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aimee's big bachorlette bash!

my friend aimee has found love and is actually getting married on my birthday. this was her last night out on the town as a single girl! we started out the night out at the ocean clubthere were about 17 of us and we had so much fun enjoying all the fun stories about when we all first met aimee or just some great stories. we also enjoyed some very yummy food i've only ate there one time before & have craved it ever since!

then we ended up at the new w hotel that just opened in scottsdale, it's very nice we ended up hanging out on the lounge chairs by the pool. we also took lots of pictures. we sat & talked a lot....if anyone knows aimee she can talk. i just want to wish aimee the best of luck & i want her to know i love her & that i know she'll make the best wife.

stacey,paige,helen,katie,aimee,stacey,abby,ali,erin&amber

11 PAIGE,AIMEE,&STACEY

the whole group!

quick trip

this weekend we went up to show low for rex's parents 45th anniversary party. they have just recently bought land up there & they've had the older kids up to visit, but we hadn't been up yet. they are there a lot in fact tatum said today why aren't grandma & grandpa ever here? it's there dream to be back there & now that they are both retired they are able to go back & forth whenever they like.
i didn't take one picture sorry, but we had such a fun time seeing a bunch of family that we usually don't see. it was fun hanging out playing games, letting the kids run wild....they were so dirty! the best part was riding on the quads they were fighting to ride them so grandma would pile them on. we had a great time, thanks for the invite & happy anniversary!

summer time

this summer we went to newport for a week with
a bunch of friends & family. we had such a great &
relaxing time, just hanging on the beach & enjoying
the nice weather!

steven & zack

rex & paige

sydney & alexa

tate riley talon & amanda

landon tatum mom & sydney ( the funny thing about this picture tatum's shoes were hurting so

i switched flip flops with her!)

kali quincy emily rhett reese & chase

chase

rhett

our new found love.....sounds good right now!

jack & kali

tatum

sydney

chase

the kids were loving the hotel pool jack

and steven were throwing all the kids, they

were loving it.

landon

yummy donuts.....sand & all!

landon was loving being buried

jack

tatum & abby ( they loved the boogie boards)

tatum

sydney

dance attack!

tatum grammie & sydney

tatum mom & sydney

tatum alexa sydney & bri

kali sophi ava & sydney

tatum
i've missed blogging lots of stuff like

the girls dance recital in june. tatum

is like a pro after 3 years! i have to say

i'm finally getting it down too. so it was

a busy weekend for us tatum had to be

there all 3 nights. sydney had so much

fun this year too, she was having a blast

back in the dressing room helping tatum

change for her next performance. atleast

sydney only had 1 dance. i thought for sure

syd would want to try out for team, but no

she wasn't ready yet which is fine with me!

happy dad's day!!!

dad was going to be out of town so we all got together for lunch we
had so much fun. here's one of the pictures of papa & the grand kids being
SILLY of course!! your the best papa ever! (steven was out of town so we
missed him for sure.)

i just had to let my dad know that i love him so much! i know it's way passed

father's day,but i just wanted to share a little about how great my dad is.

my dad is so fun & very positive the only time to worry is when my dad's worried

except for when something scary has happened, like someone getting hurt he

completely freaks out! it's really kind of funny. one of the best things about my dad

is that he loves his family & always wants us around. whenever any of us would

leave to go out of town the minute we left he would tell the rest of us that he missed

us too much & wished we were back home. there's so many things, but i just wanted

you to know your the best & i love you. i also wanted my sweet husband to know

how much i appreciate & love him. you are such a great dad to our 3 wonderful kids.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

i just wanted to say happy birthday to emily! i had so much fun last night at the movies with alexa and bri watching one of our faves " what happens in vegas". then denny's at midnight you know the best time to go. YOU KNOW WHY! we shopped today then later tonight we went to dinner at fleming's....yummy with amanda, flloyd, bridget and dustin. i had tons of fun, i hope you had a great day too.

a couple of sundays ago we had just got home from church and i was making lunch. landon got in trouble doing something naughty to syd and when he came out of time out, i told him you need to tell sydney sorry to her face. so he went over to her and said "sydney sorry to your face!" me and tatum laughed so hard. i had to post about it, he's actually starting to try to talk the girls can translate the best.

i had to put this picture on it's so cute. we had so much fun this weekend rex was out of town with randall and dustin and mike was also out of town so on friday i shopped with emily, amanda, and jeni. then later that night we had dinner at the grand luxe and we went to see baby mama again it was even funnier the second time!

saturday i did do a friends hair that morning then i had promised the girls they could get their nails done and they wanted subway so thats what we did and i quickly became the best mom ever. then i met my mom for a facial rex set it up for mother's day, he's so sweet! it was so nice and so much fun to do with my mom. later the plan was to have a sleep over with bridge and presley, but presley was sick so i had to break the news to the girls who had packed their bags that morning. brooke was at the house doing hair and i didn't know mike was going to be out of town too. we ended up there for a bbq and a sleep over. we had a blast!!!

sunday night we headed over to my parents it was so fun everyone was playing our favorite dr.mario! it was nice to have dad home on a sunday it doesn't happen very often, but it's fun when he's home. we finally pulled ourselves away from playing so late, the best part is that mom's the one that loves it the most. well maybe jack and steven like it just as much they just wouldn't ever admit it.

