MOTHER'S DAY AT THE PARK

MAY 13, 2012
I was naughty and went to lunch with Bill and Thera and the kids at IGGY's. Zach and Kell are so good and wouldn't go out to eat on Sunday but they met up with us at the park to spend time with Bill and the kids before they headed back to Vegas.

                                  This was our garbage can lid full of delicious appetizers!

                                                                    "Sisters"

                                                                Boston playin' at the park

                                                      Bill and Zach wrestling

                                                             The boys playing football

Bella lovin' Ashley

                                                             Boston wrestling with Mikell

                                                        Bill wrestling with Mason

                             I love these pictures of Bill, Zach and Boston walking! Cute boys!

CARRIAGE RIDE

We had a very long day with Ashley's shower, fishing and going out to dinner, so we were exhausted when Thera said she wanted to go on a CARRIAGE RIDE in SLC. But we went anyway and had a great time! Bill rented 2 carriages and we took a ride up MEMORY GROVE. It got freezing cold with the breeze and plus it was almost midnight when we finished our ride. But we had a great time!

                                         Zach and I snuggled in heavy blankets to stay warm!

                                                              Mason and Graham

                                   The carriage driver lady took this picture of us in our carriage

We took a pic of Bill and Thera and the kids as we passed them.

FANTASTIC FISHING!

Since Bill came in town and had the boys we all decided to go to PONDS PARK for some FISHING. I couldn't believe how fast they were CATCHING FISH! It was so fun and relaxing. Boston loved being OUTDOORS and they boys had a great time because they kept catching so many fish!

                                           Zach, Graham, Mason, Mikell and Boston

                                                      One of many of Mason's fish

                                                                     Zach

Graham with one of the many fish he caught

                                                                Bubsy and Kell

                                                       Grandma Suzie and Boston

                                                             Zach and Kell...they love fishing!

                                               Thera, Bill, Bella and Zander

                                            A little baby fish they had to hurry and release

Suzie and Bella...I love this girl!

                              Bill sharing his bread with a young boy. The kids loved feeding the ducks.

                                      Bubsy loved watching the huge gaggle of geese that came up to us!

Bella was thrilled when all of the baby geese walked up to her! 

ASHLEY'S FAMILY BRIDAL SHOWER

MAY 12, 2012
Mikell threw Ashley her first BRIDAL SHOWER! She worked her tail off to do all of the COOKING! She make homemade Cafe' Rio PORK SALADS. They were delish! Debbie was sweet to let us use her house for the event.

The ladies in attendance minus Christine, Maeli and Aunt Pat that came a little bit late.

 Brooke gave Ashley a casserole dish with her new name "Bastian" etched on it

 Ashley loved the big bows! Too bad Lytton wasn't here to kiss them out of her hair!

                                                                   Bella and Thera

The Three Besties: Tanner, Ashley and Anna...I love these girls!

Stacy was a nervous wreck holding the baby, but she is a natural!!

 The grandmothers: Shirley, the grandma, Mona, the step grandma, and Rena the great grandmother!

  The mothers: Thera the stepmother, Ash, Suzanne, the mother, and Christine, the mother-in-law

                                          Morgan, Diane and Brooke in deep conversation!

Bill stopped in when he drove Thera to the shower and

Grandma Shirley loves him!

Mona holding Baby Reese!

                                  Boston playing with his GREAT, GREAT GRANDMA!

Ashley was so happy that Cassie was able to stop by even though it was just for a few minutes!

ASHLEY & LYTTON'S ENGAGEMENT PICS

We have an awesome PHOTOGRAPHER and he takes a BAZILLION PICS and so its hard to choose just a few favorites. But here are some of mine:

SIETA DE MAYO

We wanted to celebrate Cinco De Mayo but Friday was my day off work so instead we CELEBRATED on Monday, May 7th.  We all brought stuff to make the best NACHOS!!  We have so much fun at work and if there is any reason to throw a PARTY, you bet we will!

Ok so this plate of nachos has nummy sweet pork, guacamole, jalapenos, cheese, sour cream, olives! Delish!

                                Marily, Amanda, and Yvonne making their plates of nachos!

Me and Amber taking our own photo...I suck at that!

NATURAL GAS SCARE

A few weeks ago I was sitting in my office when Lori came in and said, Can you smell that NATURAL GAS? At first I couldn't. She said, "Amber (who is pregnant), you need to get out of here!" All of a sudden I could smell it and so I stood up to get my purse out of my cupboard and I cannot explain the feeling that came over me! My head was SO heavy and my legs were heavy and I knew I had to get out right then! I honestly felt like I was not going to make it out of my office, let alone out of my building. I grabbed Amber and said,"Lets go! We need to get out of here now"!
     It's hard to describe the feeling that came over me but I was scared because it completely overtook me and I now know what it would feel like to be aphixiated! You know you need to get out but your body cannot respond quickly. So we ran out to the front of the building and in a few minutes the whole building was EVACUATED! We were evacuated for 1 1/2 hours. The workers fixing the road just East of our builiding (right out side of my window!) dug right into the gas line! Come to find out Blue Stakes were off by 4 feet!
     We were planning on having a luncheon anyway so some of our employees had gone to Applebees to get salads. When they got there we went and ate them in a banquet room at the CJC. It's a good thing because we couldn't get to any of our vehicles. They blocked off the whole block. We could hear the gas spurting out clear in front of the library and we could all hear when Questar finally got it turned off. My head hurt and I was SO NAUSEATED! After we were allowed back in I called mom on the phone to tell her we were back in when it hit me so hard again! I thought I was going to throw up! I ran outside again for FRESH AIR. Lori got really sick too and had to lay down. She was green! Our little office got it the worst and I worked the rest of the day in the other office. What a scare! That was the weirdest thing ever! Channel 2 wanted to do a live interview with me and Cyndi but we didn't dare too!
     I'm the SAFETY LADY for our dept. so I had to take roll of everyone so I decided to snap a photo of some of us waiting in front of the library until we got word when it was SAFE to come back in.