Love these girlies!!
look what I have to be proud of :0)
My good friend Jen hosted a Spa Day at Hands On in Twin. She invited my girls and I to participate in the day while having our hands and feet treated and picking some fun ceramic pieces to paint. We also had some yummy treats that Shandler kept stealing from my plate!! She thought I didn't know!! Hands On has several ceramic pieces to choose from along with hundreds of colors and items to decorate your piece. Shandler chose a hand mirror, Stormie a princess teapot and I chose a vase. We had a fun afternoon together even though the girls weren't thinking it was their idea of a thrill, they did enjoy the day. We giggled alot together and we now have some cool hand painted ceramics at our house!
One of the highlights of spring are these cute little pigs. Each year Kent and the girls pick out the perfect 4-H pigs to rasie for the fair in August. It takes a few months to get them ready and we start around April 15th or so. This is a highlight of the year. When we bring them home they run all around the pen avoiding any type of human contact, but by mid summer they let the kids scratch their backs and run to the fence to see if we may have a treat they can eat. Soon these little piggies begin to eat us out of house and home as they grow for fair week. The girls check on them daily since pigs can not run out of water, they also make sure their is always plenty of food for them to eat which helps them gain weight. We weigh the pigs a couple of times during the
This year Kent's oldest daughter, Kenna, turned 30. I made dinner for her and her family, lasagna is her favorite and we had cake. I made a crock pot chocolate cake but we had to have a cake to put 30 candles on too. Look how 30 candles glow!!!
Ray had this go-cart that his kids road on and he and Sayger rebuilt several parts of it. I had taken Sayger over to Auntie Brookes on several occasions and he and ray worked on it ( more Ray than Sayger-he needed several breaks). Once it was up and running, they delivered it to our house and Sayger began his terror of the neighborhood! He has driven that go-cart up and down the road 4000 times and has went through several tanks of gas!!! He is having a blast and is the envy of every little boy in the neighborhood!!! He has learned to skid to a stop, slide the back wheels in a turn and peel out slinging gravel as he goes!
While sitting together at the cheer competition a cheerleader from Boise came over to Stormie and wanted to know who she knew in Declo. This young lady said her grandmother lived in Declo so Stormie asked her who her grandma was she replied "Ruth Matthews." Stormie squealed and said "She's my aunt!!" Are you kidding me.... they began to visit and soon found out they were cousins. Stormie went and got Elizabeth and they posed for Kent. I think that was the best part of the entire competition for Stormie, she was thrilled to meet Ellie and find their family connection.
Performance Dinner
Enjoying a day at the pool!
Kristin!!
Our hotel!!!
The beach!!
The balcony!!
Headed to the poolside!
Welcome dinner
Kenneth and Kim...good friends!
Carol and Kristin
Territory Manager dinner
Rich and Kristin
Kent had an International meeting this year in Cancun, Mexico. It was fabulous!!! We stayed at a beautiful resort, The Moon Palace!! Each day the ladies and I would get up early and head out for an exercise walk on the beach, go to breakfast(all inclusive...the way to go) and get a spot by the pool! January is the greatest time to go to Mexico, the weather was in the mid 80"s every day and it was gorgeous!!! Kent had meetings during the day so us ladies would just lounge by the pool, swim to the bar area, get a drink, swim back and lounge some more. It was wonderful!!!
