Camping with cousins.

We were lucky enough to get an invitation to go camping with Katie, Lloyd, Levi and Luke. The kids were so excited. Shaydee was worried because we didn't have a tent and we weren't taking the camp trailer. I tried explaining to her that we didn't need a tent because we would be sleeping in a cabin...she responds with a "tent cabin?" HAHA! I tried explaining that a cabin is more like a house than a tent, but she didn't get it until she saw the cabin. We stopped at Marv's in Enterprise (only slightly out of the way) and grabbed a burger, and then it was off to camping. The kids had a blast. Hunter took his 4-wheeler and Levi took his dirt bikes. It rained off and on all of Saturday, but that didn't stop the boys from riding. They were pretty wet by the time they came in the cabin. Hunters dad (without consulting his mom) put Hunter on Levis other dirt bike. He did a GREAT job! Go Hunter! Well....until he ran into a barbed wire fence. He scratched his hand and his belly, but thankfully nothing major. It chewed up the throttle cable on the dirt bike. He really did a good job for it being his first time on a dirt bike. We took the kids fishing Sunday morning.....with NO luck. All in all it was a blast. Thanks Katie and Lloyd!

Levi sitting on the fireplace.



Levi on his dirt bike...the red dirt bike is the one Hunter rode.

Shaydee and Luke Duke eating Gogurts on the porch.


Hunter on his 4-wheeler.....its not that great of a picture.


Levi on his dirt bike and Luke Dukes bum....he had to go "pee"




The guys would shoot there bows off the porch.

28

As most of you know Pete had a birthday and he turned 28. He is getting sooo old! We love him to pieces and usually do a really good job of spoiling him. This year he drew out for the bow hunt, but he didn't have a bow so guess what he got for his birthday....thats right....a bow. He really enjoys shooting at targets so I am sure he will enjoy hunting with it. Pete had to work on his birthday, so me and the kids spent the day trying to make it special for him when he got home. The kids made Pete some cute animal balloons and we made him a sign and hung it on the garage. I made Pete a cute cake, and we made chicken enchiladas for dinner. Well Pete walks in the door and asks me what the duct tape is on the garage for...OOPS! Our sign blew away before Pete had a chance to see it. Damn wind! He really enjoyed the balloon animals that the kids made, and he got a kick out of his cake. He is so easy to please and I am really grateful that he is my husband. Happy Birthday Baby! We Love You!!

Pete was so tired, he only got 4 hours of sleep the night before. So he slept through most of his birthday celebrations. He did wake up (I had to wake him up twice) for dinner and for this picture. We didn't eat his cake until the next day.

You know you are the son of a mechanic when....

Hunter and Shaydee got up early early this morning to go with there Mema (thats my mom) to go visit family in Salt Lake and go to the Zoo, Aquarium, and whatever else. Pete and I went back to bed. At about 9:30 am my mom calls to tell me a story. She said that after driving for a few hours, they stop and have a potty break and stretch there legs. On there way back to the car Hunter stops and looks at it. He looks at the front tire, then the back tire, then the front tire again. Then he says "Grandma...I mean Mema....I think your tire is low" HAHAHA! If that isn't the son of a mechanic. I laughed so hard....Pete got a pretty good chuckle out of it too.

Keepin up with the Joneses

Well....I've come to conclude that my last name is Leavitt. Which means that I will never EVER have the nicest or the bestest or the hottest or the fastest or the neatest (you get the idea) of MOST THINGS. And guess what......I've decided that its OK. I have things that the Joneses can never possess so THERE! I have a great family who I love to spend time with, but this blog is really about my husband. Someone I love who is the VERY BEST! Pete and I decided that we wanted me to stay home as much as possible with our kids while they are growing up. We knew this would decrease our income and that we would have to make certain sacrifices.... WELL.....SOME DAYS I HATE IT!!! I love my kids, and I love being with them....but I hate it when my husband wants something and I can't just run out and buy it. Pete works his tail end off to provide for our family. He gets up early and goes to bed late. He comes home from work willing to help with dinner, the kids, or anything else I ask. He walks in the door almost everyday with a Pepsi or Icee for me. He is NEVER ornery. I wish that I could conjure up money any time we needed it, but as we all know it doesn't grow on trees. I do the finances in our family, and so when we have wants that we can't afford its me that stresses and gets upset. It's always Pete that tells me its going to be okay and that we will figure it out. I love this man and I am so grateful that he is MY husband. I LOVE YOU BABY!!

