Lady Antebellum

Last night, we took Macy to the see Lady Antebellum in concert at the Benton County Fair right up the road from us. Macy and I can sing all of their songs. It was so AWESOME! We were eight rows from the front and right in the middle. The crowd was huge. People came from all over Oregon and California to hear them and they put on such a great concert. I kept thinking how awesome it was for them to perform at such a small venue like the county fair when they are in the middle of touring with headliner Kenny Chesney. To me, it just shows how grounded they are and that they haven't forgotten where they started. I'm a serious fan for life now.

Afterwards, we waited around to meet them and to get their autographs. They took a little extra time with us, I think because we had Macy go first to meet them and they thought she was just beautiful. I shook all of their hands and blabbered on about how much I loved their concert and their music. What can I say....I'm a BIG, BIG fan!

Umm...yes, that is me holloring in the background! I'm like a teenage girl at her first concert. I just got so excited.

Macy was completely exhausted after the concert but she was so good. She wouldn't let us leave until she got to meet the singers. Now their autographed picture is hanging in her room.

Fourth of July Fun!

We had such a great time in Utah with my family. Here are some pictures of all of the Fourth of July Festivities.

The Hyrum Parade

My sister-in-law and good-looking brothers.

The sweet water slide my parents bought for all the grandkids. It was a blast!

Us girls saying good-bye. We always cry. Thanks for a great week even though it got a little crazy with all of our kids running around. It's always so good to come home and be together!

This picture is priceless. Another successful roadtrip
Summer 2009!

Something for Baby!

I had so much fun making this diaper cake for my sister-in-law's baby shower. I can't even believe how cute it turned out. I did a search on YouTube for instructions on how to make one and came up with this. I almost hated giving it away!


We had a great turn out for Heather's shower. It was so good to see so much family! Heather looked beautiful and received some great gifts. Now comes the hard part. Figuring out what to do with all that baby stuff and how it all works. Good Luck, Heather and Jason! You're going to be great parents!

Family Vacation....Cancun!

We've been a little spoiled this year taking two big vacations, first Hawaii and then Cancun, but apparently, our families have been waiting for us to get out of school so we could start playing. We are certainly not complaining. If there has ever been a year that we've needed two vacations...this has been it! This last trip to Cancun with Mark's family was the GREATEST vacation EVER! It was absolutely perfect. We left all the kids at home and did nothing but eat, sleep, and seriously laugh out loud. Mark's family is hilarious and they love nothing more than being together and telling funny, funny stories. We had a great, great time!

All of us hanging out on the beach! There were 13 of us total!

View from our hotel room at the Barcelo Maya Colonial Resort.

This is one of the restaurants we ate at every day. The resort was all-inclusive and yes...we ate...A LOT! I could not leave the soft-serve ice cream alone. It was DELICIOUS!

The food

Me, loving life on the beach! Everyone else read like 5 books. I read 100 pages. I seriously just vegged!

The entire family, plus Breanne, whom we love!

Phil and Dana, Mark's parents, who put this whole thing together.

The restaurants had a strict dress code for the men: NO SHORTS OR SANDALS but the women could wear whatever they wanted. Jason and Mark didn't pack any pants for the trip and had to taxi in to the city to buy some. They came back with these workout pants and wore them every night to dinner. It was the laughing joke. Apparently, you can look like a scrounge and eat at the restaurants as long as you are wearing pants and shoes.

The "Kids Table" as we called it. Mark's parents and the older sibling were next to us at the big table.

Cute Breanne and Syd.

The day at Tulum.

It was pouring rain the day we left which made it a little easier to leave.

Our last day in Cancun! Tan, happy and very much rested. Thanks, Mom & Dad, for watching our kids. I know they were loved to pieces!