Eclipse 2017

  Matt and Heather hosted an Eclipse party.  We set up the lawn chairs and had a BBQ.  It was amazing to watch!  Keagan LOVED it, she was so nervous about it the night before (she was scared it was going to burn her eyes, we watched a youtube video for kids that was way too intense about eye safety) so when she got to Heathers and was excited and loving it we were so happy!  Seriously our kids LOVED it!  After the eclipse we decided to make a day of it and head over to Geronimo's and the Soda Barn.  It was the perfect way to end the summer!

 Whitney and Jordan

Justice, Heather, Jessi, Hanna, Keagan and Kabree

 Cayleb, Addie and Jordan

 Whitney and Addie

The whole crew

(except Chase who took the picture and Libby and her friend literally got there the last minute;) 

Chubbuck Days

  We LOVE where we live!  We love the school, our church, our neighbors, so of coarse we were excited to celebrate it!  Heather and Whitney came to our house and we all walked together to the parade and then headed to the park for the booths.  The Chubbuck Day's parade is seriously one of the best parades!  It's all businesses and they throw a ton of stuff!!!  The kids thought the park booths were pretty great too.  They loved the huge cotton candy!  Home Depot did a kids workshop (our girls did bird houses), almost everyone had free stuff, key chains, frisbees, water bottles, bags, bleacher seats and coupons.  After the park we headed to Pizza Pie Cafe to use our coupons, it was a fun day celebrating our awesome town with our favorite fellow Chubbuckans!

 Whitney and Addie

Heather, Justice, Kabree, Keagan, Hanna and Addie

Adaline's 1st Birthday

  Whitney invited us to celebrate Adaline's first birthday with them.  The Arbon crew wasn't able to make it because of the Powerline fire; the roads were closed and they were helping fight it.  Whitney did such a good job on the food and the party was so cute!  Little Addie was a doll and happy as always!  Troy brought a cotton candy maker from the sugar factory and it was a blast!  Zach and Heather made themselves sick on cotton candy!  It was such a fun afternoon celebrating sweet little Adaline!

  

 

 Linda, Addie, Wendy and Whitney

 These two were catching bugs the entire time

 Cayleb and Jordan

8 Weeks Old

  It has been such a fun experience doing puppies!  We learned it is 10 times more work than you would think and no matter how much you say you won't, you get attached!  We sure enjoyed these cuties while we had them and hope they bring their new families as much joy as Cleo has brought us.

Bella (aka Dianna, aka Wonder Woman)

Bronx (aka Thor aka Tut Tut)

Girls Camp 2017

  As always Girls Camp is exhausting, spiritual and a lot of fun!  This year was definitely one for the books!  It was Stake camp and our theme was Harry Potter, they went all out!  So first of all being only 1 1/2 weeks out from a hysterectomy was a lot harder than I had expected (the hills were a KILLER) but thanks to all the other awesome leaders and my amazing husband I made it Wednesday-Friday night after testimony meeting.  The second thing that made it one for the books is that when we arrived Wednesday morning it was pouring rain!!!  Luckily Zach had rounded up some priesthood the night before and went and set up our camp (tents, camp trailer, decorations, ect), he knew I was stressing about setting up camp while not being able to lift or twist!?!  During the Stakes big kick off it down poured but the girls still had a great attitude about it!  After about an hour the sun came out and we had a great Sorting Banquet (welcoming the beehives to their houses (wards))and grand feast (of Texas Road House) where we were addressed by Dumbledore (President Brower).  Then Thursday after hikes we got  hit again and it hit hard!!!  Our camp site is at the bottom of the hill and where two roads connect, thus causing 3 rivers of water to converge into one and rush right through our camp ground into our girls tents!!!  It was a mess!  The girls tents filled with water and most of their bedding got wet.  But luckily for us our Stake pulled together and they helped us dry out, borrow extra sleeping bags and blankets. Everyone was great to help and to find a solution!  After we got that all figured out we headed up to Harry's Birthday party, we all got Birthday cookies, then everyone divided into birthday months and had a lip-sync/dance battle against the other months, the Priesthood won hands down thanks to Zach's smooth moves!  We also got to visit Honeydukes candy store.  Friday was our service project and Quidditch tournament.  Holy smokes the girls loved the Quidditch tournament and our Ward took home the Quidditch cup!  Zach, Brian, Charlie and Jesika were pretty bummed they didn't get to play in the final game (they decided it should be girls only). We ended the night with some great speakers and testimony meeting.
  Again I'm so grateful for amazing friends and people in our lives.  So many of our friends are in our stake and they would all check on me our make sure I had a chair close by or make sure someone gave me a ride of the hill when I got tired.  I didn't feel well during the speaker on Friday night and had to get up and leave and when I got in my car to go home that night I was so overwhelmed reading all of the texts I had gotten from people that saw me get up, asking if I was ok, if I needed anything, what they could do to help.  I have the best people in my life!!!