Graduation!

Hunter graduated preschool today. They had there graduation early this year because there preschool teacher is having a baby and is due any day. It was a really cute program and Pete and I are very proud of our BIG boy. I have mixed feelings as a mom about my little boy growing up. I enjoy watching him learn and grow, but his independance is scary too. Hunter has acomplished alot in the last year. He can now ride his pedal bike without training wheels, something he just decided to do one day....all by himself. He writes his name, knows his phone #, days of the week, his alphabet (in sign laguage too) and he has also started taking on new responsabilities. He now feeds and waters our dog and cat, he empties the dryer, hauls out the garbage, puts away his folded clothes, makes his bed.....and anything else mom needs his help with. He is my little helper and I would be lost without him. He is a good big brother and a great son. We love him tons!

I went to bed and......

After everyone goes to sleep at my house, I usually stay up and read. I stayed up the other night and at about 10:30 decided it was time for bed. As I was walking out of the living room I flipped off the light switch but then instantly flipped it back on...I saw something.....

Shaydee had apparently decided that she wanted to come down stairs after Pete went to bed.....She didn't quite make it all the way to the bottom. I snuck up stairs, woke Pete up, and made him go look at her. She is sooo cute.

Mail Drop!

We had so much fun 4-wheelin Easter weekend we decided to go again. We went with my outlaws and our great friend Brian and his son Branson. We decided to ride to the mail drop, but we made a few side excursions also. We went to the "warriors walkway" a trail that is lined out by rock, supposedly made by indians long ago...who knows.

Then onto the mail drop, it was a long way down... this canyon leads into Rockville. Can you imagine what your packages had to go through...no wonder they didn't have 1-800-flowers back in the day.

While at the mail drop Brian and Branson had some snacks...they shared =)


Brian caught Shaydee and Branson holding hands...too cute.
We also went to "the barracks" (i think that what they called it) where we saw more beautiful views. When we got back to the trucks the kids played on the 4-wheelers while the Rhinos were being loaded.

EASTER!

We had such a fun Easter weekend. We went to the Stratton picnic on Saturday and went for a 4-wheeler ride with some of Petes family. It wasn't a ride we had done before, and there were a few places I got off and walked (i was on back with pete). On one such instance, after watching everyone almost wheelie over with just one rider, I get off and start up the trail. Pete, riding the bike, waits for me to get up the trail a ways and then starts up the "scary stuff". Jessie, Petes cousin, had already ridden his 4-wheeler up the trail and he had gotten off and was facing Pete talking to me as I walk up. All of a sudden he gets this horrible look on his face and starts running in Petes direction....I am walking up the trail so my back was to pete, but I knew by the look on Jessies face that Pete was in trouble, my heart stops. I turn around and what do I see....Pete, breezing past the "scary stuff" and Jessie...laughing at me.

Sunday we spent the day, just Pete, me, and the kids. We got up, did the basket thing and colored easter eggs. Pete had to boil extra ones for me. Then we called my dad and barrowed his Rhino. We hooked up to the trailer and headed out for Bumblebee to go play in the snow...we get there and Pete realizes that the Rhino key isn't in the rhino. Grrrr....we go back to my dads house, pick up the key and headed back out to Bumblebee. We had such a blast. We were breakin trail real easy until we were on the way back. We got stuck in the snow twice, and Pete and I had to push while HUNTER drove..... (and as Shaydee tells it "cried"). He was pretty nervous about having to steer and push on the gas at the same time, but he did a great job.

HELP!!

