good guys don't win. I know there are reasons that Dumbledore had to die but it really made me sad. I kinda teared up to be honest. Why did he have to die??? I didn't like that at all. I wish that Harry and Hermoine would end up together instead of Harry and Jenny (not a Jenny fan).
Needless to say the ride home with Adam, who is a Harry fan, was an interesting drive. Bless his heart, he tried and tried to get me to see what was so good about it. I am so glad that there are fans out there. I love watching my awesome friends get way into it and wait in long lines for the movie. I love watching their excitement, it makes me happy. But this just isn't my cup of tea. I will continue to watch the first three over and over and over because I really like those. I like the young innocence of Hogwarts. I have only seen the fourth one once and we don't even own it.
To all you Harry Potter fans. I am SO glad that you like it but I will have to sit it out from now on.

Yellowstone HERE WE COME!!!

We are so excited for this week! It is finally here and we have been awaiting it for two years. This week is the Boggess family reunion in YELLOWSTONE! I am sooo hoping that we will see a bear and I am excited to show my kids the beautiful park.
We won't be around for the rest of the week and I will post pictures when we get back on Monday.
So until then, BE SAFE have a great week.

Our Friendly Toad

We were doing our weekend task of pulling weeds (which I dread to DEATH by the way). All of a sudden I hear "Hey, Honey! Guess what I have over here?" Uh, in this area it could have beeen ANYTHING from a snake to a scorpion to a trauntula. Thank heavens it was just a big fat toad. She (I call it that only because Adam attempts to kiss it) is actually now living in our pond making friends with the Koi. I now have five little girls running around my backyard screaming. This has been a summer of creatures. But the second I see a scorpion or Trauntula I AM OUTTA HERE!!!!

A little too close for me. No kisses for Adam tonight.
Awwwww!!!!! I wonder what is going through the toads mind????

I was quite suprised that the kids wanted to touch it.

We need a name. Any suggestions????

Swimming With Aunt Maggie

We were able to go spend the afternoon with Maggie and swim in her pool. The kids love visiting Aunt Maggie. BayLee has become quite the swimmer after her swimming lessons this summer. Logan is a fish too. Mia actually wanted to swim for once.......the one time I don't bring a lil swimmer for her.
THANKS AUNT MAGGIE!! WE LOVE YOU!

BayLee and Aunt Maggie

WildLife Museum

Today I took the kids to the Wildlife Museum. It was a lot of fun. I wasn't sure how BayLee would take the fact that the animals were killed in order to be put on display in the museum. She was totally fine with it until she saw a skunk family. This made her pretty sad but overall they all three thought it was really cool. Mia just kept saying "ooooo" and "wow". It was fun to watch her reactions. Logan was always a step ahead of us and always leading the pack of course. BayLee wanted to hear everything that the voice through the wand would say. They have a great display of animals that this wonderful man and founder of the museum has hunted and killed for education. There were animals from every nation and Logans favorite was the wolf and BayLees was the Girrafe and the skunks.
It was a great time and I love summers. It gives me a chance to hang out with the kids and really get to know what they love and what keeps their interests.

I have pretty cute kids I must say!
Baby Skunk (I can't believe something this cute can be so disturbing)

"Can we keep the baby skunk family? PLEASE??"

I hope we see one of these in Yellowstone next month. That would be sweet!

I really love this girl.

Logan waiting for the hunt!

Mia loved the childrens room. They had tents, forts, dressup clothes.

I guarantee this would NEVER happen. Logan would be crying.....I think we all would be.

I thought this was too precious. (Ignore the redeyes...for some reason each one of my kids eyes are red in pictures)

Arrow Of Light

First of all I haven't been a very good "scout mom" so far but Logan was able to earn the Arrow of Light last week. This is the highest rank of cubscouts and because his mom wasn't a "scout mom", he had to pretty much do it all on his own with dads help when he was around. We are so proud of Logan for accomplishing this goal that not every scout is able to earn.
He was also able to cross the bridge into Boy Scouts. Can you believe it? Logan is a BOY SCOUT!!! There is NO way I am old enough to have a son that age. Kind of crazy.
The CubMaster did a great presentation of the award using feathers for 7 different values. It was super cool and of course her and I were crying. She has been with Logan through primary and scouts the whole time we have lived here. It was really sweet to see the love she has for him.

He said "Hasta La Vista" to the cubscout leader and scouts before he

crossed the bridge. It was pretty funny.

I love that the moms get to receive pins when the boys move up a rank.
But I probably don't really deserve it.

Proud parents

Logan had also earned alot of activity pins.

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5. In return you must post this giveaway on your blog and make 5 things for first 5 people to comment. (If you have recently done this giveaway on your blog I will count it!) This step is the most important! I will check your blog for YOUR giveaway before I send you an email.

Good Ole Bonfire

We said goodbye to a dear old friend tonight. A playhouse that Adam had built for Logan about 8 years ago. It had gotten to a point where it was dangerous to let anybody play out back, young or old. We had a great fire and the only thing missing were weenies (as my Grandma calls them) and Marshmallows. Dang, that would been a great Family Home Evening......

Of course Adam ended up doing all the work. But hey, it was a great time and Logan loved playing in the fire.

Mia had to watch from inside the house with me.
Yes, we had to CUT the wood first. That was the only way they would permit us to burn it.

We were only "allowed" to burn real wood so ply wood and shingles go to the dump.

This was what remained of the playhouse. I was kinda sad to be honest.

Umm honey, you don't need to get warm by the fire. It is 100 degrees outside.

This man LOVES fire!!!!! And he LIGHTS my FIRE!!!

Under the Weather

The Dovers have been hit by the nasty flu bug. It is taking us as prisoners one by one. Mia was attacked from behind first on Saturday night in the grocery store of all places, BayLee was rudely attacked on her birthday and Logan was attacked at 3:20 this morning and has been down ever since. It is all I can do to cross my fingers that I stay clear of this rude space invading bug. I think it is sneaking up on Adam and I but I will not give in, I must stay strong.
At least this flu bug doesn't oink.........