The Zoo with Friends

On Thursday my kids & I were able to go to the zoo with the Crawford's (Holly, Sarah, Cody & Emily), they have a season pass and they were nice enough to let us tag along as their guests! It was actually the perfect day....not too hot & just a little overcast. (we did encounter a few raindrops off and on though). The kids had a great time together and so did Holly & I! We spent most of the afternoon there. After we got done seeing all of the animals & all of the walking around, we decided to let all of the kids get some snacks (Dippin' dots)..lunch is TOO expensive, and has alot to be desired! Anyway we all had a wonderful time.....Thanks Holly!!

As you can see, our kids really can't read very well!

The sign said "PLEASE STAY OFF THE STAIRS"!!!!

James, Sarah, Jake, Cody,

Ashlee & Emily

Jake, James & Ashlee at the "Madagascar" exhibit.

Ashlee & Em


The Crawford's and the Hulet's...........
James, Sarah, Emily, Ashlee, Cody & Jake.
As you can see from this picture, James was finished
having his picture taken & wouldn't look at the
camera, so he needed a little help....Thanks Sarah.

Ashlee & Sarah!

2 little birdies sittin' in a nest

Here are the final pictures of the baby birds who have been living in my front door wreath for the past month and 1/2. Out of 5 eggs 2 of them hatched. Which is pretty good since they're nest is an awkward place. They are just so cute! It has been kind of fun having them there!

"17"

Well my oldest child is 17 today...One year closer to becoming an adult! I cant believe that it has been 17 years since I first held him in my arms, how time flies! Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time and keep them little a while longer. I am so grateful to Heavenly Father for the opportunity to be James' Mom. I love his fun loving personality, his sweet spirit & his testimony of his Savior! I love you James. The "birthday boy"

The Cake

James will be at youth conference on his Birthday, and Don is out of town, so we decided to have a little "Fiesta" as sort of a combined birthday party for both boys last night! We had a pinata, and for dinner we had tacos, fajitas,beans and fruit with dip! James had his favorite apple cobbler pie with ice cream! After the party the kids had a dip in the pool! GOOD TIMES!!!

Happy Birthday JAMES! I hope you have the BEST DAY EVER!!!

Mrs. Tweety's Babies

These are the "newest" occupants of the nest in my wreath! Ashlee & I would check on them (the eggs)periodically to see if there was anything still in there. Monday night when I looked ....there they were ,tiny little baby birds. We could see & hear them moving around...it was so fun to see.

We never thought the eggs would actally hatch..but I guess we were wrong!

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Happy 15th Birthday Jake!

Today is Jacob's 15th Birthday!!! I can't believe it has been that long... It seems like just yesterday that he made his grand entrance. We have been really blessed to have Jake as our child. He has such a tender heart and is a very mellow easy going kid and just kind of goes with the flow! I am so glad that Heavenly Father chose to send his sweet spirit to our home!

Jake celebrating his birthday with James & Ashlee at the Visconti House!

I love that no matter how different my two boys are, they love each other and get along so well.

I just have to give a shout out to Alessandro Visconti! He just opened up this little cafe, and can I just tell you how delish it was. He is an Italian Chef and everything he makes is so FRESH and yummy! He does catering too. He is located in Holladay at just off of 2300 E and North of 4800 South! If you love Italian food you must try it:)!

Sidenote: Grand Opening is Friday June 12, 2009

Jake blowing out his candles!

I hope all of your wishes come true!!!!!

Dance Ballerina, Dance!

Ashlee after her performance Ashlee had her annual dance recital on Saturday night! She has been working so hard on dance this year....she had to work extra hard, due to the fact that she missed two important dance classes because she was sick with pneumonia. I know she was a little worried but you couldn't tell at all. Her hard work really paid off.. She was AWESOME! Everyone was so proud of her, even her brothers. After the recital, we all went out to dinner at Ashlee's favorite restaurant( the Red Lobster).! On the way home, we stopped and got some ice cream. A celebration just isn't a celebration for the Hulet's unless ice cream is involved! Ashlee even got some roses from us, because she did so well. Now she gets to just sit back & relax for the Summer, then it's back to dance in September!

James and Ashlee

Sidenote: Did I mention that James is

a goof ball:)!

Memorial Day/Camping...

On memorial weekend, my family was able to go camping! They have been looking forward to it since the beginning of Fall....honestly they LOVE it. I wasn't able to go because we couldn't take Casey... and since I am not a really big fan of camping, I happily stayed behind. Everyone had a good time, even though it rained the whole time(there is something about the mountains that is good for the soul) & I was able to go to the cemetary to visit the graves of my dad, grandma , grandpa & my nephew. I had a very relaxing weekend although I missed my family like crazy

The "GREAT" Outdoors
James getting the best of Luke:)

My goofball James

You gotta love him! Luke, Kirk, Don, Jake & James roasting marshmallows.....mmmmmm S'mores