TWENTY-NINE YIKES!

Well first of all I have to say, I have been a little uneasy for a while now about this day coming. But it ended up being the best in a decade!

Well this should be at the end of my post. This was our final destination on our hike! I was so proud of Jagger. Two years ago, we did this same hike and he (well both of us) thought he was going to die and he hardly complained and never stopped this time.

We are all so beautiful! Love Jags face :)

Briggs and Grandma

Tram ride. Jason was so excited, because this was his first time on a bus.

Jason filled his sock with dirt all the way to the top.

Picnicing-Briar made the best chicken salad. YUM!

My nephew Jason-What a ham! This is exactly what I wanted to do for my 29th (*cringing) birthday. I was thrilled when my sister Briar said that she was coming down. I love to hike and especially with the people I love so much. My family decorated my classroom for Monday morning, which was a wonderful suprise, since Joe thought my birthday was on Tuesday and had to call me after he'd already left for work to wish me a Happy Birthday. That afternoon, Joe took me to Cedar where he bought me a few new outfits and we went out for Mexican food (My favorite). I've had a great time in my twenties, and I am going to make this last year the best of all and so when it is time to bring on thirty I will feel okay with it.

Rocket Derby

Joe and Jagger spent several weeks getting the rocket just right. In March, Jagger participated in the 4th Ward Scout Rocket Derby and took 1st place. He was so excited! He thought his Dad was the best rocket builder, EVER! Then he was invited to go to the District Rocket Derby the following week. We tried to let Jagger know that there was really no possibility that he would win, because his Rocket did not make it to the end of the line when other Rockets had. We thought he understood this and assumed he was going to the District event just for the fun of it. But when he didn't win, he was VERY disapointed. He no longer felt that his Dad was the best and that made Joe a little mad. But all in all, it was fun and it was great to see Jagger and Joe enjoying working on something together.

Today In My Brain

This is my poor boy. I know he doesn't look too bad, but you need to take into account that this is day 4 of being sick with influenza. You should have seen him on day 2! And on to what Mom is doing while taking care of this sweety. The first 2 days I held him and loved him as he whined. Yesterday, I tried to recover from lack of sleep AND then there is today. Well, let's just say today I am stewing over things I can't do much about RIGHT NOW, like the chipping paint in my bathroom. Would someone who really loves to paint, come and touch up my baseboards and doors in my bathroom please before I go CRAZY!

Oh, and my long lost love is found again. Several years ago when Joe and I were first married. I did all I could to scrimp and save (Heck, I still do!) It doesn't matter how much money we have, I am still scrimping and saving. Well, I gave up many things that I loved, but thought I could live without due to the expense of them and Downey was one of them. Just the other day, my Mom sent up clothes that had been left at her house and she had washed. It was heavenly smelling that scent of Downey on them. I took off right to the store to buy me some! I do not want to live without my clothes smelling fresh, AGAIN!

Well, you've heard it! Today in the life of Natalie's Brain!

I'm Back!!!

I need to get back into this. I think it is a great way to journal. So, my goal is to keep up the blogging. I am going to add a few pics from Thanksgiving. My very talented cousin, Brandon Bouck, took our family pics on a very bitter Thanksgiving morning. They turned out pretty good considering the conditions. I love it when my sister, Briar, comes down. I have missed her family so much. We started a new family tradition. We had planned on doing the 5k, but couldn't with pictures. So, we had our own run. "The Hanley Mile" will now become a new family tradition and hopefully each year we can add some length and participates to our new tradition. Chance is our families winner of the year! My Dad also came up with a fun family activity of shooting and GPS tracking. It was way fun...can't wait for 2 years to do it all again. ALL except the whole house getting the flu!

For my creative friends out there, I'm thinking of creating a school blog and I need name ideas, any suggestions????

A Brand New House

Here are the After and Before pictures of our house. I really think it looks much better. Thanks to Aunt Wendy and my mom and dad for taking care of the kids. It only took us 1 day:)

Our Busy Weekend

On Friday, Jagger had his first wresting match. He tried and had fun! He doesn't take very many things too seriously. We enjoyed watching him. I was trying to keep my mouth from yelling too loud, but I am kind of a just that way!

On Saturday, Joe went to a fishing tournament and caught a nice 4 pounder! Good job, hun. I went to the Homeshow in St. George with Brooke and Lacy and loved every minute of it.

Briggs turned 9 months this weekend. What a busy boy! We love him to pieces.

Las Vegas, Mesquite, Hinder, OH MY!

What a wonderful-exhausting weekend!

Joe, Rex, T, and I left Friday afternoon and went to Las Vegas to a Bow Shoot. We were in Vegas for about 2 1/2 hours, when we decided to go back to Mesquite. Beau and Sherlyn met up with us there. We spent the night losing money, bowling, and dancing. Yes, I got Joe to dance. On Saturday morning we headed back to St. George and hung out all day. (sat on the bench in Sportsman's in a daze for about 1 hour) We met Brooke and Lacy for Dinner at Red Lobster and then we went to the Hinder Concert. It was so much fun!