Are you kidding me?!

Okay, I saw this in the Kmart ad .....

Seriously?! It's like 18 inches off the ground. How overprotected would you have to be to purchase this for $70?

Catch Up

So it's like 1:30am Sunday morning, and I'm in the middle of baking a double batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for the Aaron's family's Family Home Evening (I know Jessica B. - you are totally salivating right now. Come over before 6pm today and I'll give you some - tell dear hubby that I forgot to make some without oatmeal *wink*) Anywho - so I thought I would catch you up. I'm going to start from yesterday and work myself backwards.

My mother, my sister, my (fingers-crossed) future sister-in-law Sara, Elle and Ashlee went and say Mama Mia today. I've never seen the musical, and was a tad ehhh on the movie because I'm not a big fan of Abba's music. LOVED THE MOVIE!! It was so fun and believe it or not the music was great. The theater we were in was filled with women and the would clap and cheer after each song. It was like being at a concert. It was really fun. I recommend it to my girlfriends.

Friday, Aaron had off so we decided to go do something fun with the girls. We went to the most amazing place that was absolutely a blast. We went to a place called Bounce U. I had heard about it before, and was like - whatever - then last week I was watching Jon and Kate Plus 8, and they took one of their kids there. I knew we had to go. Once we got there, the girls were a non-stop running, bouncing, having fun. It was so cool Aaron and I could join in on the fun, and Aaron turned back into an 8 year old. I found out you can book the place for private parties, so I booked if for my 30th birthday party in February, adults only. I know, I'm crazy, but I'm going to Bounce into my 30's!! Hurray!

Okay - I have no idea what this is called, so I called it Kerplunk, because it looked like that game I played when I was younger. They loved climbing up into it. They even got Aaron to join them.

So, do you seem my poor Elle cowering in the corner from her father with the ginormous boxing gloves? Yeah - feel free to call CPS on him.

Tiffany wasn't too found of the bouncers them self, but she love to watch everyone else having fun!

Last week I took the girls to Mighty Mud Mania over in Snotsdale.

Most kids look like this at the event:

My kids looked like this:

I thought that they would go all out an just get dirty and have a blast. WRONG. They all of a sudden became little prissies that gave me the looks of "Are you crazy? This totally is disgusting". Oh well, they did like playing in the sand and making sand castles.

So that's the update so far in life. School starts in a couple of weeks, remember that old Staples commercial where the dad is taking the kids school shopping and in the background the music is "It's the most wonderful time of the year" and he is dancing and jumping around with joy? I feel the exact same way.

The cookies are done - and I'm off to bed. Good Nite!!

Great Quote

So last night at mutual one of the girls read this quote from President Hinckley, and I fell in love with it. So much so that I've now ordered vinyl lettering of it to hang it up in my house.

"My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort."

"Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart."

Totally awesome quote!!! How different the world would be if we all lived our lives enjoying the sunlight and looking a little deeper for the good. Love it!!

Summer Time

So one of my best friends Becca Becca and her two boys stayed last week with us while on their two week party in Arizona. Aaron was happy to have some testosterone in the home, and the girls were happy having a friend to play with. Especially Tiffany. Case and Tiffany were due the same week, but we all know that she decided to bust into this world before the summer heat. So they are the same size. She loves him. Her first summer love. Anywho - they would crawl around and take and give toys to each other, and on the rare occasion that she would stick her fingers in his mouth, he would bite her. It was cute. When they left on Friday, she crawled around the house saying "baybaybaby" looking for Case. (Anything her size and smaller is a baby). It was so cute, and heartbreaking.

I love the summer rain. I love the monsoon. When we lived in Texas, it was one of the things I missed the most. They had amazing storms, (that I sometimes miss) but nothing like the monsoon. On Sunday I told Aaron that it was going to rain, and being the sceptic that he is, he brushed my comment aside. So I went and rolled up the window in the van "just in case". HA HA - I was right. It poured! The rain came from the street over the sidewalk, and a good 5 feet into our yard. The girls thought it was fun, especially Tiffany. She just watched it out the window, and got mad when we peeled her away to go to my parents.

Notice Aaron's wet shirt?! I didn't tell him I shut the windows - I figured I would let him go out and get wet. I'm mean - I know.

Fun Weekend

The Grand kids. (Guess who is the favorite and oldest of the bunch?)

I ask the question again - so why do we live in the valley of the sun? After visiting Eagar this weekend for my Hunt Family Reunion, Aaron and I decided that our goal is to live there within the next 18 months. We love the scenery, weather, and people every time we visit.

Okay - Reunion Time.

My mother is the oldest of 10 children, and every 5 years my grandma, her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren gather for our Hunt Reunion. It is a blast. We begin planning the next one, while the current one is still going on. I could write a whole novel about my crazy, and I emphasize the work CRAZY family, however, I will spare you and give you the key events.

We went to the parade, and watched your basic small town parade. The highlight was the military choppers flying overhead twice and being so low that you could see the pilots waving at us. Good thing they didn't drop candy - ouch!

We went horse back riding, quad riding, and hiking. It was great to be back up on a horse. How I miss it. My kids loved it too. Aaron and the girls took a liking to the quads and rode them at every chance. Elle hiked with my father and other family members up to Peg Leg's Cave. It was fun. The hike wasn't too bad, it was getting to the cave that was hard. The ground was soft, and you had to walk beside the mountain real close. This wouldn't be an issue, except that the rocks would come out when you held them to keep from falling. Needless to say, Elle went into the cave and loved it!!

We had a "battle of the bands" where each family performed. Our family one - hurray. We made instruments out of PVC pipes and had glow sticks, and pretended to be the Blue Man Group. The best part is when we shouted "More Cowbell" and Julia's hubby came out tight shirt and all and did the cowbell. It was great. I will have Aaron upload this video.

The girls had a blast with all the cousins. They chased each other, they bounced on the trampoline, they did crafts, they played in the little stream, swam, and they just were kids. It was so nice to see them have fun and be kids.

We had those amazing afternoon thundershowers that just cleaned the air and brought the temperature down. Ahhh - it was so refreshing, we didn't want to leave. So hopefully, in 18 months, I will be posting pictures of my new home in Eagar, Arizona!!

P.S. We got our A/C fixed the next day - THANK YOU BRO. PEAVLER!!!