AMERICAN IDOL

The highlight of my summer! Maybe even my life!! Ha ha. For those of you who know of my love "or obsession some may call it" for David Cook, this concert was the best thing ever!! This is one of my very best friends Jamie. She and I are die hard American Idol lovers. She instantly loved Michael Johns and I from day one loved David Cook. We never missed a show. So as soon as we found out the tour was coming to SLC, we bought tickets. I got a sitter and she took work off and we made a whole day of it. We went shopping, got our makeup done, went to dinner, and off we went to the best concert EVER!!!! We were decked to the 9's and we had the time of our lives!!
"no pun intended" Ha Ha.

My Man!!

Yes there he is!! Isn't he gorgeous! After the concert we found out the idols would come out and sign autographs. So of course we waited. We only met two, the first night. I also found out that the next day if I came back up to the E Center at 1pm they would be back signing again. So I packed up the kids and off we went. We waited 3 1/2 hours in the heat, but YES it was worth it. We were 1st in line for everyone that came out. We got our pictures with everyone of them and their autographs. We met Jamie's boyfriend, Michael Johns. My kids told me I made a fool out of myself. But it must have been worth it because I got him to talk to Jamie on my phone and then got myself on the news!! It was INCREDIBLE!!!

What a STUD!!!

Jamie loves him!!
He was so willing to oblige our wishes!!

She was so shy, but so excited!

Even though I am not in this picture, this one is my favorite! Jaxon is always pulling goofy faces when we take his picture, but in this one he is adorable. Well they both are!!

OH MY!!

I went with my friend Kali the 2nd night and you would think she was one with the die hard crush! She wasn't even a AI watcher. But she paved the way for me to get a bear hug from my boyfriend!

THE BEST FOR LAST!!

I LOVE HIM!! I told him his future wife and stepchildren were waiting for him. Ha Ha! And Yes, Corby knows of my obsession and is perfectly ok with it. I just love him! He is amazing when he performs, SEXY!! Yeah I am borderline stalker. So watch out David Cook. I felt like a teenager again. My kids had so much fun, and they got to see their mom be crazy and have a great time!

Jax turned 9!!

Jaxon's favorite present was a Boston hat and a keychain! He and Colbi both were able to take their friends to the pool for a party.

Colbi's 7th B-day

Colbi turned 7!! She spent it out camping.
She wasn't thrilled about it but it turned out
to be a great b-day.

FREEDOM RUN!

My second 10k in 3 weeks. Agghh!
I have developed such a love for running.
I promised myself I would do a few races this
summer so two down and at least a few more
to go. I finished this one in 1hr 1min 58 sec.
This course had more hills than the previous one.
It was wonderful! I passed Corby and the kids along
the parade route and my mom and Brent were
waiting for me at the finish line!

Camping on the 4th!

We finally made out camping! We had such a good time. The weather was so beautiful! The kids just go, go, go! The 4 wheeler never stops from sun up until sun down. They love it. So do we.

I have become a runner!! One of my very best friends ran the Crack of Dawn 10k with me on June 7th. It was supposed to be a beautiful sunny morning. But as we all know, June was rainy, cold and sometimes snowy. So we ran in the cold. We finished in exactly 60 minutes. WOW!! I was so proud, especially because this time my husband didn't miss me at the finish line.

I decided to pack up my kids and take them on an adventure. Jeff and Taryn both live in California now so Spring Break is here and off we went to visit. We left on Thurs. April 10th and set out for Primm NV. We got a dvd player for Christmas from our good friends so I didn't even hear from them until we hit St. George. Poor Grandpa Leroy and Grandma Angie, who met us for lunch. The kids talked their ears off. It was good to see them too. We got back in the car and headed for Primm. The next morning we got up early and headed for Jeffrey's. We arrived about 1pm, the kids were so good but they had had it! The next morning we again got up early and headed north for Santa Barbara to spend the 4 days with Taryn and her kids. It was fabulous. I hope you enjoy some of our pictures. We spent close to 27 hours driving 1700 + miles. I am still sane and my kids survived!! I had a great time. I hope my kids did!

Colbi played in the water too, but we know whose daughter she is and she soaked up the sun!

Damon was so nervous at first, but with a little help from Syd's brother, he soon learned how much fun he could have.

Jaxon didn't want to come to the beach at first, but when we got there he didn't get out of the water the entire time we were there. He body surfed for almost 2 hours. He caught a pretty good wave here!!

Our first stop in California was to Uncle Jeff and Aunt Syd's in Oceanside. They brought us to the beach in Carlsbad, which is beautiful and the temp was in the high 70's, PERFECT!! Then we had to stop in at the Pizza Port, my favorite!! It was so good to see them, I miss them so much!!!

These kids were so excited to be all together again!!
They were counting down the minutes until their arrival at Aunt Tar's.

Damon was getting tired from all the swimming. We got to Taryn's at 11am on Sat. April 12th and didn't get out of the pool until 430pm.

This was our first night coming to the beach. It was only about a 5 minute walk from
Taryn's apartment. We were already having so much fun!!

This is just one of the many sand crabs the kids found on the beach. They were so excited. They had to call their dad everytime they found one, as if it were the first. Colbi even thought she was going to bring hers home.

Taryn and I and our girls! And Damon of course. It was so good to be with my sister again!
I miss her SO much!! But California obviously agrees with her! I'll just have to visit more!

This is our crew, after spending almost 6 hours on the beach. They were great!
They walked up and down the beach, played in the water, and looked for sea creatures!!

This is the view from the hill just above where
my great-grandparents are buried in the
Santa Barbara City Cemetary. I brought the kids
here to see this amazing view. What a sight!!
I remember coming here when I was just 7 for
my great-grandmothers funeral.

We came back to Mesquite for the last 2 days of our journey. I just wanted to sit
in the sun and let the kids swim. My friend Alisha met me there with her 2 kids.
We had a great time. The kids swam for 6 hours that day. They loved it. Me too!!
It was snowing at home.