Some of the things I did this past summer

Ok, Ok I have been needing to update this blog. So it might be overloaded with pictures. But it jut to show you I had a very busy summer. So lets ge the party started.

Watched Kira dance. Actually alot. but loved it.

Here Kira got to do a ballet solo. She did a great job.

Then we spent some time at the cabin. And of course what else would we do? Waiting for the parade. We watched the parade :)

The parade is short but they throw a lot of candy.

Soooo....this is Kindra. My Mom's favorite daughter:), she doesn't ever update this thing so guess who is taking over!!!! Nope not me! just kidding. Of course me I'm the only one who has time do update this thing!...So this is a post my mom had saved and I didn't really read through it and she is in desperate need of a post so here ya go!

Ugggggggggggg

Ok, Ok, I know, I really need to update this thing. If you haven't figured it out yet, you must be on some slow boat to china. I am not a writer. I don't really like to write and yet this is something that I think about quite often. This blog needs an update and I can always think of other things to do. Now that it has been awhile I have to rethink everything. Like how to add a picture. I like it when I read blogs and they have pictures. But the pictures that I would add are on the other computer. I need my husbands help for that. Honey can you help me sometime when your not so busy? Thanks :)

So just a few things that have happened lately. Kindra is getting ready to graduate at the end of May. Kira made TDT. (timpanogos dance team) Both of those things are really cool. Tyler got hired on full time at Auto Zone. I am really excited about that.

We went to Sandpoint for spring break. I love that town. Got to see my grandma and my mom. We drove around and showed the girls where I grew up and talked about some of the things I did as a little girl. I loved that. Talking to my grandma was the best part. I love her.

I get to spend time with Tasha and Mark and the girls. Oh how fun it is to have two grand babies. They are alot of fun.

Stacey will come down and stay with us. Sometimes overnight. (usually she goes and sees her friend Megan) Kindra and Kira really enjoy hanging out with her. I love watching my girls get along, and laugh. I mean laugh out loud, it really is enjoyable as a mother to see this.

I love my family, I love the church, I love the gospel. Not sure if there is anything better than that :)


Love,love, kiss, kiss

the mom

A new post :)

Grawbully Goop! Any takers?

At least I posted something.......

love,love, kiss,kiss,

the mom

Can you believe it? I know exactly how you feel....

WOW ! It's really happening, I am finally going to make a post. I keep thinking about why I don't update this blog. I think that I can't post with out pictures. So when I go to post I have no idea what to write about and no idea which pictures to post, then I have to figure out HOW to do it all over again. So for today it's just a quick post. It is Thanksgiving day. This is my favorite holiday. Think about it, It makes people think about what they are grateful for. It brings some of those feelings to the surface. I truly am grateful for all the normal things, family, good health, food on our table, our home, having the gospel apart of our lives, technology, cars that take us to places, (like our cabin), jobs, friends..... You get message. I really am grateful for everything in my life. My husband, whom I love so much, my family, and all of these other things. I am such a lucky girl. I really hope that everyone has had a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Love,love, kiss, kiss,

The mom

Sunday Update

Hello. It's time for an update. I'm going to start by introducing myself. Hi. My name is Stacey. I'm the second oldest daughter to Daurene Turpin. I know the majority of my mother's readers are aware of who I am, but I thought I'd add such a sentence for those who don't know my mom well enough to know who I am. I've decided to take it upon myself to update my mom's blog, an event it would seem that has become very popular among the blogging world, and a task I have not done since the beginning of this blog.

I'm going to start with the best part of my mom's happiness. Her newest granddaughter Annie May Merrill. This would be Tasha's second daughter (a fairly good family position if you ask me, though any family position is good). The Merrill family now consists of; Mark, Tasha, Emma & Annie (that is in chronological order by the way). Such cute little girls, my Mom's lucky to be their grandmother, and mother to Tasha.

