Bowling with G-ma and G-pa

My parents invited me and Katie and our kids to go bowling...so of course we did! Whitney was so funny. After she would throw the ball, she would do a dance and occassionally jump into the splits. Silly girl! Riley was more interested in the video games, so after 20 laps to get him to bowl, I just left him there to pretend to drive the car.

Fourth of July

You didn't believe me when I said I had a lot of blogging to do...did ya?!

The last couple years Katie and Jared have been the hosts of the festivities for the 4th. They always do such a good job and have lots of fun things for the kids to do. This year they had a super cool swimming pool, slip-n-slide, water balloons, lots of yummy food and of course fireworks. Of course when it was actually time for fireworks the wind had picked up and we only did a couple. Oh well, everyone had lots of fun despite that minor detail. Thanks Katie and Jared!

WOW...someone really needs to help me figure out that cool collage thingy. That post was huge =)

Palm Springs

Ok remember months ago when I mentioned out trip to Palm Springs? Well here it is finally! Can you believe it...I am in the mood to blog...lol.

The first week in June we went to a resort called the Worldmark by Wyndam in a town called Indio...about 30 miles west of Palm Springs. We actually went as a whole family. Our first as an entire family...I guess there isn't a right or wrong time to start...right?
Anyway, we made the 10 hour drive (starting in Cedar City), with a few wrong turns and a few arguments. California is not the best place to take a wrong exit, you have to go about 20 or so miles to get back to where you started. Anyway, we made it at about 9:30pm and were exhausted, but the place was amazing. Some of my crazy family went immediately to the pool while it was still open. Wes and I were too tired and agitated to go swimming. The next morning we just hung out at the resort and swam. It was very relaxing. Tuesday we went to Six Flags (everyone but mom). Hailey was quite the dare devil and tried all of the little kid rides. She even went on the log flume twice and was in the very front the second time. That is the only big ride that i went on!! I'm not the biggest fan of rollercoasters, ao when we pulled into the parking lot I had a sudden anxiety attack just looking at them. Wes hung out with Scott and Franci so he could actually go on some cool rides. Katie and I spent our day in the kid area and we were both completely content there. I know, we are wimps...but oh well. The rest of the week was spent at the resort. Some of us went golfing, some went back to Six Flags, but mostly we just swam. One night we had a family party of sorts. My amazing little sister planned a jeopardy game for us and it was a blast. So many laughs and great memories were made that week. I hope we can continue this in coming years. LOVE YOU FAMILY!!!

Ok I know I keep throwing all these little updates at you...but I don't really have anything exciting to blog about. Except this.....WES HAS A JOB!!!! Yay!! He got a call last week right before the holiday and we thought we missed out on it but they called back Tuesday. He is working on re-constructing a nursing facility at th UofU. He is already liking it. He came home with a smile yesterday, so that is good news. It is an indoor job, which he is loving and the crew he is working with is small. He is going to learn a lot from them. Anyway, that's all...now maybe I can cheer up and start taking pictures of my poor neglecterino's!!! I have to go register Hailey for kindergarten now...

Another Update

Life has been a lot of things right now. We are currently living at the Peay's house in our camping trailer (yes, you may call us trailer trash hehe). Wes is unemployed again...he was having some chest pains while at the last job and was toldthat he should not return to work...so I made him come home. It is very stressful to have your spouse be in the hospital by himself and feel useless. I don't recommend it. So now we are here, he is trying to find a job, but there isn't a lot of ironwork in Utah right now. He went to the hall this morning and was told that he could have a job in a couple weeks...so that is good news. The kids are actually doing pretty well during all this chaos. They love having all their cousins and Grandparents so close. They were very lonely up in Wyoming, so I am happy that they are happy. And they enjoy sleeping in the trailer, it is like everynight is a camping trip LOL!! I feel like I should be freaking out that all our bills are way past due and we have no income...but I actually feel at peace with the situation. No, it is definitely not where I want to be, but we have such great family here to support us. I have learned thru all this that it is ok to ask for help. I never really thought of myself as prideful, but i think that would be the emotion you feel when you are in this situation. Knowing that you need help is not a good feeling, so it is hard to let go of that pride and ask. But we are truly blessed.

Semi-update

I know I have a lot of updating to do. My whole family went to Palm Springs last week, so I need to do that. I have just been kind of bouncing from one family member's house to the next, so blogging hasn't been on my mind. Right now I am at my brother Scott's house while they are out of town. It has been kinda nice pretending to have a place of my own. We have decided to just continue renting our house out and find a little apartment for me and the kids. It is a little sad cause Hailey keeps asking when we are going home and Riley keeps asking where our house is. It is hard to explain the whole renting situation to them-Hailey told my niece that we didn't have a house because someone stole it!! But he is willing to stay there for as long as we will let him-I don't mind someone else paying our mortgage. Wes is still in Gillette and was lucky enough to get a very temporary job. It is at the same power house only with a different company. He was only there as a fill-in while some guys went on vacation, but last night he was told he was there until the end of July. So that is awesome news. I miss him horribly, but thanks to all our family and friends I am doing ok. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers-they were truly answered in our time of need.