Park City With The Girls!

This weekend all my best gal pals went to Park City to kick off some school shopping and to have some girl fun! Lindsey scored us an awesome Condo! (Thanks so much!) We had fun relaxing in the hot tub and chatting until the middle of the night! We really had a good time!



I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful circle of friends! We all have such a good time together and I love spending time with them! They really make life fun!

Park City Weekend

This weekend my gal pals and I all went to Park City to kick off our school shopping and to have some fun! Lindsey scored us an awesome condo! We had fun shopping, eating Mexican for every meal, and playing around! We spent the night sitting in the hot tub and visiting until the middle of the night! You can get all the details off Weeza's blog!

State Ball Tournament

Payton participated in his first State Baseball Tourney. We had a long couple of days up in Lehi as he participated. Payton got some good hits and made some great catches. I really love sitting there at the games, I think back to when I was a kid and softball was something I looked forward to every summer!

Payton was lucky enough this year to have my Uncle Doug coach him. I'm so glad for that! Doug is a wonderful example to the kids he coaches. John Koyle (a relative through marriage) also coached and I was very impressed! Thanks to them! It was a wonderful year for Payton and us!

Helping Daddy in the Yard

Our little boys are so proud to help Daddy haul rocks in their Rhino. It really did help him out! They were so excited to load up in the front yard... cruise around to the backyard and dump them out! So cute!

Weekend at Uncle Ed's House

We've had a crazy last week! Last Friday we headed up to Tooele to see Mike's brother, Ed and his family. He needed some help pouring some concrete... so it was a good excuse to go visit him and his family. We arrived late Friday and they treated us to some Mexican food. Which happens to be my favorite! After dinner we let the kids play around with the foozeball machine. (Is that how you spell it?) In the morning the boys worked on the concrete... I sat and watched them. Then we drove home later that afternoon. It was fun for the kids to see their cousins!

Memories of Me

So, I've seen this on a few blogs and I thought it would be fun. See the instructions below. Remember that my parents read this... so leave nice memories!!!!

This will be fun especially if everyone and I do mean EVERYONE will join in!This is just too fun to pass up.Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember, good or bad but be nice please! ;)

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Come on all my blog followers... I want to post some about you, let's see this on your blog!!!

My Baby Turns NiNe!

{One of my favorite pictures of Payton. He always did the perfect thing for the camera! What a sweetheart!}

June 30th, 1999 had to be the best day of my life. The day I became a mother to a perfect little baby boy. We planned on naming this little baby Tate. But, for some reason the moment they placed him in my arms I uttered... "He's not a Tate, he's a Payton.". Then I looked at Mike and said, "Where did that come from????" Payton??? Never even considered it for a boy! So, after a 3 day hospital stay and much contemplating about his name, we signed his official papers 2 minutes before we walked out and I went with the feeling that his name was meant to be Payton... and I'm not sure why!

{ Payton's first day of Kindergarten. A very emotional day for me! My baby left the house everyday for the first time! }

Payton has been a complete joy! For 5 years he was our only child and our lives revolved around this little guy. I found myself smiling at him and almost welling up with tears all of the time as he did exact gestures and things that I did when I was a kid. My dad always called him, "Boy Angie". He really was! He looked just like me when I was kid! His mannerisms were exactly the same! Now, he's starting to show more traits of Mike, but for a while there he was my clone!

{Payton meeting Andre Kirilenko. One of his idols. Although, I keep telling him that Korver is way better looking! Haha!}

I can't believe it's been 9 years! I'm sad that he's halfway to being an adult and I'm halfway done raising him! I hope the next 9 years will be as wonderful as the first 9 years. I look forward to knowing him as a teenager and eventually as a man and dad himself. He's a special kid and we love him so much!

{Me and My Perfect Little Payton}

9 Reasons I LOVE Payton!

1. He's a pleaser. He really wants to make everyone happy and to always do what's right.

2. He's very responsible. I can trust Payton to do things that I wouldn't ask most 14-year-olds. He really has a good sense of judgement and is very responsible.

3. He is an awesome big brother to his two little brothers. He loves them and although he can tease them relentlessly... he really takes care of them.

4. He's a good student. I don't mean just grades. He's smart as a whip. But, I never have to worry about him getting into trouble at school. His teachers always tell me how he is the perfect student. That makes me so proud!

5. I love how Payton is just like me! It's funny, he didn't know me as a kid... but he does the EXACT things I used to. For example: His teacher told me that he always does his math work a day ahead. Then the next day he can pull out his book and say, "I'm done!". I laughed when she told me. I told her, "I used to do the same thing!". We have so many quirks about us that are identical!

6. I love that Payton has such a sensitive spirit. He really is special. I have many journal entries about things he's said as a young child that have confirmed my testimony. I feel blessed that I have been trusted to be his mother. Not sure why... but I feel blessed!

7. Payton is fun. He really is a fun kid. He enjoys life and looks forward to each day.

8. I love that Payton is a good role model in our family. Not only for his brothers, but for his parents. He's always reminding us to do prayers and kindly reprimanding us when we use colorful language! We admire him in so many ways!

9. I love Payton because he's mine! I think he's the neatest 9-year-old on Earth! I couldn't have picked a more perfect son!