The Dirty Dash

Tyler workin' the old man shorts

The shower was so rigidly, icy, and any word in relation to the word cold!

Happy Birthday Mason!!

Gotta love Photobooth!

School Fun Run5k
We had s 5k today at the kids school. It was actually fun! I always say the the words fun and run shouldn't be in the same sentence, but today it would apply. Burke ran with his class and he did great!! He took off and I didn't seem him again. Ellie at most of the race, but Bradley ran a bunch. He was so cute. It was a really fun activity. Oh, Ash was at preschool so that is whay he wasn't there.

May Birthday Celebration
On Saturday we had everyone over for cake and ice cream to celebrate the May birthday's. We missed mom greatly but I made her a big cupcake as if she were here. We also just got a trampoline on Saturday and the kids had a ball! Mason loved it!!

Our birthday kids are Ash, Lily, Brad, and Mason. They each got their own big cupcake and the other kids got regular sized ones. We lucked out with the weather as it was sunny in between days and weeks of rain.

Dad and I loved the California pictures. Our only complaint is that there wasn't one of Emily. The kids looked like they were having a ball and Rick looked like he was freezing in the water! Thank you Mandi for you sweet post. All of you cherish those sweet times with your little ones. They really are over before you know it. Molly thank you for keeping the blog going. I know we don't post on it real often but Dad and I love seeing what is posted when you all do put items on. As Nacho would says, "It's the best!"

As you know my birthday and Mother's day are fast approaching. So, tonight I ordered a new iPad 2 for these two events. Eat your hearts out! On the back of the iPad you can get free engraving. I put my name and phone number on the first line. On the second line I put, "My life is good. Really good! I meant what I said.

Thank you to each and everyone of you for making me so happy. I'm sure I'm the most blessed woman alive, not Mandi. Life just gets better and better if you keep the commandments. We really will make it through all our trials and land in heaven together if we just endure cheerfully to the end. Mom

I Loved your post Molly! and I loved seeing all the awesome pics of the Ables fun vacation and it made me want to post something I was feeling and thinking about. Tonight I came home from work and it was late and I was so Tired but Josie wanted me to read her a story. So me and Josie and mason all gathered on my bed and read a couple books, they both surprisingly listened intently and then I sang a few primary songs while Josie lay next to me and Mason on me and they both fell asleep, and I realized i'm probably the luckiest person alive. Even though I was totally exhausted It was such a blessing. I sang I love to see the Temple to them and was overwhelmed with gratitude that I get to be sealed to these beautiful little spirits for eternity and felt humbled that the Lord would allow them to come to our family. We are so blessed to have the gospel in our lives, and eternal families. Love you all!

Spring Break
Here are some of my favorite pics from our trip to Newport Beach. I'm sorry there are so many. After I got started I realized it was a little over kill, but I had to keep posting!! So you all know we only went to Disney one day- this is a change for us and it was awesome!! We spent most of our time on the beach and it was the bomb!!

Pinewood Derby
The boys love the pinewood derby! They look forward to it every year. This was Burke's first year as a scout and he was so,so excited!! They worked on their cars for a couple of weeks and they turned out great! Ricky cut them out, but the boys sanded and painted them on their own. Burke made a tank and Brax made a Semi. They both race well and it was fun to watch them race!