In Stacey's life, (That's be me) she just moved into a two bedroom apartment, and has a wonderful roommate, Alli. They're both fun girls, and I'm sure they're going to have a lot of fun together (I must add here, that I quite strongly with my mom). Though she's not the biggest fan of her job, she's a tough cookie to stick with it (thank you mom).

Tyler's back home for a short while, and is doing well.

Kindra's back in school and is enjoying it! (that statement may or may not be true, but I thought I'd throw it in to see if she reads this thing). We've just gotten her Senior pictures done, I'll have to post some copies when they arrive. She just got a new phone, the LG Versa and she Loves it! She's such a whiz at learning her way around her new technology. I really hope she can teach me how to work my phone just as well (Rumor has it that my mom is looking at also getting the LG Versa).

Kira is also back in school and is continuing her dances. She sure loves to dance. I'll come into the kitchen and just find her dancing away to a beat only she knows. She's also going through a growth spurt and is constantly snacking late at night.

As for myself, I'm doing well. Kevin has been going to Idaho to help Randy with Harvest. I hope it all goes well, and they finish soon. We've recently gotten our cats Snoopy & Tum Tum collars. Kevin says they've been turned into girly cats. I think they look good. I've just finished a quilt for the cabin. It looks great!

Well everybody, it's been fun posting for my mom, but I've got to sign off and help cook some delicious homemade Chinese for dinner (my mom's been trying new Chinese recipes and so far, they've been delicious). Hope you all had fun reading, and I'll see what I can do to get her to update more. Enjoy the rest of your sunday.

Love love kiss kiss, the second daughter.

I know, Miracles never cease....

I know I know Miracles never cease. I am finally updating my blog. I had a busy summer, what we had of it. Once it got started it was great (meaning half of the month of June was rain). So this is going to be a spotty post. Is that a word? if not it is now. Well here it goes It kind of started on Memorial weekend. Tasha, Emma and I headed up to the cabin. We had a couple of nights to ourselves then Dad, Kindra, and Kira showed up. But while we were there I was in need of new nails. Emma loves her nails done. So I did her nails. I also do glitter toes. (picture of those later)

So then when poppa get here Emma got to go 4 wheelin' ! She loves it!

But something that we forget about when we head up to the cabin, It's kind of on the cooler side. So we had to find something for Emma to wear while 4 wheelin'. Thank goodness I have some extra hoodies in the closet. So we got her ready to go.

I love this picture of Emma asking her Poppa questions. Notice her feet? Tasha didn't even bring her closed toe shoes.(only flip flops) So she had to wear several pairs of socks to keep her feet covered and warm. We all had a great time, We always do..... Being at the cabin is SO wonderful. In fact we are headed there tomorrow. What a great time to go, Fall Break! So I plan on getting some sewing done. Going to make some halloween costumes And they are going to be so cute! I will be sure to post pictures. Boy I bet you can't wait for that one. Well I really need to go and pack for this trip.

Love, love ,kiss,kiss

The Mom

sad attempt to update this blog!

When you read blogs, like I do (and I love them). I tend to get frustrated when my favorites haven't updated. If anyone reads this blog do you ever feel the same way? But now that I have my own blog (thanks to my Stacey for setting it up for me) I have become very understanding of why blogs aren't updated like I want them to be. I know that I should update my blog but I don't' really feel like I have anything to say. Nothing of any importance. So this is my lame attempt to post something.

I will say I have been busy, (so busy I can't even update my blog). We celebrated Mothers day. Which I hate. No worries I wont' go into it. But my husband did do a wonderful job of making dinner for me and my girls. Thanks honey dinner was delish! I will say it was great to have all my children with me at church. Even Tyler came and sat with us, and Stacey was there. That did make it very nice.

We also have been attending wedding receptions like crazy. So fun to celebrate these exciting events in these young peoples lives.

What else, scouts, I have been doing scouts. I am the Bear leader in our ward. I am finally getting back into it and relearning every thing. the boys that we have are really fun and enjoyable. I just hope that the boys are learning something.

Any ways that is about it for it for now.

Love,love,kiss,kiss,

the mom.