Hayden Graduates from Kindergarten!

Here he is with his teacher Ms. Woodcock, he did so well in her class and we are so excited for 1st grade!

Girls Cruise!

I had the chance to break a way from my normal crazy life, to spend four days with all of my sisters and parents!! We decided this year, instead of a big family reunion we would go on a cruise! All seven of us sister(counting my sister-in-laws) and my parents stole away, boarded a carnival cruise to mexico and played! It was so fun to not have to worry about kids, bedtimes, homework, cleaning, and just have fun together! We ate as much ice cream, pizza, and snacks as we could, stayed up late talking and laughing, going to shows, and playing in the freezing cold! We all flew into California to board the boat but with my luck i was the one who almost didn't make it! I had boarded a shuttle in st george at 4am shuttled three hours to the Las Vegas Airport, getting there at 6am i had plenty of time to catch my flight that left at 8 but at 8:15 they cancelled my flight and told us that we needed to go to the front desk to reschedule your flight! it was my main fear coming to life and i rushed to get in line! Being the 10th passenger in line (of almost 130) i was nervous if they could get me there and after waiting in line for over an hour with out any movement i was almost in tears! i had to arrive in california by 3 or the boat would leave without me! I luckily had some people around me who felt sorry for me that i was potentially going to miss this huge even after leaving my five children home and got me to the front of the line! The man at the desk was skeptical that i would make it there in time but was able to get me a flight at noon and i took it! i still stressed about making it to port but my sisters set up a shuttle (because i had already missed mine to the port) and with only a half an hour to spare i made it on to the ship! i was so happy to be on that boat!! We had three rooms fairly close to each other (mom and dad in one, cristeen, Marie, and caralee in another, and kari, caetie, devey, and me in the last) the boat was super rocky and a few of us got a bit sea sick but it was such an amazing weekend! i would do it again in a heartbeat and i loved the chance that i was able to spend it with all of famiy! I had some friends, karen allen, and jessica seal watching the kids when i left friday morning, brandon was home on the weekend and Minnie wilkins watched them on Monday as i traveled home, We left 32 kids at home, seven husbands, and lots of housework!

Mothers Day!

It was bright outside! it didnt go well!

 I got the adorable out door bench that we were all sitting on! i love it!!