Cedar Mountain 4th of July

We decided we would go to Cedar Mountain and Brain Head for the 4th this year.
We love the firework show that Brain Head puts on, it is worth going and freezing!

Kyle and the twins went to Marysvale to get the trailer Wednesday night. Grace, Josie, and I met them up the mountain Thursday morning.
From home to the trailer the temperature dropped 50*! We changed from our shorts into pants and jackets and didnt change back till we got home!

Ross and Wes met us up there for the weekend and I am so glad they did. We had alot of fun talking, laughing, and eating!

The girls love being up the mountain, they gathered wild flowers and butterfly's for hours!
Kyle picked out a really great place to camp, there was no one around us, almost to the end of a dead end road, and behind us was an amazing meadow! 

Grandma and Grandpa Leavitt got up there and had kites.
That kept the girls, Kyle, and Ross busy for a couple hours!

Luke and Sierra pulled there little treailer up for the weekend too.
Kaden, Laura, The girls, Vance, Teisha, and baby June rode up for a couple hours and had an amazing dinner with us!
Kyle took all the girls for a little ride on the 4-wheeler!

The guys played a game of extreme badminton and I wondered if they were going to have a heart attack from the difference elevation!
All of us desert rats couldn't go for a walk without getting out of breath and we all had head aches!

We decided to go for a ride up to a lookout.
When we went for a little walk, we found a cute horny toad. I think we all wanted to take it home!
Once we got to the lookout, there was a downpour!!!!!
We all hid in the truck till it calmed down a little!  But it rained and rained, it was the perfect time for a nap!

This year we went up to Brain Head a little earlier and walked around.
Penn chased down some people for cotton candy and glow necklaces!
We got a great spot to watch the fireworks, the only thing that would have made it better would have been a heater!

The fireworks didnt disappoint, They are a close 2nd to Disneyland! 

We had a great time, with great people, and great food!!! I cant wait for next year! 

Hiking

While Kyle was pig hunting, the girls and I went hiking with Amanda and her kids!
We packed a lunch, lots of water and set off to the hills!

It was alot of fun! The kids were dirty head to toe and even slid down a hill like a slide!
The girls looked homeless, but we were on vacation!

Phone pictures

I thought I'd update with something other than cancer sad updates!

I ate sushi and more sushi before starting chemo. Me and Kyle really like Yummy Sushi down on Lake Mead Blvd. It is the best stuff we ever have had.
Last time we ate there we had a kobe beef roll, it was amazing!

Trapping season is over, Kyle did good and now he just has to trade all his furs in, hes like a mountain man! The twins loved going with him, Alaynna really loved going with him. He left her twice and she cried both times.

Grace had dress up week at school for kindness week. I hate dress up days, way more work than they are worth.

I didnt get a picture of PJ day or rock star day. She looked cute for all of them!

She was also the BUG of the week, we did a poster and made her oreo truffles.

Kyle and I spend alot of time waiting at doctors offices together, he has been amazing the last few months. When I start getting down, he is always there to remind me of all the good we have in our lives.

This was the last girls night out, these two have been amazing at keeping things normal and the best sushi/sake partners ever!

a ride on Elvis

 While Kyle was hunting Steph called and said "get up here and ride Elvis"!

So we did, Grace thought it was the greatest thing that had ever happened to her and would really like it if she could have her own pony.

Kenadi was guiding them, I was hold cute little Taisly, and Stephanie was freaking out cause she did not want anyone to fall or get kicked!

Grace and Alaynna really liked riding him, but when Addison got on he started to gallop a little and she started to freak out a little!!

So Steph went to rescue her while I took pictures in case she fell off like a good mother would (haha)!!!

For some reason my children really like to walk right behind him, (within kicking distance) I guess we need to be around horses more often. Grandma and Grandpa Leavitt should get one and keep it at there house and feed it and we will just come and ride it!!!
 

Addison and Laityn are pretty good little friends, I pretty much love this picture of them!!!

We had a good time up riding the pony with them, Thanks for inviting us up Steph!!!!

Marysavle

Growing up in Marysvale i had 8 kids (i think) in my class through elementary school, we had a few move in then move out but out of those 8 Me and Steph were the only girls! We went to school together from Kindergarten till I unwillingly moved my senior year. We did everything together so it shouldnt be a surprise we married pretty much the same person and both ended up with 3 girls!
I still love that when i talk to Steph we are usually going through the same sort of stuff and I love that our kids are so close in age!
She just had her 3rd little girl and it has been killing me that i hadn't meet her yet, so i loaded the girls up and we left for Marysvale!

It was so great to see her and the girls, the one thing i said i was going to do was get a picture of us with our 6 girls!!! Kyle got me a tripod and I have a remote so now i have no excuse not to get pictures!

For having 6 kids 4 to newborn i think we did pretty good!
I am pretty in love with Taisley and i am pretty sure she is in love with me too!!!
The girls were pretty much in heaven with Kenadi and Laityn and we made a huge mess of Steph clean house, but i think she will forgive us!!!
I cant wait to get back down there and see them again!

I was in the picture taking mode so i got one with my Grandma and Grandpa Ciserella!!

And after my Grandpa got all pretty up'd and combed his hair i got one of them with us too!!

I coudnt believe how much water was in the river and how much snow was still in the mountains, I am pretty sure there is going to be some major flooding up that way.

The twins were in need of a nap so we loaded up and went for a ride, Grace was telling me everything to take pictures of and she thought it was pretty fun cause she got to sit in the front seat and hang her head out the window!
She would live in Marysvale if we would let her, she is so happy when we are there! 

For being so good when we were taking pictures Steph gave all the kids Popsicles, they were all pretty happy about that! As you can see the twins could have used a few more hours of nap time!

Grace was excited to see the baby and when she got to hold her she thought she was pretty special!!

Addison, Alaynna and Laityn are only about 6 months apart so they played really good together!

Miss Kenadi didnt really know what to think about me so had to sneak taking this picture! Every time i would point it at her she would slowly turn her head away from me!
That just means i dont see them near enough and am going to have to change that! 

It was cold there till Thursday, but we had to go out and play with Gus before we left, Alaynna really likes him and he really likes her!

We had a great little trip down there, it was the first one i had taken by myself with all 3 girls and we survived and had a good enough time that i would probably do it again this next week if little Grace didnt have school and dance class!!