Is it just me??

Is it just me, or is everyones lives getting busier all the time? It seems like I never have time to get all the things done that I want to in a day. Today is my day off and I had a long wish list of things that I wanted to get done. Clean house, do laundry, get the car serviced, get a haircut, go to the library, take Brooke to the Dr., mow the front yard, etc. (Most of the time it seems like I work harder on my day off than when I'm at work!) Anyway, after the kids were gone to school I decided to make my breakfast. While my french toast was cooking I sat down to check my Netflix que...then I looked at a couple of blogs...then I looked to see if I had new e-mail. Then I realized.....when I smelled something.....that my french toast was burning away. Obviously my attempt to get a few things done while I was making breakfast didn't turn out too well! I guess I better just try and stick to doing one thing at a time, especially when it comes to cooking! (Hopefully Dave doesn't see this post, he hates it when I try and multi-task while I am cooking. This isn't the first, and more than likely won't be the last time something gets burned.)

I'm sure that most women would agree with me that there is just too much going on in our heads to keep track of everything.....or is it just me??

Graduation

We made it!! The day we have all been waiting for all year finally came. The were more than a few days when none of us thought we would make it. But, everything came together in the end and we are very proud of Brittney for graduating. We decided to have some of our family and friends over for a pre-graduation get together. We spent lots of time outside getting pictures of Brittney with everyone. Lindsay, Brooke and Britt

Britt with her two cousins..Braquel and Taylor

Even Ellie got to come to the graduation!

Taylor, McKenna and Dave

Me, Marcy, and Tonia

My dad and Brooke

We had finger foods and snacks until it was time for Colton and Brittney to go to the school. We all decided to go early so we could get a good seat.

Braquel, me and Danelle....check out Dave in the background!

Amber (Cory's girlfriend), Cory and Brooke


The graduation was actually not bad at all. The speeches were all short and to the point. Colton was the salutorian and his speech was really good. There wasn't a key note speaker so it didn't drag on and on. I only teared up once (I know, can you believe it) during the slide show...each senior had a baby picture, a senior picture, a quote and their signature. It was definately my favorite part.

Colton and Brittney...

WOO HOO! I can't believe eighteen years have gone by so fast, it seems like she just started kindergarten and here she is with her cap and gown. Good job Britt...we love you.

WE ROCK!!!!

We had so much fun at the 80's prom last year that this year we had an "80's hair band party" for Troy's birthday. I had to work the day Dave went shopping for our outfits so Jen and Marcy helped him out. They picked out my whole outfit together and I have to say that they did a really good job. We met at the Jensen house to get ready together which was a little crazy because we were in a big hurry, but fun. (Dave looked AWESOME..he should have been in a band!) Then we loaded up and headed to The Turf Club.

Ready to rock!!

Abbie, Troy and I. Abbie and I ended up wearing the same shirt and tights, just different colors. (I was going to say that great minds think alike, but then I remembered that I didn't pick them out...dang it)

The groupies

Nikki Sixx, Slash, Axel Rose

Clyde and Becky looking good.

Sarah and Heather looking very 80's

We had so much fun at the party. It was a really fun theme, and almost everyone dressed up. We danced all night until they kicked us out.

Dave was pretty tired by the end of the night. He did say though that he was ready to go dancing again soon because he had so much fun. Thanks Jensens for such a fun party....it's our turn next year!

Track Stars

Both Lindsay and Brooke took track this year. I'm not sure Brooke really liked it, but she did appreciate all the excersize. We were inspired by Colton not drinking pop all during basketball season, so we decided that during spring volleyball and track we would not drink pop. It was actually not as bad as we thought, and we have cut way back on our pop drinking even after track was over. I am not a big fan of track meets...I think track is the least fun spectator sport! I think it's mainly because it always seems to be freezing at track meets! I took the camera to their last meet to get some pictures, but my batteries quit after just these three photos. (Luckily my mom was there and she took a bunch for us...thanks mom) When I got to Kimberly it started raining...all the kids got back on the buses. It quit raining so they started again, then it started hailing. This time they just kept on going. It was COLD. Brooke did the discus, the long jump, the 100, and the 200. Lindsay did the long jump, the 200 and two relays.

BRRRRRR!!

My mom and Jeff came because my girls and my neice Mikayla were all running that day. Lindsay and Mikayla ended up running the same leg of the same relay against each other which we thought was really funny. Our biggest laugh though was at Brooke. As she was running the 200 she kept looking at the other runners. When I told her not to look at other people and just run her fastest she explained to me that she had to look at them so she could see if she was last. If she was last she would run her fastest, if not she would just run hard!!

Stairs

Two years after we built the add on we finally have "real" stairs out of the back door!! Troy brought his equipment so he could help us get this project done. Troy is really good at what he does and we were so glad to have him, Jen, Marcy and Perry there to help us. Perry and Dave carried all the wood

The girls supervised the work!

We decided that we would all sign the concrete before we covered it up.

Dave and Perry were taking bolts off with little tiny wrenches....Jen had to show them how a professional does it!!

At the end Troy let all of us have a turn putting in some nails

Even Lindsay came out and got in on the action.

In an amazingly short time our stairs were finished. We are so lucky to have such awesome friends that would give up their Sunday morning to come and help us. Thanks guys...we love you.

Night in the Desert

We went to the desert outside of Gooding one night to hang out and have some fun. Just getting there was an adventure because the road is very rutted and the sun was just going down so we couldn't really see the road that well. Once we got there we built a big bonfire, hit golf balls (and almost a golf club!) into the lake, roasted hot dogs, lit fireworks, and danced. After a stressful week it was fun to just relax and let loose a little bit. My only problem with the night was at the end when I was running to get in the truck and I tripped over a railroad tie and fell flat on my face! The whole rowdy group

"Six pack is where it's at"

The girls

Easter

We decided to go to Burley for Easter this year. Lindsay wanted to fly kites so we walked from Tonia's house down to the Heyburn Elementary School. Lindsay has a six foot kite and we got that up pretty easily. We weren't as successful with our other kite. We could get it up, but only for a few seconds and then it would fall. All of us took turns running with it and trying to get it to stay up. We never could get it to work so the kids made up a game where they would go out in the grass under the kite and then try to not get hit when the kite dive bombed to the ground! It was great entertainment!! Jake almost got hit several times. The funniest thing of the day though was when Dave was running with the kite and tripped right over the cement guard around the swings and fell into the gravel! Lindsay and Jacob

Diane, Dave, Tonia

Taylor and Brittney playing tetherball