I am seeking the help of the 5 people who follow my blog. I need you all to give me your top five recipes....I am so sick of cooking the same things all the time. Thank you for your help, and if you could please make sure your recipes do NOT contain: Tomatoes, Cream Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Stuffing, Vegies (except corn), Onion, Mushrooms, Peanut Butter, Peppers, anything hotter than ketchup, and most fruits. Side note; there are NO picky eaters at my house.

I'm Lost!

I am feeling totally lost without my kids this week. I let them go with Brenda (my mother in law) to visit April (my sister in law) for a week in Moab. I didn't know it was going to be this hard...I thought WAHOO! A whole week for me to sit around, be lazy, take a bubble bath, read my book,spend alone time with my hubby, or just do whatever. Well by day 3 I had accomplished everything I planned to do...and then some. I am so used to having to cook 3 meals, give the kids a bath, run Hunter to school, do the dishes, laundry, and everything else, that with all of this free time I am going crazy. I miss my kids and I feel like my whole world is gone. Luckily..THEY COME HOME TOMORRROW!!! PARTY!! I love my kids and am so blessed to have them, they bring joy to me everyday! Next week I will be blogging again about how CRAZY my kids make me. I'm so excited!

Tag Your It!

This is Pete at Knotts Berry Farm riding the Semi Truck Ride with Hunter and Levi



Here are the rules:
1. Go to the 4th folder where you keep your pictures on your computer.

2. Post the 4th picture in the folder.

3. Explain the photo.

4. Tag 4 fellow bloggers to join in the fun.

I tag...Jordan, Hopie, Brookie, and Charity.

HE LAUGHS AT ME!!!

My blog should be called "THE VENT", because all I do is wine....haha And today I am actaully tattle tailing on my son. As a mother I am beside myself, I just don't know what to do. I have had a day from #3!!. It started out like any other Thursday, I actually planned on having a fun day with my kids. We got up, had breakfast, fed the cat, and got ready to go to story time at the library. Hunter was WAY excited because I always take Shaydee while he is at school and so he has never got to go. Anyways, story time was great and afterwords I told the kids that if they were good I would take them to walk the bike trail after lunch. Well we get home and its 11:00, so I tell the kids that I will clean up the downstairs if they will get there rooms cleaned up. I clean the kitchen and I go check on the kids.....NO FREAKIN WAY! They had a "tea party" Ugh! Water all over there bathroom, all down the hall, and all over Shaydee's room. GRRR! So I proceed to tell the kids that since I already cleaned the kitchen and now I got to clean up a water mess that I wasn't feeding them ANYTHING until there rooms got picked up. So what does Hunter do....HE LAUGHS AT ME! I could kill him! I was sooo mad. He thinks that because he weighs 56 lbs that he can laugh at me! I proceed to ignore his laughing and go downstairs and clean the ENTIRE downstairs. Just as I finished Hunter walks downstairs whith a crap eatin grin on his face...he is covered in this foam packing crap (its like packing peanuts only WAYYY smaller) It sticks to everything. Oh, and don't worry he was up stairs tearing it up into millions of little pieces, and then he tracked it through my entire house!! Why me! The whole freakin time he is just happy as a clam. Oh, and did I mention Shaydee got into my scrapbooking glitter....and my eyeliner.... Needless to say...they didn't eat anything from breakfast until 8:00 at night after there dad got home and dealt with them.....I refused! I love my kids, I love my kids, I love my kids! AAAHHHH!

Blogging about Blogs!

I am officially done blogging....it is after ten and I have been sitting here for 2 hours trying to find the PERFECT blog background. 2 Hours?? Who honestly has that kind of time to waste? I have come to conclude that until I find the "perfect" background, I am DONE blogging! So if you know of any good background sights (backgrounds that actually fit my screen, its a little laptop) please feel free to inform me....I NEED HELP!

Our New Blog!

Ok...so here we go. Everyone I know is blogging these days, well practically everyone, well everyone who is anyone. Anyways, I decided to jump on this ship...which hopefully isn't sinking. We live an exciting life and since I KNOW you all want to read about it.....here it is. The End

p.s. If you have any tips or tricks to this blogging thing please feel free to share.