Merry Christmas!

Happy 7th Birthday Whitney!!

Seven years ago I received the very best Christmas Present Ever!!  My sweet little Whitney Jae was born on December 23, 2003. Since that wonderful day, Whitney has been blessing our lives with her sweet spirit and spunk!  Whit is super smart in school, loves to read, loves to draw, loves to  play sports, dance, and is getting really good at gymnastics!  She brings an amazing light into our home and I thank Heavenly Father every day that I was blessed with such an amazing child!  I can't believe she is seven already! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!  I love you!!

Taking Flight

We had a fun weekend planned to go riding in Moab with some friends, but that fell through because one of them had a death in the family.  So, we decided we still had a babysitter so we needed to do something.  We just hung out together the first night, had a great dinner, went to bed early and slept in.  I know, sounds totally lame right?  Heck no, I can't tell you the last time I slept in without a care in the world. :) Well, the next day wasn't quite as "lame" Nathan made arrangements with a friend of his to take me flying.  FYI...not my favorite thing to do on a big safe airplane, let alone an airplane that is almost as small as my car. (It seemed) Well, I was surprised, and I just climbed into the four seater airplane, and prayed that I would see my kids again. Here I am, so I made it! :) We flew right over our house and the kids were all outside and were waving to us, which was just great.  Then we flew to Driggs and had a wonderful dinner.  Then flew back home, it was dark on the way home, which was beautiful.  So, I guess I would do it again.  Thanks babe for an awesome weekend away.  I'm so lucky!

Happy Halloween!!

Family Pictures 2010

Max June 2003 to October 25, 2010

Our Dog Max passed away yesterday. He was only seven, but his life was cut short. We got Max the summer that we moved into our house, so he really has been part of our kids entire childhood thus far.  It is always so sad to lose an animal, especially for the little ones who just don't quite undersand.  Well, that is what I thought until this happend to our family.  When I told all the kids, they were just heartbroken, but sweet Jace took it especailly hard, he cried off and on for a few hours.  I decided to lay by him in his bed to try to get him to sleep, he rolled over hugged me and said, "Mom, I am so sad that Max died." I replied, I know buddy, me too"  He continued, "I know he will be okay, because he is with Grandma Louise now in heaven, and I bet she always wanted a dog just like Max. But I really am sad Mom"  All I could do was squeeze him tight, he left me speechless. Funny how a four year old can put things in perspective.  I hope you are loving life with Grandma Louise Max!

New Buisness Oppertunity

My Sister In Law approached me with an awesome buisness oppertunity, which has turned out amazing for me!  All you do is Pre Pay for a WalMart/Sams Club gift card and get two people to do the same thing.  Sounds easy, Right? Well, It is!!  When that happens, you recieve your gift card for $200 plus an extra check for $300.  I know, to good to be true...that is what I thought, but only three weeks later, I have made enough money to not spend one penny out of my pocket on groceries or gas this month (remember, I have a family of 8) that is huge!  So, I am loving this and working it.  Why not, who doesn't enjoy a little (or a lot) of extra money!  If you are interested leave me a comment and I will be in touch!  NO Kidding, this has been completly Amazing!! :)

Yellowstone

Every year when Harvest wraps up we head to our favorite hotel in West Yellowstone, the kids love it, because it has the best pool with a waterslide. Most years when we go in October it is freezing cold and always snowing. Well, this year was different! It was 75 degrees and so beautiful! We went through Yellowstone, and just enjoyed the beautiful fall weekend in the mountains!

Crazy Hair Day!

Miss Kynz

Jace...

Jace had a little procedure at the surgical center, this is just after he came out of the anesthesia.   He was totally cracking me up, such a trooper!

My son LOVES "Hookers"!!

Yes, you heard that right!  Jace loves hookers, he takes them everywhere with him,  He likes small ones, large ones, long ones, stretchy ones, white ones, black ones, when we go on vacation he packs them up and brings them with us.  He even had to sleep with one the other night.  Grandpa Kevin brought him over a new hooker and Jace was so excited, he said his Grandpa Kevin gave him the coolest hooker ever!  :)
So, for the record...A hooker at my house, is anything that "hooks something up"  a dog leash, a tie down, a bungy cord, the hitch on our car, the ropes that hook our boat to the dock, and yes my sons plays with hookers all day everyday.  He loves to hook things up with his hookers, and likes hookers of any shape and size.
So we are in Lake Powell, with my "Sweet" Brother In Law and his family, and he eggs it on and on, anywhere we would go around people Michael would yell at Jace to make sure he grabbed his hookers.  I have to admit that it is pretty funny to watch peoples faces.  We were in a restraunt, and Jace was so upset because he left is favorite hooker in the car.  :)  I know, to funny, and for sure something that probably will stick in my family, because Krew is starting to try to steal Jace's hookers.  Another little Lott Boy who loves his "hookers!"  Gotta love little boys!

