Tribute to My Mother!

My mother...
She was my shining example
Of strength and compassion
Of honor and love
I was grateful to call her "Mom"
She made me proud
She wasn't only my mother

She was my dear friend
My mother had great strength
And she was wise...
I always knew I could draw from her strength
Whenever I needed it
It gave me the courage to grow up and take risks
To experience life's successes...
And a few of its failures
Mother's compassion for others was so deep!
She looked for the need and she filled it
She treated others with kindness and respect
And many lives were blessed through her goodness..."

Love you mom and miss you!

After Prom Girl Pictures

Taylor, Amanda, and Talia. These pictures are done at Amanda's house in Fairveiw, Idaho. They turned out really cute. They had a lot of fun taking these pictures.

Preparing for the Prom!

Dress $***.**

Shoes $20

Nails  $30.00

Hair  $50.

 On Prom night, a gorgeous sixteen year old, priceless!

Thursday I took the girls and we went into Logan with some friends. We did our nails and shopped. Girly things.We got some shoes for Taylor and jewelry.

Saturday, was Prom Night. Ryan came and picked Taylor up at about 11:00 am for their day date. I don't remember ever doing a day date when I went to the prom. That is usually when we did our nails, hair, makeup, etc. Boy times have changed. Anyway, Ryan took her skeet shooting. What a date. She had alot of fun. She hit the skeet on the first try.

She came home from skeet shooting, and the dressing up started. A friend of mine's daughter, Cash, came over and did her hair. Thanks so much for Cash. She is nine months pregnant and she still came over and did her hair. She looked beautiful. We made Ryan wait for about ten minutes. Taylor still had some makeup to put on and her dress. She is a beautiful princess. They looked real cute together. 

Updates!

Well it has been awhile since I have done any writing on my blog. So, here it goes. We have been busy. Or should I say Taylor has been busy since State Competition. The rest of us have taken it easy. Taylor got to rest over spring break, then when school was back in session, tryouts started for Cheer. They really put those girls thru alot of practices. At times she wouldn't get home until eight o'clock at night. They finally ended Thursday night. She did her tryout in front of the judges Thursday night. She didn't get home until almost 11pm. She said the tryouts were long. The school holds a dance the next night to let everyone know who made it for the exect council for next year and who made the Cheer Squad. So Taylor will spend her Junior, yes Junior year as a Cheerleader. We are so prooud. She scored up in top 5 in points. Very proud of her hard work. So needless to say her summer will be filled with parades, practices, and camps. She will be busy.

The rest of us have just been doing the normal thing. The three younger kids started swimming lessons at the gym. Devin enjoys it, except he doesn't like to put his face into the water.

Easter was a nice day. We did our traditional egg coloring the day before. Then on Easter Sunday we just kind of relaxed and enjoyed the day. Didn't do awhole lot. Did take some pictures of the kids. We had a bombfire out in the back yard. That is always alot of fun. We even got to burn Jack Jr. at the stake. (Scarecrow).

Trip Home from Boise!

The trip home was a lot of fun. We decided to take the scenic route home from Boise. So we went to Idaho City, Ketchum, Sun Valley, Shoshonne Falls, and then home. Saw a lot of beautiful land, some animals, like Elk and a Snow Fox. We took a lot of pictures. These are just some of them. There is a lot of pretty land here in Idaho. It was fun to taking our time getting home. Enjoyed the weekend.