Not a Coincident!

Ella has wanted to learn to whistle for months now. She has tried to learn a little bit but she get frustrated with it quickly. So she never has given it much time and practice. 

Well today, the year anniversary of my dads death, Ella learned to whistle.

 She is a whistling fool now!  

She is Her OWN PERSON!!!

Where did this little lady come from?!?

Ella Jane is such a character!  Her favorite thing to do is pretend to be a puppy or a kitty!  She has a style all of her own!  She has such funny expressions.  She is strong willed but funny at the same time!  We sure are glad she made it to our family!  We had about given up and our lives would not be the same without her!

Love You Miss Ella Jane!

Spring Dance Recital 2K18

Such a “Helper”

I took Hunter shopping with me late the other night to get food for our Rocky Point trip. He decided we needed 10 boxes of Gushers!!!

Such a help and I was too tired to talk him out of it!  So he won this time....haha...

Mt Graham Frye Fire

A strike of lightning sure can do a lot of damage if not contained right away. 

 

Our beautiful Mt. Graham has been engulfed in fire for about 15 days. 

Seeing it at night time is heartbreaking!  

 

I love the contrast of this picture! 

 

 

So grateful for brave fire fighters working hard and long hours to get this fire under control. 

 

Sunday evening we finally received the much needed and much prayed for rain! 

We continue to pray for the moisture necessary for assist the firefighters in containing the fire 100%. 

Going to be very sad when we take a drive with the mountain and see all the fire scars. 

Strong Guardian Angels

So Brody Brown was staying a couple of nights at our house while his dad was at girls camp and his mom works nights.  On Thursday afternoon the boys wanted to go get Brody's 900 4 seater RZR to go out for a ride. I told them if he could get ahold of Blain, his dad, I would be fine with it. Brody reassured me his dad wouldn't care but that he would call him. I said it was fine then. 

They rode a little, then had to go work the consessions at the little league games for student counsel. They called me when they were don't there, around 8:30. I was at the gym and had Grant and Ella playing in a he kids area. Justin was still at work. He's been pulling 18 hour days to make our trips workout. Anyway the Brody and Hunter go out riding. 

Brody is driving and they are headed home, about 1/2 mile from our house and Brody rolls the RZR over 2/3, so not back onto its wheel. Thank heavens the boys were wearing 5 point harnesses. They don't always wear their seat belts. 

Needless to say the boys were scared out of their minds!!! 

They could not get the RZR flipped back over so Hunter ran the 1/2 mile home to get out Ranger and a rope. He got back and pulled Brody's RZR right side up. It was able to drive home but has some obvious bent wheel axes. 

 

When I got home from the gym they were covered in dirt and she left me the whole story. My heart skipped a beat thinking of what could have easily been the outcome. The next day Hunter started finding bruises all over his body. His bicep and inside of his shoulder took some impact. 

 

Nice bruise on his thigh. 

 

Ouch!!!  They look so tender. Hunter feels really sore from the wreck! 

 

He even has bruising across his jaw. Over the past couple of days Hunter keeps finding more bruises. He had several bruises on his lower back and a couple on his hands. 

What a blessing that these boys were protected. They could easily have been hurt bad and even died, especially if they hadn't been wearing seat belts. 

I told them both that their guardian angels worked hard tonight!! 

My heart is full that the outcome was good. 

Hunter plans to earn money to pay for half of the repairs even though he wasn't the one driving. He can up with that all on his own. 

I my Hunter boy and Brody!!  

Bad Timing

I started feeling sick on Wednesday when I was painting Kiersten's bedroom. She was gone with her Grammie Cluff to Mesa for a birthday sleepover and I wanted to get her room all painted as a surprise. 

I worked my butt off! 

 

Woke up the next morning feeling even worse and I knew I needed to go to the doctor. Especially because Justin and I leave for Cancun, Mexico tomorrow for a couples trip with the Rogers and the Earp's. 

Go to the doctor.....

Sure enough I have strep throat and an ear infection. Awww....NOOOOO!  I do not have time to get sick, let alone get well before tomorrow morning at 8:00 when we are leaving from Phoenix to catch a flight. 

Well I had all my packing done for Justin and I, as well as for the kids. They are going to go stay with Grammie Cluff, except for Kiersten she will be going to girls camp as a YCL this year. 

My kids could see how sick I was and Grant insisted on giving me a foot massage!  It was the sweetest thing ever!  Ella had to massage one foot as well. She actually did a good job, minus the part that she used a TON of lotion.....hahaha!  Still the foot massage felt great!