Jamyn and Whitney's Success Story! :)

Camel Visits Local School (click this link, and check this out)

Our School held a Read A Thon, which children set goals of minutes to read and collected pledges, then had to meet that goal. Jamyn and Whitney were so excited about this and took it so seriously. They worked so hard and that hard work paid off. They raised $1000 between the two of them, which 100 % goes to our school! That is so exciting, especially knowing how in need school really are of extra funds! And, it is way awesome because, of course, our school is the greatest school ever! :) We love Discovery Elementary! The girls were rewarded, not only by seeing Principal Marlow having to kiss the huge camel, but they got to ride the camel and be on the local news!
I am so proud of my girls and the goals that they met! They are amazing! :)

Two and a Half= 30 Months=912 Days=Double Delight!!

Krew and Kynzi hit the two and a half year mark!  What?  I know, time has flown by and they are growing up so fast!  They are so stinkin cute and light up my whole world!  I cherish every single day with these two and can't imagine the chaos in my life any other way!  Krew is a total angel, and loving the fact that he is a TOTAL mama's boy! Sweetest little boy on the planet...guaranteed! :)  He is getting so big, talking so well, getting cuter everyday, if that is possible, and finally learning to stand up to sissy! He is very independent.  Kynzi is so dang cute, so super smart.She is starting to be a little nicer to her brother, but still enjoys to torment him, by taking anything he might want to play with and running away with it!  She loves to help me fold laundry, wipe things down, sweep the floors, pretty much loves to be my shadow!  Hopefully I can teach her well!  Kynzi loves to dress herself, pick out her own clothes (which almost always match) and can even put her own shoes on!  She cracks me up. 
Now that school has started for a few hours three days a week I get to spend time with just the two of them.  So much fun, EXCEPT..Man they can get into trouble fast!  They for sure get 100 % of my attention when it is just the three of us! :)  People ask me if it is getting easier, and I can only say it is just different.  When they were infants they required all of my time and attention, now if I don't give them all of my time and attention, I am in big trouble!!  :)  I love it though! Ever single bit of it!
I am so thankful for the blessings that these two babies have brought into my life!  They mean the world to me.  I know I was meant to get both of them, and I wouldn't want it any other way!  They have taught me so much about myself, and I hope that I can always be the best mother possible to them. Krew and Kynzi, Happy half birthday!  I LOVE YOU!!

Good Bye Summer, but not at Lake Powell!

We look our last Summer trip to Lake Powell.  Grabbed the kids from school and headed South to enjoy 98 degree weather, while it was litterally freezing in Idaho Falls.  We had a great time, and enjoyed great company!  We took Grandma Debi and Grandpa Kevin with us and that was a ton of fun!  Tim, Cami, and Briley also joined us!  We had a great time, relaxing, swimming in the warm water, boating, exploring, wakeboarding, skiing, and just hanging out! :)  It's my little bit of Paradise! Love it!!

1st Day of school for Jace!

Jace was super excited to start school again this year, he especailly missed Miss Di and Miss Kristi!  :)

Ist Day of School!!

The girls were so excited to start their first day of school at Discovery Elementary!  Jamyn is in the third grade and is super excited to have Mrs, Julian again this year.  Whitney is in the first grade and has Mrs, McLaren.  I can't believe that both of my girls are going to be gone all day!  So sad that time goes by so fast!  I am so happy for them though, and the wonderful, beautiful young ladies that they are becoming! Gotta love Idaho weather, pouring rain and cold on the first day!

They are off to a great start! They are both enjoying a very busy schedule between dance, gymnastics, piano, homework, and living life as girls!  Good luck with everything my little sweethearts! :)

Jace also started PreSchool at Lots o Love Preschool with Miss Di and Miss Kristi!  He gets to go three days a week, and loves it so much (except for coloring...such a boy!)  My camera battery was dead, so I took picts on my phone, just need to get them on here.  Love my little man soo soooo much!

Camping in Island Park

My super awesome friend Steph and I decided to go camping for the weekend, so we packed up our families and headed to Island Park. We had so much fun hanging out, and spent most of the weekend boating. While in the boat, we even came across a bear. It was up in the trees for a while and then it came right down into the water, litterally twenty feet from our boat. It was so neat! Great times with great people! I am so lucky to have a friend like Steph!

I guess I didn't get any pictures of us camping, oh well!

Island Park

Since it was the middle of July and I don't think we have even seen summer, we decided to leave the boat for the weekend and go to Island Park with my parents. We had so much fun riding. The twins love the razor,and Whit is learning so well on her dirtbike, and Jace is a crazy boy on his 4-wheeler. In fact, he decided to show us what he learned and he began to flip cookies as fast as he could in the middle of the road. What am I in for? We road a ton, and got rained on a ton. Gotta love those afternoon thunderstorms that come from no where. We were on a ride and thank goodness we were close to a warming hut during a downpour. Had my camera so we snapped a few pictures. We enjoyed the cabin and spending time with Grandma Debi and Grandpa Kevin.












I don't know why my pictures turned out blury. Dang Camera! Krew loves to go riding, but he has to have his goggles on all of the time, too cute! Well, I think that they are all pretty much tooooo cute! Im so dang lucky! :)

Homeless Princess??

How can someone so precious and cute be such a monster? She is always a mess, no matter what I do. She loves to play outside with as little on as possible, and her favorite thing is to find dirt or mud and sit in it and wash her hair:)Oh how I love this ... Princess.