Our Ward name was Humbledore

I made floating candles as well but didn't get a picture of them

 Our amazing group for the week

  

 Amber enjoying her Birthday cookie

Zach and I visiting Honeydukes for some candy!

Surgery

  I feel so blessed to have the friends, neighbors, and family I do.  I have been overwhelmed with texts, calls, flowers, cards, meals, visits and gift cards (I never would have thought of this, Wendy, Sandra and one of my friends all live out of town and sent gift cards Hulu, Red Lobster, and Taco Bell, seriously so creative).  You know you are surrounded by amazing people when you have 25 thank you cards to write!  It takes a village and my village helped us out so much the last two weeks!    So I have to admit when we went in before surgery and my doctor said the average recovery time for a hysterectomy is 6 weeks then a couple months to feel 100% I thought I'll show her I'm going to recover in 2 weeks.....lets just say there is a reason the recovery is so long....it's brutal!
  Friday the Snyders showed up at 6:30 a.m. and helped the girls do cards, pick out flowers (I didn't get a picture of the roses they gave me) and decorate our bedroom.  They also took them to Outer Limits!  Heather then took over and brought them to see me Friday night and Saturday morning in the hospital.  With Heather they got a sleep over at our house with the puppies ;), went to Haylees wedding, played all day and got Arbys (One of Kabree's favorite places to eat).
  Also Saturday my parents stopped in before Haylee's wedding reception and brought me custard (I crave my mom's custard and when i don't feel good it's what I want for comfort).
  Then Heather turned around and took them again Sunday so I could sleep and my friend Camille brought us dinner. Jesika and the girls stopped in for a visit and brought me Diet Coke and some soda crackers (I love soda crackers when I'm sick lol).

 From "The Girls"

 Kabree and Keagan

With help from the Snyders

 I heart this so much!  They painted the other side of  "my rock"

Zach's work

The Young Women

  Monday my friends Rachel and Krystal came and took the girls swimming all day!  The girls had so much fun!  Then the Ward brought us food.

  Tuesday Adrianne came over and brought her two youngest to play with the girls and visited and brought bagels.  Also my friend Alex had both girls over that afternoon for her daughters water birthday party!  Kira and Sally came to visit and brought us soup and rolls that we used for lunch the next couple days and Zach's cousin Heather brought us dinner.  Brenda brought me the beautiful succulent and a card from the Young Women.

  Heather came over Wednesday and helped fix and clean up the fridge door.  She cleaned the entire house top to bottom, took care of puppies, fed us lunch and made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt beyond belief lol.  Then the Ward brought us food and Whitney had to make a run to the store to get me some Milk and Magnesia.

  My Mom came and stayed with us Wednesday night to Thursday night.  I'm sure she slept for two days straight by the time she went home!  She painted ALL day long with the girls, fed us lunch, took us to a friends lemonade stand, took Kabree to drop off a Get Well gift to her friend Mae and about 100 other little things!  Then Heather brought us dinner and my friend from work Melody brought us cookies.

Katie stopped in for a minute and Grandma recruited her to quick paint a couple rocks too

 Kabree's rocks

 Keagan's rocks

    This year at Girls Camp our theme is Harry Potter so I painted each girl an Owl rock (rocks are kind of my joke, signature at camp ;).  Any guesses how long it takes someone on Norco to paint 27 rocks...4 hours and tears (yes tears I was so annoyed with myself, if one didn't look how I imagined I would cry lol my poor Mom).
  Friday our friends Jason and Lacy brought us food and my friend Randi gave us a freezer meal to use for Saturday because she was going to be out of town.
  I do have to give a shout out to Zach who has been great at holding down the fort!  He is exhausted and ready to have his wife back 100% but he has not complained once!
  Again thank you to all my amazing family and friends who have helped make this rough couple weeks a whole lot easier!