monday was so nice and lazy i felt like we had been out of town too, from spending the night everywhere. i had a great surprise in the mail. when my friend teddi was in town we started talking about the disney movie "summer magic" with hailey mills we use to watch it all the time when we were kids, but not that many people that i know have seen it. except teddi she use to watch it too! she found it on dvd and sent it to me, how thoughtful! teddi thanks your a great friend. brooke and i had just been talking on sunday about trying to find the old video we use to have. i was so excited so we put landon down for a nap and us girls watched summer magic, it was so fun and my girls loved it!

i hope everyone else had a great long weekend and a great start to summer. i still need to post about graduations i just need to get my act together with the pictures. soon to come.

movie must haves!!

me and emily went to see this when teddi was in town. my parents said it was worth seeing and it was. anyone who has kids or pregnant would love it! it's hilarious. ok and "what happens in vegas" is a cute love story, but so funny too. great one liners. even the guys thought so. i will be getting both of these movies when they come out!!!

i just had to tell my mom thank you for all you do for me and my family. my mom is always so willing to come help with anything i ask of her and is never bugged. i even talked to her today and i totally forgot to say thanks for last night. my kids love you so much and they are always so excited to have you here. we are all so lucky to have you in our lives! i love the picture above with you and dad with all the kids, you guys are the best i love you! i also had to share the beautiful picture of you, grandma, and cheryl you guys are so YOUNG! ok that's another plus about my mom she's beautiful!

cousin fun!!

thought i would share some fun pictures of the kids with the cousins!! they were just wanting to model and take tons of pictures. i wasn't feeling very good for the last couple of days thanks to my mom she helped with the kids and cleaned the house. then of course my sisters helped the next day. i love having my family so close. i hate being sick!!!

this was the girls night out with the girls we had so much fun at dinner and then of course the mall! kelsey, our friend samantha, tatum, sydney and presley

i love this picture because i'm shocked presley's holding landon's hand, he scares her most of the time. they look so old it's crazy! i love that landon has his watch on that rex got him for his birthday, if he sees anyone put a watch on he asks for his right away.

loved conference!

m.russell ballard's talk was so good, loved it! i'm so glad it's on my tivo list. it made me want to be a better mom and treasure every moment with my kids. i hope my kids know how much i love them and that i would do anything for them. they are such sweet spirits. i'm so blessed to have the privelege to have them in my home everyday and that i'm so lucky that heavenly father gave me the job to be there mom. i want my sweet kids to know that you are never alone that your heavenly father knows each one of you and is always here for you too. love ya my babies!

it was so good to watch conference even though i have to admit i fell asleep a lot. i can't blame the kids they weren't home. the house was so quiet w/o them . rex and i said it would be so weird not to have kiddos running around. it's so neat to see a new prophet and learn more about him. how sweet he is to his wife and funnier than i thought. i can see me leaving a note very similar to his wives haha i'm so grateful for such a wonderful husband how loves me and supports me. love ya babe! i found this quote about pres. monson i thought it was great to hear what others think of him. the late james e. faust 2nd counselor in the 1st presidency, once said of pres. monson; "no one in our time has been called so young to do so much...he is also blessed with so much energy...he's a big man with a big heart." i love this quote there were a lot, but i love that he started so young, it's amazing!

what's up?

so what's been going on? it's been a busy weekend, week, and then the next weekend. last weekend i had my first experience at the dunes and yes that is us flipped over in the rhino, it was fun, we fell in slow motion.i do have to say i do feel safer in the sand rail. i had such a fun time i hadn't camped since rex and i got married, not that we were really camping we had a big r.v. but we did get dirty or should i say sandy! and we cooked our own food and sat by the camp fire and played cards all night. we had a blast, maybe next time we'll bring the kids.

so we left the dunes, ate yummy food at cracker barrel in yuma then the group literally dropped us off on the the curb of avis car rental.( you can't park an r.v. very easily.) so emily and i rented a car in yuma started driving to L.A. we went in as partners in a fun new women's clothing store CONTAGIOUS. we were doing all our buying in the next couple of days and we really didn't know what to expect, but i was so excited. we shopped with the other partners, early the next morning we started the day. what a great job to pick out stuff you wish would be in every shop. how perfect and hopefully making money at it. our fun boutique will be opening in MAY. i'll keep you all posted, the best part of it all is that everything in the store will be $50 and under!!

saturday afternoon britany offered to have all the kids have a sleep over at her place. who do you know that would pass that up? on top of them being extra whiney! so i was ready to throw a party instead rex headed to preisthood and i took a nice long nap, i was suppose to be ready to go when he got home. of course i was still sleeping (no kids waking me up!) so rex knows me well, he knew i would still be in bed. thank goodness we had to wait for randall and emily to get there. we were heading to dos gringos to meet up with some friends. later our friend shon brought us to his new restraunt GEISHA a go go. it has private karaoke rooms we were having so much fun, we sounded horrible. the best part was that aaron and em couldn't get enough of the microphone! i ended up running into my friend aimee and all her friends they sang with us for awhile it was perfect we had missed her 30th birthday party since we were at the dunes. so i'm glad we could hang out.